16/365

This last picture pretty much sums up my life.

Yesterday after work I cleaned my room. The feeling of my room is so perfect. My lit candles overflowing with wax, the smell of vanilla, my warm lighting, all of my things surrounding me...it's such a simple, comforting feeling.

My friend Wendy came over and we chatted and then went to Cafe Brazil. Our waiter was a super sweet little gay man. We got green smoothies and I ate spinach quesadillas with rosemary potatoes.

We headed over to Target where she got some cute high waist shorts, which I must purchase next, and we browsed through the clothes and shoes. I got my sister this cute floral pencil holder for her work where she can put a picture of her and her soon-to-be husband in it.

We came back and listened to Warpaint and Rilo Kiley and made arts and crafts. I started on card that I'm going to finish before her dinner tonight.

Homemard cards are the best.

I snapped these before bed, where my pup was patiently waiting.

Until tomorrow.

15/365

Original piece by Nick Hutchings

This was filled with 20 gallons of black ink.

All of his art was covered in charcoal.

Tori stayed with me again last night because her favorite teacher has a show at my school. He’s been a huge inspiration to her. She really does have such a talent for sculpture, and when she had his class…I saw this side of her that was so passionate. I really think that she could focus on this and be extremely happy, but unfortunately, that’s not how the world works.

She was really nervous and excited to see him. It was so nice meeting him, to put a name to the face. It was a good, short time.

When we got home, she packed up her things and left shortly after as her mum’s is about an hour away from me. I cleaned my room once she left, even though it’s not quite done.

For some reason I felt quite pretty last night, hence the completely un-artistic self snaps.

I’m completely in love with my girlfriend.

I’m going to LA with just her in a month and a half.

I have a good job.

I’m doing well in school.

I’m writing for my paper next semester.

I just feel quite good about my life right now, and it’s been a while.

Until tomorrow.

Sorry, not sorry.

I channelled Minnie Mouse with my work outfit on Friday.

I didn't take ONE picture all weekend. Except when Tori put on a pink bunny onsie, complete with bunny feet. However, I didn't even think to bring my memory card when I un-cuddle my girlfriend this morning.

I'm not even sorry!

I had an amazing weekend. Friday, Tori got to my house around 10 and we went to Clay Pit, an Indian restaraunt where we were the only guests as we got there around closing time. We tried to leave, but they insisted they stayed. The whole meal felt like a dream, and in the sense where it was surreal. Tori got a bit drunk as she is a light drunk and we rented a terrible zombie flick that I fell asleep during.

We slept in a bit and got ready for an hour or so and left for Northpark. We shopped all day. We got most of our finds at H&M and Forever 21, which pleasantly surprised me as normally they don't have many cute things. We ate a Snappy Salads, which won the best salad ever for me thus far in my 23 (almost)  years.

We went to Movie Trading Co. after the mall and spent about an hour and a half hunting movies. We got about 10 lesbian flicks and watched two and fell asleep around 3 AM.

Yesterday we slept in until about 2 PM and literally laid in bed ALL DAY. It was magical. The only time we got out is when we walked the pups and picked up food. We even ate in bed. We watched our lesbian films until we fell asleep around 1 this morning.

I woke up to her splendid face and came to work. I have been ultra busy and pretty productive.

I shall have pictures tomorrow.

/end.

11/365

Again, with the exhausted pictures.

I'm proud that I at least took some. Hopefully this weekend, I will also actually take some and produce images that I'm proud of.

These pictures were my mood.

9,10/365

I had the day off of work yesterday, so Tori picked me up Tuesday after work.

I came home and she was napping in my bed. Something so simple, is so dreamy to me. The natural light that fills the room, and the comfort of her in my sheets. I cuddled her to wake her up. I packed my things and we left. It's an hour drive, and when we got to the house we took care of the pups and worked on her book some more, we passed out around 1:30 AM.

We had to wake up at 8:30 the next morning, and I am in sleep debt, so I woke up unbelieveably tired. I had a headache from hell and my mood was a bit sour. We went to her dads and we visited for a bit. Then, we headed up to her work and we booked our trip to LA. It's insane to think that I am actually going on a trip with Tori. We have our festival tickets, our plane tickets, our hotel booked for four nights, we have absolutely everything. It doesn't seem real yet.

We went back and sat with her step mom and watched her cook and talked about all kinds of things. It's a simple, yet nice feeling. I wish that I had a mother that was normal. A mother that cooked lunch and dinner and was sweet and nuturing.

Her mom got married on the beach in Hawaii around 11 PM our time. She's a sweet lady that deserves everything that she has. I tell Tori all of the time that she is so lucky to have the family that she does.

We went back and finished her book, went to Wal Mart and made this giant cookie, which was the crust for Tori's homemade fruit pizza. She let me pick the fruits, and I decorated it so pretty. I wish I had taken a photo. She made a steak, and we ate spinach tortellini in alfredo and went to bed.

I'm not sorry for not taking pictures the last two nights. I don't get much time with Tori, and when I have her time, I cherish it.

Here's to taking photos this weekend. She is done with school today, and that makes me incredibly happy.

8/365

I'm completely exhausted. It took everything I had at the moment to make myself take pictures. Yet, once it finally comes down to it, it’s just what I need. I napped on and off after I took my last exam for college. I drank a bit of wine, and took some shots.

I don’t work tomorrow. So tomorrow’s photos might be quite simple as well, but I have all day Wednesday to take photos. I need to make sure to remember everything. I can’t wait to include Torrance in my photos with me.

Here’s to being an American and having a paid day off.

/amen.

5,6,7/365

I have been failing quite miserably at my 365. I, yet again, left my memory card at work.

This weekend was spent with Torrance. She picked me up and took me to her mom's house with her. We talked with her mom a bit, watched some olympics, worked on some homework and watched Modern Family and fell asleep to Friends. Her mum is getting married on Wednesday, and they left for Hawaii about 6 AM on Saturday morning. We fell back asleep numerous times and went to lunch at Mexican Inn and had some massive Margarita's. We ran errands a bit tipsy, and spent the rest of the day running more errands and working on her project. She made a stencil of a giant tie and we made the covers and I spent the rest of the evening sewing it up. I'm quite please. All whilst watching Coraline. We watched Tomboy and went to bed. We ran out of yarn Sunday to finish the book. We played a lot, wrestled, ran around, took care of the pups, made Eggplant paremesan, and watched TV movies. We were exhausted. She brought be back around 7:00 after an hour drive.

I love her.

I don't work on Wednesday, July 4th. So, she is picking me up Tuesday and Tori and I will spend Wednesday with her dad and we are buying our plane tickets and reserving our hotel for LA! I'm so excited.