Sunday, April 29, 2012

19 months.

Happy 19 months to my amazing man and myself.
(Here are a few pictures of us from Prom 2012)







Its been a long ride. But I've enjoyed all of it. No matter how hard it got at certain times, it has always been worth it. I'm so excited to spend the rest of my life with him. When we move in together at the end of this summer everything will fall into place. I'm excited for our future. I can't wait to get married and have children and make a career for myself to support my family. With Garret by my side I know that no matter where life takes us we will be happy and successful.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

WTF #10 - Books.

Weekly Top Five

1. I have heard so much about this book. And I would love to read it. If only I had time. Sarah Dessen is amazing. I would read all her books if I had time.



2. I have read several of Ellen Hopkins' books. I would love to read the rest of them. They are sooooo good. So far I can cross of Crank, Identical, and Tricks.


3. Here is another book I've been told that I would love if I read it. I mean, who doesn't like a good love story?


4. Nicholas Sparks has written some amazing books and I would love to read each and every one of them. First on the list without a doubt is The Notebook. The movie is amazing. I'm sure the book is 50 times better. The only one I have yet to read that I haven't heard a thing about is A Walk To Remember.


5. One other series that I can think of right off the top of my head is the Pretty Little Liars books. I would absolutely love to read these books. The television series is awesome, so there is no doubt in my mind that the books are too.



Tuesday, April 24, 2012

for my followers.♥

Today I would like to take some time out to thank those of you who follow me and those of you who choose not to but still view my blog! I have to say, you have really been the cause of my growing passion for blogging. Just the fact that you log on and check out what I have posted because you are interested in what I have to say, or because you care about how my day or my week has been going or even just because you are bored; the fact that you took a moment out of your day to read my writing flatters me. Thank you all, from the bottom of me heart.♥

So, today I'd like to fill you all in on the stats page I am currently looking at!

This is my 92nd post since paper planes & playground games started.
Since December 2011 we have reached 2,232 views. That's just over 4 months you guys!
We have met a record high so far of 942 views just over the past month.
Yesterday we almost reached our record high of 70 page views in day, only missing it by one view.
So far, today we're at 33 page views.
paper planes & playground games' most viewed Page is the About Me section, with 43 views.
The most viewed Post is 'a little ink' with 17 post views.
Today we reached 16 comments. Keep them coming! I love to see feeback!
Just a couple days ago we reached 5 followers! So a special thanks to Brittany, Tabitha, B Kent, Tik Tok, and mysticnumber.blogspot.com. I love you all.♥ (o:

On a final note I would like to let you all know that I am super excited about what is to come for paper planes & playground games. I am especially excited for each upcoming post for the month of May. You can expect to see many Vlogs and a lot of 'end-of-the-school-year' posts. If you have any requests on what you would like me to post about, please feel free to email me with your ideas: paperplanes.playgroundgames@gmail.com !! ♥

Keep your eyes open for many awesome posts coming your way!

Monday, April 23, 2012

Boyfriend.

Boyfriend by Justin Bieber ft. Mike Posner
I think it is necessary to point out my hatred for Justin Bieber haters. I am not one of the people who thinks that he 'sucks'. Those of you who do, you obviously have jealousy issues. Anyways, I just love this new song. It sounds great and it is not disrespectful or vulgar in any way, shape, or form. A bonus! If you haven't already heard it, listen now!
If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go
I can take you places you ain't never been before
Baby, take a chance or you’ll never ever know
I got money in my hands that I’d really like to blow
Swag, swag, swag, on you
Chillin' by the fire while we eatin’ fondue
I don't know about me but I know about you
So say hello to falsetto in three, two, swag

[Pre-Chorus]
I’d like to be everything you want
Hey girl, let me talk to you
[Chorus]
If I was your boyfriend, never let you go
Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone
I can be a gentleman, anything you want
If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go, I’d never let you go
[Verse 2]
Tell me what you like yeah tell me what you don’t
I could be your Buzz Lightyear fly across the globe
I don’t ever wanna fight yeah, you already know
Imma make you shine bright like you’re laying in the snow
Burr
Girlfriend, girlfriend, you could be my girlfriend
You could be my girlfriend until the w-w-world ends
Make you dance do a spin and a twirl and
Voice goin crazy on this hook like a whirlwind
Swaggy

[Pre-Chorus]
I’d like to be everything you want
Hey girl, let me talk to you
[Chorus]
If I was your boyfriend, never let you go
Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone
I can be a gentleman, anything you want
If I was your boyfriend, I’d never let you go, I’d never let you go

[Bridge]
So give me a chance, ‘cause you’re all I need girl
Spend a week with your boy I’ll be calling you my girlfriend
If I was your man, I’d never leave you girl
I just want to love and treat you right
[Chorus]
If I was your boyfriend, never let you go
Keep you on my arm girl, you’d never be alone (never be alone)
I can be a gentleman (gentleman), anything you want
If I was your boyfriend (boyfriend), I’d never let you go, never let you go

Na na na, na na na, na na na
Ya girl
Na na na, na na na, na na na ey
If I was your boyfriend
Na na na, na na na, na na na ey
Na na na, na na na, na na na ey
If I was your boyfriend

bad day.

Today has been one of those days that I wish I could have stayed at home and cuddled with my teddy bear, little dog cody, and my blankets with a nice cup of hot chocolate. I hate high school and I will be more than happy the day I graduate and move very far away from here. Because I don't feel like writing out all the different ways I've been violated I'll just let you know that my friends talk a lot of crap, and apparently making eye contact with them as they are talking about me behind my back is not hinting enough to shut the hell up. They either really don't care, or think I'm incredibly stupid. That's okay, I'll continue to spend my free time doing the things I like no matter what they have to say about it. It's also okay because I'll make much better friends in college.

So. Today I have for you what I have been working on in Art. One of the very few times during the day that I am not pissed off. This is the journey we have been on since we started making our senior ceiling tiles. This is what we are working from.


This is a picture of Carly in the basement of the school rummaging around for some good, clean tiles.


This is a picture of me taking a seat on some chairs in the filthy basement because I am a senior and I can.


This is the very start of the phoenix I have started drawing on the tiles.


This was a couple days after I started drawing it. It's coming along nicely.


And this is what I started today. I've drawn everything, so today Carly helped me paint most of the base coat. 
**All photos were taken with my iPhone.**

Sunday, April 22, 2012

My Story.

Just to let you know...  I'm sorry about the noise. You should turn your sound off. I edited it out, but blogger won't upload the video if it's altered. So, you get to listen to my computer hum, and to the sounds my nose makes when it runs. Love me anyways. (o: 


I was inspired by a boy named Benjamin who's video on YouTube is extremely touching. Listen to my story and hopefully you will learn a thing or two about life without having to go through what I've gone through.


Saturday, April 21, 2012

clear as black and white.

Today I want to point out a thing or two. First, a little history. 
The Clark Doll test was conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark and his wife Mamie Clark for her master’s degree thesis. The study focused on stereotypes and children’s self-perception in relation to their race. The results of Clark’s study were used to prove that school segregation was distorting the minds of young black kids, causing them to internalize stereotypes and racism, to the point of making them hate themselves. In 1954 in Brown v Board of Education, the experiment helped to persuade the American Supreme Court that “separate but equal” schools for blacks and whites were anything but equal in practice and is therefore illegal or against the law. This made the experiment even more controversial. It marked the beginning of the end of Jim Crow.


In the experiment, Clark showed black children with ages ranging from 6 to 9, two dolls, one white and the other black, and were asked the following questions in order:

Show me the doll that you like best or that you would like to play with.

Show me the doll that is the ‘nice’ doll.

Show me the doll that looks ‘bad.’

Give me the doll that looks like a white child.

Give me the doll that looks like a colored child.

Give me the doll that looks like a Negro child.

Give me the doll that looks like you.

The researchers found that black children often chose to play with the white dolls more than the black ones. When the kids were asked to fill in a human figure with the color of their own skin, they frequently chose a lighter shade than their actual skin color. The children also gave the color ‘white’ positive attributes like good and pretty. On the contrary, ‘black’ was attributed to being bad and ugly.
The results were interpreted as good and reliable evidence that black children had internalized racism caused by being discriminated against and stigmatized by segregation. The study shows the stereotyping of black people as bad and white as nice and more desirable. Here is where all this information came from.

Here is a video made of the same test, done years later, to see how much we've progressed since Clark's experiment.




Results: Not much improvement at all. Which is quite unfortunate. The saddest part for me is at the end when the young girl as asked, "which baby looks most like you?" and she almost grabs the white baby, but then picks up the black one, almost ashamed and sad that she looks like that one. There is no reason for this. Every young child should feel they are the same as the next one. This video is an eye opener. Today I was the witness of something very different from what I saw on this video, and from what was done in Clark's experiment. Hopefully it will be an eye opener for many people.

 This, is a white baby. She is my newest cousin. And she is absolutely adorable. 
 This, is a black baby. She is the daughter of my step sister's best friend. She is also absolutely adorable.

They are both babies. 3 months apart. The only difference is their skin. They should be treated the exact same way.

 Today we took Makayla (the black baby of 10 months) and brought her over to a friends house to see how Sophia (a white baby of 23 months) would react to her. At first, the two were very interested in each other. They stood in front of each other just staring for the longest time. When Makayla reached out to Sophia, almost as if to feel her skin, I think she realized how alike they were.
 After this, they both played nice together. They were laughing and playing like there was no difference between then at all.
 Sophia was even trying to help Makayla. It was so adorable. She was giving her the bottle, trying to rub baby powder on her head, and giving her the pacifier. They were by no means unkind to each other or refusing to play with each other. Makayla did not identify Sophia as the 'good' one and Sophia did not identify Makayla as the 'bad' one.
Look at this baby. Look at her. She is one of the cutest little things I have ever seen in my life. I will never understand why racism ever became and issue. I will never understand how one can come to hate another just because of the color of their skin. Being different is one of the best things in the world. You're not supposed to try to be different, you're supposed to be you, and people will find it to different. When they do they should respect it to the highest degree. I know the girls are very young, and may not have even noticed the difference between each other. I hope that what I saw today will continue to be the same even as the girls get older and start realizing all the stereotypes. I hope that before my life time is over everyone can learn to love others for who they are, and for their differences.

Hopefully that isn't too much to hope for.

Friday, April 20, 2012

WTF #9 - Nails.

Weekly Top Five
1. This week I have been thinking about what I should do with my fingernails for prom. I've gotten them done before and had fake nails put on, but they ruined my finger nails for like two months. So I refuse to do that again. I like this idea, it matches my dress almost exacly, so it would be safe.


2. I also really like this, I think the dark against my light skin and dress would really make my nails pop!



3. If I am able to get my mom to do it for me, I'm sure she could make this happen.


4. I could do something like this. However, I would make it dark blue on the top and fade to light blue.


5. Another easy thing I could do is a blue undertone with sparkles on the top. It wouldn't look half bad. I actually really like something like this.





So, there you have it. Those are my options. I want everyone's oppinion. So let me know what you like the most, or what you dislike most. Tell me what you think I should do. And remember: Prom is a week from tomorrow!

P.S. The notecard video I promised a couple weeks back will be up this weekend sometime!


Thursday, April 19, 2012

Pay Phone.

Pay Phone by Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa
I heard this song for the first time ever yesterday on my way home from college and I listened to it for an hour straight during my art class. I already know all the words. Listen pleaseeeee.


I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I've spent on you
Where are the times gone baby
It's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two

Yeah, I, I know it's hard to remember
The people we used to be
It's even harder to picture
That you're not here next to me
You said it's too late to make it
But is it too late to try?
And all that time that you wasted
All of our bridges burnt down

I've wasted my nights
You turned out the lights
Now I'm paralyzed
Still stucked in that time when we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change Ive spent on you
Where are the times gone baby
It's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
And all those fairytales are full of shit
One more fuckin' love song I'll be sick

You turned your back on tomorrow
Cause you forgot yesterday
I gave you my love to borrow
But just gave it away
You can't expect me to be a friend
I don't expect you to care
I know I said it before
But all of our bridges burnt down

I've wasted my nights
You turned out the lights
Now i'm paralyzed
Still stucked in that time when we called it love
But even the sun sets in paradise

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I've spent on you
Where are the times gone baby
It's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
And all those fairytales are full of shit
One more fuckin' love song i'll be sick

Now i'm at a payphone...

[Wiz Khalifa]
Now work that sh-t
I'll be right here spending all this money while you sitting round
Wondering why wasn't you who came out from nothing
Made it from the botton
Now when you see me i'm stunting
And all of my cars a way to push a button
Telling me the chances I blew up or whatever you call it
Switched the number to my phone
So you never can call it
Don't need my name, or my show
You can tell it i'm ballin'
Shish, what a shame coulda got picked
Had a really good game but you missed your last shot
So you talk about who you see at the top
Or what you could've saw
But sad to say it's over for
Phantom roll out valet open doors
Where's the car way, got what you was looking for
Now it's me who they want
So you can go take that little piece of sh-t with you

I'm at a payphone trying to call home
All of my change I've spent on you
Where are the times gone baby
It's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two

If happy ever after did exist
I would still be holding you like this
And all these fairytales are full of shit
One more fuckin' love song I'll be sick.

Now i'm at a payphone...

seniors 2012.

The class of 2012 at Pellston High School has definitely been the best class in quite some time. This last Tuesday night we did our senior prank and I must say, it was so much fun. I doubt I’ll ever forget it. We decided that it would be funny to camp out on the front lawn of the school overnight. In the morning we went out to breakfast. When we finished, some people decided not to come to school and the rest of us decided we better go.
We played hide and go seek and we had a dance competition. We also roasted marshmallows and hot dogs over a fire in a yard next to the school. We also wrote our names on the sidewalks and made big banners saying “seniors 2012” and put them over each door way. A couple of the boys decided to climb onto the roof of the school which was the scariest thing ever, but no one could get a picture of them because they were too high up and it was too dark for our cameras. A majority of us didn’t end up going to bed until about 2:00 in the morning, and we all had to get up at about 6 to eat breakfast. Some people stayed up the entire night. Because it was so cold that night, I got barely any sleep at all so I may as well have stayed up all night around the warm fire instead of in Carly’s cold van.
The van was probably warmer than any of the tents. And I know for a fact that it was warmer than no tent at all. Two of the guys in my class decided to sleep under the stars with only sleeping bags and blankets. When they woke up there was a layer of frost over them and their blankets! Even though it was cold the majority of us stuck through it and had a really good night.
In the morning during school everyone was talking about it. We were all exhausted and I had college later that day. I left school after lunch, got home and took an hour nap, took a quick shower, left for college, sat through a three hour lecture, drove home, wrote a quick blog post, and fell asleep in my bed within 5 minutes of my head hitting the pillow.










My favorite part of the night was right after we got done eating when we were all sitting and standing around the fire. We went around the circle and talked about where we wanted to go to college and what we saw ourselves doing in the next ten years. It was a good heart to heart talk; probably our last one ever as a class. It was nice to hear about everyone else’s goals, and to share my own. It feels like this entire year has flown by. I’m positive the last month and a half will go even faster. It’s crazy to think about, even though we’re so close to the end.
Next week we have pictures for the official graduation announcement. Prom is April 28th. Senior pictures for the class composite, senior slideshow and yearbook are due the first week of May. The awards ceremony for scholarships is a few weeks after that. The last day of school is May 25th. Graduation falls on Sunday, May 27th. We really are wrapping everything up.

I’m excited and scared of course. Who knows what the future brings.
Whatever it is, the class of 2012 is ready to take on the world.

put your hands up for brown & gold
SENIORS 2012!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

rainbow weather.

Even though today was possibly the longest day of my life, and I have been extremely tired all day long, there were still things about today that were amazing. For one, the weather has to be the very best thing about today. Even though it was freezing cold last night as we were doing our senior prank, (which I'll post about tomorrow afternoon) today's weather was absolutely amazing. My most favorite weather for sure: northern Michigan weather that is.
It was beautiful this morning. Frost was on everything when I got up, but later it warmed up a bit and the sky was clear and it was beautiful. Then it started to get cloudy and it began to rain. After it was done raining for a short time it was still cloudy but the sun's rays were coming through parts of the clouds in places. I wish I could have gotten a picture, unfortunately I was driving in Petoskey when I saw this and could not have taken a camera out while changing lanes. This is my favorite weather. Today was like fall weather even though it is spring. It wasn't cold but it wasn't hot, just the right temperature to wear a cardigan or sweater or a light jacket. Which is the best. And the smell from the rain in the air swirling around me in the light breeze on the walk from my car to the college was delightful. Northern Michigan weather is fantastic.

Monday, April 16, 2012

stationery, not stationary.





A couple days ago I looked through some of my old papers and I found some things I forgot I had. One was a letter from an old friend whom I have a lot of history with. The more I go through the things I have, preparing to get rid of a lot and to pick what I will bring when I go off to college, the more I realize how time has been flying, and how it will continue to fly. The year is everything but stationary; it continues to move rather quickly. Graduation is just 41 short days away. My classmates and I, the official Class of 2012, are having our senior prank tomorrow afternoon. It should be a blast. I can't believe how far we've all come. We've grown from inconsiderate, immature freshman to friendly, somewhat mature seniors. Crazy. I know you're excited to see pictures from our prank, but because I have college Wednesday and it is a super busy day for me, I will not have pictures up until Thursday night.
Anyways, I'm off to write a letter back to my dear old friend on some cute stationery I found, to start an exam for one of my college classes, to study some calculus, to pack my stuff for our senior prank, and to watch some criminal minds. Have a wonderful night. (o:




Sunday, April 15, 2012

yours truly.

Dear you,

You've returned again. It makes sense; the two month mark was yesterday. Crazy how time flies, isn't it? It seems like just yesterday we were wrapped up in that blanket...I was doing well without you before you returned the last time, and over the past couple months since you left again too. But of course, you won't leave me long enough to fully recover, will you?

You were in my dreams two nights ago. Today has been an awfully quite day. Quiet enough that you've managed to occupy your place in my mind and open a few wounds in my heart all over again.

What happened the last time we saw eachother, it's still in my thoughts, forever etched in my mind. Lingering there, torturing me. I didn't mean for it to happen how it did. I'm sorry. I never would have tried it all again, let you be so kind, if I knew that after we left that theatre my mind would have changed so drastically. My emotions took hold of me. Everything about that night just made me think twice. Sometimes I wonder if I'm more sorry that I made the decision I did, or that I let you let me make the decision I did. I know it was completely up to me, but after I chose, you let me walk away again. I guess they go hand in hand more than anything...

You said it still exists. I know it does. It takes two. I'm trying to live it right now, but you keep interrupting it. How do you expect it to work for me if you keep making me feel this way? I'm trying to do it on my own, without you, with someone else. I'm trying to give you the opportunity to do it on your own, without me, with someone else. I trying to give you the opportunity to break free from me...to let go.

I'm trying to get myself to let go, but it seems like every so often you find your way back into my mind. And you play your dirty little tricks, I can't believe I'm sitting here tonight thinking about you, typing these words, and A Year From Now starts playing on my ipod. I can't do anything without you on my mind. Not for an extended period of time at least. Can't you let me be?

I haven't heard from you since the morning after that night. I cried the whole way home you know. And not just because of the reasons you think I did. I was scared. There was a snow storm outside. I was emotionally dazed. There was a blizzard in my mind. But I learned more than one thing that night. About myself. About you. About him.

I learned that I'm not strong enough to be with you. That I'm not strong enough to be without him. And that I'll forever love you both. Whether you believe it or not.

Now that I've admitted it, yet again, will you let me sleep tonight? Or will you force me to contact you again before I am able to enjoy a full night of rest? You know as well as I do that being in contact once more will do nothing good for either of us. Please, I will let you go if you let me. I pray for you. I pray for me. I pray for us. I pray that we will some day manage to stay apart or come together. Which ever, I know it is for the better.

If you're thinking of me tonight I hope you dream sweet dreams. Ones that take you far, far away from the thought of me. I hope you have sense enough not to contact me. I won't have the strength to ignore you. You don't really want to go through all that again, do you?

Yours truly,
Me. </3

procrastination...

...prepare to meet your maker!

Today I have gotten so much accomplished! Because I decided to procrastinate over spring break, I had to do 3 scholarships and two scholarship essays, write a college paper, do a discussion post and reply to two others for my online college Child Development class, finish two calculus assignments, draw a still life picture for Art, and read one chapter of Night for English IV because I missed school friday to get my tattoo done. Somehow, I managed to get it all done from 9:30 this morning until about 8:30 tonight.

Oh I know, you're wondering how a senior who is suffering severely from senioritis could have possibly finished all that work in a day without breaking down and saying, 'screw it, I'll do it tomorrow'. For whatever reason, I have been blessed with self motivation and a strong will to get things done. I also know how to get myself to do things. So, thanks to this little cup cake that kept me going, I am free from the burden of school work for the rest of the night. Yay me.


The trick is to tell yourself that you can have it when you're finished, that way you will do things quickly to recieve your delicious reward. It will only work if you do not let yourself have it until you are done. In my situation, I had a ton to do, so I could have even told myself that halfway through I could have half, and when I completely finished I could have the rest. Instead I just stuck it out and enjoyed it quite thoroughly when I finished all of my work.

I seriously love it when I finish everything I need to get done in a day. It is like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Now I can just chill out and relax for the next hour or so before bed.

Young, Wild & Free

Young, Wild & Free by Wiz Khalifa
My senior class members tried getting this to be our class song. When you listen to it you'll understand why the teachers were against it. But it does really for real describe most of my class pretty well. I like it even if I don't do what it says we do.


So what we get drunk?
So what we smoke weed?
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
So what we go out?
That’s how it's supposed to be
Living young and wild and free

Uh, Uh huh
So what I keep ‘em rolled up?
Saggin’ my pants, not caring what I show
Keep it real with my niggas
Keep it player for these hoes
And look clean don't it?
Washed it the other day, watch how you lean on it
Give me some 501 jeans on it
Roll joints bigger than King Kong’s fingers
And smoke them hoes down ’til they stingers
You a class clown and if I skip for the day
I’m with your bitch smokin’ grade A

You know what?
It’s like I’m 17 again
Peach fuzz on my face
Lookin’, on the case
Tryna find a hella taste
Oh my god, I’m on the chase, Chevy
It's gettin’ kinda heavy, relevant, sellin’ it
Dippin’ away, time keeps slippin’ away
Zip in the safe, flippin’ for pay
Tippin’ like I’m drippin’ in paint
Up front, four blunts, like, “Khalifa put the weed in a J”

So what we get drunk?
So what we smoke weed?
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
So what we go out?
That’s how it's supposed to be
Living young and wild and free


And I don't even care
Cause if me and my team in there
There's gonna be some weed in the air
Tell 'em Mac

Blowin' everywhere we goin' and now you knowin'
When I step right up, get my lighter so I can light up

That's how it should be done
Soon as you thinkin' you're down
Find how to turn things around
Now things are lookin' up

From the ground up, pound up, this Taylor Gang
So turn my sound up and mount up and do my thang

Now I'm chillin', fresh outta class, feelin'
Like I'm on my own and I could probably own a building
Got my own car, no job, no children
Had a science project, me and Mac killed it

T-H-C, M-A-C, D-E-V, H-D-3, high as me
This is us, we gon' fuss
And we gon' fight and we gon' roll
And live off life

So what we get drunk?
So what we smoke weed?
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
So what we go out?
That’s how it's supposed to be
Living young and wild and free


Yeah, roll one, smoke one
When you live like this you’re supposed to party
Roll one, smoke one, and we all just having fun
So we just, roll one, smoke one
When you live like this you’re supposed to party
Roll one, smoke one, and we all just having fun

So what we get drunk?
So what we smoke weed?
We’re just having fun
We don’t care who sees
So what we go out?
That’s how it's supposed to be
Living young and wild and free

Saturday, April 14, 2012

WTF #8 - Up/down-do.

Weekly Top Five
Prom is right around the corner, and since I will have to get my hair done I have been looking around for some ideas. So far, this is what I've found.

1. For whatever reason, I really like the side bun idea. I think it has to do with the dress I got. (the first one, only in light blue). I just really think this would look great with the dress.


2. I don't like my hair up because I don't think I have the right face for it, so this would work even better than the first one.


3. This is really cute, because it wouldnt touch the side strap and it's nice and neat. But again, I don't think my hair looks fantastic when it is up.


4. I think this would be perfect. I absolutely love the little flower idea too. I think the only problem might be that the side the shoulder strap of my dress is on is the same side I like my hair to go to. In this picture her hair is on the same side that the strap is on. So imagine the part line and the hair flipped to the other side. That is what I'll probably end up going with. (: 


5. If my hair was this long, I would totally love to do this. I like how the top is all curled and back, but it is still down too. Super pretty.


Leave your questions and comments below. And if you have any ideas that you think would look good let me know! Thank you!

Friday, April 13, 2012

a little ink.

Good afternoon my lovelies, this is the post you’ve all been waiting for! As you know, today is Friday the thirteenth. There is a special going on at one of the local tanning salons/tattoo parlors near my home. Today, and only today, just because it is Friday the thirteenth, they are doing tattoos, piercings, tanning packages, tanning lotions, etc. for only $13.00! So I got up at about 7:00 this morning, missed school, left my house at about 7:50, picked up my mother and my boyfriend, and then arrived to wait in line for 3 and a half hours before getting my tattoo.
Lucky me, I was number thirteen. It cost me $20.00 since it was a little bit more than just a word (words were the tattoos included in the 13 dollar price range). I went in there, and he had me lay down in a chair, and he drew up my tattoo, stuck it on me, and then away he went.




I didn’t cry, and it didn’t turn out to be nearly as painful as everyone told me it would be. However, the tattoo artist did say that it was about a 7 on a scale of 1-10, 10 being most painful. I’m proud of myself. And I’m very happy with it. He did a great job.
So, there you have it. This is what I got in exchange for a little patience, a 20 dollar bill, and 15 minutes of needle on skin! And this coming July I will be getting the words “spread your wings & soar”underneath it.
(directly after it was finished)

(an hour after it was finished, and yes, that is blood)


(the location relative to my entire torso)


Spread your wings & soar!

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