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2022

I'm still alive.

I'm shocked. I'm flattered.

But mostly, I'm so grateful.

see more on my flickr.

These are my first pair of ballet pointe shoes. They're Grishkos, model- 2007.
Handmade in Russia. I adore adore them.
In the third to last photo, going down on the right side:

1) Gellows, which are gel padding to fill up the space that my thin feet lacks and also to help cushion my toes so they're not directly standing on the box. (In pointe shoes, think- standing on the literal tip of your toes, not tiptoeing).
2) Ribbons
3) Elastics, to make sure the shoes stay on
4) Toe spacers, to straighten and adjust my toes, help my bunion, and make sure the gap between my big toe and the second toe is filled so the toes are straight when all 90 some pounds of me are literally on the first two toes etc...
5) (not pictured) talc powder, to help the gellows sit better during use

Been really off my game lately, the past three weeks.

Decided to edit some overdue photos from January to get negativity off my mind.

Wishing I could be in Italia, right now, where everything is good, sunny, and always joyful. Where I can take a dip in the Mediterranean and know that the clear blue waters wash away my worries and sins. Looking forward to graduation, summer (time filled with pool-going, film cameras, beach, ice cream, reading, and exploring), and going on the family vacation.

I should get back to shooting soon.

mood: peaceful

currently listening to: Crazy For You (album) | Best Coast

Flaws

"When all of your flaws and all of my flaws
Are laid out one by one
A wonderful part of the mess that we made
We pick ourselves undone

All of your flaws and all of my flaws
They lie there hand in hand
Ones we've inherited, ones that we learned
They pass from man to man

There's a hole in my soul
I can't fill it I can't fill it
There's a hole in my soul
Can you fill it? Can you fill it?

You have always worn your flaws upon your sleeve
And I have always buried them deep beneath the ground
Dig them up; let's finish what we've started
Dig them up, so nothing's left unturned"
-Bastille

Fall Playlist

...and continuously adding until 'end of fall'.

Canon Things.

Upgraded, and now we have a 60D.

June 22

Montage Resort, Laguna Beach
Unedited, taken on an iPhone 5

May's Short List of Tunes

Loyola

LMU Chapel, Venice, Marina Del Rey
iPhone 5, edited with VSCOcam

Sorry how things are kind of repetitive.
It's hard not to be if you run three blogs and use mainly an iPhone.

Grand Budapest

Grand Budapest | Lido Regency Theater
Newport Beach 2014

Taken on iPhone 5, edited via VSCOCam.

Ombre'd Skies

Corona Del Mar
Unedited, taken on my iPhone.

Mid Februrary Playlist

......to be continued

Spring Break Sunsets 2013

Taken on my iPhone 5

Laguna beaches

Taken on my iPhone 5

Venezia

Venezia, Italy; very much delayed.
From my Europe trip, summer of 2012.
Captured with an iPhone 1.

Blue Mondays

mlk weekend with B.
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originally uploaded by daydreamgiselle.

fourth of july, CDM bonfire, OC fair
shot on 35 mm, 400 iso (forgot which film brand), Nikon Fe

Plum's

breakfast with the bestie
072211

Plum's Café, Costa Mesa
shot on 35 mm, 400 iso (forgot which film brand), Nikon Fe

I miss you.

Manhattan, NYC, NY. 10|21|10 - 10|24|10
A trip taken, said as an excuse to visit the future educations, but a vacation in disguise to get away from one's personal complications and heartaches. A heart healed temporarily, but strength and one's character built in the process.
A collection long delayed. Please enjoy.
Click on photo to view source // larger image.

And so this familiar yet distance wave of nostalgia splashes me. It tastes like freedom with a sad aftertaste similar to that of longing for one.