And I felt free!

Right now I'm on a short break for the Thanksgiving holiday so I figured I'd do a quick photo update. Lots of stuff has been going on. Since the previous update I've gone shopping, made 3 necklaces, went to see Harry Potter at Midnight (IT WAS AMAZING!), got more prints printed/worked on my wall, worked on my club scrapbook, and got a NEW FISH EYE LENS!

New lens!

I ordered this Leopard Hoodie from Journeys.com. It's hood has a leopard face and ears, and I think it's adorable. It's also my favorite color.

I have about a billion picture files to edit for various purposes, and every day I get more and more behind, so I decided to do an update of some of the best files I've edited. I have a billion pictures with my fish eye, and from Harry Potter, but I don't want to bore anyone. I haven't done any babbling as of late, but I think some of that is coming up soon....because who doesn't like complaints? In the mean time, I'm still swamped with 'shopping, sorting, and crapbooking...errr....scrapbooking.....

And I just thought this was funny. My mom made a cake because she was so happy with my SAT scores! Hahaha, I guess all that hard work paid off in the end, I got cake!

Next time I'll upload the pictures of the necklaces I've made, because some have turned out pretty cool :) I also downloaded an EP, Emotion, by Breathe Electric--accidentally, I meant to download something else, but I'm actually really happy that I made that mistake! I recommend checking it out. I can't get the song "Emotion" out of my head! It's so catchy!


Hanukkah is in 7 days! Who's pumped?! (ME!)

-Sonny


All photos are my original work,  but for the nebula ones I got the overlays off from google images.

A Day at the Ritz

Happy 11/11,

I wished for.....

Well, never mind that!

I dedicate this photo in honor of Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day, so in honor of the men and women who served our country, I had another day off from school! Second week in a row. And next week I have an all day field trip on Monday, and I might be taking off Friday due to HARRY POTTER AT MID-NIGHT! Anyways, since I had the day off, I decided to edit the stacks of photos. I'm going to do a scheduled post later in the week of attempts at my 365 project. I'm totally lost with the number day I'm on, so I'll just post the photographs that I have. I've also been editing photos for my club since I'm the photographer.

Anyways, this is just a quick photo post about my grandma's birthday which we celebrated on the 42nd floor of the Ritz-Carlton. I'm not posting the photos of my grandparents (or any people) to respect their privacy--so none of the portraits I took.

The lobby

The Venue.


 

The view! It was crazy. I was going crazy wishing for a telephoto lens!

Am I the only one disgusted by the prospect of Lobster Macaroni and Cheese? I've never eaten Lobster before, is that a good combo? Feedback haha?

Random Flower Pot on the Street

My cousin had this bug bracelet, with an actual dead bug in it. Yeachhh. Let's put that in the Lobster Mac and Cheese!

Tights from F21, Shoes from Shi, by Journeys

The sunset at the end of the day was AMAZING.

My thoughts on the Ritz? Since my family follows the restrictions of Kashrut, I wasn't able to eat the food there, instead my Aunt ordered in dinners from Super Sauls, so I can't judge the food. The actual hotel was amazing. We had a room rented in the 42 Diner, which is a restaurant on the 42nd floor!! All around were windows, so we had a full view of White Planes, it was mind blowing (although I was so scared the building would crumble...42 stories is pretty tall! If you have a chance to attend an even there, go! Nice lighting, atmosphere, the food smelled good, and the waiter wear red Converse high tops!

I'm planning to post some 365-esque inspired photos from my latest 'haul' at some point later in the week, stay tuned!

-Sonny

A Life Less Ordinary

I know I've sort of abandoned this blog as well as my 365 challenge (again), and I feel really badly about it! Today is a federal holiday, so I don't have school. It's Election day, but I can't even vote yet, so I'm just enjoying the extra sleep! The good news is that I should hopefully be all finished with my college apps by this week end! I have three payments to make, two supplements to put the final touches on, and three common apps to send. I also received my scores back for the SAT and I did really well, so now I don't have to take it again! I'm so thrilled!! I had the honor of passing down my 12 SAT books to my little sister. It's nice to get those off my back and off my shelf! Once I finish the applications, I'll edit the copious amount of pictures I took LAST Sunday. I also have a bunch of "catch-up" pictures to post, which I'll do now.

How was everyone's Halloween? My family doesn't celebrate it, but we do hand out candy to the little kids that ring our doorbell---which was like, three times. My parents always buy like, three bags of candy, but we hardly get any people. Now there's a bag of KitKat's calling my name...which would normally be okay, but over the summer I developed an allergy to chocolate, so the three bags of candy have to go before I get too tempted! What did you guys dress up as?


I do want to talk about music for a little bit. As I mentioned previously, I recently downloaded some new CD's. I've heard about the band Vampire Weekend for a while, but I hadn't checked it out until recently. Honestly, I dig it. I would describe it as reggae with a twist of musical rifts, and with vocals that remind me of Kings of Leon. I highly recommend listening to them, and if you agree, downloading their CD.
Also, Motion City Soundtrack came out with a one-take music video, made by Justin Pierre, for a Life Less Ordinary, and it EPICLY WINS. I absolutely love it. Feel free to check it out!
http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-motion-city-soundtrack-video

Photo Update (I'm not uploading all of the pictures, or labeling them with dates, because all my files are out of order and I don't want this page to take ages to load, if you're interested in seeing the order and ALL of the photos, check out my flickr account).

*Sigh* October, I will miss you!

I WILL I WILL I WILL get back on track with this *(&(*(*)( challenge haha. It's just I always come home from school, and the only thing interesting enough for me to photograph is my cat....but that's just because I'm being lazy. T.T

When I went shopping I got this new Panda Bag for my gym clothes at F21. It only cost $1.50! During the same trip I went to Macy's, and fell in love with black and white striped hobo gloves, that were $30.00. They were way to expensive, so I didn't buy them. When I went to H&M I found black and white striped gloves that came with a pair of black gloves for five bucks....yes two pairs of gloves for 5! So I bought two packs, and modified one pair of the black and white ones, and one pair of the black ones. Heheheh, I felt so frugal and resourceful.

Modeling my creation

-Sonny

First Post in a While....365 Photos :D

Where to start....? @.@

Oh my goodness.

Well, I finally took my SAT on Sunday, so now I have a little bit of down time, before I take it again in November. I think it went pretty well, although I had to skip a math question, and got another one wrong :/ buttttt I'm taking it again, so I'll try to make up for that.  I still have 3 and a half college supplements to write, and finish my essay, and my resume. I really just have a lot on my plate right now. At least I have no homework tonight :D

I sort of took a month off from 365ing, so I'm going to get back on track with that. In the meantime, here are some (or very few) photos from my absence:

Day 107

Day 108

Day 109 

Day 110

Extra Pictures:

I love taking candid shots---but I'm such a creeper! xD

They looked so yummy....but they came out horrible! Don't be fooled by pictures!

The Only Face-booking I was doing xD

I also ordered a hoodie online yesterday (that's gonna be AWESOME, be ready!) but it's on back order until next month. I'll definitely post it once I get it. I also got a lot of new music--more Senses Fail, Kings of Leon, more Bayside, Paramore, and Vampire Weekend, I'll give my recommendations after I give them all a good listen. 

In the literary category report (haha), I'm reading the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It's actually a pretty short novella, and I recommend it. Speaking of Jekyll and Hyde, are there any Arthur fans out there that remember the song? Points if you do! 

I apologize for majorly creeping you out if you watch it. I really dig the dance Brain does though xD

I'm also in the middle of "Treasure Island," which is written by the same author. I finished Pride and Prejudice, so now I want to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies....and I apparently HAVE to read the Hunger Games, so I need to get my hands on a copy.

I need to do some college essays now!

-Sonny

Where....have...you......been....?

I know I haven't been very active within the past month. Why? Well, college applications, essays, and studying for the SAT 2 hours a day. Plus I'm missing school for Jewish holidays, and I have to balance normal coursework---and hit the the gym twice a week so I stay healthy. I've put project 365 on hold as well since I didn't want to have a whole month of crappy photos :(.

When this crazy madness ends and I get everything under control I WILL BE BACK stalking your blogs and posting and the like! Mark my words heheh! I can't say when definitely, since I may have to take the SAT twice and I still have a TON of college supplements to do, but I'll start posting slowly around mid October.

Thanks for bearing with me guys :]

x

Sonny

Bloggoversary, photo update, SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY :C and +1 in babble xD

So this is my 100th post! And my 1 year +2 day bloggoversary! In honor of that, I guess I should spend some time writing something meaningful :)

Well my friends, it's been quite a journey. I think its so weird that I'm still doing blog posts. Honestly, I made this blog last September because I was bored. Originally it was called 'Girl with a Panda Hat' and it was just supposed to be a place for me to rant and repost pictures (funnily enough, I had never heard of tumblr back then, if I did, this blog probably would not be in existence). I pretty much forgot about it until late October when my friend Katherine made this really awesome blog, and I was like....hmmm, maybe I should actually do something with mine! And I'm glad I did. Not only do I love posting, well, posts, but I love reading other peoples blogs even more. I have never felt like a world citizen as much as I do now. I mean, I follow blogs from England, Norway, Indonesia, Australia, Germany, Canada, Japan etc etc. Living in an American suburb its sometimes hard to remember that not every one lives the way you do. The stereotype is pretty much true. This website has given me insight into the fashion, food, culture, and lifestyle of people all over the world...and I'm not gonna lie, it's kind of awesome :]

So Tuesday I went to the mall to get some accessories I wanted before the school year started. The loot consisted of new kicks (purple high tops!), ANOTHER music playing sweatshirt (!!), new mascara, new eye shadow, Sephora primer potion, a new studded belt to match my sneakers, and hello kitty hairbows from hot topic. This was probably the first time I got stuff I actually wanted and needed, instead of throwing my money away on random crap that I'll never use.

At night my dad and my sister were playing monkey in the middle with my cat, and I took some really weird but funny pictures of my awesome Nemo! (There are more, but I'll spare you)

Day 101

Day 101 Lolcat-ified

Suuuuper-Cat!

On Wednesday I went to go pump iron :O at the gym. I pretty much did the same thing as the first time I went...15 on the elliptical, 40 on the bike, the weight circuit (twice), curl ups, but I ran out of time to do a cool down on the treadmill. And I wasn't so sore I wanted to die the next day, yay muscles!

Day 102

And then on Thursday I got a new haircut and went food shopping...I left the house at 3:30 and I didn't get back until 9 at night. I have such thick hair that it took my haircutter forever to work through it...but now it's all layered and thinned out, so now it'll be very easy to take care of when school starts....this....Wednesday.....*dies*

Day 103

Day 104

Day 105

Day 106

My iPod touch has been...err...spilled on. It is currently sitting in a bag inside a tupperware filled with rice for 3 weeks. Oh boy do I miss it. This iPod doesn't fit half of my music. It was quite a turn of events.

On Sunday I hung out with my friend, and then today I went back to the mall to meet up with another one of my friends. I needed a pair of black shoes, and a camera bag, and I also picked up a necklace from Forever21 and a birthday present for my friend! I've been soaking up as much freedom (and shopping) as possible last minute. I then spent the rest of the afternoon sticking up more photos on my wall! There are so many now!

School starts on Wednesday...one more day of freedom. NOOOOOO!

And then I'll be off the grid from Wednesday to Sunday due to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana. I'm also not counting them as part of my 365 project since I can't use electronics on those days. Happy New Year!

-Sonny!