Happy Halloween (more make up pictures!)

Way more elaborate tonight! It's the big day after all! I did a fleur de lis, (it's my favorite shape) and more flourishes. I did it all myself (except the jaw lines, but I did the marks along the jaw). B/c I have brown eyeliner and browns for my make up that's the color theme I went with tonight, and I really wish I had a better camera, because the metallic around my eyes looks amazing! And the brown makes my eyes really stand out (I don't think you can tell in the photos as much)

Saturday Dio De Los Muertos

I FINALLY DID A HALLOWEEN MAKE UP JOB AS A SUGAR SKULL!!!! I've been wanting to do this for three years!


Hair up and with earrings....





Hair down, no earrings....

Life with needles

So last week I sold plasma for the first time and was on the couch recovering the rest of the day. This week they messed up returning blood to me and they couldn't finish, so now I have a bruise on my elbow that kinda fades in and out. But these experiences are teaching me a lot.



1) The guys at the plasma center are all married
2) Be sure to eat and drink as soon as you feel well enough to afterwards
3) When your veins want to pump out blood and the guy wont let you pump your fist to help with blood flow, you can kinda feel it backing up in your arm. Not very comfy.
4) A guy trying to fix the puncture by moving the needle around while inside your arm makes your veins feel achy afterwards.
5) I have some of the best friends and roommates, because on both occasions they all were there to support (and in a few other instances laugh at) me.

Also, I have a brace for my other arm to help with potential carpal tunnel. One of our guy friends is really over protective about it when he's around. Azk had to tell him I wasn't completely helpless. But when he's around I humor him.



It's kind of a hinderance, so I've started taking it off for notes or tests during class, and wearing it the rest of the time. I'm currently not wearing it because I wanted to actually post something. So here! A post for you!

Other things going on in my life
One of the apartment stove burners busted while Azk was cooking on it, scared us both. I've got pictures but only one my phone. If you want to see the burner and the pot, let me know, I'll text you!
My roommates and I have so many inside jokes it's getting ridiculous, and I'm sorta starting to take their speaking mannerisms.
Lastly, I got two packages in one day! One from my amazing grandma and one from my marvelous mother! I'll show you the bag my grandma got me later, once I figure out what I want to use it for. I'm afraid of it getting ruined or dirty. I want it to stay nice as long as possible, but I also want to use it. Decisions decisions.....

Political Copy and Paste

Glenn, motivated by the disgusting phone call, decided to counter the hate with something more positive – a reading of “The New Colossus”:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea‑washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon‑hand

Glows world‑wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air‑bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” Cries she

With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest‑tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

After the poem, Glenn said, “There is only one space. There is only one country. It has been our charge and our duty. I testify to you now that the only reason this country exists is to be a safe haven for those who are not wanted any place else, whether that be a Jew or you. This is the place and the only place on Earth where man can be safe. The minute, the minute we don’t defend that with everything in us, we are done. The Lord will have no place for us. This is not about our money. This isn’t about our lives. This isn’t about our sacred honor. This is about our sacred duty. What part of the symbol of the Statue of Liberty do we not understand? It is to represent the covenant, the covenant that we have, the opportunity that God and this land will provide. Not for you. Not for me. But for those who have been rejected everywhere on Earth. Watch them. See what they can do. Welcome them. You come in the front door.”

“So many people will say, ‘Well, what about all the people who come across our borders?’ I have said this since I started talking about the border. The golden door is enormous. But it is a door. You come in the front door. Anyone who tries to make that door smaller does not understand. But anyone who says you can come in through a window also does not understand. Her flame represents imprisoned lightning. Her mild eyes command. She represents the guardian of the golden door, the beacon. Come here. No one else wants you. Come here. But she also represents a sentinel. Back off. I will protect. Statue is not a statue. All of our American symbols have been bastardized. You only make a statue of someone that large because the idea she represents is larger. And real. But the minute we forget, the minute we twist, the minute we close our eyes, the broken chains at her feet become meaningless and in the eyes of God, so do we.”

Hail Becki

Just sitting around the apartment and suddenly we hear a tremendous noise coming from outside. It was so forceful, we started laughing at it. Becki wanted to run out into it, and so did i, so we ran to check on my bike, to make sure it was ok. Really, it was just an excuse, but it was so fun. Cold feet stepping on hail kinda hurts, but we laughed and ran as fast as we could. There was a river running through our parking lot and hail everywhere. We had fun even if our toes froze. Yep, we were barefoot. Totally rockin'!

Cooking new food for people

I LOVE IT! In my hunger I forgot to get pictures of the potatoes I made, but let me assure you, they were delicious. Will probably make them again, since they're fun and easy to make (and eat). I'll try to get pictures next time!

Trying to eat healthy

But I hate broccoli. It's just so gross. I also got peas, b/c like broccoli I'll eat them if I have to. And I'm telling myself I have to.

Going to try a new recipe tonight, either domino potatoes or sliced baked potatoes. I'm excited because I haven't tried making anything new since moving up here. Wish me luck.

Today was good

I talked to my dad and we got a great deal on plane tickets down to SD for my cousin's wedding! Then I went to devo and got to listen to Sister Elaine Dalton speak, and got her husband to sign my journal (he was closer than she was, and then she went behind him before I could ask her to sign it). Then I come home and mt bridesmaid dress is here! Very exciting, and I look great in it! Today is good.

For those of you asking...

My art site is pondie.deviantart.com/

Enjoy, and ask any questions you might have. Still figuring out how to work the scanner, so the newer drawings are really faint. Hope you can still see them.

I definitely like having new artwork up again, and not taking up space on someone's computer.

Fall away from California

I don't know that I'm a fan, but I know I'll survive it. Fat flurries started falling yesterday, and when I went outside in my long sleeved shirt and pj bottoms (ok, bear with me, I forgot a friend of mine needed help carrying stuff too the lounge and I didn't want to make her wait while I changed into real pants. I wont let it become a habit.) it wasn't that cold, but I wouldn't want to stand around in it. Then this morning it was light drizzle and chill winds. The temperature is just fine WITHOUT WIND CHILL! I only had two classes, both at the other end of campus, and the second time walking that distance I was talking on the phone with a friend who got to hear me shriek a little when the wind started blowing harder. I kept having to switch hands so I could warm up one in my pocket while the other froze. I got to use my armwarmers, and I am SO GLAD I made the stitches tight. They would not be as warm if I didnt, and when I have my hands in my pockets my sleeves don't go to my wrists, so the armwarmers helped MAJORLY. It was worth the sore hands.

Going to Deseret Industries to shop for more warm clothes to help me through this chilly time in my life. I know if I can bundle up I'll be just fine. But I might still occasionally complain.