Crazy Christmas Collaborations

La familia…

We were all getting situated, as I set up the camera trying to fit everything & everyone in, I turn around to find my dear dad crawling into that small corner you see him in, behind the tree, behind the couch.. like a true lurker!  I told him to stop his lurking and come out from there, but by then the camera timer was already set and ready  (his refusal to come out aside) – as my mom and I were attempting to  to stop laughing by the time the timer counted down.  My family: someone’s always doing something they shouldn’t.. *siGh.. yet somehow we always manage to pull it together : )

❤ em wouldn’t trade em!   : D

Spotted!: Gazing away…

Gazing ball fun 🙂

Happy New Year : )

Happy 2012 everyone!

A very calm new year’s celebration amongst friends..  hoped to make it out to the beach to capture the first sunrise, apparently my dad had other plans – winding up in the ER after a short ambulance ride.  Atypical for him to be overly dramatic, he is fine, simply an OD on the good stuff and a lack of sleep *pHew and sheesh. It brought the family together though (in a rather strange way..), and luckily we were all smiling & laughing about it through our delirium (and even more luckily I had an iced coffee prepped by my friend that night!).

I did manage to catch the new sun rays poking through the trees as I drove home  : )

Loved

Here is my “boss” and I (who I have known for the last 10 years or so), on my last day of work at the college prior to Christmas break.  Making the transfer to the University means I have to leave my work-study position with her… bittersweet!!  We’ve definitely had some good times, bad times, interesting times… and everything else that may fall in between – Love this lil lady  🙂

Mum’s the word

My mom makes some of the most incredible edible creations in the kitchen…  mMmm nom nomm..  Here, some cookies she baked for Christmas (there were other shapes as well, but they somehow vanished b4 I was able to photograph em.  oOops).  An amazingly strong woman (with infinite amounts of patience!), she inspires me to go further, learn more, and be more patient with everything really;  she endures.  She makes me laugh my a** off, she drives me crazy, and I couldn’t love her more ❤   Here’s to my mum!

Fooling around w/ the forward-facing cam on my phone a while back yielded the ear-lickin’ pic (lol)-  The other is of her nom nom Christmas cookies b4 they were devoured  🙂

‘nuf said

Halloween

This was another option I tried for Halloween (peacock) makeup.  Ultimately ended up using acrylic paint as eyeshadow (ladies: I do not necessarily condone this, however, that said: it endured the course of the wild night, colors were 10-fold more intense than shadow, and didn’t cause my friend and I any problems –just keep it out of the eye, duh*).

 

We finally re-did a shoot w/ our costumes..  click >>here<< to see the rest

Spotted: world mappin’ w/ Mishi

Traveled with my best friend Mike for  an amazing 6 weeks in Europe quite a few years back to visit my fam.  Here are some (very) quick highlights..

Here we are at the Orlando International Airport, waving our goodbyes – I still couldn’t believe someone I actually knew was going to see the rest of my fam, and experience Europe for the first time!  Only super stoked, can you tell?

We were in Munich, Germany, first.  This was some beautiful graffiti at Kunstpark Ost – where they also had a really rad market on weekends:

Then Mike tried his hand at it, on my back (he’s amazingly artistically inclined):

We goofed off a bit on rainy days 🙂

Impromptu visit to Ibiza, Spain, for a quick 15 days…
(amazing weather, amazing water, amazing times w/ great ppl) :

Over to Budapest, Hungary:

Ending our trip in Berlin, Germany.  This was after we traipsed Love Parade– not sure what time it was, but a great time it was, that’s for sure!  : )

Yea, mainly pics of me which I don’t do on the regular, I will add other more scenic ones as I get them loaded – there are some other really awesome/funny/great ones!

Power vs Force

The first thing I have to say about this book is that you have to be ready for it.

I had it for a few years before I could actually read it all the way through.  Sound funny?  Yea, even I realize it kinda does..  Well, I attempted it a few times but it just wasn’t my time to “get” it; it will let you know when you should read it!  It is excellently written, and intensely intriguing.  I heard a friend of mine speak of it in conversation one day while visiting in Sanibel (his father is a Kinesiologist -this really piqued my interest) so I made a mental note of it -soon after which I purchased it.  Then it sat upon my shelf for quite some time.

As the title implies, it is the idea of Power vs Force – and the actual difference between the two; supported by his knowledge as a psychiatrist,  Dr. Hawkins (MD!) uses theoretical concepts from particle physics, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos theory to support his study of human behavior.  Like I said, it’s something you have to be ready for : )

It is a very powerful read, it will take some time to digest, and it can change your life.

I will be re-reading it soon after I finish Intimations of Infinity (but that’s a post for later time!).  I cannot begin to explain more about it, but I do encourage for you to check into it and find out more, and to simply see if it would be something of interest to you (click the image!).  As I come back around to it, I will make another post with more comments, etc.

(As you will come to find, I highly admire Mother Teresa…  needless to say an amazing and inspirational human being.. she commented about this work:

“A beautiful gift of writing… (You) spread joy, love, and compassion through what you write. The fruit of these three is peace, as you know…”

Templeton/Nobel Peace Prize recipient, anointed Blessed Teresa. –Just sayin.)

**On a side note…  and as this cover may beg: are we “defined” by our opposite?..  Do opposites really attract?..  food for further thought.

Love (in lotion)

“Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love.”

-Dalai Lama

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