Mural.

Alllllrighty. Here's the deal. My dad told me that I could paint a mural on my wall. :) This is something I've always wanted to do, so i'm REALLY excited about it. The only problem is that I'm not sure which picture to use for the main idea... so i need some help deciding! Here are the options: Numba One

Numba Two

Numba 3

Numba 4

Numba 5



Annd.. Sorry to Stacey, but i would crop you and your sista out of Numba 5. hehe. Soo.. let's get some votes on this! Please!
:)

oh, what a day.

Does anybody else have days in which all you want to do is sing your heart out?

Today is definitely one of those days for me.

Music is the flavor of life. :)

two thousand and nine.

Whoa, Nellie. It's a new year.

I was cleaning out my backpack and thinking about what resolutions i would make... when i found a loverly thing i'd forgotten all about. In health last year, my teacher had us all write lists of 100 things we wanted to do in our lives. I figured that was a good enough resolution. I read through it and giggled a few times.. and i was pleased to find i'd done one or two of the things. Anyway, I'm going to put it up and I hope you all enjoy it.. and maybe even write your own lists. :) Here we go!!! (Oh, and these aren't in any sort of order.. )

1. Get married.
2. Have kids
3. Make someone else's wedding dress.
4. Take a ballroom class with husband (and possibly with kids)
5. Get a banana seat bike with a basket
6. Ride in said basket with a huge prom dress and hubby pedaling in a suit.
7. Get a black eye
8. Break a bottle
9. Hike Mt. Olympus
10. Run a marathon
11. Be in a movie
12. Learn how to say the alphabet backwards
13. Get an old Beamer and fix it up
14. Go to Africa
15. Write a freaking awesome song.
16. Get dreadlocks
17. Be a rollercoaster critic
18. Have an art room in my house
19. Get (fake) Henna.
20. Bum-wars! (Ask if you really want to know.)
21. Invent a non-water shower
22. Live in Cali or Mexico
23. Set a world record
24. Go to prison (not behind bars..)
25. Make the perfect grilled cheese sandwich
26. Be in a crew
27. Find a geode
28. Be in advertising
29. Be a photographer
30. Make a bomb
31. Umm.. this one's a little personal. hehe..
32. Skydive
33. Be on the cover of (any) magazine
34. Throw a brick through a window
35. Fire someone
36. Hit a pedestrian (not... hard..)
37. Become a ninja
38. Get past a bouncer
39. Make a seatbelt belt.
40. Ride in a helicopter (check!!)
41. Go to a fashion show in Europe
42. Perform a song on stage(check!!)
43. Have a car with a sunroof (check!!)
44. Spend a day in silence
45. Learn Italian (fluently)
46. Learn how to ride a longboard
47. Have a swing in my home
48. Hot tub in a snow storm
49. Donate to/start a charity
50. Pull awesome pranks on people
51. Set at least one couple up
52. Fall in love
53. Go on a safari
54. Have a song dedicated to me
55. (stolen from Walk To remember) Befriend someone I strongly dislike
56. Shoot the Tube
57. Roast Mallows in broad daylight
58. Pretend to be a bum
59. Play tunes for spare change downtown
60. Work in a haunted house
61. Run through a giant field of flowers
62. Write a book
63. Ride in a pedal-boat
64. Save a life
65. Buy a house with cash.
66. Make homemade butter (prefferably in a churn-thing)
67. Build a treehouse
68. Hunt for UFO's
69. Wear rainbow eyeshadow for a day
70. Ride in a hot-air balloon
71. Befriend someone who's terminal
72. Learn to cut hair (well)
73. Air Chair!
74. Learn to do a standing backflip
75. Wear only skirts/dresses for a month
76. Moonwalk like a pro
77. Convince someone my name is Travis and never tell them the truth
78. Learn to keep my room clean
79. Pretend to be a moviestar in public
80. Own a business
81. Pull an all-nighter
82. Learn Sign-language
83. Work in a preschool
84. Motivate people!
85. Fly.
86. Have a living funeral
87. Have pizza at my wedding reception
88. Smile for a whole day :D
89. Win a contest
90. Copyright a color
91. Have a star named after me
92. Learn Clair de Lune
93. and Rhapsody in Blue
94. Get a Hole in One!
95. Pet a Lion.
96. Swim in the Azores w/ family
97. Maky my dad eat an olive
98. Go a day(at home) without looking in the mirror
99. Scuba dive
100. Die. :)

(Umm.. I would do goal time.. but.. yeah.)

Quote Time!

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." -- Jim Rohn

More Winter Goodness.

Have you ever seen anything more beautiful in your LIFE?!

I didn't think so.

I was even happier to find that they weren't making fun of it or anything. It's really just Christmas songs played Weezer style. I love it. I LOOVE it. :)

(also.. Am I the only one that finds a beautiful, intricate, expensive dress in a size 28 ironic?)

Goals!

• Figure life out.
• Live that life
• Love my family

Quote Time!

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. "

-Confucius

December Fun

Wow. December already?
It's already time to go shopping for other people? I guess that's a good thing. I'm a big fan of holiday cheer. What bothers me is that it doesn't last all year...
I wanted to talk about a book series written by Scott Westerfeld. It's called the Uglies Series. I'm not going to talk about the story line, because I want everyone to read it. I just want to talk about how it makes me feel. It's my favorite series EVER. Trust me, that's saying a lot. I basically live at the library. I'm always looking for a good book to read. But this series makes me feel great about myself when I read it. It's the kind of feeling you get when you where a new perfume/ cologne, or when you wear a new dress, sweater, (nude) nylons or some sweet ballet flats. It's the feeling that makes you want to take pictures of yourself on your own camera with a sweet mini tripod so that everyone can see how great you look. It's the feeling that makes you wish you had some drawing paper and pencils or paint so that you could try to capture that feeling and have it forever. Anyway, i recommend that series. :)
You know what else I love? Music. Yeah, i know everyone else in the world does, too.. but that doesn't stop me from loving the feeling I get when I find a new artist or when Dan shows me a new band on his sweet new iPod (wishful thinking?).. Yeah. Music is a major part of my life. Not only cd's or mp3's.. but playing music on the piano is fun, too. I wouldn't mind having a few more piano books of my favorite artists.. like Mae, Regina Spektor, The Hush Sound, The Format.. etc.
I also like projects. I've been obsessed with photoshop lately, because it gives me something to do. I've been thinking about checking out some DIY books from the library for ideas on new projects i could do.
I like Winter. I don't like being cold, though, so I have to wear socks almost constantly, preferably some ankle socks or those socks that are the same on the toe and the heel.. those are cool. I do like the interesting designs on some socks, though. They're kind of fun to show off. The only problem with them is that you have to wear pants.
Skinny Jeans are weird and not flattering, especially the ones that look like blue butter you've spread thin over your legs. Gross. The ones that are just a little loose are cute, though.. as long as they don't hug your ankles to the point of cutting off your circulation. I still prefer comfortable skirts over pants, though.
Anyway, this has been a good rambling letter, don't you think? It's always a good feeling to get your thoughts out onto something you can see. Do you think that's why I've always kept a journal? Drawing is kind of the same thing, but not as convienient or straightforward as a journal.
Thanks for reading!

Celeste's Adventures. :D

Hello Everybody!!

I just have to say that I've had a wonderful week. :) There's no particular reason. I've just been very content with my position in life. Anyway....

Last Saturday Karen Millet and I had a little adventure. Working with prom dresses made me miss the chances i had to wear them, so we pulled out our old formals and wore them to Arby's and Albertson's.. mucho fun.

We were hoping to get some questions and funny reactions.. but we only had two questions. At Arby's one older man asked if it was prom or something and we just smiled at him and said no. He laughed and walked away. Then at Albertson's there were a couple people I knew from my ward and they asked why we were all dressed up. We looked at them all confused and said "what do you mean? we aren't dressed up.." and they laughed.. hesitantly.. and then kinda walked away. haha, it was great. I'm attaching pictures at the end of this.. I didn't really get any good ones, but hopefully you'll enjoy them anyway.

Other than that I've been working on my research paper for my English Class. It took me forever to decide on a topic. I ended up doing it on Emma Smith. So far I like it.. but I'm not sure how to finish it. I want to talk about her second marriage, but there's not a ton of info out there, because apparently she preferred keeping her life private, which I can understand. Anyway, it's been incredibly rewarding to do my paper on such a faithful woman.

Lately I've become obsessed with Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I bought the music yesterday and I keep watching parts of it. I just like the idea of focusing on the villian instead of the hero. It was on the air during the writers strike, and for no-writer's involved, I'd say they did an incredible job. Anyway, I recommend it. The URL is in my time-wasting sites section. :)

I need more books to read. Any suggestions?

I really need a new picture face.

Steve didn't get all dressed up. I guess it's not something guys get excited about..
Aw, Karen. So cute.

At least Steve ate with us..

Karen should go into modeling, don't you think? Especially with that coat.

And... apparently I eat kinda fast. mmmm.. Arby's.

So apparently.. granola bars are frozen foods these days.

I wanted this penguin. I'm so glad karen didn't encourage me to buy it.

Yeah.. I don't think Karen realized I was taking a picture.

Anyway, that was a fun night. Goals!

• Do either something that scares me or something I've never done before every day.
• Wear more clothes that I like.
• Keep my room clean! (I actually haven't been doing too bad at this lately.. but i could still do much better. )
• Serve others more.
• Try not to get annoyed at little things. :)

Quote time!

"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? "

-Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451

Stuff You Can Read..

Hello friends! (hopefully you're all friends and not random creepers..)

Here's the deal. It's November.. and I've got to make another addition to my blog. The only problem is I don't have much to say, cause not a lot has changed since the last time I wrote.


I do have pictures I can put up.. but they aren't very exciting. Except a couple.. yeah. I'll go get my camera and load those babies on here.



Alright, so all of these are from earlier this evening.. First I went to Lundy's house because it's his birthday today.. which calls for the world-renowned Lundyburgers. I don't think I'm supposed to tell the world how to make them.. but I have pictures, so you can see for yourself.

Believe me.. I know. Don't ask me how it's possible to eat that.. cause I honestly don't know. I've never tried. This is Dan's. hehehe...

And here, Dan proves it's not only possible to shove it in your mouth... (and I'm too lazy to turn it the right way.. just tilt your head.)

But he can swallow it AND get it all over his face, too! How impressive!

(And I don't think he'll ever forgive me for putting that beautiful picture of him on my blog for all the world to see.. but I think it's worth it.)

After Lundy's I went to my ward's FHE.. where the surprised us with a service activity. It was actually kind of fun.. We had a list of things we were supposed to do for people.. and my group should have won but Chelsey's group cheated. (and I know I'm being a sore loser.. but if I feel like I deserve something, it's hard for me to let go. haha..)

After we returned from serving.. we had root beer floats, which were delicious.

Other than that, I swear nothing has happened in my life. Yesterday we went up to Morgan to visit our grandparents and aunts and uncles and all.. It was interesting. I think my family is starting to realize that I'm not mute and I tell jokes pretty well.. so they keep asking me to quote Comedians.. (Demetri Martin in particular. Careful what you watch of his.. he's a potty-mouth.) Anyway, I quoted for them for a while and then my grandpa took me to his computer to show me his funny videos.. haha. They were pretty good, I have to admit. I recommend this one : www.peteyandpetunia.com/VoteHere/VoteHere.htm

Anyway, while he was showing me these videos, I heard some interesting noises coming from the room next to us.. and I found all of my cousins. I think the average age for my cousins on my mom's side is 3. Okay.. so maybe the maturity level is around there.. even if the actual age is a little higher. Anyway, they were playing a game that my friends call the "Animal Game" where you pick an animal and if someone calls your animal the person in the middle tries to hit you before you say another person's animal. It's really a fun game, so i thought I'd join them. I realized too late that my cousins are all sadistic and wanted to hit each other as hard as possible with the newspaper we were playing with. It was kind of ridiculous.. but funny to watch. My animal was porcupine.. which is a difficult word for Morgan folk.. so my animal didn't get called much and I enjoyed the entertainment. It made me realize how incredibly mature my siblings and I were compared to them. (At least from what I remember... hehehe... I'm sure others would beg to differ.)

Alright.. So i'm looking for a new job. Modest is cutting back hours.. and I want to work. Also, money in my savings account would be nice. Any ideas? I applied at a pre-school photography place.. but I don't think I'll get that job. She wanted a lot of experience and I'm only just out of high school.. yeah. Anyway. That's kind of what I'm looking for. Something I enjoy but won't be extremely easy (and thus, boring). Something I can learn from.. etc. Yeah. I just want a new job.

Also.. I'm starting to realize how boring life is at the moment. I mean, it's not like I don't do anything, cause I do. I have a church calling, I play frisbee, I hang out with friends. Life is just predictable, routine, and boring. I'm getting the urge to go backpacking across Europe or something. I just want to do something crazy and for myself. This sounds stupid, but I want to do something that people don't think is smart. Backpacking, for example. Everyone kind of thinks that people that don't save their money or do things without planning are flakey and dumb or whatever, but I think sponteousness is cool. The ability to do something for fun or just pure enjoyment is what everyone aims for in life, isn't it? So.. i think it would be exciting and rewarding. But I'll probably never do it.

I need ideas for my research paper. I want to do something dorky like ninjas, pirates (thanks anna), nasal spray, etc.. Something I can laugh at and enjoy learning about at the same time. Any ideas?

GOALS:

• I'm going to try harder to enjoy the situations I'm in
• I'm going to try to meet new people by intoducing myself.. which is really hard for me.
• I'm going to make some cool dinners for the fam.
• I'm going to decide what I want to do for the next several months.. school, work, etc..
• I'm going to be more patient with family.

Quote Time!

(one of my all time favorites. And trust me, this isn't supposed to be morbid or creepy.)

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

-Leonardo da Vinci