we don't live in a black and white world

the other day, my friend was explaining to me how she had her entire life planned out until she was 35, where she was going to college (m.i.t.), the age she was going to get married (27), her career (psychology), and the  number of kids she wanted (7). then i realized nothing scares me more than the idea of knowing what to expect for the next 20 years. how boring must that be? and what if something doesn't work out? maybe you don't get into m.i.t., you don't find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with... what then?? when she asked me my life plan, she started freaking when i told her i didn't really have one. when she pressed me, i said something along the lines of, "hmmm... go to a design college i suppose, then maybe move to new york and become a graphic designer or photogrpaher or something where i could be creative. i'm not sure... oh, and i'd also like to travel the world a bit." you should've seen her expression. priceless. i love scaring the narrow-minded people. ;)

but really, i feel like i've been thinking about the future a lot lately... mostly since soon i'll be making decisions that will seriously impact it. as in, bigger decisions than i've ever made before. which kind of scares me, but at the same time, makes me so excited i could burst. i definitely don't want an office job, or one that ties me down/that i'd hate going to everyday... yeah. sorry to dump all of that on you. since you didn't come here to listen to me ramble, here are some pretty pictures to make up for it:

(lissy elle, olivia bee, elenikoletsos, emily c, laurence, allie reed)

p.s. i love flickr. <3

p.p.s. i might be getting a new dslr this weekend, sooo excited...

a wintry tea party

you're all invited! 

are you coming?

*slurp*

white dress, forever 21; black (under)dress, target; tights, ???; sweater (underneath), target; hiking boots, stolen from friend (and a lovely 5 1/2 sizes too big); black boots, totes.

as you can probably tell, i'm on a bit of a photo kick, and i have to say, i rather like it. :) and surprisingly, i wasn't actually that cold when i took these. (or maybe i was just delirious...) oh! and about halfway through, i found out we own a tripod. a pretty decent one, too. i was so excited, you should've seen my happy-dance. (...or maybe not. i like the number of readers i have now.) 

you can see more on flickr!

flickr-ers anonymous

little update of how my 365 project is working out: well, so far i've taken about 1,000 pictures this year. buuuuut (and there's always a "but," isn't there?), i haven't been keeping very good track of what pictures go with what days. which is pretty much the entire point of the project. so, i suppose it did what it was meant to do: get me to take more pictures. i've actually started a flickr, you can find me here. (add me! right now i'm kind of lonely. ;)) also, i'm kind of in this funk where i hate most of the pictures i've taken, even especially the ones i used to like.  ugh. 

on the other hand, flickr rrrrrocks. i really love olivia bee. she has all sorts of  really lovely images. i'd also like to point out the fact that she's 15. (the only reason i'm pointing this out is because how amazing will she be in 5 years? or 10 years?)  

and this has to be the coolest flickr group ever... just look at their pool:

(ben dayhoe)

(tinflower)

and re: last post: lowercase lovers of the world unite! ahahaha... 

there are no words for this

prada s/s '10 fantasy lookbook = love.

(source)

alice's mad tea party

as it turns out, i have not actually disappeared off the face of the earth. (i was just hiding. ;)) life's been busy lately (then again, when isn't it??), but hopefully now i'll be back to a more regular posting schedule.

i swear, i think my friends and i have gotten into every "off-limits" place our school has to offer. (we're very good at not getting caught/talking our way out of trouble...) personally, i'm rather fond of our greenhouse full of dead plants. it ranks right up there with construction sites and laundromats on my list of best places for photoshoots. i'm thinking about sneaking back with some costumes/props. wish me luck! <3

oh, and btw, these are all unedited...

the color tuesday

hey guys... sorry for disappearing for a while there. :/ some things just came up... and are not likely to go away anytime soon. bleh. anyway, today i officially got addicted to flickr. i'll prolly set up my own account soon... let me just point you towards abigail.claire, she's sooo inspirational. (and look at this girl's hair. i want it.)

and thank you for all the lovely comments last post. <3 i'll try to respond back asap!
p.s. i feel like a lot of bloggers are getting (or at least discussing) tattoos recently. has anyone else noticed this?

and p.p.s. i love isabel's new f-hole tattoos, i think it's such a creative design... plus it reminds me of that quote, "a body is like a cello, it's your job to work out how to play it." forget where it's from, though. anyone care to refresh my memory?

"all i see are spots!"

 

 

 eat your heart out, cruella de vil.

i want to get away, i want to fly away...

 

 

my friend is making 1,000 cranes for her ex-bf,  i think it's one of the stupidest things she's ever done...

i need to learn how to make paper cranes... and i've noticed that whenever i see a post titled "fly away," i always think of the song with the same title by lenny kravitz...

to kiss a fish <3

i love the light in these pictures. and i just found out that i will be spending spring break in a place with turquoise water, which makes me unbelieveably happy... :)