210/365 yellow

Blue has always been my favorite color. Even when I was a little girl. But, yellow has always come a close second. Maybe because it's so bright and lifts your spirits. Not to mention that blue and yellow compliment each other.

I'm posting this early because tonight I'm in a movie trivia contest with my work against a competing video store. I'll be up on stage answering all the questions wrong. Or answering any question about Willow correctly. Hopefully they will give us a fantasy film topic. Or Terry Gilliam. I can answer most any question about those right. Sigh. Wish us luck! We are the reigning champions as of this last year, tonight we see if we can hold on to it.

209/365 Orange peel

Orange. オレンジ。Anaranjado. chéng.

208/365 Red

I think I'm gonna try out my color scheme again. I wasn't intentionally doing a color scheme before, but I think now I will. This time I'm going to try to keep them all similar in how they look. All but the color will be desaturated. So here is red. Next, orange.

207/365 Steamin' and Punkin'

Just experimenting.

206/365 Spring is almost here

I love it when the weather is like this. The air is cool but the sun warms you up. It's beautiful outside. I wish it would stay this way for more than 1 month. That's all I get of this type of weather in Texas. Next, it's just hot. And stays that way. 

205/365

There is an emulation challenge in a Flickr group called My face is my canvas. The challenge is to use geometric shapes on the face. So, I found a picture of African children with this design on their face. So, it's my contribution to that group challenge this week. It came out to be a strange, but an interesting interpretation. Texture by playing with brushes

204/365 Distorted Beauty

What is considered beautiful these days?You take a look back 60 years and a woman with curves was considered beautiful. Today, it's the pin thin emaciated look. Why? How did the evolution of beauty become this? I can't understand it. texture by playing with brushes.

203/365 Blech

Least effort ever. I'm so not feeling it today and the effort I put into this is laughable. It's also late. Shows how "on it" I am today.

202/365 Falling

I can't believe I'm past 200 photos now. I'm looking back on the first few and see how far I've come. I definitely know how to layer things now. That's for sure. 

I took this photo balancing on a stool. It took all of my ab muscles to not fall off. It also took a lot to keep my upper body and lower body in position. So, by the end of the photos, my stomach hurt pretty badly. 

Another day has gone by and the next is soon to come. It seems days fly by lately. It's rather weird. As a kid things seemed to take forever. Once I hit 21, it's been a non-stop ride. 

201/365

Kaya got a much needed bath, haircut, and toenail trim today. Let's just say she wasn't too happy with me the rest of the day. 

200/365 Another day devoted to Musing

This was taken when we went to see Thurston Moore earlier on in the day. I didn't plan to do any SXSW stuff, but somehow it happened.

This is late. I know. Today has been nutso. I had the plan of seeing Muse tonight at Stubb's, but I was to be  on the grassy knoll across the venue. Only badges were allowed in and so I had to opt for the uber-fan-listening-from-outside-the-venue spot. Well, that was all good. But, before the show, I waited outside the side entrance with a gaggle of other retarded girls. And here came Dom (drummer) sauntering down the walkway. He didn't stop to say hi, just a simple wave. Whatever. Then Matt (singer) came out as well.

He was the sweetest. He stopped going down the runway and turned around and told his bodyguard to come to us. So, as kind as he was to stop and take some photos and sign some girls stuff, I was pushed and pulled to the point that getting a picture with him was cut off. He was literally a foot away from me and then he said "Okay, no more. Thanks." So, I didn't get anything signed or get a picture with him. All I got was a picture OF him. Oh well. That's as close as I'm going to be ever to that guy in my life. Better that than nothing!

The thing that made my night was at the end of the show, Chris (bassist) came out the side entrance to leave. He kindly came up and also did what Matt had done. I was again pushed and pulled by a million people, but I put my hand out and he looked me straight in the eye, smiled, and shook it. Yeah. 

That made my night. He was kind enough to give me an actual smile and a shake of the hand. It may sound stupid to others, but being as huge as they are, the fact Matt and Chris took the time out to greet some of their fans meant a lot. Dom on the other hand I've had the feeling for quite some time that he may be the one that has the big rock star ego. I dunno. I can be completely wrong. I should stop contemplating this over people I don't know. I guess it just leaves an impression when 2 of the band members go out of their way to greet and be sweet to their fans. 

I really love Muse. Another night devoted to my favorite band and I'm happy I did. I got to see all three up close and personal and even say hello and shake their hands. 

:)

199/365 Muser

Saw my second arena Muse show. All I can say is "......." Speechless. They just keep reinforcing that they are a force to be reckoned with and there is a reason I love this band.
I have seen the last two tours now. What I woudn't give to go back in time and see the Absolution tour. I was turned onto Muse around 2001 or so. I have been following them since and once Showbiz was in my hands, I was hooked.
This is my favorite band and this is my dedication. 

198/365 Lost

Yes, I am an entire day early to posting this. But, looking at my next two days, I won't have time for any picture taking. So, I had to do both my pictures today. One for The Fall and one for just a general 365. 

Tomorrow I have to work a double shift. Then I come home, go to sleep, get up, and then head to Dallas to see Muse with my brother. I think they are going to be a secret show during SXSW as well. But, I'm going to go see them in their full stage production set. If they play, I can't imagine the Austin Music Hall or Stubb's being the full visual show. Either way, I'm looking forward to Wednesday night.

Tomorrow, I'm not looking forward to so much. 

I should probably go get some sleep. I'm hoping I go into work tomorrow and not have to see a particular face. If I do, then things in the store are going to be pretty quiet.

197/365 The Fall

This is very much an abstraction of one of my favorite films, Tarsem's The Fall. He ties together so many elements that just create this immaculate landscape of beauty. He creates images like i've never seen before. The film isn't scared to use color. It's not afraid to use objects and abstraction of forms to represent it's ideas and how to tell the story. It crosses the real world with a dream-like world that has an amazing landscape. 

The characters are fantastic. The little girl in the film, I personally believe, is not acting. She truly seems to be the little girl that is her character. (I don't know if that makes sense) But, basically this film takes so many things that I love and pulls it together with a heart wrenching story. Tarsem is not afraid of art. Or abstraction of art in this film. It's simply a gorgeous feast for the eyes. So, my picture is just a 

representation or take on the film. I did include the butterfly and flower to create a face similar to the one in the poster. In my own way.

I've also noticed a common theme with me and my favorite movies. They have amazing scores/soundtracks. I fall in love not only with the storytelling, visuals, and characters, but I also fall in love with the music. Perfume and Willow are by far my favorite film soundtracks. But, all my favorite films have these emotional or just simply addictive soundtracks. The Fall has an incredible score as well.

I love this movie.

196/365

Same shoot from earlier yesterday. I liked this shot too much to not use it in my 365, hence the wig. I have to give props to my other set of hands, Stephen. He shot this and it turned out beautifully. 

195/365

Of course, one of my favorite films of all time is The Dark Crystal. I had to become a gelfling.

I also had to have Fizgig join me in my photo. That's actually my little miniature sized fizgig that goes with my Kira and Jen dolls. Yes, I have Kira and Jen dolls.  Boy, I have more than that too. That's just the tip of the iceberg in how crazy I am for movie memorabilia of films that I love. 

I have this dream that one day, when I have my own home, I'm going to have either shelves or a room just devoted to all my awesome movie stuff. Or I'll have it displayed around the house. All I know is that I already need a serious cabinet to hold all my things. 

The other movies I'd like to do are The Labyrinth, Willow, and The Princess Bride. I'm not sure how to pull any of those off. I had to go buy that wig for this picture. So, when these pictures start costing me money, it's not bueno.

194/365

If you want to save our world, you must hurry. We don't know how much longer we can withstand the nothing.  

Movie Series #3. Can you guess the movie? Disclaimer: those are NOT my boobs.

Ha. Right now, if you look at this photo and the title of my blog, you get my obsession with this movie a little bit more.

Neverending Story = win.

193/365 Tonari no Totoro

I love Studio Ghibli films. My personal favorite is either Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.

But, I had to try and do one with Totoro since he is the iconic symbol of the company.

It really came out akwardly. I'm too fuzzy due to lack of lighting outside. 

But still, the thought of meeting a real life totoro would send me into a screaming happy fit. 

What I wouldn't give to ride the cat bus or call Totoro my friend. 

I did try to do something for The Fall. I even went and bought the spanish style hat and a mask. Unfortunately, those came out horrrrrrrrible. I couldn't do anything with them. I just look like a girl in a weird hat and mask. I am going to have to really think hard on how to represent that film. It's visual eye candy. So, I guess I need to sleep on it. 

I might step away from the film series now and then and come back to it. I have a lot of movies that would be hard to represent. Like Neverending Story or Willow. I might try to be the princess that needs a name in Neverending story, but I really just need to think it over. 

I think Explore is like lightning. If it hits, it'll probably hit once if ever. I'm not a consistent person when it comes to putting out high quality photos. Mine are just what they are. This Totoro is so different from my Perfume shot. Some people can just pump them out. Usually those people are legit photographers and/or just retardedly talented. I've come to the conclusion that I'm in the middle. I'm not bad per say, but I'm not fantastic. I think mine has to do with luck. Seems to be the only luck I may have every once in a while. The stars align just right and I can take a good picture. Then you have my totoro picture which was just stupid fun to make, but in no way a photographic masterpiece. ha! 

God, it's 5am. Time for bed.

192/365 Perfume

Like I said in my previous post, Erica inspired me to do a movie themed 365 set. So, I decided to do my favorite film Perfume: Story of a Murderer as my first themed 365. Oh boy. Little did I know that 

this would get my my first Explore on Flickr! 

I am so excited! If it wasn't for Erica, I wouldn't have done this photo and I wouldn't have done much of anything last night. 

So, I'm proud of this one. It represents one of my most favorite films and it came out just like 

it was supposed to in my head. 

I think tonight I'm going to do The Fall. I've been playing around with the idea of either Monoke or Totoro, and I think Totoro might be easier. But, I'm going to mull over those a bit longer. I'm gonna see what I can do with The Fall. 

191/365 still freakin' sick

I got home from work yesterday, celebrated my sis's 9th birthday and then I did exactly this. I felt so much like crap still that I didn't want to move. But, then I saw my friend Erica's movie inspired 365 and she gave me a much needed kick in the butt. 

190/365

Today was just too pretty to not get outside. Even for a little bit. I've been sick since Thursday with really bad bronchitis and a sinus infection that will not go away. They are still hurting me daily even though I've been on a regiment of antibiotics. Story of MY life. 

I watched a really good Argentinian horror last night called The Appeared and then followed it up with The White Ribbon. Can't say that I enjoyed that one as much. 

Another thing that seems to separate me from the crowd. Work is as expected. 

People just acting strangely because they either know my side of the story or Austin's side of the story.

Hacking. Ha. Yeah right. Learn how to close out your damn email and maybe 

I won't have to see it when you have something to hide.

more from today:

189/365 Anime-tion

It's kind of unsettling seeing this picture. Why do anime characters have their eyes so big and their noses almost non-existant? It's an interesting effect on a real life body. 

188/365 Lovechild

I went a bit texture happy, but whatever, I like it. 

187/365

This was for 3/6/10. I'm just now getting around to uploading it. I've spent my most of the last two days sleeping and watching movies. 

The Secret of Kells was particularly a great film. I wish it had more of a chance against Up, but Up is also so good that it deserves the oscar nod as well. 

Watched The Isle (a rather disturbing Ki-duk Kim film), Rec 2 (not that bad), Posession (a Korean horror film that was great until the ending), and I'm about to watch the next episode of Spartacus. It's kind of a guilty pleasure along with Vampire Diaries. 

I sent my recruiter a message in hopes of getting a response on the possibility of a timeline of when I can look forward to placement. So far, nothing. 

After the whole situation with my coworker, I'm really ready to move on. I realize I have a degree and should be using it to make more than 7.50 an hour. Also, the drama and ridiculous backstabbing that occurs there is just amazing. It's like the people who work there have nothing better to do than scheme and basically try to make everyone else unhappy because they haven't done anything better with their life. 

So many people are two-faced, it's just depressing. I've found a handful of friend that I know would last a lifetime, but I've found more who are just sad disgusting shells of people. 

I think the ones who work their a few years and then move on are smart to do so. It's a vortex that is hard to escape. I dunno why, but it truly is. 

Enough with the sour notes. I'm still just reeling from how insane wednesday turned out to be. 

And also how fickle and a liar that certain coworker could be. 

186/365 i'm feeling pretty crappy

Following a very stressful and incredibly retarded situation with my coworker, I had the luck to get nice and sick. 3 times over. Bronchitis, Sinus infection, and asthmatic lungs. Awesomeness. 

My throat is so raw and my nose is like cement was poured in it and nothing is coming in or out. 

Breathing with only my mouth is ridiculous. I ate once today. I think I was not hungry at all today

because my throat hurt so bad and my stomach was being fed whatever what was running down my throat. I sound like I've smoked all my life. I called my mom just to scream "Get off my lawn!" in my new smoker lady voice because I sound like I've switched places with that dead social worker lady

in Beetlejuice. 

The whole situation with my coworker will work out as it will. He did something wrong and somehow he's trying to look in any direction he can and dig a hole for himself with all the excuses and 

petty insults that he can think of. If he would just say sorry and that what he was doing 

was shitty, I might have just gotten upset but it wouldn't have turned out to be the 

circus it has become. I work with him twice a week and at this point, those two days are going to be

really uncomfortable. 

I can only just hope that things will work out. 

185/365

bad day.

back-stabbing co-workers.

But, I take in solace that I haven't done anything wrong and the situation only makes those 

responsible look like idiots.

Or, if there is any justice in this world, it will.

184/365

Keepin' it simple. 

I got lightroom yesterday and I haven't had a chance to really fart around with it too much. So, I'm excited in the days to come when I can play around with it more. 

183/365 I Stay Away

Why you act frightened?
I am enlightened
Your weakness builds me, so someday you'll see

I stay away
R.I.P. Layne Staley

Did I ever tell you guys that I was an extra in the move "Singles?" :D

Flashing back to 1994 and my middle school grunge days.

182/365

 I think the human body has the most beautiful shapes when photographed well with the right amount of light and the right pose. I have to admit I admire nude photographs and it's probably why I take pictures of myself so often without a shirt on (but tastefully). I love necks and arms especially. There is something so beautiful about both.

181/365

"ewwww. They're kissing"
-my brother, age 4 in 1994

180/365

I have to be at work in 30 minutes.
No fancy attempts today or good photo work.
Workin' til 2am. ugh.