Bridesmaid's Dresses

They've been historically bad ever since the beginning of... well... history. I get that the bride is supposed to be the most beautiful person on that day, but the others? They shouldn't have to purchase and wear these hideous things. Really. The highlight of today was when my Aunt pulled out this beauty from the back of her closet. She apparently not only had to wear this, but she had to make it. That's right. She hand-sewed this piece of wonderfulness all by her lonesome. Props to her for holding on to it... I hope I can wear it one day to something fancy and special.



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New Logos

As you may or may not have been able to tell, I've been in a rut lately. A creative rut. After thesis time, I just ran out of any kind of creative juice and sputtered to a halt. It's starting to come back, albeit in small, slightly insignificant spurts, but back nonetheless. In my long and arduous search for a job- not just any job, mind you, but the right job- I've been doing some freelance graphics work. Might as well, right? Take up a little time, keep a part of my brain alive that tried for three months to atrophy into nothingness, and hopefully make a couple dollars to allow me to continue my three- times- a- week to splurge at sonic's happy hour. A friend of a friend asked me to create a logo for his youth group... and here's what I've got.

I really think it'd be much nicer if I could get the words to become convex and concave, MS Word-style... But this is still pretty good, I think.


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(really? Did you think this logo was serious? :) No, but for real. I need a job.)

Back in the Saddle.

Maybe. No promises. So I have been living in Fort Worth for about 4 weeks now. And I LOVVVVEEE it. I mean, really. What's not to love? Here's why:
Did you know...

- if you have five dollars and chuck norris has five dollars, chuck norris has more money than you?
-There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris' computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
-Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
-Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
-Chuck Norris is the reason Waldo is hiding.

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IrIsH hOuSeS

Here are some photos of the B&B's we stayed at. All in all, I would do it all over again. A million times. The women that ran these were lovely, even the creepyoldlady.



This was the second B&B we stayed at. They had a lovely Golden Retriever that instantly became my friend and nibbled on my sweater. The cows chose not to be best friends with me, though. They kept their distance despite my sweet-talking.


And this little lovely was also on the property of the second B&B. We were not granted a tour of the facility. But we did some snooping and discovered it to be quite nice on the inside.


This was the manor house we stayed at in lieu of a castle. But I liked the manor house just fine- we got a free dinner with two bottles of champagne, a bottle of wine, and all the desserts you could hope for instead of spending a night at a "castle".


This was officially creepy old lady's house. She was nice and such, but in the main dining/living/kitchenish area, she had a stuffed fox on top of a bookshelf. She also had horses, sheeps, chickens, cats, and peacocks. They were not weird. The fox and the lady were weird.


This was creepyoldlady's brokeback horse. He looked friendly, although I didn't test him...


We stayed at this house the night we drove to Ennis for the music festival. Nice house, clean, etc etc. But the hosts were leaving to go to a funeral when we arrived. Kind of strange.


We stayed at this house for two nights in the south- Traemore, I believe it's called. We LOVED this family, loved being near the water, and also needed a break from being on the go for the week prior.

This was the first house we stayed at, in Northern Ireland. Quite friendly people, and it was also where Nikos fell in love.



hahahhha. I'm so funny.

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The Metal Man.

According to old Irish legend, The Metal Man was a statue created by a widow that lost her husband at sea. And now, for some reason, legend has it that if you are a single woman, you must hop around the statue three times on one leg, and you will be married in one year. Naturally, we searched it out and decided to hop for it. After stopping on the side of the road and parking, we had to climb over a hill, over barbed wire, traipse (trespass) through a farmer's land, and then get our hop on. We'll see if this nonsense was worth it. Only 11 months to go.

He's such a studmuffin, isn't he?

Taking the long way around...



I was seriously tired out after this nonsense....


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tombstones...

This was on one of the last days in Ireland, and they were just too beautiful to ignore. If I was to get a tattoo, I would seriously think about getting one of these inked.

Carrickfergus, Giant's Causeway & Rope Bridge

The first day was rough... we arrived after an overnight flight and were exhausted.


But we pressed on and decided to get a full day of sightseeing in anyway. We stayed at this quaint little B&B in Carrickfergus, a town in Northern Ireland on the coast.


After getting our bags situated, we made our way in to Belfast for the afternoon, where downpours greeted us. Nothing like walking around in the POURING rain (in a foreign city) with a raincoat, backpack, and no map.


We drug our exhausted selves back to the B&B for dinner and a long night's sleep. The next morning, after a ridiculous shower that consisted of frigid water and then "burn your skin off" hot water as Jenny put it, we continued on the coastline to head to the rope bridge.

The water was crystal clear and the cows were close enough to sweet-talk... but the rains came down again.

Not as hard this time, but enough. After that, we traveled over to the Giant's Causeway, which was an unbelievable rock formation- where Lava met the frigid waters, it created these hexagonal pillar-things.

And then we went to pick up suzanne.

Ireland

These next few posts will be of what I've been doing since graduation. My life has "flip, turned upside-down" fresh prince style. But it's great and I'm loving it. Currently, I'm sitting in a 40' RV... more on that later. I packed up my life and moved it to Texas to store it for a few months... more on that later as well. And then I went to Ireland for 10 days. Here is my favorite video from the trip. Poor quality, but amazing.



We went to Ennis, a small town in the southwest of Ireland. There was a music festival going on, so we headed to a local bar, drank some guiness, and hung out for a bit.