Birthday picnics! What is this? Have you ever heard of it? Because I think it’s the best idea ever. It’s so simple. Invite friends to a park make them bring food and things to play with and that’s it. If you’re like me and have a bunch of separate groups a friends this is a casual way to bring everyone together. So yeah, I went to a birthday picnic at a pretty awesome park I’ve never heard of. I lost my charger for my DSLR so this week’s pictures came straight out of my phone.

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Have I ever mentioned how much I love food? This stuffed french toast is incredible. It’s enormous, I couldn’t finish the whole thing.

We then went to PIFA, a street festival with a bunch of fun cool things. I can’t remember what we did but it was fun.

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Week 8

You know you’re getting old when you start going to potlucks and networking events. I can’t cook for my life, so when my “family” suggested a potluck as our monthly event, I completely blanked. Usually I cop out and bring soda or bake a cake from a box, but this time I wanted to try making something myself. My best friend said deviled eggs would be fool proof. It’s not. Many eggs were lost that day. The key to easy to peel hard boiled eggs is a sprinkle of baking soda. They turned out pretty tasty but didn’t travel well and was a gross mess by the time I got there. At least I tried.

Sriracha deviled eggs are deliciouso!

Week 9

I treated myself to a new lens, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens AKA Nifty Fifty. I waited an extra month for this lens to ship because I wanted to save $5. It was the principle of the matter! Don’t change prices on me, Amazon! Okay enough of that. I got a chance to test out my new lens at the park. Check it out:

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Week 7

When I first told my friends where I was interning, the first thing everyone said is, “HAPPY HOUR!” Of course, we’re all talk and we didn’t actually start going to happy hour until the last few weeks of my internship. Brace yourselves for poorly exposed low lit pictures!

I’ve also been eating out a lot recently. There’s no excuse for that other than the fact that I love food.

Week 8

I’ve had my hands full lately. Everyone I saw recently will know what I’m talking about because it’s ALL I talk about. I adopted a dog! But not just any dog, the best dog in the world, Louie!

He’s been in the family for about 5 years now. My cousin is pregnant once again and doesn’t have the time to give him the TLC he deserves so I volunteered to take him. The transition period has been rough. He’s not properly housebroken and has separation anxiety. My mom also claims to be allergic to him but I honestly think she just doesn’t like him. But everything will work out with time… I hope.

I tried experimenting with manual focus but a lot of my pictures didn’t come out like I’d hope. :(

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Every once in a while the amount of crap in my room will pile up so high that I’ll finally feel the desire to get rid of it all. I’ll probably never fully get rid of my pack rat tendencies but I can try being more selective about the things I keep. The thing that set off my cleaning frenzy was, believe it or not, my The Walking Dead obsession. The TV show was catching up to the part of the comics that I’ve left off on so I decided to buy the next set, The Walking Dead: Compendium Two. This thing is seriously the size of a phone book. Great value but so unwieldily. I didn’t have enough space for it so I had to clear off a section on my headboard. While I was at it, why not clear out some of my drawers? And that kids, is the story of how a comic book made me finally clean my room.

My Comic Book Collection

While I’m at it, here’s some other things in my room that I love:

I got this signed Inspector Space Time print for Christmas (/birthday?) You can see the full image here. I’ve been watching a lot of Doctor Who this weekend too, that somehow makes me appreciate it even more.

During my trip to Paris, I bought this watercolor painting from a man in Montmartre. I was being a bit frugal during my trip but this artist had such a passion for his work. I felt like I was buying a piece of him. It’s an amazing painting, the buildings look as if they’re melting but the people and cars are almost photorealistic.

One day, I’ll do a proper room tour and you can see the rest of the painting. ;)

Tags: 52 project, comic books, doctor who, paintings, prints, room tour, the walking dead

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