be prepared for a million pictures... part 1.: the party.

soo as any of you who have read this blog know, the past 6 months of my life has consisted of planning this. it's been a pretty time consuming process & a test of my patience.. there were threats of lawsuits, trolls, bullies, communication errors, 3 hour long meetings, & emails.. but somehow this day finally happened.
it turned out SO MUCH BETTER than i ever could have imagined!! four of the five editors were in happy tears by the time we got up to thank everyone (john is very manly.. no tears from our business dude). there were a ton of people, great food, drinks, & awards.. we had such amazing vendors & support from the community.. it was ridiciulously awesome.
with that being said, there were about a bazillion photos of the evening.. & i love them all. i'm slowly but surely going to share them all with you.. :) thanks so much for the support, from near & far.. this was an amazing evening! i'm now positive i could be a PR practitioner for a living. it was so much stress but so great, & seeing everything come together made it ALL WORTH IT!

we sold out of VIP tickets!

CUPCAKES!

we had 31 categories.. in order to break them up, we took a little "intermission" & this dancer from french kiss fitness did an aerial acrobatic ridiculously cool performance. 

the wildlife rehabilitation center brought BIRDS! it was a highlight of the vendors, for sure!

there was so much food.. great appetizers from so many locations. i'm sad because i was so busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off that i didn't get to try very much.. i only had a bite of the crepes, which was what i was most excited for!

on top of crepes there were cupcakes, breaded chicken appetizers, potatoes, wings, sliders, sushi, potstickers, veggies, & cheese!

more pictures to come.. bear with me!

32 years.

today marks the 32nd anniversary of john lennon's death.

here is my favorite photo of him EVER.. playing guitar with che guevera (pretty much one of my favorite historical figures. google him.. he's awesome.)

even though i was never even alive while john was i have always felt a connection to him & his music.. he is my third favorite beatle, but my favorite solo artist of the four.  :)

RIP john.

quote of the week.

so?

 

which state should luke & i open our business in??

sadly enough the states i wanted to move to are out of the "a" range. perhaps texas isn't as bad as i thought... 

bad case of the monday's.

so i totally fell asleep at the wheel yesterday on my way to work.. i know, i know. scary. luckily it was literally 30 seconds from my house.
see, i had woken up late & had to be to work at 11 that night.. so i basically threw on some clothes & jumped in my car. well turns out i should have given myself a few more minutes to wake up, or at least brought a cup of coffee with me, because yeah, this happened around the corner from my house:

 

i only had time to snap one photo (as i was busy calling luke bawling, & then calling work asking what to do). luke came down to try to change the tire, but we're pretty sure there's more damage than i thought.

boo.

either way, i realized quickly how glad i was to be okay when luke got out of his car & threw his arms around me & asked "are you ok!?!" then he pointed out later, "if you hadn't have done it in the neighborhood going 20... you might have done it later, on the highway, & this would have been a whole lot worse."

my work sent a camera guy to pick me up & then i seriously slept the whole drive to work. just goes to show that this job is seriously killing me. i can't wait to graduate & hopefully move around to start producing a different show there.

anywho.

i was already having a crappy weekend in general, thanks to studying for finals, but mostly thanks to this:
 

 

i walked into great clips in ogden on saturday cuz i was in the neighborhood & REALLY needed a trim. i told the lady how i'd been growing my beautiful curly hair out for TWO YEARS, & i was so proud of how long it was getting...my mermaid hair...

i told her to take off about an inch.. just the messy gross ends, & that i wanted my hair thinned out so i didn't look like a horse anymore.

she took that to mean "cut off 6 inches & give me layers."

i had to take my glasses off for the whole thing so i honestly didn't notice what she was doing. i put them back on at the end when she asked what i thought & i got teary eyed & said, "oh..this isn't what i wanted at all."
SIX INCHES GONE!!!!!! layers that don't even fit in a ponytail!!!! thicker hair on one side of my head!!!

first world problems. ;)

hope your weekend was better than mine.