streetlamps, snow, 2am

i miss blogging because it's honestly such a wonderful way to keep track of the 5million photographs i take. right now i'm just biding my time in new jersey, waiting for january 20th where i'll be whisked away to london for the next few months.

it's nice at home, i'm learning how to fill my time and get some sleep. i've been spending the last few days watching "lost" with my mother - we are almost done with the first season and i'm hooked. my mom knits while i sit there raptured in the dramatic/horror music and just want everyone to be happy and braid each other's hair. i also read "american gods" in a day and plan to plow through another huge pile of books.

since getting my phone, i haven't been using my mark ii for many things because my phone is simply easier and more "in the moment" - let's say.

my mom had decided that she was too tired to keep on watching, so she grabbed her blanket and headed upstairs. i am obsessed with street lamps and the nighttime. that moment when the snow first falls is one of my favorite things - it's finally quiet and literally no mice be stirrin'. freshly fallen snow in the night is for the lack of more poetic terms: fucking glorious. knowing that you're the only one awake prowling around is oddly satisfying as you watch those lil' snowflakes float down. i may or may not have sang the chorus of frozen's "let it go" no shame here.

i didn't get many stellar shots (because despite what i may believe, i too am not elsa and i am susceptible to the cold) - i just wanted to update my blog with something. i am doing my biannual blog detox, but this time it's for real (or so i say). i'm reorganizing my tags and putting those embarrassing high school posts back in my drafts and just preppin' this ol' blog for my london adventures.

olympics with kira

[post meant for february 25, 2010]

today is ANOTHER SNOW DAY, and the first of the second double snow day of the year.

mother nature, you really do love us. anyway, here's another kira overdose ;)

snow day and new layout!

yes, i love blizzards! no school today and i think it's about 5-6 inches of snow outside. if i'm correct. although i was burdened with the coveted task of shoveling the entire driveway - i still love snow :D it's still going hard out there and i'm going to go take some photos - fweeee.

plus friday is a half day, no chinese school sunday (chinese new years), and no school mon&tues because of president's day. can anyone say hallelujah?

also, note the new layout? te gusta? expect photos soon.

*finally uploaded them on 2/25* i was planning on brightening them, because i don't shoot in manual - but i am toooo lazy so here they are. the darker ones are sooc and a few are edited.

and i lost my lenscap T-T and camera got wet. meeeh.

but it was absolutely beautiful when it settled in the evening, like a winter wonderland. no joke. ;P




this will remain on the top of the list as one of the biggest fails of my life. the following photos were a lame attempt at this plastic bag thing. all sooc.


i look like i'm in heaven or something.

it was snowing too hard to get anything decent, so i opted for indoor television and later went outside with an umbrella around 5 ish :)
















i didn't edit some of them (like the two above) because i don't know, i wanted to keep it like that, the night really looked blue.

phew, that was a lot of photos. :P

delayed opening

[meant to be posted on wednesday, 2/3]

delayed opening this morning, although the snow is dismal :) only had 10 minutes to take photos bahhhh.




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