Oh what to write, what to write. Kris, this is getting harder but I'm doing it for you!

I did not get into my class but I'm not entirely sure that I wanted to be in the class. This leaves me with a rather open Tuesday that I've decided to fill with being proactive. The teacher in the class said something that kind of resonated with me. "Artists don't get assignments, they have to do stuff on their own." Okay, kind of self explanatory, but resonant nonetheless. So, I've decided that Tuesdays are going to be photo days or craft days or something days. I'm not going to set it in stone, but I'm going to try to DO something. Stuff I've wanted to do but never had the chance or the will to do. Wake up at 5am and go take pictures on the beach. Go somewhere outside my house/room and do self portraits. Set up a still life scene. Maybe clean my room because it's driving me insane. Make something. Press a leaf, update my website, edit old photos, ANYTHING. Buy a jar or a basket (because I need more). Maybe get to work preparing my winter garden since my summer garden has fallen to crap. This is getting a little long winded, but at least I know I have things to do.

Now to switch gears completely, Josh said I should write about Eurotrash. I don't really know what to say. What exactly is Eurotrash? Is it European white trash? Oh well, who cares. I'm just gonna post some weird russian pictures. Some of you may know that I have kind of an obsession with looking at weird people. I do it all the time. My main motivation behind going to Tustin Tiller days or the OC fair is to look at the people. One of my favorite activities at Disneyland is to sit outside of the Haunted Mansion with Westward Ho fries and watch all the creeps walk by. I don't know if this makes me a creep as well, but to hell with that. It's awesome. I'm not judging them, people are just fascinating and I am, by nature, a curious person. So here are some Trashy European people that may or may not be Eurotrash.








And a chav wedding for good measure!




ps. I know, I know I'm a mean person.

I am never prepared for the first day of school. Even though it takes no preparation. I had a choice of two notebooks that I didn't end up needing. One of them was from my brother's room..it had the word "Papes" scrawled on the front, which I assume means "papers". The other one I essentially had torn apart to make quilt patterns. I chose to bring the latter rather than the former to avoid looking like a douche.

Richard is a good teacher and I think I'm going to enjoy the class. I even got assigned a seat in the very last row, my preferred area to sit! I will not enjoy a book that costs 88 dollars though...not going to enjoy that at all.

I had a lovely weekend and took some pictures on the street (for once) that I will probably post later.

I am fiddling with the idea of buying film for my brownie.

I'm feeling kind of closed in... photographically speaking. My house is small and dark and I'm bored of it. I need something with windows and light and trees that aren't being eaten alive by trumpet vines. And don't even get me started on my green walls. Too shiny. Too green. Too many pictures of it already.

I also want to go on a hike, bake a pie and drive up highway 1 for a day. Why is summer over again?

Let's do another inspirational photo post, yes? Lots of girls in nature..I kind of have a one track mind sometimes.

















You'll find credits on my ♥

So, because at this moment in time I have nothing of import to say and should actually be sleeping, I think we'll just do a picture post. Some old, some new..but for the most part none of these have ever been seen before.






















And some music I've been listening to, because I know you care. DON'T JUDGE ME.

Things that are inspiring to me right now:

All of the click-through credits can be found on my we heart it page.

Hey random people that aren't reading my blog. I'm writing in it!

I feel weird. I haven't taken any pictures in a while. That is upsetting. I want to take pictures but the end of summer is always so ugly. And everyone is busy. I wish it was fall. I wish we had fall. School starts on monday and then I will have to take pictures...and oddly enough, under pressure I tend to do some of my best work.

There is something inside me trying to get out. It's blocked creativity, not some hideous alien spawn. My room is a mess and there are 50 things I need to do before I can settle down and do something worthwhile. I need to be proactive. Proactive about school, proactive about my photography, proactive about making stuff for my etsy shop...Proactive about getting a second job. PROACTIVE ABOUT LIFE...in general.

But here I am, up at 12am, writing a blog to no one in particular and playing bubble cannon 2. A stupid game that I kind of hate and has a horrible layout and premise, but somehow am still strangely addicted to.


Things I am doing:
playing bubble cannon 2.

staying up too late

eating EVERYTHING, srsly, wtf.

buying random things from work because it's appreciation. "I know I already have two day planners..but this one comes with a cute accordion envelope!" (I've held off on buying more latte bowls for my invisible kitchen, thankfully.)

Collecting classic books and then not reading them...but buying more anyway.

Wanting to cut small patterns in leaves with an exacto knife and then hang them somehow and take pictures of them.

Wanting to use a feather as some sort of fabric paint stamp.

Looking at stuff I want to buy and thinking "What the hell, I could MAKE that"...but never actually making anything.

Lusting after various boxes, jars, baskets and containers. What? I just like putting things in stuff..

So..productivity is not at it's all time high. Nonetheless, I am actually pretty happy these days. I've surrounded myself with nice people and I'm having a delightful summer overall. So basically, all I have to do is..stop writing, get up and put away my clothes, shoes and random scraps of paper all over my room. That's a start. Then I can cut up all the leaves I want all over the floor, get bored/tired/busy and start all over again! Vicious cycle! Yay!