spring break so far

royal gazebo & palace

side view of the palace

part of the harbor

samoan dancers

hula dancers

one of the trees at the palace

yea, thats me. im standing on a rock & i still cant reach

after a 3/4 mile hike i got a nice swim

so pretty!

he let me take a picture of his face :D

my two biggest fans

benny & toby

hello, hello. so today i realized something while i was making lunch. i know who my two biggest fans are that never complain about my cooking. there they are. right there. benny & toby are always in the kitchen when im in the kitchen. they always enthusiastically consume whatever i give them & always appreciate getting to taste what im making & the final product. now thats love.

rallies & review

so im sitting here in the library again procrastinating on work. im listening to the speaker in the arbor talk about the budget crisis & the hate crimes that have been happening & i have to say shes making some good points. i would have been here earlier except that i had class. theres actually quite a few people in the arbor & i wonder how many people are going to march downtown. its crazy for me to think about all the different rallies & marches ive seen throughout my time here at ucsb & i have to say that this is one of the biggest & people look like theyre paying attention.

oh attention, something i need more of. i feel like i cant concentrate sometimes, especially when it comes to writing for school. oh well ill get over it :D so im 2 pages short for my research paper & i have one last music paper before i have to study/think about finals. i have one final which i am taking early & a take home final which christine (thanks a bunch!) is turning in for me. so in total i only have to write 12 pages & study. not so bad right? next quarter i feel like im gonna be buried under a mountain of papers because of my 2 history classes, 1 english class & 1 art history class. hopefully it goes well.

one of my papers is about sarah chang & andrew von oeyen. i attended their concert on friday & i have to say it was fantastic! not only was the music great but they have to be the most attractive duo ive seen. they performed some romantic pieces (2 brahms) but i will say my favorite was the last piece was my favorite. sonata for violin and piano by cesar franck, dude this piece was intense! i think it really showed off both of their skills. this was definitely a duo i wouldnt mind seeing again.

i guess i should start working now. i cant wait for the weekend!

von oeyen, man hes sooooooo attractive (wow i sound like a fan girl haha)

chang, shes so pretty

procrastination, i think so :D

the room that i teach in has tons of snoopy stuff cause the regular teacher is in love with snoopy. i just thought this was cute

so instead of finishing my paper (which i have approx 10 pages left out of 25 to do) i decided to blog instead :D

so last night i watched coco before chanel or in french coco avant chanel. i really love audrey tautou & 2 of my all time favorites are amelie & he loves me, he loves me not. all these movies are in french & i watched them in subtitles. everytime i watch one of her movies, im inspired to learn. i think that will my elective for next year :D the movie was alright. it was a little slow but there were some funny parts & not to mention the wonderful outfits!

i watched transformers 2 today & i have to say, im a little disappointed. it wasnt as good as the first, but hey sequels usually arent that great. i wasnt all too happy that it took 1 1/2 hours to get to the plot of the movie. i mean i get that its michael bay & that actions his thing but i thought it was a little too much.

ah, i cant wait for spring break.

left over brownies

these rich brownies wouldnt be complete without some milk :D

a close up

so i made these about a week & a half before i took these so they prolly look dry, but believe me they were really moist still. i made these brownies from a recipe i got from all recipes & it was really fun to make. im gonna try this again but this time ill add more chocolate chips or some caramel :D