come on!

could i just get some mail please!?
i have put myself in quite the little pickle here. i miss my good friend paul. he is on a mission. and it is pretty darn hard for me to not talk to him for this long. but, time flies. he's been out for two and half months. wich sounds like for-ev-ver! let me tell ya. in a perfect world, i would have gotten my second letter by now. but nope. no such letter. kinda going crazy here... advice???

also, the announcement is finito! take a gander. let me know what you think. also, wording was changed. and small differences. but it is essentially the real deal.

oh so in.

the announcement: she loves my design. and i love my design. problem is, the one she likes is the exact one i wanted for mine. stink! i will just have to come up with something even more awesome.
also, the last 3 weeks of my life have been rather hellish. i really can't stand to do another winter semester. ever. they suck. and i think that if i'm not already on a mission, next winter, i will be in some random place working. maybe i can use it as my summer and go spring and summer. cus i hate this. byu is stupid for not letting us have a break. stupid dumb poop.

i'm in

a friend of a friend asked me to make her wedding announcement. hello world! let me now be known as the amazing graphic designer i should be!!! we shall see if this thing actually works and i can get some money out of it. but, i think it will be fairly easy considering i already have an announcement she loves. updates on my budding business will be coming soon...

mid semester blues

darn the person that invented the winter semester with no breaks. this semester seriously is the dumbest dumbest semester ever. too much work, the end is not quite in site, and your last vacation was way too long ago. the work never ends, and there is no spring break you can look forward to. once we get to april, i will feel a bit better about things... but until then, i say "darn the person that invented the winter semester"!!!!!!

1-2-3

haven't written in a while... so i stole the abc thing off liza.
here goes...

A- attached or single? single.
B- best friend? paul nicolas banks
C- cake or pie? cheesecake. which one is that??
D- day of choice? friday. no school for me!
E- essential item? nalgene buddy. love that little purple thing.
F- favorite color? green. pretty much any shade.
G- gummy bears or worms? bears. only the white ones though.
H- hometown? sunnyvale, yay area
I- favorite indulgence? abc tv shows online. i don't have tv...
J- january or july? jan. my birthday month! plus i like the cold.
K- kids? i want 4 ish...
L- life isn't complete without? lauren toiaivao/julie catton
M- marriage date? june 11, 2011. [set a date program, thanks cam!]
N- number of brothers and sisters? 2 bros, 3 sis' as of two years ago.
O- oranges or apples? oranges. hands down.
P- phobias and fears? heights. and not being able to have my own kids.
R- reason to smile? paul falling on the ice on the way back from the bball game...
S- season of choice? autumn, fall, otono
T- tag three people? no. katie can do it if she wants.
U- unknown fact about me? i secretly love being at byu....
V- vegetable? broccoli.
W- worst habit? procrastinating.
X- xray or ultrasound? never had a soundie, gonna have to go with xray.
Y- your favorite food? beef stroganoff with rice.
Z- zodiac sign? capricorn. plus the dragon. year of the dragon.

i don't understand some of the questions... but that was fun. katie, have cam read this. i feel he will appreciate some of my answers... one in particular.

lillykins

my little lily. i sure do miss her. love love love.
ps- i needed to see if i was as able as aunt liza at uploading videos...


i am...

signs of age

you know you are growing up when you think a 42 year old is good looking. i find that i am growing older when i think people like robert redford, clive owen, and jeffrey dean morgan[featured] are good looking. i am now officially embracing adulthood. bring on the men.

i's amazing

thats right. i made this picture happen.
2 hours+photoshop=

my new favie

pushing daisies. amazing. if you don't have time to sit in front of the tele, i highly recommend checking it out online. so clever, so cute. plus, lee pace is adorable. do yourself a favor and watch this show. kristin chenoweth is real funny, and the big black guy is great too.

correction

i saw kat deeley. she waved at me and julie. she was really cute. and not as monstrous as they make her look. she's barely julie's height.

unbelievable

is it too much to ask? could i just catch a break??? the art department, once again, has cancelled the only class i wanted to take this spring. art history 202 is a gonner. stupid dumb poop. i would very much like to raise hell, however... i don't know that it would do much good. all i would do is go up to the office, express how amazed i was at their incompetence and then storm out. that could be good. but no. no hell raising today. too busy.

ps- auditioned for so you think you can dance on monday. got to the next round but turned it down... sorry nigel. sorry mary. sorry kat deely. i will not see your smiling faces in real life...

yo-koon-o

two dimensional design today.... note: jared is our teacher...

jared: alright, what should we do for the preview today...?
lindsay: lets just walk around, or set them out and if someone wants to get up and throw something away they could maybe look at our pieces.
jared: no... i need more control than that.
lindsay: we could handcuff everyone together. is that enough control?
jared: okay, so, yoko ono is a sort of musical performer right... so i was at one of her concerts...
anna: SHE RUINED THE BAND!
morganne: she MADE the band. and i'll tell you why later...
darilyn:(whisper) what band???

WHAT!!?!?!?!?! how the hell do you live in this day and age and not know who yoko ono is!?!?!?!!?!

jared: well, i was at her concert, and she was wrestling a chair, and...
jared then proceeds to "wrestle" the chairs we were going to draw the class before. i will have to get the photo from the girl in my class documenting this event. he sits, turn, rolls, stands, sits again, lifts chair, tries to climb through... all in imitation of yoko. then, when he's caught his breath...
jared: so, after she's done doing that, she sends these people around the hall, attaching a string to you. i just thought it was a big fire hazard...

do i have amazing classes/teachers or what?

ps- if you smash yoko ono's name together. you get yo-koon-o... silly.

new voter

so, i missed the deadline to request an absentee ballot by one day. precisely 24 hours. thats right... no primaries for me. dern. ah well, at least i get to vote in the real thing. but, i am a little irked that they sent the sample ballot to my home out here in provo, but didn't figure out that i was out of state...

also, remember that fruit stripe gum? with the really intense zebra stripes on each piece of gum? and the wrappers were tattoos? well, i have been looking for it this week. smiths-nope. 7/11-nope. reams-nope. i came home and checked online. just so you all know, you could buy it by the 2 pound package at amazon. thats right. TWO POUNDS! its only $9.59 plus shipping. but honestly, a great deal. 24 packs of sliced nostalgia for 10 bucks. i thought about selling the stuff i didn't use[for an art project]. my brother told me to immediately dispell the idea and forget about people buying my black market fruit stripe gum... i guess i'll have to settle for orange trident and bubblicious.

sompin ain't right

do you ever get the feeling something is missing in your life? something you're supposed to do? someone you're supposed to meet or have around?
i'm definitely getting it. my best friend left almost a month ago. i have had no contact with him for almost a full 4 weeks. when you get in your moods and just need somebody to give you a hug, you really want your best friend. and calling in a replacement is only momentarily satisfactory. there is no replacing your best friend. and that sucks. sure, you meet new people and hope for the best in budding relationships. but, there is never anyone as good. at least i know it could get worse. and has in the past. so, for now, i will just be grateful i ever had him.

time for a change

self renewal on a whole new spectrum. give it a try. i dare ya. colors, fonts, size-ing... so much fun.