I Dunno

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream
Till the current ends and dips his wing
In the orange suns rays
And dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
Of things unknown but longed for still
And his tune is heard on the distant hill for
The caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.

Hello, Moto

Feelin' somewhat nostalgic as I look through photos. Taken in Pakistan, December 2005 (I know, not that long ago)

The Carnies Are In Town

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Closet Pt. 2

A few hours later, my closet is all tidied up. I managed to better organize my shoes and there is no longer any crap on the floor. Sorry in advance for the odd photos. I dunno if you've ever tried but taking pictures of/in a confined space such as a closet is kinda difficult.

As you can see, I moved all of the shoes to the top shelf...

...and all my purses to the weird shelves.

A closer look...

The boot corner:

I found this random iron shelf thing lying around and decided to nail it onto the wall space in my closet for any loose stuff I couldn't place (i.e. hats and cheaper purses that don't have dust bags for storage)

Oh and since we're here, these are my Michael Kors (the platforms are a Marni-esque ripoff but who cares) sky high heels that are currently my favorite and most comfortable pair of shoes!

Not pictured are the 3 larger than life hefty bags full of excess clothes and shoes to give away. Weee my closet is FINALLY clean! The only thing I need to work on now is getting monochromatic hangers...but that's just the OCD in me talking.

Closet Pt. 1

This is one side of my closet (please don't mind all the crap on the floor...I'm currently working on that...) See those empty shelves?

They used to be home to all of this:

I know, it's kind of absurd. In all fairness, I wear most of those shoes, but some of them are pretty ancient and I don't know why I still have them. Well, actually, if you do the math, those 3 shelves weren't really an appropriate amount of space so some of them wound up shoved somewhere in the back. Anyway, I've always hated those shelves. You can only see about 3 pairs of shoes, the rest being hidden behind my clothes and thus forgotten. So I decided to change it up today. I got rid of about 6 pairs of shoes and am currently in the middle of an intense deep cleaning of my closet space in hopes of creating a better home for my babies. Yes, I took a break in the middle to blog. Check back later to see how the closet turns out! Ciao bellas.

Leonids

I've never seen a meteor shower. Tonight was the first time I made an effort to sit outside and stare at the sky. Other than what I remembered from random movies and tv shows, I wasn't exactly sure what to look for. Camera propped on the tripod, I sat outside for about half an hour in awe of how brightly lit the sky was. I noticed a couple of falling stars, but no meteor shower. I've lived in Chino Hills for 20 years and I must say I've never seen the stars as bright as they were tonight. My house is on a hill, so there wasn't a lot of city light stealing attention from the stars. These are shots of what it looked like directly above my roof...

None of them are great shots, but I still wanted to share.

I could've sat outside all morning waiting for the meteor shower, but eventually the darkness and quiet started to freak me out. I think I'll use the buddy system next time.

Who doesn't love a Beatles montage?

Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Today is my brother-in-law's birthday.

I wonder where I'll be in 10 years.

All You Need Is Love

JFK and Jackie's wedding photos were featured on google last week. Here are some of my favorites of the very stylish Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy:

I love the classic wedding shot of the bride and all the groomsmen, it's so sweet. More of their wedding pictures can be seen here.

And while we're on the subject, here are some other photos of JFK and Jackie O. that I love: