SkateWorld

The PLACE to be tonight in Hillsboro was mostdef the local SkateWorld. Adult skate every Friday night from 10pm to 12am. Who could ask for more? No little ones to be afraid of running over and we got to listen to what ever music we wanted to! No editting necessary! But one thing that was supposed to be a selling point really bummed me out: no games? Sad. We did play one- Red Light, Green Light- but I am absolutely awful at that game, sooo it didn't turn out well. I wanted to play the Dice Game. What is a night at SkateWorld without cheating at the Dice Game? Well, I still had buckets of fun and got some prettywicked photos because the place was so dark that my Nikon need a longer exposure time then normal.
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Angry Cordova

The last day my parents and I were in Cordova, Alaska, it was thunderstorming! My sistah Jessyka said that she had never experienced lightning or thunder in Cordova (she's been living there the past two summers), so I felt pretty special to experience this side of the town! The rain sadly deterred us from walking out on Sheridan's Glacier (the day before was cold and wet enough by Child's Glacier, and I was promised a trip out there next summer), but I love love love rain and the storm made the town smell so fresh and alive! But best of all was definitely the thunder and lightning. When the lightning struck, it was like it was striking right next to you it was so bright and unexpected. And the thunder was soooo loud! I felt like the sky was literally shouting at us. But in an almost Oregon-like turn-of-events (or I guess, turn-of-weather), it was sunny and dry again by 3pm, and just in time for our 5pm flight to come in and take us away from not-so-Angry anymore Cordova.

I'm still going through all my pictures from the trip, so if I have a good photographic representation of Angry Alaska, I'll slap it up here as soon as I can!

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Cordova, Alaska

I'm absolutely loving the natural beauty and ruggedness of my sister Jessyka's little Alaskan fishing town of Cordova. It's Alaska, but we've been wearing t-shirts (I even saw some locals wearing sandles! jeez!) everyday no problem. It isn't as warm as, say, LA is right now, but I'm guessing that it doesn't stay practically day-light outside until almost midnight there like it does here (throws offf your sleeping pattern a bit, but I can't complain about weather that's helping me stay up later and get up earlier!). I can't, actually I can, believe that I've already taken 650+ pictures here, including the two above from earlier today. We went on two breathtaking walks and I got some great shots, although they don't represent the giant rain drops pelting my roof right now very well (I LOVE RAIN!). I'm loving this little chunk of paradise more and more every minute and definitely wishing I would've thought to spend more of my summer here (the town in the summertime is ten-to-one men-to-women, so being here couldn't hurt my love life hahah), but, alas, I missed Oregon far too much not to go back at all. We're going to the glacier tomorrow and hopefully at one point before Tuesday night, we'll see an eagle, a moose or a brown bear (or all three!) to add to the otters, seals, spawning salmon, and plethora of ravens and seagulls we've seen so far. Look for more pictures from Cordova, Seattle, Hope Idaho, Walla Walla Washington, and all the travels inbetween later on here and on my Facebook profile.

the view from my porch.

Emma Stone, on the cover and filling magazine pages

Glamour, June 2011



Elle, July 2011



Vanity Fair, August 2011



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