blogA quick "hello"!
I've been away... *hello, again!*It's been, what... a year? I haven't officially "quit," & I fully intend to keep posting at some point. It's just…
Lucky 13
My best friend & I rode the Haunted Mansion THIRTEEN TIMES IN A ROW this Sunday, and it took us about 3 hours. (We took…
Lasting Impressions
(Texture by SolStock on Deviant Art)
Rollin'
It's been a while since I last posted, and there are still a lot of other Euro-centric pics I'd like to post from my travels…
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If you've seen Vicky Cristina Barcelona, you probably remember this place as the "antique" amusement park shown to Vicky and Cristina by Juan Antonio.
I just…
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picEiffel Sunset
I pretty much wore out my camera at the Louvre today -- the battery died and occasionally returned from the dead (I can sometimes squeeze…
picParliament
A little postcardy, but I like the look of it anyway.
Paris update: I took waaay too many pics of Notre Dame. I haven't uploaded any…
picTiny Graves
This is from a cemetery in North Acton, last week.
I'm in Paris now, as of yesterday! It's an agonizingly long story, but in sum, I…
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picValentines
The attempted most-couples-kissing record in Trafalgar Square on Valentine's day.
picThe Lamp of Memory
The snow is long gone, but I thought perhaps I'd post just one more photo of it.
The title is a reference to a book of…
picGentle Silence
(A new edit from the previous series.)
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pic"Their weary eyelids softly close..."
Text on the grave:
"Tis finish'd! Their life's sands
Have run, their race is ended.
Into their loving Father's hands
Their freed souls have ascended!
Their weary eyelids softly close
In…
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galleryBoo!
I'm in Glasgow this week visiting friends. I'll probably create a whole gallery later dedicated to pics from Scotland, but for now I just had…
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picPaper Stars
My roommate & I have been making paper stars to add to the "Christmas feel" of the room.
picLondon Fog
Early morning, a few days ago. (Viewing Hyde Park from my window.)
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picSailing Through Dark Clouds
Bedroom window + long lens.
picNuit Fatale
My personal favorite.
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picFootpaths of Wheathampstead
(Officially my first UK photo in this category...)
I've only edited about a dozen or the photos from the day in my aforementioned post, this one…
picDear Prudence
Today I went for a walk along many of the footpaths that surround Wheathampstead, and for the first time since arriving in the UK, I…
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picTomorrow/Yesterday
My flight leaves at noon... and 16 hours after that, I'll be in London. It all begins now.
linkA Valley Girl Abroad
I've created a new UK-themed blog. Updates WILL be regular!!!
pollLondon or Glasgow?
Which city should I live in for the next six months?
(Please list at least three reasons below...)
picPuppies of Summer
Angel & Major after playing in the lake (Lake Isabella), pleased as pie.
picRuthless and Hungry
Every now and then, we find the "exploded" remains of a dove in the front yard... bits of bloody feathers all over the place. But…
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We had the most grand order on the menu at The Orangery in Kensington Palace; champagne, sandwiches, and desserts with our tea. The flavors were…
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galleryMall Lighting
After visiting Germany for a few days, we went back to London for another couple days.
I took quite a lot of pictures of street lights…
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galleryDürer's Studio
Yet another vantage from Dürer's house, this time in his studio. They even had an artist there to demonstrate Dürer's process of printing engravings!
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galleryLondon Calling! And Germany, t…
Scarlet's weeklong foray into London, Nuremberg, Munich and London again!
(May 23 to June 1, 2008)
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galleryI touched the wishing ring!
As the story goes, the metal worker's apprentice slipped in a single perfect, seamless gold ring into the fountain, unknown to his master. If you…
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galleryPink and Picadilly
And the odd thing is, it's not the first time I saw a pink limo in London.
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galleryLondon Calling! And Germany, t…
Scarlet's weeklong foray into London, Nuremberg, Munich and London again!
(May 23 to June 1, 2008)
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picMumsy Dearest
A quick pic of my mom after buying a new parasol at the Renaissance Faire on Sunday. Doesn't she look cute?
picThe Vaguest Idea
Finals are over, graduation is next week... so now what?
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vidMatcha Tea
My own little how-to video on matcha tea, put together for a blog entry in Scene Magazine.
http://csunscene.typepad.com/scene/2008/05/elephants-in-th.html
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picBlueprint of an Organic Spaceship
Or however else you want to interpret it. I drew this while at the lake house last time; I added some parchment and modified the…
pollLondon or Nuremberg?
For weeks now, my dad's been teasing me about his trip to Germany... He's going on "business", but during the whole week he's planned on…
galleryFinal Approach
A burned page left at the site of a plane crash. Few things were left when I got there... mainly a few shreds of fiberglass…
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picThe Scowling Strawberry
I found a strawberry with a nose! So naturally the next step was to cure it of its blindness and transplant an eye.
Sadly, it's going…
linkModel Mayhem
I've been using Model Mayhem to network with models, wardrobe stylists, makeup artists, etc. It's a useful site and there's a lot of talent to…
linkMy magazine!
Well, not just mine. This is the blog edition of Scene, my university's magazine, which I'm writing for this semester. There's going to be a…
linkeBay experiment!
I've never listed anything on eBay before, but I thought it'd be funny to post something random and see what happens. Anyone want a double-bottled…
vidHenri Cattier-Bresson, on the Charlie Rose show
It's long, but well worth watching.
I just wish I could find a certain film I was fortunate to see a few years ago at the…
Presents!!
A time-lapse video of Kim & I opening our presents today!
Watch towards the end when Angel & Major (well, mostly Angel) destroy their new toys…
vidOingo Boingo - Little Girls
The creepiest music video I've ever seen.
Gotta love Danny Elfman.
linkMy Brand Spankin' New Website!
It's been a long time in coming -- there was a long time spent in Photoshop, and I've had a few bugs to work out…
