Change of Plans, New York, etc.

so, i try my hardest to be realistic. which is why i now have a change of plans. the trip to France would cost about $5,000, mostly fund-raised. but still, fund-raising that much in less than 9 months would be incredibly difficult! and i'm only a freshman, so i can just go my junior year to France and actually have time to raise the money for it. it's okay that i have to wait, though, because i have discovered Art Club! and guess what?!? they are going on a trip to New York summer of 2010!!! that's almost as good as France, and (hopefully) way less expensive! i am having a wonderful year so far... busy... fun... and most of all exciting! :D

i also found the picture above. it's lovely :) credit goes to Remdell

DANCE

i was flipping through my 20 tv channels and happened to end up watching a special best of So You Think You Can Dance... and oh WOW! i am impressed! the routines were just amazing and beautiful! they moved me to tears, i mean they were just THAT good! so i had to share my two favorites.

High School

so far i love high school! it's going great! the open campus is the best, my teachers are all nice, and i got classes with all my friends! this year i'm taking General Art, Lifetime Sports, Earth Science, Global Studies, French 1, Algebra 1, and Honors English. Plus i just found out that there is a relatively good chance that i might get to go to France next summer with the French Club!!!!!!!!!! i'm soo freaking excited!! it's been my dream for years to go to France!


it's so beautiful!!!! i haven't even gone yet but i'm already completely in love with the place!

Things I Love

i am secretly terribly girly. and this blog is pretty much proof of that. too bad no one reads it, i feel like i'm just talking to myself. anyways, here's a list of things that i love, maybe it'll cheer me up because my first day of high-school is tomorrow. 1. i love the Diana F+ Snowcat. i mean seriously, this is the cutest camera ever! i only wish it was a polaroid camera, then i would by it in a heartbeat!

2. blue typewriters.

3. this adorable necklace by Yellowgoat.

Awesome Sauce Shirts

Threadless Monday's

I WANT THEM ALL.

Song of the Day

here's Wordplay by Jason Mraz. i'm so happy, he's having a concert in September right by where i live!! can't wait!

YellowGoat

photo belongs to yellowgoat! (hint: click on the picture)

i was given this adorable necklace for my birthday! i love it!

Tea Latte Love

really, nothing beats drinking a tea latte on the back porch with a good book, sketchpad, and some pens and pencils. nothing. especially when there is no school. i wish i had my own condo and could just sit back and draw and drink lattes for the rest of my life. that would be perfection. unfortunately, i still have four years of school, then college, and then i'm expected to get a "practical" job. yeah right. since i'm one of those people that constantly thinks about the future and makes meticulous plans that never work out quite like they should. so, of course, i have a dream right now of one day owning a boutique. the walls would be covered in my own and others art. we'd sell all kinds of cute, vintage, handmade items. going with the title of this post, we'd sell the best, most delicious lattes. then life would be love.

here's an inspiring stanza from the poem Coffee Shop Memoirs.

Sometimes life fits in a coffee cup,
Sometimes inspiration pours out slowly like a packet of honey,
And sometimes it all mixes together
Like liquid incandescence that I drink right after brewing.

isn't it lovely? i think so.

Home Is...

these are all from a very interesting and cute project, This Is Home

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also...

Social Designer: Goods for the Greater Good,
500 pencils, 20 months, 33 dollars. oh-em-gee! coloured pencil love!


goodnight!

Happy Birthday To Me :D

YAY! today i am 15!! i can drive, no bills, only a few more years of school!!!!!!!!!!!

Alice In Wonderland

EDITORIAL: Alice In Wonderland
MAGAZINE: Vogue December 2003
MODELS: Natalia Vodianova
PHOTOGRAPHER: Annie Leibovitz

i am super excited about the new Alice In Wonderland movie! The above photo shoot is just in time for the movie's trailer's release. All this makes me want to watch the original Alice In Wonderland movie. Especially the 1999 version, which is my favorite.




Of course, the my favorite part of all the movies is the Cheshire Cat.


“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Alice asked sweetly of the cat with a grin as devilish as anything she had ever seen. “ That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” replied our Cat

Cuteness

i have to make these hamburger cupcakes! they are super cute!

Summer Days

Summer Children We Were

ii.

we carved animals
from ivory castles
floating in the sun. we were
the doting spring mayflies
twisting upon meadows,
wreathing lilies between
toes, breathing --

iii.

between the sheets
of golden chaff,
she whispered, “let’s dance in the rain
on the cobblestone streets
before the singing rosebud
mutes her swollen gown.’
:
past the shivering
moon we snuck
with shadows tucked
into dreams. we were
waltzing toy soldiers,
our peace-broken holsters
licking the finger-drawn creases.
:
her humid words lingered
against my pallid cheeks.

iv.

over breakfast she spilled
her warm cherry wine
and the tablecloth sea bled.
‘hell hath no fury
for the dead,’ she wept,
‘look, love
it snows --

i.

strangers, we were
:
our lost nets crossed
over a butterfly. i caught
the swallowtail, she,
my heart

clumsily, we exchanged
names --
i, orpheus;
she, persephone

~ by Jonzoiplu

i wish that the summer would last forever, but it is already almost at an end...

An Alternate Reality

Hidden Passageway.
An alternate world
Reflected in light.
Glass figures and
Distorted faces.
The opposite,
And yet the same.

Hidden Portal.
Where the lost things go
A secret dark star
Disappearing
In fragments of earth.
Only re-emerging,
In journey.

Hidden World.
Life's own cryptic
Universe.
A mirage of
All reality.
The buried meaning
Inside the mind.

~ Nicole Larsen (me)

A Little Inspiration

certaines choses sont belles ...

certains seront toujours

Conjoined Yetis For The Win

Images With Words

Her Morning Elegance

Oren Lavie - Her morning elegance from Mimì on Vimeo.

i discovered this video on youtube the other day and realized i Have to share it. i can't even imagine the amount of work that went into making this, but the results are just amazing. Her Morning Elegance so creative and the music is excellent. Oren Lavie is a great artist and i'm just sad i didn't discover him sooner.

Three- Dimensional Life

i very much want a pair of 3D glasses right now. i'll wear them on my head and the world will show it's self in a whole new perspective.

Images with words

i can read, can you?

...the picture says it all...

this photo is a part of a project i love called "your message here" that somethings hiding in here is doing.

Here's A Story From North America...

Story from North America from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

this is one of the strangest things i've ever seen and i absolutely LOVE it! i watched it over and over again. it has great animation and is wonderfully creative. be sure to check out some other stuff by Kristen Lepore, she's just great!