i love her big eyes and her creative imagination... and the fact that she's speaking in french. okay, i mean, french people do speak in french [duh], but it's so adorable when a cute little kid is the one doing it. hahaha.
Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.
All the things my feet thought to be firm
Are falling with urgency
And tearing back my false sense of security
You have been more faithful than the morning sun
You have been more faithful than knowing night will come
You have been more faithful than the changing of seasons
one of the cool things about watching twilight was seeing familiar locations [to us oregonians], like the columbia gorge, multnomah falls, oh and the woods! there's just something about the woods up here in the northwest. they're different from forests in other parts of the country. i can tell the difference. hahaha. for example, the "woods" in the decode video by paramore - not a northwest forest! it's probably a fake one, you know, somewhere in LA. haha.
i was randomly browsing through my flickr and came upon this image:
and i thought, it looks a lot like the first bit of the twilight trailer:
well, it's not shot from the exact same spot. they probably shot the movie from the washington side, facing the oregon side, and much further down [eastward]. i shot the picture from the oregon side, at the Portland Women's Forum State Park viewpoint [the one stop right before the vista house]. i thought it still had some similarities. i should just make the picture a little gloomier, maybe add some ominous dark clouds, and flip it. hahaha.
i love the rain and all (yes, i said it), but one can't help but miss beautiful blue sky days in downtown portland...
it's been a while since i've taken pictures. i do miss doing it but i really haven't had the chance to do that as of late. since i don't have any "new" pictures to post, i figured i post old pictures... REMIXED. i can't think of a cleverER (yes i just made up a word) term for it. i found this nifty website: http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds and had a little too much fun feeding some of my pictures through the generator. check out the site, and try it too =]
new york
views from the empire state building
a tiny bit of central park
portland
portland classical chinese gardens
pittock mansion
florida
treasure island
disney world
texas
kemah boardwalk
seattle
smith tower
the last picture was actually once featured on the schmap.com website. i don't think it's on there anymore [yes i checked]. i made sure i had screen captures for proof - that my picture was once part of a website that wasn't mine. haha.
it's the one on the top left
top right corner. my name was even on there. hahaha.
i'm exhausted. they're piling on the work on us. they keep 'em coming. they won't stop. make them stop!
clay aiken is gay. it's only tuesday. it makes me wonder how people can half-ass things and still get rewarded for it. i'm a push over. christmas is too far away. the air is crisp and the leaves are crunchy. i really miss 'academia'. the new season of office starts this week! yay pam & jim <3
and... apparently i like to collect sprite cans at work.
i decided to experiment and get some of my photos enlarged and framed. big ups to costco and ikea. here's one:
wanna buy it =D haha.
you are such a strange little man! but you make awesome music. oh radiohead, you put me to sleep last night on the couch. not in a bad way, but more like... lulling me to sleep. haha. i wouldn't have fallen asleep if i wasn't so tired. but it was a good end to the day, after rawking out to kutless.
the ones who seem strange and peculiar to regular folk seem to produce genius work - whether it be music or any other trade. i think the key is to let go of inhibition.
i refuse to be regular folk.
i think i wanna be crazy.
if i am crazy, then, i am a genius.
HAHA. does that logic make any sense? i don't know i haven't checked my truth tables lately.
i'm gonna shut up now =]
i have to edit a bunch of wedding pictures... and i just can't seem to do it.
i feel so un-creative. so... uninspired. blah.
i feel blah.
blah.
bloop.
+ i really really want to see the Phantom of the Opera =[ my only consolation is that Gerard Butler isn't THE Phantom, which means it probably won't be as good. [ha, yes, i am lying to myself]. i guess i can always pop-in the dvd. but i still want to see it on stage. that would be amazing. 10x more amazing if gerard butler would always be the Phantom. and i'd be christine. and i'd definitely pick him over raoul.
+ i wish i could use the other side of my brain more. it feels neglected.
+ i got to go jetskiing last saturday which was fun. i think the day wouldn't have been complete without yours truly making a goof of myself. it just had to happen. so naturally i would have to be on a jetski that would flip over (at 2mph). the lake was nice and warm thank goodness. haha.
+ what's up with the weather?! it's like, fall all of a sudden.
+ i need to get better with budgeting. i need to stop spending money. i need to stay away from powell's.
+ i'm happy that Twilight [the movie] will be coming out earlier. November instead of December.
+ newly discovered music: Adele
this vertical sapien bookshelf.
i have the quotes widget on my iGoogle that i read everyday either before i get started with work or during my morning break. here are my favorites that i've saved so far...
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
- Ralph Hodgson
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
- Robert Benchley
People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
- Salma Hayek
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
- Anon
The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.
- Ken Rockwell
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- Henry S. Haskins
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
- Henry Ward Beecher
Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
- Katharine Hepburn
Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
- Alice Walker
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
- Burt Bacharach
today was nice. sunny, blue skies, yet breezy. kept it cool. perfect tem-pa-chur!
and i'm still breaking dawn.
dun dun dun.
last saturday was the Portland Highland games at Mt. Hood Community College - and yes, i was there! no, i am not Scottish at all, not even a drop, but i wanted to be Scottish badly that day because i felt kinda left out with all the cool things that the Scots get to do and get to buy, like family tartans and crests and the like. oh, and they have clans! how come we don't have clans?! shoot. it was great to get a little bit of a taste of Scotland - bagpipes, kilts, meat pie, the Mcsomethings, etc. etc. etc.
we did a little bit of exploration, us asian people.
tartans! apparently each clan has its own distinctive pattern. how cool is that?!
i think hg wants a wee kilt for the baby =] or maybe for herself? hmmm.
those bagpipes are friggin' expensive.
hehehe.
heed the warning!
rofl. doug found this at one of the booths and said, "that is so messed up!"
get it? animal orgy in a bag. ;p
they even had cool wooden swords! oh and foam ones too.
oh, and real ones too of course. they're prepared, in case you get a wee cut.
WHAAAT!!! harry potter wands?! COOOOOOOL! haha.
those Scots are brutal!
these reminded me of Lord of the Rings.
more weaponry
they're so light on their feet.
berries and cream come to mind.
doesn't sound or look too appetizing, but it was really good. yummy steak and mushroom meat pie =D oh, and a lemonade. i should've gotten some ale!
arrrggg! they had all kinds of interesting... merchandise
hahaha. that is a $5 whip. i can't tell if he's scared or happy. you be the judge! hahaha. jk kuya pj =]
we saw a lot of weapons that day...
i think they just discovered america. either that, or the south just lost.
no pants allowed! it's all about the kilts laddies!
i don't know if this was used in the Scottish highlands. more like, star wars. but it was still cool.
we watched some traditional heavyweight competitions...
caber toss. he got it to stand upright, and he rejoices. the crowd goes wild!!!
weight for distance & weight for height.
there was a parade...
i never heard so much bagpipes in my life!
