Nothing to Say

Chris Scarborough has an interesting style of photography: adjusting the looks of normal people until they look... slightly off. Or more than slightly. 

Yeesh, she's creepy! Believe it or not, the others were too awful to post, and this is the most normal girl I could find. Whoa man, it's just too much. 

Nifty. Yet, Precarious. Lose the Nest.

My soon-to-be-husband and I are searching for beds. Cheap ones. Comment with ideas, eh? Otherwise my only guess is to hop skip and jump to IKEA. 

What's for dinner?

Lighting the Way

Photo by Rune Guneriussen

Friday Night Thrill

Dylan was occupied Friday night, so I went to see Psycho with my roommate Taylor. Real nifty gig, too-- big screen in an auditorium on campus, totally free, and every seat filled with screaming people. Not to mention two of my favorite factors-- Hitchcock, and a vintage black and white.

What surprised me though was how TERRIFIED I actually was. I've seen 27 other Hitchcock films and not one of them was as frightening as Psycho. Yikes! Great fun, though. :) 

An honorable mention goes to the opening credits, which were graphically-delicious. (Matt, I thought of you and I'll betchyou'd like 'em.)

How Beautiful Upon the Mountains

Through all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing. It sounds an echo in my soul: how an I keep from singing? 

*Isaiah 52:7-10

I'm Engaged!

Tah dah!

1. I finally have a picture (sorry our faces aren't in it) so I could announce it officially.
2. I love my ring-- Dylan chose it himself, I had no idea it would look like this! Isn't he amazing?
3. My sister in law took this picture. She's phenomenal, and we thank her thank her thank her for doing so.
4. We're getting married December 19th, 2009 (65 days away, and counting)
5. We met at BYU and were on a folk dance team together.
6. Dylan Maltby is 25, from Minnesota, speaks 4 languages, makes me laugh hysterically everyday, loves to read, play chess, watch movies, is organized but impetuous, and adores me.
7. For his birthday in September I baked him a cake with a chocolate chess-board on top. Whee, it was fun!
8. I can't wait 65 days to be married to Dylan-- I literally can't take the strain, and I'm going to snap (or spontaneously combust, but what's the difference?).
9. He's perfect for me.
10. More pictures will follow as soon as I get more. Aha.

The Fastest Way to Annoy Dylan

I don't KNOW how this became so famous, or popular, but it has. I've seen shirts that say "magical leoplurodon" and I've heard people say "shun the non-believer, shuuuuuun" regularly. (I didn't even include the people I've seen on campus playing the "candy mountain cave" song on THE PIANO.)

I remember that the first time my friend Millie showed me this clip I felt sick to my stomach, but it wasn't until the "candy" on the candy cave started to sing that my eyebrows reached my hairline. So yes, this makes me sick too--but that's nothing compared to the way Dylan will freak if I say "candy mountain, Charlie!"

So when you hear the phrase "it's a land of sweets and joy, and joyness" take my advice and run away!

Behold! The Mercedes Bus

It's true, it's true-- Mercedes makes tour busses. Weird. Check out the olive trees to the left of the shot, though. They're pretty.

Cairo Museum

Entry chamber, Ancient Egyptian Museum of Cairo

I remember being so excited to visit the Cairo museum. I'd point out the window and gleefully squeal every time my class bus passed it on the freeway, and when the day finally came to go, I could hardly wait to get inside the gate.

What I expected was the typical museum: dim lighting to protect the artifacts, climatically controlled air quality, and information plaques that tell you what everything is. You know, typical museum stuff.

What it really had to offer was the largest warehouse of ancient junk in the world. Sweet-awesome, valuable junk, but still. Nothing was organized, categorized, explained, or labeled, but rather was all thrown together like a ton of random boardgame tokens. And on top of it all, fluorescent lights through the whole place, 100% humidity, 94 degree temps. (Seriously, I fear for the the papyri. They're built for desert climates, not hot moist museums.)

There was a really cool mummified crocodile though! Note the dust on top of its case--gross.

Cupcakes That Don't Appear as Cupcakes

I don't care if it's actually a raspberry sauce over frosting; cake is not supposed to look like spaghetti and meatballs.

The Grand Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg

The rear garden is formerly called the cascade. I can hardly believe the symmetry.

The Main Staircase

This just makes me want to watch Anastasia. "Dancing bears....painted wings..."

Last, but not least, the ballroom. Gilt, anyone?

Egyptian Schoolgirls

(Photography as seen from my tour bus)

Screech: I Wish to Report a Burglary

Girl Talk

My dear friend Amber is in town visiting from Colorado. We're getting together to chat tomorrow and I'm so excited. 

One of My Favorite Things

Irresistible, isn't it? Ohhhhhh that color!