Well then.

Here I am again. I exist, I swear.
Just to prove it, here is what I wore today!

Rieker leather boots- They're wool lined, so I'm trying to get my last wears in before its much too hot this summer. I got lucky with a cold day today.

Decemberists Tee-Shirt- I saw them for my birthday in high school and there for have this tee shirt. 

Black swishy sweater thing- Naked ladies parties can get you some good things (well, not always) but I got this thing. 

Leggings- are leggings.

Also, here is my bento ( I was silly and just ate it at home, cause I didn't have to be at school all day.)

Annies mac and cheese.

strawberries

chocolate covered espresso beans

honey sesame almonds

raisins

carrot sticks. 

urm. tada! 

A bento beginning

Brown rice, black eyed pea and turnip curry, carrots, and wheat thins. The top layer had an apple, half an avocado and trail mix as well.
For a bit now I've been packing myself lovely organized bento style lunches to take to school. Between theater and classes I don't always have time to sit down and properly eat lunch, so I enjoy having little snacks I can grab through out the day. I also love the clean, clear organizational nature of bentos. I've been trying to take pictures of my particularly pretty, organized lunches, so I'll try to post them from now on. Here will follow a few lunches from past days.Brown rice, black eyed pea and turnip curry, carrots, and wheat thins. The top layer had an apple, half an avocado and trail mix as well.

Beans and rice, peanut butter pretzels, a banana, half an avocado and a date on the side.

I got fancy. :P Its basically deconstructed sushi. Tofu (teriyaki sauce on the side), carrot, cucumber, avocado, rice and little bits of nori.

Another weekend.

Again, I've tried to make my weekend as productive as possible. I spend the week being busy and I often can't wait until its the weekend. I guess is not the sleeping in and laziness I look forward to, but having time to re organize my life and get geared up for the next week.

I spent the entirety of today cleaning up my room. I gave up when I wasn't quite finished, as I felt the need to be social. I'll probably finish up tomorrow morning. I may yet make some blondies, but I don't have all the ingredients right now, but am perusing the substitution options.

Tomorrow the plan is to cook some pancakes (freezing lots for breakfasts this week), some more cleaning and babysitting in the afternoon. I suppose I should do homework somewhere in there too. :P

Anyways,

I hope you've been enjoying your weekend,

~Mer

Hello Stickpad.

Today is a day of productivity. I just need to find a way to counter waking up at 11:30. I don't particularly like sleeping in on weekends, feels like I've wasted the day.

Today's main events will be:

Babysitting

Giving a friend a hair cut.

Homework

Cleaning the apt.

Also planing out some awesome looks to go along with my new boots!

Anyways, more to come,

~Mer.

I feel silly adding to this blog, when I could just start a new one and not have to admit that I have those sporadic posts from the past. But oh well. I never did finish that key wristband. I started it. Never finished. It also doesn't help that I seem to find myself without a camera right now. I'm hoping to fix that soon.

I heard an interesting description about myself the other day. I was described as "Frighteningly talented." It wasn't to my face, but told to my roommate who repeated it to me.

In most things concerning design/art/theater I do try to over achieve and impress, so I guess its working! I worked especially hard last term in my "Elements of Design" class, as it was the required introduction to design class, and I wanted to stand out of the crowed as someone actually majoring in design. Once again, it worked! I was asked to design one of the sets for the following school year (this coming spring term, yikes!) and more or less fast tracked through the design sequence.

So, I'd say "Frighteningly talented" fits me well enough.

:)

~Mer.

Lack of Keys

One problem I've been encountering a fair amount this month is forgetting my keys. Since hooking my keys to my belt loop with a carabiner isn't quite cutting it, I've decided i need to make myself a wrist cuff to tuck my room key inside of. I stumbled upon this tutorial for one (literally, stumbleupon.com) and think I'll take the basic idea from it, though its a pretty simple idea. I'll probably replace the velcro with buttons. And maybe just a flap instead of a zipper.

I'll post pictures of the process and final product when I'm done. :)

Back again.

Over a year later. I'm going to try this blogging again. As far as the last post goes, I'm currently in my Freshmen year at Southern Oregon University studying theater with a minor in visual art.

With once again starting this blog I'm hoping to focus on my crafty, sewing, artsy adventures, which I've been doing a fair amount of during my first month of college. So enjoy. ^.^