SAAF Möda Provŏcateūr

My goal for March is to actually blog again.. yay! However, this means that I would need to do stuff worth blogging about.. so goal 2) do cool stuff. and i figure since I'm not that cool, on all my boring days i will make an effort to catch you up on all the months i have neglected to write about.

anyways... to kick off march I was in the annual SAAF fashion show. SAAF (Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation) is an awesome organization. They raise awareness and money that helps thousands of people with HIV/AIDS. so everyone go get tested! (and don't forget that anyone can be positive).
A friend of mine (Hank) has started a great campaign for them called PlaySAAF. you can check it out at http://playsaaf.org/. There have been billboards all around town for the past few months now sporting the campaign. pretty sweet. so in the fashion show we were basically a live action version of those billboards.

the theme of the campaign is "My work is risky, but I play SAAF" . and it went really well. The crowd seemed to love it. so that is good! My role in all of this was to be a tiger. The career this corresponded to was the "lion tamer" (i know i was a tiger.. details, details). other careers shown, were fire men, army men, pilots, show girls, rodeo cowboys.. and you get the idea. I'll have a group shot of all of us soon, but for now I'll leave you with the only pictures I have..

below is a picture of me with the lion tamer (Candace) along with the other "sexy feline" (Liz)

this next one is us on the cat walk in action.. it's a bit out of focus and i'm not in the light but it's the best i've got
(both of these photos were taken by Edwin Quimpo Serrano)
then after the show there was an after party at the Surly Wench. Here is a photo of Hank (the man behind the magic) and I at the after party.

GET EXCITED

so somehow this has turned into a weird movie blog... that will change soon i hope. but seriously, i am so excited for this. i will definitely be taking my shelter kids to a 3D showing! (maybe they will learn to take better care of their toys... doubt it)

intrigued by A Single Man

and i want to live in Avatar.

i know... it has been a long while.

i promise, many long updates to come!! for now, here is my favorite movie of the night.

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!

gotta love Brandon Boyd mixed wih TOMs.

too bad i dont live in Silverlake.

old favorite

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.)