dislikes as of this exact moment.

I am going to be brutally honest. I have a specific co-worker that I have to work one shift every week that I dread. If there is anyone in this world that I don't get along with or could ever see myself getting along with, it's this guy. He is like the antithesis of me. Everything about him. He is the most cynical and hating person I have ever met. He doesn't enjoy anything. Talking to him is like talking to someone who likes to complain about everything. I will be glad when he finally leaves. I can't stand this shift anymore. It's really starting to get to me lately. Why am I writing this now? Because I have 3 more hours to endure his crap. >: /

179/365

I need to keep up with practicing my Japanese. I haven't done it in a while and I am losing it quickly. I feel ashamed taking so much time to learn the language and here I am, waiting for a placement in Japan, not remembering how to write some basic kanji.

It's time to pull out my textbooks again and start cracking.

スタインハウザー

This is part of the mini challenge of writing on yourself in the 365 days pool. 

The easy thing was remembering how to write the kanji, the hard part was that eyeliner does not like to be used as a pencil. It was a bit trying trying to make the lines thin enough. Also, the contours of you face make it hard to see the characters. I actually put the kanji for the ear on my ear but it didn't get into the shot. :(

If things get moving (I don't know how long I'm going to be waiting for this placement, I was told at the end of this month) I should be in Japan between May-July. That would leave 2 months of this project. But I was thinking of doing another 365, but not necessarily a self portrait 365. One photo a day in Japan of anything that is of interest. (which will be quite a lot) 

178/365

Nose Keeses with my favorite girl.

177/365

This was my 2nd attempt at doing the glitter challenge. In Flickr, you can join groups and these groups have mini challenges. The group titled "Use your face as a canvas" has a challenge every week. This week is using glitter on the face. You do your picture and then post it to a thread and each week a winner is picked out of the bunch. So, this may be a weak one, but I hope it can at least be in for the running for best glitter photo. 

I've been on a Ki-Duk Kim kick the last few days. I've watched 3-iron, Time, Breath, and Samaritan Girl. I've already seen Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and The Bow. I'll be watching Dream, Address Unknown, and The Isle next. He's a pretty amazing Korean director. 

You wonder what I do in my spare time? Yep, watch nothing but movies and take pictures. 

I must be the most boring person alive. 

I also wish that I would get a placement soon. I'm ready to go. 

176/365

I had a horrible time with this one. My original idea was to bring out glitter on a mask of black. I thought it would work out that way and the glitter would show through more than any other color. Boy was I wrong.
This was my final image:

It came out ugly and wrong.

This was how I really felt about it:

Then my lovely friends decided to tell me "Happy Black History Month!" Ugh. That is not what I meant to do with the black paint. I have to admit, it does look like I'm doing black face. So, I erased it and just went ahead and posted this as my final 176. All in all, this one was an utter failure. 

Final 176/365:

175/365 Empty roads, Empty trees

It was 77 degrees yesterday. It was about 55 degrees today. Tomorrow? Snow. WHAT??!?

Dear Texas, please make up your mind.

I really loved the 70 degree weather. It was nice to enjoy the sun for a bit. 

174/365 gypsy

View On Black

I've been listening to a lot of Joanna Newsom (new album) and Bat for Lashes the past day. I felt a bit inspired by the music

and did my own interpretation of what I would look like as a gypsy.

173/365

I got to spend time with my favorite ladies tonight. There is nothing better than laughing until you cry about childhood memories. I love doing this. It needs to happen more. Kelly and Krystal were there but out of the picture. My reach extends only a couple of feet. I love them all to death.

172/365

Experimentation at it's best (or worst?). It may be over processed. Even so, I like the way it turned out. I like my little ghost. 

or this one?

I dunno. They are both silly. But, I enjoyed results of just the general hair flipping photos.

171/365 Be Silent.

170/365

I hear David Lee Roth screaming somewhere when I look at this photo. "Might as well Jump!"

169/365 My Protector

168/365 Peace of mind

If I ever get back down
Find a map that takes me back
Through the wounded, through the wars
To a time that came before

167/365

I like this photo for two reasons.
1. my bra strap.
2. proof my hair never ever wants to do anything other than lay completely flat.
Those curls were literally tight single curls exactly 5 minutes before I shot anything.
10 minutes later, they were all but gone.

166/365

Welcome to reality. No gimmicks, no makeup, no nothin'.

165/365

I'm getting tired of the black background-shoulder and above-face pictures. I won't leave them completely, but I'm feeling burnt out on it. And I'm sure that the mass majority of everyone has hid me because of my picture a day project. Gotta finish what I started. I have 200 more to go.

164/365 Creep

Felt like being creepy. I actually started this out in complete color, but I tried the black and white and it seemed more effective. I got the idea from a Chinese movie I was watching called Storm Warriors II. God, that was laborious to sit through. But, I saw one of the dudes with yellow irises and red sclera. So,  I originally had that done, but like I said, it seems to work better for me personally in b&w. 

Yay. 2 days off. I get to stay home when it's all gross outside tomorrow. I have me some movie watching and plenty of book reading to keep me entertained. I look forward to those relaxation days. 

163/365 Sunburn

She burns like the sun
And I can't look away
And she'll burn our horizons make no mistake 

162/365

I was so lazy today. This is about all I could do before going to work.

161/365 Where's my Unicorn?

This was supposed to be for yesterday. I did another tutorial and it took longer than I anticipated, so it's up late. It's a bit silly, but it's exactly how the tutorial was set up. You can make yourself instantly modern-olan-mills-rad! You also look so completely fake. I feel like a bolt of lightning should run through it and put it on a tshirt.

You know what would make this picture better? A Unicorn.

160/365

Just experimenting today. I had no idea what I was doing. So, it's just makeup plus random photoshopping.

159/365

They say for every high
There must be a low.
For every sun ascending
A lonesome moon will grow.
Drive my heart, drive my heart
Into the fire of a burning heart's
desire
A lonely spell so you be seen,
Do you hear me coming from my
blue dream?
Lonely, lonely, lonely
Cause my mama told me
The dream of love is a
two hearted dream ... 

View On Black

158/365

My silly dog made my stupid idea so much better. I was going to do one of those cliche back poses and Kaya decided to snoop around me while the camera went off. So, instead of a cliche back picture, you get to see what we call her "holy trinity." She has two whirls that look like two extra butt holes. This out take was so much better than my idea.

157/365

I didn't have much energy to do much today. 

156/365

Did a tutorial for this one and it actually came out just like I wanted it to. 

155/365

Damn proud of this one. 

All make up and enhancement with photoshop. The hair looks funny, but like I said, this one is in my top faves. Dedicated to one of my personal heroes.

154/365

fireflies. 

texture by Pareerica

View On Black

I'd like to finally get back on track doing my 365 around midnight on the day that the pic is due. Some days it's gonna have to be later on in the day, but I want to get back on track.