A Quiet Place, Full of Light

All and all this is a pretty basic, comfy outfit and I've been wearing variations on this theme pretty much all summer. I threw this on after I got home from work and had peeled off my dirty, coffee-smelling work clothes and took a long hot shower. Thats why my hair looks a little blah, it's still kind of damp. I took these shots out at one of the visitors centers along Emerald Bay Road, it's an area called Taylor Creek and it's got about a million little paths that crisscross through this beautiful marsh/meadow area. I only know about it because I stumbled upon it while walking my moms dog through the area. We had been wading through the river and found our way out on one of the little paved paths. It's so green and lush and peaceful, I wish I had had more time to spend there but as soon as the sun went behind the mountain the mosquitoes were out in force, so I got a couple shots and got out of there before I got eaten alive.

The day I found this skirt at the thrift store I had literally been sitting in my room, staring at my closet going "Man, I wish I had just a simple denim skirt" and, two hours later, there it was, waiting for me on the skirt rack at the Attic. I love it when that happens.

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{skirt | thrifted::gap}{shirt | ross}{bracelets | UO and gift}

In other news; I only work one job this weekend so I might actually have some free time! I'm so worn out from pulling doubles and never having a day off. I've had one day in the last two weeks where I haven't had to go to either job and I spent the majority of that day sleeping. I feel like I'm missing the summer as it slowly fades towards autumn...but it's almost over. One more week of this nonsense and I'm done at the coffee shop (sad, but also a relief) and can start at the Gallery. It'll be nice to work somewhere where I'm not constantly covered in food/coffee. I can actually start wearing all the rad clothes I own! I will miss all my coworkers. In the brief time I've been there I've met some really wonderful and fun people. It'll be sad to not see them every day any more.

You are waiting for a train...

Went and saw Inception last night. O_o

Seriously. I just did that. That's how crazy that movie was. I can only express myself in weird emoti-cons. There are no words.

And it's not just an amazing movie because it's such a mind bender. It's a good movie--an extraordinary movie, really--on so many other levels. The cast, the set design, the dialog, the direction, the score...it's not just an amazing idea to think about, it's a gorgeous movie to look at, to hear, to experience on many levels. I can't get over it. The way it made me feel, made me think...I could go into all my theories about what the movie is, but, firstly, I don't want to spoil it for any one. And secondly, I don't know that I know how to articulate them yet. 

Either way, I highly recommend everyone to go see it. It was really just an awesome movie experience.

I can't explain what this song makes me feel. Maybe it was never this bad, but it was pretty terrible. Our relationship may have been fucked up but I did love him and it broke my heart--still breaks it--that we couldn't be better for each other.

"Now I know we said things, did things that we didn't mean

And we'd fall back into the same patterns, the same routines.

But you're tempers just as bad as mine is, your the same as me

When it comes to love, your blinded, baby please come back

it wasn't you, baby it was me. and maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems..."

but it was and i just couldn't do it any more.

I'm sorry...I don't usually get this personal on here, but this just struck something in me. It was too familiar and I needed to express that.

Oh, hello internet...sorry I havn't called.

Has it really already been a 2 months since my last post? Jeeze, I've been slacking...but I'm back! July has been so crazy for me. Since my last post I have gotten two--count 'em TWO--jobs. One was the job I had all winter hostessing at a local pub, they lay us off for the slow season, i.e. spring and fall. The other is at a local coffee shop as a barista. I love both my jobs and I love everyone I work with. The pub is fun because theres live music every night and i usually make great tips (once, a guy payed me $100 to run to the gas station down the street and buy him ciggarets!) and the coffee shop is just so different from what I'm used too. In the last two years I've never had a job where I didn't work nights, so getting up for a 6 or 7AM shift is brutal but also really nice. I love that I have so much of the day ahead of me. I get off by 2 or 3 and theres still enough daylight to go to the beach! I'm also in training to work with my Mom at her art gallery selling art. So, technically I have three jobs, but I only work at the gallery once a week. Hopefully, the gallery will eventually replace one or both of the other jobs so I can actually have a life.

So that's where I've been. Working, working, working. And on days I'm not working I'm at the beach or out hiking or riding my bike/longboard around town. It's so hard to stay cooped up in doors when the summer is so amazing here in Tahoe. I have a tan! If you know me at all you know how crazy this is because I'm usually Pasty McPasterson. I've also been looking at apartments as my best friend and I are planning on moving in together at the end of September (hopefully). I'm so excited to live with her! She's more like my sister than my friend, even our mothers call us their surrogate children. It'll be nice to live with a smaller population, too. my current roommate count is at five, with at least one or two people sleeping on our couches regularly. It's fun and the house we live in is huge so five people isn't really that big of a deal, but I live in the attic (someday I'll post pictures) and, well, honestly five people is still a lot of people, particularly if none of them are especially neat. Also, I'd like a room with real walls and a ceiling that's more than four feet high. 

{Trousers::Thrifted | Shirt::Gift | Necklace::Gift | Shoes::Urban Outfitters}

I hope everyones summer has been as glorious as mine has. I've been hiking, swimming, rafting, cliff jumping, concert going, camping, trip taking, and a million other things in between. So far it's been one of the best summers of my life and theres still so much of it left to enjoy! Go get out and enjoy the sun and sand, I know I have been!

the song stuck in my head: Ob-La-Di. Ob-La-Da by The Beatles

this song makes me happy and I wanted to share that with you.

So much to do!

I'll admit. I've been slacking. It's just it was so icky there for a while (snow, rain, wind almost right up to the end of may) and then it was just so NOT icky (SUN! OMG!! AAHHHH!!!!) that it's been hard to spend time on this. But I wanted to make this blog a part of my life and that means...well, actually committing a part of my life to keeping up with it. This blog is something I really want to have, a documentation of my life, my growing passions and expanding interests. I want to be able to look back at it and remember this time in my life, and I want to be able to go forward with it, to new places, people, adventures and experiences. So, here I am, diligently trying to update at least every other day.

Despite the fact that I'm currently a full time student, I don't feel like I have nearly the time I need to get everything done before the end of the semester. This is mainly because I've been putting things off (oh, I'm an expert procrastinator) for waaaayyyy too long. And now the summers upon me and I havn't even really started job hunting. And soon all the college kids will be back in town and all the summer jobs are going to dissapear. Ahhh! I just want school to end so I have my week back! 

Now I have to go and try and tackle my ever expanding To Do List. Yipes.

Memorial Day Weekend

Finally! Summer, where have you been all my life?? Now that your here at long last, I don't know how I ever made it without you!! Fantasizing about all the fun I'd be having when you did finally show your pretty face, I suppose. Well, at any rate, now that it's here, summer 2010 looks like it's gonna be a good one! 

Spent most of the morning and afternoon of Friday and Saturday cleaning my moms house. I have this nasty cold thing (of course, now that summers here I come down with the crud I had thought I was gonna miss out on), so by the end of all the scrubbing and dusting and general ickyness, I felt pretty beat and came home to crash. There was a roommate Mrs. Doubfire and Home Alone screening though, which made me feel like a little kid again. If we had watched Homeward Bound it woulda been pretty much my whole childhood in one sitting. 

Sunday was spent at the Horizon Pool Party, where our friends band, The Be Sharps (haha, music humor) were playing their first gig as the house band. Hm, a gorgeous sunny day spent by the pool listening to some awesome music played by some of my favorite people? So amazing. Though I did get a lil' crispy laying out in the sun =/. 

Ashley and Preston enjoying some tasty beverages.

Beth rockin' out. She's got some killer pipes.

The band called it quits around fourish, at which point we headed back to our house to BBQ up some delicious Samburgers (our roommate Sam makes the most amazing bleu cheese burgers.) I whipped up some sweet potato fries and everyone chowed down. We ended the night with a screening of Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower, haha, sooo terribly awesome. I can't believe I used to love that show as a kid, it's so low budget and nerdy. I went to bed sun-drenched, well fed and happy.

Woke up this morning to the first birds waking up (5:15AM) and a splitting headache. Climbed in the shower, made myself an omlette and was in the car headed for the West Shore by 9AM with Garth, Katrina, Brian and Lea for a day of hiking in honor of our little Hurricanes birthday. Let me tell you, those kids are in much better shape than me and nearly left me in a panting heap at the bottom of one of the hills they dragged me up, but it was a totally fun and laughter filled day. It was overcast and we got sprinkled on by the rain a few times, but it was still warm and the cloud cover kept the sun from murdering us, plus, it looked really cool over the lake. 

All and all, an amazing weekend to kickstart the summer. Good friends, good food, beautiful surroundings, great music...so far this summer is off to a great start. Can't wait for all the good times ahead!

The Field Below

shirt : Ross//denim leggings : Ross//flats : Urban Outfitters//headband : Savvy//sunnies : thrifted

Guh! Sorry for the lack of posting, the weather here has been uninspiring to say the least. Thats right, more snow! And rain, and wind and generally un-summer-like weather has abounded for the last two weeks or so, leaving me feeling less than inclined to dress cute and romp about in the ickyness. And it's only supposed to continue, with rain predicted for the rest of the week. Eeww!!

I'm extremely bitter about all this, but still trying to put my best foot forward. These pics are from sometime last week, when the sun was making a valiant effort to prove that it was, in fact, mid May, not November. Most of the photos in this series are of me battling my hair as it tries to devour my face. Flattering. These are the few that came out all right. This outfit is all sorts of comfy, and yes, that is a Canadian Tuxedo I'm sporting (denim-on-denim), but, here's my argument for anyone who thinks this is some sort of crime against fashion:

1. Neither of these items is actually denim. The "jeans" are acually denim leggings (aka: Jeggings, but I refuse to call them that), and the shirt is Chambray.

2. I think it looks cute and I'm the one wearing it, so there.

And that's it.  Rather convincing if I do say so myself.

This is all in the meadow behind my school. I literally wandered out back in between classes and snapped a few pictures, trying to look casual as people walking their dogs moseyed by. I actually used to live just on the other side of this meadow and spent most of my summer chilling by the river that runs through it. Such a pretty area, and pretty much right in the middle of town.

In other news: today I spent the majority of the day helping my mom move. Mainly by cleaning. It's extraordinary how disgusting those little nooks and crannies get after a while. I felt pretty grungy afterwards so I rewarded myself with a long hot shower and a trip to the thrift store that nearly sent me into a fit. So much cute stuff! Clearly everyones been cleaning out their closets and doing some spring cleaning, because the racks were stuffed with cute shirts and dresses. I was about to have a conniption over one dress in particular because I didn't have the cash to buy it right then and there. I'm going back tomorrow--cash in hand--so I can pretty much clean them out. Hooray for yard sale cash!

Fingers crossed the sun comes out soon!

With love,

L.