tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13210258110299966792024-02-07T19:41:12.897-08:00walk on moonbeamsVictoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-42487997546154945792010-08-23T15:24:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:32:28.104-07:00to the great blogosphere<div style="text-align: left;">I swear, I'm not dead yet. This blog is still very much alive and well and I've got lots of posts planned. The only issue right now is having the time to write them. It takes me more time than it should to create posts, especially the picture ones. I'm a total html newb.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I got through with every post. D: </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXt7BWJOuhqCJuXHZjHNfqjnMx43KbYKjMQsy1aSXejpPmcx8B5xHFmgdtfd39nr-ebkqycCB04WvjPaDeaAGuvyVHvTlQpjUJQpqFdkTMVufoM8X-vZJjJE4c3t1BYj8VadMJA6XJns/s400/html.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508735236832171762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div>Haha, I still love it, don't get me wrong, just takes a while. And I've been <s>busy lately with summer work and college apps</s> distracted by Tumblr lately. And I need to get started on that icky summer work and stuff. I've got band camp this week and I'm going on vacation next week with my family. And then school starts. Joy.</div><div>But my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/">flickr</a> is being updated regularly so check that. </div><div>I'll try to catch up asap, but just letting you guys know that I'm still alive. :D </div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-80448411107477110292010-08-05T14:52:00.000-07:002010-08-05T15:43:21.462-07:00hersheypark<div style="text-align: left;">Our second day in Hershey went on pretty much like the first, with the older boys and my dad going on the bigger coasters in the park and the rest of us wandering around the park aimlessly, going on rides as we saw them. Hershey is alright, but it bothered me a little. A lot of the rides overlap each other, the riders coming dangerously close to people on other rides. And the coasters also go right above the walkways, which is really frightening. And the map is absolute crap. It just made me long for Disneyworld, where the atmosphere is magical, the transitions from area to area are smooth, and even waiting in line is fun. I need to go again soon. D: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But Hershey and Disney shared the same huge crowds. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture038.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture074.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hanging around a small fountain to get some water shots and creep on strangers. Mhmmm. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/waterside.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE THIS ONE. SO MUCH. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4862953857/" title="the water paradox by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4862953857_e910a15178_z.jpg" width="622" height="640" alt="the water paradox" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture195.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Obligatory. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/waverider.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture237.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture251.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a zoo in the park that Alec and I went to with his parents. It was a sad little place with tiny enclosures. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture289.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/feather.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture302.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4862953763/" title="the mermaid connection by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4862953763_382ea9a084_z.jpg" width="640" height="282" alt="the mermaid connection" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture490.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">MINIONS. Too bad we all fail at claw. D: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture493.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aleccc. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture498.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/hand.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Andre's just eating a big bucket of fries, nbd. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture569.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside the factory tour ride, complete with Disney-esque dancing cows. Oy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture609.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture663.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Giftshoppppp</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture668.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">LOOK AT ALL THAT CHOCOLATE. Too bad my dad flipped out on me lagging behind to salivate over the chocolate so I only got a bag of Reese's Pieces. Bah. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture693.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our hotel had a cool pool. =] </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture707.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Papa John's for dinner, yummm. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" title="."><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey/Picture709.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-87250936202094926082010-08-04T16:15:00.001-07:002010-08-04T19:59:53.521-07:00entering the land of chocolate<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One thing that's wonderful about my mother is that while other parents may be excessively paranoid about talking to strangers online, she approves of it. Probably because she met one of her best friends through Korean drama forums.</div><div style="text-align: left;">About three years ago, a correspondence started up between my mom and this woman named Angela. Eventually they started calling each other nearly everyday and talking on the phone for hours on end. Fast forward a couple months and the two families are meeting each other. Fast forward another year and we're visiting each other and sometimes even taking vacations together. It's really fantastic that my mother doesn't bat an eyelash when I mention Ari from Boston or Trish from Belgium or Nik from Sweden or even when I say I met them online. She realizes that in this day and age when the everything is so interconnected it's getting to be pretty normal for friends to be made on the Internet as well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Last weekend, Angela and her family met us Pennsylvania because none of the kids had ever been to Hershey Park. We went to this cavern beforehand though. It's this place called Indian Echo Caves. I think most people have been to somewhere like it before. One of those dark, cool caves with these strange rock formations, stalactites and stalagmites all over. The steady sound of water dripping all around you. And sometimes, underground lakes with the clearest water you've ever seen in your life.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=IMG_3683.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=IMG_3683.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_3683.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cavern place had farm animals by the gift shop, including a hutch of adorable bunnies. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=IMG_3726.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_3726.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The caves have this strange sort of beauty that makes you feel like you're intruding on something ancient and wonderful, which you actually are. It takes hundreds of years to form an inch worth of stalactite. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=IMG_3936.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_3936.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=IMG_3819.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_3819.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4862112640/" title="6:52 by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4862112640_6d6bfd3db6_z.jpg" width="640" height="418" alt="6:52" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=cavegrowth.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/cavegrowth.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/?action=view&current=moss.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/moss.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Butterflies were all over outside. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4862073186/" title="flight of the butterfly by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4862073186_17008eabca_z.jpg" width="640" height="454" alt="flight of the butterfly" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/blackpapillon.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Angela on the left and my mother on the right. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4183.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We took advantage of this "preview" thing that Hershey offered where you can get into the park the night before and get a head start on the park. My dad took Andre (Angela's oldest son) and Timmy, my little brother, on the bigger coasters while the rest of us went on whatever Alec and I wanted to so. Alec is Angela's baby, this chubby fifth grader who we all adore. Me and him stuck together for most of the trip doing kiddie rides because I'm scared of dropping so I don't do bigger coasters. But I have a penchant for spinning rides. I think it's because I don't get dizzy and that I'm impervious to motion sickness. I went on pretty much every spinning ride in the park and dragged my mom and Alec with me. I had a blast. :D </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh and by the way, I was lied to. Hershey <b><i>does not</i></b><i> </i>smell of chocolate. >:( </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4195.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4204.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">IT'S A MINION. I wish Andre won one for me. Turns out the kid isn't as good at carnival games as he claims. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4205.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have this obsession with water. Expect a lot to show up in upcoming blog posts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/fountain.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the Tilt-A-Whirl. They just screamed first date. So cute. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/tiltawhirl.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Andre tried this game where you have to try to get rings on the bottle. He kinda failed at it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4309.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">THIS RIDE. You go in one of those bird things and it spins around on two axises and rises up like four stories in the air, stops at the top, and comes back down. Pretty frightening once you get all the way to the top. But still a lot of fun. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4311.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4314.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this ride too. (Notice the spinning pattern.) That's Andre in the blue. He's in 8th, I think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4331.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/IMG_4361.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This man who was making kettle corn. Would've been perfect if I got it when his face wasn't so awkward. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble" title="wishinbubble on Flickr"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/hershey%20night/kettlecornman.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-42738988703750740882010-07-26T16:07:00.000-07:002010-07-26T17:56:21.345-07:00windowplay<div style="text-align: center;">experimentation </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">some sooc stuff</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/IMG_3002.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/IMG_2958.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/IMG_2953.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Final of that batch. Just a gradient map thrown on. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4832583028/" title="windowplay by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/4832583028_4cecd91d03_z.jpg" width="394" height="640" alt="windowplay" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And some others from that session. Just testing out different edits and doing ridiculous poses. God knows my arms are long enough to pull that off. I haven't done selfies in ages. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/silhouettes.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/windowportrait.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/clutch.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/itscurtains.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/windowplay/necklace.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-39582191955018396712010-07-26T09:17:00.001-07:002010-07-26T10:47:27.922-07:00catalina + ilya<div><div style="text-align: left;">On Friday, I got to shoot with a very good friend of mine, Catalina, and her boyfriend, Ilya. I was looking forward to this one for a while because both of them are so beautiful and they are the cutest. Also, add on that Catalina has the best clothes ever and I've got myself such potential in a shoot. There's a lot of pictures in this post because I'm an indecisive little thing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I went over around five, since her and <a href="http://doktursu.deviantart.com/">Sky</a> have art class all summer until then. Because of this hardcore art camp nonsense they've been doing and their trips to China and the UK, respectively, I haven't seen either of them in a month and I've missed them like crazy. I absolutely love these two. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/skycat.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Entertaining ourselves with watermelon rinds whilst Catalina finds an outfit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3024.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh yeah, and Cat's<a href="http://xiaocaca.deviantart.com/"> a phenomenal artist</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=IMG_3031.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3031.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She has this little lair off to the side where she puts all her old work and the ground is littered with oil paint bottles and old palettes. I love photographing art supplies. =]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=intheartistslair.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/intheartistslair.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The artist at work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4831479688/" title="artist at work by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/4831479688_0772c2d747_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="artist at work" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">silhouettes and tights.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=silhouettepaint.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/silhouettepaint.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=tights-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/tights-1.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=turpentine.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/turpentine.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The most awkward drawing position I've ever seen, lmao. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4831479814/" title="Untitled by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4073/4831479814_1ff89c8d26_z.jpg" width="412" height="640" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=observe.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/observe.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">idk which one. someone pick for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=draw2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/draw2.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=draw.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/draw.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't be fooled, it was really hot and sticky that day. Ilya practically gave up when he put on the button down shirt. That's him attempting to cool off on the grount. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=IMG_3203.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3203.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Catalina insisted on matching. So freaking cute. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=IMG_3263.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3263.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one's a rather simple manip, taking his face and arms from another picture and slapping it into this one. I'm not cut out to be a photomanipulator. In the end, all the layers end up confusing me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/rockcolor.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/ilya.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pile of rocks took us forever to get up. I was wearing sandals too. D: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/rock.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cat took us to this amazing location literally just across the street from her house where you could see down the valley. </div><div style=""><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/cat.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Um, what are we supposed to do now?"</div><div style="text-align: left;">"Uh....just look badass."</div><div style="text-align: left;">From this shoot, I learned that I am absolutely terrible being bossy and giving directions to model. That is a skill I will definitely need to work on. Or is that a job for another person in a shoot? I don't know. I seem to recall that Sarah's cousin, the one that thinks we're weird, was surprisingly good at it. I'll have him do it for us on the cruise. </div><div style="text-align: left;">But Cat and Ilya did really really well considering how much of a fail I was at giving directions. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4831480120/" title="badass by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4831480120_36f7753a5c_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="badass" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/cat1.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They're so cute, I couldn't possibly just pick one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/tri.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my faves from this shoot. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/highabove.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Julia edited this one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3386copy.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">CUTEEE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/cheek.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite things about them is the way they look at each other when the other one isn't looking. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/glance.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=IMG_3412.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/IMG_3412.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/simple.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/fence.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/smiling.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/?action=view&current=rockcolor.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/cat%20and%20ilya/walk.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this one a lot. After we finished we just hung out in her kitchen and they just disappeared into their own world for a moment. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4831326176/" title="catalina + ilya by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/4831326176_f7c3044c11_z.jpg" width="497" height="640" alt="catalina + ilya" /></a></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-62913685548306330752010-07-24T09:39:00.000-07:002010-07-24T11:05:09.982-07:00busted televisions and starry nights<div style="text-align: left;">Over the summer, I like to volunteer at the library to rack up hours for NHS or whatever thing in my future needs volunteer hours. Last year, my supervisor, Christina, didn't know what to do with me half the time so she just stuck me in circulation for most of the summer and left me to the ladies in circ. It turned out to be one of the best parts about that summer. They would give me a cart full of books that people from across town had put on hold and I would organize them onto the hold shelves alphabetically. It's tedious but strangely rewarding. I just disappear into my alphabatizing zone and everything else goes away. It's really relaxing.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Overtime I started to recognize the names of people that regularly put books on hold and you start to get to know them a little. And even if they don't regularly put books on hold, you can get this little glimpse into what they like to do or what they're like. This person loves to knit, he's just starting to figure out programming, that person has a penchant for Stephen King thillers, she's hosting a fourth of July party soon. It's funny when I see names of people I know in real life. It's really fascinating. And it feels satisfying to know that I'm accomplishing something useful. It was really awesome to meet all the ladies that worked there too. And they loved me too and gave me food and free books. :D</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But this year, I walked into Christina's office the beginning of summer and she takes me to the front table and tells me to sign people up for the summer reading program at the library. Basically I just sit at the front table and log people into this program. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm really really bad at dealing with people I haven't met before ( and honestly just people in general) so I really hate calling people over when they walk in to ask them if they would like to sign up for the summer reading program. Confrontation is not my forte, especially when I have a stuttering problem that tends to arise when I get nervous. So instead, I just smile sweetly at whoever passes in front of me and hope that they're so charmed by me that they come over and ask to be registered...needless to say, that doesn't happen. Instead, they just kinda look around to make sure I'm smiling at them and then, if I'm lucky, they smile back. </div><div style="text-align: left;">And my work ethic while I'm in the library is too good for my own sanity. I feel guilty using the computer for anything other than what I'm supposed to be using it for, so I just end up reading my summer reading book and signing up all my friends (and fictional characters) without their permission. What a life. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;">The worst part is that from where I sit, I can see the circulation office where I used to work, so I just stare wistfully at the bustle back there and wave at Loretta, Jenny, and Irena and the rest of the ladies as I just sit there being useless.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not so terrible when people come to keep me company though, like usually my friend Udbhav comes before his shift starts and we hang out. Or like yesterday, when Julia and her family came to the library and she ended up coming over to my house afterwards for dinner and a Life marathon.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went outside for a little bit before dinner to take pictures.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">My television broke recently (FINALLY) and julia wanted us to sit on it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2777.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/IMG_2777.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2783.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2783.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/IMG_2783.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Messing around with dried up leaves on my lawn. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2783.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=driedup.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/driedup.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This concept looked a lot nicer in my head. Bah. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2808.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/IMG_2808.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=hairleaves.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/hairleaves.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=hairleaves2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/hairleaves2.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2806.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/IMG_2806.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2818.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=IMG_2818.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/IMG_2818.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if you can see the stars, but they're there, and there's a lot. One second exposure if you can believe it. I'm so doing this again some other day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=starry.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/starry.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=stars.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/?action=view&current=stars.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/post%20library%20fun/stars.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-56373908357464886132010-07-20T15:08:00.000-07:002010-07-20T16:34:05.008-07:00the adventures of fishboy and cameragirl<div style="text-align: left;">This past Saturday, a family friend of our's, Vincent, hosted the annual pool party at their place. It's usually the huge gang that we celebrate Thanksgiving and New Year's with. We've known each other practically since birth. We've been meeting up a lot less over the last couple years because we've all undergone growth spurts and suddenly any house we go to starts feeling a little claustrophobic.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;">As per tradition, the boys invade the pool and stage massive water fights. Afterwards, there's always the fight between the girls, who want to watch a movie, and the boys, who want to play video games. And then, well into the night, after the dad's finish their mahjohng game, the older set claim the table for a couple sets of mahjohng before we have to go. All throughout, there's food cooking on the barbecue and plenty of costco cookies to go around. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Warning: A lot of pictures lie ahead. I just couldn't choose the ones I wanted to show you guys. Water fascinates me to no end, the way each particle clings to another and just seems to float through the air, catching the light as it falls. It's magical.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These amazing windows they have by the sunroom.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2051.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2051.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I suppose you guys wouldn't believe me if I said I got an underwater camera, would you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=underwater.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/underwater.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meet Jeff, Maggie's cousin from Taiwan who's living here for the summer to take some summer classes in English. Total cutie, and turns out he's a pretty fantastic swimmer, so hot bod too. And sweet as anything. Haha, needless to say, there was some mild creeping going on that day. He's exactly a year and a day younger than me. It wasn't that creepy though, I swear. He likes showing off his mad swimming skills.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2576.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2576.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2128.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2128.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2219.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2219.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha, he cracked a grin seeing me sitting at the edge taking pictures of him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2237.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2237.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenny, who's 11. Adorable. :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2338.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2338.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Areta, one of my oldest friends. We grew up together and lived in the same house for like a year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2357.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2357.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jeff showing off again. =]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2304.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2304.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">DOOSH. The boys enjoying splashing. And getting my camera wet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=bigsplash.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/bigsplash.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linus, the kid is a twig....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2444.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2444.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and a waterbender.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2495.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2495.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2489.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2489.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2515.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2515.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh hot damn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2446.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2446.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=dive.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/dive.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2570.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2570.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I eventually convinced the boys to fall off the back of the diving board for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=tubulent.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/tubulent.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If only this one was in focus. D:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=skinandbones.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/skinandbones.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=drownfail.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/drownfail.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=intensity.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/intensity.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2611.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2611.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4809464580/" title="4:52 by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4809464580_500ac3253a_z.jpg" width="556" height="640" alt="4:52" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2621.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2621.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2630.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2630.jpg" width="320" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=bw.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/bw.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Later on, we took a walk in the neighborhood, accompanied with dozens of fireflies, twinkling in the air around us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2698.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2698.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Me running through other people's sprinklers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2718copy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2718copy.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=nighttimestrolls.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/nighttimestrolls.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course our mahjohng game. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2753.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/?action=view&current=IMG_2753.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/pool/IMG_2753.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-20679167826835522872010-07-16T16:06:00.000-07:002010-07-16T16:27:00.193-07:00lakeside strolls<div style="text-align: left;">You know what I really love about summer? The illusion of endless free time and sweet summer nights. <s>The mosquitoes don't even bother me that much,</s> I just love the smell of summer on these nights. I inhale and it's this huge lungful of wet air infused the scent of grass and sweat and freedom and something else wonderful.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photos from our spontaneous walk around the lake when the sun went down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The light throws the most amazing reflections onto the wall in the afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1871.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/IMG_1871.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1887.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/IMG_1887.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">the lake near my house. I have to admit, I've never seen it at this time of day, my parents never let me out walking this late. It's really quite spectacular. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1920.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/IMG_1920.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1931copy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/IMG_1931copy.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend Udbhav.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1943.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/?action=view&current=IMG_1943.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/twilight%20lake%20walk/IMG_1943.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-28827676814774034992010-07-16T12:32:00.000-07:002010-07-16T13:47:20.752-07:00vanilla scented knees<div style="text-align: left;">Last Saturday (the 10th), we had another one of our get togethers at Tiffany's house. I think these started like three years ago, spring break of my eighth grade year, and it just never ended. Recently our parents figured out that four out of five parents are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary this year and this summer has consisted of going over every weekend to celebrate another one. This time was for my own parents and Tiffany's parents were hosting. Amazing night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was raining ridiculously hard when I woke up. D:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1489.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1489.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">lmao, I walk in and Julia's stash of glitter has been cracked open, along with a bottle of black nail polish. Julia and Tiffany painted my nails for the first time in years. I've been deprived. Julia was rather liberal with the glitter and poured on the gold kind and the white kind on my nails, the sort that shines turquoise and purple in light. I loveeee it, especially in low lighting, when it's just turquoise and gold flecks on black.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1516.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1516.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">foooood. tiff's mom always makes/gets the best food.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1532.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1532.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tiff, Julia, and Kevin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1537.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1537.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=calligraphy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/calligraphy.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her kitchen has the best lighting everrrr. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1561.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1561.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=light.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/light.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=orchid.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/orchid.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1581.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1581.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lady Kevkev found the <s>modified 3D glasses</s> hipster glasses and my lens caps. and yes, that nail has gold glitter on it. It's weird, he goes through random bouts of camwhoring, and then camera shyness immediately after. I'll never understand it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1608.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1608.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Julia and I started taking pictures with the old film projector rolls I salvaged from my school library. They used to use these to teach haikus paired with pictorial representations. The colors are all faded, yellowing on the edges and they smell a little funny, but they're beautiful. I was handmodeling with them coiled around my arms for a little bit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=reach.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/reach.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">mustacheeee</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1664.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1664.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha, we're being freaks and messing around with the rolls in the piano room and everyone walks past just giving us weird looks. And then, Tiffany, bless her heart, sees them thinks they're the coolest things ever and is totally willing to model for us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=filmcup.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/filmcup.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=filmhair-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/filmhair-1.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=filmhair.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/filmhair.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1684.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1684.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=filmbx.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/filmbx.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1699.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1699.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1710.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1710.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Off for the usual visit to kira. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1742.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1742.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1753.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1753.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My parents <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1765.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1765.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drunk parents, joy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1786.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1786.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a few rounds of ninja, piggybackrides, and embarrassing Kevin in from of the girlfriend he's been hiding away from us, Tiffany bought out her amazing collection of nail polish. And of course we torment Kevin some more and put glitter on his nail. Yup, we live for this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1806.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1806.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I'm not even....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1820.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1820.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1842.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/?action=view&current=IMG_1842.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/anniversary%20tiff/IMG_1842.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-38186233086514666872010-07-12T16:11:00.000-07:002010-07-13T10:06:20.204-07:00robin<div style="text-align: left;">This past Friday, I had my first client shoot with my friend Robin. I went over to his house, late afternoon, and we ran around the neighborhood for the rest of the day snapping photos. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Robin's hesitant about acquiescing to some of my more ridiculous requests (FLOAT ON YOUR BACK IN THE LAKE, PLZ/IMA SPRAY U W/A HOSE, BRB), and he's so smiley all the time that it's hard to ever get a picture of him with a straight face. It's rather endearing actually. =] </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/simplecopy.jpg" width="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I made him take out his long forgotten violin to pose with. There's just something I love about string instruments and how the most beautiful sounds can come out from this little piece of wood. I'm guilty of staring at the violin player in my orchestra like a creeper on more than one occasion. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/violin.jpg" width="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4787673867/" title="robin by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4787673867_0f666e9409_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="robin " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Failed concept. Gargh. Will try again. I made the mistake of the making the backdrop something that was white. Should've done this outside. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/colorpaper.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kid's a master Go player too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/IMG_1164.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">silhouettes </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/silhouette.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The most amazing shadows. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/IMG_1183.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I honestly didn't know what to do with half of these pictures and with this one I resorted the cliche film texture move. Oh, what has my life come to? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/film.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this one. Real smiles make my day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/smile.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">creeper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/creeper.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Haha, his mother made him go down to Subway to get a job. Picture taken at the fence by there. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/fences.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/IMG_1273.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Adventures in the lake. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/asingleglance.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My awesome assistant for the day. He was basically our packmule. =] </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/IMG_1306.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lake is so pretty in the afternoon. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/IMG_1308.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/waves.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/streamside.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/spray.jpg" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/boatcopy.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/sunset.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/robin/shadows.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-89576691515696990012010-07-09T10:16:00.001-07:002010-07-09T11:16:14.057-07:00my first paid is shoot this afternoonI offered to take senior portraits for kids at my school for much cheaper than the actual company in an attempt to make some money this summer. Albeit I'm only making $30 per shoot and most of them are with pretty close friends, but it's exciting. And a little nervewracking at the same time. I've never had any real pressure for my pictures to be good, except from myself. Now that I'm being paid, it feels a little different. <div><br /></div><div>Today, my model is my friend Robin, a really sweet guy that I always drive home afterschool. Upon booking it, I was really excited...until I realized I have absolutely no clue what to do with a male model. I've managed to come up with a little post-it of ideas...but half of them involve him being shirtless. Awkward. I think I've been on flickr and tumblr too much. </div><div><br /></div><div>What's more, upon finding out that his parents probably aren't going to be home, my mother freaked a little bit because obviously a sixteen year old girl isn't safe with a boy alone. Mhmmm. So, she's making my eleven year old brother come along to assist. And I have to pay him $5. Which is 1/7 of my total profits. Awesome. Because Timmy will protect me from Robin, the rapist. Yup. Totally. Chances are, the kid is going to find Robin's stash of video games and be totally engrossed the entire time. Assist my butt. </div><div><br /></div><div>Whatever, I'm still really excited for the shoot and Robin is so much fun to hang out with. </div><div>I just really hope he's not going to be totally camera shy. </div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-52525953414885747282010-07-08T19:39:00.000-07:002010-07-08T19:54:52.851-07:00waterballoon madness<div style="text-align: left;">Today was the birthday of this kid that lives down the street from me and the poor thing hasn't had a birthday party since like 4th grade. And he turned 17 today. So, Ellen (you know, the pretty model from before) talked a bunch of us into going to his house and throwing him an impromptu birthday party. I walked over to his house at twelve, found him in his PJs, groggy and not quite awake yet, and I promptly turned him around and told him to go change before the others got there.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">His cell phone rings and it's Leo, telling him to go to the door. On his driveway is Al with a car full of Asians. They call Tim (the birthday boy over) and get him to go over to the trunk of the car....where they have stashed about a hundred or so waterballoons. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Commence waterfight. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hid out in Al's car with him to take pictures. And because I didn't have a change of clothes and I needed to be at the library in an hour. I wasn't going to make this a post at first, but the waterfight pictures were too epic to pass up. Everything is sooc. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's Ellen and Leo. I swear, that girl is starting to become a permanent fixture in my life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1015.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/IMG_1015.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Fucking epic. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1026.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/IMG_1026.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/IMG_1018.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1027.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/IMG_1027.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellen made the delicious brownie cake with coffee ice cream on top. :D </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1053.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/?action=view&current=IMG_1053.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/tims%20bday/IMG_1053.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-52662243065176944632010-07-08T16:35:00.000-07:002010-07-08T17:11:58.148-07:00trepassing has never looked better<div style="text-align: left;">For July 4th, we went over to Sarah's house for dinner with the usual gang, Julia, Kevin, and Tiffany. Sarah's mom really outdid herself with the food and the table setting. She even folded the napkins into little flowers and put them into the cups like that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0566.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0566.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0579.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0579.jpg" width="427" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">haha, she's so cute. :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0590.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0590.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After dinner, Julia and I set out to do some exploring around Sarah's perfect suburban neighborhood. It's one of those places where all the houses look exactly the same, straight out of the movies; I always get confused going to her place. We found ourselves on this rocky path we've passed by before, way at the start of Julia's 365, almost a year ago. Back then, we were fairly intimidated by the NO TRESPASSING VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED sign, but now, older and slightly more reckless, we decided "what the hey" and ducked under the yellow railing to explore.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0614.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0614.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0620.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0620.jpg" width="427" height="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We made our way down the path and this sight greeted us. Straight out of a painting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0628.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0628.jpg" width="600" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Random, mysterious looking moss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0693copy.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0693copy.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We turn the corner and BAM. This gorgeous picturesque scene greets us, complete with perfect late afternoon lighting and shadows and this absolutely amazing river running through a field of grass. It was unreal. Perfection hidden behind suburban housing. No wonder they tried to keep it from us. And in Jersey of all places.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0702.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0702.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4775175039/" title="Untitled by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4775175039_619eb9fa87_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0731.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0731.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty fail panorama, but you can see the entire scene. Exactly how it looked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0740.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0740.jpg" width="660" height="157" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Badass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0732.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0732.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0747.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0747.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We left the place pretty quick, vowing to return later props and tripods and boots to venture into the field. And partially because the VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED made me think of backwoods hicks bursting out with rifles to shoots us. Oy, I've been watching one too many cartoons.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0756.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0756.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We stopped by Julia's place later with the girls to check on her dog and to have some ice cream. Yum. :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4775174611/" title="Untitled by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4775174611_87aee4bcd0_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0799.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0799.jpg" width="640" height="541" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0823.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0823.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tiffany has cakeeee. :D</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0865.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0865.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0901.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0901.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her house has the coolest light fixture ever in the dining room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0931.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/?action=view&current=IMG_0931.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz273/wishinbubble/IMG_0931.jpg" width="640" height="427" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think I'm getting better at this this whole html thing. Ah, these pictures are a total bitch to put in here. I remember the days of xanga when you just insert the file and it fits. None of this silly pixel stuff. My head hurts from doing proportions and whatnot to figure it out. Too much math. </div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-53397853869803178482010-07-06T15:01:00.000-07:002010-07-08T16:19:13.986-07:00tracey + ellen<div style="text-align: left;">This past weekend, one of our family friends hosted our annual mass gathering of Asians. It's exactly what it sounds like, all our Asian family friends rent out a nearby park for a picnic. The BBQ is going all afternoon, so lunch and dinner and snacks in between are covered and there's always a supply of bubble tea (the quintessential Asian food) and mango jello. It's pretty awesome.</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">So, I was hanging out next to my friend's dad who's a total camera nerd like me. I was practically drooling over his very sexy L-series lens, you know, the white Canon ones. I started talking about how I was saving up for the 50mm 1.8 since it was relatively cheap and all and suddenly, the man pulls out a lens from his bag. "I have the 35mm 1.4 if you want to try it out for a while."</div><div style="text-align: left;">Before you could say "Holy shit", the lens was on my camera and I was gone.</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I grabbed these two half Asian sisters, Tracey and Ellen, and headed into the woods. I absolutely love how these turned out. I'm still not used to having a DSLR yet, much less shooting with 1.8's or 1.4, so seeing these pictures are still kinda unreal. I still get that reaction of "Oh, these are really really good. Oh, I took these? No way." whenever I see these. It's such a far cry from the S5 I was shooting with until last month.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They are so ridiculously pretty, in a vaguely exotic way that's hard to place if you didn't know they had Asian blood in them. We always joke that they look full white; usually halfies have the eyes to show for it. I remember the first time I met one of them, Ellen was in 6th grade, calling home to get a ride and suddenly Chinese starts spewing out of this white girl's mouth. QUOI? Haha, I assumed that she was adopted for the longest time. These two girls are amazing to work with, not camera shy at all (except for the occasional bout of self esteem issues about braces :D) and willing to do anything I asked them to do. And completely crazy and happy people too. <3</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768720178/" title="every little thing in the world by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4768720178_f33b27a488_z.jpg" width="640" height="380" alt="every little thing in the world" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite pictures of Ellen from that day, perfect lighting and expression. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768721522/" title="elsewhere by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4768721522_15971527c8_z.jpg" width="640" height="466" alt="elsewhere" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mai current desktop background. Bahaha, ima total creeper. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768721142/" title="forever and always by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4768721142_1ee9f788e3_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="forever and always" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Very experimental editing with this one but I absolutely loved how it turned out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768454820/" title="come find me by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4768454820_367671820f_z.jpg" width="438" height="640" alt="come find me" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768455778/" title="rise up by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4768455778_52bcc48e2e_z.jpg" width="640" height="424" alt="rise up" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bleh, the focus on this one irks me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768456412/" title="Untitled by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4768456412_5a3a06d6aa_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">ASIAN BABY. anomnomnomnom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768455346/" title="Untitled by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4768455346_fe543cd5aa_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4767814683/" title="2:52 by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4767814683_1a85ff7b46_z.jpg" width="640" height="378" alt="2:52" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Julia edited this one. Gah, I love the 1.4 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/4768081763/" title="let the rest of the world fall away by wishinbubble, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4768081763_8883766e29_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="let the rest of the world fall away" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My little forest spirit. <3</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_sayc6YBf1dB5ToFxyMgGRtR42S5skayj9ixnR-MubyXcyDB7Ftp5Xs8ln4qcabfcaKYPzrVKPCFM3j46qm9r9dwHgmxgEecXQyC0k18dNMwMtpDFOrF8dLfoxgs1NdqwFMBqb0Y90U/s1600/yIMG_0178+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_sayc6YBf1dB5ToFxyMgGRtR42S5skayj9ixnR-MubyXcyDB7Ftp5Xs8ln4qcabfcaKYPzrVKPCFM3j46qm9r9dwHgmxgEecXQyC0k18dNMwMtpDFOrF8dLfoxgs1NdqwFMBqb0Y90U/s800/yIMG_0178+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936106074401154" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHQ7lMLL6qAUiJW9MUFYMfAJWEjFH0mXJ1nq5qhI20cMKBHmd4gz0Lnw-kxXpxxgOSes3Jk0pBAt8weatcd-iKeHEt4Ij9GYG9bNNoDXBgukDATulEISbeOCxvXz_4UWBqTaZD4xRaZs/s1600/XIMG_0292+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHQ7lMLL6qAUiJW9MUFYMfAJWEjFH0mXJ1nq5qhI20cMKBHmd4gz0Lnw-kxXpxxgOSes3Jk0pBAt8weatcd-iKeHEt4Ij9GYG9bNNoDXBgukDATulEISbeOCxvXz_4UWBqTaZD4xRaZs/s800/XIMG_0292+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936095266471826" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVzcpUNUdSbX2fYpTPacPOIwdcL_Mku2JC3bPfy3v-l_cT5dJQnOf7qH0zbVdTMJPXlTzC9ZDFdkX_3jhf_aDKEozqznnIFZL82OqI7r5KwovHPfXGavXIehbXiH-zjYubPzwcEWLxQw/s1600/vintage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVzcpUNUdSbX2fYpTPacPOIwdcL_Mku2JC3bPfy3v-l_cT5dJQnOf7qH0zbVdTMJPXlTzC9ZDFdkX_3jhf_aDKEozqznnIFZL82OqI7r5KwovHPfXGavXIehbXiH-zjYubPzwcEWLxQw/s800/vintage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936090819572834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">trace, you are gorgeoussss.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2mgC_ZK-20416JUIi1sWU23fn6Kw8CKoj6Ta9mIvdj9J8tB1jvszIbTuaXYoJg8iGuIf_Jz3bekbrmCsFNfwz14A6_rORDVLRzOOD48NYkiFpx-EKdEV6uMRECGCfaIzK6EMFMYpMgg/s1600/tracey+color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2mgC_ZK-20416JUIi1sWU23fn6Kw8CKoj6Ta9mIvdj9J8tB1jvszIbTuaXYoJg8iGuIf_Jz3bekbrmCsFNfwz14A6_rORDVLRzOOD48NYkiFpx-EKdEV6uMRECGCfaIzK6EMFMYpMgg/s800/tracey+color.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936082452506194" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYfCUf-AfJK4lgkFNB3ygSiKODFPzKJeDtGUdKwode-dK0JGYaiZ1QywEx_stPdH-cC9t1jDEZXyiT8ZBz8u9IPMLPCiDRENS3VwOVq4bvygG6GD-Z-C0EZSGoLQ7Gk62SDgxf1BO5S0/s1600/trace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYfCUf-AfJK4lgkFNB3ygSiKODFPzKJeDtGUdKwode-dK0JGYaiZ1QywEx_stPdH-cC9t1jDEZXyiT8ZBz8u9IPMLPCiDRENS3VwOVq4bvygG6GD-Z-C0EZSGoLQ7Gk62SDgxf1BO5S0/s800/trace.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936072057777634" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some behind the scenes stuff. sooc</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">they are so close, i'm jealous. :D</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGzul8gLh9Cy3z-H_yFePb1OiOjkrG7gTZjwl-CHupnuhY9fXqt-QWdF7JP4CE0XrWaFxD9IKNJ0gViWbKyZna5rZ3MH-rxeIKq8c0yMiQXn1hd1cWgWS3HPTXuk-aqqrl-2WsweucaU/s1600/IMG_9996.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGzul8gLh9Cy3z-H_yFePb1OiOjkrG7gTZjwl-CHupnuhY9fXqt-QWdF7JP4CE0XrWaFxD9IKNJ0gViWbKyZna5rZ3MH-rxeIKq8c0yMiQXn1hd1cWgWS3HPTXuk-aqqrl-2WsweucaU/s800/IMG_9996.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935664181626690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">trace is so giggly. hehe. she burst out into giggles almost all the time. cutie. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzsoZjjMsDyvAEXrJGTY2LXp_Y9y0OoN-GFx178t8eRQ3fNy_O7tzT4qpfEMBaTzVsAMbvI6aQdhNZk03d6tCQbbcmKWapZRXG0C0Tkyr26t_5MpXx7HLgHZNMFNy4r0gWhxXpCh3AE8/s1600/IMG_9993.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzsoZjjMsDyvAEXrJGTY2LXp_Y9y0OoN-GFx178t8eRQ3fNy_O7tzT4qpfEMBaTzVsAMbvI6aQdhNZk03d6tCQbbcmKWapZRXG0C0Tkyr26t_5MpXx7HLgHZNMFNy4r0gWhxXpCh3AE8/s800/IMG_9993.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935658447393426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">our adopted little brother for the day, what a cutie.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJL-kibJMHPpSXEZnC5xZ6AFFVZlou1xcsvACOEjig90rp2H48d53KBL1wwvLlFI7BBP1Q_WmtcQwl6vE5M6q7v_2zsvTOVEOL5iPjr1bgkA4SNuAIxWpZ7E8h5XxU5tqG6UMD00Ijqw/s1600/IMG_0160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJL-kibJMHPpSXEZnC5xZ6AFFVZlou1xcsvACOEjig90rp2H48d53KBL1wwvLlFI7BBP1Q_WmtcQwl6vE5M6q7v_2zsvTOVEOL5iPjr1bgkA4SNuAIxWpZ7E8h5XxU5tqG6UMD00Ijqw/s800/IMG_0160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935116880167138" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aO48P9jDdBRD1Gx7SYvmASRoVPd2ccCkGt_P2tYsM0IETwjJ5JXMm34twRAPQ3ikrRWr8yTK4IoJaE4WI35YRYFrnbAWkgFZE-zms39TMsNPQ0W0IuPmoRd1tVI_3AnFqQ_NwBdsMow/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2aO48P9jDdBRD1Gx7SYvmASRoVPd2ccCkGt_P2tYsM0IETwjJ5JXMm34twRAPQ3ikrRWr8yTK4IoJaE4WI35YRYFrnbAWkgFZE-zms39TMsNPQ0W0IuPmoRd1tVI_3AnFqQ_NwBdsMow/s800/IMG_0067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935109817155362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the photog and her models.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyM3l0YXmw758BUCZj7-eZhho0TPwUoWXzbIfq8TOh2MAm2iuD5AmLPkBbphBhHbiOOc3VaC9y7-GYiv-gsFH_VY_vCgDe4sZ5u7xtll4puF5K1ZBjSdt4QnReWD3aoVmKv9HsmQPsgI/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyM3l0YXmw758BUCZj7-eZhho0TPwUoWXzbIfq8TOh2MAm2iuD5AmLPkBbphBhHbiOOc3VaC9y7-GYiv-gsFH_VY_vCgDe4sZ5u7xtll4puF5K1ZBjSdt4QnReWD3aoVmKv9HsmQPsgI/s800/IMG_0057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935104866168466" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLJ6gBL1u1RWkLGevF1y1wK3cHA3boxV68paISTncSnEIGJ4pHj_YutNTqthuzyd-01YShprskSSwTdvK4ZyzcdpPqJAehi2b0WsghuDJb6-IQKaeLAfsWLS1Ss4tLRFRvATAE1DLr28/s1600/IMG_0009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLJ6gBL1u1RWkLGevF1y1wK3cHA3boxV68paISTncSnEIGJ4pHj_YutNTqthuzyd-01YShprskSSwTdvK4ZyzcdpPqJAehi2b0WsghuDJb6-IQKaeLAfsWLS1Ss4tLRFRvATAE1DLr28/s800/IMG_0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935094574647394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They are adorable. :D </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnOXkbINRaJYSrsuaPaaiBPefsxY7Qx7wMuFboK6U1KBg5ZnD0ttCAkBlc5sP_xHFR40nRaYuMZh3edJL5S-kIECTy8z-mRsyX73exKG4P_7lmYmlKiyFUGwyFcSSSEtxLFHxl6sX9zM/s1600/IMG_0004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnOXkbINRaJYSrsuaPaaiBPefsxY7Qx7wMuFboK6U1KBg5ZnD0ttCAkBlc5sP_xHFR40nRaYuMZh3edJL5S-kIECTy8z-mRsyX73exKG4P_7lmYmlKiyFUGwyFcSSSEtxLFHxl6sX9zM/s800/IMG_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490935087135700482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course for bigger versions, go on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishinbubble/">flickr</a>. </div></div></div></div></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-77075476520710927292010-07-06T13:38:00.000-07:002010-07-08T16:21:02.602-07:00victoria c's birthdayThis past Friday was Victoria C.'s (aka Chungy because we have too many Victorias) 17th birthday. So of course we invaded her house and played foosball and pingpong and ate lots of food. :D<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIzWiyCIX3iMx4O1p3gGf_cIQeqU1ErHMs_9PuBkEM11a0GJ90K1LmhEBI3Eu26DNzo2E2xCKyPL1ve_ia7IdBr19Z8Y7L1BIBKU0jEdUIzbpiS4EYdJpzmKcjLrWReSTrnK64aenwrA/s1600/IMG_9324.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIzWiyCIX3iMx4O1p3gGf_cIQeqU1ErHMs_9PuBkEM11a0GJ90K1LmhEBI3Eu26DNzo2E2xCKyPL1ve_ia7IdBr19Z8Y7L1BIBKU0jEdUIzbpiS4EYdJpzmKcjLrWReSTrnK64aenwrA/s1600/IMG_9324.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer;width: 640px; height: 427px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFIzWiyCIX3iMx4O1p3gGf_cIQeqU1ErHMs_9PuBkEM11a0GJ90K1LmhEBI3Eu26DNzo2E2xCKyPL1ve_ia7IdBr19Z8Y7L1BIBKU0jEdUIzbpiS4EYdJpzmKcjLrWReSTrnK64aenwrA/s800/IMG_9324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490905396047928866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">her room glowsss :D</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqvCFJ-w1RW5UpLGgei0d649-g389Ceb3SfhNwtcO_qCsLubDnlwAHeWSSSLPDcNUkza4l64M_8BAMbdwn27nkxUJ9NhKLK_pbxcDPWokWh7x0L48WglkMktsI_itr7pEiEdAANmSkXo/s1600/IMG_9342.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqvCFJ-w1RW5UpLGgei0d649-g389Ceb3SfhNwtcO_qCsLubDnlwAHeWSSSLPDcNUkza4l64M_8BAMbdwn27nkxUJ9NhKLK_pbxcDPWokWh7x0L48WglkMktsI_itr7pEiEdAANmSkXo/s1600/IMG_9342.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4z0EKnMyb-rpWhJMuDyqLmhnSGMkm_rOOljmYU7I8kEvvE0HPTIz8vamgH-9fKjQixVQ6S1YyaOoV6ZZGYJpiAEnJWsYOom-3H_Tu8VVkrbVlfn8WwG-rmKY8oZLWKKXiZIsYprmMCA/s800/IMG_9529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490906943029710498" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0ND-HFciqJXBzMgQkK2II0WOMq-4jrFCR8f-21tRTjA4hvCpdVm8BBvr-4P2Ya6M8mHMYbmYkNDUrAYvVexrIfSluNLr_yExeXoh-k0n2fcFekpLT3z0Tu5V8iONyQD_Xeju6hNGQCg/s1600/IMG_9579.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0ND-HFciqJXBzMgQkK2II0WOMq-4jrFCR8f-21tRTjA4hvCpdVm8BBvr-4P2Ya6M8mHMYbmYkNDUrAYvVexrIfSluNLr_yExeXoh-k0n2fcFekpLT3z0Tu5V8iONyQD_Xeju6hNGQCg/s800/IMG_9579.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490906980374605650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the birthday girl herself. she hates me taking pictures of her, even though she's gorgeous. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXVEHV4ckxzl7ZrARyTf2uaQY-wHLJ7gnPro3p2UyKvRYmfgezU_QB_oKP3ia7Y3XJUrS72TgSQ33N7Ko0IBvrXHLCEQ316MzJuL7fNuYmcFemReSme0-BHRRp5Mi0MXzT8K98cjNk9s/s1600/IMG_9568.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXVEHV4ckxzl7ZrARyTf2uaQY-wHLJ7gnPro3p2UyKvRYmfgezU_QB_oKP3ia7Y3XJUrS72TgSQ33N7Ko0IBvrXHLCEQ316MzJuL7fNuYmcFemReSme0-BHRRp5Mi0MXzT8K98cjNk9s/s1600/IMG_9568.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer;width: 640px; height: 427px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXVEHV4ckxzl7ZrARyTf2uaQY-wHLJ7gnPro3p2UyKvRYmfgezU_QB_oKP3ia7Y3XJUrS72TgSQ33N7Ko0IBvrXHLCEQ316MzJuL7fNuYmcFemReSme0-BHRRp5Mi0MXzT8K98cjNk9s/s800/IMG_9568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490906973003958466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">chinese food for dinner? how very asian </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9nzT6dguj9Je7Y9ooFhsUsPIocjhQe1RMWRT3Nk6Z092Xr0WMfuVsBNDUrpspGPPYu0KQi0-TsJH3vU-4ESddC9hsU8yG5wJxKxwq9icoYBNs7s6Bs8Gi0JuPoCmgyiQMAMViC0w05k/s1600/IMG_9553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9nzT6dguj9Je7Y9ooFhsUsPIocjhQe1RMWRT3Nk6Z092Xr0WMfuVsBNDUrpspGPPYu0KQi0-TsJH3vU-4ESddC9hsU8yG5wJxKxwq9icoYBNs7s6Bs8Gi0JuPoCmgyiQMAMViC0w05k/s800/IMG_9553.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490906956538883026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the only one of my friends that willfully models for me. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW3_ueZ8AF7u0EhifFndu4ZZ0bjMWQpRmNevGBnFpsJmeDX8oJrNRNS-VWSpLAD9ORSltgaEldmPACuzg8NkUHuFmaLCXIjqIfmA_UEHTLN5OivZ5GSWNNjRspblSUZyUlbFVL4rCckE/s1600/IMG_9603.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW3_ueZ8AF7u0EhifFndu4ZZ0bjMWQpRmNevGBnFpsJmeDX8oJrNRNS-VWSpLAD9ORSltgaEldmPACuzg8NkUHuFmaLCXIjqIfmA_UEHTLN5OivZ5GSWNNjRspblSUZyUlbFVL4rCckE/s1600/IMG_9603.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer;width: 640px; height: 427px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW3_ueZ8AF7u0EhifFndu4ZZ0bjMWQpRmNevGBnFpsJmeDX8oJrNRNS-VWSpLAD9ORSltgaEldmPACuzg8NkUHuFmaLCXIjqIfmA_UEHTLN5OivZ5GSWNNjRspblSUZyUlbFVL4rCckE/s800/IMG_9603.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490906987842107362" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKhlHcdL9upxeCODbaycftT1xel8yZiZp-uZeHgbOIo8r_3Iiwh9NBGIGg-Nj32AO6TuuzMjyo1yoZE0WEitMVzw2yKUnOxNuKIaSw05f6MuyWEAIxAUw66IAYSH4ZBQk_NOAjA6Uje0/s1600/IMG_9645.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKhlHcdL9upxeCODbaycftT1xel8yZiZp-uZeHgbOIo8r_3Iiwh9NBGIGg-Nj32AO6TuuzMjyo1yoZE0WEitMVzw2yKUnOxNuKIaSw05f6MuyWEAIxAUw66IAYSH4ZBQk_NOAjA6Uje0/s800/IMG_9645.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908745618239042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">la familia</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2nBxCWJx2ZTg_vzxZD8fhv4loEkhwnWRjsLthwN_7JejKOyOJ7MMz7gYAA0nvrlNQjx2If5IQGcbeFgmzFWTi30K88e5iuhjFkcovXtVprhywbH-lZuWKfpYzHvFGjvvQ8XR18kX500/s1600/IMG_9640.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 427px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2nBxCWJx2ZTg_vzxZD8fhv4loEkhwnWRjsLthwN_7JejKOyOJ7MMz7gYAA0nvrlNQjx2If5IQGcbeFgmzFWTi30K88e5iuhjFkcovXtVprhywbH-lZuWKfpYzHvFGjvvQ8XR18kX500/s800/IMG_9640.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908735432968914" /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo-nd-UPRslH2KKWuDslGTs77R8yEKe4-diRyfPxt-eG9leaRQVqdjJYJdqy3yV-HQc_E52qamG4TLPG2dky692JRNviG_DThn0jP_VMFliGR4fnNmZDIntQdkkutV4J0iEsKwzPyC_g/s1600/IMG_9656.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;">she fails at blowing out candles. D: </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo-nd-UPRslH2KKWuDslGTs77R8yEKe4-diRyfPxt-eG9leaRQVqdjJYJdqy3yV-HQc_E52qamG4TLPG2dky692JRNviG_DThn0jP_VMFliGR4fnNmZDIntQdkkutV4J0iEsKwzPyC_g/s1600/IMG_9656.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer;width: 640px; height: 427px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo-nd-UPRslH2KKWuDslGTs77R8yEKe4-diRyfPxt-eG9leaRQVqdjJYJdqy3yV-HQc_E52qamG4TLPG2dky692JRNviG_DThn0jP_VMFliGR4fnNmZDIntQdkkutV4J0iEsKwzPyC_g/s800/IMG_9656.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490908755488105042" /></a></div>Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321025811029996679.post-82099501720054128952010-07-06T13:28:00.001-07:002010-07-07T21:48:51.689-07:00Hello world.More time during the summer = more time to do fun projects like blogging? I sure hope so.<br /><br />I'm Victoria, in case you don't know me. 16 year old photographer and procrastinator extraordinaire.Victoria Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05923516839204119560noreply@blogger.com2