My 19th Birthday

Last Sunday (May 13th) was my 19th birthday!

The night before my friend Hailey and I went to see the movie Dark Shadows.

It was such a good movie!  It had it suspenseful "scary" moments, but it was also pretty funny as well!

Afterward, we went back to Haliey's house where she gave me my birthday present which I LOVE!

A book of Edgar Allen Poe's greatest works and a t-shirt that says "that shit cray", probably because I have a tendency to call people cray cray a lot..... :p

I spent my actual birthday with my family!

My presents from my mommy and nana! (yes my shirt says "We Bring the Mother Fucking Heat".  I'm classy like that!)

My cake

My cake with my Draculaura doll (aka my new tradition)

Bout to blow out the candles

I was trying to look scary with the giant knife we used to cut the cake.....

Anywho, about a week before my birthday I got part of my present in the mail.  It was a necklace that my Nana had ordered for me.  

These necklaces are made by Jonathan Cook, the lead singer of Forever The Sickest Kids (my favorite band ever) and the proceeds go to good cause.

Then, about 2 days after my birthday I got my last present:

The New Years Day fan pack!  I'm not gonna lie, I totally nerded out when I got it!  It came with a shirt, their new EP, a necklace, a signed poster, temporary tattoos, Hollywood Waste stickers, and a mask hand painted and signed by the lead singer. 

I had an awesome birthday with my amazing friends and family!

I hope everyone is doing well!

Peace, Love, Music <3

The Raven

Saturday night, my friends and went to see the movie The Raven

Now, I don't want to give anything away, so I will just say that I thought this movie was absolutely AMAZING!!  I'm a bit of a Poe nerd to begin with, but I'm pretty sure this movie made me even more of a fan.  John Cusack plays this role exceptionally well, and portrays Poe just as I would expect him to be.

While it was a bit gory at times (would you expect anything less?), it had an excellent plot and was suspenseful from start to finish.

Definitely a movie I would go see more than once!

Peace, Love, Music<3 

Anniversary Photography

This past Monday, my friend Hailey asked me to take photos of her and her boyfriend for their one year anniversary.  Of course, I said yes and we headed of to the local park.

Here are some of the shots:

*Warning: picture heavy*

We started off just having them walk down a path holding hands....

Then we moved on to the playground, starting with the swings....

Then on to the slide, where Dillon tried to convince Hailey to slide into a puddle...

 I then got some shots of Dillon playing on the little kiddy toy...

 Before he jumped into the toddler swing!

 After we left the playground, we found a wonderful set of pretty, yet sketchy brick steps...

We then stumbled across a building with a mural painted on the sides.  Haliey thought it was a sunset, Dillon said a fire, so I'll let you be the judge! :)

Next, we searched for a generic brick building that would be good for background shots.  Who knew the perfect one would be the side of the restrooms? (sorry to anyone we freaked out while doing this!)

This is where we tried some of the poses that Hailey and I had conversed about previously...

The hug pose...

This pose was actually two separate photos that I edited together...

Yes, I had to be all artsy and turn it black and white, don't judge! :)

We tried two heart poses...

 Here is where we broke out the sharpies and documented their year...

Then their nicknames for each other...

(Virtual brownies if you can tell me what show it's from :p )

Next was a simple bench shot...

And finally, the obligatory piggy back ride.  Do I have a picture of Hailey with pure fear face? Yes, yes I do.  Will I show you? Of course not! Mostly because she just might kick my butt :p

I had so much fun doing this shoot.  It really solidified my want to be a photographer.  Something I figured out early in the day that some of the best shots were when they were paying absolutely no attention to the camera.  Those just turned out so cute and natural looking.

Happy Anniversary you two!

Peace, Love, Music <3

Finally Free!! And Anniversary

FINALS WEEK IS OVER!! 

That's right, summer is finally here!  Which means I can do whatever I want!  Like read, watch movies, and *drum roll please*
WRITE MORE POSTS!
I also just realized that it's been a year since I started this blog.  Crazy right?
Hopefully you guys have enjoyed my posts this past year!
Peace, Love, Music<3