Sunday, August 24, 2008

ramble....

I just wanted to say that I start school tomorrow! Its so very exciting! And I actually know someone in one of my classes so that is a huge relief and I'm sure will help me out through the day.

Also tomorrow we have auditions and I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous as can be, but it will be great. Even if I don't get cast in anything there are so many opportunities here to take part in. And regardless I know that I'll be working backstage (as a requirement) so I will definitely get to make a lot of new friends here.

I'll post more in the next few days about what is going on! Oh, and I also have a few pictures of my brother and I that are pretty adorable if I must say so. Too bad I was hung over that morning and hadn't taken a shower. All things considered they look relatively nice :







Although I'm a little upset that the background on the two best pictures had to be white...I don't think I could look a whiter shade of pale. And yes, my brother is kneeling in the first picture, for he is almost a whole foot taller than me normally.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

interlude

We finished the last roll of film today, so hopefully I'll be posting pictures of our journey so far here soon.

Things we still need :

- coffee maker (seriously)
- a bike lock
- hair appointments for Adrian and I (I would like to get it done before the first day of school)
- where DO you get your hair done in Laramie? Hmmm.
- silverware organizer

I saw GORGEOUS horses today and I just wanted to walk across that little river and pet them. They might have let me, they were so close!

Here are some more photoshopped ridiculous pictures that I didn't put up before. Hopefully they are mildly entertaining.

Me dancing in a ghost town :



I'm vacuuming because this ghost town is called "Mormon Row" :



"Clara, have you read that yet?"
"No but it looks fantastic."



Kill of the day :

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

chapter III : the dress code

We're here! Sorry that its taken me awhile to post this, but we just recently got internet that actually works. Yeah, my wireless card was a joke out here. But besides that, we love it. It is gorgeous here, and you can actually breathe. Okay, unless you start running. Because we are at 7200 ft above sea level and let's not pretend its easy to exercise up here. At least for me. My poor pampered sea level lungs...

Everyone here is so incredibly sweet, and while we don't fit in (at all), it feels the town has welcomed us. This brings me to why I entitled this chapter "the dress code". People don't really dress up. At all. I don't even think I've seen one sun dress here. I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but its still a little disheartening. I didn't want to stand out THAT much. We took a nice little stroll through town today, and I was wearing a white sun dress, black belt, and my large black sun hat, and people looked at me as though I was from another planet.

And seriously, what is up with Teva sandal/sneaker hybrids?! They're all people wear! I'm sure they're comfortable and all but...everyone? Now I know that I was not always dressed my best back in Seattle, but at least there were other people who always picked up where I left off on those days. I'm scared. This may be it. I may be carrying an entire town on a fashion revolution all by myself. At least I'll try. PUT ON A FUCKING SKIRT AND HEELS PEOPLE! Don't stare at me because my calves look damn good in stilettos. Your's would look like that too if you put a pair on. Sure, the terrain of Wyoming may not be ideal for heels, but have you tried to walk though any major city in them? You're getting hit with cobblestones on some turns, bums on others, and people constantly trying to shove you off the street on your way to work. At least in Wyoming you have the open road to strut your stuff. And I'm not judging the people of Wyoming here, I'd just rather not stick out like a sore thumb every single day. You know? I feel like I should never dress down because no one will pick up the slack!

But other than that we are fitting in just great! Kei also has met a new girlfriend who lives on the other side of our fence. Her name is Misty and she's an Alaskan Malamute and all they want to do is love each other! So here is a video of them being oh so in love :



And here is a video of Kei and Adrian playing in the "river". It only gets about 18" deep :