Girl Meets Bunny!!!!

It's time for the big news!!!!!
I have opened my own Etsy shop!!
I will be selling wood plaques and platters and hopefully, one day, prints in my shop. I can not tell you how excited I am about this.
The Shop is called Girl Meets Bunny, all of the items are hand painted with my original artwork.

http://www.girlmeetsbunny.etsy.com/

Here are some of the things that are in my shop, I will be posting shop updates every now and then, feel free to comment and critique!
Here we go:

Sunrise Love

Meet me at our tree

Broken hearts can be fixed
Blue Love

Ninja Stars and Lollipops

This week was a really interesting one, being that it was my first week of unemployment, I was expecting to have nothing to do and enjoy lounging around in the house.

This was the farthest from the truth.

My parents have had things for me to do every day, I had to take the dog to get spaded one day then I had to pick her up the next day.

Taking my sister to school, then picking her up again, running errands let and right.

I feel like I have no time to myself...

On a lighter note my friend Nix is home!!

She has been away at school in Ireland, and I am glad she is back.

Last night we went for hibachi together, we caught up and had really good time.

Well the time is coming near for me to share my big news!!

This and that!!

SO I will be making an announcement in the next few days about something I have been working on. I can not wait to share it with you. My creative juices have been a flowing, Oh yeah and guess what came in the mail today!!! My Diabolos!!! I have been messing around with them all day.... Well thats all right now for an update!! I will talk to you soon!!

Delilah, Diabolo's & Dubé...Oh My!

Today's Topic of Ye Olde Blog is Diabolo's!!
As many of you know I am major fan of Diabolos, I own 3 already, and I am currently in the process of acquiring 3 more...^_^. I know I have a problem....

My Collection currently consists of:

1. Blue Millennium
(This was the first Diabolo that I ever owned,

I have had it for about 3 years. Its been run thru the mill)

2. Glow in the Dark Millennium
(My second Diabolo purchase,

not as messed up as my blue milli but I love playing with it in the dark,

it looks soooo awesome)

3. Red Circus
(I bought this beauty in Berlin & I completely adore it, I have a great spin time with it.

It took some time to get used to at first due to the weight but I'm not bad on it)

I have just ordered 2 more diabolos that should be in December 10th. They are early Birthday presents to myself. I ordered a Orange Tornado and a White Sundia. I can not wait to get them... I have started to compulsively checking the tracking info to see how close They are.

I was also considering heading to Dubé today to see if I can get myself a Arlequino,

still a tentative thought, lets see how I feel later. ^_~

I would just like to take a moment for a small rant...

ahhemm.

Their is a serious lack of Juggling stores in NY/Westchester Area.
Its like all I have is Dubé and they don't have a Giant selection of Diabolos, and the store hours are not very flexible, they are closed on weekends and they aren't open very late.

I live in Westchester which alone is about 20-40 minutes from the city depending on traffic,

I usually get out of work at 5 so lets say I do go to the city and try to make it

before they close at 6.

I have to find parking which around there is nearly impossible.

Then if by some miracle I do find parking I have about 3 minutes to get from the car to the building then get upstairs and make my purchase, and if I remember correctly I have to sign in with a door man downstairs....

Do you see the problem..

All I have to say is thank god for the Internet.

*Side Note* My birthday is in 26 more days!!

Blogity bloggy blog

I know I know, I haven't blogged in a little more then a week. I am truly sry.

But I know you will find it in the evil little place inside you to forgive me

(Thanks in advance)
Anywho...

Lots and lots have been going on.

Thanksgiving was great, I ate to much and then had leftovers of it the next day and the day after that and then after that....

It is safe to say that I will not be wanting any turkey till next year.

Till then bring on the chicken!

Also on a bit of a sad note, I was given my two weeks notice last week.

It was great while it lasted. ^_^.

I think the thing that I am going to miss most is my awesome boss, Larry.

Totally one of the coolest ever.

But you gotta roll with the punches...

On a lighter note. Gas is super cheap!! Finally!

Well I think that is all for now. Laterz!

*Side note: I think I'm going to watch Beauty and the Beast tonight

Juglito Ergo Sum

It's Finally Done!!!!
It took me a small lifetime but it is finally complete and get this I used some glow in the dark thread all around the edges to add a little snazzy-ness. It looks totally awesome!!
I can't wait to wear it!!

Yay.. and who says I can complete a project.

Take a look and tell me what u think!

Side note*

I know the glow in the dark pic is hard to see but I tried

You're crazy, stop dancing...

Howdy folks!

I did it! I finally did it, I got a Flickr!! I know what your thinking... "big deal". But it is for me I am so horrible at getting my pictures to my blog, hopefully this will makes things better.

So this past weekend, I went to see Wintuk, which is a performance put on by Cirque Du Soleil. The show was amazing everything a Cirque performance should be. It just makes me want to work for them even more. Dreams....

I am almost done with my sweater, It took me longer then I expected it to. It looks great, I don't mean to brag or anything but what can I say... I'm awesome...lol JK.

So here are some Pic's I wanted to post:

These are the Juggling balls that I got, They look at lot cooler when they are moving.

This is the shelf that I installed all by myself, my Brownie hawk eye seems to like it.

Under it are some of my half full sketch books.

Above are some charcoal drawings I did when I was in High School, they are a pair if you could'nt tell.

*Side Note: I am working on a project that I will be anouncing soon. I am simply bursting I want to tell you so bad, but it must wait......you must wait...I'm Sry.....

If I hung my head for all of my errors in judgment, I would never see the sky

I was just thinking about choices I have made so far in my life

(Every once in a while I get philosophical like this)

I went to a trade high school (against my parents wishes) but as far as I am concerned I think it was one of the best things I have ever done.
Although I never achieved academic greatness like my parents wanted I gained something else entirely, Myself.

I am comfortable in my own skin, and that's not to say I don't have insecurities because that would be false. I look at others my age and they have spent so many years trying to be someone elses idea of who they should be, that they don't know who they are.

From grades 1 to grade 8 I went to catholic school. When I entered my H.S (which was public) It was eye opening. My high school gave me an environment where I could express myself freely with out fear of being rejected or thought of as weird, that was something I didn't always get at home (Don't get me wrong I have always had lots of love at home, but they thought of me as eccentric..lol they still do).

It was an amazing environment to learn and grow in. I have seen people go to the best of schools and come out making choices that leave you thinking "what happened".

My school experiences have shaped me, even the bad experiences have shaped me. If I had to go back I wouldn't change a thing.

Did you know that Leonardo Di Vinci out of all of his achievements from science to art, he was most proud of his ability to bend metal with his bare hands.

I love who I am.
Find yourself and cherish it for all eternity

*Random Quotes I like*

1. "You say you love me now but will you when you realize i am four feet tall and have half-robot-legs?" - max bemis.

2. "There are no words I can use because their meaning still leaves for you to choose."-Cat Stevens

Wicked Cool Awesomeness

Busy busy week for me, I went to lunch with banana, I bought a new shelf and installed it myself thank u very much.
I also came upon new juggling balls in the most unlikely of places..The Container Store... they are filled with glitter and water, they look really cool.

Also some things I am considering getting into:
Fire breathing/Fire eating
Contact juggling
Circus EMT....I don't know if that exist
Knitting (It seems hard)

I think my mother is seriously getting worried that I am going to run away and join the circus. We were talking the other day I was telling her how I was looking to see if I needed a permit to be a street performer she turned to me and said
"you should really be focusing on your career"
(getting an EMT position)
I replied "I am" after a pause I started to laugh hysterically.
She laughed and said it wasn't funny, but it was.

Side note*
I am seriously disappointed by the lack of juggling programs/clubs in Westchester. I was on Google a whole afternoon looking for one and alas nothing. I have to trek all the way to the city... which is a good 20 to 45 minutes away depending on traffic. Maybe I should start my own juggling club...hmmmmm....

New Project for Myself / Juglito Ergo Sum

Juglito Ergo Sum means I juggle therefore I am.

It is the catch phrase for The Flying Karamazov Brothers.

I happen to absolutly love this phrase!!

So I decided to embroider a sweater that I just got with this phrase, but I couldn't stop there, nooo that would have been to easy. Well I will let my work speak for its self.

So this is my new project...I am Sooooo Excited.

This is going to be on the back of the sweater which is white...

The only thing that is probably going to be different is that I plan on including the strings that connect the Diabolo sticks. I've drawn that onto a printed copy of the design.

I would like to get some opinions. so feel free to comment on the image, What do you like about it?/What would you change?

Don't sink the boat that you built to keep afloat

Flogging Molly has it right...

Just wanted to take the time to put up a well thought out post, sometimes I am in a rush to get my thoughts out there, that I have a ton of grammatical errors, horrible misspellings and when I reread them later I sound like I have A.D.D.

It's like my grandmother says "Goodness Delilah, Slow down when you speak, I think you talk so fast because your brain works faster then your mouth."

lol, I think she is right.

That reminds me of how my friend Banana introduced me not to long ago.

She had invited me to come out after my juggling class one night, she was hanging out with some of her friends that I hadn't met. So I walk into the diner where they were eating, I say hello to everyone and sit down next to Banana.

She waves her hands toward me in a very Vanna White fashion and says "This is my friend Delilah, She has to be one of my most eccentric friends, she says she is going to do something and then really does it."

Ha ha I think that was one of my favorite intros.

For the most part that is true but sometimes I have to reign myself in cause my head is working on like 10 projects that have yet to be completed. Some of them never get completed... but I like to think that one day i will get back to them, and then again some of them are on and off again.

I wanted to tell you about my growing camera collection. I just got a new Minolta! My sister saw it at a garage sale and bought it for me. She gave it to me when I got home.

So here are a list of my Cameras.

1. Kodak Brownie Hawkeye

(One of the first cameras I got, I got it at a Garage sale, I took it apart and cleaned the lenses. It works but they don't 620 flim anymore, I could respool 120 film onto 620 spools but I dont have the time)

2. Minolta Hi-matic AF

(I inherited this from my late Aunt, Its is circa 1979 and it is in great condition it even has the original case it came in)

3. Minolta Hi-matic GF

(This is the one my sister bought me at a tag sale, It is circa 1984 and is also in really good condition.)

4. Nikon Cool pics

(My standard red digital camera)

5. Diana Camera

( My 120 Film camera, I am not to good with it yet but I will get better with it.)

6. Fisheye Camera

(One of my newer cameras, This one takes photos that come out rounded, I havent seen the pictures I have taken with it yet.)

7. Poloroid Mio

(This is the one that has cost me the most stress, It is sooooo hard to find the film for this one)

8. Poloroid Izone

(This one is also hard to get film for but still a fun camera)

I think that is all of them, and the Collection is Constantly growing...

I am accually on the prowl for a White Poloroid camera with a rainbow stripe on the front, I believe they call it a field camera. lol Like I need a new camera I am gonna run out of space for all of them.

Wow, This post is a lot longer then I intened it to be.

I am still working on the photo madness post, but there are a lot more pictures then I though and I have to sift thru all of them to get to the good ones. I am considering getting a Flicker account that way I can be a little better about getting my pictures up. We will see, I should have my mind made up by the next post.

Thats all for now!

* Update: On my lunch break, I decided to go to the Goodwill near my job and I was on the check out line, and I look at a shelf to my left and my eyes fall on a strap hanging out of a bag.... A Canon strap..... I am instantly having a heart attack, I ask a clerk to see it and he gets it down for me. I look into the bag and a Canon Rebel is stareing back at me, Suddenly my surroundings change I am surrounded by light and the camera says to me "I have been waiting for you Delilah" I am completly shocked back into the store.

I know this camera was destined to be mine.

So I am now the very proud owner of a Canon Rebel 2000/EOS 300.

Ten...

...Things I believe...

(In no particular order)

1. Fairy tales, Myths and Legends
2. In True Love
3. That everyone has some good in them
4. Nothing is Impossible
5. Werewolves, Mermaids,Vampires, Fairies and Ghost are real
6. There are somethings we can not explain
7. That everything is Magic
8. No one has the right to make me feel less then what I am worth
9. The eyes are a window to a persons soul
10. Science is Amazing.

X-Ray tape....Can u say cool....

This is me totally geeking out right now....

"It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27323869/

and I always knew Zombies existed...

"Several cases of individuals who had been put into a trance-like zombie state not by some magical incantation, but by a powerful poison administered by a voodoo priest.

The poison, which contained toxins drawn from the Japanese puffer fish, can make its victim appear dead for several days, leading many victims to be buried alive before "awakening" in a zombie-like haze."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27364410/


Goodness, I am in like information heaven, I totally love obscure facts like this. I know that sentence made me sound like a valley girl but this is not true.
What is true is that I am home!!!
It feels sooooo good to have access to the Internet and a computer and the Internet....lol
Just reminds me how much I love technology...Sigh

I have a ton of pictures to share and I know I promised I would do it when I got home but im going to put it off until the next post, I'm going to work on the post tonight and post it tomorrow, so fear not u will get a post with pictures.

also writing this I have realized that I have grown tired of my current blog layout and I will be on a mission to revamp it.

So in more of the fashion of a normal post,

I got home Sunday evening at 5:30pm, my mom barely waited for me to get thru the door with my 60lbs of luggage before she bombarded me with hugs and kisses, proclaiming that I am not allowed to ever leave home for such a long time again.

(I believe she forgot about all of this when she announced to me this morning that I have to start paying rent or move out, which I will cave and pay but I'm gonna give her a little hell first)

Vienna...Then Italy

Hey all!!

I haven't been in a very bloggy mood, so I apologize for no update.

I went to budapest and I completly love it. I could see myself living there in the future.

I am currently in vienna, I went to the lomography shop here and bought myself a new camera, this time i promise I can get film for it. I made sure of that. lol Its a Fisheye camera and I have been snap happy all day.

I also went to a world renown cafe here in Vienna called Demel.. I think that is how you spell it. I had the most amazing hot chocolate in my life. No other hot chocolate can compare.

Today I just found out that my parents have gotten a dog, her name is Luna and I can not wait to meet her. She is a 4 month old black lab ( I'm away for a week and they buy a dog, are u trying to tell me something mom?)

Tomorrow I am leaving for Italy and I am excited but tired. I must go it is getting late and I am sleepy.... Yawn.

Talk to everyone soon. chao!

Side note: I have been slacking with my juggling... I have to practice......

1001 Souvenirs

I'm in Prague!! I'm so happy to be on the computer I must admit that I am computer deprived. I am going insane with out one. I sometimes don't know what6 to do with my self....

So today we woke up at the crack of dawn and stared on our journey to Prague, we stopped at Dresden and saw some amazing buildings and scenery.

Truly breathtaking.

I was also able to sample some of the local cuisine Its called Curry wurst Its bratwurst covered in ketchup and curry powder

Then we continued on our merry way.

Tonight we went on a night tour of the city and tomorrow we are going on another one.

I will let you know how it goes.

But that is it for know I have to get some sleep. Nighty night

Blogging From Berlin

Guten Tag!!

Hey Everyone,

It's me again but this time from berlin!

Missing home like a maniac, but having a blast lets see.... here are some highlights:

1. Went to Museam Island only 2 discover it isnt really an island....very disapointing....

2. Took a trip to Flying colors...and purchased a new Red Diabolo and 2 sets of sticks....(O_O)

(I love them)

3. Visited a castle it was truely beautiful.

4.Saw the berlin wall.

5. Had thai food, I know what ur thinking thai food in Germany...it was really good!

Well that the small list. Haha I will try to blog a little later on this trip.

Tomorrow were heading for Prague... I don't know if I spelt that right....Oh well. I'm taking lots of picture so prepare ur self for it.

Random moment: Some kid just threw his hat on to my head from behind me.... Like is that a German custom or something... Hey throw ur hat on the girl who is too involved typing to notice ur rudeness. I should have yelled at them but I just continuted typing... They were just being kids plus I don't know how to yell at someone in German..lol

Well I miss home and will blog soon.

The great DVD Depression...

What is all this about Blue Ray DVD's?
Is this going to make the DVD obsolete?

Maybe I just don't get it... Will I have to end up buying a whole new library of DVD's in 10 years when my DVD player breaks because they don't make DVD players anymore, only Blue Ray players!
Will I end up being one of those people who buy's everything in 2's and 3's, having a back up just in case something breaks.
This is ridicules!!
By then inflation will be so bad, just to buy a DVD will cost a small fortune, you can forget about going to the movies...just as bad.
Will I loose everything I hold dear?

Now that my moment of panic is over...

I'm sitting at work listening to Hot Chip's "Ready for the floor" float into my ears. I look like I'm working but this in fact is not true.
"Sigh" I'm such a slacker...
I am even leaving work early cause I have to pick up my sister at school, but I did come in earlier then normal. Oh yeah and also fun fact: I have my juggling class tonight. It is a double edged sword, cause I love my class but it is my last class so I am sad.
Oh yeah and I don't know if I mentioned this a few post ago but I ordered these bean bags from this woman called " The Bag Lady", she is amazing. We worked on customized bean bags for me. I like her so much I ordered 6.
I got the first order last Thursday, I was expecting to get 3 Brown and aqua suede bean bags but she gave me 4 and they came is a nice little drawstring bag.

I called her and raved about how much I love them, which I do. They just so happen to be traveling the world with me.
Do you think I should take my Diabolo.. I need to practice...
but is that a little obsessive?

BTW I am super amped about the trip!

Heres a question for ya: Why are funeral homes called funeral homes?

If I took the pepsi challange...I'd pick Coke....

I'm leaving on Saturday!!

I have been driving myself insane looking for film for this camera I have recently acquired.

The camera in question is the Polaroid Mio, they don't make this camera any more and the film for it is even more obsolete.

So after a little more research i discovered that fujifilm makes a film that fits in the Mio.

There is just a small snag, its only sold in Japan and Europe. Just fantastic.

I have been having dreams of film, last night I drempt of a white Polaroid camera,

now i want one.

So on my trip to Europe I will be getting a ton of Fujifilm Instax Mini film. I will be stopping in Vienna's Lomography store to get some. I was also thinking of getting a fisheye camera... this is still up for debate....

I have good news for ya, I am officially an EMT!!

I got my card in the mail a few days ago. Awesomeness!!

Also, I am amped for Nick and Norah's Infinite Play list opening this Friday.Wahoo.

You were saying....? /Note 2 a Friend

Amongst my random thoughts, I realized that i havent uploaded pics on here for a while, also i have some updates!

I resumed my embroidery on the alfonse mucha piece.
(I stopped for a while cause i'm a slacker)

I totally love my Circus class, I suck more then I thought I did at juggling. lol

I discovered a smothie place that I am now addicted to.

I decided I want to include more plant life into my bedroom.

I broke one of the nose pad things on my glasses, so i have been walking around with crooked glasses. Just lovely.

So this is what i have been up to, I should start packing for my trip to europe I leave on the 5th of October. Im soooo Stoked!! But I have no clue what I will be packing.....

Oh Banana,
I miss ya 2 ya bum!

I think we need a movie night this weekend.. What's coming out?

Last night was kind of strange.

I was in my room and I was watching the television, out of the corner of my eye I see my curtains moving in a breeze, I became restless and wanted to be outside, I can't completely explain it, it was almost like the night was calling me.

I looked at my cable box to see the time and it was 11:46pm. I told my mom I was going out for a bit and left the house, I walked outside and the night seemed still and slightly muggy, no hint of the breeze that lost itself in my room.

After a moment of silent appreciation for the night I began walking down the stairs of my stoop to my car as I got closer to my car I looked up into the sky to see what seemed to be an almost full moon, I hadn't seen it before because it was hidden behind some trees, but it's beauty was haunting. The clouds cast over it slightly giving it a slightly blurry and shimmery appearance but you could see it clearly. I almost didn't want to move but I did. I decided to go and visit my friend Jesse at work,

We talked and hung out for a little while and we parted for the night. I looked at my cell phone when I got outside and it was 12:20 AM, I went and got gas for my car and then I went home, all the time thinking of how beautiful the night was.

I drove home and parked my car, As I walked to my front door I stopped turned and face the moon and spoke out loud "Thank you for sharing you beauty with me". I opened the door with my keys and trying not to make a lot of noise, I let my mother know that I was back home. I put down my purse and took of my jacket, and walked to the kitchen, I made myself a glass of chocolate milk and went to bed.

The whole night seemed so magical, like anything could happen, I love nights like that. The moon called and I answered. Right now I am in sort of a fuzzy mood, like I don't have a care in the world.

Ok Ok.... I have been slacking...

I have been kinda busy as of late

because as you know when I have a spare moment

I have to fill it with something, that's just the way I work!

I am resuming my Violin lessons again this time with a new teacher

(one that is closer to where I live)

His name is Paul, He's super nice and he knows his stuff.

That reminds me I have to practice tonight...

I am super excited about my Circus class tomorrow night,

I decided to take a juggling and manipulation course,

I already know how to juggle but I would like to get better and learn a few more tricks.

My friend Nix is leaving for Ireland in a few weeks, she is going to be studying abroad.

I must admit I am slightly jealous, but at the same time

Im leaving in a few weeks myself for Europe, my aunt and I are taking a 3 week trip.

I can't wait, almost a month of no work.... Is there anything better??

I need a break, i have been running on overdrive since feb.

Well I think i have rambled enough for today....

BTW: I think i have a nerve condition, my eye keeps twitching...

I don't think thats normal.

So Get This!!

It was floating around that Max Bemis was going to start writing personalized songs for his fans but today i stumbled upon the website that hes taking the comissions!!! What!!! It is no secret that i love max bemis and of couse i am already dreaming up all the ideas i want to have written in my song.

But as i was writing i realized i was essentally writing my own song lol. Take a sneak peak.

Song:

When people see me they don't see who I really am. They see the eccentric artist that has nothing better to do with herself.

I am walked all over and the kicked for good measure. I smile and take it but inside I am tired of faking, your broken analogies make my head spin, there is beauty in my breakdown but it happens from within,

I will never forget the way you taunted me only to end up wanting to be me. so I laugh just loud enough to make you jealous and you sit there pretending ur life was something else.

This is a toast for the Girl you can't see

but I want you to know that girl is me.

So thats what i have come up with so far... what do you think?

Hold ur own taco!

This weekend was a fun one, many adventures to be had!

Hung out in brooklyn for a few hours then I went to my cuzins house in NJ, got lost on my way there, Got drunk, Played beer pong for the first time and discovered i suck at it lol. Then woke up to my cuz screaming "Who Shit On The Floor!"

SOOOOOOO NASTY!! No one fezzed up, but we know who you are!

It was also one of my beloved friends B-Day on Sunday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSE! I'm working on a little project for him and another friend Charles' Birthday. I really hope they like it. Well other then that all has been pretty uneventful.

Well... Thats all Folks.

I Passed!!!

I Passed My Practical Skills Exam!!!! Yay! Now all I have to do is pass the Written and I am done!!!! So to celebrate I now am the proud owner of pink streaks in my hair.


TADA!

Oh, Wordle.Net, How u spoil me....sigh

What a Cool Site u insert a bunch of text and this is ur outcome...I think i have a new addiction.....

All Work & No Play

Makes this week the week from hell...

I have my EMT practical skills exam this week for the state and I am so stressed out over it. I have to do 6 stations

Station 1 through 4 are as follows:

1. Trauma Assessment

2. Medical Assessment

3. Automatic External Defribulator

4. Bag Valve Mask

Now with stations 5 and 6 there isn't one set thing to do, you can be quizzed on any one of the following so for 5 it is a or b, and for 6 it is a through g.

5. a.Spine immobilization with a K.E.D

or

b. Spine Immobilization with a long board

6. a.Splinting a Leg or Arm

b. Splinting a Joint

c. Traction Splinting

d. Bleeding and shock control

e. Managing the Airway

f. Mouth to mask with O2

g. Administering O2

This is because they want to make your life a living hell!!!!

They cant just say here do this. No they have to play a game with your head and say ha-ha you have to do one of these.....cue evil laughter.

To add to my misery I have caught a horrible cold, I sat on my floor for an hour because I couldn't find the energy to get up. I felt like I was on fire and I was in and out of sleep all night. I am praying that I get over this but tomorrow, I really need to focus all my energy into my practicals!

Please....Do tell...

Welcome to another exciting moment of Delilah's Life...

On this episode we discuss the social gatherings amongst citizen of the same musical genre,
as well as the most recent addition of ceramic masterpieces to Delilah's Gallery.
Enjoy.....

Warped Tour was Amazing!!
My friend Nix & I went together and I believe I spent over $100, their were some amazing non-profits their that i had to take Part in such as:

1. To Write Love on Her Arms (One of my favorite Non-Profits)
2. Peta ( although i love meat..sry animals)
3. 11:11 Am (started with Andrew from Jack's Mannequin)
4. Unite the United
5. Music saves Lives

You know people assume that people that are interested in rock are all about drugs and are essentially bad people, when in fact this is a misconception.

Don't get me wrong though,
there are people who are led down a misguided path and end up destroying their lives as an outcome.
The people that inspire me most are the ones that see they have a problem and overcome it.
Gerard way from My Chemical romance, Travis from Gym Class Heroes and Max Bemis from Say Anything. They are truly inspiring.

Also i wanted to share with you some ceramics i painted, Forgive the horrible lighting of the photos.

So now For the Pictures!!!

Nix and I are shoe-tastic! Nix being Emo
Me trying to look cool in massive amounts of heat....
5 minutes later....
Wow, your at a Warped Tour in a Cast!! ur so hardcore!!
Oh Max....how i adore thee...
The guys working hard for the fans!
It's Katy Perry!

Amazing set by Automatic Love Letter!!

Shwayze...

A star ornament I painted... the front
The back....hehe Random Picture I took while i was driving...

The Beat goes on..... and on....

I am super excited, This weekend is Warped Tour!!!
I have been waiting months for this!
I was in my car the other day listening to Z100 and I heard them say they were giving away tickets to warped tour.

I was like "WHAT!?!" So now I am thoroughly pissed off, Now I have to be around all of these little poser punks that a year ago they were listening to Usher and R-Kelly, now rock is the new cool thing to listen to.

Listen be true to yourself and don't try to be something your not just cause its cool.

That's one thing I could never stand, for years when I was younger I was teased because I was different, but when the different became cool every one pretended they liked it before everyone else. If you enjoy something its that simple, you enjoy it.

Ill never forget what one of my cousins said to me once:

My family and I were in the car on our way home from shopping, we were passing a art supplies store that I have previously passes, I had to be around 12 at the time. I turn to my mother and say "Hey mom one day I want to go there" My cousin turns and says "That store is for a real artist, your not a real artist".

I have always been one to try new things (that should be evident) but don't knock me for it. If you want to do something but are afraid of what other people might think.

Screw em, Do it.

What do you have to lose? Real friends support you, they don't look down on you.
That when you know you have great friends. If I were turn to my friends and say I want to go parasailing, they would most likely say "So when are we going". I have Amazing friends. In that way I am so so lucky.

*Side Note: I am now an amazing Artist! ^_^

I Love Music....Lyrics

I started thinking about some songs I love and I wanted to share some of my favorite lines from those songs:

Sorrow drips into your heart through a pin hole,

just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound.

~Death Cab for Cutie

The road outside my house, Is paved with good intentions.

Hired a construction crew, 'Cause it's hell on the engine.

~Fall Out Boy

You did me wrong, I grinned and played along

Those days are gone, does this confession turn you on?

~Say Anything

When you go, Don't ever think, I'll make you try to stay

And maybe when you get back, I'll be off to find another way.

~My Chemical Romance

Say you want to let me go and that's gonna have to end

You can Go and getta new boyfriend But you'll never getta better boyfriend
Love just aint our way but, You know I don't pretend Imma go and getta new girlfriend

Imma get myself a better girlfriend

~Tyga

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year

~Pink Floyd

I'd walk through hell for you.
Let it burn right through my shoes,
These soles are useless without you.
Through hell for you let the torturing ensue,
My soul is useless without you.

~Say Anything

Your heart is a river that flows from your chest through every organ,

your brain is the dam and I am the fish that cant reach the cord.

~Death Cab for Cutie

So one last touch and then you'll go

and we'll pretend that it ment something so much more.

But it was vile, and it was cheap

and you are beautiful but you dont mean a thing to me.

~Death Cab for Cutie

I know that you want me to want you I want to

But I can't forgive you

So when this is over don't blow your composure baby

I can't forget you

~Mayday Parade

Thats just the few song lyrics i could remember, I think all of them are strong in their own way. If you couldnt tell...I love Death Cab for Cutie.^_^

All Geeked out...

I got home from my EMT class early on Monday night and I walk in to find my mother watching a show called " The Big Bang Theory" so I threw myself on the couch and started to watch it with her. Now I have a new favorite show. Apparently it was out a while ago but because of my crazy sched I never got to watch it. I miss watching TV.

Side Note:
There was a point for about a year where I was home doing absolutely nothing, I would wake up at Noon, go pick up my sister at 2:45, then I would lay around my house till 8 and then I would go hang out with my Ex (my BF at the time) or with my friends.Sometime I would even go to the gym. Life was so simple......

Back to The Big Bang Theory, so I was sitting on the couch watching the show and I was just laughing hysterically, My mother turns to me and says

"you know I have tried to watch this show a few times and I never really get half the things they are talking about, Do I have to be like you to understand it."

Whoa wait a Minute, what does that mean?? I don't know if that is a complement or an insult. Honestly, I stopped caring about how people perceive me, my Family/Friends know and love me and that's all that counts!

Here's a list of my fave shows:
1. Heroes
2. The Big Bang Theory
3. C.S.I: Las Vegas
4. How it's Made
5. True Life
6.Kyle XY

7. Greek
Question: T.V. Is it evil or entertaining... you be the judge.

For the future...

Since everyone around me is having babies, i decided what i want to name my son....He will be named Aidan Gerard Franco ( i realize that my child would probably have the last name of my husband, but i want them to have my last name.)

Also this way my son has the same initials as my father AGF, my initials are DGF, and my sisters are ADF, and my moms are NIBF (she hyphenates)....oh initials..... for a girl i have always loved Isabella or Bella.

Hm.....

I was thinking and my kids are going to be strange, only because i know the way i am and i have never once in my life been considered normal, i am spontaneous, crafty, i know random info, love comics, anime, cartoons, ninjas, taking pictures, drawing pictures, painting, super relaxed...although sometimes i get anxiety attacks... its like all my worries strike at once.

But...anyway...yeah thats all i have to say for now.....later!

Fear...

It is amazing how fear can stop you in your tracks. sometimes it is the most irrational feeling, but you can't help it. I was online a few minutes ago and i was looking up how to do a handstand, on the site they said most people couldn't do handstand because they were afraid of falling. Now lets take a step back, falling isn't so horrible when your standing on the ground, yeah it hurts a bit but its nothing that will damage you for life.

So i ask you: How many times have you let fear stopped you from doing something?

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to say that i am not afraid of anything because that would be a lie, i am a chicken, but usually after my moment of irrational panic, i step up to the plate and not once have i ever regretted it. Try new things and you learn that you are capable of more then you ever though possible.

I know I am going to make fear less present in my life.

Just go for it.

What have you got to lose....Nothing.

De De Dedede de de de dee de (Circus theme song)

I Don't know if you know this but I have been a fan of circus arts for many years now. I taught myself how to juggle and also to use the Diabolo, Secretly I have always wanted to join the circus. I know right now you must be thinking.... " what is wrong with this girl, she is training to become an EMT, she creates art, she is learning the Violin, works full time, what else could she possibly do??" ......Well, I will tell you, I want to become a circus performer. Very recently, on a Google search, I discovered a link to http://www.nycircusarts.com/ .

Ahhhh... the Big Top....

It is almost like it was meant to be, so I quickly informed some friends and family about my current endeavors and I got the usual: "yeah sure" "that's cool" responses, but then I got one from my friend Anna-banana that went like so " Cool, maybe we can do it together" In my head I had an instant party. I was like Totally Awesome! But before I can start the C.A. classes I want to finish my EMT classes. So I am thinking toward the end of august I should be able to start. I'm soooo Pumped! I'm the mean time I am going to focus on getting into shape. Working out building up my arm strength, losing weight eating right, all that good stuff.

You know what they say: Anything worth having is worth fighting for. (I think that's how it goes...)

Mimes read the news too...

Look at me I'm so meant to be in the circus, this is one of my favest outfits!

Love...

Love represents a range of human emotions and experiences related to the senses of affection and sexual attraction. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes. This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

I was just sitting at my desk at work, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that despite the turmoil that i have been going through for the last few months, i have all the love i need, I have my awesome friends and great job, and my kick ass Family.

I have never been happier then i have been in the few months, yeah i have been busy and a bit over whelmed at times but I'm still happy.

My hope is to one day find that one person (with the same morals as me)

and start a family of my own,

i know i am a little weird and eccentric but there's a person out there that

loves my: quirks, random-ness, library of useless knowledge,

sense of humor, taste in music, crafty-ness.

Someone who doesn't think I'm weird, just amazing the way i am.

They just get me.

I will be the first person to tell you not to change yourself to make someone else happy,

and I'm no hypocrite.

This is me, Take it or leave it.

Violin is another word for Awesome!

I'm getting a Violin on sat. I'm soooooo excited! i have always wanted to learn the Violin and now i finally can. Lately i have been getting into doing projects on the weekend, so far i have made a camera case, a tote out of newspaper (not quite finished but pics to come), planted tomato's, and this weekend, along with getting my new violin, i am going to (possibly) be making hula hoops.... i say possibly because i might wait until next weekend. The Internet makes it sooo easy to learn new things, i don't have enough time to do everything!

Oh Goshness. So little time and so much to do....

My little baby cuz Vava was at the house today i went home on my lunch break and she was chilling with grandma sweetie. Its so cute the way my grandma dotes on her.

My friend Alehaha is having a baby soon to0, i think i am going to make it a Mohawk hat or something, i haven't quite decided yet.

It seems like every one around me is either pregnant or has a kid. Tell me is it strange that i have no intention of having kids right now. I don't need one and i know that i am tooo selfish to have one, i am in my prime, why am i going to tie myself down.

I want to break free.. Freddie M. had it right.

PICTURE UPDATE!!!!!

So i am finally going to upload some pics of what i have been up 2...Enjoy!!!

My Lovely New Camera Case!!

My sis eating the Cupcakes Made....u still owe me....

These are the only pics i feel like posting right now....i do a more solid updatre later!

and you were saying.....

I have been swept up in a whirlwind... life has been coming at me from every angle and without mercy. I resumed my EMT Classes and as of lately i have been crazed at work, people have missed appointments then i get yelled at, I'm running from here to there and then back again....sigh...but secretly i enjoy being busy.

Last Saturday me and my family had a garage sale and it was the perfect excuse to bake cupcakes. i have been dying to try this new recipe from Hershey.

The Cupcakes came out yum-tastic, i made Vanilla and Chocolate, my sister kept helping herself to them(BTW, You owe me $3). lol

My friends Nikki and Sharon are home so we plan on getting into trouble together, and me and Nix are going to Shares Gaelic football game tonight so that should be fun.

I ask myself...

When do u stop caring, when do u care to much....this is what i have been pondering this weekend. I had a nice dinner with my mom, dad, and grandma on Saturday, and we struck up an interesting conversation about recent events going on and it made me think. When do u take that step back and realize your being used, I took my step a long time ago because i saw with clear eyes, i feel bad for my grandma and my mom who were jaded. To want someone there only when its convenient for you is wrong. If u want someone in your life it should be for good and for bad. I guess that how some people are though....you don't realize that your hurting others who have been there for u...when have u ever been there for them...

Also this weekend i was off being super crafty. I made a camera case based off of a picture i saw online, ill post a pic. It came out way better then i expected it to. It's made from Aqua and brown felt that i felted together, and some buttons and fabric! I shocked myself ( I feel so awesome)
I also went to the movies with my friend Jesse, we saw Speed Racer, the movie wasn't great but the racing scenes were kinda cool.... i wish i could drive like that.....Sigh...


Question: When do u stop caring?

The day my heart broke in 4

Yesterday night I came find my rabbit (velveteen) laying on the floor dead, i went to say hey Vel, and i got no response, at first i thought he was sleeping, so i got on my hands a knees to say hello and i said "hey baby" and put my finger through the cage to pet his head but he didn't move, his normal response is to hop up and come to the cage door so i can pet him. I thought it was weird that he didn't hop us so i opened the cage door and touched him and he was stiff. I died on the inside.....I think i feel worse about not being here for him, I don't understand why he died, I miss him terribly, I want him back......

Diana+ Say what?!??

I got my new Diana+ camera in the mail yesterday!!! I ADORE it!!! I originally wanted a Holga but i am so glad i picked this one!

Isn't she prettiful!! *Sigh*.

I have been going photo happy since last night. i think my moms looking into for rehab for me...lol.

There is something amazing about having to work for your pictures, and not knowing the outcome. The suspense of waiting for them to develop....I tried to get to this photography store on my lunch break but i ended up getting lost and had to turn around so i wouldn't be late getting back to work...

I have to head there again after work and pick up the BW film that they are holding for me but before i do that i have to swing by my sisters baseball game (Show her some support)(That's how i roll), I also want to buy a tripod and a shutter release. I have too much planned and not enough time to do anything. Woe is me....OK well not really i eventually get it all done...one day...

Photo Update

Here are some pictures that i want to share with u! i don't know if i mentioned that i was growing tomato's, well i am. i am so proud of them especially frank.

Frank

My other babies....

And here are some samples of my mad embroidery skills!

That's all for now folks!!

La La La...

My: Name in pictures project, that i have mentioned before, has been put on hold because it is a lot harder then i thought so far i only have an "D" "I" and an "A" i still need a buncha letters.... so in the mean time i have started a new adventure.....Embroidery!!!! I went to the store and bought all the goodies i think i will need to start my big project....drum roll please...........embroidering.......Alphonse Mucha's..... "Reverie".

I went to FedEx Kinko's yesterday and got the picture above enlarged to 18x24, thanks to the super helpful lady there named Carmen...i think that was her name.... Anyways... so i have been outlining the picture in pencil first and this morning i started outlining in marker, after sitting there outlining it i keep telling myself: "what have you gotten your self into!".

I already know that i am going to have issues with the flowers behind her and some of the itty bitty details but if i take my time and be very careful it has the capability to come out amazing! i am really excited about this because i am fan of Alphonse Mucha's work. I believe him to be one of the most amazing and detailed artist that ever lived!
Sigh....he's the bee's knee's! (i never really got this phrase but it sounds cool)

BTW......
I was Dropped from the class, but all is well i have decided to jump right back in! it sucks that i have to start again but its ok, this way i will get even better.

All in all my hands are itching to start my new project... hopefully i finish this one... No i will finish it!!

It seems to me that Murphy's law (what can go wrong, will go wrong) has once again ruined my life. i am being slightly melodramatic but I'm entitled. As you know last night i had my final exam, as you may have already guessed....it didn't go as well as predicted.....i failed by 1 point. one lousy, stinking, dumb point. The passing grade is 70....i got a 69. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!! So now i don't know what this means for me, i have to call later today and find out whats going on, am i dropped from the class or am i still in it..... who knows!

i did make a promise to myself though, if i get dropped from the class i am going to become a runner. Yeah, i know slightly random but that's how its going down.....

On a brighter note, i have a new project in mind, i was inspired by the website Uncommon goods. a super cool website filled with things that i want and can't afford. lol. but they have this really cool name type thing where they spell your name with pictures of things that u wouldn't normally take a second look at... so i decided that i can do the same thing and just as good! so i have been looking at everything in a whole new perspective, anything has the capability to be letters ahahahahahahahaha! so that's all for now write to ya soon!