Simple Thoughts

It's 5:30 am on January 20, 2009. It's snowing in Chicago. My apartment is dark, except for the light that is illuminating off of my laptop. Nothing is happening on facebook, nor anywhere else on the internet for that matter. My stomach is growling but I refuse to go make some toast. My air conditioner keeps making a weird kicking sound. I'm still jet lagged, which I find somewhat impossible.

And today, I'm getting a new president. I have a hope and belief in the future.

I voted absentee in late October. I was there in Grant Park when he was elected. I ran the streets of Chicago celebrating. I hugged strangers on street corners, simply because there were no words.


All of that, was leading up to this day. And the next four years.
Our country is in pivotal moments of our history right now. I can't wait to see what happens next.

p.s.

Be sure to check out the blog entry I submitted for my class' blog.

Here

The City of Lights

Paris was, for lack of a better word, great. The trip seemed to last for weeks, but in the end I was sad to be leaving. Yet ready to be home in my own bed, eating American food. The city really is as beautiful as everyone says. Surprise. Surprise.

And the good news? The French really aren't as mean as everyone says. The bad news? There really aren't as many berets and skinny mustaches in France as I would have liked. Oh, and the food was not great.

I will go back. I must. Home just seems so "regular" now. It's time to get out and explore. Right after I win the lottery.


Unfortunately, now I have to write a few articles for the class I was taking while over there. The timing could not be worse. As I am in one of those funks where all I want to do is sit around, and watch old episodes of Jon and Kate Plus Eight . . . which really does not compliment my productivity. I realized today, I really have no self-control after my third hour of watching back to back episodes, many of which I had already seen.

Must get better at tearing myself off the couch and turning off the television.

the calm before the very exciting storm

i hate to pack. not so much hate, as dread. dread to pack. i am the most anxious person about leaving something, anything behind. and when you are going to PARIS for 10 days, that is a lot of stuff to be anxious about.

anyways, tonight i was packing. and decided to try a new outfit. the jury is still out on this one, but i like trying new stuff. i'm taking it, so we'll see if it gets any face time on the streets of the city of love.

cardigan: forever 21, dress: old navy, scarf/belt: h&m, jeans: old navy, boots: charlotte rousse
please ignore the hair and the messy room. both are result of said packing.

p.s. in my efforts to get myself ready for france, i decided i needed something to protect my ears from the cold weather. i saw a really cute headband on urban's website. however, they didn't have it in the store i visited. so i settled on what could possibly be an equally cute hate. i've never, ever been a hat person so lets just say i'm stepping out of my comfort zone a little on this one. i hear that's a good thing every now and then

new years in polaroid

Too late for a New Years Eve recap? Nahhh....

I had a [somewhat] fantastic new years. Can't remember a lot of it, but who says that's a bad thing? I had a boss, who told me once that you should always make sure to have an awful hangover on New Years Day, so that the year can only get better from there. Well, from the looks of my hangover (sick till 9pm on January 1st) I will have one hell of a year! I'm ready for it!

Friends since High School

Kendle's gettin saucey!

Posing with the champ

Getting ready for midnight

Kisses for our Corbino

one of my favorite pics.. even if my face is cut off

Happy New Years!

Perfect ending

There is nothing better than good times, with good friends. Cliche? Maybe. True? Totally. All pictured above have been there for me when I've needed them most, and I hope they can say the same about me. I've come to appreciate my good friends.... Something I once regretted. I realized this the hard way... went to college 10 hours from all my good friends! I'm grateful they still make time for me when I'm in town. Can't wait till summer now...

Like a kid at Christmas

I love new toys. Especially when the new toys are Christmas presents from boyfriends who don't know what to get you, so they make you pick out your own present. Isn't that nice-getting exactly what you want... instead of something that you will most likely only use once or twice and only because you feel obligated because said boyfriend will feel bad if you don't? Yeah, it is nice.

Anyways. New toy= flip video (the Ultra series, to be exact) My main reason for getting this was because I am going to PARIS on THURSDAY and I thought it would be sort of nice to be able to take some videos while I am there. I am sure I'll get a lot more use out of it too, of course. But videos from PARIS was a big perk.

I do have a digital camera that allows me to take video footage, but it eats up my memory card which is pretty annoying. My flip can store up to 60 minutes of video which is awesome.

I just pulled it out of the box today, so I haven't gotten to play around with it too much. But my first reactions are that it is so easy to use! And the videos are a better quality that I would have expected! So far so good, flip vid.

My first video is just of the view from my apartment.... Pretty basic. I was just mostly playing around.... I need to work on my shaky videography, I know...