Pirates and other Thoughts.

We went to a pre-screening of Pirate Radio last night (check the previous post about how we won tickets if you're curious) and it was fantastic. Sure I hated some characters, but I love(d) Philip Seymour Hoffman...he's a great actor, and the movie wouldn't have been the same without him. The movie does make me a little restless though...I loved the music, and I loved the style, perhaps I was born a little too late? I definitely feel that way sometimes.

Anyway, to appease me current desires, I will buy these shoes on Tuesday:

 

Aren't they just adorable?

I'm so incredibly excited for them because they're exactly what I've been looking for/reasonably priced, and they've been on my lifetime to buy list for so long! I'll wear them everyday!

I know what you're thinking...why Tuesday? Well, I'm buying them from Mod Cloth, and they offer 12% off on Tuesdays, so I'll get them a teensy bit cheaper :)

I haven't bought anything apparel wise in the longest time (aside from an undie splurge at Forever 21...but they were also on sale/essential!)

I also want Angelina Jolie's hair, as styled for Changeling. (The movie is amazing, by the way)

I almost have it, but it needs a professional touch, I know.

Hopefully I can get that done when I'm in San Diego :)

I would also prefer if my clothes were replaced with vintage styled clothes, wouldn't that be nice?

I think so. I just wish I could afford to do it myself.

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I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do in life, and I've come up with a few ideas...none that I've shared with anyone yet. Teaching will always be something I want to do, but I don't think that's what I want to do right now, or in the nearly future. I think it's something I would like to do later on in life. So I started thinking about the things I currently fancy, like art, music, movies, writing, home decor, fashion, photography, cooking.

Ideally, I would like to combine all my favorite things, but for now I'm currently enamored with the thought of doing interior design.

I spend all of my free time online looking at home decor/apparel...so why not do something with that, right? I think it'd be something I'd wholeheartedly enjoy :)

Of course, I'd minor in Art History, or something similar, because I do want to teach later on...or maybe I don't. Maybe (this is possibly a secret wish) I just want to be a house wife/mother later on in life. Would that be horrible?

I think not.

And now for something with a little umph...

I'm currently at one of those points in the year when I crave some form of meaning to my life. The best way to do so would be to volunteer, so volunteer I will. I've been browsing some of the local options, there are a few that sound appealing: reading to low-income children to boost their vocabulary, working with an organization that provides blankets and housing for the homeless, spending some time at the local animal shelter etc. To be honest, I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity to make a difference. Does it make me a nerd that one of my favorite things about high school was being a part of clubs that focused on making a difference and helping others? :P

Speaking of high school, yesterday I received an email from an old high school friend! Actually, an old teacher of mine! It's nice being reminded you're not forgotten! It's also nice knowing that I just realized that if I ever needed a job, he would make a great contact, hah. I sound like such an old lady with old lady worries! Oh, the tides of life and aging, it's beautiful and horrifying. Quite the combination, no?

I've got my mind set on the birth of a new art project, though I don't quite know exactly what I'm doing just yet. I've got endless bottles of old-fashioned Coca-Cola bottles, and nothing to do with them! I can't just recycle them! Hopefully I'll think of something! I'm just waiting on some inspiration...I have taken a few artistic photos of them...but I feel like they deserve much more!

Anyway, I'm also tired of being out of shape, so I'm going to try to do something about that. I think I'm going to take on Yoga again, I always found it relaxing, and I love stretching, the feeling of your muscles tightening actually feels good to me! Maybe I'll go to the gym or take a dance class, or something, I don't know!

I love spending my days either working on classwork, or cuddling with Kyle all day, but I'm starting to feel a little too cooped up! Our days of exploration are fun...so maybe we'll just go out more often. Anything for a bit more excitement in life! haha. I am kidnapping Kyle and taking him to a pumpkin patch tomorrow...or Monday...whichever day is more weather friendly! It'll be fun, and hopefully surprise him! Which is a hard thing to do considering we spend all of our time together, haha. But hopefully I'll catch him off guard, and the surprise will go well! :)

I don't think he reads this, which is kind of neat so I can talk about surprising him and know he won't find out! Well, I think he reads it when he's incredibly bored, but he knows everything I'm writing about because he lives it, haha.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get some mail out today, we'll see how that goes. I have endless amounts of birthday/miss you packages that need to be shipped, it's just a matter of finding a post-office...

We're off to Costco now, yay for groceries! :)