I'm doing some art homework. I'm kind of annoyed by it, but if I'm planning on taking my general ed classes next semester, I have nothing to whine about. I am going to enjoy these last few months of easy homework before I have to take shit like math and English. Admittedly, English isn't so bad, just the essays I'm going to have to write. And math... well, I'm thinking I'm going to be in the lowest level of it, so it won't be too bad. I hope.

I'm watching Sleepy Hollow. I can't see Christopher Walken in movies without picturing him dancing and singing with a fat, cross-dressed John Travolta. O.O Ruined forever.

Best get on with the homework!

Oh, and look at this. Shush, just look.



Palenque Ruins - II by ~karikaiyuk on deviantART

Yerushalayim shel zahav

Went out of town, haven't written in a while. It was my grandma's 78th birthday. I gave her this angel drawing and she liked it. :)



Angel by ~Dannygirl123 on deviantART


Too tired to write any more.

Dani? Oh yeah, she's an Egyptologist.

So... what's happened? Hm, I did my laundry! Yeah, nothing's happened. Except I watched The Prince of Egypt yesterday, and I realized that I really want to be an Egyptologist. Or an archaeologist. That would be incredible. :D

I really want some adventure in my life. Egyptology seems perfect for me because it's something I've always loved since I was young. I remember this one pop-up book on mummification I had. I would write "reasearch papers" on it (basically copying down all of the text of the book). It was so fun. Also, I loved playing out The Mummy (the movie, you know, with Brendan Fraser) with my barbies. My childhood friend Kaitlin might remember this. I would play my mom's new age CD and would pretend it was ancient Egyptian music. (I realize now that most of the songs were in Latin and some in French.)

There was something magical about that CD though:

I'm watching To Catch a Predator. My god these guys are so gross.

Didn't get through the entire HP series this weekend. I just finished the fourth book. Hm. I'll have to take the last three a bit slower, 'cause I have work to do this week. Hurm, reading them makes me want to write a fan fic so bad. I will write.

Also!!! I might be going to Orlando soon to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and other theme parks (DisneyWorld and such). It's not certain, but it's a definite probability. :D I might have to miss a couple of days of school, but that's just a bonus!

Ugh. I'm still watching To Catch a Predator, and one of those slimeballs brought his toddler with him to the house. My god, those guys are seriously going to a special hell. >:(

Sedona, Arizona

On the way to Sedona, we stopped at our old house in Tucson. This park was my childhood.

Drawing in the car.

I love this place. Reminds me of the good ol days.

Ink spill of doom. Pissed me off.

Finally bought a cloche hat. I just have to have the occasion to wear it.

Bell Rock, Sedona.

Teeny tiny praying mantis.

Tlaquepaque in Sedona.

Creepy-ass motherfuckers.

New hiking boots. :D It inspires me to go out hiking more often.

Pau and my dad.

Creepy statue lady. Uncanny valley right there.

Ice cold river. Oak Creek.

This weeny didn't want to get in.

Until I dragged her in.

Funny picture. Water was really cold!

Family of javelinas.

DON'T BLINK.

The end.

Ranty Rant ahead

I'm in Sedona now. It's nice, and I should be happy, but I'm not. I'm really irritated right now.

First off, my family has recently become weirdly obsessive about weight and eating healthy and stuff. I mean, we have never been really bad eaters, on the contrary. We've always been healthy. My sister started going on a diet, because she wants to lose weight. She's crazy, always thinking she's fat and stuff. And my parents, instead of telling her she's beautiful and she doesn't need to lose weight, have been encouraging her. I understand my mom to an extent. She's always been a diet-crazy person, always used to say she needed to lose weight. But my dad? He's been encouraging her too. I mean, okay, I get the eating healthy part. We should always try to eat healthy. But sometimes it's nice to just eat whatever, especially on vacation. And my sister is at that age where she hates how her body looks. My parents should not be focusing on her physical. It'll just mess her up.

Alright, and speaking of my dad, it is so obvious that he favors my sister more. "Oh, that perfect child! Look at her, eating healthy stuff, excelling in water polo and swim!" And no, I'm not looking to be worshiped or anything, but when my mom excitedly showed him one of my drawings, he couldn't have been more indifferent. Thanks, dad. And those two things were just today. The worst part? We talked about his favoritism before, when my cousin pointed out that my dad seemed to like Paulina better. DAD, Y U NO LEARN?

Ugh! And to top it all off, the guy that supposedly installed my tablet to my laptop obviously didn't do a good job, since it's not fucking working. This is like the third time trying to install this shit. My god. I fucking give up.

Please, please, let tomorrow be better. I refuse to spend my vacation perpetually pissed.

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.

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!

Viva Mexico!

Today is Mexico's Independence Day! I thought it was a good time to post some pictures of my trip to Mexico this summer.

                                            Guadalajara, Jalisco

Pet Food.

Those are my fake glasses. They have awful glare.

Me and my sister.

My second day in Guadalajara, it rained so hard, the streets were flooded. I mean flooded. It looked like we were driving through a lake. It was very nerve-racking.

             Guanajuato, Guanajuato

A lovely dancing couple.

             San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

 

                    Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato

My favorite shoes.

     Sayulita, Nayarit

Lots of pictures of windows and doors, because they are cool. Most from Guanajuato.

         I have such great memories of Mexico. It has a special place in my heart, and it always will. I was going to stay there for my last year of high school, but I freaked out while taking a test, and I lost my nerve. Maybe I will go to university there, for a year. After I perfect my Spanish reading and writing skills, anyway.