MIA For a Few Days

I'll be gone for the next while because I'm getting my tonsils out tomorrow. It'll hurt worse to feel better in the long run. These little guys. Ugh, they're the worst.

Basically I'll be in a lot of pain and my mom and I are planning on re-watching "The Wonder Years", "American Dreams", and various movies to distract me. Seriously though, why don't they make TV like this anymore? Love those shows. (PS did you know that the actress that plays Winnie Cooper is actually a math genius and proved her own theorem at a relatively young age? {in the academic world}) I'm also probably going to read The Host again because it was a Stephanie Meyer book that I actually liked, and I'm really excited to see Diane Kruger in the movie later this month.

Bye for now, I'll be back later this month. xo

prep

i've been doing a lot of reading and by the time school starts, my goal is to have redone my blog design.

someday all this reading about coding will pay off, right? 

soda bar

 an old fashioned soda bar and a little kitty who liked playing with the dropcloth before we painted.

Picture of the day

as of late

my polaroid wall is getting much bigger, our christmas tree has a suprise pine cone, and we have a pretty potted plant on our kitchen table that scout is fascinated with. 

we call it the horned owl face

oh, cat

i found this little beauty along the sidewalk in front of the metropolitain musem of art in new york city on thanksgiving. 

i immediately snatched it up from the cutest little artist's table and brought it home with me. 

because we all know that that painting could not be more accurate. 

sometimes scout plays with a laser for fun

skype date

It should take you exactly four seconds to cross from here to that door. I'll give you two.

i love audrey hepburn. as if it wasn't already obvious. it wasn't a dilemma figuring out who to dress up as this year for halloween.

my wonderful mother sewed me a 60s mod style little black dress, complete with pearl buttons and all!

unfortunately, a painfully shocking number of people my age had never seen "breakfast at tiffany's" and on top of that an even more shocking number had never heard of audrey hepburn! that hurt me personally.

i've also decided that i've taken enough flack from my friends about being a cat lady, because holly golightly is about the most glamourous cat lady there is! oh and take note that scout got to "dress up" and be "cat". yeah, we're a pretty cool team.

i also found it ridiculous that i was getting flack from some people about being a character "no one" (in my book, uncultured people) knew about from people who didn't dress up at all!

teenagers. whatever, it's their loss. 

source for audrey photos.

mixed feelings

here's the annual 'back to school' picture, 2011 edition.

don't worry, it's finally here. i know you've all been holding your breath.

i'm taking three ap classes this semester. how convenient that they happen to be all in a row, too. whatever, bring it on.

(don't mind me, our english assignment over the summer was to 

learn how to write in a sarcastic tone. i'd say that skill is mastered.) 

scout figured it was only appropriate that she join us for the photoshoot. we even matched.

i am, however, really looking forward to my second semester, overlooking the fact that i will be taking chemistry. that's when things start looking up. it's an easier workload, it's my birthday and i get my license in february! since i won't have much homework, i'll start the hunt for an after school job that has nothing to  do with farming. nothing. semester one can't be over soon enough, but i am so excited for february. 

meet scout

this is my kitten scout. she is often hated on by other members of the family *cough* (emily and liz). so, here is a post dedicated to the litle monster.

she loves my dad more than she loves food. which is a lot. i don't get it either.

she hates cuddling.

sometimes she sleeps like a sphinx.

she is always harassing the bird.

*disclaimer: the bird enjoys the company*

and she loves biting my arm off. i think she's pretty great.

xoxo, enjoy.