◄Summertime►

 

                                             Hot summer nights, mid July
                          When you and I were forever wild
                             The crazy days, city lights
                                                    -Young and Beautiful 

This summer has been a whirlwind of working on two film projects (One which is about to be filmed, and the other is in the process of having a script written), 10 am Starbucks frappes, a movie night with friends (which involved lots of popcorn and cookies), grandparents visiting from Georgia, a trip to Mt. Rainier, having what we think was Pneumonia (But I never actually went to the doctor to get tested), McDonald's dipped cones, dandelion chains (I made the boys wear them ;)), going to sleep to the sound of fireworks (earlier this month, of course), meeting weekly with a group of our friends to help one of our friends with her sci-fi story, swimming at Deep Lake, trying to work on my stories, late night Facebook sticker wars with my sister, Morgan, playing video games (by myself, because I prefer single player games), starting and finishing a tv series, and of taking care of our neighbor's cats, dog, garden, and flowers.  

And the rest of this month, we'll practically be living at our friends' house because with each day, shooting day for our movie is coming closer and we've got to practice everyday, go location scouting again, and so on. From morning to dinner everyday, pretty much. :) 

At the end of this month, my sister and my brother in-law (who live in Georgia) are coming up here to visit  (they'll be here July 30th, and will be staying a week), and then....

It's August. 

I can't believe it's almost August already, but anyway;

Next month I hope we'll be able to do more fun summer things. (I wrote a long list last night that I think is doable) :)

• Camping with the family (I don't know where yet, but I was hoping up at Mt. Rainier. ;)) 
• Hiking some new trails (sorry, Deep Lake... but I can only walk you so many times) ;) 
• Shopping with friends. (Callah, we need new clothes...you know it) ;) ;) 
• Baking with Callah (It's sort of a thing Callah, my friend, and I did when she came to my house in GA) 
• Work more on some photography {I don't know what kind of photography I want to do yet, though} 

And that's just a few things on the list! :) 

                                                           ◄Lauryn G►

July

This July's likes, wants, things I'm learning, and projects I want to do.

July's music:

Today, I discovered this song and love it! 

This is the remix, but I love both the original and remix...maybe the remix a little more because it makes me want to do a hip hop dance. ;) 

July's wants: 

This video game. It's sooooooo good! One of our friends let us kids come to her house every week and she played it for us! 

We loved it, and now we all want a PS4 to own it ourselves. 

Which, is July's next want.

Yup. I want one. I wish Skyrim was on PS4, but it's not, only PS3, Xbox 360, and PC (which Matt/I own). 

I really want one of these! They're really cool! :) :)

And last but not least, this T-shirt: 

 I must own it!!! :D :D 

So, that's what I've wanted this July so far, now for THINGS I AM LEARNING. CURRENTLY. 

Our grandparents have been here visiting Washington/us this week, so I haven't been working on a lot of projects, except for:

Learning The Last of Us theme song on piano with this video:

 

Buuuutttt. here's the real theme song which you must hear!! :D 

PROJECTS I WANT TO WORK ON THIS MONTH:

• Work on my Uprising story
• Film a movie with our friends 
• Dance

That's all I have for today! :) 

                                               NOTE:

If you are thinking about looking up what The Last of Us is, warning, it is very violent and language-y so, I DO NOT suggest watching the game trailer or really looking up pictures if you are not into heavy violence and language. 

That's all. Goodbye! 

~~Lauryn. 

{Traveling}

I do not own this picture. 

Traveling is a big dream of mine. I want to travel, like, everywhere. 
I have traveled to Michigan from GA a few times (my dad's parents are there), I flew to Ukraine (for adopting my sister), and of course we traveled across America to move to Washington. 

Now, I liked traveling across the country, but it wasn't like a fun summer roadtrip. We were leaving our home in GA...the home I had lived in my whole life. Of course we were sad and missing people on the trip.... But I still enjoyed it. We saw some pretty cool and weird things. (Like the random carving of President Lincoln's head on a random dirt pillar...in the middle of nowhere). 

Anyway, I REALLY want to take the long roadtrip down Highway 1.

I do not own this picture

I really want to go to California and see the Pacific Northwest Coast, so going on Highway 1 would be awesome!
Maybe I can convince the family to go on the trip...I doubt I'll be successful though. :(
Even if we can't take a California trip this summer, I still will be traveling (via airplane) in December! :) :)
We are all flying to GA for a week (and 3 days) to visit!!
I have been refraining myself from already making a packing list and planning things. :)


This is what I hope my future will look like one day:

 

Or siblings!! 

Where do you wish you could travel to?

                                                                        ◄Lauryn G►

Tagged

I was tagged by Alina to do this tag; Thank ye! :)

1. Marvel or DC?
Marvel. But I'm not a big fan of Marvel...it's okay. :)

2. What is your favorite kind of flower?
Magnolias, Cheery blossoms, orange/red poppies, some daisies, and some lilies. :) And there some other tropical ones that are pretty (I've never actually seen them) but I don't know the name of them.   


3. What is your favorite girl name and what is your favorite guy name? 
Hmmmmmmm....I really don't know my favorite girl name, but for a guy I like the name "Riley" because of Riley Poole from National Treasure. :) 


4. If you could automatically know another language, which would it be?
Oooooh, I don't know...Probably Irish (so if I spoke English I'd have an Irish accent. lol) and maybe Chinese. 


5. Do you generally prefer books or television?
I like both, but probably books? Depending on if they're good books. 


6. Juice, tea, or coffee?
Coffee!! I lovvvveee coffee. 

7. What would your dream job be?
A cetologist? A dance choreographer?  I don't know. 

8. What is the strangest thing you own?
I dunno, I own a lot of random things that could be considered weird but none I can't think of right this moment. 

9. What is your favorite instrument (it doesn't matter if you have, or do, play it)?
If the instrument is played well, I like it. Well, unless it's a trumpet...I'm not a big fan of trumpets. 


10. Which is better, white or brown chocolate?
Gah, the struggle!! ;) Both. I loooooovvvve chocolate. Like, any chocolate. 


Unfortunately I don't have anyone to tag because I only follow random people, so I'd feel weird tagging some person. 

June

It's already June, people!!

So, lately we have been working on two film projects (I won't be saying what about), but that they are our summer projects. :)

This summer our grandparents will be driving out here to visit (they like traveling and seeing the US, so they'll be visiting other places too), then my sister and brother-in-law will be coming in August.
I can't wait till summer!!

June 1st pictures:

Summer's coming

Summer is coming closer, the days are longer, and new adventures are beginning.

I have no idea what adventures this summer will hold, but whatever they'll be, I'll be taking pictures of them, :)

I have a mini summer list, but I don't know if it will actually happen:

• Lots of swimming 
• Road trips (California, Oregon, Canada?) 
• Camping (!!!!) (I haven't camped in a long time) 
• Hiking the trails of Mt. Rainier
• Whale watching (My dad and I have talk a lot about this, but still haven't made our decision)
• Start an art journal (!!!) 

That's all I've got right now, but more will probably be added. :D


Here are the pictures I've taken this week so far (not all of them, but some):

Daniel looks like he's eating, but he's just stroking his face trying to figure out a question. lol. 

What are your plans this summer?

First edited photos

"They're sitting in the vase but now they're dead, dead flowers."~Miranda Lambert: Dead Flowers  

While taking this \/ \/ picture that was the song going through my mind. lol. :) 

Anyway, so this week I've been sick (I have a cold/fever) and haven't been feeling like doing anything.
I have studied a lot more on SeaWorld trainers/training and orca captivity and I'm beginning to have my own opinion on things. I use to just think/quote whatever other people believed or what Blackfish said.
Like, now I don't disagree 100% with SeaWorld because I have some my own views on them now. :)
But don't get me wrong, I'm not a supporter of SeaWorld or any business with captive orcas/dolphins.

Anyway, this week I've also taken some pictures, and today I took some and decided to edit them with Morgan's Lightroom 4.
The above picture and the below are the ones I edited. :)

BURNING REEEEDDDD! ~ Taylor Swift: Red.

Sophie deep in thought