Obsessions

Well, not obsessions, but things I'm really into right now:
My Little Pony
The Bachelorette (JP ftw)
My nails (yay they aren't all short and gross)
VIGGO MORTENSON!

short post. computers about to die.
sorry.
check out mom's blog, she has a new challenge thing going on :)
http://www.islandfever44.blogspot.com/

love you all! bye!

I love people.

I love people. Oh my gosh, I don't even know why, but I love meeting new people and like artsy weird people and such. I just got home from the Gay Pride Parade in Seattle and it was so amazing! I love how a community can just come together and support a cause like that. We met people there, like this really nice gay couple... the guys were so funny! Ahhhhh. So much goodness.

Also, that relationship I mentioned? eeehhhh. I realized that it wasn't what I thought and that I wasn't really who I thought I was... if that makes any sense...

I am officially going to visit Maddie! YAY! OFFICIAL!

Song of the week ---> Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga

Katie ---> out. MWAH.

It's Fabulous Friday!

Ok, so technically the days of the week don't matter anymore, because it's summer and all the days blur together, but for me, this Friday is exciting. That is because it's the Friday before my vacation! Woohoo! I'm getting so pumped about going, you don't even know. Time to ditch this sorry summer weather buh-bye!

Also, today is my first day of tutoring (someone else, as in I tutor others) so wish me luck! Out of curiosity, who's going to be working this summer?

Anyways, I guess people have been listing goals for this summer. I'm going to try and list some of mine here:

*Have an awesome vacation!

*Read lots of books, including several in Spanish. I really want to read Don Quixote if I have the time! I'm going to read "En El Tiempo de las Mariposas" by Julia Alvarez, which has been reviewed as a really good book, although the type I swear is size 9 font. No joke. But I'm going to give it my best shot.

*Workout more and improve my upper body strength. Needed for TKD especially since I made it onto the new competition team.

*See most of the amazing movies coming out this summer. Seriously, there are a lot of them.

*Hang out with my peeps!

*Do a summer photography project and take lots of pics to then print and frame to put up in a corner of my room.

*Complete Red Dead Redemption (an X-Box game :P )


I feel sure I'll get inspired throughout the summer and add more to this list.

Photoshop pic of the week time: it's a shot of the Seattle waterfront pier restaurant. I basically sharped the image and amped up the colors. I really loved how the red, yellow, and green popped out on a rather dreary Seattle day.




Have a great weekend!

-N

P.S. - Did you notice that I didn't capitalize "Summer" throughout the post? Hehe, I am so very sneaky ;)

Hello today is Wednesday and I actually remembered to post

Wow, see subject line. Hi guys! Tomorrow I am going to New Jersey. I will see my family. And the beach. And maybe the sun, if I'm lucky. It's predicted to rain and thunder right now... bah humbug So how's all y'all's summers? I'm playing some summer lacrosse, which reminds me I need to email my coach, but it's super fun. Nothing intense like Kelly, Lindsay, and Nicole's team, but still fun. Good to be doing something, yeah? I was inspired by Cailyn, so here is a list of things I am doing this summer.
DOING FOR SURE
1. laxing
2. going to the East Coast and hanging with family
a. New Jersey
i. BEACH
b. Maine
i. RANDOM STUFF
3. hanging out with friends!
4. island! with Kylie and Cailyn, the big kahoonas :)
a. hopefully with Amy too, but I dunno if this will actually happen
5. saving money to buy a car because neither of my parents will do the honors

WANT TO DO:
1. MEET SOME PEOPLE.
2. Go camping!

Yeah, that's my list/s. Do you think my WTD list is accomplishable? Let me know! Also let me know if you have suggestions on how best I can meet lots of people.

So there we go. Not sure I'll post while in NJ, we shall have to see.
ENJOY YOUR SUMMERS. Text/call me too! First week in NJ is just me, mi madre, and my grandparents... so feel free to say hi.
Ciao & Cheers,
Ellen :)

OH PS: Guess what?!?! I rode a dinosaur yesterday :D
Oh, PPS: that list is supposed to have indents and stuff... but the blog doesn't post that way. So, just to clarify, the "a." would be indented after the # and the "i." indented after the "a." and so on. Ciao. Again.

so apparently I've turned into that weird one who only wears one earring... :D

and I know this because...I AM only wearing one earring...and following this "trend", i've started getting new earrings, jewelry and stuff, things that I haven't...had the courage(?) to wear before because they are so different and more statement-y than what is normal I guess.

Example? I just got this, and I'm hoping it comes soon, so I can decide if I want to keep getting things similar to it.... and that is the major change for me this summer.  woohoo...!!

As for what I'm doing this summer, I suppose I shall make a list...because that's how i feel like doing it right now [read: It's probably easiest].

• I will be going to work for the Matrix...for four days. (<- hahaha, that's not a real job)
• I will be going on my mission trip to Brooklyn
• I have a class at UW for two weeks
• I have two technology lessons to teach
• I will go to the midnight premier of Harry Potter 7: Part 2 (and this is extra special because it will be the first time I go to a midnight premier of a movie ^.^ )
• I will go hang out with Kurtie and Ellen up at the island...with hashbrowns...and tubeworms.
• I'm hanging out with Ellen and we shall go to Scotts, and get heels. 
• I'm hanging out with Kurtie again, and possibly Catherine at Bell-Square for our (not-so-bi-)annual shopping trip, and we will eat red mango.
• I am going to Quebec, Montreal, and possibly visiting my extended family in Cali.  

AND, I haven't even started my summer homework.  i think this is the most im doing in the summer...since....a very long time. I'll actually have things to talk about!!! :D 

I passed the driver's ed pseudo-test thing...and I now know that you can completely FAIL at the maneuvers and still pass...heh

oh, and in case you didn't already know, I got braces, and and look weird.  Picture for laughs? ... i refuse.

 

Home!

I just got back from Disney World! It was so hot there, I loved it. I'm tan now. I made friends with a lot of little kids cause I am a social person who cannot talk to people at least 10 years younger than me, apparently.

I WENT TO HARRY POTTER WORLD.

And I drank butterbeer and bought a sweatshirt and I rode rides and I got the shit scared out of me by some giant metal spiders.

So much goodness.

It's so cold here. And it's so warm there. It makes me sad.

I made myself a blanket fort to sleep in because I slept on the bottom bunk of the bunk bed.

So much goodness there too.

I MISS YOU GUYS.

Song of the week ---> Rainy Day by Coldplay

Katie ---> out. MWAH.

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Hey Everyone.

Sorry for not posting last Friday. I went to work with my dad last friday at Microsoft, and kind of had a daddy-daughter day, which was fun :) so that kind of distracted me from posting.

But today is another Friday. So I think I'll explain the title of the post. It's in honor of Owl City's new album titled "All Things Bright and Beautiful". It's such a cool, new direction for Owl City, but obviously still includes the foundations in which Owl City established itself, with fun synth pop and mesmerizing beats. All in all, it's a perfect summer album - there are so many upbeat, happy songs on this record. You should all definitely check it out. My favorite songs are "Plant Life", "Alligator Sky" (I prefer the non-rap version at the moment, but both are cool), and "The Yacht Club". Adam Young is truly an amazing artist.

To follow Kylie's request of documenting my summer... well, I don't really have any exciting pictures. Mostly I've been staying home, chillaxin'. Doing lots of Photoshop experimentation, reading books, playing video games, going to Tae Kwon Do. You know, the usual. However, today I did go to the doctor because I've been having weird knee pains, and apparently I over-exerted my knee through various activities. So now I need to see a physical therapist. Fun :|

What I'm really excited for is in a week and a half, I'll be leaving for Hawaii! I'll be gone until July 8th, so no promises on posting. I'll try to remember, and maybe post from my phone. But there's a 3 hour time difference, so if I posted at night after 9, then it would technically be Satuday here... hmmmm.

Ok, I think it's time for the Photoshop picture of the week. Like I said, I've been experimenting with stuff. Mostly trying to do HDR pictures and working with the Orton effect. Both are very cool, and I've learned a lot. I know some other programs, like Picnic, allow you to use an Orton effect filter, but I like actually recreating the effect in Photoshop because a) it's more fun to do it yourself and b) you get a greater control of the effect and you can really taper the effect to the image you are working on. So like for this pic, I didn't over use the effect - I used just enough to add a slight blur/dreamy quality. And I think it works - I especially love the way the trees look.



Hope you all are having a fabulous summer!

-N

Highway Unicorn

I love that song.

I love her whole album.

I LOVE GAGA.

So how is everyone's Summer? Mine's pretty good so far :) It's only been a week, but regardless.

This is going to  be a short post because I don't have anything to write about.

So this happened today:

LOVE YOU ALL!

-Kylie

So I'm posting late tonight...

...because tomorrow I'll be in Disney World!!!

Woooo!

I cannot wait. I am going to act like a 5 year old. Cool.

This is going to be so excited. My god.

So today, I drew this cool dancer thing, but there was so much charcoal on it that I had to keep wiping my hands on my legs, so my legs got COVERED in charcoal.

I also have a scar and some bruises on my leg from playing bad(ass)mitton. Really? That's like the least cool way to get scars and bruises. It's like the least intense sport there is. But I slid on my knee to hit the birdie, and I did that to my leg and took out a chuck of grass from Jennifer's lawn AND scored a point. So it looked cool at least. Battle wounds. Always a good story.

Today was the first soccer practice (pre-season, gotta love it!) It felt so good to start playing again. It's really awesome to do something you've grown up with and has become an important part of your life after not doing it for months. It's like peeing after you've had to go for the past five hours. Except not as weird. (Everybody does it, so it's not really that gross, guys!)

Well, I gotta go. I woke up 12 1/2 hours ago, but I have an early wake up tomorrow so I need to sleep! Plus, I gotta wake up early all vacation. That's how the Larsons do Disney, and we do it right! We have this program that makes us a schedule so we can avoid the lines. It's so cool.

Song of the Week ---> Government Hookup by Lady Gaga

Katie ---> out. MWAH.

Summer is off to a pretty good start....

HEY!

Summer has been GREAT so far. I'm so excited to hang out with a whole bunch of you this summer :)

Uhh...okay...so right now, I think I'm having an allergic reaction- to a cat. *cough cough, Kylie* I'M WEARING THE TECH SWEATSHIRT AND I THINK IT HAS CAT HAIR ON IT CUZ IM COUGHING AND SNEEZING AND WHEEZING. -.- i should put the thing in the wash.

Anyways, what is everyone's plans for the summer? Today, I'm planning on going to Barnes and Nobles to get some books. I haven't read in FOREVER so I'm soooo excited to do that. Oh, and I have my Philippines trip next week. That should be realllly fun...and hot. Oh darn, that means I can't post for two weeks (sorry people).

I hope everyone has a safe, but SUPER FUN summer!!!!

:)

WE WE WE SO EXCITED / first day of summer

Happy first day of no classes everyone! Summer '11 here we come!

My day yesterday:
1/2 day at school, sushi and a movie with Anna and Catherine (find your inner peace. inner piece of what?), popcorn, thai food, and tic-tac-toe with Catherine and Emilee, then at 11:00, skyping with Stefanie for 2 hours while she watched the scream ("HE'S GUNNA STAB HER. HE'S GUNNA STA- he stabbed her. awwww damn. you better run girl! you better run! WHY ARE YOU GOING UP STAIRS! THAT'S DUMB BRO! YOU GUNNA DIE! oh look, she died." )

Yeah, that was pretty fun.
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Plans for today include: cleaning my room.
and that is all.
I think I'll go buy myself a veggie burger at Scotts once I finish.
motivation motivation motivation.
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I am so excited for Thursday when Jane and I go up to the island.
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Nathalia: I LOVE YOU. that video was pretty much the cutest and nicest thing I have seen! te amo, chica!
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I should go get a start on my room. wish me luck :)
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Love you all to hogwarts and back (get it, because it is an unmeasurable amount of distance?),
Kylie
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Idea: So does pretty much everyone have a camera? Try semi-documenting your summer. then upload your favorites. It'll make our daily blog posts more colorful :)

Something Fast.

there.  I wrote it nathalia.  it look exactly 6 seconds.... :D

here's a picture

I feel like this is me.

--Muchas Smoochas (15 seconds)

Katie is happy

I'm so happy.

School is out (almost).

I've spent the entire weekend at the beach or watching House. Season two, episode 15 so far.

This show is rally emotional and dramatic.

I am in a relationship! It says so on Facebook! That's so exciting!

We spent the day together in Kirkland... the place of happenings.

I feel like Taylor Swift in one of her happy teenage love songs where everything is perfect in the world. Honestly, I'm so happy right now.

***

I hate it when people post things as their status that are really dramatic and emotional and CLEARLY targeted at someone. It's so awkward and it looks like they're just asking for attention.

***

I am so excited to not be in school anymore. I am going to bake and paint and draw and watch House and sleep in till 10:00 or 11:00 and NOT DO HOMEWORK (mostly).

YEAAH SON.

Song of the Week ---> Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Katie ---> out. MWAH.

Glory

Today is a glorious day. It was the last full day of school - yay! We're almost Juniors, chicas :O

Also, today is really warm and sunny. So the weather is glorious too. I know some people who might have gotten a bit sunburnt in all the frenzy of the outdoor activities. It was fun just lounging around the HS area for a couple hours. Very relaxing. As a matter of fact, I think we should all go outside and soak up the sun. So this will be a shorter post.

So what did you all think about the yearbook this year? Leave a comment. I thought it was cool, and I liked the layout/style of the book. One small thing I had issues with was the obvious Photoshopping. There are wayyy better ways to extract people from images without leaving out chunks of let's say, their heads. Or to make it look less obvious. Sigh. I can't wait to take yearbook by storm senior year! Speaking of Photoshop... it's time for the Photoshop picture of the week!

This week's pic was of a rock I found on the beach on Blake Island during the class trip. The rock has like a little heart engraving in it. I added a zoom filter for dramatic effect and emphasis on the rock.




Have a fabulous weekend everyone, and I'll see you Monday for our last day of school!

-N

I hate dumb ASS triangles

Teehee do you get my pun? I feel clever. So basically, studying for math. Yup, 'nuff said. Let's take a quick moment to pray that I don't totally botch this test.
And now a moment of silence, for all those poor problems that I do screw up.
Thank you for your support. Now I got to go finish cracking this math thing.
Ciao.
Ellen :)

Last Tuesday Post during Sophomore Year

And I'll be the first to post on the first day of summer!

I feel like I am being a way to laid back about finals. I don't even know why. I should be freaking out, but I'm just not. I know i can memorize all of the grammar tonight, and possible the vocab (but there won't be a lot of that on the test. just for the 2 writings) and chem will be fine because we get a note card. I'm sort of nervous for math, but I feel like I know all the concepts, it's only a matter of reviewing. a lot. haha.

but enough with finals.

TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES!

and that is exciting.

What do you all have planned for summer? I am so excited.

June 9: Jane and I head up to the cabin

June 17: dress rehearsal for a show at the community theatre (I'm helping backstage with about 20 toddlers. oh boy.)

June 18: Dance Happy show. everything from 2 year old ballerinas, to 70 year old cloggers. 

June 19-August 22: Find work where I can (hopefully at this cafe in Friday Harbor), volunteer ushering/refreshments at the San Juan Community theatre.

http://www.sjctheatre.org/

come up and see a show! If anyone wants to come up, just text me and I'll give you the ferry schedual/directions. Just come up whenever. It'll be a party.

Woah next time I blog it'll be summer.

Let's try to keep this up during the summer, I like hearing about what's going on in everyone's lives.

Ok random tanget: I decided I'm not pro-life, or pro-choice, I'm pro it-depends-on-the-situation-so-deal-with-your-own-business. Government should not have control of women's bodies.

ok anyways.

conclusion:

I am excited for summer.

and this is a good song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LloIp0HMJjc

Once you get past the......blood and women.

yeah.

but it's a good song.

Props to Nicole Durham.

Ok i need to go,

Good luck on finals everybody.

Love you all!

Kylie
OK wait. this post needs a picture.

Laaaawl.

If you don't mind Drarry...

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6940560/1/A_Blog_Worth_Following

I've read the first couple of paragraphs, and it seems funny so far... :3

EDIT------- It's kind of stupid now. if you can get past a little bit of awkward writing though, it's still okay

          OKAY SCRATCH IT ALL - it's crossed the line into completely OOC.  D:  it makes me sad

I'm going to sleep now...

I'll probably start really posting again over the summer

--Muchas Smoochas

A Super Fun Weekend

This weekend is super fun. Yesterday, I made French toast, then I studied (lame), and then I went to Folk Life! That was so fun. Except kind of sketch. I was hanging out with a bunch of seniors and juniors, and this one random guy came up and drew on Maria Mill's leg with a pen that somehow had acid in the ink. But I loved looking at what everyone was wearing. Some people were VERY artistic in their outfit choices. But it was cool to see. And the sun came out! WOAH!

And now I'm going to study... bleh. I want to go have fun. But whatever. This works too. I'm kind of nervous for finals. But also kind of not. Which scares me... but not.

Oh, here is what I think of when I think of y'all:

Cailyn ---> Long suburban walks and sketchy parks
Kylie ---> Blockbuster and Veggie Tales
Ellen ---> Camping and lacrosse with oranges
Catherine ---> Math class and alphabets
Nathalia ---> Halo and teddy bears

Song of the Week ---> I Feel Like Dancing by All Time Low

Katie ---> out. MWAH.

So... That was fun.

Class trip. That was fun. I really enjoyed bonding with our class. Just didn't enjoy the rain and raccoons and cold and the fact that our tents didn't have bottoms. And that it was so freakin' expensive. The island was really pretty though. Especially when it was sunny (on the beach!).

So Kylie asked us to come up with lists to describe the people on the blog with the first thing(s) that come to mind. Here are my thoughts:

Cailyn: Squirrels, Pug Face
Kylie: Islands, Baby chicks
Ellen: Rainbows
Catherine: Nuts, Pavlova
Katie: Shuh-dresses, milkshakes

:D

You know, the weather has been bi-polar since we left the island. It keeps switching between rain and sun. You know what else is weird? I'm posting this during math class. Because I'm super bored. And tired. And just kind of out of it. So this gives me something interesting and silent to do while Hsieh rambles on about confusing problems on the packet. This is like an FML. Anyways. Moving on.

I want to watch Tangled. Ever since I saw C-Block history watch it this morning. Next party is going to be a partaay. Especially in English class. Everyone bring food, no matter what section you're in. We all are going to eat food and finish watching TEWWG.

Only 20 mins to go. Why are we still learning stuff. Oh gosh. Some of these comments are just............ AHHHHHHHHH.


Photoshop picture of the week:




So this was me trying to make some sort of cartoon/mystical cloud. It's just alright. Nothing super. But it's all I could come up with this week due to lack of time.


Please, let me know if you have any ideas/suggestions/challenges for me to try for the Photoshop pic of the week. I need a creativity boost.


Enjoy the last (3-day) weekend! I'll be studying for finals. But don't slave away over just that. I'm also planning to see Pirates 4. Relax. Study. Find a balance.

Later,


-N

Licenced

So.......I got my licence today. yep.

Who's excited for the class trip? :D
I feel like no one is. because we're camping. I've realized something recently. If you stop bitching about how hard your life is and go into things with a positive and optimistic attitude, they will turn out better. You should try it sometime. Instead of being like "This is going to be TERRIBLE!" or "I'M GUNNA DIEEE" just try to look at it in a new light, and stop bringing everyone else down with you. Because if you don't then people will stop wanting to hang out with you. Attitudes are contagious.

So even if you aren't 100% thrilled to be camping tomorrow, just make the best of it because honestly, life is too short to be pessimistic.

Glee finale tonight!

In response to Cailyn's link yesterday, you all should go read it. I'm up to chapter 23 (there are 44). IT IS TERRIBLE! but so so so funny. Stefanie and Cady told me about it. They're practically memorized the whole thing.

We have 3 more days of school left. That doesn't count finals, or our class trip. 3 more days or legit learning. Then summer!!
What are your summer plans?
I'm heading up to the island on the 9th of June with Jane. I'm going to volunteer painting sets, ushering, backstage, etc. at the community theatre in Friday Harbor. I'm so excited. I really love being a part of a community, even if I'm just background help. It's still great.

WHO SAW PIRATES 4? I went on Saturday night at 10:00 with Natasha. Even though there were only like 12 people in the theatre with us, some people got really into it. there were 2 boys who went all out in pirate costumes, and one woman who I'm fairly certain was in costume, but i wasn't sure.
http://yaoisex.tumblr.com/post/5667446833/st4rtliving-gibbs-i-can-get-the-goat
Yeah, that reminded me of Cailyn and I.

Isn't it funny what reminds you of certain people? Like if I hear 'the little drummer boy', or see skippy's peanut butter I think of Jane. Let's go through everyone on this blog: ok first thing that comes to my mind:

Cailyn: Tupperwear, or satsumas
Ellen: Tortilla chips
Catherine: Sushi/belts
Nathalia: those horse club books
Katie: Alpacas/star wars

Not that anyone reads these posts completely, but if you are reading this, include a list like that in your blog :)

I need to go, love you all.
Kylie.