Girls with Glasses

So my posts have been dwindling as the semester winds down - three more weeks to go! As much as I'm ready for it to be over, I have a mountain of work to get done in that time, so it's a little stressful as well. But the exciting part getting me through is I'll be done with my first year of grad school AND then be off to Finland for the summer - that's some pretty serious motivation.

I ran across this last night while perusing my usual blogs, and I had to post about it, as a fellow girl with glasses. Not exactly sure what the show is going to consist of, but I loved the theme song and accompanying animation. Reason still to be taking more photos...

I Am A Girl - The Girls With Glasses Theme Song from The Girls With Glasses on Vimeo.

Film Inspiration

Eric (my brother) posted some film he shot lately, and it's definitely inspiring me to keep using my Holga (and finally get my finished rolls developed)...

In the Pink

My good friends know I spend, well, an excessive amount of time reading design blogs. I like to think it's just part of my morning ritual and inspiration for the day. One of my favorites, Coco+Kelley, had a Valentine's day post for single girls, invoking them to embrace their singlehood and decorate with pink while they still could. While I always tend to hover toward my favorite palette of "any shade of blue", I realized going through my saved images, that I have a lot of love for pink as well. Hmm, inspiration for my next apartment?

Oh, how I would love this front door (and house, too).

Work of Moises Esquenazi, via Desire to Inspire

Betsey Johnson's old New York apartment dining room. Can I have that chandelier, too?

My dream closet! - can't remember where I pulled this from.

Photographer Brandon Barre via Desire to Inspire

Vignette from Kelly Wearstler

Heart Art

Call me the eternal optimist, but even though I'm going to spend Valentine's Day solo, I still find all the paraphernalia that comes along with it adorable (my mom also is a great stand-in for the holiday, which I'll admit, I love). DPA sent me some holiday-related art today, and I couldn't help but smile - loving all the hearts! I would even go as far as saying for the next few days, I might not even hate the color red :).

In the holiday spirit, I watched "New York I Love You" last night, and really enjoyed it. Plus, the residents of the Blue House made a Valentine's Day cake (pink frosting, heart sprinkles and all) - guess we're really becoming domestic as we're cooped up waiting for this Blizzard to end.

Snowpacaplyse/Snowmageddon hits D.C.

Ahh, the snow is beginning to pile up... apparently we're in for the worst storm DC has seen in the last decade or so. Luckily, I was prepared this time - moved my car to Catholic's garage, and managed to endure the craziness that was Giant Grocery yesterday (seriously, people panicking because there wasn't enough water, and lines that extended down the food aisles).

So, I'm spending the day at home, curled up, catching up on some homework (or pretending to at least). My big adventure for the day was finally tackling the French Press I bought last semester, and was proud of the pot I brewed this morning.

The snow is supposed to stop late tonight, and I'm going to venture out at some point. Eric got me an Holga camera for my birthday, and I'm excited to (finally) start shooting some film again.

Looking out my bedroom window - at 9 this morning - with another 12 hours of snow predicted.

The Third & The Seventh

I should probably be asleep getting a good night's rest before I'm back to school tomorrow, but my brother sent me this architectural video today, which I really enjoyed (and felt like a cool and/or nerdy architecture student as I identified all the buildings ;) ):

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo

Now, I have no intention of creating films this semester, but it definitely inspired me to get out my camera and start shooting again.

Am I crazy or what?

I've had a nice, relaxing time while at home the last few weeks. And, while one of my New Year's resolutions is to make the best out of (seemingly) negative situations, I do have to point out the craziness of my life's change of scenery. I have given up this:

Sunset last night in Venice

For this:

Snowstorm I witnessed at the end of December in DC

I am definitely not mentally prepared to head back into cold weather. Although, if anything my decision to head back to DC has made me more appreciative of my California roots - which I am sure to my parents' utter happiness, I plan to return to when I finish school.

My other big resolution is to really try to strike a better balance between school and life (since I had none of the latter last semester), so stay tuned, I am finally going to start having some DC adventures to blog about - through the snow and all! Off to go enjoy my last few days in California!