A Rant About Tourists.

So it's been a while since I've talked about "new city experiences." Partially cause it's been a while since I talked about anything, but mostly because I feel acclimated to the city now. Crazy to think it's been almost a year since I moved here to Seattle. But this isn't a discussion of my adjustment to the city of my dreams, it's a rant about an opinion of mine that has changed since living here.

My whole life I never understood why tourists got a bad rep. People acted as if they were the scum of the earth more or less depending on the specific city or area.

I thought "What's the big deal? They're just trying to have a harmless good time."

But it's summer now and as I try to speed-walk my way through Pike Place Market to get to class I find myself growing more hateful of tourists each day. They walk at a snail's pace as they window shop. Sometimes they stop right in the middle of a busy sidewalk to figure out where they are. In the recent months the sidewalks in that area get so busy that the foot-traffic spills over into the actual street on a regular basis. (I feel bad for the people trying to drive through there...)

There have been days where I would have normally been right on time but ended up late because of the extra people. I know it's a fun area and I should be more understanding, but I'm just trying to get to class on time!

That is all!  >:/

Glitter painting

Sometimes I attempt to paint. With glitter watercolors. Yeah you read me, glitter.

So while I was sitting here at 12:45 am drooling over cupcakes and ice cream online, I suddenly thought "Hey, remember that blog I have somewhere on the internet? I should post something there. Something, anything, just do it!

So here, take a gander at two of my little paint doodles.

Summer Lovin'

(What an original title.)
Though my summer is short I've actually done quite a bit so far. At least for my standards of usually doing nothing more than school work or laying around.
I would preferably post high quality photos edited to my liking but flickr currently wants money from me before I can upload. So instead I thought I'd post my recent instagram photos, think of it as a photo diary of sorts.

1 & 3. One of my best friends got married a few weeks ago. I still can't believe it, I'm pretty sure we were in middle school like a year ago. 

2. I finally achieved a perfect town in Animal Crossing!!! After eight years or so of owning the game.

4. This woman was seen reading a book at Westlake Center, I was completely fascinated by her. I swear she looks like a Hogwarts teacher. 

5. Tea roses. They're pretty. 

6. Reunited with my cat! You can see we're equally happy. 

7. My mom traded in her car for an Acura. It may be a 2004 model, but it's nicer than some of the brand new cars I've ridden in.

8. A story my cousin and Uncle wrote when she was younger. They want me to help turn it into a real book now which is completely flattering. 

9. Mayer Hawthorne and the County opening for Foster the People! It wasn't exactly my normal scene but I have to say, he was pretty good. 

I still have nine and a half more days to go, who knows what other adventures will take place.

"Summer"

I did it, I survived spring quarter!
Despite having two gen-ed classes and one very insane design teacher I passed all my classes. Originally I was going to rant about my finals experience and how I didn't think I was going to pass one class because of said insane teacher, but I'd rather just forget about that...

So what does my summer look like? Well it's about three weeks long and so far it involves a lot of Animal Crossing. I'm spending as much time as possible at Mylinh's house but also splitting time between other friend's, my mom, and my extended family. On the 9th I have to start school again up until September 22nd.

Aw man I just realized that this entry is really boring and short. And I don't have anything else to say. AND NO PICTURES. I'll try to be more interesting later. 

Today was a fattie day

Macarons, Instant noodles, old bread, crepe filled with ice cream.

I regret nothing!

Springtime Journey

One sunny day I decided to take a break from my never ending homework and go explore the city through my lens.
It was a lot of fun taking new routs that I hadn't walked down before and seeing things that I didn't know existed. Except for the creepy toothless man that bluntly asked if he could have sex with me....that I could have done without.
Now I just need to do this again with my college friends (to prove that I have some.) I miss taking my camera on outings with friends!

Backwards attire.

On the left is what I wore to go out shopping/lunch. The right is how dressed up I got to stay in my apartment and do homework alone. 

Yeah, I don't get me either.