Hello 20-10

I can't get enough...

I was searching for some pictures the other day and I came across this artist that I really like. I can't ever get enough of these pictures, I can look at them all day long and still want more. I think they are really creative and interesting. I am not a huge fan of a splotch of paint on a canvas and considering that art, but I do like stuff that is out of the ordinary. I feel like with these pictures I can really tell what that person was thinking.
Her name is Femke Hiemstra and her book is Rock Candy.

Here are a few of the images and her Website





I recently orderd these two books too! I love them and the girls are so pretty!

once in a blue moon...

LOS ANGELES – Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.

A full moon occurred on Dec. 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown.

"If you're in Times Square, you'll see the full moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant," said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show.

The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them.

However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve when part of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.

A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, and most years have 12. On average, an extra full moon in a month — a blue moon — occurs every 2.5 years. The last time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't come again until 2028.

Blue moons have no astronomical significance, said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

"`Blue moon' is just a name in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,'" Laughlin said in an e-mail.

The popular definition of blue moon came about after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misinterpreted the Maine Farmer's Almanac and labeled a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the almanac defined a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three.

Though Sky & Telescope corrected the error decades later, the definition caught on. For purists, however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a blue moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season

we will see...

Sagittarius Year 2010 Overview
Did you just hear that gigantic cry of "hooray"? That was the sound of millions of Sagittarian lives getting better in 2010. Pluto has moved out of your sign, and Saturn has left Virgo (which wasn't doing you any favors either, as you may have noticed from the unusual pressures in your home life, and the difficulties you've had getting what you need to feel secure).

Of course, as much as you'd like all of life to match that happy, carefree streak you have, you know it doesn't always work out that way. The big pressures have just moved on and changed form. Fortunately, your reputation for being able to see the bright side of things will generally be justified by these new issues. There will be new challenges to your money supply and how you handle your money, and yet you'll also have new opportunities to correct problems in your material life, and maybe even prosper more than you ever have before.

Work is also going to present new roles and new opportunities, and will also give you chances to shine. And there will also be new demands from your friends and loved ones. But those same issues will help you sort out who is of real value to you, and what your real value is to them too. The hard work that you've sometimes had to put in during the last two years is going to start paying off for you. And for some of you, the rewards will be enormous. Can I hear a "hooray" out there?

favesies.

Tis the season to make lists on blogs. I think there is supposed to be a certain number of things in a list but I am going to ignore that. This here is going to be a list of my favorite things in 2009. I think they are pretty much in chronological order but some things may be out of place. Oh how fun and crazy this year has been.

Darlene's bday in Vegas! We really had a good time hanging out in our penthouse and dancing up a storm. Not to mention some pretty good shopping and a fancy expensive dinner. Goals! I was surprised in myself that I actually did some stuff that I had been wanting to do for a long time. I started school and I got off my booty and started running. They of course are still in the process of happening but at least Im making it work for now. June California trip This was probably one of the funnest vacation trips I have ever been on. A week of just hanging out, things couldnt have been better. Vegas-california-disneyland-the beach-disembodied-warm swimming pools, need I say more? Brooklyn Rae Mark I love this little lady. She is so adorable and she has the pretty eyes a little girl could have. I am so excited to see her grow up and to hang out with her. Good job Christen! haha HP #6 and New Moon I know these movies are kind of cheesy and/or a little over top but I love having stuff to look forward too and I really liked the way these movies turned out. Plus its fun talking to everybody about them. Big shows I got to see some really fun shows this year. It seems like some of the little ones were kind of lacking but the big ones made up for it: Disemobdied (previously mentioned), Lily Allen, Gogo Bordello, Sub for Santa/ Aftermath- they were just all around a good time. Ohio! It was crazy seeing and meeting a lot of my family for the first time. Me and my sister really got to learn a new side of kind of who we are and some of our family background. Im glad I got to go. Work stuff I aint gonna lie, it was pretty neat to be named an outstanding employee and also to be a night shift lead. Its a little embarassing getting attention but I really like being able to sort of move up and prove myself more. And last but not least were the really fun Bday parties. I have great friends who do way too much for me and I have (hopefully) made their birthdays fun as well.

I am really looking forward to 2010. I have some good ideas of stuff I want to do and things I want to try to improve on. Here's hoping for the best!

done and done.

Well Christmas is over and I can say that with some relief. This year was a little more stressful than previous ones and it kind of got me down. Usually I love all the lights and shopping and getting hot chocolate and decorating, but this year all of it seemed like such a hassle. Oh well.
I still had a good time and I got some really great gifts from my friends and family. Thank you so much to everyone who I got to spend time with and who made this holiday as good as it can be.


(weheartit)

vampire bandwagon.

This kind of looks good.

work today.

Thanks to Kimi and Darlene's crafty ideas.

I dont get it.

Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan?!!!

N.Y.E.

I'm not sure if anything is going on for New Year's Eve 2010, but I hope something is. I would really like to dress up and have fun. The last few new years have been really fun, dont get me wrong I love hanging out w/ the besties and playing games... But most of the time its always like oh hey everybody its passed midnight, haha. Well this year I plan on dressing up, kind of. I just want to wear fancy shoes and look pretty.
I found these shoes at Lulu's and I think they are the most perfect New Year's shoes ever.







I'm not sure what will end up happening but I'm sure we will have fun.
Also I dont really understand First Night or I guess its called Eve this year. Who's brilliant idea was it to have a 3-day party in downtown SLC when its freeeeezing and snowy outside. I haven't ever been so I can't say that its not fun but I just have a feeling it would be a whole mess of db's and my hands and nose would be frozen all night and it would be super lame.

I've decided.

I think if i get a new car next year... Wait, let me rephrase that... When my car decides to die on me, which will probably be next year... I want to get a Mini Cooper. I am a fan of the little cars and I think these would be so fun to drive. I really liked the Scion TC and the newer Honda Civic's but I'm not sure if those are the right cars for me, plus these are about the same price. I also looked up these little cuties on this neat website I found and it said they are an excellent buy... so why not?

dec. 20th

Rodarte for Target. Who's going shopping with me?

i love hp. i love christmas

its a wrap.

I saw these really cute headwraps a when I was at the mall worn by some stylish ladies but I can't seem to find them anywhere. I had seen one a few months ago on the Anthropologie website but now they are nowhere to be found. I dont really like wearing hats in winter because I end up looking like a hot mess when i have to take them off and well thats just no good for anybody.
So these are the closest I could find to what I have seen...





If I can't find what I'm looking for I might just have to settle for a hat. And in that case I want one with big pom poms.

p.s.

I need this book. Thats all I did today was look at these pictures.

I saw this quote in a Tim Walker book except it didnt say where it was from.


...I have succeeded in spending my whole life in an unreality made up of fun...

Winter...

I'm ready for your snow. I'm sick of the bitter cold.

xmas movies.

There really aren't that many days until Christmas. Well technically there are but I am really bad at procrastinating and so before I know it Christmas is going to be tomorrow. I have heard lots of Bahumbugs this year and I think everybody would be much happier if they just sat down and watched one of these awesome holiday movies with a warm cup of peppermint hot chocolate and some peanuts roasting on an open fire.

My most favorite holiday movie is Home Alone.

Its a classic plus Macauly Culkin is such a cute innocent little kid in it. I really liked Home Alone 2 as well, not as much as the first but its good sequel.

I also really like Elf.

This is one of the first movies I started loving Zooey D. (except I dont really think its that old) and I think its one of Will Ferrel's best.

My next favorites are Christmas Vacation and How the Grinch Stone Christmas (the first one, not Jim Carey, even that one is alright I guess)


Christmas Vacation is the best because stuff like that really does happen... sometimes. Life can certainly be boring but then comes along times where you just think to yourself "This isn't happening, This isn't happening..."
And How the Grinch Stole Christmas is just cute, ok.

Other good ones are Bad Santa and A Christmas Story.
They are the kind of funny where things are really awkward and you dont know if you should look away or just laugh out loud. But they still have somewhat of a holiday spirit and people coming togehter as a big happy family, kind of.

And last but not least faves are Harry Potters. I know, I know, these technically aren't "Christmas" movies but they are sooo magical and thats what the holidays are about, right? The 1st one and 4th one have the best holiday scenes and it makes me wish I was right there w/ Harry and Ron and Hermione opening a present from Mrs Weasley which probably would have been a sweater with a big V on it.

Plan.

I have to get back into having motivation to work-out. Sometimes I have it and sometimes I dont, at all.
I think the hardest thing about being fit/ exercising/ working out is that there isn't a trick to it or some easy way out. I wish that there was but basically you get what you put into it.

Anyways I have a plan. We will see if it works but its going to be a short-term day to day plan. I am going to try to make it as simple as possible so I wont have any excuses for not doing it.
One: Running. Thats it. But I need to push myself to run- more fast and longer than I have before.
Two: Eat right. Just balanced anyway and LOTS of water.
Three: Sleep. At least 8 hours.

If I can do these things everyday than maybe I can add some more stuff to it. I've had a pretty good run so far but I can't stop myself from wanting to do more. I think this is going to be a struggle I will always have, but I'm up for the challenge.

To peep or not to peep.

I really like the style of these two-tone shoes but I can't decide which ones I like better.

or


They are both at Plasticland

And they would both be cute w/ solid colored tights or even big-holed fishnets. Decisions, decisions.

dreamland.

I just want to do this for the next 10 days.


I have been not sleeping lately... some having to do with partying and some having to do with not being able to shut my mind off.
I am definitely not a home-body, I will always hang out any time of day or night which is totally ok with me.... I just wish the rest of the time I can get some good nights sleep for when I need it.