It's a Quarter After One, I'm All Alone and I Need You Now.

Secret Number Sixteen: I have a recent obsession with elephants. I've always been obsessed with giraffes.

Today is Friday, yet it didn't really FEEL like it. School is killer and I wish to strangle certain immature students in some of my classes. However, that would be frowned upon. I'd most likely get kicked out and then embrace my dream of running a McDonald's. Yay.

Picture time? Yes. The first is dedicated to my friend, Jenna. :) She is great and blogged about how great I am. She's a wonderful girl, always full of love and joy, and so I'm putting this picture up just for her. :)







Okay back to all seriousness... these are three of the very first pictures I ever took with a 35mm. It was my dad's and I fell in love instantly. They aren't the greatest, but I still love them.

Generate the False Alarms, the Verdict is Conterfeit..

Secret Number Fifteen: I wish I had more of a country accent.

School: a chubby kid with a magnifying glass, giggling as I squirm in pain.
Life: full of selfishness, hate, disappointment, and fat.


These are some of the pictures my wonderfully bright sister edited for me. This is my eldest brother and his girlfriend/future fiancé :)
"Baby I've been waiting for this long hard day to be over, So I can rest my head right here on your shoulder" I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes, Dierks Bentley

I Think You and I Should Stay the Same...

Secret Number Fourteen: I honestly believe that you could do better, but I'm glad you're so unobservant. :)

Life: is a big scribble on a blank sheet of paper. With big, fat blotches of ink and holes from pressing too hard.

Good news? I finally got my pictures from the sister. So, I'll start putting a few up at a time.

These are pictures of one of my best friends. I've started on a project, and she's the first I've photographed for it. And the last. I just don't get the chance...

Yeah, I took these balancing a lamp on my left shoulder and focusing with one hand. :)

And Let the Sun Wrap Its Arms Around Me...

Secret Number Thirteen: I love sad music.

So, I got my license today! About freaking time if you ask me. I even got to skip first period to go get it. :)

Sadly, I don't have a parking spot yet, so I can't drive to and from school...

PICTURES!
(Left) is a random picture I took of my shirt drying in the summer. I got this off of my photobucket, since my sister still hasn't given me my photos..

Second: is just a closer up shot. :) I like.













"If the silence takes you, then I hope It takes me, too..." Soul Meets Body, Death Cab for Cutie

I Wanna Feel That Lightning..

Secret Number Twelve: Large groups of people make me anxious and cranky, but I hate being alone.

So, it's the weekend...and I'm at home like a loser on the computer. The boyfriend is watching 'THE GAME' at his friend's house. I was invited. However, I don't prefer being ignored. Plus, I don't understand football, so why watch? (I only enjoy the first five minutes as they show the men bending over and stretching in those tight pants..mmm.)

So yes. I have decided to ask my boss for a well-deserved raise (in my and everyone else's opinion), but being the wuss that I am, I have prolonged the whole affair. You don't understand how much of a jerk my boss is. And it's hard to figure out if he's having a good or bad day, so you never know when to ask for something. Yeah. Maybe tomorrow...

First (left): This is a random picture of my two best friends. It's blurry, I know. But I like the color and light.


Second: This is another of the few that I took of my other friend. The lighting is harsh on her face, but I'm sure I could fix it if I wanted to :)

Third: This is the first picture I ever took with my dad's 35mm of live people. :) These are two of my friends, being silly girls. I love it. :)

"It's her hair and her eyes that take me away today.." Out of my League, Stephen Speaks

They're Laughing at You, Laughing at You and Me...

Secret Number Eleven: I write best when listening to orchestra music, preferably Beethoven.

So, today was THE coldest day Texas has had in a very long time, and yet my school district still insisted on making us reluctant students slip and slide to school. It was miserable, and tomorrow is supposed to be even COLDER. Ha. Like I'M going out there to warm up my car. Psht. Make the dang supervisor person come scratch off the ice on my windows.

Today wasn't very exciting, nothing worthy of typing out on my blog that no one reads.

So, a picture or two and I'm done..
First one (on left)- another one of my sister and her now fiancé. I'm just proud of myself for catching the seeds flying off of the thingy-ma-jig.

Second(to the right) is one of two of my best friends in the world looking for cute boys in my freshman yearbook. I think this was taken with my DAD'S 35mm, same brand and year, just now mine is a different copy. I just like the colors...


And lastly, a random picture from LAST New Year's, so 2009. I went to a huge party for a friend's birthday where everyone stayed the night at her dad's boss's house. It was pretty. This is aforementioned friend with sparkler. I took this picture, hoping it would come out. I have yet to learn about controlling aperture and such, so I just winged it.


Okay, that's all. :)
"I look fly, I look good. Touch my swag, wish you could!" I Look Good, Charlie Boy

But if You Never Try, You'll Never Know What You're Worth.

Secret Number Ten: My smile is my favorite, and only best feature.

So, today was the first day back to High school life. Ah, I sure missed all of the "drama, all the backstabbing and stink-eyes". That's a very small snippet from my book. It's super teeny tiny, but when I was planning out my first sentence, that line from my first chapter popped in my head, so I quoted it. Can you quote yourself? I'm not too sure. Ah, well. I personally think that I am quotable.

Anywho, school actually is one of my favorite things.
Quick! A list of Lauren's Favorite Things!
1) polaroid cameras
2) the smell and feel of old book pages
3) writing
4) reading
5) Harry Potter
6) Denzel Washington
7) chocolate
8) my boyfriend's smile
9) inside jokes
10) dancing

Okay, that's enough. Those are my top ten, and when I say 'Top Ten' (there I go quoting myself again), I mean the first ten things that came to my head. So yeah, school. Although in this trimester, I'm taking on AP Physics and stupid, vile, putrid, disgusting, agonizing, heart-wrenching...Regulars U.S. History...wait, where was I going with this? Basically, school is complicated. BUT, I'm trying to stay positive. Positive.

So, this is a picture of my eldest brother and his beautiful girlfriend/ baby's mother that I adore and love with my whole heart. This is one of the photos that I mentioned in an earlier blog that I STILL don't have the originals of. Soon though...soon.

"What an amazing time, what a family. How did the years go by? Now it's only me..." - What're You Waiting For?, Gwen Stafani

Just One More Plane Ride and It's Done...

Secret Number Nine: My hair is my security blanket.

Welcome to 2010. Just one more year till graduation...two more years till the world ends (supposedly).

I've tried to come up with some New Year Resolutions. However, I know that I always fail miserably and give up on each one. Oh well, here they are.
1. Lighten up. (Not sure how I'll do that)
2. Lose that roll on yo belly! (That's been there since 6th grade, according to loving Mama)
3. Finish, and edit book. (Yeah, like that'll happen.)
4. Photograph more.

There they are! Only four, yet I'm pretty sure I'll end up blowing all of them off. Ah, well. :) Too tired to really chit chat like the norm, so I'll conclude with a photo.

Maybe I should start putting a disclaimer thingy on my photos; I keep seeing it on other peoples' pictures...hmm...I'll work on that..