Work Out

4:14

That's my sister in the background and On The Road by Jack Kerouac and The Devil Wears Parda by Lauren Weisberger in focus. I couldn't decide which photo I liked better, so I posted both.

So, I went to the gym today, like I said. I worked out to a soundtrack of Mindless Self-Indulgence, The Runaways, The Beatles, and some Simon and Garfunkel. MSI is pefect for getting all worked up. I tried to take a picture of the gym, but I didn't like any of the photos I ended up with, sadly. Now I'm enjoying a (healthy) mango/kiwi/banana fruit salad courtsey of my favorite sister, and off to watch some Vampire Diaries.

And to close the post, I thought I'd add a quote from Garance Dore wonderful blog (let me preface it by saying that I really need awesome advice like that in my life. I mean, I sort of know that already *I think*, but it never hurts to hear someone as cool as Garance say it. I really do hope that the more complicated paths I've chosen will take me to a place where I can be happy [/preface]);

I just want to say to everyone like me who chose slightly more complicated paths, the roads less traveled, the ones with lots of roadblocks and long stretches of anguish, I just want to say that the most important thing is to always be moving toward your desire. Just do the things that'll make you smile and you'll always end up somewhere. Even if that place is not anywhere you'd imagined you'd be at the start.

Poolside Rambling

5:25

Spend the whole day at the pool today, and all yesterday at the mall(s) job-hunting. My feet ache so much, I don't think I'll be able to walk again for a couple more days. Though, I do hope I'll be able to muster enough energy to go to the gym tomorrow. I need to work on my abs.

Discovered Balmain and Alexander Wang today... if only I had a couple thousand dollars to spare! I'm trying to "reinvent" my style, but it's close to impossible on such a tight budget and no direct income. Hopefully, when I do get a job, I'll be able to buy better clothes.

I'm rereading The Devil Wears Prada because I'm too tired to read anything new/my attention span is too short to start and finish a new book. I have around ten books resting on my overflowing bookcase just waiting to be cracked open and read. I also have a whole lot of books that I don't want anymore (all in mint condition, if anyone's interested in buying), including (shamefacedly) the whole Twilight Saga, which I'm just tired of, to be honest.

Slow

6:08

I'm having quite a slow day today. I never seem to have the energy to just get on with it and start on my self-imposed homework. It's been two weeks since school let out, but I'm still so tired from the past year.

I need more time to think before making big, life-altering decisions.

Hopefully, I'll be able to finish my homework tonight, so I can have better posts up tomorrow. I have alot of ideas. I like this little project.

The weather is horrible today. I was planning on going downstairs to shoot some photos in the parking lot, but it's too sandy, so I settled for the balcony which is all kinds of dusty.

I've been on http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ alot today, I emerged with those photography quotes that I like;

Beauty can be see in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is
what seperates the snapshot from the photograph - Matt Hardy

Time Out of Mind

7:04

6:32

6:44 pm

I discovered a couple of old CDs a friend made for me today while spring cleaning. I don't remember any of the songs, but they make my heart ache. The aforementioned friend actually mailed me around three CDs all the way from USA to cheer me up (an incredibly sweet thing to do).

Had a mini-adventure today. Actually left the apartment for once and hung out by the pool. The above photo is of my apartment building, taken with my Sony alpha 200 DSLR (the cheapest DSLR I could find). My sisters and I happened upon a huge rat/mouse/thingie by the pool, which is really wierd, and also really gross. It chased all the residents into their apartments, an almost-impossible feat on a sunny day.