things that annoy me

the only acceptable places to wear your pajamas is to bed or to the emergency room

if you have an appointment, no matter what it is, do not answer or cell phone. put it on silent and you can call them back. i guaranty that it is not a life or death phone call.

don't make an appointment that may interfere with other plans. don't make other plans that may interfere with an appointment.

just because you stepped outside doesn't mean that i cant hear every word you're saying.

don't get mad at someone else because you cant get an appointment tomorrow. its your own fault. you shouldn't wait till the last min.

what you think is an emergency, isn't. you can wait.

Memorial Day Weekend

Well my weekend was uneventful. I hung out with Brooke some, hung out with Brad some, made a new friend Robert (which I guess is a big deal cause I do not make friends easily, I don't like most people), got drunk txts one night, and I watched some movies. Nothing interesting to tell. However my parents had an interesting time taking my gmommy and mawmaw to Gatlinburg, Tn.

They left Thursday night headed up to gmommys. By the way mom left the oven on Thursday and I didn't know until Friday night. Luckily the oven turns off by itself apparently and it does still work. Anyways then Friday morning they left and picked up mawmaw and headed on up to Gatlinburg. Here's what you have to know about gmommy and mawmaw. Gmommy is perfectly capable of walking around and things like that but she has almost no short term memory, mawmaw can't walk around but has an excellent memory. So my parents were in for a crazy trip. Every restaurant they went to mom had to go with gmommy to the restroom because gmommy would forget where she is and get lost. One time they went into a store and gmommy stayed outside sitting on a bench. When they came back out she was gone! She had wondered off in search of some shade. They found her about a block down sitting on a bench that was in the shade. One day she was wanting to walk downtown but they knew mawmaw couldn't do that. So mawmaw stayed there and crocheted while mom and dad went walking with gmommy. They made it down the hill and maybe half way downtown before gmommy got tired. She wanted to sit and rest then go back to the condo. Well dad just went and got the car cause they knew it was going to be several hours before she was ready to walk again and there was no way she would make it up the hill to the condo. Not to mention that gmommy walks so slow turtles pass her. So needless to say my parents has a great time this weekend with their moms. lol.

an addiction

It's a chemical emotion why should we think that's it's any more than that? Why should we bother to try? Why get addicted to somethings that's only going to hurt you like any other addiction would?

Risky Romance

"In one small study, researchers looked at magnetic resonance images of the brains of 10 women and seven men who claimed to be deeply in love. The length of their relationships ranged from one month to less than two years. Participants were shown photographs of their beloved, and photos of a similar-looking person.

The brains of the smitten participants reacted to photos of their sweethearts, producing emotional responses in the same parts of the brain normally involved with motivation and reward.

"Intense passionate love uses the same system in the brain that gets activated when a person is addicted to drugs," said study co-author Arthur Aron, a psychologist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook."

In Love Puts Workouts on Fast Track

"Brain scans of people in love show increased blood flow to regions of the brain associated with motivation. These same areas have been found to be activated in people, including athletes, who are intensely focused on pursuing a goal, Campbell said. But only one study had examined whether being in love affected athletic achievement.

The researchers questioned nearly 400 athletes (265 female, 133 male) using online surveys, and also interviewed 25 Olympic athletes in person.

The researchers provided the athletes with a definition of love, lest there be any confusion, and asked whether they had ever been in love, and if so, whether they thought their performance was better or worse because of it.

Fifty-five percent of athletes said they thought being in love enhanced their performance. Men were more likely than women to say being in love helped them in their sport."

Romantic Love is an Addiction

"Those who pine over a lost love might have a biological reason for their prolonged yearning. New brain research suggests getting over romantic rejection might be akin to kicking an addiction.

The study is one of the first to examine the brains of the recently broken-hearted who have trouble letting go of their relationship.

The researchers found that, for heartbroken men and women, looking at photographs of former partners activated regions in the brain associated with rewards, addiction cravings, control of emotions, feelings of attachment and physical pain and distress.

The results provide insight into why it might be hard for some people to get over a break up, and why, in some cases, people are driven to commit extreme behaviors, such as stalking and homicide, after losing love."

ALSO

• Brain regions known as the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal/prefrontal cortex were also activated. These regions are known to be associated with intense cocaine addiction and cigarette addiction.
• There was also increased activity in the brain's insular cortex and the anterior cingulated, regions associated with physical pain and distress.

Well the 17th annual Social Security Run was last weekend and it was great! I had so much fun. My cousin Zack and I were in his 1915 Model T. We survived "Gun Country", death mountain, and freezing temperatures at night. hahaha. We went to the Wild Animal Safari which was probably the highlight of the weekend for me! I had a blast feeding the animals, mainly the giraffes. Saturday we went to several small old towns where most people went antique shopping. Zack and I just wondered around checking out the old buildings and trying to find ice cream. lol. I have no idea how much ice cream I ate that weekend. Saturday night is when the banquet was and it was alright. We laughed some, mostly at his dad dressed up as a matador. Over all it was a great weekend! I had so much fun.








Also more pictures from the weekend can be seen on my photography blog or on my photography facebook page.

Facebook page

Photography blog

Wild Animal Safari

Last weekend during the antique car club weekend we went to the Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain, Ga. I HAD SO MUCH FUN! It was awesome.

the giraffe tried to steal this ladys cup.

me feeding the giraffe, by the way they slobber a lot

ostriches are very mean!

me feeding the camel

this is Eddie

I SEE YOU IN THERE!

I recommend everyone going here. It was great!

FRUSTRATED

Today has been incredibly frustrating. It started off checking my email to find out that even though SCAD website says I don't have to take the GRE they are now telling me that I do. (which i was planning on taking anyways to look good on my records but that was when i thought the program started in the fall) Oh by the way all of their deadlines are wrong on their website, mail-out info., requirements, etc. So I thought the program started in the fall but it doesn't it starts in the summer. JUNE 25TH!!!! So I was pissed. Luckily I had the big stuff done and turned in all at once. But I still had to fill out financial aid stuff and now I have to take the GRE. So there is a chance that I might not meet the deadline! If that happens they will hold all of my stuff and consider me for next year, because it's a requirement that you start in the summer for the MAT program! Can you believe that and it's all their fault. So I am SUPER PISSED! I did send a lovely email to SCAD president, the communications dept., the admissions dept., and the chairman of the MAT program about how furious I am that they are so poorly run, disorganized, etc. I know that it won't do anything to get me in but at least they'll know how shitty they are at letting people know when their own programs start.

So after I read that email I went to register for the GRE but the website kept giving me an error message. Saying to try again later. Well I tried 8 times! Seriously! Finally I just called and registered. I'm taking it on Thursday at Albany State. woo hoo. So hopefully I can get the scores to SCAD in time. Also most people spend weeks studying for this test and I have 2 days.

Then at work there have been several idiots trying to tell me how to do my job! I really want to punch everyone in the damn face right about now. I am also still a little sunburned from this weekend. So that's awesome.

And apparently some people think that I am the only person in the world that has a yellow caviller! A friend of my parents txtd my mom today saying he just passed me in Cusseta, Ga. To which my mom replied it wasnt casey because shes sitting here in the car with us. Really people! stupid old farts trying to tattle on me like I'm some child. I'll be 25 in July! Get a damn life!

So if I don't make SCAD's deadline I can look to see when FSU program starts and apply there. If that doesn't work out I'll probably just go to Albany State and get certified to be a teacher. That way I can teach art/photography from K5-12th grade. Which isn't what I want to do but it's better than nothing.

WOO HOO

I'm so excited for this weekend. Well actually today! Today my parents and I leave for Lagrange Ga. for The Social Security Run. Lol. It's an antique car tour. My aunt, uncle and cousin are members of an antique car club that takes part in it every year. My parents have gone with them twice and I've been once. It was a lot of fun. However my allergies were killing me last time. Seriously my eyes were blood shot and swollen it was so bad lol. I looked like I had down syndrome. But this year I have already nicked my allergies in the butt. I've got my prescription medicine that I've been taking everyday for months now and I'm taking MusinexD so I should be fine this weekend. But just in case I also have eye drops if they start to itch and benidrill to take at night if I need to. Being allergic to grass is a huge pain in the butt. Anyways. the weekend should be so much fun. I ride with my cousin in their 1915 model t. My parents will be riding in his new 1930 model a, which he just bought a few weeks ago (dont get me started). And my aunt and uncle will be in their chalmers. We tour around the area going to different places and seeing cool stuff. This year we going to go through Callaway Gardens Animal Safari. It should be pretty fun seeing as how the model t has no windows or essentially no walls lol. We eat good food the whole weekend and it's just nice riding around. And I haven't seen my cousin since last time so I'm excited to get to see him and hangout. Anyways I'm really looking forward to everything!

Weekend

Well while everyone else was stalking Philip Philips this weekend I hung out with my friend Sarah and her sister Rachel. We spent most of the afternoon in the pool relaxing and catching up on things. It was great! Afterward we went back to Sarah's house and her husband Chris grilled us all hamburgers and the we drove around the plantation. Oh yea they live on a plantation where he works. It was really nice. We had a great time. Lots of laughs as always. haha. Over all it was a wonderful weekend.

sarah: "am i burning?"
me & rachel: "naw you look fine"

cornie toes!

moments

Great moments I remember spending with my sister:

Going to Disney World when we were kids and going to see all the characters together.

The first time I rode the Zipper at the fair. She made me ride it with her swearing that I would love it. And I did. It is still my favorite ride. I love riding rides with her.

Playing in the pool together when we were growing up. She helped teach me to swim in the deep end.

When we had to share a room when this horrible little old lady came to stay with us for a few days. Even though we were sleeping in separate beds they were right next to each other and she kept putting her feet all in my bed while she slept.

Helping with breakfast when we were little.

All the Christmas plays she made me help her put on for our parents in our living room. She would read the Christmas story out of the Bible and I had to act it out.

Going trick or treating with her

Going on Easter egg hunts

Being apart of her wedding.

Being there when each of her beautiful children were born

Evan and I

Ashton and I

Ansley and I

Her waking me up on Christmas morning cause she was ready to see what I had gotten.

How we're both terrified of the ocean (probably cause we witnessed dad get stung by a stingray)

The family trips we would take, spending hours trapped together in the van.

Cheering at each others ball games

When some one is being mean to me and she wants to take care of them for me

Being there for me and helping me get ready for my 1st prom even when she was super pregnant.

The first time it snowed in Albany.

Birthdays

I love my sister with all my heart she's the best!

Good Drinks

I have never liked beer it just has a terrible taste. And wine just burns going down and gives me terrible heartburn. If I drink I like fruity drinks. People say oh that's a girly drink, well look at me I am a girl so what's the problem. And others say well beer is an acquired taste. Why would I want to acquire a taste to something that is that nasty!?! Idk people say some stupid things. There's also the one about beer being cheaper. But actually it isn't. If you're only going to drink one or two beer then yes it is but most people need quite a few before they start feeling it, where as mixed drinks only takes one or two. So really you come out about the same when paying. So why not go ahead and drink something that actually taste good.

Strawberry Daiquire
Strawberry Mai Tai (The Sundial has a DELICIOUS one)
Rum Runner
Asti Champagne
Jolly Ranchers

10 reasons to get up in the morning

1. I have to pee really bad
2. I'm hungry
   
3. I have plans with a friend
4. I can't sleep anymore
5. To go to work so I can make some money
6. To do something with my life
7. To get out of the house
8. To help my mom with something
9. To get to the bank before they close on Saturdays
10. I'm at the beach and don't want to miss any of the sun
    

my lamps

My Paisley lamp that I made for a friend of mine for her birthday. She uses it in her guest bathroom. I think this may be my favorite.

This is a lamp I made for another friend of mine. He keeps it in his guest bathroom too lol. The lamp represents one of his tattoos. The story of the Koi fish and the dragon.

This is the first one that I made. I made it for a white elephant Christmas that my friends and I do. My friend who got it keeps in on her nightstand. They all loved it and that's what got me making more.

The lady bug lamp that I made for my niece's room.

No I can not sell collegiate lamps but I can give them away lol. I made this one for someone who was graduating from Tenn. He keeps it on his desk.

This one I made for my Gmommy. She loves humming birds and her favorite flower is an iris. So on one side there's the humming bird and the other is the flower. She keeps it on one of her side tables in her den and shows everyone that comes in. lol