This Is What Happens...

when you're alone in the print lab on a friday night, waiting for the epson 7600 to finish a job...

There Is Something Beautiful in Solitude

there is something beautiful in solitude; something refreshing about walking alone under the clouds and streetlights, catching snippets of conversations through open windows and from passersby -being wrapped up in thoughts that will never be shared, observing things in a way only you, yourself appreciate or understand in that moment. There is something beautiful in being alone. 

April 4, 2013... A Picture An Hour

...Well almost every hour. I was very busy once 1:00 rolled around, planning out my senior projects, presenting them along with past projects to my professor and discussing what I should improve upon for my final senior portfolio (YIKES!!), and running to work from class. I think I'll make this a regular thing, not that this blog has anything really, truly regular happening on it. But I'm going to try to change that. I know I keep saying that, but this time, I mean it. I REALLY mean it.

9:00 Woke Up

10:00 Grabbed Coffee and Went to Class

11:00 My Lovely MacBook

12:00 Research & Sketching

2:00 Letter of Intent Off to Austin

3:00 Workin'

4:00 Wilson Pre-Haircut

5:00 Wilson Post-Haircut

6:00 Went to the Lab

7:00 X-Files & Research in the Lab

8:00 Micron Bruises & Sketches & Research

9:00 Puddle-Ridden Walk Through Campus

note: all of these were taken with my iPhone 5 and edited with VSCO Cam

Christmas Wish List

When I was little, my sister and would flip through magazines and exclaim, "I want that!" whenever we saw something that caught our eye. After we had been doing this for a while, my exasperated mom told us that it wasn't nice to want but better to wish for things. I've carried that with me into adulthood. Want puts a certain amount of need in something while wishes leave room for daydreaming but this doesn't necessarily place any importance upon the wish. It's a good way to sort out things you desire from things you actually need.

So, after that little anecdote, I present my Christmas Wish List. It's funny how much thought I've put into it this year -most things I actually do need or will eventually.

1. Vinyl. (Hot Chip, Tanlines, and Youth Lagoon are at the top of the vinyl list)

2. Socks. More specifically, wool socks. I'm not kidding. I wear my Smartwool hiking socks all the time -they're great in the weather up here and so cozy.

3. Boots. Ankle, Engineer, Riding... really, just boots. I tend to wear them out pretty quickly.

4. iPhone.

5. iMac.

6. Pantone swatch book.

7. Leather messenger bag (big enough for my MacBook) or awesome backpack.

8. A ukulele. I started learning to play one at the end of the summer when I was staying with friends in Boulder. It would be fun to continue fiddling around.

9. Snow. What's Christmas without snow?

What's on your wish list?

XO

Thanks

Today I am grateful for so, so many things. My friends and family. They're incredible people and I love them with all my heart. I'm thankful for time and its ability to bring perspective and understanding to past situations, and for the future which is daunting but holds within it infinite possibilities. I'm grateful for music and art and design, for my education, and for happiness and health.