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RANDOM

chocolate obsessions lately?

milk chocolate covered almond clusters. yum! :)

trader joe's dark chocolate mints. YUM!!

URBAN DECAY

my UD order came! "chains" and "baked". they are seriously GORGEOUS colors! no idea how they go on.. only swatched them. packaging was kinda funny.. in an express envelope with a little padding. worked just fine. was very easy to open at least :)

AVON.COM

good news about my AVON eyeshadows.. i sent them a complaint e-mail.. first time around i got a response from someone, asking for my account number.. wth. e-mailed again and someone more knowledgeable responded and told me she gave me my money back and that i don't have to return the order. thank goodness. i was about to be pissed if i had to pay to send it  back to be refunded.. shipping's about half of the cost of it :|

i'm tempted to buy some lipstick from them though.. ultra color rich has a new "24k gold" series.. tempting. but i shall resist until i see more reviews! especially since my UCR (hah, UCR.. maybe that explains it :P JK!) lipstick wasn't that great :\ i'm hoping it was just the shade i picked.. but.. meh. i'm very partial to my MAC lipstick (wish it wasn't so expensive though!). see 24k gold series here (link)! hope that link works.. 

IZU'S LIFE

they're re.. re-asphalting? our parking lot.. so they forced ALL of us out to the streets :| i think half of it's dry since it was in the sun today (they did it around 9am, just resurfaced it) but i can't remember if part of it EVER gets in the sun! and that's inconveniently where BOTH of our spots are. eeeesh :| so that sucks. 

on another note.. i was up around 5am today. yes. FIVE! i didn't know that time EXISTED! hah jk. but.. yes. we had to run down to ventura to take MORE pics of this nonprofit org's board members.. i wasn't going to go.. but bryant.. the way he said it. "you don't HAVE to come.. but it would be nice..." and i just.. couldn't go back to sleep out of guilt. damn it. got up, went. wasn't so bad. got coffee (hot chocolate + coffee + creamer + sugar = yum!) and breakfast too (sausage, eggs, potatoes). they had it catered from marie calendar's or something (maybe i heard wrong? i didn't know MC served breakfast!) a few days ago and still had leftovers, hahha. 

ANYWAY. went back home.. showered.. got ready.. was heading out the door to go to my meeting when bryant decided to come with :) yay! i was decidedly nervous :| and he walked me to the house.. and.. came in with me. hahaha. she HAD returned his e-mail and was planning to meet after thanksgiving (she was leaving for a trip for 10 days) but he walked in. she was okay with it, she seemed really nice. i'm gonna send her some of my work.. and.. yea. i think it's just on basis of whoever's free.. she's apparently meeting with 2-3 other people. if she gets paid jobs she said "i'll call you guys first".. so.. hopefully! we'll see though. it'll be awesome just to get out there and assist. they shoot lots of stock.. people/lifestyle.. some product. it'll be a good mix for me. though if she WAS hiring.. i'm sure bryant would've gotten picked over me. 

that's another thing. i feel like i need to know MORE about photography, about the world.. be more.. worldly. it seems like he can talk to lots of people just because he knows lots about.. random things. he used to skateboard, rides/rode motorcycles, be in a band or two, knows ALL about photography and equipment, knows people and movies and celebs, is a fairly decent comp nerd.. i dunno. lots of other things too. he can just talk to people, can relate. :| blah.. 

HEY KATIE! remember your ridiculous.. "WHAT KIND OF DAY IS IT TODAY?" thing? hahaa. i will happily remind you if you need reminding.. 

anyway.. yes. went to taco bell for.. the 4-5 time recently. used to be a "all meat burrito" person (when i was younger).. got into tacos.. and tried the chalupa deal. fills me up more. they're actually pretty good. i have this faint fear that i don't chew my food enough (not that that makes me chew my food more) and that i'll have my throat scratched by a taco shell... no fear with chalupas! hahaha. 

OH!! and i got my rebate back from sandisk!! $160 babyyy! yayyuhhh.. too bad it's on a VISA card that i can't exchange for cash :| boo. much rather have cash. OH. and on another good note, blake got me his deposit money.. wrote him a check to give to bill (landlord).. and am just waiting for brad to get his money back.. and HOPE that he'll pay me back. i'm sure he will. right? :| sigh... 

need to think of what i'm gonna shoot for my portfolio. it's due in 3 weeks (or so). yikes!

LIGHTING, MAKEUP

the magic of lighting and makeup!! it's a really cool series :) note: it's the same model!

http://missatlaplaya.blogspot.com/2008/11/magic-of-make-up-photography-and-good.html