'Laughter Through Tears'

This is a terrible cell phone picture of my new haircut. It's not too different from the old one, but I have a lot more highlights now - enough that I'm considered a blonde in most circles (I have mixed feelings about this!). It's nice to have a change, especially with summer coming. I always opt to go darker with my color, but maybe having some sunkissed fringe will make me more of an optimist.

Today I don't have to be to work until 4pm. This is bad for my health, because while drinking my morning cup of tea, I realized that I wanted to bake brownies. So it looks like brownies with a side of ice cream is my potential breakfast. I love the smell of baking brownies more than actual brownies, however, so I may have to take these with me to work so that I don't consume them all.

I've had a lot going on in the past few months and eventually, I think I will be making a post about it. However, until that post arrives, let me just say that I am in a very indecisive area of my life. I'm thinking about culinary school. Who would have thought that after 4.5 years of a traditional university education I would want to throw my hands up and say, "Y'know, I really just want to cook stuff"? Not I. Things are mysterious, however.

Snapshot!

WATCHING: Last night I watched "Easy A", which was a surprising viewpoint for a typical teen movie. I also watched part of "Scott Pilgram vs. the World", but I have a horrible habit of sleeping during movies and this poor movie fell victim to my habits. Also a lot of Futurama.

READING: "Gypsy" by Gypsy Lee Rose, "The Unlikely Disciple" by Kevin Roose, "The Beautiful and the Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the new Vanity Fair, and I just started "American Rose" by Karen Abbott.

WEARING: ugh, right now pajamas so I will talk about yesterdays outfit which consisted of my Jesus sandals from last year, my Amsterdam tshirt that make my chest look nice (yes, I'm vain) and my million year old brown skirt from Target, because I always feel good when I wear it. Oh, and these cute little lotus flower earrings I got on clearance a few weeks ago at World Market.

WANTING: more aloe juice! I drank all of mine yesterday. Actually, I really just want to go grocery shopping, however, I am going to be housesitting for a week starting tomorrow. It seems pointless to go buy a weeks' worth of groceries if I am going to be gone for a week. Therefore, my kitchen is very bare and this probably has something to do with why I am baking brownies at noon.

LISTENING: Mumford & Sons, lots of country music (I know, right? it's weird to me too), Radiohead's new album, Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Much love,

-B