i promise, many long updates to come!! for now, here is my favorite movie of the night.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
you tube, make me smarter
it is midterm week here in the beautiful arizona :) the weather here right now is perfect.. even for test taking. i wore a sweater all week while riding my bike. made me so very happy. other than weather, this week has been not so fun. here is a list of exams i have had this week, in youtube form.
Monday,
Exam One: Class- Child Lanuage Development
Tuesday,
Exam Two: Class- Adolescence
Thursday,
Exam Three: Class- Close Relationships
Exam Four: Class- Abnormal Child Psychology
Friday,
Exam Five: Class- Evolution and Human Development
p.s. sorry to my one loyal reader, i have been insanely busssssyyyyyy but i will try to update more often!
Monday,
Exam One: Class- Child Lanuage Development
Tuesday,
Exam Two: Class- Adolescence
Thursday,
Exam Three: Class- Close Relationships
Exam Four: Class- Abnormal Child Psychology
Friday,
Exam Five: Class- Evolution and Human Development
p.s. sorry to my one loyal reader, i have been insanely busssssyyyyyy but i will try to update more often!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
durangans
looong time since i have posted. sorry! Summer was wonderful. I am now writing from a new lap top :) It works much better.
I was able to end the summer with a beautiful road trip to Durango CO with my friend Benjamin before he moved to the Swiss Alps. Durango is now one of my all time favorite cities. It has an amazing down town area completely surrounded by natural beauty. All the people were extremely friendly and willing to share with us all the best places to hike, camp, rock climb, meet people, etc... Unfortunately the water was too low in the river so we were unable to go white water rafting...next time.
Also, my cameras both died within the first day of the trip. However, I was able to get a few pictures of the rainy eight hour drive and things we encountered along the road. (And some of you will be happy to know that I am now a pro at driving in foreign cities, and across states.)
I was able to end the summer with a beautiful road trip to Durango CO with my friend Benjamin before he moved to the Swiss Alps. Durango is now one of my all time favorite cities. It has an amazing down town area completely surrounded by natural beauty. All the people were extremely friendly and willing to share with us all the best places to hike, camp, rock climb, meet people, etc... Unfortunately the water was too low in the river so we were unable to go white water rafting...next time.
Also, my cameras both died within the first day of the trip. However, I was able to get a few pictures of the rainy eight hour drive and things we encountered along the road. (And some of you will be happy to know that I am now a pro at driving in foreign cities, and across states.)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
excuse me, your nerd is showing.
last night the new Harry Potter came out!! and I must say I would give the movie five stars. Ben, Doni, and I went to the 12:30 showing, and yes we fit in with the Harry Potter fans a little too well. Not to mention we ran into many of our closest friends (such as Christy, Stephanie, and CJ). All three of us also wore us some homemade HP T-shirts that Doni and I spent 7 hours on! I kid you not. It all started with a dumb yet simple mistake. We bought white T's, and the iron on paper we bought was made for black T's. However, the directions for both types of paper/T-shirts (white and dark) were included in the box. Naturally since we had white t-shirts we just followed the white directions. Which resulted in us nearly burning down Don's apartment from ironing paper that was not meant to be ironed along with us spending about 4 hours picking off gooey ink that had burned onto our shirts. After finally figuring out where we went wrong our shirts were a success. And Don and I being so clever, made Ben a slytherin shirt which we considered to be a hilarious insult. Of course his shirt turned out better than both of ours anyway.
(for whatever reason it made sense at the time to show off our shirts by imitating our fourth grade, school pictures)
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Bastille Day!
That's right, today July 14th is the French Independence day. Considering this is my friend Benjamin's first year not in Paris on this special day, we decided to celebrate the best that we could. This morning I went early over to BevMo to find a nice French champagne with the advice of some friendly employees who helped me out a lot with choosing a reasonably priced but still tasty imported beverage.
I ended up buying a Moet & Chandon, White Star.
We then went to a cute little French cafe down here in Tucson called Le Delice where we treated ourselves to some delicious pastries.
I hope you too can have yourselves a lovely Bastille day! (And don't forget to go watch Harry Potter at midnight).
I ended up buying a Moet & Chandon, White Star.
We then went to a cute little French cafe down here in Tucson called Le Delice where we treated ourselves to some delicious pastries.
I hope you too can have yourselves a lovely Bastille day! (And don't forget to go watch Harry Potter at midnight).
Monday, July 13, 2009
Something Beautiful
Last night I went to a show. It was at Club Congress. The line up included Good Old War, Dredg, and RX Bandits. Each band was unbelievably talented and sociable. They all hung out after and related with the crowd in a very personal way. Love was spilling onto everyone. Some of my closest and dearest friends went with me to the show and I could not have asked for better company. We all danced to our hearts content and ended the night with wonderful conversation at The Grill. I am truly blessed to have such amazing people in my life. The highlight of my night was the first band. I had never heard of them and they were incredible live. I wish everyone could experience them in person.
Update in general:
Finished strong in math.
Term paper in English is due on Wednesday.
Finished, Under the Banner of Heaven currently reading, The Tipping Point, and The Shack.
Planning a road trip to wherever.
Re-started working the morning shift and am learning to fall in love with it all over again. It is refreshing to once again see the sun rise every morning and be there first thing when my kids wake up.
A Taste of My New Love:
Update in general:
Finished strong in math.
Term paper in English is due on Wednesday.
Finished, Under the Banner of Heaven currently reading, The Tipping Point, and The Shack.
Planning a road trip to wherever.
Re-started working the morning shift and am learning to fall in love with it all over again. It is refreshing to once again see the sun rise every morning and be there first thing when my kids wake up.
A Taste of My New Love:
Stars and Stripes
Fourth of July
Always a favorite holiday of mine.
This year I drove out to San Diego with my aunt and uncle to visit family. My cousin Alex is living out there for the summer so seeing her was a real treat. It was wonderful to catch up, spend some quality time with the family I am not able to see very often, and of course spend some time with the ocean. My aunt and uncle rented an amazing beach house that sat on the cliffs of Ocean Beach and we had the most spectacular view. We had a beautiful porch to sit out on in the morning and drink our coffee and read a book, and then to rap up the day with a beer and a sunset. That's what I call a vacation. My grandparents also rented a beach house just down the road within walking distance and my aunt and uncles house is planted right in the middle of the two. The locations made for perfect and easily accessed quality time with everyone. Just as they are every year, the fire works were shot from the peer and we all watched from our balcony and barbecued some hamburgers and hot dogs.
View from our balcony/porch.
Alex and I.
4th at the beach
met up with Stephany
Lit up the ocean.
With Mumuu and Fadi
Always a favorite holiday of mine.
This year I drove out to San Diego with my aunt and uncle to visit family. My cousin Alex is living out there for the summer so seeing her was a real treat. It was wonderful to catch up, spend some quality time with the family I am not able to see very often, and of course spend some time with the ocean. My aunt and uncle rented an amazing beach house that sat on the cliffs of Ocean Beach and we had the most spectacular view. We had a beautiful porch to sit out on in the morning and drink our coffee and read a book, and then to rap up the day with a beer and a sunset. That's what I call a vacation. My grandparents also rented a beach house just down the road within walking distance and my aunt and uncles house is planted right in the middle of the two. The locations made for perfect and easily accessed quality time with everyone. Just as they are every year, the fire works were shot from the peer and we all watched from our balcony and barbecued some hamburgers and hot dogs.
View from our balcony/porch.
Alex and I.
4th at the beach
met up with Stephany
Lit up the ocean.
With Mumuu and Fadi
These Roots Grow Deep
Happy VERY belated Dadio's Day! I hope you all had a fantastic one with all those incredible dads out there. what would we do without you guys? For fathers day in my family we decided to turn it into a traditional Finnish holiday.
My Mumuu (Dad's mom) who is from Finland along with a few others from my dad's side of the family came over to prepare the feast and have a beautiful day of relaxation.
My grandmother (Mumuu) gave us all a lesson on how to prepare a traditional Finnish dish called a Pasty. They were DELICIOUS. She also gave us the entire history lesson about pasties and why they are important in our culture. And to top it off, throughout the bake fest she gave us lessons on how to speak Finnish. Naturally the first word she taught us was shit pants. you know, just in case I ever need to call someone a shit pants in another language.
Lately I am growing more and more motivated to move to Finland for at least a short time in my life. I have recently acquired some of my family member's contact information who still live over there. My grandparents also gave me an old Finnish history book that was printed in 1834! It belonged to my Great Grandmother and is filled with rich history about the country. If all goes as planned, when I graduate this May from the UofA I hope to move to Finland and work for a couple of years or attend Grad school at the University of Helsinki. And luckily I will be well equipped when I head over sea's, to insult anyone who crosses my path. All those shit pants people better watch out.
Here are pictures of our feast preparation:
Bella Bean working hard.
All the women hard at work while the men caught a break.
Bella bean and I were put in charge of mixing the raw meat with the vegetables.
(pre-bake)
(post-bake)
The loving Mom and Pop.
My Mumuu (Dad's mom) who is from Finland along with a few others from my dad's side of the family came over to prepare the feast and have a beautiful day of relaxation.
My grandmother (Mumuu) gave us all a lesson on how to prepare a traditional Finnish dish called a Pasty. They were DELICIOUS. She also gave us the entire history lesson about pasties and why they are important in our culture. And to top it off, throughout the bake fest she gave us lessons on how to speak Finnish. Naturally the first word she taught us was shit pants. you know, just in case I ever need to call someone a shit pants in another language.
Lately I am growing more and more motivated to move to Finland for at least a short time in my life. I have recently acquired some of my family member's contact information who still live over there. My grandparents also gave me an old Finnish history book that was printed in 1834! It belonged to my Great Grandmother and is filled with rich history about the country. If all goes as planned, when I graduate this May from the UofA I hope to move to Finland and work for a couple of years or attend Grad school at the University of Helsinki. And luckily I will be well equipped when I head over sea's, to insult anyone who crosses my path. All those shit pants people better watch out.
Here are pictures of our feast preparation:
Bella Bean working hard.
All the women hard at work while the men caught a break.
Bella bean and I were put in charge of mixing the raw meat with the vegetables. 
(pre-bake)
(post-bake)
The loving Mom and Pop.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
if you know me
then you know how much I hate child abuse. And I am completely an advocate for child abuse prevention. But, this is just funny, and if it were real...it might actually be a form of prevention eh?
New BabySafe Ball Makes Shaking Your Infant Guilt And Injury Free
New BabySafe Ball Makes Shaking Your Infant Guilt And Injury Free
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
unwind
today in pictures, and a few words.
After a loooong night of studying for my first math test in about four years, I knew I would need a rejuvenating day. So to start my day...
I woke up early for a quick little jog with Niko the Freako (the weather in Tucson is beautiful right now).
I then crammed in some last minute studying, and eating, and tea, before heading out to try to master this exam.
After two hours of plugging numbers I came home to unwind with some yoga.
Then headed out to the pool to take a nap. :) naps are the best. And a little kitty came to join me for the day!
After re-filling on Vitamin D, I worked on my English paper and soaked in some of the good book.
I then ran some much needed errands (Target) and I will be ending the day with "Under the Banner of Heaven". I am determined to finish it this summer
oh, and I think Zooey Deschanel is simply adorable.
After a loooong night of studying for my first math test in about four years, I knew I would need a rejuvenating day. So to start my day...
I woke up early for a quick little jog with Niko the Freako (the weather in Tucson is beautiful right now).
I then crammed in some last minute studying, and eating, and tea, before heading out to try to master this exam.
After two hours of plugging numbers I came home to unwind with some yoga.
Then headed out to the pool to take a nap. :) naps are the best. And a little kitty came to join me for the day!
After re-filling on Vitamin D, I worked on my English paper and soaked in some of the good book.
I then ran some much needed errands (Target) and I will be ending the day with "Under the Banner of Heaven". I am determined to finish it this summeroh, and I think Zooey Deschanel is simply adorable.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I think I am allergic to math
One of my summer school classes is math. yippee. It is three hours a day (10am-1pm) for four days a week (Mon-Th) but only a total of five weeks! Well, I think I am allergic. For my entire life I have always thought I am only allergic to penicillin. All my life, until two weeks ago. My body decided that was too easy. The worst part about this allergic reaction is this might be the first math class I have ever slightly enjoyed! My professor is hilarious (I don't think it is intentional) but he is a funny guy to listen to. I actually understand what we are doing (probably because I took this class sophomore yr. of high school). and the 18 year old fella's of the class always flock to my corner asking for help making me feel so smart and pretty (JK, ...they are at least 19). Oh, allergic reactions go away.
The first weeek I started to get bloody noses. ONLY DURING MATH. At 11am sharp every morning I would have to jump out of my seat and sprint to the bathroom to stop this waterfall of nasty coming out of my nose. It got so bad that on Thursday, the one day I didn't have one right at 11, my professor actually made a break at 11. When I didn't jump out of my seat and run he came and asked me, "You no need break today?" (he is foreign) I said "no my nose is not bleeding" and he says, "Everyday you need break now, I make this just for you and now you no take it". So I apologized and walked out of the room. I never got a bloody nose outside of math of course.
Last week, the bloody noses stopped. Thank goodness. BUT THEN, I started getting cough attacks every hour! So the routine continued. I would feel a great cough coming on, jump out of my seat and run to find a drinking fountain. These cough attacks would sometimes last up to ten minutes! Seriously throat? I would not cough for the rest of the day of course. Only in math.
Now it's this week. The bloody noses have gone. The cough attacks have gone. Not to fear, a sinus infection is here! We are talking full on with green boogers and everything. Yup, I look really great when I have snot dripping down my face. What a lady. Luckily green is my favorite color. And it never fails, when I leave that class room, my nose is fine for the remainder of the day. I just can't wait to see what next week brings.
The first weeek I started to get bloody noses. ONLY DURING MATH. At 11am sharp every morning I would have to jump out of my seat and sprint to the bathroom to stop this waterfall of nasty coming out of my nose. It got so bad that on Thursday, the one day I didn't have one right at 11, my professor actually made a break at 11. When I didn't jump out of my seat and run he came and asked me, "You no need break today?" (he is foreign) I said "no my nose is not bleeding" and he says, "Everyday you need break now, I make this just for you and now you no take it". So I apologized and walked out of the room. I never got a bloody nose outside of math of course.
Last week, the bloody noses stopped. Thank goodness. BUT THEN, I started getting cough attacks every hour! So the routine continued. I would feel a great cough coming on, jump out of my seat and run to find a drinking fountain. These cough attacks would sometimes last up to ten minutes! Seriously throat? I would not cough for the rest of the day of course. Only in math.
Now it's this week. The bloody noses have gone. The cough attacks have gone. Not to fear, a sinus infection is here! We are talking full on with green boogers and everything. Yup, I look really great when I have snot dripping down my face. What a lady. Luckily green is my favorite color. And it never fails, when I leave that class room, my nose is fine for the remainder of the day. I just can't wait to see what next week brings.
Friday, June 5, 2009
New "Old Favorite"
(I hesitate posting this because I can not figure out how to line the pictures up properly, however I like them too much not to share. sorry for the scrambled mess)
While I am trying to charge through my two summer school courses I am starving for some inspiration. Luckily the internet is full of inspiring procrastination. I have a new re-kindled love for an old time photographer.
John Rawlings. I want to live inside of his beautiful photos. I want to dress to the nines to go anywhere and everywhere, but I want it to be effortless. I want to travel on my own and with the people I love. I want every one of his photos framed and on my walls. They are just beautiful and dreamy. John Rawlings was a photographer for Vogue in the 1930's-1960's. If you ever want to make me extremely happy you can buy me the book, John Rawlings:30 years in Vogue (I just can't afford it)
Here is a taste of his 30,000 photo archive that I would like to live in. (Click the images to see them larger, there are wonderful details.)
If I lived in a John Rawlings photo...
smoking would not be bad for my health, so I would smoke:
I would dress up to go to the beach:
I would be 1/2 of this happy little couple:
my frequent road trips would be epic:
(road trips would obviously include me standing in my car as frequently as possible, with the doors wide open):
and dressing appropriately for my food would definitely be involved:
While I am trying to charge through my two summer school courses I am starving for some inspiration. Luckily the internet is full of inspiring procrastination. I have a new re-kindled love for an old time photographer.
John Rawlings. I want to live inside of his beautiful photos. I want to dress to the nines to go anywhere and everywhere, but I want it to be effortless. I want to travel on my own and with the people I love. I want every one of his photos framed and on my walls. They are just beautiful and dreamy. John Rawlings was a photographer for Vogue in the 1930's-1960's. If you ever want to make me extremely happy you can buy me the book, John Rawlings:30 years in Vogue (I just can't afford it)
Here is a taste of his 30,000 photo archive that I would like to live in. (Click the images to see them larger, there are wonderful details.)
If I lived in a John Rawlings photo...
smoking would not be bad for my health, so I would smoke:
I would dress up to go to the beach:
I would be 1/2 of this happy little couple:
my frequent road trips would be epic:
(road trips would obviously include me standing in my car as frequently as possible, with the doors wide open):
and dressing appropriately for my food would definitely be involved:
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