favorite selfies

I'm conceited so what.

Yesterday in my Photography 1 class my teacher gave us cameras and half an hour to take 'selfies that don't look like selfies' and i tell you what it was so much fun.

here are some i rather liked:

Self portraits are pretty hard but so much fun and really rewarding. I have to keep taking portraits every day through saturday and tonight we had to take another selfie. I don't have any really good ones from tonight but this is the one i turned in for credit:

I actually really like the yellow tint to the photo because of the lamp light. My arm is super blurry but I didn't bother to crop it out because I don't care THAT much right now I'm just glad I turned something in! And tomorrow night after I go to physical therapy I'm picking up Mary and we're going to shoot some portraits in the park and then more than likely go to Starbucks and take more pictures and have more fun. 

Tell me what you think of the photos! 

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THEY'VE ARRIVED :D :D :D :D :D

I've been waiting since November of 2011 to buy my Gorillaz converse, and yesterday, all of my dreams finally came true.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I had to save my money for such a long time, that when they finally came in the mail, I almost couldn't believe it! I don't really want to mention how much they cost, since I am literally broke now (I need a job ;u;), but they are well worth the money. 

In other unrelated news a couple of days ago I was looking through my room and I found some Guatemalan Wishing Dolls my Spanish teacher bought for me back in seventh grade. I can't really remember why she gave them to me, but when she came back from a trip to a Cinco de Mayo fair in Texas, she presented them to me. I think the reason I got them may partially be because I had what I like to call a "moment" in front of her, where I had a terrible day and I ended up crying in front of my whole Spanish class. It's a long story, I was an emotional preteen, 'nuff said. 

Anyway, I had forgotten about them completely, and when I found them I got excited. Basically what the Guatemalan Wishing dolls are, are extremely tiny little dolls that you make wishes with, and then put them under your pillow while you sleep, and when you wake up, your wish will come true that day. I tried it once, but I ended up losing the doll in my bed, so I am now one short in my collection. They were sitting in a little box on my shelf when I found them. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Here are two out of the about ten that I still have. They are extremely small, and it was hard to get good pictures of them. My favorite aspect of the little wishing dolls is that they all have different outfits, and some even have little hair made out of tiny little rocks glued to their heads. I am thinking I might make myself some this summer :D 

P.S.- Happy Belated 4/13!! >:)

Snapshots from a Saturday Afternoon

So, as mentioned before, I like gnomes... a lot. I also like photography. I tried to fuse the two of those things together today. Generally I only take pictures in natural light; it's my aesthetic, if you will. All of these pictures have been taken in a room with artificial lighting, which I am going to blame the blurriness of the photos on ;)

This one I imagine going "Hee hee, a-hoo hoo!"

This one I saved on my desktop as "huuuuh?"

Creepy staring gnome. 

Stand tall, little one, for one day you will be great too! (This is the blurriest one :P)

Please give constructive criticism or feedback! Also, if you use these photos, please ask me first :) I know gnomes are cool, but c'mon, let's not plagiarize.