the dancing laura

last thursday i ate my first macaroon, and i must say, i think they are over rated. yes, they were yummy. and yes, they were pretty. and yes, i would definitely eat them again, but i still prefer a cupcake. cupcakes, i am on your side!

and now for some photos from the two football games handsome and i were able to enjoy! queso was involved during both games as well as lots of laughing. we had a great time during both of our visits and loved being able to hang out and see everyone. i have missed everyone so much!

preparing for the filming of greatest tailgater! i still think laura is the greatest!

and here is the dancing laura! i dont think handsome was aware of all the fun that was happening next to him. love it!

next up, ou/tx! super excited!

love.

goodbye norman day two

i am now in little rock and currently trying to get everything organized. it is a super weird feeling being in a place that is so different. in fact, i am filled with mixed feelings. i cannot decide how i feel. it is more of an argument between how i feel and how i am "supposed" to feel. of course i am very excited about this opportunity, i just wish it was in a location where i actually knew someone. i know i will grow a lot from it, but it will take awhile for me to get used to. and now onto happier things...my second day of saying goodbye to norman!

saturday started out perfectly with lunch at my favorite place in the entire world! pink elephant! i am going to miss pink elephant more than i can explain. it is always filled with deliciousness and i love it dearly. i remember when it first opened and they were only open for lunch monday through friday. and then the excitement i felt when it started being open on saturday for lunch. and then sunday for lunch. and then dinner throughout the week! it was amazing being able to watch it grow and the ability to enjoy the loveliness of the elephant at almost any meal of the day. if i ever find myself driving through, i will be stopping for some yummy eats! always! my goodbye meal was the delight plate with the guacamole chicken sandwich on whole wheat berry bread with a side of french onion soup. so yummy! i love you pink elephant, stay delicious!

for dinner, we stuffed ourselves with tarahumaras until we could not move or stuff ourselves more. it was perfect and delicious! after eating we headed over to tracys to have our own little fiesta with margs and salsa music (thank you pandora!). tracy got crazy and entertaining. what a super fun last night!

we were able to squeeze in some pool time between our two very delicious meals. brad was not happy about our pool trip, but he was kind enough to go along with it. it was nice because it wasn't too crowded which made it super easy to find a chair. it did end up raining for a random ten minutes or so while we were there though. don't worry, we got out of the water since there was thunder. we don't want anyone to be electrocuted!

love.

goodbye norman day one

there are many things i should be doing that do not involve blogging, such as packing, organizing, studying, showering, putting away the laundry and i am sure there are other things that are escaping my mind at the moment. however, i need a break and want to do something i enjoy, so here i am!

my dad and handsome were the sweetest ever and got me a dslr for graduation!!! (graduation post to come later) well, my dad got me the amazing body of the camera (nikon D90) and handsome got me a wide angle lens to go with it! some people would say that a wide angle lens cannot be used everyday. or that it cannot be used for portraits or food. however, i disagree! i love the distortions it causes like i cant explain. basically, i am super excited about it (i have desired one for years) and have been taking tons of photos! it has also made it very difficult in deciding what photos i want to post, so i will be posting a lot of them, ha! why am i telling you this? well, because i feel like i have many adventures and things i want to share, but i would like to first share adventures that involve photos that were taken with my new camera. so here they are, the first reveals!

this last weekend was my last weekend in oklahoma and it was sad, but also super fun! tracy, brad, jessica and i had adventures and i got to have my last tastes of norman. 

right before heading down i realized that i nearly forgot to have a swirl before leaving! naturally, we could not let that happen so we headed over to the mont to enjoy swirls, cheese fries, great stories and the beautiful weather. i am sure that our waitress was not too pleased with our tiny amount of ordering.

we then went to fuzzys (yum yum!) and shared queso and two fish bowls. they even agreed to put three fish in the first one! things seemed to get crazy towards the end of our fuzzys adventure for some unknown reason. brad worked really hard to get tracy to tell us stories and feelings and we played with our rubbery fish (guppy, winston and charles). tracy ended up squirting brad in the eye with hot sauce and causing him much pain. his shirt acquired a few stains that were then washed off sometime in the middle of the night. then they had a dance off. no night is ever complete without a dance off!

after fuzzys we made our way to the lovely opies for one last crazy dance party. opie was super excited to see us and we immediately went to the rap side. i am not sure what was going on the particular night we went, but the music on both sides was weird. neither side was playing their usual songs and we actually ended up enjoying the rap side more than the disco. the rap side even played britney! woo hoo!!! after being told the disco side was unable to play thriller, we were surprised to hear it start playing. we cleared the dance floor and performed our usual thriller dance and then headed back over to the other side. we ended up being at opies for about four hours. infinitely longer than our usual trips, but it was wonderful, sweaty, calorie burning and also great people watching!

love.

why cant every weekend be a holiday?!

memorial weekend was absolutely amazing! i hung out with some of my best friends and we had so many amazing times and memories filled with smiles and laughter. i just wish that all of the oups was able to attend!

i have not finished editing all of my photos so i will share a few from the days we were on the river. i have also not developed my waterproof camera. i am a bit nervous that i may have ripped the film while getting too excited about winding it for another photo. i am really excited to see how they came out and will be very sad if i accidentally destroyed them. we will have to wait and see!

here is a list of some of the fun times:

1. clarence reminding everyone about "would you like to come to my apartment?!" (picture it being said in many ridiculous accents and intensities).

2a. tracy finding a river boyfriend.

2b. her sweetly punching him in the chest and causing his glasses to fall into the river (he earlier claimed that it is impossible to wear contacts in the river. i bet he has changed his opinion about that one).

2c. he may have been lying about his age. i still think he probably was.

3. standing on the tubes (or toobs if you prefer) and dancing.

4. sharing clarence and jeff's huge water bottle of jack and coke.

5. handsome over using the phrase "what's your clearance clarence?!" when asking for a beer.

6. brad and i getting "beached" on rocks during the rapids.

7. cleaning handsome's toes.

8a. brad getting lost for 5 hours and randomly showing up at the house.

8b. alisha and i walked up the river looking for him and had no luck.

8c. i am still confused about how he fell asleep when i saw him about 10 minutes before he was lost laughing and falling over a tree stump.

8d. a kind "mother" helped him find his way.

9. the nauseating ride back to the house in the back of the truck.

10. getting back to the house and falling asleep on the slab with tracy.

11. waking up revitalized for an adventure at the eli young concert and to enjoy the most delicious jalapeno dip made by handsome's cousin.

12. my first eli young concert! i had never heard any of his songs before, but i had so much fun dancing to the music. i also made the mistake of forgetting to wear deodorant. lets just say it was the smelliest moment of my life haha. oh well, sometimes that happens i guess!

handsome, alisha, my sister and i floated the river again on sunday. it was much more calm the second time. still fun, but in a different way. both floating trips seemed to fly by. one thing i would say about saturday is that there were way less annoying people floating. it was also not as crowded as sunday. i really hope we will all be able to go again next year.

love.

the video!

and here is the video! i am very proud of it because it is pretty much the only video i have ever made. i did make one of tulip in the snow about a year ago, but it really only consisted of adding music, this one took much more effort. the song i used is sigh no more by mumford and sons. i hope the video will work, i know that some people had trouble getting videos to play in the past. enjoy!

love.

currently craving: michael jackson's thriller dance

why do i have this random craving? well, handsome and i went out in downtown denver (lodo maybe?) for my friends birthday. we were walking to the cowboy lounge to meet everyone when a car equipped with ghostbuster equipment on the roof and ghostbuster stickers on the side pulled up next to us at a light. right as the light turned green, they began blaring the thriller song and the girl in the passenger seat looked at us and did the most intense cat claws i have ever seen! it was random. it was weird. it was fun. and it made me miss doing thriller dance at opies as the entire oups. a part of me hopes i run into this vehicle again. i really wish i was fast enough to get a picture of it!

(i cant remember who this photo belongs too. im guessing its megan's since it looks like her arm is stretched out in picture taking mode).

love.

lovely day. or really, less than 24 hours.

you may remember that about a month ago i was very excited for callies visit. well, i finally got my film developed! once again, i am not sure what i have done to my camera. i really hope i didnt break it, but it does not seem to like being centered when on square format. i have no idea what to do. if you have any tips please let me know!

i know she was only here for less than 24 hours, but i thoroughly enjoyed every moment. her visit really helped perk me up and just what i needed and wanted. the sun even decided to come out and play with us! if it was warmer it would have been perfect. love you callie!

first we ate at tarahumaras. yummiest mexican food ever! i ate the hugest burrito ever and had to sit at the table for 30 minutes after finishing it just to be able to move. we then exchanged little gifts, including music of course, and then headed out to the library for their late night happy hour!
 

i was really excited because jessica was able to join us for a little bit even though she was not feeling her best that night.

below is the amazing pin callie gave me! i was soooo excited about it because it is the caterpillar from alice in wonderland! i could not have asked or even wished for a better one. and now i can be a member of the pin club! however, there is no way i will be exchanging this one!

in the background you can see the lotus flower candle holder callie got me for my birthday. i have three others like it and i was sad when it became winter because i felt that they were too spring looking with their very bright colors and had to pack them away. now i have one that can be out during autumn/winter! i love it! unfortunately it is already about time for me to switch them out again, but i am very excited to keep it on display throughout the future a/w seasons!

the next morning callie and i had an adventure of eating at pink elephant (of course!) and shopping around campus corner. we found lots of cute little things, but did not purchase anything. what is highest on my list right now are these super cute magnets that resemble older and more ornate picture frames and can be placed around a photo to give it a super cute frame and more decorative appearance.

the cake they served at pink elephant that day was absolutely delish! yum. yum. i think i will have to make a trip there soon because i havent paid it a visit since callie was here!

i am so glad i didnt have class until 3 so that we could have all these lovely adventures. everything felt the same, like callie had not been gone for six months. unfortunately, it was also the day the squirrel decided to pay me that lovely visit of his. dont worry, he has not yet decided to return!

come back and visit callie! and for longer next time!

love.