Religious Protest

It was an interesting day on campus. Best part of my day was listening to students counter-attack the extreme evangelists who came to campus to preach. They come often but I hardly see this type of response from them. I did spot a few interesting things that I didn't have time to have on camera. One man walked right by the foot of a man preaching, spit at his feet, and said, "bigot," while walking away. Here are a few images.

 Later, two students came back to the proximity with a sign to counter the evangelists, or bigots as they called them, and also with free cupcakes for student members. 

The video is well worth watching. The first man literally cracked me up and stood pointing in my face saying that I was a whore and that he had more respect for a prostitute because at least she accepted money for turning tricks rather than giving it up.

Two Pieces

I got two new jewelry pieces tonight and I can't wait to get a chance to wear them. I got a few other options but they are just some new pieces to change up on my current wardrobe a little. Let me know what you think.

Frosty Lips

I have fallen head over heels in love with this lipstick. I have only been wearing lipstick for about 1 year now and truth be told, its because I am generally too tired to do eye make up. I use lipstick as a crutch on lazy days and from what I can see, it works like a charm. I will see a male friend and they instantly notice that I have on lipstick and I can't say that this happens when I put 30-minutes worth of effort into eye make up. I have found my true love.
This color is from MAC: Frost Odyssey

Lace

This week has gotten off to a great start. I have so many afternoon classes, it gives me a chance to do some blogging in the morning before my day even begins. On top of that, I am working out once again. Somewhere in the last two years, I gained about 5-10 lbs and while I understand that I am growing into a more mature woman, I still love my jeans from two years ago and I would love to be able to keep myself squeezed into them. 

I have been feeling so great that I have even begun working on paper assignments not due until April. I want them out of the way so that I can avoid stress later on. As well, I have a new writing class. The writing assignments are absolutely amazing and so I figure why not share my favorite from this week with all of you. Every blogger has a little writer in them deep down inside.

First, write down three images in your mind from the past 72 hours. Make sure they are insignificant, completely random, and a single snap shot. (For example, my professor had images of two gas stations and a Wendy's food chain). 

Second, take 2-3 sentences to describe each image in your mind, nothing too elaborate, just highlight some distinct details.

Third, find some type of connection between the three images, even if you have to stretch the relation a bit. (For example, the professor focused how in each image, there was a road splitting or turning in some way and she connected them as something leading her elsewhere in life.)

Now, dwell a little on the relationship that you drew between images and use this as a starting point for your writing. In my own experience, my images all connected in that they all gave me a feeling of safety, warm, and familiarity. I imagined images of my skyline that I drive by often, my father's truck in the driveway, and an attractive man from class putting gum under the desk. While the gum boy didn't really play into my correlation between images, I do distinctly remember the feeling I had that such a beautiful man could do something so nasty. More so, I took that and ran with it since I have been considering moving to a new city. I felt warmth and security with those familiar images and I feared having such a great dream of moving shocking me into reality that it may not be what it seems. A stretch, I know. However, that is the point. Take a leap with your writing. 

The Weeknd - Outside

This is one of my favorite songs right now. I know that my blog audience is very diverse and coming from many different countries, but I do urge you to give it a try. The lyrics are probably not so safe for work but who blasts music at work? If you do, then I need your job.

Monday Outfit

If you know anything about Texas weather, you know that winter might as well be an extended version of spring.

Monday Thrill

I have been struggling to find time between moving and school. I figure the least I can do is give a small update on the progress of the house. I love the natural light the most so I decided to keep lights out, go mid afternoon and show you a little of the feel. I am trying to have a video uploaded by the end of the afternoon of a small look around of the house if possible. Well at least the main gallery.
As for the rest of life, I am trying to make this last year as interesting as it can be. As a senior, most instructors leave my term papers content in my own hands. I am able to decide what I want to write on in certain boundaries. For my disease course I have decided to research Capgras Disorder. It's certainly worth looking up if you are not familiar.
I hope January is passing nicely for everyone. I will make an Instagram update this afternoon if I can find some spare time. Have a wonderful week.

One of the two parallel offices

Office view into main gallery

Kitchen

Main Living room lighting. My favorite fan in the entire house. Upper level lighting separate from primary source.