Wants and Needs

Schools out tomorrow for the Mardi Gras holiday. My little sister gets a whole week out. A week. For a religiously routed celebration?!? No wonder the kids never learn anything.

I'm in college, and we only get one day out. It's cool that we get out at all. Though Mardi Gras did originate in America in this fair city, so it makes sense that the administrators would go with the flow. They're probably be no one in class anyway.

So, I've been thinking about the two entries I have talking about my male guilty pleasures: Jason Momoa and Leland. I must seem like such the pathetic fangirl. I mean, I could just go out and get a guy of my own, but that's not working out so well, so. . .Yeah. At a family gathering this past weekend, my uncle asked me if I was dating anyone new. And I told him no. It has been over a year since my last relationship ended, so it's not like I'd be jumping into anything new. However, (how I love entries where I get to use however) I have a lot more important things to focus on and improve before considering entering into another potentially longterm relationship.

I'm about to graduate from college this summer, and then I'll be out in the job market. There's a very likely chance that I may move away from home for the first time in my life. I lived in dorms my freshman year of college, I'm from the town where the university is, so it was only a matter of convenience, as I didn't own a car to drive to school everyday. So, I'm presented with the very probable possibility of moving away to find decent work in the graphic design field. So, starting any kind of relationship wouldn't be the prudent choice. It'd only be an unnecessary distraction. I definitely have enough "distractions" already without putting another person into the mix.

It's an incredibly humbling experience to realize that your life isn't going to be what you thought you wanted when you were younger. A lyric from a Lauryn Hill song keeps coming to mind. I though what I wanted was something I needed." It isn't and I've been trying to reconcile that truth to myself for the past year and a half.

Funny. I have a friend who's kind of going through the same thing I was. It's really quite sobering as they act as a mirror, and I can see more clearly what I had wrong, and am able to admit things to myself as I see them progress through an understanding, and ultimately, acceptance, of their own situation.

Extremely. . .

Yeah, so I was watching Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E. . .and I realized how hot Dog's son, Leland is. He has the most adorable smile. I can't believe he's 29.



I googled him, but I couldn't find many pictures. However, on the show's web site, Leland's bio went on about his legions of female fans and how lots of shirtless pics of him were circulatinig around the internet. However, I noticed that the page hadn't been updated in a while. When I first watched the show, I thought his hair style was really cheesy, with the long ponytail and his had shaved around, but it grew on me as I watched the show more. I really like nice, lean physique, though. I guess you get that from kickboxing ans extreme martial arts.

Speaking of extreme martial arts. I was just surfing around one night, and I came across these different sites of these guys involved in the sport. There was lots of cool video footage as well:

+ Steve Terada
+ Emerson Wong
+ Team Ryouoko

Yeah. I surf the internet way much. I've also bought more DVDs and iTunes music while I've been away from the blog. When will the madness end. . .

rose of Sharon

except from Examing the Scriptures Daily 2006:

The glory of Lebanon itself must be given to it, the splenfor of Carmel and of Sharon.
—Isaiah 35:2

Sharon, a maritime plain between the hills of Samaria and the Great Sea, or the Mediterranean, was noted for it's beauty and productivity. Being well watered, it was fine for grazing, but it had forest of oak trees in the northern sections. (1 Chron. 27:29; Song of Sol. 2:1, ftn.; Isa. 65:10) Thus Isaiah 35:2 was foretelling a restoration and a land blossoming with splendor, becoming like a paradise.

My dad read this too me this morning, but I was too much in the haze of sleep to remember it, until just now, when I decided to read the text for today. The plain of Sharon is where my name is derived, a beautiful and fertile plain. My parents didn't know all of this when they named me twenty some-odd-years ago but upon discovering the origin of my name, I found it quite appropriate.

I'm also surronded by the flowering plant, Rose of Sharon. The plant is quite prolific in this region, and I've even photographed the flowers before (they're in the courtyard of the art building) never knowing what they were called. It was only last summer that I decided to Google the plant to find out what it looked like.

On another note, I started a Sketch Blog.

Hopefully this will encourage me to draw more.

Now I'm off to the photo lab.

the fangirl that be

So I was surfing youtube.com once more, and came across this video. It's a video montage of Ronon Dex (played by Jason Momoa) of Stargate: Atlantis, set to "Anxiety" by the Black-Eyed Peas. Apart from the fact that he's gorgeous, I love his character because you can always count on him to shoot someone when all else fails.

Photo Lab Pics

These shots are from the night I stayed at the lab til 2 AM.


working on my photo montage


We got new desks.


little work area leading to the gang darkroom


The intimate space that is the gang darkroom






Travis' camera bag. He loaned me his camera so I could do some shots on the copy stand. He also modeled his arm for me. Thanks Trav. :)

Youtube is cool

I got an account at youtube.com, just so I could post this video. I was having problems figuring out the video feature on my digital camera. I was trying to snap a pic, but I had accidentally put the camera in video mode, and I was having trouble turning it off once it started filming. I sound like such a ditz. I really like how Kevin is oblivious to the whole thing.




I just watched the movie again. . . I'm embarrassed by my goofy laugh. Oh well.

Burning the midnight oil

Last night I was working in the photo lab from about 7 pm to 2:15 am. Travis was there, too. We both felt it was good to have the company. And yet, I still didn't finish the assignment. I got 2 out of 3 prints done, and I'm about to go back to the lab to try and finish the final one. Just thinking about it makes me tired.

Gosh. . .and I've still got to write a proposal on my next assignment. I have no idea what I want to to for that. Add to that the complication of my photo supplies order getting lost in the mail (it happened Friday), and it makes for a rather frustrating week.

Ugh.