Project [365]: November 2010

day 186. [scheduled]

This week has been nothing but following an outlined schedule for myself. I'm quite confident in saying that this week will be my dead week. Next week is definitely going to be cake compared to this hell of a week.

day 185. [late night]

Kyle and I went on a late night walk. Best part was I got to use my own rain jacket :)

day 184. [surprise!]

I saw the Toy Story 3 toy at Target and had to get it for a surprise for Kyle. Well, he surprised me with his haircut!!

day 183. [beauty]

I went for a walk while in Auburn. This is just a little bit of what I saw. It was beautiful.

day 182. [united generation]

"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart will find in every hour, some heavenly blessings." - Henry Ward Beecher

I went to Puyallup Foursquare tonight for Family night and the speaker spoke on being thankful. I must say that I am so thankful for having a God that will unwillingly take my pain and hurt, because we know that our bodies were not meant to carry the sin that we face everyday.

day 181. [thanks]

Today is the half-way mark of my Project 365. I've officially done 6 months worth of photos. What a better day to have my half way mark land on because the truth is ... I'm so thankful for each and every one of you who look at this blog or found yourselves stumbling on it every now and then.
I really mean it too. I say that because when I started this Project 365 the thought of taking photos for a whole year was kind of out there for me. Yeah I liked photography, but the thought of it everyday was going to be new to me.

The other thing is, I've let you, as a reader/follower, into my life. Not that I'm not open or I've got some deep dark secrets to hide, but I've honestly just allowed you to see into my life for the next year. That brings me to the other thing I wanted to say. I follow different Project 365's and seeing how different they are is so cool.

Some people do theirs to honestly just show people how awesome they are at photography. I decided to take a different route and be as personal as I can be through my photos so you can get the sense of who I am? Who my friends are? What my life is like? All of that stuff.

Since I've said my "thank you" to my readers/followers, I just want to say a few thank you's to some other groups/people.
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Friends from Oak Harbor: I love all of you guys. Whether we talk or not now, I love you guys. I love the fact that I can go home during a break or just come home in general knowing that there are people there who are ready to catch-up and have some fun!

Friends I graduated with: Some of us have gone our own ways, but despite college and finally living our own lives I'm thankful that we still make time for each other to catch up with the little time we may have. It's always just fun catching up with some of you guys because I really do miss spending time with you. On the other hand, it's exciting to know that we are finally having the lives we wanted to have.

Friends from University of Portland: To all of you guys, I'll pick some out in just a bit, I'm thankful for getting to see you all the time at school. I don't care what dorm we live in, or what our major is, I just love seeing you guys where ever I walk to on campus. Keep being awesome ;)

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Now to pick on some special people ;)

Sean Welch: As much as I could say, "You don't understand how thankful I am for you" you'll still understand how thankful I am. It's been awesome really getting to know you since the end of our junior year. God has definitely taken our friendship on a crazy ride, but I'm glad I was on this crazy ride with you. I always look forward to our catch ups when I'm home for breaks. Love ya Sean!

Jordan Kingma: We've had an interesting relationship as well, but I'm glad to say that we're past all of that now. We definitely have not let college get in the way of our friendship that we started in high school. Just like Sean, it's always so much fun getting to catch up with you during breaks. Breakfast at Starbucks is always a must. It's kind of the staple of our friendship. Thank you so much for just being there during those rough times in high school.

Calley Yeadon: Our friendship is young, but I don't mind one bit. We're such trouble together, but it's alright because I've learned that sometimes getting in trouble is the way to learn things. Might not be the ideal setting, but it works ;). Love you best fran!

Sarah Boomer: Yeah, that's right, if you're reading this I find you as someone who I find special. We are so alike, and yet we are so different. I'm glad that we have some differences, otherwise this friendship would be pretty predictable and stale. I know I can count on you to be the friend who has something wise to say ... all the time. It just comes natural for you to have something wise to say. I love it. I appreciate it. I'm glad we're besties!

Kyle Cochran: Yeah, that's right also, I'm totally typing out a thank you to you. You're a blessing. I shouldn't have met you this year. You shouldn't have met me this year, but we both know God does some pretty funny things. This might be one of the funny things he does that I'm laughing with, ha. I'm more than glad to have met you. You as a person have honestly made me realize that I'm so much stronger than I think I am. You've made me realize that I'm a fighter, and that my ultimate goal is to win. I'm not holding onto that rope anymore. I'm starting to let go. Thanks so much for all the support this past semester. You're totes awesome. Awww yeah! ;). It's definitely been REAL good.

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How can I forget my family?

Family: We can be so dysfunctional sometimes. Admit it, we can be. Despite that though we manage to make it out alive. I know I wouldn't be here with out your continual support over the years. I've made some pretty dumb mistakes. But you never held it against me. You allowed me to learn from them. It sucked, but I think I'd rather learn from my mistakes than get in all the trouble that some of my friends got in. I could go on and on saying how thankful I am for you guys, but I'm pretty sure you get it and know what I mean :)
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I hope all of you have had an amazing Thanksgiving! I know I did. Which brings me to one last person. I just want to say thanks to Ben Walker for taking me in this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. It's been fun. It was real good. I mean ... REALLY good. Awww yeah ;)

day 180. [real snow]

To all of those people that were freaking out in Portland a few days ago because of the "snow" this is just a glimpse as to what real snow looks like.

day 179. [ball of fabric]

At this very moment it's about 17 degrees ... I'm in my room wrapped up in all of the sweaters and jackets I have.

I'm from Washington and I can't even rough out this cold weather =/

day 178. [blood]

I gave blood for the 2nd time today. I'm really proud of myself because I gave blood like a champ. I'm afraid of needles, but I totally gave blood today like a champ ;)

PS. day 004 was the first time I ever gave blood :)

day 177. [rematch]

Remember that game I told you I beat Kyle in on Friday? Well, we played it again today for a rematch. Some rematch ... I won ... again.

Guess it's not beginner's luck after all ;)

day 176. [walker!]

I was doing my homework and laundry this morning/afternoon, but then my favorite freshman asked me if I wanted to join him at the basketball game. I did, haha. I'm so easily distracted it's not even funny anymore :'(

I should also mention, this was the first Womens' Basketball Game I've been to and I must say that it was exciting!

PS. I've had favorite freshman since I was a favorite freshman in high school, so I figured I should keep it up :)

day 175. [night in]

Tonight was one of those Friday's where you just felt like staying in. The staying in was also accompanied by plans that fell through the roof. Nonetheless I made use of staying in tonight.

I did my laundry. The whites that is. I'll end up doing the colors tomorrow :)

I think the best part though was getting to hangout with Kyle tonight. We watched a few movies, which I can say that I stayed awake for all of them. Yeah, that's right! I watched a two movies from beginning to end without falling asleep. That was due to the fact that I took a nap for a good half hour while in his room.

If you read this Kyle, the nap was much needed. I know you'll agree because you needed the nap as well ;)

Other than that though we played a few card games. I forget how competitive I can get with even just card games ... whoops.

To close the night off, Kyle taught me this new game called "10,000." It's a dice game. I won. Talk about beginner's luck :)

So yeah, that was my Friday. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

PS. Because I didn't feel like piecing together a few photos, you can take a look at some of the other photos by clicking on this here link. Chyeah.

day 174. [christie pub]

My bestie, Sarah Boomer, and I were going to perform Samson by Regina Spektor at Christie Pub. My question for you all is:

What are the odds that the group before you would perform the exact same song?

Well, let me tell you. The odds were pretty high, in fact the odds were in the favor of the group before us. We didn't get to perform it for Christie Pub, BUT we were able to perform it for Cafe Procrastinae ;)

day 173. [walking]

Sometimes when we want to take a study break, or if I'm just too stressed out, Kyle and I go on a walk. It wasn't any different when we went on this walk, other than the fact that it was raining and I had to borrow one of his jackets.

Note to self: Just because you're from WA doesn't mean you can leave all of your rain jackets at home. Especially when those rain jackets are pretty awesome looking :)

day 172. [god]

I get frustrated over the smallest things. I have people in my life to remind me that I serve a God that is so much bigger than anything I'll ever face. I serve a God that brings comfort into this life of mine.

Our God is stronger.

day 171. [one month]

So, if you haven't realized, every 15th is a self-portrait of me. This one shows off the haircut, the fact I shaved, and the fact that I'm wearing one of the two new shirts I bought as well as the flannel.

Ps. One more month until I'm 20 :)

day 170. [frosty & french fries]

On Saturday I saw a Wendy's and instantly got a real craving for a frosty and some french fries to dip in the frosty. I eventually shared this craving with Kyle. I know you're smart, so you can guess what we did next :)

day 169. [real shoes]

Calley and I hit up down town to do some much needed shopping, to say the least. I ended up getting a new flannel shirt, two new tee's from Urban Outfitters, and some Vans. Yes people, it is true ... I got a pair of shoes that are not TOMS. Why you ask? No one likes a wet shoe that leads to having a wet foot.

Trust me on this one, it doesn't feel all that great nor does it smell that great either ;)

day 168. [blizzards]

Not only did I get to hang out with Kyle today, but I got to hang out with him and Calley tonight!! It was pretty much a win for a Friday night. We got Blizzards from DQ before we headed over to BC Aud to watch Despicable Me.

Kyle enjoyed the movie!

PS. He had never seen it, but Calley and I had

day 167. [best fran]

The best part about my day was when my best fran came to visit me on campus ;)

She's here for the whole weekend!! YAY!!

day 166. [technology]

Kyle got a new snazzy phone. It made me a little mad. He got a little too distracted by it yesterday. The joy on his face was cute. It was like a child opening up a Christmas present that morning!!

Because of his new phone though, I decided to switch back to my blackberry that still works, just the letter "a" doesn't work ...