Someone stole my backpack at the dining hall today
(well they just accidentally mistook mine for theirs).
I stood there and didn't know what to do.
My books, wallet, keys, Nietzsche writing response, iClicker-->gone!

There was a backpack that looked just like mine,
so I dug around their books and found their name.
Then a nice cafeteria man phoned "david" for me.
David returned my backpack.

I walked back to my room and started sewing
(to make it more distinguishable)
Good thing I found this piece of cloth on the floor 2 days ago!
(I also found a gourd, a paintbrush, and a photograph of a flower.
Nadya found a skirt).

it brought back memories, of those sewing days.

mushroom inside a necklace

I got facial fungus(face painting)
at the 36th annual Fungus Faire at the Loud[en] Nelson.

pretty fungi

then i lit my birthday orange and blew out its 1 flame.

Only 18 for a few more hours!
I had lamb tonight.
It was heavenly.

there is so much beauty er'where.
I can't handle it.

I woke up with a sore throat :-(
I do not know why I am updating right now,
I should be getting ready for class.
I love the walk to the earth&marine science building.
It contains forests & bridges.

What is the why to your how?

first thing i've colored in months that's
not about primate social behavior or the medulla oblongata.

I'm used!

in small things forgotten

This is the east field.

People run around on the greenery
and sometimes throw plastic objects to each other.
The deer bring their families here to feed on the grass.

these are my feet:

The sky around 5:30pm today was ridiculously pretty.

All types of clouds were present on the
purple & blue horizon.
(Now that I think about it, my camera was in my purse
on my lap, but for some reason, I didn't even take a picture...
I just stared)

Dominique got the car from her mom & we drove around town.
I got 2 sweaters at the thrift store for $3!
(it was half off day too)
It was after I picked up shampoo and water at Rite Aid
(along with thrifty ice cream, contain large chunks of ice)
that Dominique informs me that she
does not have a license.
(but she was just kidding)
Then she adds that she is closing her eyes
while driving down a curvy dark forest road.
45!

My goal is to sleep before 12 tonight.
I think I might make it!

This post is dedicated to Michelle who,
"sometimes wishes [she] lived on a farm. seriously."

first day of class tomorrow!
cluck cluck.

farewell irvine!
until next time.

bObA! :O

Tilden Little Farm

"Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!''
piggie wiggie

happy new years!

one mo' time!

Every time I close my eyes

(when i am sleeping & dreaming),
I fly!

It occurred again last night:
the usual scenario of me running away from danger,
leaping off the ground,
and into the sky.

(this was taken during the summer,
but this is where i was being chased)
In every dream though,
i always go through the same thought process of
suddenly remembering I have
*~magical powers~*.
I was flinging myself off buildings
and swimming above a city.

I figured my DIY haircut couldn't get worse.
However, I went and proved myself wrong.

howl's moving forest.
the winds that day were cray cray.
I wrote down my 2010 resolutions last night :)
I am excited for *~ nineteen~*

The first thing I'm doing when getting back
is taping my fairy lights and prayer flags back on the wall
(they were a fire hazard, so i took them down for the room inspection).
& putting up the macaw poster I found
at the thrift store for 13 cents.

I watched Discover Irvine today.

(It was full of lies).
I like Irvine,
but the documentary made me laugh.

A tour bus drove around Irvine
& made pit stops at "popular attractions".
Such as the Irvine Historical Museum
(which according to Navid, has one exhibit- featuring a rock).

"Woodbridge is the most popular neighborhood."
They showed a clip of the Woodbridge lake
with an elderly couple holding hands while walking.

The narrator proudly described the role of Irvine police.
They showed a picture of a police car.

Apparently, Irvine is one of the only southern Californian cities
where citizens do not need to rely on automobile transportation to get around.
He said one of the "most wonderful" things about our city is that
you can walk ANYWHERE!

Suddenly, they showed Michelle's street.
---
I painted a coconut shell this afternoon.
After washing my hands, I came back
and Mops was smiling blue.
He had jumped on the coffee table
and gotten hold of a tube of paint.
Although it was a nightmare trying to get
oil paint out of a white dog's fur,
I'm glad it wasn't red.

Less than 1 week left till the cruise to cruz.
And according to the calendar,
I turn 19 in 13 days?
(whaaaa?)

I still need to finish core reading,
find passages& provide "insightful detailed analysis",
and also read part II & create yet another road map.

pretty trees

i wish santa cruz had santa ana winds.
i like warm breezes tickling the trees
until the leaves fall off from laughing so much
covering the ground with rainbow colors.

ginger. lambs. owls.

no boulders were thrown.

my mom wants me to go grocery shopping
with her at 5am tomorrow morning.
i might actually go.

this is nadya's room.

these are some humans that i have to live with:

this is mops.
i heard ripping, tearing, and some growling.
then i saw the damage he bestowed upon the living room.
we made eye contact, and then he fled.
so i forced him to take pictures with me.
he didn't have very much fun,
but i did.

"not stand against yes which is built by
forever& sunsmell
(sometimes a wonder
of wild roses."
-ee

housesitting a house with no gwen, but an ellen.

a locked garage

"You people, of little faith" says Mohammad.
Krishna's eyes sees all.
& today is the birth day.
---
little friends, they swim
in Cl h2O.
but er'thing will be ok
(because the beans were given back).

i devoured 3 cupcakes.
all chocolate with chocolate frosting
& sprinkles~*~*~

i spent yesterday wading through clear water
collecting shells to decorate a city.

i spoke with 3 children who had
some very interesting things to say.
then they walked all over the dam jeff built.

the clam moved by itself and disappeared into the sand.
the boy whose name i can not remember
said he ate it.

---
i wish i could swing through the lushness,
leap off cliffs & soar though the sky.
only in my dreams..

there are some days when the world
seems more beautiful than usual.

jeff's parents dropped him off in irvine
while they explored south coast plaza & surroundings.

he wanted to go to the beach.
we constructed a city in the sand with
a complicated network of water tunnels.

three little kids came along
(the 2 girls are best friends, and the boy
is "just the twin. That's the only reason he's playing with us")

self timer fun

he ate the clam

the girl said to me: "you really LOVE taking pictures"

"come sink with us!"
so i stepped into a tidepool with them
and sank in the suctioning sand with them.
I tried to leave after the game, but the girl grabbed my hip
and screamed " YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE!"
Then she splashed me.

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