Prepare for a long rambling.

Hello there! 
Today I will not provide any pictures. It's just gonna be me rambling about some random things. I am allowed to do that right? After all this is my blog. I just feel like writing and so here I go...

First of all, I will share with you what I did today, but before that I want to state that my life is not exciting at all so it would be kind of impossible for me to write about my life daily. When I do write about my life it wouldn't be a long laundry list of awesome things. In fact, I barely go out. I have no where to really go and people rarely ask me to hang out. I'm not trying to be all dramatic, just stating the facts. Sad life I know. I used to be really emotional about it, but now I'm completely used to it and don't really mind it. Although, I wouldn't mind having more of a social life. Basically what I'm trying to say is that I would love to put some more content on my blog frequently but I just don't know what I would put. I don't think I will have a lot of life blogging simply because I don't do much. Unless if you consider sleeping, eating, breathing, or going to the grocery store exciting... 

Anyways so what did I do today?
The only "exciting" thing I did today was that I went to photography class. I don't think I mentioned this before but I have been taking photography lessons. I love it!.. even if everyone there is over the age of 30. It is a Photography 101 workshop for 5 days. One class per week on Tuesdays. Next Tuesday will be my last class. I learned a lot in that class and the instructor is great! Of course I still have a lot to learn, but I was able to learn the basics of photography and I think that's progress! Every week we have a photo assignment to turn in and when the class meets we show the photo to everyone in the class so we can talk about it. I really enjoy that part of the class because it's interesting to see how others take pictures and it's a great way for others to say what they think about my photo; that's really a rare opportunity for me because I don't know anyone that is interested in photography enough to give constructive criticism towards my photography. After the last class, I am planning on uploading every photo assignment I did. I'm actually really excited to upload them because, unlike other photography things I put up on this blog, these were done with a purpose. It's sort of like "publishing" my work. I'm not saying the other pictures I upload are less important because they are important to me. I have to admit though that I am still iffy about the concept of uploading my "photography" pictures with my random day to day/fashion pictures because I don't want them to get mixed up... I'm having a hard time trying to say what I actually think lol...whatever. I also don't want people to just copy my pictures and spread it all over the internet because in the end these are MY pictures that I put a lot of effort into. So I guess to those of you who have a strong inclination to take my pictures, please at least link it back to my blog. Hopefully I can trust you guys. I mean I doubt anyone would even want to take my amateur pictures, but for precautionary measures I just wanna put it out there.

... I don't really know what I'm trying to write here lolol... I'm just going with the flow. 

Because I tend to feel more lively at night, I wanted to be a good, productive girl (because I haven't been at all lately) so I decided to start my college application process. YES the infamous college apps. I can't believe I'm that old already... never thought this day would come. I honestly don't even know how this thing works. It's super overwhelming. Since it is late at night I didn't wanna go all overboard and complete like all the sections of the application, I thought it would be a good idea to just start off by making the accounts for each college I want to apply to. Of course, life, being its usual self, can't go according to plan. I was able to make an account for UF without any trouble. But then I got to UCLA, or more specifically UC applications. I was halfway through with making the account and I got to the section that told me to check which semester I was applying for. Fall 2013 wasn't on there... After freakin out a bit, I decided to do some research like a sane person. Found out that the apps for fall 2013 don't open up until like October... This frustrated me because I just made a freakin account for Spring 2013... I'm still going to be in high school spring of 2013... So I emailed the uc admissions people. Obviously because it's past midnight they wouldn't reply till morning, meaning my panic attack won't go away until I get some kind of reassurance from them saying that they will delete the account. I mean what is up with that ... counselors tell me to start applying for college during the summer. So here I am trying to be productive, only to find out that colleges actually have "opening days" for the application. -____-   To my knowledge, most of the college websites I looked at has only one huge button that says APPLY NOW and so it's easy to start applying, but all the important details (such as opening dates) are basically hidden. The thought of that just makes me paranoid because how am I supposed to apply correctly when I don't know what's going on. That is why I stopped making the accounts for other colleges because I am too scared to go further. My deepest concern: what if I mess up?... I want this to be perfect because this is a huge deal. If anyone is actually reading this and knows when the common app is "open" for fall 2013...can you tell me?

I think I'm done rambling. I don't really know what else to say. I'm kind of brain dead at this point. The time is now 3:09 AM. I should sleep. Am I going to? I think not. 

Goodbye folks. (<-- why did I say folks..)

P.S. I doubt anyone made it this far, but if you did, please comment below. I will definitely gain some respect for you. I know that if it was me and I was browsing through some random person's blog, if a post is this long I wouldn't even bother reading it.
Anyways if you read all of this, comment below! :)

Thanks MelMel for the Monet

My awesome friend, Melanie, bought me this Monet book from the Louvre. She knows how much I love Monet so this is a perfect gift. It's all in French though... I don't know French. Who cares? Anything in French is cool!

Thanks Melanie :)

Summer Sunset

Rainbow!

     Yesterday Melanie slept over and we filmed our Summer Trends video. In the afternoon it was bright and super sunny but then it started to rain... YAY for Florida's bipolar weather! -_- Luckily the rain stopped right around sunset, letting us film our floral outfits in a gorgeous setting!
     At night after our long editing process was over we attempted to do a rice flour/honey/green tea mask as a little reward. The mask didn't look pretty but really... what mask is? It managed to make our skins really soft though. This morning I realized a lot of my breakouts were gone so I'm considering doing masks weekly.
     In fact, I've been thinking about starting to get into skincare routines. After watching tons of youtube videos on skincare, I realized that the reason for my acne is probably because I don't take care of my face (and obviously the teenage hormones). I always thought that washing the face day and night was all anyone really needed and that people who were skincare obsessed were just being superfluous. Silly me.

Anyways if you haven't already seen our Summer Trends video here it is....

And if you've never heard of Melanie and you wanna know more about her (or you just wanna stalk her) ... here is her personal blog. http://lovelyautumnflower.blogspot.com/

Current Fav. Photographer : Nicholas Mendise

This is the particular photograph that I was instantly drawn to while randomly flipping through some magazine.

I was browsing through the magazines in Target today with my boyfriend just to kill time and I stumbled upon a beautiful photograph in either Vogue or Harper's Bazaar magazine by Nicholas Mendise. It was apparently the winning photograph for the 2011 Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial, which is a huge contest for the photography community as the winners are chosen by world famous photographers, editors, art directors, and museum curators. (so yeah it's kind of a big deal contest) Not only that, but the winner's works will be "published and included in the Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial show." I didn't have time to look over the entire article but I managed take a quick iphone picture of that particular page just to obtain the picture and his name. When I got home I searched him on google and found his official website ( http://nicholasmendise.com/ ). His pictures are so lovely. Definitely check out his website for more!

June 2012 Playlist

JUNE 2012 from femininmystique on 8tracks.

UPDATE: June 18

Just thought I should share what I've been doing lately...

So a week ago I got my wisdom teeth removed and for the whole week I basically stayed home recovering from it. My cheeks were double the size. I got called chipmunk and baby face, but really it was not a pleasant sight. Honestly, I was super excited to get them pulled out because I find these things to be cool, but unfortunately I got knocked out from anesthesia and after the whole thing I didn't remember any part of the surgery. I was a bit disappointed when I woke up. I've heard from others that wisdom teeth extractions are painful and stuff. The only pain I felt during the whole process (surgery and recovery) was getting the anesthesia in my body (because I am terrified of needles) and a few hours after the surgery my teeth hurt extremely.... but that was about it. The only discomfort was not being able to eat whatever I want, as I was only limited to soft foods like yogurt and soup. Anyways, I am back to normal pretty much.

During that week all I did at home was watch all the episodes of Skins. It was pretty good! I have to admit though I only really liked the first two seasons. The third and fourth were my least favorite because the characters were just annoying, especially Effy. I hate her "mysterious girl"/"I'm to cool for you" act. Furthermore, Season 4 also had a bad ending... I mean is it really necessary to have some nonsense psycho psychologist (oh the irony) that murders Freddie (the cute one). Not to mention the ambiguous endings OMG that pisses me off. It's understandable when the next season continues their story .. but when you're ending the whole story of that season what is the point of having that kind of ending. MY GOODNESS. Season 5 & 6 were decent. At least it wasn't filled with unnecessary sex scenes like the previous seasons.

Here are a few pictures of Cassie (Hannah Murray) because she was my favorite character!

(all pictures are from tumblr)

 

This is the life.

Did I tell you I went to the Two Door Cinema Club Concert?

and that it was the best concert ever (even if it was the only concert I've been to)? 

and that seeing Sam Halliday in person made me like him more? 

and that Alex looks like an angel when he sings with his eyes closed?

and that Kevin looks adorable rockin out on his bass? 

... I sound like a creep, but this is what happens when you get to see them from like 5 feet away. Can't help it... they're just the best band ever.

Anyways here's a video I made of the massive amount of pictures and recordings I  took during the concert.

Overall, it was an amazing experience and I would definitely go to their concert again. TDCC is AMAZINGGGG live. No words to describe how good it was. The whole atmosphere was so stress relieving too.

Going to this concert made me want to go to more concerts in the near future, like the people from Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist haha jk