her hair falls perfectly without her tryin'

i've recently been given a lot of disturbing information about people's preference for straight hair. i read, in an article about how we present ourselves on facebook, that when given a choice between two pics of the same person, one with curly hair and one with straight, something like 77% of people chose the pic with straight hair.

and the millionaire matchmaker {yes, i openly admit my tendency to fall victim to so many ridiculous tv shows} makes every single girl straighten her hair. apparently men want to see hair they can run their fingers through. lame.

i am a frizzy-haired brunette, who can decently pull off either look with the proper tools. but i've always preferred big texas hair. i die for the hot mess look.

via fashion gone rogue

via weheartit

via viking blood

via dress design decor

HAWT.

soon my fears will emerge

via knight cat

i'm trying to update the aesthetics of my blog a bit. it's going to take me a little longer than it would most of you because, let's be honest, i don't really know what i'm doing.

come pick me up

via ashley moe

i spill coffee on myself everyday.

you're such a backstabber

i know that i am embarrassingly behind on this, but i just watched the social network for the first time.

fascinating. currently looping it.

and as our eyes start to close, i turn to you and i let you know...

via heart like twigs

this post inspired by my blogger friend {who lives in the beloved chicago- ugh}, meghan

SOMETIMES...


...i catch myself reciting all the lines as i watch you've got mail.
...i miss tulsa. it's so quaint and easy to maneuver.
...i watch non-Christmas movies that happen to take place at Christmas time, just so i can enjoy the holiday spirit without feeling like a freak.
...i get really mad at myself for not knowing how to cook!
...i think about not wearing any nail polish. i never follow through.
...when i make a new playlist, i discover that it has the exact same songs as another playlist i've already put together.
...i start books and never finish them. okay wait...most of the time i do this.
...i'm afraid of my emails and voicemails, so i let them pile up until i finally force myself to go through them.
...i laugh at the girls who are wearing makeup at the gym.
...i think little kids should be kept awake all day and adults should get two hour naps in the afternoon.
...i get confused about which hobbies i'm supposed to appreciate from afar, and which i should attempt to adapt as my own.
...i cry simply because some songs are just really beautiful. i can usually handle this about myself, but when it happens in front of other people it makes me feel like a total dweeb.
...i like to wake up early to go have a yummy breakfast by myself.
...i feel like the bigger my hair is, the better my day is going to be.
...i wonder how it's so easy for me to choose an outfit, when the day before i tried on everything in my closet and nothing worked. one of life's many mysteries, i suppose.
...i try to be a tea person. i can only remember one weekend in my life when tea brought me as much joy as coffee has for so many years.

so do it! share one of your "sometimes" with me...

ps. someone is mowing the lawn outside and i can smell the grass from my apartment. it smells so good.

24 oceans

via mary ruffle

i'm turning 24 on friday.

there is a serious lack of enthusiasm about the day.

{i don't feel negatively about it, instead i seem to be almost completely unaware of it}

i feel a little sad about that.

i like to celebrate. not really like throwing a huge party with tons of friends, but like...

doing the things that i think make life lovely.

anyway, looking for some enthusiasm and a few good ideas.

how do you like to celebrate birthdays?

keep on rolling the track

via i am the crime

i love the feeling you get when you're doing something you love.

if i say you're the one, would you believe me?

via clock without hands

via an obliterated heart

via coffeestains

via i am the crime

via i am the crime

via mary ruffle

via pretty young things


i'm a total girl. sometimes i hate that about myself. and sometimes i love it.

we all got the same blood flow

i'm at aroma cafe hanging out with my dear friend amos lee. okay...in all honesty, he doesn't know that he is hanging out with me. i can't see him or touch him or smell him {and for a bit more honesty, i'm kind of okay with that}, but i  can hear him. his sweet voice is serenading me as i wait in anticipation for the kickoff of the coming weekend. i've got the same 3 songs on repeat.

highlights...

"i'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world, and i can't help but follow. though i know someday she is bound to fly away and stay over the rainbow. gotta learn how to let her go over the rainbow."

{keep it loose, keep it tight}

"you're gonna take my bottle, my bible, my mess. you're gonna take all of my empty and my loneliness, take all that sadness inside of me, take it all and set me free."

{black river}

"who is my reason to begin? who plows the earth, who breaks the skin? who took my two hands, made them four? who is my heart? who is my door? nobody. nobody but you girl."

{cover of paul simon's nobody}

my cappuccino isn't very good today, but i'm trying to down it because i hate going into a friday night with the fear of playing the role of the sleeping beauty. although i wouldn't mind being woken up by a kiss from my prince. hee hee...sorry, had to go there.


in addition to mr. lee, here are some of my friday inspirations:


this post...i'm in love. the first picture perfectly defines everything that i want. and the colorful staircase. don't worry, you'll know it when you see it. de-light.

via i am the crime

i expect this one to become the inspiration of an entire post in the next several days. hmm...the wheels are turning...

via glamour

i read this girl's story while i was waiting in the dentist office the other day. it's a great story. kind of i'm just really in love with her tattoos though. i think i want something similar, but for very different reasons.

this article in o magazine.

i am not the biggest oprah fan {not that i dislike her, but it's just not really my thing}, but i found this article to be so interesting. hmm...

anyway...kind of a long and random post, but i'm only posting when i feel inspired, so here it is. happy weekend everyone!

xoxo

jo

i had a dream i stood beneath an orange sky

MONDAY THOUGHTS:

via marcine

i want to be better.
i'm good. but i want to be better.

i want to cook. thanks, christina :)

i want to have a home {even if it is a studio apartment}.

i want to zumba.

i want to take pictures. good ones.

i want to drink water.

i want to garden.

i want to learn {not just finish my homework}.

i want to use lotion.

i want to be as in love with overcast as i am sunlight.

i want to write letters {and receive them}.

i want to embrace life.

the world is mine.

the world is ours.

i want to be better for myself. i want to be better for others.

"in your love my salvation lies."

{alexi murdoch}

who needs shelter from the sun?

via i am the crime

tonight i'm hanging with the boys.

this means:

call of duty

inappropriate music

dogs...and the hair that falls off the dogs

and just enough time for blogging and nail painting

{by hanging i mean...i'm mom to two fifth graders for the night}

via mary ruffle

putting my thoughts on page.

and leaving them there.

via kristine may 

"good-day sunlight. i'd like to say how truly bright you are. you don't know me, but i know you, see, you're my favorite star. follow you i will so let's get moving."

{jason mraz}

i've definitely watched this 3 times this week.

cried every time.

and bought the soundtrack.

do it. you won't regret it.

via neon-electric

i just love this.

it has a special place in my heart.

• Walking The Dog by fun

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wringing my heart out

• Corner by Allie Moss

More Allie Moss music on iLike

we're weird.

question:

did any of you see paper heart?

delicious.

these two people are maybe the most ridiculously awkward people alive,

and they fall in love.

and it works.

i have some quirks.

i am becoming increasingly aware of them.

sometimes they frustrate the crap out of me,

and i know they frustrate the crap out of those close to me :)

but it's me.

i think jane austen was a genuis. and i'm pretty sure that she, too, captured this element of love so perfectly

when mr. knightley says to emma,

"maybe it is our imperfections, which make us so perfect for one another."

so, while i can't promise perfection, i can promise me. and all i want is you. and i think that this could work. just saying.

happy tuesday everyone.

xoxo

ps. i hope that this post was not too "esoteric" for you. i guess i'm guilty of that. i also hope that i used the term "esoteric" appropriately here. 

another ps. this guy at peets thinks he's keanu reeves. gag.

i don't have a title for this.

inspiration

"i don't know what the success will be--but if the missionaries of charity have brought joy to one unhappy home--made one innocent child from the street keep pure for Jesus--one dying person die in peace with God--don't you think, your grace, it would be worth while offering everything--for just that one--because that one would bring great joy to the Heart of Jesus."

{mother teresa: come be my light}

i'm supposed to be reading for school.

i feel uninspired.

help me. what is inspiring you today?

via kristine may

i think i think too much

...wednesday thoughts...

sometimes i think i have better taste in music than others. is that terrible of me??

this guy two tables over keeps calling the girl he is meeting with "sweetie." i find it disturbing.
{they're not dating or anything. she's married to someone from beliz}

...apparently i need to learn to  mind my own business :)

do you ever feel like the bigger slash crazier your hair is, the more fun and mysterious you are?
{...oh...me neither...}

i hate it when i sort my laundry, and try to prioritize the loads, but each load has something i desperately need.
{in college, i sorted my laundry by priority, but i've ruined too many white tshirts doing that}

project...we'll go with...day 3...

via ermenelwen

"baby, you remind me of a jar of glitter, 'cause when i look at you, all you do is shine"

{me. don't worry...it's gonna be an amazing song :) }

thank you for being my friend, mr. sun

via i am the crime

pleasant thoughts for monday...

fort-building.

summer.

the beach.

the city.

the trails.

spring break.

new sunglasses.

you've got mail.

driving. windows down. john mayer, jason mraz, and amos lee at startling volumes.

daisies.

mondays are better when you have something to look forward to, yes?

all my love.

jordache.

"you can turn off the sun, but i'm still gonna shine, and i'll tell ya why. because the remedy is the experience...and i won't worry my life away."

{jason mraz}

ps. the project will continue when i find a little more time

uncomfortable

okay so i have an update for you...

closet door: 3

jordan: 0

boy: 1

though i can't take any credit for getting that awful thing down, i will say that i chose the boy who would have the brawn to come in and get the job done. therefore, i will consider this our victory {and i think he will be okay with this}.  either way, i am just so glad to have this curtain up in its place- it makes for a much more enjoyable morning experience!

okay.

project day 1:

the sun on my face gives me hope to press on.

breaking free,

i move forward until my feet touch the water.

meeting the edge,

i kneel and let the great pacific wash over my wounds.

breathing deep, 

i take in all that she longs to provide,

standing still,

i experience the beauty of my Maker,

turning back, 

i move toward a new day.

the sun on my face gives me hope to press on. 

happy tuesday.

xoxo

tik tok on the clock

via coffeestains

seriously, weekend: will you just get here already??

MIGHT have failed a test today {okay, by failed i mean, like, a C} BUT it's okay bc i am more than a grade. AND bc i bought some really cute things from h&m after class. ahhh.

on another note...
i just love seeing men buying flowers at the store. it always fills me with hope that there is a woman at home who will have a huge smile on her face tonight.

all my love.

"slow down. lie down. remember it's just you and me...grant my last request and just let me hold ya, don't shrug your shoulders, lay down beside me."

{paolo nutini}

abuela y abuelo, everybody sing along

via i am the crime

a glimpse of some of my wednesday self-talk for you...

jordan: quit looking for the past in your present. it isn't there!

i just plucked my eyebrows in the starbucks parking lot...who am i?

today, i mentioned to a friend that i need a hammer, and the two women {who sit next to me at the coffee bar pretty much every day} both offered to bring me theirs tomorrow. i love community.

the two women in line right now both have on leopard print cardigans. i feel left out. why the crap don't i own one yet?

confession: i can't stop listening to lil freak {usher}, and i feel really bad for it :)

i was going to use this song for my lyrics today, but i can't even do it. it's too dirty!

"i'm a freak, but i ain't gon' lie...get nasty, get freaky, you sexy, you fine...go go go go girl"

{pibtull. sorry...i'm listening to my zumba playlist, and i just had to}