toe freedom! [i had the urge to say toe-tal freedom, but i couldn't make myself follow through]

OMG. thank you to  hipstercrite for posting about your lace slipper socks. i have found the answer to my HATE of wearing tights with open toe shoes, and so much more. i know it's at least a little bit weird, but i can't stand wearing tights with shoes with open toes; it just doesn't look right. i think it has to do with the seam. it's ugly. the solution?

FIVE TOES KNEE HIGHS AND STOCKINGS!

stockings

LOOK HOW FREE HER TOES ARE!!

thigh highs

5 dollar BRIGHT COLORED TIGHTS

unyielding tights

basically, it's like american apparel's cheap free-shipping cousin that i'm going to have to take advantage of. thank you, sock theory, for solving my strange toe freedom crisis.

-allison

i should do some sit ups...

so, i'm about to do some calisthenics, and i decide to google some motivational pictures. results were as follows...

GOOD:

this is what i would like my stomach to look like, sooner than later.

BAD:

i seriously feel uncomfortable looking at this.

WTF:

something is terribly wrong here.

-allison

instead of paying attention

there are a lot of things i tend to do instead of listening in class. i especially like to doodle about exactly what it is that is most distracting right then, which usually involves food. it also tends to be the people around me. i fucking love people watching and silently judging them, or taking notes about them. anyway, here's an example from the other day:

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of course i couldn't exclude Shannon's wants, 

she sits next to me in class.

way more important than reconstructing protolanguages, right?

things i would rather be doing that sitting here waiting for class to start:

1) Drinking mimosas. I have been craving mimosas for at least all day, probably longer.

 

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2) Sitting by the pool in the sun, even better if it would be in a foreign country or by a waterfall.

good: 

better: 

3) Eating Nerds candy:

OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

4) Being fed grapes:

 

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spit strings

5) Seeing these guys in concert:

that's all i have time for. now i get to think about all the things i'd like to be doing instead of being in class.

SNOWWOWOWWWWOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

i want to thank my roommate for putting up with my random outburst of "IT'SSS SNOWOWOWWWWWINGNGNGGG!!!?!?!!!???!!" during our photo shoot in the snow Tuesday afternoon. Skipping class to take advantage of a once in a lifetime Austin snow day to have adventures and stop by Round Rock Donuts is definitely worth it. Here's some shots from that day:

SNOW!!!! in hair

me in the SNOW!?!

erica's dress tangles in the thorn vines =(

it was very cold.

close up of erica.

I don't know why I get so excited about the snow. It's not like I've never been exposed to it. I've been on many ski trips, but there's just something so exciting about it happening here in Austin, probably because it's not supposed to happen. I am a big fan of rule breaking. SO. TERRIBLY. EXCITING.

on to other things...I also really enjoying changing up my hair color and getting it cut. I have had every natural color and even a few crazy ones thrown in there too. I found a picture of a hair color that I want want want:

this i want, 

but i'm not sure how much more bleaching my hair could take.

[photo via far from a fairytale]

MORE LATER, HOMEWORK CALLS.



EDIT:

so, not much homework has gotten done, but some photo editing has. here are some pictures of ziggy doing her new trick, and being awesome.

HEY ZIGGY. who likes to party?!

the zig does!!

also:

you can see a picture of the original meme here

AND finally:

falling snow from the front porch! 

the flakes were so big.

photos of late.

ziggy dog gnawing on her donkey

me and the fred boy.

homemade thai tofu stir fry.

matt and his mexican/thai stir fry.

me caught chompin on erica's homemade chocolate dipped strawberries.

my roommate, erica, again, and her bunny, benny, dressed to impress.

stumped.

i've been trying to write a new post for a while now and either a) i can't get the layout to look right or b) i get blogger's block and either way i get angry and save what i've got and give up. it's become very frustrating, and it makes me want to start a new type of blog. so far i've come up with:

- a photo blog of homeless people around austin

• would probably cost me a lot of cigarettes and/or dollars
• how do i even know if they're actually homeless?
• may capture some creative money-getting slogans

- a photo blog of people who i find interesting around austin

• probably has been done 203948320 times already
• i need to put my new camera to use
• i need to get over my fear of asking to photograph strangers

i can't really write a humor blog, because i'm not humorous, and i don't just want to go on blogging about my day, because i can't see that being very interesting.

any ideas? what do you want?

a brief interesting austinite blog preview:

this is my roommate, erica.

she has great style which is nice since i'm not scared to take her picture.

she has a blog too;

it's called cookie soup,

and you should try it out.