in high school we had a lovely time at someone’s cotillion where we spent the evening with a few friendly faces from school. as wonderful of people as they were, there lacked a sense of personal connection that easily attributed to our discomfort when we respectfully declined joining them on the dance floor at the end the night. our embarrassingly underdeveloped dance skills wouldn’t DARE be seen on the same floor as their moves that could only belong to rhythmic masters.

it was common behavior from us back then. even though we went to school with a lot of very nice people, there were very few that we felt completely at ease with, so every day for 4 years we spent lunch in the parking lot behind school, split your homemade pb&j sandwich, and talked like an old married couple.

when we got home that night earlier than planned, you asked me what i wanted to do. we ended up building a blanket fort, layed inside, and talked like an old married couple that still knew how to feel as young and sweet as a childhood crush :)

photos by thuyanne

emma prusch farm park, san jose

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thuyanne/

thank you thank you ~

my mini garden

about a week ago

my cousin and i rode our bikes onto the creek behind my house to fetch some delicately dried plants to make.... this! bathroom corner be naked no more.


an afternoon bike ride in the sun definitely called for some iced tea (along with ice cream and peanut buttered toast + a sprinkle of sugar.) fancy we be.

passion tea

wild orange tea

afterward, we started on a mini garden that i've been meaning to do since last year. :x

then we finally got started on a little project of ours. here's a sneak peek!

in previous years, i usually never cared for the end of summer (fall and winter have always been my preference) but you'd be surprised what a difference ultra cute seasonal outfits make! for the first time i am sad to feel the nights get colder. fall attire be void fulfilling. better be!

summer school ended about a month ago

so here's my final project from it!


and what i was thinking at the time:
"i like working in the huge empty room next to mine because even though there is plenty space anywhere to nap, Toby will come to my side, plop down, curl up, and look TOO FRICKEN CUTE while he naps."


*he's not actually in the picture, just wanted to show you what my idea of an ideal(ish) workspace looks like.

the answer is yes!

brandon and i have indeed talked about getting married. this is exactly how the conversation went:


it's true.

some work (it's about time)

i don't usually post up work that i've done but i am in a pretty good mood, so here are some projects from last semester. enjoy~

midterm for Golden Section and Sacred Geometry

Original
(Karmic Bonds, Reincarnation by Hilma Af Klint)


geometric analysis


my re-creation

Final project for Golden Section and Sacred Geometry

for our final, the instructor gave us a list of several topics to choose from, and then allowed us to interpret our own final projects from there. (so cool!)


my project was based on a geometric analysis of an influential female figure whom we felt embodied the 7 virtues:

- prudence
- justice
- temperance
- fortitude
- faith
- hope
- love and charity

and with that (along with geometric grid designs) i decided to create an adjustable calender! 7 days of the week that correspond to a virtue, accompanied by a collage and a quote from the one and only A.H. :)

more technical information:
- every image also follows a color in the roygbiv spectrum
- i know the quotes don't follow the traditional definition of each virtue. it is just more of my own interpretation into it
- there are no years because we should never stop aspiring to become better people :D



Rooftop design for IADB

the only room i liked from this series ^^
that's it for now!

good night

just got home!

the original plan tonight was for me to teach brandon autocad....
but instead i worked out to some bollywood exercise routine with his sister!

not what i had in mind when i came over in the cuUutest summer dress you'd ever seen...
but i had athletic shorts on underneath so i figured why not!

bollywood routines are tiring.
that is what i've discovered.

but very fun!
(not to mention good for you too)

we met up with a good friend and her significant other tonight for a 12am screening of a movie that i very much enjoyed even if they did not. it is not exactly a favorite, but it sure is close to being on that list. what i'd like to call a "memorable movie". a memorable movie with people i enjoy being with. (very much.)

and sitting passenger listening to One Headlight by The Wallflowers with my guy going 55mph on 880 at 2:30 in the mor'n? oh my!

there is no real positive purpose to reading all of this.

but the combination of the evening's events and the people accompanying them just makes me feel really really good about life.

i dont know.

nothing nice to say

so won't say anything at all


jk. kinda. not sure.

i don't know if it is because i am pms-ing, or if everyone just coincidentally seems to be doing just the thing to upset me today.

the heat doesn't help either ):

i am currently upstairs and just found an ant crawling on my leg. any ant spotted on any second-story floor must have gone through one helluva trek to get there. that blows my mind!

the most of me

when alone in public,
i'm most comfortable hiding behind my glasses with my hands in my pockets.

i'm most genuine and sincere,
with those that return the same kind of honesty.

i'm mostly attracted to people that only walk the walk,
and almost never talk the talk.

i mostly surround myself with good people,
'cause that's what you need in order for the good times to roll

i'm most fuzzy and warm,
when i finish an amazing book, or an equally heart-warming movie

i'm most confident about my work,
if nobody watches me do anything.

i'm most myself when i keep the world at arm's length,
and most happy when i multitask the above mentioned while holding brandon's hand.


-----

something i wrote 2 years ago ~
is it bad that my views haven't changed much since then? o.o

soothing

I am strong because I am weak.
I am beautiful because I know my flaws.
I am a lover because I am a fighter.
I am fearless because I have been afraid.
I am wise because I have been foolish.
…and I can laugh because I’ve known sadness.

~ unknown

time time time time

hurry up the healing already

'cause it's you and me and everyone we know

as a design/semi-art student, expression of emotions places pretty high on the list of Things I Believe In - Forrealzies. when overjoyed, i want to document it through a drawing or written journal entries. when disappointed, i have an even greater urge to write... but strangely enough, an even greater greater urge to fight against it.

i am hesitant to ever write publicly about anything that breaks my heart. to write from a broken heart means to want to send a negative message out about someone who'd done did u dirty. as big of a fan i am of people who embrace their vulnerability through expression, i am an even bigger fan of reminding yourself that you still love these people (no matter how much they may disappoint), and tarnishing their image isn't exactly the best way to show that.

i may look back on these moments and kick myself for not working with this "artistic gold", but i'd much rather just have a few less journal pages to be regretful for than the guilt and much burdening pain of hurting someone's feelings.

fridays just might be my favorite

it is summer. it has been summer. but today feels most like it. brandon will be home in an hour and a half, it is still morning time (the best time), and i've got my outfit planned out for today.

weather's lovely, temperature's just right, and there's a left over crepe to heat for breakfast!

even though i am behind schedule (haven't actually put on my planned outfit yet...) i have a good feeling that today will be the best day of this week because i woke up like this:


and will go to sleep tonight feeling like this:


always good to have you home, dear. :)

yesterday's m-day

my mom often makes me cry


not so much from anything bad she did or said,

but because i am so thankful that she will have me as her daughter :)

smile

i don't get distracted very easily when reading at the park, but i will sometimes take a break from my book just to look up for a bit. i'm thankful for this little habit because then i would not have noticed the old man swing swing swinging away on the swing set so early on a sunday morning before any noisy children can disrupt what i imagine to be his idea of a happy place.

mmhm

“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

— James Baldwin