Comic-Con 2011

Finally got some pictures. Here just a few pictures of that 4 day weekend of sweet, nerd glory. I can't post pictures of my brother, because he hates his face on the interwebs.

What these pictures don't show are the insane lines we waited in. We also didn't get a lot of people in costumes, but that's what Comic-Con 2012 is for! :D

21K Part 2

So school has started, and the 21K had a sweet reunion. We all came to the pool party that LaMar threw, and it was great seeing everyone and catching up. We're a pretty tight knit group, and I love it. This semester is supposed to the most challenging program of the semester, and I believe it. There's only been 2 weeks of school and I've already had to give 2 presentations. Short presentations, but coming from a person who has absolutely no public speaking skills, that's asking a lot...

So this semester we're taking Package Design with Tor and Branding with Sunook. Both classes have set the bar, but it sounds really exciting. I'm excited to get back in to the creative groove. In Tor's class we're trying to do sustainable packaging, and I decided to do rock climbing rope. My concept makes sense, I'm just hoping my execution comes through. As for Branding... we're branding one of our classmates. We're supposed to get to know them as a client, find some kind of product or what not and brand that based on our classmates attributes and character. Or at least I think that's what we're doing... That class is something else...

I'm also taking 5D: Designing for the Futureee with Tanya. That class is really small. about 15-18 people, but I don't mind. The class is a little hard to swallow sometimes, because you'll be on board one class, and completely confused the next, but this is a completely new class so we're the guinea pigs. It's a concept class and we're designing just as the class states -- "for the future" with all of this crazy Minority Report type technology. It's interesting...

I'm excited to see what challenges I can overcome as a designer and what I can produce this semester. In our branding class, we had to anonymously tell each classmate one good quality about them and one "constructive criticism," and got a lot of "self doubtful" and "worrisome" type qualities, so I'm working on it. I'm just going to be confident and a little more experimental with my designs. :]

Summer Movie List

Summer always has the best movies. I don't really go into depth with these movie "reviews".  I just like to have my own record of what movies I've seen for prosperity sake.

Captain America. I thought it was good, but I wasn't all crazy about it like everyone else. I kind of thought it was slow.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES WAS ONE OF THE BEST RELEASES THIS SUMMER. WETA is the shiz.

Fright Night is entertaining. Very suspenseful, but like I said, I wish I saw it in 3D!! It's meant for 3D.

I finally got to see this movie with my friend Josh at the dollar theater. It wasn't nearly as good as the first one, but it had some absolutely hilarious parts in it.

LAME. don't watch this movie ever.

Cowboys and Aliens. If you only knew what my brother and I went through to get the gold bricks to see this movie premiere at Comic-Con... Anyways, I guess I had too high of expectations. It was pretty lame in my book.

Crazy, Stupid, Love is a funny and entertaining movie. I have a huge crush on Ryan Gosling, sooooo anything he's in is good to me :] But really, good movie to see. Can't help but have a girl crush on Emma Stone too.

The Help. I really have to read the book, because I heard it's 100xs better than the movie, and I thought the movie was absolutely beautiful. I was really moved and crying everywhere. Hahaha. 

Here are a few Netflix movies I also managed to watch:

Easy A is freaking hilarious. Emma Stone is a queen.

Emma. You can't not enjoy a movie in this time era. This one made me uncomfortable a bit... just one of those movies where people are putting themselves in horrible situations. You know... 

Hey, Hey it's Esther Blueburger. "BlueBurg. Blue Burrrrrrrg. Blue. Blueburgerrr." Oh, indie movies.

Kabel: Our Mother. Sweet mercy this movie is depressing. DEPRESSING. 

Mansfield Park. Same as Emma, but I thought this one was much better.

Bike Adventure Weekend

I'm two weeks deep in school (more on that later), but the weekend before school started up was SO much fun with Bear. We had a summer full of adventures, and I knew that both of us were going to be pretty busy with our upcoming schedules, so I wanted to make our last weekend of summer vacation jam-packed!

Firstly, I finally got Bear's bike fixed. It was supposed to be a surprise, but he noticed right when he came over since "it wasn't covered in cobwebs". Saturday started early, because we wanted to beat the heat, so we got out of the house around 8, and headed to Coffee Cup Cafe on 4th St., and after trying to look casual after we scratched a parked car with our bikes, we ordered a really yummy breakfast.

After that, I took Bear to two very special spots. One was a spot that I had always dreamed about taking him while he was on his mission. It's a place I used to always ride and just think. The second was THE LIGHTHOUSE! I try to take everyone there whenever we go on bike rides. It's just fun for them to see the downtown area and have a great view of Long Beach.

Next we rode to one of my other surprises: THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC!! My friend gave me two free tickets, so we got to enjoy the afternoon there. It was really, really fun. We got to touch moon jellies, rays, and sharks. See little Nemos, seals and sea lions, otters, and jelly fish galore. I loved the sting rays though.

Oh, the fun didn't stop. Then we rode our bikes to the Pike where we went to watch Crazy, Stupid, Love where we fell in love with Ryan Gosling. JK, only I fell deeper in love with him. We also snuck in Cold Stones (our favorite theater food), and I scarfed down Bear's pretzel bites. 

We were pretty pooped by that time, and I got a got a tan from my racerback dress, but our day didn't stop there! It was only around 2, so we took a short nap, then Bear took me back-to-school shopping at Forever 21. I got 2 new skirts, two tops, and earrings. :] Even though we were tired, Bear wanted to go watch another movie, so we watched Fright Night! It was entertaining, but I wish we saw it in 3D! 

The next day he went to Sacrament meeting with me, then he went to stuff his new bike in his car, because he had to head back home. I'm really excited to have some new bike adventures with Bear in SD!

pinheads

We are the Pinheads. Three awesome ladies all studying graphic design who absolutely love food, laughing, and each other.

Last week, the three of us were FINALLY able to all hang out and enjoy summer together. So first off, we had a picnic on the beach and talked forever.

The next day, we went to THE happiest place on earth, Disneyland. We also got dinner at Albertos and shared the greatest meal of carne asada fries ever. Back at Disney I finally got to see World of Color, go on the new Little Mermaid ride, got a pineapple whip (mah fav), rode the Storybook ride, Star Tours, the Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain TWICE. YESSSS!! SO much fun.

I love my Pinheads :]

Disneyland Bachelorette Edition

My beautiful friend, Celina is getting married to my twin and dear friend, Robbie in a just few weeks; so how do we celebrate her last days as a bachelorette?

Why going to Disneyland, of course!!

A couple of her bridesmaids and myself took this lady out all day to the happiest place on earth. I'm hoping all of the walking around burned some of the 20935720525+ calories I ate. Holy. But I cannot and will not deny a pineapple whip float nor a funnel cake covered in strawberries if they are calling my name.

Anyways, can't wait for the wedding to see my two favorite THK friends be wed, so we can party all night like old times :]

Summer 2011 Update

Summer is almost up, and I failed at blogging about anything, which is really sad, because this has been the most adventurous summer ever. So I will do a small recap!

Besides working a few days during the summer, every weekend

in July had been jam-packed.

4th of July weekend highlights:

• met Bear for lunch at his work where we got my first mac and cheese pulled pork sammie from Bear's favorite food truck.
  
  
• went to a beach in Carlsbad where we found a secret parkinglot, read, and ate strawberries.
  
  
• went to the zoo, ate nummy food, met Bear's friend, and road the tram.
  
  
• bought my new MacBook Pro that I have recently named Beemo.
• Oh yeah, and for the 6th year in a row, didn't watch the fireworks together. Bear had a test to study for, so we did a raincheck till next year :]

The weekend after that I just went to visit my parents. That's always relaxing. I just sleep and get loved by my parents.

July 15th weekend aka Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 2 Premiere:

• Waited for this weekend since part 1 came out. Alex and I met up with Kim and Greg in Victorville around 9pm (poor Kim and Greg had been there since 3pm). I busted out Beemo and Kim and I rewatched part 1 until the midnight premiere. I thought the movie was good and I know I have to see it again to see it strictly as a movie and not compare it to the books, but I think my expectations were too high or something!!! Sigh. It was still awesome though. Cried my eyes out.

Then it was time to prep for the annual Harry Potter Party! And what was awesome this time around was that Bear was there to be our guest of honor - Harry Potter himself! The party was great. The food was awesome as usual with our licorice wands, chocolate frogs, chickens, potatoes, etc etc. The house elves would have been proud. The games were great too, and even though I didn't win the trivia game (because the questions were insane) I think this was one of the best HP parties to date!

Weekend of the 23rd was COMIC-CON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I don't have the pictures yet, but once I get them, I'll post them. Tiring, but AMAZING 4-day weekend, and I can't wait to do it all again next year. My brother and I are hardcore about certain things, so we will wake up at 3 in the morning to wait in line for something. And we did just that. Highlights were seeing Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Game of Thrones panel, Avatar Panel, Colin Ferrell, the list of actors and actresses goes on... but the BEST thing I took away from Comic-Con is my undying love for...

ADVENTURE TIME!! A hilarious and random cartoon.

July 30th weekend... sigh.

• Bear came to visit. We went running in the morning and from then on it went down hill. I just started getting sick and feeling like crap. We went to go watch Cowboys and Aliens and ate at Johnny Rockets, but by the end of the day I had a headache and was getting a flu. Next thing you know, I'm bedridden for nearly a week with the flu. Awful. All I did was watch Netflix and anime since that's all my body let me do.

Since then, nothing adventurous has come up. Just work, and trying to enjoy summer until school starts. Oh, my church did their annual Dance Show, and I did one of the dance numbers. It was a Tahitian dance, and now I'm actually hoping I can carry on and take classes! It was fun and challenging!

My #1 fan who was kind enough to come to both of my show nights :]

Between all of this I've been definitely going to the movies a lot, but I'll do that post later. I've been really blessed to have such a fun summer with amazing friends and family to enjoy it with. Maybe Heavenly Father is prepping me since he knows this semester is supposed to be the most intense semester of the program :[