Tucson, Home of the Wildcats.

School's in. This will be the first semester that i absolutely love every one of my classes. I am very excited to get into the grime. I also was just offered a job at Casa De Los Ninos which I could not be more excited about. Don't worry neglected children I am here to save the day. Cassie and I are all moved into our little house. It still needs a lot of work but it is coming along nicely! Today I purchased some bathroom necessary decorations that tied the room together and my mom came down last weekend to help me organize the living room. Unfortunately I was suffering from vomitosis so my mom did all the crap work for me. She is so kind. Last night was the first UA football game of the year and i heard we demolished whoever we played, that's a good and different start for us!(the picture above is from the first football game of the year two years ago with Cassie) My brother Drewber was in town from Philly for a couple nights which is always fun. Nico the Freako has been chewing up all my favorite pairs of shoes which is always a pleasant suprise to come home to. She is also scared of crumpled up paper and thinks it is necessary to wake us up at 4am to tell us it moved or made a sound. She also likes to pretend she is a little dog and sleep on my chest, pretty cute. This coming weekend I am going to make my way to Mesa and see little Raya and Cael and also celebrate Mal's birth with her. Hopefully soon I can save the money to see Levi in California. I do accept donations in the form of cash, check, credit card, or airplane ticket.

Some Summer Pictures

that are sadly over due and there are more that Levi has that I will have to show later. These pictures are partly from that Flight of the Conchords show that Levi and I went to as an early anniversary/birthday gift to Levi, where we met the guys along with weird Al. It was an amazing night. And the other picture is of the fire that nearly engulfed Santa Barbara and did actually swallow Goleta. It was just ten miles from Levi's house. This picture was taken from down town Santa Barbara as an idea of how close the fire was.
A cool way to help anyone affected by the California fires is at http://www.reliefposters.com/ where all of the proceeds goes to the Salvation Army and supplies families in need with necesities. Not to mention there is some really cool art here.

Vintage and Fresh

back in Arizona. not just Arizona but Tucson Arizona. It is a far cry from the beautiful Santa Barbara. Levi starts school today and I start my job hunt tomorrow. I cant wait to move into my new adorable condo but for about a month i will be in the stinky old mold ridden apartment. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of ghetto fabulous but i am also a fan of having my own room, which i do not have the luxury of here. I am absolutely thrilled to have an entire house with my very own bathroon to decorate and I have recently discovered an amazing furniture store that sells everything at an EXTREMELY dicounted price! It is all of ASU's old furniture and i bought a sweet white book shelf for only FIVE DOLLARS. you CAN'T beat that (but if you can, let me know). This glorious book shelf is five feet high with five shelves and will be perfect for text books and all the other books cass and i have in our collection. I am also inheriting a beautiful dresser type table that my parents are sick of and that my mother painted many years ago and has the look of an antique. I think i will make it into a sewing table to make the genius napkin pillows for our couch. Here's to a day of old and new combined.

Seaweed in AriZona

I am home and back in the heat. The past month I have spent in various locations in or around Santa Barbara working, beaching, surfing, swimming, and hanging out with Levi. During this month I also chose to not worry much about my hair. I would wash it occasionally and I brushed it a total of three times. Therefore, by the time I returned home (yesterday evening) I had nasty, salty, seaweed encrusted, dread locks. It was beautiful. So naturally i waited to shower until this morning. Around ten AM I washed my hair three times, conditioned it twice, and I am now trying to brush through the tangly mess while grass green bits of sea life fall into the sink and onto the floor. mmmm tastey. A little bit of California for me to enjoy.

3 days off

YES! three days off para mi! i should not be excited because i need money but days off=days at the beach or relaxing with Levi and that sounds exquisite. It is so refreshing to head to the beach after work everyday and surf, or not surf, I dont mind either way. Tonight Levi and i went down and just took a ton of pictures that turned out pretty swell with the sun setting in the back. I'll probably post those later. I also discovered a new ebay seller that I love who is also a member of a wonderful band called Castledoor. http://castledoor.blogspot.com/ another new love of mine is MGMT. yes they are good and weird which i like.

Levi and I are still staying in Ventura with paperpony which is so nice of them and close to the beach, the only downside is it is costing us twenty dollars a day to drive here and back from santa barbara where i work. On july first Levi will be moving into a place just walking distance from downtown SB. The move should be interesting. His roomies will be older (50+) hippies who play scrabble and such so we will see how that turns out! they seem nice and he will have a nice living area up stairs shared with one other person or couple? with a kitchen and living room. cool.

brown bag, brown bag

I would really like one. I have been searching for a CHEAP brown, over the shoulder purse/bag.
1. It would match nearly everything.
2. I could possibly fit some books in it for school (along with the many other things that are essential to carry at all times.)
3. I think I have been waiting long enough to buy one. It is justified.

Just a longer strap and i am SOLD.
The problem:
I am cheap, urban has one for more money than I want to spend... no thanks. Ebay does not have what i am looking for. Sad day.
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On another note. I now work at the coffee bean in Santa Barbara where I am spending my summer to be with Levi who will be attending Brooks Institute of Photography in just a couple weeks. I hate my job. Not because I hate making coffee and dealing with choosy customers. No, only because my boss does not know how to manage. I love the coffee business but not when i work for a biznatch. This is grand inspiration to be my own boss one of these days.