Today, with only 12 days left until the long anticipated holiday of Christmas, marks the official first day of my countdown and the preparations of the festivities. Each day, I will post the activity or holiday themed thing that I am doing as a little "12 days of Christmas."
On the first day of Christmas, I decorated my room. I wanted to make my room a fun little winter wonderland and now just looking at the twinkly lights makes me smile. There is something so unique and special about Christmas lights. The way that they glow never ceases to amaze me.
On my recent trip to Washington D.C. I visited the East Wing of the National Gallery. Here are a couple photos I snapped of some of my favorite paintings!
Did I ever tell you about one of the best weekends of my life? Oh, well it was a couple months back. It was blazing hot in Austin Texas and it was my second year to go to ACL!
Coldplay, Young the Giant, Kanye, Stevie Wonder, City and Colour, Foster the People, Awolnation, Fleet Foxes... and ARCADE FIRE! I was so fortunate to be able to see all of these amazing bands, and so many more!
My favorite part besides the wonderful music is always the atmosphere. I love the lights, the colors, the movement and the energy. It makes me feel like a complete teenager when I am there and that is a GREAT feeling!
So this is a video of my friend Grace and myself in Austin at a music festival. We made it using a super cool spinning mirror thing we found in the park. To this day, I still think that it is awesome.
Ok, so first, of all, I decided to start naming all of my posts with the song that I am listening to whenI write then. Second of all, like most teenage girls my age, I hate cleaning my room! Surprisingly however, I quite enjoy the occasional reorganizing of my make up, jewelry, or clothes. I guess seeing everything that I own, inspires me to create new looks and to wear things that I often forget about because they have slipped back into the deep dark depths of my cabinets. My favorite accessory: gold necklaces. I have a good amount of them, and this necklace tree is the perfect place to hang them!
I think self expression and artistic freedom are two of some of the most important things in life. After all, isn't that why I have a blog and all? I only realized this fully however, when I visited the Newseum in Washington D.C. over thanksgiving break. This is a wonderful museum; it traces the influence, history, and evolution of the media from hundreds of years back.
Out of the 5 floors, the basement caught my eye. It was a piece of the Berlin wall. The eastern side, bare and white. The western side, graffitied and painted in protest of the limitations to the personal freedoms in Soviet Germany. I have always admired the actions of standing up for one's rights, but here it is beautiful. It is creative and artistic, and riveting.
I actually got to touch part of the wall!
The view from the roof of the museum was not bad at all.
An exhibit of the first pages of newpapers for a hundred years!
A memorial to all the reporters and journalists who have lost their lives trying to cover a story.
I'm back, and I know... its been a while! Sorry for my disappearance the past few weeks or shall I say months. It has been a crazy fall, and I have changed quite a bit.
My New Obsessions...
1. Songs that are solely piano and vocals. My favorite right now is 14 year old british singer Birdy (her songs Without a Word and Shelter are beautiful)
2. The color brown. For me, brown is the new black. Other colors that seem to be catching my eye: mustard, maroon, navy, and camel.
3. Spin Magazine. It is just great. Read it. (runner-up is Nylon)
4. Cape coats. I know that these sound dreadful, but I am dying to find one! I guess it is something about the silhouette that I think is absolutely fabulous.
5. The talking twin babies video part 2. Communication always fascinates and I wonder what these kids think that they are talking about!
