A while back while I was trying to decide which direction to head with school, I met with a career counsellor up at the college in an attempt to get an outside opinion on what I should do. The white haired guy I met with asked me if I were an animal, what would I be?

My answer?

A seagull.

Yeah. Dumb answer. Seagulls are annoying. They eat garbage. And while I may be annoying, I certainly don't eat garbage!

Anyway. Although talking about our would-be lives (he would be a camel) was fun, albeit slightly awkward, it didn't help me decide on a career. But taking the Myers-Briggs personality test sure did. And you know what else? It made me feel special. Like, hey, yeah, I am that way! And I'm cool for it! Turns out I am a bonafide ISFP.

IFSP's are:
"...peaceful, easygoing people who adopt a "live and let live" approach to life. They enjoy taking things at their own pace and tend to live in the moment. Although quiet, they are pleasant, considerate, and caring, devoted to the people in their lives. Though not inclined to debate or necessarily even air their views, their values are important to them."

FAMOUS ISFP's:
Liberace
Michael Jackson
Steven Spielberg
Ulysses S. Grant
Marie Antionette

Cool, yeah? So! If you haven't taken the Myers-Briggs test....I think you should. I'm trying to convince Kristofor to take it so I can find out what he is!

This is starting to sound like an advertisement, and for that I'm sorry. But really. Do it. It's fun.

12 of 12 - January

I'm a little late, but such is life. Inspired by a fellow blogger, I'm going to be taking 12 pictures on the 12th of each month. It's just a way for me to document my day, and I so look forward to seeing how the rest of the year will play out. My photography skills aren't the best, but it's a fun way to improve and have a reason for me to use my camera. We'll see if we can get a picture of Kristofor one of these months...he's anti photographs-of-himself.


By the way, there is a really cool template to use for this so the photos are more organized (you can see it on amy m's blog), but I don't have photoshop so I just made it into a strip. I'll have to get something better figured out for next time.















In no particular order:
*my feet in our psychadelic orange carpeted room
*watching Lost
*the mountains in the morning after my class
*bed still unmade from my nap with a still sleeping Tofor
*messy desk at work
*my phone after a 16 minute convo with the man concluding that he needs to quit his dumb job
*Leo, greeting me when I got home from work
*a necklace I made. I've been feeling crafty lately and this is about as technical as it gets for me
*the building where my class is
*frosty car windows in the morning - BUT someone scraped them for me! HOW NICE!
*a nap - what a beautiful thing it is (the nap, not me)
*laundry

stuff I like

This post is just a bunch of pictures of stuff I like. One day when I'm a trillionaire I will be able to purchase to my hearts content. For now, window shopping on the internet will have to do. =)

These earrings look so classic. Like I could wear them on my date tomorrow, and when I'm 34 dropping kids off at school, and when I'm 72 getting checked into the old folks home.

These shoes from Anthropologie. They're similar to ones I already have, only crazier.

This bedding, also from Anthropologie (I'm not really that obsessed, I just happened to be on their website today. promise.) It would be like jumping into a pool of liquid candy every night.


Patterned tights. Like fishnets, except less hooker-y and more socially acceptable.

Oh, these shoes. I doubt I would ever really wear them, but they look yummy enough to eat. Not that I eat shoes. That would be gross and my GI tract probably would throw a fit. But if I were a shoe eater you can bet these would be at the top of my menu.

enjoy the ride

My dad sent me an email the other day with a link in it to a song he found. He heard it, thought it was 'unique' (aka weird! ;)) and thought I would like it. So I clicked the link and found this little gem of a song. I've been listening to it ever since and can't get it out of my head! I am actually a fan of Morcheeba already, but had never heard this song. My papa knows me well!

Don't you love when someone hears or sees something, could be anything from decor to clothes, and thinks it looks like something you would like? Makes me feel special!


On another completely nonsensical note, I took my body measurements tonight and . . . I am an hourglass shape! I thought for sure I was a pear but nope. This makes me happy, and now I'm determined that I need one of those stretchy belts to accentuate my little waist! ;) Okay, really, I don't think I'm the cats pajamas, and I'm certainly no Twiggy. But a girl needs a self esteem boost whenever she can get it, right? ;)

just a picture

I love where I live.

I miss being near the ocean, but having such pretty mountains nearby makes up for it.

crazy <3

I so want to see this movie. Maybe it's the song they play in the trailer but it looks so melancholy and pretty.

Now, watch I'm gonna hate it!

I rented the movie Public Enemies last night, thinking I would really like it, and I hated it! It was boring! Johnny Depp's character was totally rude to his girlfriend (played by Marion Cottilard, who I love) and she still liked him? The supposed fued between Johnny Depp and Christian Bale's character was especially lame. 20 minutes into the movie I said to Kristofor, "This better get better or I'll be pissed." And it didn't get better.

So let's hope Crazy Heart doesn't dissapoint!

Any movies out there you're particularly excited to see?

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Right now I'm filing my nails. See, I painted my nails red last night and realized today I need to remove said nail polish . . . only I don't have any nail polish remover. So I asked Lynette if I could use hers. She said yes . . . only we couldn't find hers. So, here I am, filing my already-filed-just-last-night nails in an attempt to remove the red to try and make them look presentable.

Why?

I'm going job shadowing for Radiology tomorrow at the hospital here in town and I want to make a good impression.

Would a normal person get so anxious about job shadowing? Probably not. But here I am filing my nails, planning how I'm going to do my hair, what to bring for lunch and should I wear the orange shirt or the thermal shirt under my (Kristofor's) scrubs? It's like the first day of school all over again.

Wish me luck.

In other news, my poor little companion Oscar Shabadabu Monson died last week. I had him for 1 year and 3 months. He was a very well behaved fish and will be greatly missed.

But with the sadness of losing a fish, comes the excitement of getting to go to the pet store and pick out a new one! (Really, I do miss Oscar. He was fun.)

Introducing Feathers!!!

Don't you think he looks like an alien here??