Frida Kahlo

I am in love with Frida Kahlo.

She was such a strong woman, did whatever the hell she wanted and ended up being amazing for just that. I wish I didn't care so much what others thought about my opinions and I just did them anyways.

I want to print out pictures, make art and have a sale this summer.

Or have that as a job.

Maybe I can own a gallery.

Ugghhh want want want.

hey mom look!

Hey everyone, look what I made.

a slideshow

Cool beans.

Another Abbey Lee

Abbey Lee Kershaw makes wearing a nose ring look very sexy. Not sure I pull that one off.
Have a good Tuesday world! Tuesdays are soo busy.
-the other abbey lee

Livejournal Timeline = I love social networks

This is some good music.

DMB

I just really want to see him in concert and I'd love to see Jason Mraz again. Nothing beats good music.  Also, someone can buy me this and I would die happy! I cannot wait for this to come out and to listen to it.

All I want right now it to be in California with a new camera lens and no homework.

That or, I'd like my facebook to work again. Thanks Facebook Team.

I'm also going to post a quick timeline of old livejournal entries. This should be funny.

November 2003

I just got back from dance. It's so boring. Ballet...bla...tap for two hours..it tires me out man. Specialy after 3 hours of cheerleading. rraaahh.

(This is funny because, I also just got back from dance class..ha!)

November 2004

So as i said, dance went swell. I LOVE our lyrical dance for our dance recital. IT is AWESOME. It's to the song "Do you hear what i hear" by Out of Eden...SO PRETTY. If you dont dance then you wont understand this, but i get SO into it. Oh, its sweet. And, our tap one...is like street tap. It's SO STINKING FAST. 

(This is hilarious, I am still talking about dance, weird.)

November 2005

It's true, I did just see Harry Potter. And yes, it was fantastic. And I did enjoy myself. And its true, I'm not attending school tomorrow. And yes, opening night went amazing. I couldn't have expected a better performance. Thank you to all of you who came, and to those of you who didn't, you've got two more nights!

(Aw, that was when we did Noises Off, my truly favorite moment in high school).

November 2006

Today wasn't cool. I was unhappy from the moment my alarm went off. And it lasted all through the day. I was just not happy and wanted to go hide under my blankets. Not to mention I wasn't wearing the usual sweatpants and a sweatshirt so I felt cold and uncomfortable all day.

(hahaha, sweatpants and sweatshirts. My uniform).

November 2007

Now it's time to study the science of sound. It's amazing that I've gotten no better than a 70% on any quiz, but thanks to the curve, am getting a 4.0. That's college for you.

(It's a miracle I passed that class.)

April 2008 (I didn't update livejournal much anymore)

I'm so happy!
24 days till camp...hang out with me!

(Aw, I started dating Jakey and I was about to have the best summer of my life).

Oh livejournal, you are so amusing and tell such a story.

Peace out.

These boots were made for walking.

Today was beautiful. I mean, it was kind of cloudy and overcast but it was around 60 degrees and I could get away with wearing a skirt. I went and saw Dawoud Bey's photo exhibit at the museum with Jared. Then Jared let me borrow this film camera of his that is so much fun to play with. Sadly I don't remember a lot how to work a non-digital camera so I am trying.

Here are some pictures I took with my digital of the beautiful trees and myself bec

ause I didn't have anyone else to take pictures of. Also, this is a wonderful video that you should watch first.

http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/08/14/16-moments/

I wish I could be like that.

Where the Wild Things Are

Hands down best movie I've seen this year.

The soundtrack is amazing and I LOVE everything about it.

The trailer seriously gives me goosebumps.

That's all.

The Real World

So here I am on Day... 6 of my two week internship at Marcus Promotions. Though I am really only here to help my Uncle out and learn how to update the website, I'm finding myself already disliking things about certain jobs. Sitting at a desk for example. Not my favorite. Answering phones, also something I struggle at. However, updating a website? Boring but you wouldn't believe how fast I can copy and paste. It's a true talent.

I love the atmosphere here, of working in the theatre department. You forget what you're doing until you step into the theatres. On Friday, my Uncle and I went to the Milwaukee Ballet's "Live and Kicking." WHICH WAS AMAZING. The music of Ben Folds/William Shatner was truly exciting and really inspired me for next years choreography class. Not to mention the dancing was phenomenal. Wish I had started earlier!

But I enjoy working in this business but still wish I was getting to do the more artsy things. It's the one class that I enjoyed the MOST in grade school and it surprises me I didn't realize that sooner. It's the one thing that makes me happy and proud about what I've done. So I am really going to push that whatever it is I am doing, I am able to be creative.

That being said, I start at the Tribune on Wednesday... where I have to start all over again and learn my place. It's going to be frustrating, but I hope in the end it will be rewarding.

"Summertime and the livin' is easy" doesn't make much sense anymore.

My explanation.

Donald Miller is seriously a genius. He puts everything that I think and believe and somehow puts it into words. Not that I agree with everything he says, but honest to God I feel like I'm reading my own thoughts when I'm reading his books.

Miller explains believing in God and the craziness of it in a way that is exactly how i feel. He writes that, 

"The goofy thing about the Christian faith is that you believe in it and you don't at the same time. It isn't unlike having an imaginary friend. I believe in Jesus; I believe he is the Son of God, but every time I sit down to explain this to someone I feel like a palm reader, like somebody who works at the circus or a kid who is always making things up at a Star Trek convention who hasn't figured out the show isn't real."  -D. Miller, Searching for God Knows What

And it's so true! It's so weird, it's so unreal and it is one of the hardest things in the world to back up. It's either that A. I'm crazy or B. I like to use Christianity as a pillow for all the hard parts of my life. And it's neither of those things. It's a crazy truth that has clicked in my mind and my heart and is proving itself to me everyday.

I wish I could explain it, I wish I could share it. I don't talk about it because I think I'm right and you are wrong. I talk about it because it's so wonderful for me. It makes life that much more beautiful. It gives me joy that I wouldn't get from anywhere else, and I want others to enjoy that like I do.

It's hard to believe in. Sometimes I wish I didn't so I didn't constantly feel like I had to prove myself, so I didn't constantly feel compelled to tell people about it, or blog things like this. But I do because I love it and because it is the most interesting thing in my life. I am constantly learning things.

Life is beautiful and things happen not by chance. Life can be shitty, but there always seems to be a plus to everything that happens, and we always seem to grow by what happens. I'm getting the word "Hope" tattooed onto my foot on Tuesday as a reminder of this. (Not that I NEED the tattoo to help me remember, it's just something I will love seeing.) Hope is everywhere and hope makes me the person I am.