"do ya got a lil ol house and a lemon tree?"

i just want to let you all know, the anticipation for spring is killing me!!
i can't wait for the weather to start warming up and have it call for dresses, skirts and shorts :] [[i love my skinny jeans and all, but sometime yo legs just gotta be free!]]
but for now i'm just gonna have to work with transitioning :/ working in spring/summer pieces with semi winter clothes... :sigh: o well, the time will come soon rosslyn! just need to be patient...

i felt so flower child-y laying/sitting down in the grass in my cousins' backyard trying to get some good shots in. i also felt a little bit like belle from beauty&the beast where she's chillin in a dandelion field. only im surrounded by grass...haha





i always look forward to this time of year whenever green starts to show. despite the fact that a lot of them that i'm around are weeds =___=; but whatever. green is green :] and i always make a point of having some kind of excuse to go outside and just hang out in my cousins' yard or in mine.

i've been pent up inside pretty much the whole winter! how can you blame me for wanting to get my nature fix? ;]

o yea, and it was my cousin Eliza's "golden birthday" yesterday so her sister and her kids came down to celebrate. and every time i want to take outfit shots at their house and the "babies" [[i have a lot of nieces and nephews and i call these ones "the babies" :3 ]] are there, my nephew tristan [[3yrs]] always insists on being my little photo assistant and likes to carry my tripod :]

he and his sister isabella are actually big hams in front of a camera and she too is also a part of my "mini photo entourage" lol

these kids are awesome and are actually pretty good at taking digital photos [[kids these days...]] and posing. guess it runs in the family ;] haha jk.

but yea, spring needs to be more like "I'M HEREEEE!!! BASK IN MY NATURE-Y GOODNESS!! XD" till then i'm gonna try and tolerate the cold [[it was 60 degrees today. yea i know, im a whimp. i've been spoiled by SoCal weather lol]] and don my shorts/skirts how and when i please! >:D...but then i'd probably have a change of pants in my car just in case. lol :]

what're you looking forward to this spring? :D

cardigan-ross

tank top-pacsun

jeggings-pacsun

wedges-steve madden

k drama necklace-given to me as a gift

pursuit of happiness

BEHOLD!

my early birthday present for my friend aj: my new cruiser skateboard! [[that i have named crush ;) ]]
i think i can pretty much say that i'm in love :] i've always secretly wanted to learn how to skateboard and have one to call my own and last wednesday i finally have one [[complete with skating lessons from aj]]
it was [[i guess]] custom built for me and my n00b ass and it's pretty spectacular :]

[[i was like "ahh!!" when i found out i was getting one :] haha]]

i officially started lessons yesterday after school in front of my cousin's house. i learned how to balance, turn and push off.
as you can see, i'm still learning by way of baby steps but i did manage to skate on it a couple of feet xD
up until now my mom didn't know about crush and i didn't really want her to find out because, like all mothers, she's concerned about me falling on my ass and possibly breaking something :sigh:
but luckily i'm old enough for her to not tell me "no! because i said so!" or something along those lines...
either way, i think i would've gone on and learned how to skate anyways because, well, if you want something, why not go get it? :]

i'm not sure if a lot of you know, or if i had already mentioned it in my last post [[i forget :/]] but I GOT WIFI AT MY HOUSEEEE!!! finally...
but it's weird, i thought i'd be posting up a lot more but i guess i've just been too busy with school.
like i know last semester i felt like i had more time to play around with my outfits and experiment with my style but this semester, i feel like it's just not so much and good wifi was hard to come by at school :/
i've mostly been living in my jeggings and shorts since i have more p.e. classes now. so i usually come to school dressed in work out gear. [[ugh, not my favorite thing to show up to school in /)_____=; but at i found it to be an interesting fashion challenge ;] more on that next time]]
so i've mostly been wearing your basic jeans+tee look :/ i don't usually like to post those outfits up since they seem kinda plain and mundane [[heh, i rhymed...]] and i don't really think that they're all that blog worthy :/ but i thought, "hey, wth, why not? i seem to be getting better at this casual dressing kinda thing ;]"
aaand not to be cocky or anything, but i thought i looked pretty cute today ;] lol

after yesterday's lesson i kinda learned about skate shoes and to be honest, i haven't really worn tennis shoes or anything like those since high school and i've never really worn them by choice since then. [[it's been just me and my flats x3 ]] but since aj told me wearing proper skating shoes are important, i guess i can make an exception ;] since, y'know, they help with grip and make sure you don't fall and make a face like this on the way down:

haha i jumped on my board and it started to roll away and i got a little bit freaked out c[:
btw, did you guys ever sit on a skateboard and ride it downhill like a bobsled? it's pretty fun and a lil bit reckless. i used to do it a lot with my cousins when i was a lot younger

i'd go down the hill that my cul-de-sac is in, buuuut i'd rather not die. haha it's pretty steep. but i'm pretty content just chillin on my board :]

even my dog frisco was checkin it out ;] im kinda hoping that he'll take to it and start skateboarding too like that bulldog on youtube :] but i don't really see that happening haha

either way, i'm still really happy that i have a skateboard to call my own and that i finally get to learn how to ride it :3
truthfully i was a little worried that i would be the only one of my friends who skateboarded and that i'd just be doing it on my own but i'm glad to say that i've already gotten offers to do skating with some of them so this also makes me happy :]
and hey, maybe crush'll help me come out of my awkward turtle shell and break the ice to make new friends! :D that's always welcomed!
so i'm pretty excited for what the future holds behind this new door that has opened :]

t shirt-hot topic

jeggings-pacsun

shoes-ross

glasses-DIY

vampire necklace-2nd hand store

skateboard-zip zinger by krooked

what ever happened?

last wednesday i had another job interview at the tea pavillion at balboa park where my friend aj works. i had applied there last year before winter break but unfortunately i didn't get the job because my hours were not the greatest :/
however this time they were looking for weekend workers, which i thought i was totally perfect for, so i applied again. i'm pretty much crossing my fingers and really hoping to get the job [[momma needs to move outta her parents' house ><]] anyhoo, that day was not one of my greatest since i've been stressing out over my hip hop class :/ [[some of the moves are getting a lot more complicated!]] and midterms should be coming up pretty soon. i felt pretty frustrated with getting some of the steps wrong and getting a bit frazzled but going to balboa park afterwards and having a mini photo shoot did kinda lift my spirits :] it's nice that i can find solace and a creative outlet in the form of putting outfits together. i'm not sure if that would sound superficial but i enjoy it and since i don't usually craft or draw as often as i used to, it's nice to think artistically and challenge that part of my brain. it's like a professor layton puzzle only with clothes! and there's really no right or wrong answers ;]

this was my interview outfit for the tea pavillion. jeans+t shirt+blazer. yea, i know, a t-shirt and jeans are probably not the best thing to wear for an interview but my last class was hip-hop and i have to pack light [[carrying around two bags all day is not the business 'kay?]] and i would've worn a skirt and all that typical stuff, but i kinda felt like comfort was key and as long as i looked put together [[ahem, blazer. lol]]i figured i'd be ok. ...right?
after my interview i had a lot of time to kill for aj to get off work since i was his ride home and balboa is pretty much a photographers' paradise :]
[[forreal, people are always taking pictures at balboa park and it's one of the choice places in SD to take pictures/portraits or your standard tourist shots. even when i was taking photos at the organ theater there was a newly engaged couple having their portraits taken there.]]

i did a lot of messing around on the metal benches as well to sophia coppola's marie antoinette soundtrack to try and lift my spirits.





i also tried my hand at jumping pictures, but they are just not my forte /)____=
i always ended up w weird looking faces :/

anyhoo, here's hoping i get the job :]

blazer-ross

t shirt-whole sale store

jeans-pacsun

flats-ross

necklace-hoover dam gift shop

bag-olsenboye

evident utensil

soo, i've had a journal since...mmm idunno, ever? i remember my first one being a minnie mouse one with a puffy cover and a lame ass lock haha
i didn't usually write in it a lot as a child until, i'd say oh, about middle school?
i'd write about you know your standard 12-14 year old stuff. boys, stupid drama, blah blah blah. then later on about having to inflammatory bowel disease and going to the hospital and the trials of growing up and becoming a teen.
then when i was around 15 my cousin Eliza i got a journal from borders that had half of it's pages lined and the other half blank.
i also used to draw a lot when i was a teenager [[not very well, but eh, whatever]] and i used to doodle in my journal either for fun or to accompany whatever it was i journaling about.
i don't really write in it that much anymore since now i have a lot more people to open up to and plus i also have technology c[: but it's nice to go back and write down your thoughts and i also kind of have this thing where i can give my journals to my daughters and be like, "see! i was just like you when i was your age!" or "see i was 16 before!" "i remember being young! child plz!" lol
i still doodle every now and then [[or during a boring lecture lol]] but not as well :/
anyhoo, these are some of my drawings that were in my journal from around my senior year of high school. enjoy :]

paw prints

i dunno if you guys have noticed or if i'm just being totally obvious about it, but i love my dogs :3
they're my babies and my best four legged friends.
so last week when i got home early i noticed that my dog zorro had his sailor shirt put on him and an idea for an outfit popped into my head based on him!
[[yes, i know, i'm a total dog lady but bear with me here]]
unfortunately i lack a standard t-shirt with a skull on it but i think i did pretty ok :]

i even put on a mask like him and my brown boots for his brown legs :]

heh heh, i even put my scarf on him :3


i have another dog too and i should probably include him in more stuff but he's so squirmy and zorro is kind of an attention hog =_____=;

o well, perhaps the next time i decided to dress up for fun ill do one for him :]

scarf-ross

top-rodarte for target

pocketwatch necklace-gift

jeggings-pacsun

boots-steve madden

mask-party city

dog shirt-ross

now put cho hand up!

i think ever since high school i've started wearing necklaces non stop with almost every outfit. [[and i have bomb ass friends and fam who help supply me with cute necklaces :] [[funny thing is, i didn't realize i was a "necklace lady" till one of my friends pointed it out to me]]]]
at first they were kind of like a small security blanket or "talisman" because i'd feel weird when i'm not wearing one and i'd sometimes hold on to them whenever i was nervous or whatever.
now i just feel like an outfit wouldn't be complete without one c[:

but recently i've become rather fixated on rings. my collection is still pretty small in comparison with my necklace collection but my cousin yvanna and i like to trade jewelry back and forth [[we spend so much time together it was only a matter of time till some of my taste in clothes rubbed off on her x3 lol]] so that keeps the spending small and our arsenal big >:]

these here are my personally my own and as you can tell, i love gold. lol silver just looks kinda off on me.
clockwise from top left


a gold colored watch ring that used to belong to my mom. it used to be the pendant of a necklace that her friend gave her but i haven't seen it in years... but i've always loved it as a child and it was one of my favorite pieces of hers and it still is :] [[even though it doesn't work anymore :/]]

gold vintage ring that i bought last summer at the san diego fair. and oooo honey it was love at first bling! :D the booth that was selling them had a very lovely collection on vintage jewelry and other pretty whozits and whatsitz galore but i really thought that there was just no other ones prettier than this one. [[haha i feel like i'm describing "the one"]] and you know what? lucky for me i got it for half off! :D it's one of my favorite pieces that i bought myself and i'm still pretty much in love with it and it's always so fun and pretty to wear :]

gold snake ring that i bought at love diva at the near by mall. unfortunately love diva closed at my mall and this makes me very sad :( they had very unique and cute jewelry/accessories and i was upset to see them go :( but this was one of the things that i bought from there during a sale. i dunno, i kinda like snake rings and i was looking for the kind of snake ring where the snake wraps around your finger but obviously, no such luck -,- but still, it's nice and interesting to see/wear and hey, i know if i ever need to punch somebody [[hopefully in the face, cuz you know, that's some soap opera drama right there and really, who wouldn't wanna do that just once?? lol]] it'll come in great handy because, eh, its pretty big and has a good surface area lol plus it'd leave a very interesting mark >:D

and lastly is my disney's pirates of the carribbean ring! >;D i got it at disneyland when i was 18 when my cousins and I went to celebrate my little neice's birthday at disneyland :] sorry the picture is so blurry though :/ it's a lot smaller than my other rings haha this is the only regular sized ring i own/wear at the moment.
not pictured

my little teapot+tea cup ring :3 this was the last thing i bought at love diva. it's really cute but also pretty big and i have to be extra careful whenever i wear it because since it's not a complete circle it's loose [[even though it was labeled as a size small]] and it can easily fly off my hand and break and/or hit something or some poor person near by if i get too crazy with my spirit fingers lol.
i was actually planning on wearing it to my friend angeli's birthday this year cuz she was planning on having a tea party :] buuut plans changed but i'm still gonna wear it either way x]

finally! i shell ring of my own! :D i'm not sure if i've shown you guys the crazy shell ring yvanna has yet on here but i'm totally in love with hers! anyhoo, her sister, eliza moved to hawaii and she sent us these shell rings [[so now yvan and i have matching rings and can at any moment go "wonder twin powers ACTIVATE!" whenever we choose to wear it at the same time lol]]
i haven't worn this one as often as the others but perhaps i will once the weather becomes warmer and warrants shorts and the like :]
now i'm still on the look out for new and unique rings and i've even starting following ring-addict on tumblr and O.M.G. do they have a plethera of beautiful pictures of beautiful rings! the phrase, "i die" from rachel zoe comes to mind whenever i look at them haha
i've actually been contemplating/wanting this kind of finger armor looking ring that i saw at december nights last year. the first one i saw in real life was totally hard core. it was like one of those rings that go the length of your finger and kinda looks like it has a nail part at the end. it was hard core like, no joke. i was equally excited and intimidated when i tried it on. it literally looked like a piece of armor for your finger. alas i did not buy it T____T [[it was so expensive!]] but i'm sure i would've gotten several comments lol
it kinda looked like this:

only a little more mideval but damn! so awesome x]
is it nerdy of me to think it looks dragon-esque? eh, who cares??
anyways, i digress.
so yup, this is my humble ring collection. hopefully it'll grow in the near future and hopefully ill get one of them armor rings! *fingers crossed* x]
till next post :]

ok, how can i talk about rings and not have this on here?? lol "if ya like it then ya shoulda put a ring on it whoa oh oh whoa oh oh..." x]