The Wonderful World of Belle

Once again, hello people of the Internet. 

I have news! When don't I have news. Okay, it's follow-up news which turns out to be good news! 

Last time we spoke, I was sure I missed my gallery debut for multiple reasons. It turns out, the date was wrong and it was not Friday the 14th, it was Tuesday the 18th. So I was able to attend that and see all the other pieces involved. The bummer is my TFIOS (The Fault in Our Stars) tryptic was in a glass case right above a giant ceramic pumpkin. So while walking by a couple times, the only thing I heard was:

"I wonder how much that pumpkin weighs."

The pumpkin was a pretty brilliant orange for the fact that it was glazed, but besides the point, I was slightly hurt. But hey, everyones a critic. Coldplay: "When you try your best but you don't succeed..."

I should have made a giant pumpkin. 

NEXT UP: This Saturday that watercolor piece of mine is in a State Show and that's with actual judges and awards and things such as that. More to come. 

NEXT NEXT UP: Continuing to be obsessed with TFIOS and taking that obsession to the next level: Birthday Cards. 

My friend, Abby, is just as obsessed with the awesomeness that is John Green as well. And being her birthday was this last week, I took the liberty to act upon that and created this. 

The Augustus silhouette is on the right side of the card, but that has a personal little thing that I wrote that I don't need to share with all of you folks (or none of you folks, it depends on who reads these). 

And the TFIOS movie comes out on June 6th (as I've previously mentioned and I could not be more thrilled. Watch the trailer here... (Seriously though, feel free to cry. We've all been there bud).

I mean how could you not love it, ANSEL ELGORT IS AUGUSTUS. He's perfection.

Just look at that fine piece of man (the one on the right with the epic shoes).

Speaking of John Green, another novel of his which I have yet to read "Paper Towns" is being turned into a movie as well! My blog buddy and awesometastic bestie, Gabby, is probably passed out somewhere as I type she was so excited. 

And to finish out this blogpost, I have to share the highlights of today. So if that wasn't enough exciting information for you, there's more. 

I got my set of 42 Prismacolor colored pencils in the mail and I couldn't be happier to get into these bad boys. 

Last but not least, I obtained a pint of thee Ben and Jerry's new 'core-ice cream', "Hazed and Confused". It's half chocolate, half vanilla, with basically Nutella right down the middle. Where have you been all my life.

Thanks for taking the time to read this horrendously long post, I love you. Talk to you soon!

-Belle xx

'heARTs' Mixed with the Unsatisfying Sense of Boredom

Hello people of the Internet, how's it going? Good? Lovely!

It's been a while, about a week and a half and I know I left you with the wonderful news that I wasn't stressing for finals and all, but I have to tell you I lied. The stress load the next day hit me like a train and it didn't feel so hot. Luckily, finals are done and they all went pretty well. Last week was very calm which was a nice relaxing break from it all. OH the other event I told you all about that I had yet to get back to you on was about a couple of my pieces being entered into an art show, and I got the information on when and where it was going to occur, but there was some miscommunication because I showed up and I could see my work through the windows and no one was there. That's slightly disappointing for a gallery debut, don't you think? Another piece of mine is being entered into a different show though, which is pretty fantastic.

This is the painting:

It's a watercolor painting and actually, it's my first time doing an entire composition using watercolor which was an interesting experience. You kind of have to just let it do it's own thing. What a thought: paint that has a mind of it's own. I had to complete it in under a week (which consisted of four days at roughly an hour a day) so that's why it isn't to the best standard I would like to hold it at. But, you get better with each piece you make, so it was good practice.

Other than that, my life has been particularly unexciting. I want to just get out and explore the world, but sometimes that takes a backseat to the life of others that actually have cars where they can put things in the backseat (if that makes any sense). Some exciting adventures are coming up starting in April so YEAY!

Sorry for the boring blog post. I'll try to have some deep thoughts or exciting things to share for the next post, but for now I'll leave you with this picture I captured in a parking lot that contained a lake from all of the melted snow. The shot is flipped upside down because when I threw an ice chunk into it, the splash made an upside down heart, so that is why I chose to flip it.

I hope you all have a lovely rest of your week and I'll talk to you soon. Byeeeee!

-Belle xx

The Life of a Fangirl

Today I came across a thought, which is a regular occurrence for myself (surprise, surprise) but this was onc which I could build off of. And that thought is about fangirls. Now Belle why, you ask, are we discussing fangirls? Because I am one myself. It takes one to know one, does it not? So I've been thinking. Why is a fangirls initial action when they come across the love of their life to scream? The answer lies in the question itself. It's the love of their life that one part of the brain thought once was just a silly hope that had just then become a reality. This person that the fangirl once thought to only exist in the fictional world that lies in their mind is now in physical form standing in front of them and if that's not shell shocking, I don't know what is (well, actually I can think of a lot of things that would be far more terrifying/thrilling, but I'm adding that for dramatic effect. Carry on). Now, I've only every experienced a very small portion of this shell-shocking experience, but I still felt it. I was leaving DFW airport in Texas after a short trip over Thanksgiving last year when I saw the love of my childhood life. Joe Jonas. The much younger version of myself would have probably fainted right there, but being the person I am now, my heart just skipped a couple beats and I just stood and stared at him. He was actually a lot shorter than I had pictured him, but nonetheless, he was still standing feet away from me. I'd like to believe that if I saw someone famous of current relevance in my life that I'd keep my cool, but honestly I can't gage that reaction at this time. But I'll definitely inform you upon my discovery. But girls, next time you see the love of your life that *whispers* doesn't know that you exist, try not to scream or cry or faint, because they don't want to see their future wife for the first time in the messy pit of fangirl-mania. ;)

Anyways, the end of the tri/simester is this week and although I feel stressed, I don't feel as stressed as I believe I should feel which may be good or bad. Hopefully it all turns out wonderful, but you never know (it's going to turn out awesometastic).

Have a lovely day/evening/night and I'll talk to you all soon!

-Belle xx