Modeling Experience

So some of you know about my "modeling" experience. To keep everyone up to date I'll tell it again.

I have an amazing friend, Julie Jackson, who's a hairstylist. She works with a very well known make up artist, Gustavo Mottolo. Both of them needed models for an upcoming website and for a new fall make up line. Julie asked me to model and I was sooooo excited!! We all got dressed up and went to Old Town Alexandria and shot some pictures in an alley way and in a cute cafe. So we FINALLY got some of the pictures back, so I thought I'd share.

Credit goes to Anne Robert Photography

Halloween Party

I love technology! I'm currently on a bus heading up to New York City to hang out with friends and to see my amazing sister play in a soccer tournament in Newark New Jersey which is just outside the city. The now have buses that have power outlets and internet. So now I can catch up on my blog and watch movies from netflix online. Man life is beautiful!

So a little update. . . . My roommates and I threw this HUGE zombie party for Halloween and it was incredible! My roommate Christina and our friend Marcia went crazy with decorations. Our house was turned into a zombie haunted house basically. Here are some pics from the party.


Shannon-Zombie, Christina,-Zombified Jane Austen Character, Becca-Zombified Prom Queen, Me-Zombie Bride
Decor

Jelly Hand-Edible can you believe it!? It also had crunchy stuff inside for the bones. People seemed to love this.

Little Dogs as fingers..

Califlower with red food coloring and radish- Kinda cool huh! We were hoping they looked like brains...

This was the best picture of me that night... I couldn't smile in pics because I just looked retarded so I pulled the whole, "I want to kill you" look. I think I did a pretty good job at it.


Me, Shannon, Katie (FYI she made her Alice in Wonderland Costume.. kind of amazing) and some random guy that just met us like a second before the picture and he's already putting the hand on Katie's leg. . hmmm...
Christina wanted a picture of me trying to roll my eyes back in the back of my head...

This is what happens at 2:oo in the morning . . .

I had to put a picture of warren up. I loved his costume! Zombified Ronald McDonald.

Girls are Ridiculous, Boys are Dumb

So it's 1:13 am and I'm stuck online... so pathetic of me! I hate the fact that I'm a huge night owl and stay up at late hours into the night and then expect to get up at 7:00am. My dream is to have this switch one day where I become a morning person and can enjoy the calmness of morning and of a sunrise. Too bad that day isn't today. So as I was/still am sprawled out on my bedroom floor, I ran across a college friends blog who I'm guessing has gotten into writing. I read one of her poems and couldn't help but let a huge smile engulf my face and have a few laughs snicker out of my lips. Below is the poem, I hope you enjoy. The funny thing is that many would like to take it as a joke but truth seems to be written all over it.

Girls are Ridiculous, Boys are Dumb

Please allow me to state

the fact that's widely known:

Girls are all ridiculous,

and all boys are just plain dumb.

He says he'll call tomorrow,

but he forgets and texts the next week.

She sits by the phone in sorrow,

only his texts to delete.

Girls always do just what they feel,

though they say the opposite of that.

All girls make things complicated,

and that is a proven fact.

Boys often flirt to no end,

and then just never make a move.

Boys often tend to lead girls on,

without any follow through.

Girls are all ridiculous,

and boys are just plain dumb--

often their two roles reverse,

adding greatly to the fun.

Girls, in nature, talk too much,

while boys will speak so rarely;

in conversation, little's said--

time wasted despairingly.

Girls send subtle signs and hints

that boys are too dense to catch--

thinking they can somehow help,

friends try to set up the match.

It is quite a wonder

how anything gets done,

as girls are just ridiculous,

and boys are just plain dumb.

Month Review in Pictures

So it's very obvious that I love summer but after dealing with the horrible humid heat of the east coast, I'm ready for FALL!!!! So I changed up the blog for fall.

I'm also excited because I get to go to New York City on Friday. I met some people that live up there too so I get free housing! :) We'll see how cheap I can make the trip but the good thing is that I won't have to worry about seeing everything since I'm only 4 1/2 hours away I can go back up whenever. This weekend is also September 11th so there will be some cool stuff going on. I'm planning on having a pretty laid back trip. Ground zero stuff, renting a bike and riding around Central Park and across the Brooklyn Bridge and if it's still going on, go to the US Open. I'll keep you updated on what I end up doing.

Here is a summary of the last month in pictures.

My birthday was on the 12th of August and I had a big party at my place. I probably had 20+ people show up, which was pretty great since I had only been in the area for a month and a half. I have to admit the only thing I really wanted for my birthday was to be around friends. Moving to a new place can be scary but I have to admit I have made so many great and incredible friends! The only thing that could have made my birthday better would have been having my family here. But a woman can't get everything she wants now can she!


We had a pretty good display of food which I have to thank Jocelyn. I went and bought it but she displayed it very well :) I was worried we wouldn't have enough but we were okay in the end.


Ha ha this was the best! My friend John gave me a gorilla for my birthday! Definitely one of those presents I won't forget.


So this was a very awkward moment. I had people surrounding me and of course all the attention was on me and the singing and staring was making me nervous!


This is my roommate Jocelyn. Love her to death. She made me a homemade cheesecake for my birthday.

Eli, Adam and Jamie drove 1 hour and 20 minutes to come to my party! So I thought they deserved to be on my blog. Props to them! Thanks for the support!

The weekend after my birthday a group of friends and I went to Ocean City Maryland. It's this stretch of an island with a bunch of hotels and a beach with a boardwalk and pier with carnival games and such on it. It was so much fun!

Dani my roommate and me right when we showed up at the beach.

This is Jeff and me on the beach.


Roger, me, Lucy and Jeff

Whole Group: Roger, Lucy, Me, Jeff, Dani and Erik
Lucy and me

Dani and me after dinner. Let's just say she can pull off the ocean water hair better than I can.


Here's the whole group: Me, Erik, Dani, Jeff, Roger and Lucy
Walking on the boardwalk. I felt like I was in a movie! Seriously it was so pretty with the sun setting.

So when we got to the pier everyone wanted to go on the ferris wheel. For those of you who don't know, I'm afraid of heights and for some reason my fear keeps getting worse. I was a little nervous about going but I didn't think it was too tall so I took the chance. Ummm yeah big mistake.


So this was right BEFORE we started moving. I wish I looked this calm the whole time... uh yeah


AFTER.... Yeah so I huddled up in fetal position and of course Jeff had to freak me out even more. How pathetic am I!

So I think it was the next weekend I went kayaking in Georgetown by the Key Bridge on the Potomac. That was fun and relaxing but it made me realize how out of shape I am.


Lucy and me

The Kennedy Center
Georgetown

Jeff and Lucy

Key Bridge that leads into Georgetown from Rossyln Virgina


Okay the last event! I went downtown with my friend Eli last week and took night pictures of some of the monuments. Funny story.... I went to shoot a pictures from the top of the Jefferson stairs out to the washington monument and the white house and the security guard came up and told me I couldn't take pictures with a tripod. I was like uhh.. its night I have to have a tripod, and he ended up explaining that there are snipers on the top of the white house and if they see a tripod they might shoot me. ha ha I was like ummm okay I don't want to die today.

So for some reason I didn't think to bring my "nice" camera with me. So my crappy point and shoot took these pics. Some of them are pretty nice but they still don't have great quality.

Downtown Sunday Bike Ride

Last night I took the coolest tour of DC. My friend John Water has lived here for about 2 years and so he took me on a bike ride around the city and it was beautiful! We were there during sunset so I got some pretty cool pictures. Although it was on my point and shoot camera (which doesn't have the best quality) I was able to get some cool shots just for all of you!

Enjoy!