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It has been a while hasn't it? I dont think I've had this kind of time gap with my blog ever...or at least not in a while.

Anyway, since my last post I have been in a whirlwind with my vacation to LA, and then returning back home and working on moving into my new place. Then of course school starts officially for me tomorrow, bright and early at 8 am. Id be lying if I said I was ready... Also part of the reason why I didn't blog sooner is because the wi fi at my new place SUCKS so bad, I mean pretty much anything with a log in page is off limits. Except facebook. Go figure.

So yeah, as I said before my time is limited. I will be in class in...apporimetly 11 hours. Which means based on my recent sleeping schedule I should be in bed right now. Umm but you know. Im dreading the homework and all that shizzy. It seems like this kid has a good idea as to how to get out of school work:


Hahahaha

Anyway, here's a summary or rather the highlights of recent times,

-My vacation to LA!!!! I'm kind of dumb and hardly took any pictures. Actually like zero. So you'll have to believe me when I tell you that I had an awesome time.

-I got to see my buddy JENNA!!!!

She's pretty much my wife. Just sayin.

Which reminds me of a kind of related story. So my mom seems to get a little weird whenver I call Jenna my wife. And a few summers ago, I made this collage in my bedroom using pictures from old fashion magazines I had laying around like Vogue or Elle or whatever. So I had this corner of my bedroom completely full of magazine spreads, ads, etc that I liked. My mom asks me "Why are there only pictures of girls?" The real answer would have been that there were only girls because they were WOMEN'S FASHION magazines. Also, they weren't ALL women, I threw some hot guys in there too. But I just answered "Because Im a lesbian." My dad thought my joke was funny, my mom didn't.

Anyway, moving on....

-in LA I went clubbin for this first time, I'll just show you these two pictures to tell you how that went:




-Along those same lines, Jenna asked me the night we went clubbing if I wanted to 'touch her penis'. I didnt know she had a penis. Then she asked me to 'bump penises' with her. So apparently I have one too. I did not know this. The nature of our relationship has changed completely, needless to say.

-Plenty, plenty TONS of witch core/drag music. Pretty much diggin it.











Ok, so I could post SO MUCH MORE of witchcore/drag music, but I dont want to bore you. So if you're interested just look those same artists up on youtube or whatever.

-ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, another highlight of recent times is my new <3


Its pretty cosmic, that's all I'll permit myself to say on here about that. ^_^

-Uhhh what else...

-Oh yeah! Lots of new vinyls! The xx (finally), LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Sleigh Bells and Best Coast, Collecting those is so addicting. Which by the way, if you havent given the new Arcade Fire album "The Suburbs" a listen yet, its definetly worth your time.

Uhhh I hate this long time no posts...posts because I never know what to talk about. I feel like this one was a little bit lame. Hopefully the internet will improve and I'll be able to post with more frequency!! If not then I'll be spending more time in the library. Oh well.

SSU here I come...

xoxo

Caitlin

SFO to LAX, Baby!

So basically right now Im up at a hotel in South San Francisco. Tomorrow afternoon my flight is scheduled to take me to Los Angeles. Work is over for now, school is over for now, and Im ready to have some good times with my buddy Jenna!

School ended last week, which is pretty awesome. I was getting sick of having to write essays every week. It was close to no fun whatsoever. But anyway, my mom and I celebrated the old fashioned way with margaritas and...mustaches????



So I guess I was Salvador Dali/Frida Kahlo and my mom was Emiliano Zapata/Pancho Villa???

It was good times until Office Depot called and said some asshole regular customer went psycho in the copy center and I had to come in early to do damage control. Then he didn't even come pick up his shit the next day!! Ugh...But thats all in the past, and Im headed for good times, so no worries!

Anyway, here's something cool I found recently. An artist/interior designer built an 'invisible' tree house in a forrest in Sweeden. Its super cool! At first he had some issues with getting some approval because officials thought it would be a harm to the environment, and birds could hurt themselves by flying into it. But he developed a mesh protective shield for the birds, and the tree house is almost 100% eco friendly.

Super cool.




Heres a pic of the inside


Man, what Id give to check that out for myself! Its gorgeous, a real piece of art.

Here's another cool thing I found in the news recently,

So a collector went to a yard sale a few years ago and bought a set of glass negatives from some old photographs. After barganing down the price down to $45 for the whole set, said collector heard an off hand comment that these negatives look similar to those photographs taken by famed American photographer, Ansel Adams.

So, this gentleman took his collection to some experts, and the confirmed that the negatives were indeed missing Ansel Adams originals, and that $45 dollar find turned out to be worth 200 million dollars!

However, what I found to be the best part of the article was that this garage sale that the negatives were found at was in FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. As many of you know, I have lots of family in Fresno, and I have a few relatives who love going to yard sales and finding goodies, myself included. THAT COULDA BEEN US!!!

Anyway, I better get going. I had a long day today getting ready for my trip, and I also went to an open house for a grad school Im thinking about going to after SSU. Its located in San Francisco and called CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies). Its a pretty groovy place, maybe I'll be there in just over a year ^_^

Wish me luck on my flight tomorrow!

-Caitlin

Goodnight and Sweet Dreams My Friend

Hope you all enjoy the new layout. Since the blog is now only mine, I felt like I was well overdue for a change. I suppose the official title is now Things I Like. Fitting, given that I always post things I like. It also reminds me of this scene in "The Fall", one of my favorite movies.



Oh Lee Pace, you sexy man. What I'd give for a piece of that...

Anyway, last night I cut my bangs because I was having difficulties seeing. Sooo I decided to do them a little different and go for a little bit of a subdued Betty Paige look. A little longer in the middle and shorter on the sides.



I just realized they totally dont look even in that picture...but they are in real life I swear! Yeah, and you guys only get to see half of my mug today because my face was just not cooperating in being photogenic today. So suck it.

So in my English class we read this novel called 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey' for which we had to do presentations on based on a specific chapter. Today I had a consultation with my teacher about revising one of my essays and he made the suggestion that I make an art piece. This is what I cranked out. Its water color and colored pencils.



The novel is about this bridge in Peru that suddenly collapses, and the five people crossing this bridge all fall to their deaths. A monk, Brother Juniper, happens to witness this event and wonders why those particular individuals died that day, whether it was by accident or by some work of fate. Each chapter is a look into the lives of each person, and poses big questions about fate and destiny. Really interesting story.

So I'll be heading to LA again in about 2 weeks to visit my buddy Jenna. I miss her!



This was when we were webcamming at the dorms, she was upstairs and I was downstairs. We're such big nerds.

I also made a cosmic owl for her that she just recieved via mail today.


Lately I've really been listening to the band HEALTH a lot. About a week ago, I found this video of them playing a song that's apparently new. It's slower but still them. Also, it wasn't until listening to them live that I was able to better hear the lead singer's voice with more clarity. I think he's pretty good.

Radio K Live at the 7th St. Entry: HEALTH - "Drugs Beach" from Radio K on Vimeo.

-Caitlin

Shenanigans from LAst Week

So this is what I came back to

I know what you're thinking. 'oh well duh you didnt water it for 6 weeks so of course they died!' um NO, Ive gone longer without watering my dear little house plants, they wilted because they missed me so bad over break.

So here are my pix that Jenna and I took


Legit art in Venice Beach


Look, we found a grizzly bear!


Im pretty sure this was a...beaver?


Van Gogh in Venice




Jenna and I found a new friend!


Aww...


Look who's hiding!


A candid shot of Jenna buying 'hugging' salt n pepper shakers.


Asian tourist pose


Jenna myspacing it up in the parking garage


Angry face!!!


Why are we in a parking garage again?


Jenna and I on our way to a craft convention in Aneheim


at a craft table!


Don't look now, but there's a giant bird behind you


The trip...insanity forms out of boredom


French faaaaangs


Although Jenna made Jo eat outside the car, he still managed to spill thousand island sauce inside the car. It fell into the car. Take that, gravity!

It was good times, Im sad its over :(

Well, spring semester officially starts tomorrow. I Dont start my classes till Tuesday though. *sigh* lets hope for a good semester!

-Caitlin

...but I modified this tube sock

So today my mom and I went all the way to Petaluma to see 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox'. I had been wanting to see it forever, but by the time I would have been able to, it wasnt showing anywhere locally. So lucky for me it was still playing at a theater in Petaluma and I went to go see it!



This was my kind of movie, just the right kind of quirkiness and wit. It's directed by Wes Anderson, the guy who did 'The Darjeeling Limited', another movie I really enjoyed. Its kind of one of those movies where there's things in it that when you see it you think 'um...what was that all about?' but then you watch it again and you just get it, for whatever reason. Plus, all the little animals in Fantastic Mr. Fox had really funny things to say. 'I can fit in there. Wanna know why? Because I'm LITTLE!'

hahahaha I know you don't get it now, but hey go see the movie and I promise you wont be disappointed.

So I know on this blog has brought up the Snuggie quite a few times. If a snuggie isn't your cup of tea, I think I might have found the solution.


Snuggies are for pansies anyway. Man up and buy a MANKET!!! (get it? man and blanket together)

So I bought my plane ticket to go to LA on the 21st! Im super excited ^_^ It will be nice to get away for a while before school starts. Those feelings were confirmed last night when my mom found out that my dad had ruined all the tamales we made on accident. Naaaasty argument. What? You don't mess up tamales!

Not to mention this my first time travelling alone. Should make for good times!

Anyway, thats it for now, maybe I'll check in again later.

-Caitlin