je souhaite que j'aie été à Paris maintenent...

Maybe it's because I'm reading a biography of Marie Antoinette right now, but suddenly I miss last summer. I miss fairytale Paris!

I love reading The Cherry Blossom Girl when I am feeling this way.  Also, it reminds me that I can read French, which I have to admit makes me feel pretty darn cool.  (Just don't ask to hear me speak it.  That is a whole different story...)  Regardless, posts like this one make me seriously question my strict NO COLD attitude.  How completely lovely, right?

farewell, summer

You were my best yet.

500 Days of Summer

This movie surprised me. I found myself loving Summer, admiring her even, then completely feeling betrayed by her and kind of hating on her for playing with Tom's emotions. Although mostly she just made me really want to raid her closet.

The music, as I predicted, was delightful. I loved the song "Sweet Disposition" and the reference to Belle & Sebastian within the first ten minutes. The colors were nice (I always have to comment on the colors, humor me) and I loved how you could just tell blue was Summer's favorite color. The dialogue was realistic and often humorous, without trying too hard. The moments where Tom sat on the bleachers talking to his sister on her soccer timeouts were precious.

Somehow I came out this film content, even anxious for life and all its inevitable ups and downs. I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

Over all, the story was told creatively and realistically. A great lover of jumping-around stories, this was an instant success in my mind.

yearbook camp in san diego

Mission Beach!

That was only half of the slice...

Kate lent me her sunglasses.

Belmont Park.

Awesome!

Hello there, John.

the beautiful SDSU campus

We like big books and we cannot lie...

Mary cracks me up.

Yes.

Dance party?

The sweet library.

Chalk drawings.

A doodle on the art building.

A sculpture garden near the art building.

An unusual flower that I wouldn't mind on a headband.

Passed-out people at the hypnotist show. So funny.

Work-out attire in honor of the party the last night.

Our clever flag made by Kate--I'm dark blue (the theme was "The Amazing Race").

The book is designed! Hooray!

lately my life has consisted of...

scoping out tea cups at the antique store. (This one was the winner.)

pretending I am glamorous.

using these heart pins and feeling special.

feeding Edmund, my fish.

resisting the urge to buy 2329473274 more vintage diaries for my collection (that stands at 3).

binge-shopping for dresses...Trouble...

mentally preparing for school's eminent arrival by revamping my backpack that was my mom's in the 90's. (Once again, a souvenir from my girl scouting days put to good use--hooray!)

+watching Bravo like a fiend...And Food Network...Stayed up till 2 watching Ace of Cakes last night...Oops.

but it's practical...

I've been on this organization kick over the summer. So naturally I have become a little obsessed with STORAGE UNITS. A little odd, but yes. So this right here, why, this is a dream come true.

The thing is.

Well, the thing is I already splurged on a Martha Stewart storage box the other day at Micheal's. THE SAME EXACT COLOR. This is too much. I really need to cool off a bit with Etsy shopping. It's cyber-antiquing. Aka bad for my savings account. What's a girl to do?

(Gathers common sense and a little something called willpower that is cowering in the corner.)

I can't purchase it. It wouldn't make any sense. I've bought 2 good-sized boxes already this summer, and already have a wicker suitcase AND a giant black industrial plastic trunk waiting for a makeover....

Alright. Good. Solved. I feel a lot better about leaving this one behind now.

you saw this one coming...

Yesterday (and I mean ALL of the day) a few of us got together to have a Harry Potter marathon at Kate's. Here you can plainly see that Victor Krum, Sybill Trewlaney, Cho Chang, Lily Potter, James Potter, Harry Potter, Rita Skeeter, and Ginny Weasley were present. Obviously we ate cauldron cakes, pretzel wands, and snowy owl cupcakes, along with butterbeer (fyi which should not be consumed in liberal amounts due to its high butter content).

Haven't I ever mentioned I was best friends with Lily and James Potter?

Or the fact that I'm Molly Weasley? (Yes, that's a wand you can barely see hovering over the saucepan.)

Lily, Sybill, and Cho waiting in line.

Molly and Lily reunited once more! (Don't ask me where Arthur was; I'm surprised he didn't scoop up the opportunity to witness the Muggle feat that is the silver screen...)

ABOUT THE FILM:

I absolutely adored it. Probably my favorite film so far in the series other than Prisoner of Azkaban, because it was unique in its completely teenage humor. I loved that, especially being the same age as the students. The cinematography and color were awesome as always. Yes, there were alterations, and sometimes additions, but everything worked together to create a seamless production. Lovely movie.

France (Paris, Chartres)

Everything in Paris is just so REGAL-looking. Not in a pompous way, just a sort of casual, yeah, that's how we roll-way. I dig it.


My first purchase: une baguette et trois macarons. YUM!


Ah, the magnificent TRAFFIC. They make it look so glamorous!

The Eiffel Tower played PEEK-A-BOO with the skyline.

GOLD, everywhere.

The SEINE.

My favorite place at the LOUVRE.

NAPOLEON'S apartments: The location of my next dinner party?

The street lined outside the Louvre held some serious shopping opportunities...I was mostly concerned about getting my taste buds around a strange-looking sweet called a MONT BLANC. Best 5 euros I've ever spent... Other than the euros I spent on those macarons...

At the METRO, waiting for a connection--time to break out the Mont Blanc.

OH NO--the train came too quickly! (I look so worried about not getting a chance to eat it...)

GIANT HBP poster at the Metro station!

The Seine at NIGHT (we were on a riverboat--it was quite chilly).

City of LIGHTS or intro to Gossip Girl?

You know what it IS...

From the very TOP of the Eiffel Tower (using zoom).

The first thing I did in Chartres? Buy FOOD...

A window portraying the ZODIAC at Chartres Cathedral.

WOW.

I definitely miss all those FLOWERS.