A Completed Portfolio!

i am done with the Black and white portion of my portfolio!!! i took pictures of the pictures and they all have this ugly/nasty/ugly glare on them. but i was too lazy to try and edit them out. anyways, here they are. i'm pretty happy with them.

lauren holding sand in the shape of a heart

a wall at the getty museum.

a fence on the beach.

metal trees at the getty

i love this print! there was a breeze and so half of the branches are blurry from the wind. i love it!

a pile of bike tires.

my professor liked this one.... i don't really like it. but if he does this = a better grade

details of a palm tree.

aisles of suitcases. they were all dark colors except this one was a light purple. :D

i love a good life guard stand.

sunglasses

this one is my favorite. :D when i printed this i had to do a double take because i looked at it and thought to myself, "wait, is this mine??!" because {not to be cocky} it looks professional! and i was stoked about it!

any who, i window matted them all day long. okay just from 9:30-12:30. :D

i'm going country swing dancing! woot woot! you should now all be excited for this event. :D

i don't have too many funny things to blog about today. but if you want a good laugh you should read this blog. I love this girl! she's hilarious.

and so it goes from 10 to 11

Happy 2011 ya'll!

gooooooood heavens it's been a while. like last year since i posted! woooah!

Is it possible that a ton has happened since the dumb dr pepper can exploded but nothing at all at the same time?

good news! i curled my brother's eyelashes today! haha.

here is a list of not so exciting things i've done this break.... in no particular order of non excitement-

1- i left my journal in logan. :( so i had to write about my life in a separate notebook and then my friend laurenita brought it up when she came. so then i stapled all of my life into my journal. i was gonna glue it.... but then it was taking too long. so don't worry, i still haven't missed a day in 3.5 years. :D

2- my blind date texted me and said sorry for being boring. ummm... boring was not my problem with him. oh did i mention he swore in the text he sent me? so i told him i don't like cuss words. he never responded back. well see ya!

3-ash got us lost. TWICE! she took the wrong freeway and we were headed probably to italy or something. But i'm un-lost now.

4- the award that is above ashleigh's bed. hahahaha. umm... not gonna say what's it's for.

5-when i accidentally said the word that i really didn't want to say.

6-finding out that my roommates aren't the only roommates who try to educate me on things of the world.

7-ash can dance! she's got hips!

8-i read matched. by aly condie. :D

9-Q and Em's band concert..... the most annoying lady was sitting behind me and she kept yelling things like Halverson (the band teacher) for president and halverson's hot. i wanted to strangle her. or something.

10 bridger (Q's friend) saying "i broke my butt over summer.......aren't you gonna ask me how i broke it?"

10- i met david archuleta. okay i really didn't. but i saw him in person. and he is a b a b e. i'm going to see him at the temple one day....

11-finding out my GPA. yeah. 3.85. jealous? Ash is.

12- the USU vs UVU BBgame. we WON! booya!

13- car following. 2 "attractive guys" that turned out to be 1 ugly guy and 1 girl with short hair. I don't succeed at looking. haha

14-learning that my friends and i are the only ones that didn't have a date the car following night.

15- ash being a baby hog at church. here's ash holding a happy baby. happy baby. oh crying baby here bri, you can have him. gee thanks ash. don't worry i rocked said baby to sleep.

16- harmons. i like my new managers a lot better than the old ones.

17- Taylor at work not being able to subtract. hahah. p.s. you better come visit me in logan!

18-the letter we got in the mail that was addressed to "the parents of dean" my dad. hahah. it was like jr high grades coming in the mail all over again.

19-taking our family pics in our living room. Ash and Q acting like their legs hurt from it. as if! haha it was really funny.

20-the picture frame i got for nathan and ash for christmas. kandi jumped on it and it shattered. thanks dog.

21-I met caitlin! she's a doll. and my favorite 7 year old girl.

22-this drunk guy that came into work in a long black coat made of fur. he had pink pj bottoms on underneath it and then said he had a fish in his pocket. he told me his wife was pregnant and she sent him to the store for pop corn kernels. keep in mind he was in his late 50's. weird.

23- the riverwoods with laurenita and papaanne.

24 sitting in santa's chair and eating candy out of his bag

25- getting a ride in a golf cart limo. just for fun

26- dressing up at the toy store

27- riding weird bike things in the toy store.

28-playing yatze with grandma and Q and Em. haha. grandma having the biggest freak out session of life when she got a yatze! haha.

29- Q pretending to be paula dean. "what would paula dean do?" "paula dean is with us tonight!"

30- our annual christmas eve carols. Q's singing. hahah.

31-Q's wrapping of my presents. they take like 5 minutes to open.

32- the quilt that betsy made me. :D it is ALL COWBOY STUFF! :D

33- hangin out with my old pal charlie. We went to his sister, heather's apartment and played harry potter clue and ticket to ride. it was fun. they have good candy too. :D

34-the cool fog photo shoot. :D

35- the countdown till my birthday.

36-taking nathan and caitlin's pictures.

37-making my photography website- wix.com/blueyedbrunnette/brianna-nichole-photography

38- mom making the BEST pancakes i've ever eaten. they were wheat, white chocolate, blueberry, pumpkin. yum! they sound gross but you have no idea!

39- seeing life as we know it. "they said the same thing about taylor swift and that twilight kid too."

40-getting my film camera. Nikon F100

41- mario kart at papa annes' house. i think i got last place in every race except one. video games are not my best point.

42- o my gosh! the night i worked and then entire night the same 20 minutes of music played over and over and over and over and OVER AND OVER again! i've never been so sick of billy joels' uptown girl before. apparently the satellite was covered in snow so the radio signal was blocked. taylor said he didn't think it was playing over and over again. you were wrong. i was right. :P

43- taylor broke the toy car i was playing with too. But he did give me chucky cheese coin back. haha.

44-decoratin Nathan's house with ash. for his bday.

45- falling off his couch and breaking his fern. betsy said, "aww cute! they have a love fern!" yeah, and i broke it. I'm sorry !! it was ashleigh's fault. she's a bad throw.

46- emilie breaking his chair while decorating. hahahahaha.

47-ash texting him and saying that her ding-bat sister broke his legs and another limb. haha

48-SLEEPOVER WITH MY BESTIES!

49- that stupid austin kid that ruined our hot tub plans.

50-"Brianna! this is the first time that you have liked an actual hot guy! I'm so proud of you!"-Betsy. haha. glad you approve.

51-iceberg fries.

51.5 hot tubbing!

52- Betsy falling on the ice pushing melissa's car out of the snow.

53-i WON a game of MARIO KART! yeah, the same girl that lost every game the week before. i almost cried.

54- a special new years eve. Bucket list item checked off! dippin dots. hahahahah. FINALLY! after like 3 years of planning!

55-fitting into jeans 3 sizes smaller than what i fit into at graduation. :D yeah that's right. still have about 3 to go till me goal though.

56-the bird that flew down our chimney and caught on fire.

57- our house smelling SO bad because of the dumb bird on fire.

58-being not a wimp and getting a guys number that i had been wanting to get since summer.

59-MARCOS coming to visit! i love this cousin! he's awesome. "this picture give's me butterflies." "then ask her out!" " i can't. i'm too old for her." "do it!" "i'll ask this guy out if you ask her out." "no! you can't ask him out! he has to ask you out! If he doesn't then he's not worth it." "okay i won't ask this kid out if you do ask her out." good advice marcos. thanks!

60- Melissa my roommate turned 21!

61-THE BACHELOR! it started again! woot woot woot woot!

62-i visited miss tuttle. I just love this teacher! she's amazing!

63-went and saw a dumb movie with betsy.

that's all for now.

gee whiz that took forever to do!

loves and hugs and more loves.

i can't wait to go back to logan!

Homesick-The state of missing my Orem

Leaving home, i never thought would be as hard as it is. I was excited to live on my own and make new friends, live in a new city, go to college, and have (what everyone is telling me is) the time of my life. Don't get me wrong, i really do like it here, i just am missing everything Orem.

Dad- the ability to talk to him, the best shoulder to cry on, his peanut M&M's, his laugh that makes him bounce, his inability to say the word aluminum. I love you dad

Mom- her advice that i wouldn't always listen to, her yummy food, her care, her stories, her funny sneezes (hesh) i love you mom

Ash- her boy advice, our laughs, our movie quotes, our adventures, our photoshoots, teasing her about getting married, what she always says when i tease her about it. I love you ashleigh

Q- his youtube videos, his strange voices, how he says goodbye, his jokes, his ability to make me laugh even when i am mad at him, his sporting events, his annoying friends. I love you Quinton

E- her wanting advice, her love of romance novels, her asking me to take her places, our bachelorette watching parties, her willingness to take all my junk (:P) I love you Emilie

Kandi- her kisses, her protection, holding her, how easy it is to tick her off, all the nick names we have given her. love you chubbs!

Brayden- the face he makes that makes me laugh, our talks, our random list of activities and the inability to do most of them, his computer skills, his family too. love you Brayden

Sara- her random outbursts of songs from chess, her English editing skills, calling her Papa Anne, her fashion tips, and her sarcastic personallity. I love you Papa Anne

Orem High- the stained ceiling tiles, my ghetto locker, Miss Tuttle, Mr. Downs, Yearbook class, learning days, peter the pickle, the beloved lunch room table, sluffing class to go to the zoo or the movies or to lunch or wherever, being able to miss class and still survive, the old building that i'll never see again, all my friends and most of my acquaintances there. I love you Orem High

home cooked meals- not having things from a box, not cooking it myself, coming home to the smell of a great dinner, the ability to make something at want.

my own room- my orange wall and closet, the pictures from my wall, my bed, being able to leave stuff out, privacy. I love you room!

having a vehicle to use- being able to drive and not have to take the bus, being able to go places further than campus, visiting places. I love you van!

having a job- I complained about my job. It really wasn't that enjoyable most of the time. But now i can't find a job and the money that isn't coming in anymore is so scary! I understand the reason why college kids eat top ramen all the time!

day four- coulee to seattle

So we went and ate at the R&A Cafe for breakfast in coulee dam. i was there ALL the time in grade school! Karah's (my BFFFFFF from gradeschool) parent's owns it and we would go and sit in the big freezer in the summer time to cool down. I miss those carefree days. Food is excellente though.

and then we left coulee and headed to seattle. we got to bellevue and went to the seattle temple there. it was really pretty too!

We checked into our hotel room

see.... we DID pack light!

and then we went to the boardwalk in downtown seattle!! o my heck i love seattle. we played owl city's hello seattle as soon as we saw the city. and we went to several places downtown like pioneer square where a guy tried to hit on us. (what the heck? seriously, do we really look like that the kind of girls?) and even to the local radio shack because Jane died on us. (the GPS)

after this we went to alki beach!! it was so so sosososo! cool!
seriously! i love the ocean!

we also saw a lighthouse there too!

and then we went to bed.

funny quotes of the day:
"Alright, this is going to be epic!!! get ready.... PEANUT BUTTER!!!!" -sara (the longest bridge ever!)
"O look! there's people making out! do you think we could find someone to make out with us?" -sara "Yeah, probably."-Lauren
"it looks like we're going to africa for 8 weeks!"-Me
"ROSALINDA! do you have a younger son?!"-Lauren (ha ha!!!)
"you have a hair hanging out of your sandwhich..."-Betsy "no i don't...(holds up to light)..... EWWWW i do! it's white!"-Lauren "It's probably sara's"-Betsy
"do we know our tequilla?"-Sara "NO! we should go and take that class!" -betsy
"okay, i'll make a deal with you. i'll feed you if you don't lick my hand"-Lauren to betsy

Day threeee- just coulee dam

july fourth was a good good day. :D

us painting our nails for church
I got to go to church at my old building. the building that i was baptised in, the building where i first started gaining my testimony, the building i went to achievement days in, the building i miss with people i missed! One man, Brother Edwards is really sick and probably won't live much longer and i gave him a big hug and i was so glad i got to see him! He is such a cool guy! former deputy sheriff of the town. I played a musical number in sacrament on the piano and even bore my testimony, which i really should do more often. I seriously LOVE my ward there! I think i am closer to the people there than i am in my ward now. You will never find a better ward than that one.
After church we took the dam tour. (of the dam) It was fun, but i wish the incline elevator would have been working. the weirdest part was that there people in our tour from orem!! it was crazy weird!

one mile long

then we went back to my grandparent's house for a BBQ

us in our bibs so we don't get stains. :D my grandma thinks of everything!

and then we went to the city festival thing and saw elvis. :D

what a hunk of burnin love. :P
and we also went to the visitor center there and played with some of the stuff there.

then finally the lazer light show started!!! it never gets old. i've seen this show so many times in my life and i still love it! it's an experience like none other!

Right after the show the fireworks started! It's not the biggest show ever but it is cool to see them off the off the top of the dam. :D


after that we walked home across the dreaded bridge of death and some drunk guys asked us to go with them and we said heck no. It was a really fun time. lauren fell asleep right when we got home.


i love my gparents!


this is my old house. look at the old key!!!


Funny Quotes of the day:
"ugh! i bought the cigarettes last time!"-lauren

Senior trip day two-Missoula to Spokane to Coulee dam WA

I was a fan of montana but i was overly excited to go home (that is Coulee dam washington!) You can't even realize how happy i was! i seriously got teary eyed driving down the dam hill. It brought back so many memories!
But first we went to spokane and used the restrooms at the Davenport hotel! (2nd best hotel in the US and 5th best in the world!) It was so so so cool!! I forgot to mention sara giving us a lesson in italian opera by playing it non stop for THREE SONGS!! she lost her privilege of choosing songs. It was unanimous (minus her of course)

and we looked around and took ourselves on a self guided (and possibly not allowed) tour..... It was a grand place!
o also i accidentally slammed betsy's fingers in the car door.... :( sorry betsy!

then we went to RIVERFRONT PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my childhood!!! we rode another carousel and my horse didn't even have a name this time!! for real!??? what kind of carousel are you running!?

Then we played on the biggest red wagon ever built! :D Jealous? i bet you are!

Then we went around the park and played with ducks (and tried dodging goose poop) and also ate our lunch.

Then we filed up with gas and we saw a morgan freeman look a like! heck, it was him! "we're so blessed." ha ha!
ON TO THE COULEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is my excited face

COULEEEE!! i love youuuuu!!! I was freaking out the entire two hour drive from spokane!
we went to spring canyon and swam!



and my friend charlie came too!!!!! the only other lDS kid my age that lived there when i did. (charlie may i see your back?! ahah!)



we jumped off the dock lots and

and played bad Minton too.


Then after our fill of the beach we went to the siam palace for dinner! yummy!! Best food in town! Grandma and grandpa came to that with us. :D

Then we got a tour of the town from charlie and went to several parks and places i never went to when i lived there! it was crazy! I lived there for 6 years and i could hardly believe i had never gone to them!






Then we went home to our trailer :D and hit the sack (after getting all the sand off of us from the beach.)
oh, p.s. we had a theme song for our trip that we played once an hour: "Your Love is my drug" I'm not really sure why we chose that one but that doesn't really matter. It just matters that we played it at least 24 times a day. ha ha! it was the best!

funny quotes of the day:
"I smell some delicious chipage!" -Sara
"you just blew my ear drums out! can you heeeeeeaaaare me????" -Lauren
"It says montoria..... i mean antiques." -Lauren
"YOU CAN SEEEEEE THE DAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -me :D "o, dam"-Betsy. ha ha!