April 4, 2011

take it all in.



"i could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute,
 cause the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you"

April 3, 2011

[the little things]


"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy"

A feast fit for a [queen]




First week of class, and life is good. All my clases are pretty chill, not too much work. My first studio project was to help design a "feast" for everyone. The concept was levity, and I had to help with the food portion. We made all of the food in big trays that had to be "tossed" before you could eat. Needless to say food was everywhere and I think I had a nice coating of caesar dressing on me when it was all over.




Balloons lined the entrance that were filled with confetti. At the end of the feast everyone popped them and the room was filled.



 To make the meal just that much better we had vodka fruit drankss. This school really wants me to be drunk its insane, but im not complaining. I might have got a little to handsy with that bottle.


April 1, 2011

Vicariously living through pictures.



"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing"
sylvia plath

Paekakariki...land of the tiki!

This weekend we decided to take a day trip and head out on the train for the day. We got the all day bus pass which was pretty cheap and all 7 of us headed out to Paekakariki for the day. It didn't look to good of a day when we left and it was chilly, but it turned out to be an awesome day. I blame this crazy weather for my redic sunburn i got. It was such a pretty beach, it had blackish sand and the water was the perfect temperature. After the clouds cleared out it turned out being a beautiful day, defiantly worth the trip. We spent the first part of the day just walking down the beach.
At the end of the beach we met our friendly lifeguard friends that helped us find the hiking trails. Before we left we had to get some pictures with then, and seeing there was no one else on the beach I think we were the excitement of the day. They kept posing for the pictures[might i add we didnt ask them to], they were hilarious.



 After getting the directions we set off to hike for awhile. It was beautiful. Everything is so green its unreal. All you saw in the distance was rolling hills of lush plants. As Robyn put it "look at all the fauna!". We didn't hike long seeing the sun finally came out and we wanted to hop in the water. Sarah, Robyn, and myself were the only ones wanting to get in, and the water was the perfect temperature. After enjoying the water for awhile we laid out and caught some rays, and by caught i mean burnt profusely. Multi-colored legs are all the rage.


After staying for awhile we decided to head back. We found the coolest beach shop on the way home , i loved it! After saying our farewells to the lifeguards we were on our way. It was a really fun day, and it was only a bus ride away which made it perfect. I think I fell in love with new zealand today, perfection.