RadonValley

Surprise! i miss you…

It’s about as obvious as it looks. I’m no grand ar-tist or anything, but even us normies can express it when feeling blue. Right now i miss my roomie, of course, as our lives are pulling us apart and it feels like torture. Finding a great roommate and best friend is something that doesn’t happen to everyone. But, as she keeps reminding me, “this is not the end.”

Peace, love and hope to all you blue peoples missing a piece!

The Body does not consist of one member, but many - 1 Cor 12:14

He shall wipe every tear from their eyes - Rev 21:4

All of creation groans for redemption - Romans 8:22

05/20/13

True story. Some guys were over doing concrete work in my parents’ front yard. I was eating breakfast and noticed that one of them (the youngest, like 25) was super cute, which i rarely think so props to him.

Not even 20 minutes later, my dad comes in and says “Hey, did you see that young guy out there?” I’m like “yeah.” He says “Isn’t he a deadringer for Mopies?” I’m all like “no way, not a chance” but thinking “oh my Lord, he DOES look like her male counterpart!”

So, Mopies, i think you’re a cutie. That’s no secret ;) but seriously, isn’t that a ridiculous story? #accidentalgirlcrush

05/17/13

Story of my life.

Song i’m singing: Tears From The Moon (Carmen Rizzo Stateside West Chillout Mix)

05/16/13

A Mother’s Wisdom: Identity Theft

This is actual advice received from my mother. I friggin love her.

05/15/13

HAHA! GET IT!? THYME-ING? Fear the mind of someone entirely bored.

05/14/13

“Cake”

I love color, but i also love black and white. I love harsh shapes, but i also love organic shapes. So much to love, so many choices to make! Let’s just forget it and have some cake. (See what i did there? I rhymed.)

05/12/13

It’s so true D: Soon it’ll be okay. Soon.

Oh, and those are TEARS, not eye goop ;) *best artist ever*

05/11/13

It’s all okay until you blow up your mac again. Then you get upset about everything O_o

Not to fear! God and good music will never forsake us mere humans :)

05/10/13

A Note About Roommates and Cruise Ships

So i moved away from my roommate and best friend of 3 years. Expect depressing art. Or completely hilarious frustrated art. We’ll see what i can manage D:

Also, since i’ll be working on a Princess cruise ship here in the next week or two, expect lots of photos of Alaska! :D

Oh conflicted feelings, how you torment me so… #suchislife

05/9/13

MOVIE REVIEW!

Warm Bodies… was surprisingly fantastic. It reminded me again what a good satire could be. Note that this movie is not a spoof, but a satire. There is a difference ;)

It made fun of other fantasy romances (like the infamous Twilight) which pleases me entirely. It picked fun at action movies, romances in general and zombie flicks. It was a great mix of hilarious, awkward, original and cool. Admit it, the action wasn’t bad and the comedy well timed.

Mo-pies made a comment that she wished there was more variety in the skeletons, and i agree, but besides that oversight (which was most likely due to either budget constraints or laziness on behalf of the animators) the movie was well executed.

A comment on gore: Not so bad! Not that i expected this film to be like a slasher movie, but they were thankfully conservative with the amount of blood and whatnot. Why? Probably because that wasn’t the point - the point was to be hilarious and remind us all that “you are who you choose to be” (that’s a quote from The Iron Giant… best robot movie ever).

That’s my quick review of Warm Bodies. Watch and enjoy! Or not. You won’t hurt my feelings ;P

05/9/13

Pitch Black

As a child of the suburbs, I’d never known true darkness. The literal darkness, not the metaphorical kinda (which I could see in myself and others easily). If I looked out my window at night, there were at least 100 visible light sources, let alone the lit night sky from the city 20 minutes away. Even in the darkest room I could simply flip a switch or open the door and remedy the problem.

And then… camp O_O

This literal darkness was stumbled upon in the heart of the woods (mountains). One summer. Virginia.

I was up late at the front office working on a video project for the camp. On my way back I realized quite suddenly that a couple street lamps were out in the middle of my path. Having only traversed this road in daylight, I was not expecting the blanket of darkness waiting ahead.

There was no way around this darkness. I didn’t have a light on me. No fire, no phone, no glowing frisbee. Anything would have been nice, but not even a lightning bug was in the trees that evening.

One step after another, I carried myself away from the front office and into the black. Every possible noise set me on edge. The fear of the unknown rose so quickly inside me that I couldn’t breathe for a moment or two.

Not prone to running (ever) I decided that it was finally time.

So I ran.

But running made it worse! I felt like making all this noise, stomping my feet and breathing like a wild beast, would mask any aggressor (human or otherwise). I was suddenly either a newspaper statistic or the female lead in a cheesy horror flick.

So I stopped running.

By this time, I could at least see some light up ahead. An ocean wave of metaphors clouded my vision. All the comparisons of dark and light, the Word being the light unto my path, Christ being the light of the world, etc, etc. After a short but breathtaking experience like that, I’ve had a higher appreciation of light - both literal and metaphorical.

What you can do: 1) Visit the woods. The places with no one around to hear you scream, and obviously the pitch blackness you may encounter, are truly humbling. 2) Just take my advise and appreciate the light! You don’t always have to go through something yourself to learn from it ;)

Thanks for reading <3

Peace.

05/6/13