I whip my hair back and forth...

My webcam takes really bad-quality pictures.

lol can't even see the red.

Edit: OMG!!! I am not naked, I swear! Strapless dress, you pervs! lol

Listening to Delerium - Fallen

So... henna kind of sucks at covering up patches of hair that have been bleached into oblivion. -__- I had to buy hair dye at Target. Dark Auburn. It turned out really nice! Except for my roots, which I hope will fade a little. I don't have a picture, but I hope I will tomorrow.

Anyway, short post. I have a few things to do right now. Like, paint. And watch Game of Thrones or something.

Hmmm... Me Gusta

I started exercising. I don't know if it's just me, but I like to pretend that I'm in a game and I'm "leveling up."

I finally finished watching all five seasons of Doctor Who

Yesterday afternoon, I:

Bleached my hair to an ungodly ass-blonde color.

It looks ugly now, but I'm going to henna it tomorrow and there will be pretty redness in my hair.

Today afternoon, I:

Went to the movies with my dad and sister. We went to see The Art of Getting By. My god, what a bore. Freddie Highmore played an interesting character, but I was really indifferent about it otherwise.

Ate at Pei Wei. Dan Dan Noodles were good, but Paulina's Pad Thai was better. Mmm. There was one of these incredibly cool soda machines there:



Aww yeah.

Just a few minutes ago, I:

Cleaned this shit off my bed.

While wearing my Rose Tyler pants (which I should probably call Rose Tyler sweats, because I believe "pants" is synonymous to "knickers" in the UK . lol who cares I ain't even British.)

While wearing this lipstick, for no reason other than WHY THE HELL NOT:

While my ghetto-colored hurr is in this messy style:

While listening to this:

The end.

Ouch

I weighed myself today for the first time in, like, six months. Oh, god. It happens every year: I gain weight during the winter and then panic, and exercise like hell during the summer, lose weight, and then repeat.

It's weird, though. I don't feel ugly. You know? I want to do more exercise, for sure, but I don't feel the need to be skinny or anything. I just feel like I'm not healthy.

Yeah. 140 pounds is kind of ouch.

I must be bored or something

Aaaand now I'm watching Prince Caspian. Ben Barnes overload. Not that I'm complaining. I just don't have a life. I know that. :)

More proof that I seriously have no life? Some pictures of good looking guys and celebrity crushes I have or used to have.

Can't wait for this, whatever it may be!

Watching Dorian Gray. Ben Barnes is a very pretty man. Purrrr.

Yeah... short little update. Things have been kind of tough lately, but I don't really want to focus on that right now.

Listening to Delerium

Productive day today. Mom has chemo, so I helped out around the house and stuff. It's kinda weird, but washing dishes and cleaning in general makes me feel not lazy and even kind of important. I know, weird. I guess I feel somewhat guilty when I'm just drawing and stuff, because I think people see me and say to themselves, Look at her, sitting there wasting time. I know it's a dumb thing to think, making assumptions is unwise, but I still feel a little bad.

Anyway, I've really began writing now. Planning the story, really, a very important part of the writing process. lol

Picture of my Sasha making a funny face and Loony napping behind her:

Weekend in Los Angeles

I had a lovely weekend. The Getty was fun. There was an exhibition on art and furniture and clothes of 18th century France. It was really beautiful, and really extravagant. It was a very over-the-top era, but it was really pretty. My favorite piece was an old harpsichord. *.* I wanted to play it really bad! It makes such pretty sounds. Here's some  lovely harpsichord music:





LA is so diverse, it's seriously the best place to go people-watching. Many people from many different races and different subcultures.

My mom bought me this very cool sketchbook/notebook thing as a graduation present.

I already drew a little something in it:

It's a bad quality picture, but yeah. 

Oh, and I've started reading A Great and Terrible Beauty. Again. Because I love that book.

I've been watching too many kissing scenes...




God dammit, where's my love, hm? Why is the universe holding out on me?!?!?!


Gah, I should have learned by now that sleep deprivation makes me bitter toward my loveless life. :/

Watching - Doctor Who: The End of Time

Not much is new. I've finished a few drawings though:

I'm going to Los Angeles tomorrow for father's day. I'll be staying there until Sunday. We're going to the Getty Museum. It's become a sort of a tradition that pretty much whenever we're celebrating my father, be it for father's day or his birthday, we usually go to the Getty Museum.

I've finally broken my internet addiction, pretty much painlessly. Though, it might be because I found a new addiction: Animal Crossing for the DS. Gahh, it's so fun! :P

I've also started writing, hopefully, this story will stick!

OwCramps

Today I am experiencing some of the worst cramps I've had in years. Complete with nausea. Oh my god, It's awful. I took Tylenol and nothing, so my mom gave me some stronger stuff, and it's only just taken the edge off.

I'm watching Labyrinth, though, so I'm okay.

Here's a pretty song that I love. <3

The Totoro song is stuck in my head

Do you know what today is? It was the day of my last final. Which means, HIGH SCHOOL IS HISTORY! HAHAHAAHAHA!

Great holy beard of Zeus, it feels awesome.

Here are a few pictures of what's been going on these past few days.

Okay, so I am like, one boss away from beating the game. :D I'm excited.

Bad quality picture of a little something I'm painting.

My sister painted little Totoros on my nails. ^.^ So cute! I especially love little cyclops on my ring finger.

Weird, I don't remember taking this picture. But here it is anyway.

Totoro, Totoro!

An awkward as hell picture of me from three years ago

Oh god. If there's one thing this picture makes me feel (besides pity) is relief that I didn't remain physically fifteen years old. (I mean, of course I will always look younger than my actual age thanks to my short stature, but I don't have the ugly braces, nor quite that many pimples, and the awkward is thankfully at a minimum.)

Yay improvement! ^_^

PMS-fueled rant ahead

Yesterday was weird and I got all moody and sensitive and stuff. I think it's because I'm PMSing. That may be the reason for this semi-rant thing ahead.



My sister Paulina is a dancer. She loves it, she has a passion for it. But yesterday, my mom and I went with her to Kohl's because she wanted to buy a body shaping thing to go under her dance costume because she thinks she looks fat in it.

There are many awful things that come with being a teenager, but one really bad thing an almost fifteen-year-old girl can experience is thinking she is fat. I know, I've gone through that. I still go through that sometimes, but thankfully, now that I'm older, I know that A) I'm not fat, even if I feel like it sometimes, and B) Even if I were, it's not the worst thing one can be.

There are many people I can "blame" for brainwashing my sister and I into thinking that if we're not skinny, we're not good enough: the media, society, even my mother and grandmother. But I don't want to blame anyone, because there's nothing we can do about it now. I just know that it's possible and NORMAL to believe otherwise. It takes time and support from others, but I just know that now that I like who I am, life is so much more meaningful. This actually means a lot, coming from me, the girl that used to have a billion insecurities.

Anyway, there I was in a Kohl's fitting room with Paulina, and there she was, nearly crying because the damn thing was so expensive but she absolutely needed it or else she was going to look horrible. -__- So, yeah, the body shaper wasn't a huge deal, it was just for one time. But Paulina complains all the time about how fat she is, going on diets and stuff. It breaks my heart.

I had a moment there in the fitting room, I saw my younger self in her, and I felt her pain. It was so frustrating to see my beautiful, talented, loud and funny little sister looking at herself like that. I wish I could tell her how awesome she is and have her believe me.

But, being who she is, I tried to comfort her and she gave me a look. An I'm-going-to-beat-you-up-if-you-don't-snap-out-of-it look. So that was that. ._. One day she'll believe me, I know it.

Gah, I'm too mushy. Here's a picture of me and Luna to negate the mushiness.

So... after like ten hours of sleep, I finally feel like a weight is lifted from my shoulders. No more essays! 

I still have a few more Finals to get through, but the hardest one is over and done with. EEEEEEE!

Also plenty of overdue assignments in French to do.

I really want to start writing again. I have a good idea for a novel. :D Now I just need the time to write, which I will have very soon.

ded

50 question, 2 essays done, 1 essay to go. I don't know if I've just gotten lazy these past few months or what, but I AM SERIOUSLY SUFFERING. THIS IS A LOT OF ANALYZING AND WRITING!

*dies*

Torture

Literature Final is today. Why are tests so tedious?!?!?! I have fifty multiple choice questions to answer and three (!) essays to write.

Thoughts going through my head as I watch the end of POTC 2

God, I love Jack Sparrow. Elizabeth is purty. Love the clothes and all the trinkets they wear. Kraken has a lot of teeth. And now Jack is being eaten by said Kraken. Uh oh, now Davy Jones is angry at the lack of heart in the chest. Spitting in rage makes me giggle. Norrington's voice is verrrry sexy. Like, obscenely sexy. Tia Dalma's house is very interesting. I'd have liked the opportunity to explore it. And now it seems that Captain Barbossa's back from the dead. Now I want to see the third movie. NETFLIX FTW!


... no real point to this post.

Watching Serenity :D

I'm addicted to the computer. Very addicted. I'd like to use it less this summer. Just maybe in the morning, check my email and all that, and a little for just browsing, or whatever. At maximum, an hour of aimless browsing. I seem to get trapped when I use StumbleUpon or something dumb like that. I just can't stop.

Here's a little song that kind of shows how I feel ;P

Little adopted sisters!

My little cousins are here. Julieta is six (seven in July) and Melitza is nine. I love them so much, they're like my little sisters. They can get a little annoying at times, though. They're both question-askers and uncomfortable-truth-tellers. Like when Melitza points out that I have bad skin. *Sigh* I know she's just a kid, but I mean, what kind of answer is she expecting? "Oh, you're right! I do have an acne on my face! I hadn't noticed it for the past seven or eight years!" -__-


They are really sweet. though. They're both budding gamers, as they are currently addicted to playing Spyro the Dragon. I'm not trying to sound like a bitch or anything. I really do love them.

Ripped from someone's LJ

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Daniela
2. Dani
3. Danna - I hate this one. Really. My sister is the only one that can get away with calling me Danna, and that’s only because she’s called me that for so long.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. DanielaCabrera11 – my Youtube
2. MayQueen123 – an old blog. I was really into Stairway to Heaven then.
3. Dannygirl123 – My deviantArt. I’m not really fond of this, and I forget why I chose it. -__-

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My imagination and creativity – Yeah, I’ll count them as one.
2. My open-mindedness
3. Wow, this was depressingly hard… my, um, magical powers. Yeaaaah.

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My inability to make friends. I’ve been told that I’m intimidating, and I don’t know why. -__-
2. Bouts of self-doubt
3. ACNE OF DEATH

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Mexican!
2. A little Scottish on my maternal grandpa’s side. His last name is Bruce.
3. And… that’s it I guess. I may have a little Spanish and Mexican Indian somewhere. So do most Mexicans though, right?

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Being judged by others. I am learning to trust myself and have no shame. ^_^
2. The thought of living my life without experiencing love.
3. Failing at life. I’m not 100% sure what I mean by this, but it sounds scary.

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Drawing
2.A dose of inspiration, be it from books,  going for a walk, or dreams
3. Laughing. I am a melancholic person, and laughter is the cure for that.

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. An old, flimsy t-shirt with cassettes on it.
2. Purple sweatpants. I call them my Rose Tyler pants because they remind me of some very baggy ones she wore in the episode “Rose.”
3. Underwear. Not even a bra. lol

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS: right now:
1. Within Temptation
2. Delerium
3. Niyaz

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS: right now:
1. “My Jolly Sailor Bold” – Pirates of the Caribbean 4
2. “Heaven” - iMonster
3. “Touched” - Delerium

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Take commissions on deviantArt
2. Draw out in the park closeby
3. Get a job

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Passion
2. Respect and patience
3. Laughter

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I was recently bitten by a parrot.
2. I broke my leg when I was a kid. My cast was blue.
3. I still have some scars from when I got the chickenpox as a kid.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Intense eyes
2. That long-ish, floppy 90’s hair. Purrrrr..
3. Manly arms and hands

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Play sports properly – I’m just not coordinated, and not good at being part of a team.
2. Express myself as well as I would like – In normal conversation I sometimes feel like I can’t find the right words to describe things. This happens more when I speak Spanish.
3. Take a short shower – I seriously don’t know how so much time passes between getting in and getting out of the shower. I do my business quickly and it’s still not quick enough. >:o

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Drawing
2.Writing
3. Singing

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Go to Disneyland. NAO PLZ!!
2. Graduate!
3. Er… sleep.

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Artist
2. Author
3. Whatever it is Indiana Jones does

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. England
2. Japan
3. Thailand

THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Ofelia – Call me crazy, but I love this name for a girl
2. Maire – not with the Irish pronunciation of Moira, but Mai (as in My)- re (like in rhetoric). This was the name my parents were going to give my sister. I think it’s very pretty and unique.
3. Leonidas – I think my kids are going to hate me lol

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Travel aplenty
2. Fall in love
3. Inspire people with my art and stories