Polaroids

The Life has been so rad lately. I'm such a content period of happiness. I just feel appreciative of how I've been spending my time & the people in my life. I just feel so happy. I recently got a Polaroid camera - and I love love it. 

I've had a few hang out with friends where I've captured some candid moments :

One of my best friends, Clair and I. She's my weirdest friend and I love it. We decided to do a "mysterious grunge photo shoot" 

My friend Jessica and I sippin on some coffee 

Another best friend and I, Whitney :

Whitney and hanging out with out friend cheyanna before she leaves for California 

My friend Lucas and I having a little mini photo shoot on Valentine's Day :

 

My friend Kasey and her boyfriend snappin some "dirty grunge kid pictures " 

  

I think i love Polaroid pictures more than regular pictures- they're so fun and creative. I love the way they turn your memories into vintage, candid moments ✨💕

West bend & old friends

 This past weekend I made my way to West Bend to see a friend of mine from my time at the Univesity of Milwaukee. I have not seen him in a year and a half. The secound I saw him it was as if nothing had changed.

I always really enjoy my time with Zach because he is one of those people who is always well put together, is down for anything, loves to advneture, and have a good time. There was not one dull moment during my weekend in west bend.

The first night we went to get some fresh cheese and wine! We also got to see the most stunning sunset- zach and I appreicated it for a good 10 minutes while stopped on the road, with every car passing us and hoonking! We didnt care though, it was too beautiful to not take the time to appreciate how alive it made us feel. 

Friday night we made a healthy dinner and drank wine at Zach's boyfriend, Nicks, house. I met some of zachs friends and family. We got drunk and played cards against humanity. It was a realxing night!


The next day Zach and I were amped up! We got up early, got dressed up, drank loads of coffee and then hit the town! We drank komboca, walked around hobby lobby, took a walk, and indulged in other influnces ;) By the time night bowling came around we were well messed up!

We went bowling, got shit drunk and had  a good ole time! Zach, and all his friends and I had a long night of drinking, laughs, good conversation, and some poor bowling skills!

I ended my weekend with Zach by going to a really cool returnt on the river! we got MUCH needed bloody marys and beer!

It was a weekend that warmed my heart and was exactly what I needed.

coffee shops

You can't pour from an empty cup; take care of yourself first.

I love that quote because it is so accurate. You cannot expect to help and fill other people if you, yourself are not spirtually filled. Coffee shops are exactly where I go when I need that time ti fill myself up. Literally and figuatively ;) 

Reasons I love coffee shops:

1.)  I meet MY kind of people. It is always at coffee shops that I meet the best people and baristas.  I meet people who introduce me to new music, people who have new ideas and mindsets to offer me.

2.) Feng Shui: There is something so beautiful to me about a coffee shop with a rustic, vintage, hipster aesthetic. I love going to cute coffee shops, dressed up just because I know the environment itself is exactly my type of place. Nothing like a good enviroment to get you motivated at whatever your task is. 

3.) Travel: While traveling I have made it a habit to try and stop at as many cute, local coffee shops as possible. There is nothing like sipping on a cup of joe at a hip coffee shop during your stay at Austin, TX.

4.) Old & New: Meeting up with either old friends or new.  Coffee shop conversation can never be bad. I have the best times, conversations, laughs, and experiences meeting up with people at coffee shops. The conversation seems to go on and on, and so do the cups of coffee. Two of my favorite things.

5.) Spirtually filled: Anytime I go to a coffee shop I use my free time wonderfully. I either do homework, have a conversation, read a book, color, learn something new, listen to music, the list goes on and on. It is safe to say that coffee shops always just inspire me to me present and use my free time to the maximum. 

These are just somr moments of times I've had at coffee shops 💕☕️

back to school

Being back to school this semester is better than I thought. I think the big difference is I actually, really enjoy my classes! I feel a little lame but there things I would like to learn about in my free time so that makes going to school & being an enthusiastic learner not quite that big of a challenge! 

Ion of my classes: introduction to ethics is very fascinating! I love the way it's structured. It's always debates, and talking about controversial issues. The classes is c erg active, and vocal. There is always group discusion, and everyone trying to figure out what there decision process is! I look forward to seeing how this class will go! 

My other class is politician science! What perfect timing to take this class with the next presidential election being this year! I'm excited about this class because I'm thrilled to actually be educated on politics and actually understand it! 

My other class in taking is principles of sustainablity! It is all about sustaining the earth! This is by far my favorite class because it is right up by alley! We talk about ways to sustain the earth, the the bees to organic farming, to climate change and water pollution! I have also been wanting to become a better environmentalist and I think this class will help push me to do that! It already is and I've only had two classes! This will be good for me. I need to work on shrinking my ecological footprint 😉

It honestly feels so refreshing to be EXCITED about school again! I feel so overwhelmed to have finally found what I want to do, I have never felt so sure about a path being right for me! Non profit management, travel, design thinking, problem solving, environmentalist, and communicating! All my passions in one career path 

What's your perfect day?

My cousin, Cameron, works in L.A at an advertising film company. They had a break in assignments so their boss gave them a film project. It was for them to each film what their perfect day would be from start to finish. Once done, it was easy for each person to think, hmm why do I not do many of the things on my ideal perfect day list daily in my life? So, I decided to write about what my ideal, whole, perfect day would be like. I’m hoping this will inspire me to start adding more authentic things to my days. 

The Perfect Day

* To be honest my perfect day would be traveling the world and living free with adventure and my heart filled with love and foreign land- but I'm going to do my perfect day in a realistic approach- something that would be attainable to do tomorrow if I wanted*

1.) Wake up early (but not too early- because to early would not be apart of my perfect day), lets say around 8am-but honestly more like 9am after I hit snooze a few times ;) 

2.) Get up slowly, this means wake up stretch a little, dance my body awake a little and just rejuvenate my sleeping body

3.) I would make my self a healthy, yummy breakfast. Some fresh fruit, avocado and egg toast with one of my healthy juices, definitely would include coffee in the morning. 

4.) Really enjoy and eat my breakfast slowly- preferably on a porch where I can feel the sun and mindfully listen to the noises around me outside 

5.) Then I would meditate after getting myself all ready to go (workout clothes) I would do an hour long meditation to clear my mind and to set the mood for the day. 

6.) I would go to a yoga class, maybe hot yoga at graces studio

7.) Then I would head to door county (this beautiful place for hiking and nature) and I would hike in Peninsula state park 

8.) After hiking I would head home and maybe get a healthy lunch with a good friend and have good conversation 

9.) After my lunch I would head to a coffee shop, preferably Luna coffee shop, where I would read for hours, do some embroidering, listen to my music, sip on my coffee, plan my next travel adventure, and just indulge in my contentment and hobbies. 

10.) Then after sometime at the coffee shop I would spend some time with my dad for maybe dinner and a movie at his house. 

11.) Then I would head home, take a warm shower, snuggle into bed and watch some Netflix and go to bed relatively early. 

Making a list of your perfect day, just a realistic list, stuff you could actually do tomorrow if you wanted, is actually really nice. Making this list made me feel inspired to start doing these things more; they are in my grasps I just need to stop making excuses and start doing. 

Podcasting

I have been dedicating a lot of time to music recently. I've always been a huge music fan, but this past year I've been researching new music and lots of local stuff. 

I love finding super small, funky artist. BUT- more specifically I've been getting into the actual act of what makes certain genres so unique. A big one for me right now is the indie rock/folk and punk rock/garage rock stuff. 

I have a coworker billy who has been educating me on lots great punk rock ( mainly 90s bands - like sonic youth, Fuzz, Fugazi, etc). Anyways he's super great and actually records his own stuff, like podcasting work. 

What is podcasting? 

a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.

Podcasting can be used for:

1. Self-Guided Walking Tours - Informational content. 

2. Music - Band promotional clips and interviews.

3. Talk Shows - Industry or organizational news, investor news, sportscasts, news coverage and commentaries.

4. Training - Instructional informational materials.

5. Story - Story telling for children or the visually-impaired

I've been quite obsessed with questioning him about his and all that goes behind it ( dealing with all the different pedals and how they all add to the sound of the audio).

I think i am so intrigued because I decided I want to get more into music and what goes behind it. I want to learn how to make my own podcast and learn to play instruments and mess around with audios and recordings. I want to start making my own music and understanding more about music and the terminology and background to stuff. I want to put more time into this hobby.

What sparked this interest in being more involved with music and how it's made and produced came from my favorite artist: shakey graves. He is a one man band and started making his own music just from his home. I love his funky sounds and the breaks in his music. One site explains him like this: 

As Shakey Graves, Rose-Garcia from Austin, Texas, He plays a gnarly composite of blues and folk as a one-man-band of epic sonic proportions. The sound emitted from his hollow body guitar, mildly distorted amp and suitcase drum belie the young singer’s lean frame. He fingerpicks while keeping time with a double-pedal kick drum, hitting a snare fitted into his suitcase drum and a tambourine fashioned to its side. And when he sings, Rose-Garcia unleashes an unearthly howl. Gritty groans and sexy moans carry his stories of both accepting and trying to overcome personal challenges masked with old-timey Western imagery.

This post above explains it all. I want to be able to really HEAR music and know what goes into it all. It fascinates me, especially seeing the quality and uniques that can come from people like shakey graves.

Loft parties

 Lately I've been thinking about time a lot; not necessarily in a bad way. I've just been conscious of it. How fast it goes, how precious it is. I've been having so many beautiful, really in the moment moments. Times where I am just sitting around with friends, or family and just feel so content, pure happiness.

We have these "loft parties" often at out place because we have the perfect set up for parties. Lately the parties have been getting better and bigger. We have so many different groups of people who come together and by the end of the night were all best friends. No one is mean to anyone, there is no fighting just all good vibes. We have coworkers, my old friends, Raeannas old friends, and our new friends and everyone just laughs and loves eachother. 

It's these moments that make me appreciate being a college student. I really value this time of "pre adult" where me and my friends can just hang out, get drunk, smoke, and make dumb decisions. I know it's moments like these that I will be looking back on when I'm older. I am so thankful for this time in my life and all the wonder friends and opportunities I have. 

This loft party was a little better than the rest because we had so many new people come, along with older friends of ours, so we had such an interesting group AND we made our famous pinky pantry droppers, and those always fuck everyone up.

We had photo shoots outside, my friend Jacob did a fire breathing show, we smoked, we drank, and we were just weird.