My mom has been cleaning out the garage,
and stumbled upon our old Kodak slide projector today.
(my dad bought it 20 years ago at a garage sale in Utah)
We brought it back to the living room,
opened the dusty box, and projected the slides on the wall.

A time capsule was unleashed upon us!

arches: Utahback when my dad traveled all around.

little diana running around with my mom in the background.

more utah

After I pushed this slide in,
there was a silence.
" umm, is that me?" I nervously asked because
I had never seen this picture in my life.
My parents laughed hysterically.
"What did you do to my hair?!"
They continued to laugh.

I guess my mom liked to experiment with haircuts.
My dad brought back a bunch of exotic fruit from Singapore,
even though it was illegal to bring back foreign specimens.

That didn't stop him! (it never does..)

I suppose he does make the best shadow puppets.

I had a nice weekend. :)

After two years, today was gonna the day.
There was much catching-up to do :)

Although the directions only had 2 steps,
we still managed to lose our way.
After deciding the place just didn't exist,
we made a few phone calls(hehe, thanks navigator)
..and finally found it.

Irvine Art Museum is located

on the first floor of an office building!

Unfortunately, it was the worst museum

either of us has ever stepped inside of.

But a hysterical obsessive hamster
made up for the bad museum visit.

We had a lock down drill today.
Mrs. Banaban ran frantically around the dark classroom,
crawled through the aisles,
and squeezed under the desk next to me.
She kept on giggling the entire time.

I should be doing fizics, but I dug around for old pictures instead.
(taken by either Leah or Michelle) :)

(I never noticed the pink thing in her hand till now!)

smelt of plastic and rubber

itchyness

chips, in the bathroom..!

vermin: ant & cricket

off with your head!

woosh

that gave me a good laugh. :-)

Is there no way
out of the mind?

I like how you pick yellow flowers and put them in my hair,
said "dont eat Im making us lunch",
and knew exactly which song I wanted.

one,two,hehethree,
four,five,six,
seven,eight
and now,
nine.


Just in case you can't figure out where this is,
it's under a giant Tyrannosaurs Rex.

They are so beautiful.
I am no longer a black thumb!
Today in nursing:
S:I used to really want a bunch of kids.

L: like how many is "a bunch"?
S: like 14.
L: how cute. How little were you?
S: oh no no, this was like 3 years ago.
--
L: once, I accidentally broke my sister's hand
E: My sister tried to push me off a balcony on the 2nd story
--
Then, Mrs. D poured neon orange germ-glow onto everyone's hands.
(to simulate actual germs)
Everyone washed their hands furiously to try and get rid of microbes.
We examined our hands under an ultraviolet light,
and marveled at how many germs were still lingering stubbornly.
This convinced me that you can scrub and wash till your hands fall off, but
the germs will still be there.

In the midst of homework last night, I got up,
and decided to bake a blueberry cake.
It was splendid.

BE THERE! :)
(that mushroom used about 8 lbs of clay and 3 layers of glaze coating!!)

Seaworld part II.
This is the 3rd field trip I've been on this year!
Penguin touching attempts, feeding flamingos attempts,
water squirting attempts, dippin' dots attempts, etc. :)

see through fish!

~0oOoo~

look at his blue lips, glowing eyes, and how he's staring straight at you

there was a big strange looking one.
something was very OFF about him.

his head would droop, slid down the window,
and bang continuously against the glass
on the bumpy road.

Before I crawled into bed after getting home,
I peeked at my plants, and noticed a tiny sproutling had emerged!
(It wasn't visible this morning)
Then I had the most wonderful nap I've ever had.

There is no escape from this class!
Even in my dreams, it lingers in my head.
I was walking down a fancy neighborhood

where everyone had renovated their homes
with colossal Roman temple facades!
I had to name each type of column order as I wandered down the street.

Andokides and Exekias would not be very pleased:

radioactive spoons, talking robots, and apple conditioner.
hehehe, aww.

I've become quite skilled at cupping flying insects with hands.

4 little moths in 2 days!
Watching them drift upwards away after being set free is the best part.

suddenly, a black hawk appeared.
But I wore the worst shoes(again) and got stuck in thick mud,
and I couldn't chase after him to take his picture.
Ever since I purchased a yellow Persian Buttercup,
I've had the biggest urge to plant flowers.
So, I did!
Cosmos, Petunias, "mixed flowers..", and a radish.
*please grow*
I've only successfully grown one plant in my life from a seed:
a green onion.

he too, was taking a walk.

lolling, creaking, spell casting,
and throwing oranges at the priest.
that's what today was.

*gasp* *gasp*..*gasp*

I dreampt of a legless girl who could swim faster
than anyone else in the world.
But she transformed into a tadpole and drifted away.

something strange happened one day.

try and guess what this is.
it kind of reminds me tenebrism.
or maybe i'm just going crazy,
like usual.

today didn't end till six,
but the soft hum of the highway
after the sun set was worth it.

I sit there staring at pictures(for now) of Decubitus ulcers,

and can't help but wonder what I got myself into.
But at the same time, it feels like: well, why not?

after much [oven] distress,
somehow it turned out okay.
(I hope this goes for just about everything else too)

lost little injured bee who is actually quite furry.

[edit]
Ellen turns to me after witnessing
something that caught her eye and remarks:
"I want to find myself a nice Arabian boy who climbs on roofs!"
--
twinkle twinkle little glow in the dark stars
how I wonder what you are!

prepare yourself.
it has begun.

NTW
dun dun dun! ;)

This food-making frenzy is back.
I made pot roast again for the 6th time!

My oven is fuming black smoke.
But it didn't stop me from baking blueberry muffins!
(only slightly burned this time)

it began again.

VIII :)
Navigator Nate standing atop a hill

(In case you noticed a circular whiteness
in the middle of most of these pictures,
it was from a smudge on the lens.)

"shh, just listen to the rain"

The air smells crisp and everything feels clean.
This tranquil calmness is refreshing.
--
an itty bitty snail navigating his way across his world. inhabitants

uprooted

only one thing came to my mind when I spotted this:
Venus of Willendorf

he even makes automotive noises

one of nature's perfections

his eagle eye spotted a flicker of red.
I especially like the little water droplets
on his shiny red back.

after the 9th try, it finally focused

I think this is our most successful walk.

" so how's pascal?"

" um, I can't find him"
"what! How do you just lose a cactus?" :)

well, it's 4, and I'm not doing what I said we would do.
But I figured it'd be okay because
I just had to do this.

lahve:

if a banana toppled with
ice cream, nuts,
cherries, chocolate syrup, whip cream,
strawberries, and coconut(?) pieces
symbolizes care,
then I
banana split!

snap.

crackle.
pop.

"I took a deep breath
and listened to the old bray of my heart:
I am, I am, I am."

~Sylvia Plath

eighteen miles away.

You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward him
Making momma so proud
But your voice is too loud
We like to watch you laughing
Picking insects off of plants
No time to think of consequences..

then a few strands caught on fire.

"Tycho replied with the sad news that the Moose just died on a visit to entertain a nobleman at Landskrona. Apparently during dinner the Moose had drunk a lot of beer, fell down the stairs, and died."

Poe and grapefruit had a photoshoot today: