New Things

I'm back in the US now and of course I want to buy things. First purchase was a new lense! I've been wanting this for a while and found one for a great price. 

Next update is that I want to buy a new dog! My parents have grown too attached to my current dog so I feel I must leave her here with them. But that allows me to buy another one which means I'm super excited! 

I've been wanting to get a puppy for a long time and now that I have a new apartment that allows animals it's actually a possibility! 

Photo Edit 

Featured: Alice Cantu (aunt)

Taken: Mount Scott

Edit: Photoshop, Sunset Gradient, and Totally Rad!

I like to watch movies

Movies I've watched since I've been in Spain in order from most recent to latest. 

This one. Whoa talk about speaking directly to you. It's a great movie and I recommend it to people who really want to get deep into a movie. The acting was phenomenal and they so deserved the oscar nominatins. I'll talk more about this one in a later post.

This was the only Mandy Moore movie I hadn't seen so I gave it a shot. Wasn't the greatest but I'd recommend it if you had nothing else to watch lol.

A pleasant surprise. I didn't see this in theater because I wasn't too excited about it but I'm glad I watched it now. The story wasn't quite what I expected and it had a happy ending. Jake can act and he showed it in this movie. I'm not a big war movie fan so I didn't like that aspect of the movie but I enjoyed when the sci-fi part came out. Could have been better if they would have made it harder to find the bomber but still a great watch. 

Again I like the sci-fi and even though it had the crazy corky dancer girl I managed to like it. I kept lumping this together with source code for some reason. I guess since they came out around the same time but I think source code won this one. 

If you haven't seen this rush to the theater now! I loved the final installment of Harry Potter and sort of sad that it's over. I felt more of a loss when the books came out because I was still young and enthralled in the book world but like everyone has been saying, this movie is an end of an era. 

A funny escape from reality. Everything I expected it to be and nothing more. The Justin and Cameron scenes were golden and I really liked the fact that the the Cameron character with all her flaws and quirks was still a likable character. 

Saw this because Bad Teacher wasn't in theaters in Spain yet but I wasn't disappointed. Good indie movie that makes you question if that bleach haired kid is the worst actor ever or the best.

Heard good things about this movie and even though the trailer gave everything away it was able to keep my interest. Like the twist at the end and the fact that Matthew McConaughey did some pretty awesome acting. 

This was kind of just a movie to watch because I wanted some kind of American aspect to my life in Spain. Sort of fell asleep in it but any way it wasn't too bad. I almost prefer Megan Fox to this new girl because ugh I just hate perfect people and we really don't need to see them on screen. Liked the moon aspect of the movie and them rewriting history like every other super hero movie out there made me laugh. 

Having fun with old photos

Spring Has Sprung

Featured: Amanda Smith, her beautiful baby boy, and a friend of the family

Taken: Friday, April 22, 2011 @ Lake Worth, TX

Edit: Photoshop, Sunset Gradient, and Totally Rad!

Equipment: DSL Canon Rebel XSi, standard lense

Contemplating the Long Hair

I've been contemplating growing out my hair for a long time. I haven't had it long since high school and I barely remember that. Still not sure about it but I wanted to know your opinions. I think I will eventually cut it short again but I would like to know what it feels like to actually be able to wear more than one style. (I apologize for the badly photoshopped picture but I wanted to have an idea of what it would look like.)

Blog Surfing

I was looking around for new blogs and I came across this picture. I thought it looked really cool so I'm sharing. Her Blog

New Blog

Since I'm going to Spain on Sunday I've decided to make a new blog dedicated to my time in Spain. Be prepared for tons of pictures and fabulous stories. Next time I'll be writing from Spain!

http://www.selinainspain.blogspot.com

Thank God you're here! Grandma's been raped!

Summer Heights High. It's a pretty awesome show. Here are some of my favorite quotes. 


Mr. G: "We used to have bushes here, but a girl got raped behind them so we took them away, yep no more bushes..."


Ja’mie: "Wife beaters and rapists are nearly all public-school educated. Sorry, no offence, but it’s true."


Ja’mie: "I think what happens is, like, out in the outer suburbs, like, ugly people breed with other ugly people, right. So you end with really fugly kids. So that’s why you look around a public school and on average, like no offence, but people are more fugly. Whereas in a private school area, in a rich school area… (shut up, let me explain), in a rich area, like, hotter people breed with hot people and have hotter kids."


Ja'mie: "Friends don't send each other two text messages an hour saying "See you in English", "Save me a seat!"


Principle: ‎"Ranga's arent a race Jonah."
Jonah: "But sir, they're everywhere!"'


Mr. G: ‎"Thank god your here! Grandma's been raped!'' 


Ja'mie: "This is the Dolce and Gabbana dress that I wore to my year 9 formal. As you can see, it still fits me.”


Ja'mie: "I had an eating disorder in year 8 so my breasts didnt develope properly."


Ja'mie: "Look at my phone, its a blackberry. i would let you borrow it, but it's worth like thousands of dollars and my dad would kill me."


Mr. G: "She's a naughty girl, with a (swings his head) bad habit, bad habit for drugs..."


Ja'mie: "Ooo you've got wheelchair people, that's soo cute..I LOVE disabled people!"


Ja'mie: "A school that bans formals is a school that bans life"


Mr G: "She was what the other students would call.... a slut."


Ja'mie: "Asians will get into limos with lesbians .... and my group will talk to the fugly girls"


Ja'mie: "They pick on you? Can you introduce me to them?"


Ja'mie: "He made me feel less hot!" 


Mr. G: "Mr G is how should i say...a jesus type character in the musical"


Ja'mie: "She was all like, 'Uhhh, Jai'me, you're a pedophile, because you're going out with a year 7.' But I'd rather be a pedophile than a lesbian, seriously."

New Apartment

The new place! Moving in was exhausting but I'm finally finished with it all. 

Yesterday we got cable and my life is complete. 

Cox messed up my set up date so I had to wait an extra week before we got internet and cable but thankfully the guy who set up our cable was really nice and completely set everything up perfectly. 

I have furniture now! Nice to know the things in my place are actually mine. 

Meeka has been up here with us and it's been great. She's gotten pretty used to the place. There are tons of animals here though. Which is good and bad I guess. Meeka gets to see a lot of dogs and cats so that keeps her on her toes but I'm also afraid if I ever let her out without a leash that she will run up to another dog or chase a cat. She's been doing good till now though so I think things will be fine. 

My new living room! I plan on spending many hours here. Enjoying life and such. 

Sick

I'm in one of those funks again. Went to the doctor today and found out I have an ear infection so that doesn't help things either. When I'm not at work I'm in my little room watching online tv. I go out some nights but I'm just not really as happy as I could be. I know it's just me being a debbie downer and I'm ready for this all to end but I feel like it's been going on for months now. I usually spend summers with my family in my own house so being in a new apartment alone is hard to get used to. A lot of my friends are out of town for the summer and my boyfriend is non existent these days. I'm bringing up Meeka this week and I'll be moving into my permanent apartment with cable tv and a ceiling fan so things should be looking up. I purchased my ticket to Spain today and could not be more ready to leave the country! Hopefully my next post will be a happy one : )

Moving on up to the West Side

I finally got everything moved out of my room at Campus Lodge. I felt like I lived there for two years and now I'm out. Staying at Cedar Lake for a couple of weeks then moving into my new place at Post Oak. Moving was horrible. So many things and far too much physical activity. I plan on just working and enjoying being lazy until I go to Spain June 26th.

Tv wise I just started watching a few new shows: Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and The Killing. Also watching United States of Tara and other randoms. Considering investing in Oprah's new network OWN. I love my documentaries.