Backyard fun

Who knew I would have so much fun in my backyard? (Since I was 12 anyway)

Crochet Away!

I've decided to start crocheting. I have lots of time at work with nothing to do especially because I am not in school. My favorite things are crocheted things that have flowers on them. Afghans, scarves, hats, anything with flowers.

 

Also, everything looks cuter on babies. So really I'm just hoping that someone will pop out a baby so that I can make him/her some cutesy hats.

We'll see where this goes but I'm using the afghan my grandma crocheted for me, my mom has crochet hooks in the garage, and I'm kind of excited.

Wedding!

This weekend two friends of my dad's got hitched and I bartended (and secretly took my aspiring wedding photographer pictures).

The food was fantastic!

All Photo-ed Out

Over my trip to San Diego I took a grand total of 502 pictures. 502 PICTURES. I then sat down and went through them one by one and editing them. Editing out shine and blemishes of my friends, making sure the exposure was right and contrast and usually boosting the color. I am an edit fiend! What this all means is that I am rather tired of taking pictures. Don't worry this is not permanent! But I also just purchased a brand new macbook so I am also rather preoccupied at the mome.

In other news, because I got a new lappy I get to start over my music collection! Most people would see this as a HUGE  drag but not me! On my last computer I ripped all the music from multiple ipods resulting in 50 gigs of songs. I'm talking tens of thousands of songs. Which is just obscene. There were repeats, and songs I had never even listened to, songs that weren't labelled, songs I actually really didn't like, etc. It was a major cf (clusterfuck). So NOW, I get a clean slate, to start and build my music library completely around me and what I actually like! Some of my first downloads:

 

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

 tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

and some old favorites:

Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

 The XX - XX

I'm pretty excited! These are just a few obviously. More updates soon!

So Many Records

This weekend I went to San Diego to visit some of the best people ever. It was AMAZAZING but that is not what I am going to blog about this night. Two of my friends there have a radio show called Craydio and this weekend I tagged along. As we walked into the near-abandoned building in a secluded area of campus I was immediately smacked in the eyes by PILES UPON PILES of records. I didn't see anything past 1985 so obviously I was in heaven. 

What's for dinner?

I say this because I am hungry, not because it has anything to do with what I will write here today. I got my nails done and went to the beach today. I also lied. I feel kind of bad about it but I'm sure I won't once I get to SD and have a fantastic/wonderful weekend. The lie I couldn't capture, but here are my other two wednesday activities portrayed in jpeg format.

P.s. I figured out how to make my pictures bigger. All I had to do was click on it. I am lame.

Trees

I don't know how you all feel about trees but I like them very much. Oh goodness, how will I ever get followers now, if all I talk about is trees. But this tree in particular is quite striking. In the spring it has no leaves, but only these bright yellow blossoms. I took this picture with my new camera (eek!). I wish I could get it bigger but me oh my it is too late to start learning html when I have a chinese final exam tomorrow morning. After that though I will NEVER have to compose another chinese sentence. Which right now is more exciting to me than opening the door and finding James Franco sitting in my room wanting to go to the park and have a picnic with me (I do love picnics). Anyway, I leave you with some drivel and a photo of a tree. Ta ta for now!

Finals Week

I'm taking a short blog-break from my seemingly endless immersion in my linear algebra textbook. Problem is, I am kind of lost in the class. Simply not very interested. Now, math being my major, this is a pretty major problem (ahh I haven't punned in a while). Well left-brained Melissa gets quite a lot of enjoyment out of it but honestly I would rather be outside. Doing anything really. Laying on the grass would be nice. Except its been raining of late. Don't you love the expression "of late"? Ever so much classier than "lately."
Anywho, I have work tomorrow poo hoo oh that. Hopefully I'll take some pictures tomorrow! What a silly post, well I only have one follower so I am not worried about disappointing the masses.

This is not a photography blog

I am struggling with myself not to turn this into a photography blog. The problem is, there are probably thousands (if not more) photography blogs. I'm just another beginner with their first digital SLR who thinks they're going to be amazing. This will not keep me from taking pictures! Nor will it keep me from occasionally posting my good (decent) ones. But this is not, I repeat, this is not a photography blog.

My New Nikon D3100

I am so incredibly excited about my new camera. No, I don't plan on becoming a photographer, but I do need a hobby. And taking pictures always got me off in an artistic kind of way. After much deliberation I decided on the Nikon D3100. I decided I liked the feel of the Nikon more than the Casio and apparently those are pretty much the top two and its really more of a personal choice in deciding between the two. Once I decided on Nikon, the D3100 is the newest beginner-type camera. It was close between the D3100 and the D5100 but I decided that I really am a beginner and by the time I'm "advanced" enough for the D5100, there will be an upgraded one out there. So here it is!

Like I said I am out of my freakin mind excited about it. I took a little adventure around my complex trying to find picture-worthy situations. I mostly like photographing people but moss is cool too. Unless this isn't moss? Mold? Icky either way.

Things I Want

- typewriter (aqua? preferably)

- record player (I wonder if my grandma has any old records??)

- bedroom vanity

- Nikon DSLR (probably not this one as it is over 2,500 dolla)

- leather backpack

On Repeat

Washed Out - "Eyes Be Closed" 

A poem I found from a couple of months ago

frayed thoughts
scrape scrape
scrape

just out of reach
morning creeps
toe by toe

lacking something vital
faces drifting
lost at sea

An introduction if you please

I have known for a while that I am governed by two separate and almost comically different entities both residing in the mass chaos that I call my mind/brain/soul what have you.
Most people have had their fair share of the age old pathos vs logos type battles of the brain but the endless power struggle between my hemispheres has always gone deeper than just thoughts and reactions. In fact sometimes I feel like two separate people; each with two separate and distinct sets of tastes in art, music, clothing, even decor.
An anecdote for explanatory purposes: me and my boyfriend matthew decided to redo his bathroom in a small way (aka buy new bathmats and shower curtains). My right hemisphere screamed for a purple satin shower curtain and plush turquoise bathmats and a design dram on the mirror but what ended up happening? My left brain took up the reins and we ended up with a tasteful brown curtain with matching cream bathmats. Ol' lefty is the queen of cream. Neutral is her shit. The rift travels to other areas of interest as well. Righty has wanted a tattoo since she was seventeen. Lefty allowed her some weird ear piercings along which kept righty silent for a while but not satisfied. Story of righty's life.
In any case, I believe the picture I've been painting of my consciousness has given you some insight into my psyche. The reason for this blog is to let my right hemisphere (whom henceforth will be called Eris) run rampant without fear of any left-brained interference, so without further ado, welcome to my quiver of whimsy.