sorry for the slack

Well, it's been awhile since my last post. The middle of the semester always gets a little ridiculous, with tests and projects, birthdays and music festivals, so I'll give you a quick rundown of what's been going on:

My 20th birthday was about 2 and a half weeks ago. I'm no longer a teenager. I guess I had a tough time trying to grasp that, but now, it's all good. It's another part of life, getting older. But I'm really looking forward to all the things I'll do in the years to come. But to celebrate this passing out of childhood, we made s'mores and played Apples to Apples at my party.

I went to the Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 8, 9, and 10. I always have the time of my life there. The atmosphere there always helps me to remember to being loving and what makes humans human: love of beauty. Beautiful music, beautiful food, beautiful nature, beautiful people, beautiful friends! And thanks to Jennifer for introducing me to some new people and sticking with me throughout the masses of people!

And I've been trying to delay this last bit of info for some time... I still haven't heard back from the Visualization department about my application. This has me a little bit worried. I'm planning on trying to get in contact with them to know if I made it in or not. So as soon as I hear, I'll let you know what's going on. Thanks for thoughts and wishes during this process!

And I finally finished reading The Pillars of the Earth! What an amazing read! I was at a section about halfway through the book, around page 500, and I couldn't put it down! I swear I read at least 200 pages that day! If you want a book that you can read for a while but will never be bored with, this is it. Nearly a thousand pages of brilliant storytelling. Definitely one of my favorite books ever. And the mini-series is on Netflix, for those of you interested. I've been watching that, and it's just as breathtaking as the book.

So, this has been an attempt at a (quick) update on my life for the past month. I'm going to be better about posting everyday in November, I promise. And as for the giveaway that I'm planning, I'm still trying to figure out how to go about doing it. If you have any advice for me, leave me a comment!

weekend of fun after a week of tests

Ok, so I was a Target this weekend and was browsing through the purses and fell in love with this print... Sorry I can't get a picture of the actual bag, it isn't up on the web, much to my dismay.

Is that not such a sophisticated print? The bag comes in this ultra fresh green or in a lovely muted yellow.

The trouble is I can't decide which color I love more! I went ahead and bought the green because I love green so much, but I really don't know which I like better!

Help Miss Meliss out on this one! What do you think?

I also got a lovely coral tee, a shirt with a large graphic flower that I absolutely love, and a really cool graphic lace shirt. All in all, money well spent! I love it when I feel good about purchases instead of hating that I just spent money. :)

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And also this weekend, the BF and I went to see Shutter Island with some buddies. SO GOOD. I was a little confused about what was going on at some times, but beauty of it all definitely made up for that in full. For a somewhat creepy suspense movie, it's gorgeous. My favorite scenes are when Leo DiCaprio's character's dreams because they were like real dreams; things don't quite make sense but they are so vivid and colorful and symbolic. It is a definite recommendation. And honestly, who doesn't like to watch Leo DiCaprio for 2 and a half hours? That's what I did when I watched Titanic and Romeo+Juliet. Plus, 50's fashion? Need I go on?


p.s. I have also started my roommates custom shoes. Teal with penguins! I'll post pictures when I've gotten further than the base coat. ;)