Creative block

I just got home from jury duty after not being needed. I woke up at 6am to get ready to be in Lowell by 8am so I am very tired but I think this is the day I officially come out of the creative slump I have been in for some time now. I am feeling much better lately than I have in a long while. I have my class registration appointment on the 20th and am more than ready to go back to school, especially to be learning about something I have been so passionate about and interested in for so long.Plus school will give me a reason to wake up and get ready everyday, something I haven't had in far too long. I am going to try to use this more, it will hopefully help me keep myself entertained and organized in a way. Now I think I'm going to attempt to go through my email accounts and delete mail I don't need. I have been putting that off for a ridiculous amount of time so it's going to be a bitch but it has to be done. So, it's time to listen to a good playlist and start deleting until my hand hurts too much to keep going! Wish me luck lol. xo

Pumpkin painting

Carving a pumpkin seemed like way too much work so when my boyfriend, Dave, decided we were going to go buy pumpkins I made the decision to paint mine instead. I knew I was going to do something disney related and chose the poison apple from Snow White. I don't think it turned out half bad!

New Things

I have recently acquired some Ray-Ban Clubmaster sunglasses and a broken, but hopefully soon to be fixed, Zenit-B.

 

New tattoo

Photo taken immediately after it was finished.

I recently got another tattoo. It's a portrait of Maleficent and I couldn't be happier with it! It was done by Brandie Popps at Famous Tattoos in Dartmouth, MA. Since the studio was so far away from my house (about 2 hours) I got it done all in one almost 5 hour session. It was one of my more painful tattoos simply because it took so long but I feel that it was completely worth it.

MAC x Lorde

I was excited about the Lorde MAC collection since it was announced. I had been looking for a dark purple lipstick for some time and Pure Heroine seemed absolutely perfect. My order was placed as soon as it went on sale on MAC's website, even before the email saying it was out arrived in my inbox. It came in the mail a few days later and oh my goodness it was beautiful. I almost didn't want to use it but I finally wore it last night and this color makes me feel so fierce! The inner goth in me loves dark lipstick and I feel this is a little more fashionable and socially accepted than black. I'm going to be sad when I use it all, so much so that I might order one more to have for the future, like the saying "one to rock, one to stock." Have any of you bought Pure Heroine? If so, how do you like it? xo

Mascara queen

It's quite obvious that I love mascara. I'm always trying new and different brands and types, but these are the ones I am currently using;

• Diorshow Black Out
• Benefit Bad Gal Lash
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes!
• E.L.F. Lengthening & Defining
• Laura Geller GLAMlash
• Bare Minerals Lash Domination

I'd like to say I have certain reason for wearing a specific one but it really just kind of depends on which one I grab first! I will say that I do tend to go for the Lash Domination more often than not because I really like the how it separates my lashes and gives them a lot of length with very little clumping. What are your favorite mascaras? xo

Tattoo Stories

I’m going to try and make an appointment to get tattooed on Saturday. I’m going to get the anxiety leech from TAFWVG on the side of my calf. I really don’t want to go far from home and luckily there’s an artist I really like at Lowell Ink so I’m going to try to email him today. It’s times like this when I hate having social anxiety because I usually have to make a phone call and ugh. But if I must make a call, I will. It’s been far too long since I’ve been tattooed. But in honor of me hopefully getting more ink, I thought I'd share the stories behind my current tattoos.

My largest piece right now is my diving helmet. I got it because my father was a diver and sailor. It's the stereotypical thing for sailors to have tattoos (usually anchors or things of that nautical nature) and I always thought it was odd that my dad didn't have any. I was told that part of that was that my mom didn't like tattoos, and he loved and respected her. But I remember asking him that if he were to get a tattoo, what would it be. He responded with an old school Mark V diving helmet. After he passed away I thought it would be neat to get what he would have gotten in his honor, along with the added red flower. The red flower resembles the faux flower I got in a dirt pudding at a restaurant when I was young. I thought it was pretty so I gave it to my dad, he put it in his car. He had it in every car he had, including the one he totaled in his near fatal car accident. When he went to the junkyard to save a few items before the car was compacted, the flower was one of the items he salvaged. I loved that it meant so much to him.

Next is my most painful piece, my stormtrooper. I decided to get a stormtrooper on my foot to show my undying love for Star Wars. Star Wars has been a part of my life since 1995 when my dad bought the box set of the VHSs. I'm a Galactic Empire girl haha. When I had a blanket or towel tied around my neck when I was little, instead of pretending to be a superhero, I would walk around the house humming the Imperial March pretending to be Darth Vader (who will be going on my other foot once I forget how much this one hurt lol.) For those not obessed with Star Wars, TK421 was a stormtrooper stationed on the first Death Star and was the only stormtrooper who was mentioned by name in the original trilogy. The designation was included in a design that my piece was based on, I just thought it was cool so I made sure it was kept in my tattoo.

The lyrics on my forearm was my first tattoo. I got it when I was 17, how you ask? I went all the way to CT to get it done. The lyrics are from a song called "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera. The character Christine sings the song at her father's grave, and even though I've loved Phantom for a long time before my father passed away, the song really hit home after the fact. I thought it was a perfect way to start my tattoo journey.

The smallest tattoo I have is my little f/1.4 aperture on my shoulder. There's not too much story behind this one, I got it just because f/1.4 is my favorite lens aperture. Photography means a lot to me, it made me a lot of friends and helped boost my confidence. Even if I don't continue to pursue it as a career, I will never give it up. I'll always keep shooting.

Lastly is my least favorite tattoo, my teacup. I got this done on a Friday the 13th because a decent shop was having a special, $31 for a piece chosen from 3 posters full of flash. I had been wanting a teacup for some time before this and when I saw that a teacup was an option I immediately got it. I kind of regret this. It's not that it's a terrible tattoo, I just didn't think about placement too much and I got it in kind of a stupid place. The saucer is also kind of wonky, but that's probably due to the fact I got it put in a weird place. I wanted a teacup to honor my mother. When I was little, the first ride I went on in Disneyland was the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and it was a special moment for my mom, dad, and me. Fast forward many years, my mother took my sister and me to Disney World and even though she has vertigo and hates spinning, she went on the ride with me again. I thought that was something special. I'm currently in the process of planning to get this covered up by another important piece, but I will definitely get another teacup in the future.
I don't have many tattoos yet but the ones I do have hold a special place in my heart. You may have heard tattoos are addictive in a way, that is 100% true! I can't wait to keep getting them and filling up my body canvas with art and reminders of special people and times. xo