sklfjasklj.

colored pencils, pie filling, and a cigar.
best purchase ever?
i would say so.

it's one of those days.

-mints.
i can't control you, i don't know you well;
these are the reasons i think that you're ill.

6.29.08

today's drawing.




i left the one i drew of fruit
at work. unfortunately.

i was told shooter would be sad if he
was not included...
but i don't have an eraser,
or colored pencils.
so he is a little shooty ghost in the background
for now.
i don't know why he has feet and we don't.
or why derek's shirt is tucked in.
and i know i'm shorter than that but...
it's my drawing and i do what i wantie!!!!!!!!!!!

-mints.

maybe

maybe we both lack respect for each other.
maybe we both lack insight.
maybe we both lack the ability to
see things from each other's angles.
i think i am right.
you think you are right.
but we are nothing alike.

it's my turn.
he is mine now and me being
insecure has nothing to do with
the fact that i don't want you to
be friends. not being friends has to
do with the fact that this is, i am, WE are the present/future...
you are the past.
and those don't mix well.
that's just how it is.

i`m just following my heart.
you don't have to understand.


there's so much more i could say,
but i'm not going there today.

have a wonderful day.

-mints.

;

"&my mind has fucked me over more
times than any man could ever know."

-laura marling.



<333


-mints.

;]]]




me and allison painted nyla's nails.
she's hot!

-mints.

this just in.

purple is the best color ever.


i bought those babies at the vans store
in baltimore. <333

i have a complex
where i have to buy everything i see
that is purple.
it's becoming a problem.
i used to be able to stop myself.
i bought a purple bar of soap
today that i did not need.

help.

-mints.

SF4E.


that's right.

derek and i went strawberry picking today
and he made some FRESH strawberry shortcake
for dessert. it was fabulous. but now we
have more strawberries than we know what to do with.

and on another note...my sister is saying i can't
get the dog. even if i crate him in my room
which is now the basement and she won't even know
that he is there. but whatever. yeah i`m really upset.

i dono. i`m hoping i`ll still figure something
out but...it's looking grim.
i want to move into to allison's sister's with her
and i`m pretty sure a dog would be no problem then
but...i dono if that's happening or not.agh.
we'll see.

-mints.

adopting.


my new mission.
i have already applied to adopt this bebe.
his name is tucker...which i would probably change
but he is a catahoun leopard dog/collie mix
and he is going to be mine!
i don`t know where i`ll keep him
derek doesn't want another dog and my
sister...well i dono how she`ll act about it
but...i`ll figure something out.
they`re gonna bring him all the way from
arkansas!
i want my own dog and well...yeah.
i`m so serioussss!

-mints.

my new obsession.


okay so i really really want
a great dane.

unfortunately i will probably
have to wait til i have a place of my own.
who knows when that will be.

but i want one.





omg gimme gimme.

-mints.

june 7th, 2008.

honor marie warren was born!

okay that was really gay.
BUT my bew jessica had her baby
ON my birthday!
i`d like some pictures of the baby
i want to see what she looks like!

yay jessica! nice aim!




lol what the heck...i just found this.
I LOVE HER.
i`m not obsessed.

-mints.

long overdue.

went riding today after 2 weeks off...
wedding and whatever else it was that
prevented me from going the week before.

anyways i rode this horse named rosie.
she's super sweet and was perfect the entire time.
;]]]

HOWEVER, last jump of the lesson...
she decided to take it about 2 feet too early
and...i wasn't expecting it and well...
i took a spill.
so it was neither of our faults, really...
more of a "misunderstanding"
but anyways;
i landed directly on my tailbone and it's throbbing
and i can barely walk.
so.
that's what i get for having a perfect lesson! lol
i say i was overdue anyways because i haven't fallen
off in almost six years.

got dangit for breaking a streak.

anyways...we'll see how work goes tomorrow...
hopefully i don't have a load because i cannot
bend over and
my dad wants me to go get some x-rays if it still hurts
monday.

so much for getting back in the saddle.
worst fall i`ve had in my ten...almost eleven
years of riding ;[[[[[[[

another girl fell off at the beginning of the
lesson RIGHT INTO a huge puddle of mud and there
was a huge splash and she was covered in mud
it was hilarious...like something out of a movie.
that was her fault tho.
haha. eeeeeh.

okay well i`m waiting for derek to
bring me an ice pack and some eats.
ahhhhhhhh let's see if i can get up! haha
i`m frozen ahhhhhhhhhhh help me.
hahahhaha LOL @ me talking to my blog
sfjasfjklsajflksjdflksjflkjslfjd
i am literally BUTTHURT! ow ow

okay,here i go
-mints.

...

this is so sad. i literally cried.



i understand and believe that humans are meant
to eat meat...we were hunters "back in the day" lol.
so i`m not all "don't eat meat"...
but why do they have to treat them like this?
that is so sad.
and the people who work at these places
have to be really disturbed people to be able
to treat an animal like that.
are they not charged with animal abuse
simply because it is their "job"?
i believe we could produce meat and eggs and milk
in better ways than this. why is this allowed?

;[[[.

-mints.

oh, poo.

my eyebrows need to be done REALLY REALLY BADLY.



-mints

why?!

Bonnaroo: M.I.A’s Last Gig Ever?

By Jon Pareles

“This is my last show,” the rapper M.I.A. announced from the stage of That Tent, “and I’m glad I’m spending it with all my hippies.” If, as she announced at least three times, it was M.I.A.’s last gig ever, she went out with a boom. The seismic riffs of her songs, which sound like they’re made on the world’s cheapest equipment, puffed bass notes at everyone’s chest, and M.I.A. was all of her interlocking selves: fighter, lover, immigrant, instigator, party girl.

Wearing an outfit that included shiny streamers as tails, she shook every part of her body sooner or later, yelping her hooks and spitting out her rhymes, dense with allusions and snappy enough for slogans. She brought “girls” and then “boys” onstage, surrounding herself with happy dancers, and brought the Nigerian rapper African Boy onstage for her encores,
rapping about how immigrants have to hustle. For her finale, “Paper Planes,” the audience that spilled far outside the tent pumped fists happily at the gunshot sounds that are also one of the song’s hooks. “Thanks for coming to my last gig,” she said, amid noise that continued well after she was gone.


not sure if she's really RETIRING.
i know she wants to work on her art more.
and she DID cancel the rest of her tour dates...
I GOT TO SEE HER BEFORE SHE DID, AHHH YEAH.
but i`d like to see her again sometime.
i hope she`s not retiring for good. ;[
maybe just for the rest of this tour?



-mints.

i`ve been to heaven, i`ve been to hell;

believed in neither but FEARED THEM AS WELLLLLLLLLLLLL!

omg concert was AMAZING. def one of the BEST
i have ever been to.
except that it was really hot...
i was thrown by some random guy
and then after i settled in the front...
[which you can tell by my pics i get
closer and closer to the stage]
i started feeling sick which probably
had to to with the heat, out of control dancing/moshing,
and heat.
so i was talking to myself like "this will pass...
you`ve never passed out before, you`re fine"
but then i started getting really dizzy and was
like if i don't throw up, i`m going down so...
i leaned over the gate& the security guard
lifted me over. after walking in circles [lol]
i watched from the side...which wasn't so bad, actually.
but i had a lot of fun considering i got my
ticket last minute...literally 20 min before
we left for the show...and i went with a bunch
of people i didn't know. they were cool though
and i was on my own most of the time anyways...
and i shared [food] with some guy i don't know...
i just asked him if he was sharing hahaha.
i love music yo.
it brings people together! <3

so here's my picturessss...and two REALLY short videos
because i didnt have much available memory.


are you dead or are you sleeping?
GOD I SURE HOPE YOU ARE DEADDDDD!

man i be lovin` isaac on that banjo.



dashboard melted be we still have the radio!

okay so picture time...i won't post too many, cross my heart.



just to show you where i started.











so close! i<3 isaac end of story, goodnight.

-mints.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS




i love the world and everyhting
and everybody in it right now.

oh, by the way.

haven't really had the chance to broadcast
my new hair color. it's been a month or so now tho
so the orange is fading.
but i still love it.


ew^.

dun dun da dunnn.


derek, joe, costa.
at the rehearsal dinner.


acting tough.


i hate this picture but i like my dress.


eating a complimentary oatmeal cookie
on our KING size bed. yeah it was niiice.


the gentlemen!

joe, derek, costa, kavan, and brian.


pam & her father!


pam&joe! yayyy they're married.


the cake!
joe's dad made it and it was GOOD.



dapper nani.

there's more but that's it for now.

oh, happy day!

and derek's best man speech was
perfect!

-mints.

hi!

i`m home and i am frantically
trying to get modest mouse tickets for
THIS evening.
because i was just informed yesterday
evening that there is room for me
in the car of these people i do not
know but am more than willing to tolerate
for the mouse.

after i find them, i will upload wedding pictures
and what have you.

-mints.

far enough wasn't far enoughhhhhh

GETTING AWAY IN THE MORNING.

i have to work 4.3o-10.3o
tonight, then take my car to
my parents...then go to sleep and THEN!
in the morning we are
taking shooter to allison's ;[[[
then leaving for baltimore!
i got my dramamines! lol.

so i think tomorrow derek is going
to joe's bachelor party...and i am
maybe going to hang out with jamaal depending
on when he gets out of work. if not
i`ll just read my book or something...
explore, maybe.

then friday is the rehearsal dinner...
and a party after.
and THEN saturday is THE WEDDING!
i can't wait.

this is going to be fun.
i love road trips.
i love a good timeeeee!

-mints.

I HATE

negative people.


-mints.

DEW IT!

Vote for SuperNova

and the truth is;

no.

i just sat on the back hill with shooter for
a good while& the weather is perfect
and it really is a little hideaway back there.
so pretty and peaceful...but driving down
the street, you would never know it existed.
and it's just a stream, really.
but it's nice to be alone
[or with shooter when he's being very good]
with your thoughts and remember when's
and what could be's and what if's and
just plain old make believe.

and while i sat there one thing that crossed my mind was...
if i was prettier, or skinnier, or "better",
would it make this any better?
and the answer is
no, it wouldn't.



and now i feel good.
really good.

and now my boo is home and
i`m going to have dinner and cake
with him and joe pops.


-mints.

paper paper pencil pen paper la la la lalalalalala

so today derek is making joe&i
a cake. because we have back to back
birthdays because we're awesome.

but i am going to post some of my
recent artwork...aka things i draw
at work because that's just what i do!

i hate the way colored pencils look
when you scan them butttt...




pencil and sharpie on paper.




pencil, sharpie, colored pencils on paper.




pencil, sharpie, colored pencils on paper.



sharpie, pencil on index card. ;]


okay, so now i`m going to read this book!


-mints.

i miss her...



fefe dobson.

06.07.08.

by the way.
my birthday.
yes, i`m telling you again.
thanks.

and can i please get a cake similar
to this?


my yesterday;







as shooter explored [and ate] the jungles of st.john...
i started this book i found on the shelf called lullaby.
seems good so far.

then i went to my parents to go to the tim mcgraw concert.
and visited with my babies. i miss them!




my moosey woo.




and my baby soph.
aka princess meatloaf.
<3


man it was hot yesterday.
-not complaining.


-mints.

it's my partyyyyyyyyyy

it is my birthday so everyone
has to be nice to me and
give me cake and presents.

thanks for cooperating.

love you all.


-mints.

OOPS.

i meant tim mcgraw not garth brooks.

;]]]


-mints.

BTDUBS;

I LOVE SUMMER!

hot mess.

my goodness it is sweaty!
super sweaty. it went from being cold
to too hot. actually it would probably be
really nice without the humidity.

anyways i might go to the garth brooks concert
with my fam tonight... i dono.

i think shooter would like a pool.

also, tomorrow is my birthday;
also known as national chocolate ice cream day...
and that's no lie.

so enjoy your lives tomorrow
number one because you can eat
all the chocolate ice cream you want
and number two because i was born.
and that probably doesn't matter to you
but it does to me!


-mints.

zoollison.

allison has ANOTHER kitten.

and nyla started nursing it.

okay, nyla is not pregnant.
nyla is a pitbull,
so maybe this cat will be skrong.


anyways, so she has six kittens now, and
they are being very well taken care of;
she got them from work, she works at a vet
and people brought them in because they were
abandoned.

SO...
if you want a kitten please contact me a.s.a.p.
there are some pictures in my past post "kitties"
the new one isn't in there though.

i hope people read this just for
the sake of getting homes for the kittikats.


MAOW.


-mints.

i hear wedding bells in the distance!

not mine.

seven days until we leave for joe &pam's wedding.
we`ll be gone the 12th-15th. allison gets to
handle shooter wilson. haha.
i`m sure him and nyla will have a fabulous time.

anyways, derek has approx. that much time to write
his best man's speech. and i have exactly that much time
to figure out what i am wearing.

i really can't wait to go. it will be so much fun...
the rehearsal dinner, the wedding, dancing,
getting snazzed up, pictures, new town.

i need an escape right now.
right about now.

if i was going to run away, i can't say
it'd be to dc but... it will def. suffice.

derek, i can't thank you enough for being
there for me, i`m a wreck.
i guess i am the last to notice.
;]]]]
when i cry you make me smile and that means
everything.

i`m unstable, and i want to thank you
for being the folded up napkin
underneath my bum leg. <333





-mints.

good news for people who love bad news.

well, i am having the best time of my life
and the worst time of my life at the same time.
i guess it's possible.
and it's my birthday in 2 days.

and i will remember turning 20 for all the wrong
reasons. except one.

what would i do without you,boo?


-mints.

guessing the flavor is just the beginning...




flavor; mountain dew.


not lying.

but to me they taste more like
lemon pie.
daren says they taste like salsa verde.


-mints.

cosmoseventeenpeopleusetcetc

you know how they have those advice on
relationships articles in all those magazines?

i think it's weird that they have things like
telling you what you should and shouldn't tell
the person, how to snoop on your boyfriend,
how to tell if your boyfriend is gay, what
you`re allowed to do at his house and what
you aren't. etc. etc.

i know there are probably girls who live by those
magazines advice. but if i want to tell my boyfriend
that my ex boyfriend really wasn't a jerk...then i am
going to. if i want to ask him a question about HIS
ex...then i will. why should i supress my thoughts
or my actions...or who i am, because a magazine said so?

i`m an open and inquisitive person and don't
hide much...so i`m not going to be a different
person for him. even though i know he wouldn't
want me to. i`m just saying this for sake of my point.

if he liked me for who i was in the beginning,
why should i start following "rules" while
we are together?

to me it's kinda like you are changing yourself
because you think it will appeal more to the person you
are dating. but if you have to follow mass advice
that is in no way personal to your situation,to
keep your man...maybe he doesn't like you for who you are?

and about those "how to know if your man is..."
articles...way to try and drive already crazy girls
even crazier! i know there are girls out there
with their little checklist in their heads...
"O M G, he said hi to another man...HE'S GAAAYYYY!"


and as far as how long to stay at his house
or when to leave...
when he gave me a key i think that meant
i could stay over.
and i think that if he wanted me to leave,
he would say something.
because i`ve told him to tell me if
he wants a day or a week or a month
to himself just to tell me.

i think relationships should have more
communication, and less hiding.

i`v started communicating more about
everything...and it feels good.
i highly recommend it.

so please stop reading those magazine articles
for anything more than entertainment.

if you`re too busy living by the book, you
won't have any fun!
trust me, i know someone like that all too well.


-mints.

life handed us a paycheck, we said;

WE WORKED HARDER THAN THIS!


next concert...june 16th...
the day after we come home from
joe's wedding...

MODEST MOUSE!

derek is going to see
my morning jacket the same day
so i think i am going with mike's
friends... no, i don't know them...
BUT IT'S MODEST MOUSE!!!

<3


-mints.



p.s. and i am more in love
with m.i.a. than i ever was before.
that happens to me when i see people live.
it's a problem i have.

SHEg ot thEbeeeaaatZZto make YA bang. banG. BANNNGGG.



the sunshowers that fall on my troubles are over you my baby and some showers i'll be aiming at you cos i'm watching you my baby!!!!!



us being really sweaty and squished.



this is me looking like i have short hair and
kayla looking like she hates me.
butshereallylovememorethananything!



M.I.A!!!! smoke makes for bad pitchas. :[[[




miamiamiamiamiamiamia.



i`ll post the video later.
it was SOOO packed, and we were near the front
but it was sooo squished we could barely dance.
so kayla and i just started dancing like crazy,
droppin bows and what have you. then after
doing that for awhile, knocking hats off,
and pulling hair...i went to take a breather.
and when i got out of the crowd, she called
girls up on stage!
if i would have stayed where i was i would have been up there!
:[[[

NEXT TIME!!!

so it was SOOO HOT because of all the sweaty
smelling dancing people but i didn't mind
because M.I.A. was in front of me...
so i just took my shirt off...you know...
sometimes you just gotta take your clothes off!
well, i only took my overshirt off...
but i was dancing around in leggins and a tanktop
and it felt fabulous.
also.
it was hard to get good pictures because
of being pushed around so much and the smoke and
lights. the video came out pretty good tho.
derek took all the pictures cos he is tall. ;]

and we got there well on time, ate at my fav
restaurant and it was lovely,
and we waited for a DJ to play, then some band called
HOLY FUCK.
[hey, i didn't say it.]
they were pretty sweet to dance to but they
played like and hour and a half so M.I.A.
didn't come on til like 11 something.
but yo, it was the best birthday present ever.
and i can't believe i saw her in person.
i love her. and i can't wait to see her again.
the end.


-mints.