Cuz if you’re not really here, then I don’t want to be either

New favorite song?
^^Black & Gold. I’ve been listening to the Katy Perry version on repeat for the past couple of days. I'm obsessed. Anywho. I’m doing a bit of a picture catch up before I will have to take a hiatus from posting because I will not have access to a computer when I am in my Opa and Oma’s apartment IN THE ALPS OF GERMANY! So. Yeah. I’m excited.

Sunday, April 5th

A little thing I drew for the girls on Saturday.

Monday, April 6th

We’ve been busy packing. It's been tricky deciding what to bring though. One day, the forecast says it will be in the 60s, the next it says that there will be snow on Easter. I'm packing my dresses anyway. Cold be damned!

It rained all day (which I love of course.) Katie and I went on a run around the Y. We did this "fun trail" with yellow signs. We were pretty wet when we got back inside, but we had a good time.
Tuesday, April 7th

The sign in the computer lab we were in for math today. I had to grab my camera and take a picture when I saw it. I love little comments that people add to signs like that.

We were supposed to be researching how to get the equation for the elliptical orbit of Saturn to the sun. The girl on the left was doing what we were supposed to; Alex and I weren't. He was on ticketsnow.com and I was documenting it.

Yeah...so the three of us don't get much done on a regular basis.

Meet George. He's fluent in Greek and visits Greece often to see family. He came right to the back of the bus (Emmy and I were on our way to the poetry recitation contest) and told us not to be loud because he had to take a nap. He slept with his grapes on his stomach. I'm glad I know him.

The group. Four of us had to leave right after we recited our poems to get to our band concert (I play the bass clarinet at school.) After the concert--which went very well despite me thinking I wouldn't be able to make a sound from my very chipped reed--Sarah gave me the dress that she had ordered! I LOVE IT! I already loved it from the picture she showed me, but it was just as beautiful holding it and seeing it in person.

Thumbs up? It's a keeper.

Headphones with no music? It's all in my head. And you might guess which song I'm singing.

Paragliding, Couture in 2006, & Norma Jean Mortensen

Where do I want to be today?

Yes, I want to be paragliding. When I was hiking with my Onkel Michael and Tante Mutschi in the Alps, I took this picture and was like “Hey I want to do that! And the best part is, it’s not even dangerous!” to which my Uncle was like “Um. What?” And then he informed me that if the wind was not in your favor, death was definitely an option…Eh, whatever. I still really want to do it. I mean just imagine how gorgeous it would be to sail and glide over blue mountains and marshmallow clouds…Furthermore, how cool would it be to do a photoshoot up there?

I borrowed some snapshots from style.com and pulled the looks from Christian Lacroix couture collection in the spring of 2006. I hunted around for some different looks and these could definitely be possibilities for my high fashion paragliding photoshoot.


Unrealistic to be in a couture gown floating gracefully over miles and miles of mountains and trees? Perhaps. New life ambition? Certainly.

To close, I’ve been researching my past life as Marilyn Monroe (um, go back a post for that explanation…) and she’s kind of glorious.

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
^^Of course the basis of my life, although not trusting anyone but yourself is a lonely feel. I don't know if I agree with that yet. I think life without trust is like life without dessert. You can live but you’re missing the phenylethylamine chemical—the “love drug”—that makes you fall in happiness and joy.
My other favorites from the woman originally named as Norma Jean Mortensen (Marilyn Monroe a bit catchier, eh?)
"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
"I just want to be wonderful."
"Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature."
“Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?"
What she says makes me nod in agreement, smile, and laugh. Rumor has it on imdb.com that “At 168, Marilyn's IQ was significantly higher than John F. Kennedy's 129. (A score of 100 is considered average and 150 to be highly gifted.)” It’s been both confirmed and denied but in any case she was known as extremely intelligent. A person on wiki.answers commented, “"the one who fools the world for being dumb is the one we should all be afraid of.” In this case, Miss Norma Jean should have been pretty feared.

P.S Check out the two different eye color shades…I mean, I know it’s a trick of the light…but well…Emmy, Nutella, Sab, and Julzes can’t go a couple of weeks without saying “Are your eyes the same color today?...nope, this one’s lighter still.” Ahh, please excuse my interest in this idea and my obsession with ‘past lives.’