Cupcakes & Carnage

I had heard much about the movie "10 Things I Hate About You" and I was thrilled to find out that it was a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." Another thrilling fact was that it was available on YouTube, so I could watch it from the convenience of my covers off of my sister's iTouch. Dearest Mr. Ledger played the most fabulous character. I will definitely be watching this movie again in the future. Though I never knew the man, I miss him very much :-( RIP, sir~

- j

It's been awhile since the me and my sibling's room has been moved around, so it doesn't exactly look like this anymore. However, I'd like something to look back at so here are little snapshots of the place one day in the past :-)

- j

It's quite possibly the biggest truth of my life. I was never really the one to smile. People asked me to smile and I would try but it would never feel right. I need to really be exploding with "YES" to smile. I wasn't really the happiest kid when I was growing up. It wasn't because I had some shitty upbringing, but more that I feel my creativity was smothered. That, and I was, and still sometimes am, painfully shy. I feel that my creativity is the only gateway to my happiness. At least that I am aware of, as of now.

But I'm happy to say, that I am smiling more than ever. Which is synonymous with me creating more than ever. I think this might be what it feels like to be in love-- because I am. I am in love with almost every aspect of my life. It's insane that I could've been feeling this earlier, that I didn't have to be miserable when I was in high school, that this is what kept me wondering about other people who were kind and happy with their lives.

I predict a great year ahead. So far, 2011 has definitely been one of a kind. I am proud, and most of all, grateful.

- j

but alas, there again is the money debate. : ( be mine soon, please!

UNDERCUT UNDERCUT UNDERCUT.

It has been a good two or so years since I have felt the brilliance of having my hair weigh down but one side of my head. I am kind of rocking on my toes, debating whether or should get it done again tomorrow... I'm so 50/50 right now! I mean, it's cold and... But I loved having it shaved! I was thinking about doing this alllllllll summer, but I wasn't sure. Now is sort of kind of the time for me to decide! Ack!

The lovely ladies below sort of help out in convincing me too, haha:

ONE problem though is growing the stuff out! It's so damn tedious and annoying and not so great for someone with self-proclaimed OCD. Here is what I looked like when I was trying to grow it out and I didn't hide the shaven side:

did you know that five dollars could get you a tall pumpkin spice latte from starbucks, but that you could also use that five bucks to get the side of your head shaved? yeah. random factoid for yous.

ridonculous self-portraits by kimiko yoshida:

Nuts. NUTS. More here: brilliance!!

Like a mentioned earlier, I was going through photos so I could pick out ones to edit. Whilst going through the tedious memory lane that was 2000+ pictures, (some of them repeating and needing deletion D=,) I found a couple of things that (re)sparked my interests.

I had almost forgotten about my milk tea addition from my last year of high school. I might have to get some before work tomorrow. Sigh. All of the cartons displayed above are only half of the empty containers I had in my locker.

My breakfasts about three months ago

My breakfasts are now much smaller for some odd reason. Because all this is relevant, of course.

I should've stuck around at home and studied that day -_-

More Yan Yan. I love "Mouse -- do not be timid." Story of my life.

A snapshot of my pieces at the ArtQuake gallery this July. :)

... And this one, I have no idea what to do with. It's just hanging out in my basement :/

Backyard BBQ. Gonna miss having these. The fam had one yesterday while I was at work? Super sad face. :(

You know when you're crying but the tears in your eyes only blur half of what you're seeing? Dad captured that perfectly.

More of my Dads weird photography. I love this one.

Dad being Dad again. Love it.

And the best, IMO, of his experimental series thus far. I'm jealous.

Now I can finally delete these off my flashdrive now that I have everything documented. OCD Jenny is happy.

NOW SLEEP and then work and then packing for N.Van and school and money and student loans and long commutes and art and music and love and dance and family and friends and... Yeah, I need to go to sleep before I accidentally set something on fire without knowing. 

- j

ps: after some reflection, i have hereby concluded that Othello < Hamlet. sorry Trent, hahaha

I HATE THE WORDS "SOLD" AND "OUT" TOGETHER. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH going to go cry in the corner now.

i don't drink. i don't care if you drink or the guy next to you drinks. obviously, like anyone else, i'll care if you're going to be a prick and ram someone over with your car.

although, one of numerous reasons why i don't drink is the puking part. sure, okay, puking doesn't happen with good preparation to drinking or whatever, but i think these statues will remind you of how enjoyable puking is.

so i'm not even really sure if i'm talking more about puke or more about alchy. shrug. ONWARDS.

here are the rock fountain sculptures that i found today on my attempts to preoccupy myself as the caffeine disappears from my system:

The normal puking expression. You open your mouth, and "blaahhhuygeh."

VIOLENT EXPLOSION EVERYWHERE PUKE. You'll need a whole roll of Bounty for thisssss oneeee

The kind of puking where you forget you're puking and you're only thinking about the agony and how life, at that moment, is a downright bitch and did NOTHING good for you

The "please have mercy" puke where it's just sort of leaking through your mouth and you would do anything, even sell your firstborn child, to make it all stop.

Ta-da! Why I don't drink. My kidneys are already kicking me in the ass-- I don't need it from my liver too.

You've probably already noticed that these guys are actually all about weather (puaha,) but regardless, they helped prove my point to... myself LOL.

Good night-- er, morning! :/

- j

foster the people, stop being so damn fostering. you're too good. i can't wait to dance to your brilliance in a little less than a month. yes. YES.

anyways, i've been trying to, um, get to some bulk photo editing and uploading that i've been putting off since the beginning of august, and, er... well, i've been sitting here doing everything but for about three hours. sigh.

here are a few snaps that i want to get rid of, so here they are: 

yan yan!!!! i vote golden egg. second runner up is "stag beetle -- love it." what does that even mean?

preparing for the zombpocalypse. aka that bigass earthquake that people have been waiting for for 300+ years. harsh.

summer outdoor movie @ second beach. back to the future. i need to watch that movie again. "i've parked before." marty's mom is a babe.

... and the games begin. it would probably make sense to have a stand-alone post about this, but i only have two pictures of the same thing so there we go LOL

that lady thought i was crazy, i'm pretty sure. she was watching me for like, 10 minutes.