shades!

today was sunny, so i need new sunglasses. maybe these?



or these?



or maybe i'll just go to forever 21 so i dont have to lose a $250 pair. oh the disposability of clothes these days. that's not even a word!

roughing it

well it's been quite an eventful weekend. lots of chopping wood, exploring the beach at midnight, eating cookies and pizza, swinging giant strands of kelp over our heads, playing games, burning alive in hot tubs, and portraiture. here's a taste:














and here's s'more (we did that too!)

birthday extravaganza

my birthday is this weekend. i will turn 21. we've decided to rent a home on the coast and play games and walk on the beach in the rain and soak in the hot tub in celebration. the house we rented is named after the elf-land in the lord of the rings, rivendell, which looks like this:



but it will actually probably look more like this:



and on second thought, more like this:



IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!

gritty

im about to try and make grits from cornmeal. it's going to be AWESOME i freakin love grits!!!

the last first day of school

in germany on the first day of school all the kids get a giant cone, or "tuete" full of candy and surprises. a little treat for big people. here's a few examples:









that last one is an anti-weed flyer that says "my first tuete." tuete is also the word for "bag" or slang for "joint" so it's like, my first coney thing aka my first joint aka little kids shouldnt smoke the devil's lettuce. little bits of knowledge for big kids.

tomorrow is my last first day of school. here are some things i'm looking forward to:

- finally returning my overdue library books
- checking out more books
- learning some new things
- making cool sculptures in my sculpture class
- reading interesting new books in german
- chocolate bowl in the alumni office
- studying contemporary chinese art history

and not looking forward to:

- paying fines for my overdue library books
- setting myself up for future overdue library book fines
- forgetting the new things i learn
- spending a lot of time in the studio making sculptures
- actually having to read the books in german
- entering data in the alumni office

that's all, i should go to bed but i always get nervous the day before school starts. what will i wear? will i make friends? do i care if i dont make friends? what if i trip or get my period through my pants or something? will there be cute boys? will my teachers be mean or nice?

SO MUCH TO LEARN!!!!

big things ahead vol. 1 part one

hi, im rebecca. im about to begin my last semester of college and thought i might start chronicling my search for a career, a life outside of the educational system, some new friends, a place to live, and a dog.

i also just want a place to post my ideas and schemes (like a fork with a knife attached to it), photos i've taken, and other interesting facts and stories.

here are a few photos from a recent trip to san francisco to visit my boyfriend, nico. these are mostly from a day in berkeley. just got back last night, hope you enjoy them!













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