the chilis

tonight

     Tonight I'm going to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers live at the Oracle Coliseum in Oakland with my friend Karla! We were supposed to go way back in February, but the entire tour was postponed due to Anthony Kiedis getting surgery on his right foot. But I really have nothing to complain about because I'm going at all because they added a second Oakland date after their first show sold out [before I could get a ticket, so of course they added a new date so I could go]. I'm just so glad that they rescheduled the Oakland dates to be before Karla or I leave to study abroad! Soooo here's what tonight will look like [will hopefully look like, because I don't think we have the best seats]:

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Currently listening to... Parallel Universe by RHCP

Flashlight Photography

SmelL.A.

     I went to LA with my friend Wally a couple of weekends ago and just now decided to blog about it. Yay me! Well we started our trip at 6am on Saturday morning [after spending Friday night at the Shoreline seeing the Band Perry live!], got into LA around noon and went straight to the beach. Wally helped me overcome my fear of being pummeled by waves [by letting me be pummeled by waves so I could see that it wasn't that scary] and I spent by far the longest time in the ocean continuously ever. And it was pretty fun. Then we laid out for a while to dry off, and for me, to get radiantly sunburnt. Then it was to Wally's family's house for his brother's graduation party. I had fun playing card games and foosball. Later that night, we drove around and took some sweet night photos and even sat in a rocket ship play structure until the cops kicked us out [the park was closed]. The next morning, we went to the Redondo Beach Pier to walk around and eat pizza. Then it was on to Diddy Riese in Westwood Village near UCLA before getting back on the road to drive back to the bay. Suffice it to say, it was a quick trip, but it was super fun and definitely worth it. 

Although you can't tell in this photo,
I was def wearing overalls

If I Die Youngggg!

Brad Paisley

Horses!

COWS!

This just really doesn't seem safe.

Are ya kiddin' me?

     So I just got back from Portland for my sister Jessyka's baby shower. It was an excellent albeit short trip to the rainy city [although we got zero rain], but the highlight of the time [besides spending time with my family members, sleeping in my own bed, blah-dee da da] was definitely receiving the tiger stencil I accidentally had sent to my parents house. Can I please just have it on all of my clothing and bags and drawn all over my body already? No? Okay, well I'll have to get on that then.

Tiger stencil! In two sizes, so I can put it ANYWHERE!

Tiger stencil in action. Harper's gonna be one badass babe.

I wish...

...I was sleeping. I wish I was finishing decorating the onesies for Miss Harper Joyce. I wish I was putting together my dresser. I wish I was stenciling my other dresser. I wish I was organizing my life. I wish I was watching J.Wow and Snooki. But no. I'm working on a paper/presentation  [which, ironically enough, is on co-sleeping] and reading an article for my psych class tomorrow. And then I'll get to sleep [hopefully soon], but before long, I'll be up again [too damn early] for work, then practicing for/ finishing up the presentation in the library, then class for poster session and then even more wonderful lecture. Then I'll finally get to breathe again for the first time since Saturday night, until I have to go to work again tomorrow evening. I love summer. It's so laid back. 

hmmm wish I was here:

Alaska?

     Well it's been a crazy couple weeks. As you know, I sent that wonderful week in Cordova with my seester and her baby bump, but then I returned just in time for a truly exhausting week of my new job and summer classes. But all of that calmed down and I got into a rhythm with school work, work work and actually getting some sleep... just in time for the lease on our house to start and then I had to move all my stuff in! I'm still working on getting a bed and dresser, but with one [of roughly a million] box unpacked, I'm taking a break til my parents and brother get down here tomorrow. Yep, you heard right, folks! My parents and brother are coming down for the fourth! I'm so excited because they get to see [and help with] my new house, but also because it's going to be the first time my brother is visiting! yay!



Thank you for your patience with my inability to organize my photographs from my trip to Alaska. I will hopefully have a couple posts for you over the next couple days and then a post about moving with some photos of my new house! yay!