101st post celebration!

Wow! I just realized I've reached over 100 posts!

My blog started out as a source of procrastination and getaway from all my homework stress, but now it's become my personal artistic/journalistic getaway! When I began my blog, I thought it'd be mainly be me writing about all the things I love, and the good things I learn everyday of my life, but I'm surprised to see that it's become more of an art/fashion centric blog!

I think what really makes the blog experience unique is encountering new friends from across the world. Those connections have really impacted my life and I write every word with you guys in mind. So thanks ya'll. :)

My title says "celebration," but I don't really know how to celebrate, so... here's a bunch of pics! :DD (I would do a giveaway, but I don't really know how the whole giveaways works goes) :S

Anyway, I don't want to bombard you with more pics of myself, but Ellen/Be You portraits does an amazing job. So I thought I'd share the rest of my senior photos!

Click images to see them in their original, glorious size - actually, I think they're larger than that, but it's closer to original!

The pics above and below are two of my favorites. :)

The bottom one is also one of my favorites:

My mom's favorite:

& if you'd like to see more of me - although you're probably tired of pics of myself - check out this video! I always like watching videos of fellow bloggers because you normally only see photos of them - videos add another dimension. :)

Recently, I've been cleaning up some things and I encountered my mini box of pins that I've collected since about five years ago. Here are just a few of the tons of pins that are roaming my house. I'll upload photos of my other pins in a future post! :)

Top left corner: 2008 Beijing Olympics special pins
Top right corner: British memorabilia
Bottom left corner: Korean pins
The rest: random from many places

(If you have a question about any of them, feel free to ask!)

From the British Museum of Art.

There was actually a Pink and Blue pin of the same pattern, and I couldn't choose between that one and the above pin. So I asked this fashionable looking young chap (I was in England so why not use approrpriate terminology?:D) who was wearing a hip blue, argyle sweater and had gorgeous blond hair. And I was like "which one do you like better?" And he replied, "oh... the blue one." He seemed a little freaked out by my random inquiry, but anyway, the rest is history!

From the Leadership Summit I attended in Boston at this time last year!! I miss my Leadership buddies...

Vintage Korean pins and one from 1988 Olympics! :)

Speaking of Korea, I'm sooo excited to visit my family and friends there in a couple weeks! My blog will be like a travel blog for the month of August, so stay tuned.

If you'd like to see more posts about my travels, click the "Travels" icon on the side bar of my blog. :)

I really worked hard to get those Coca Cola can pins! I asked all my friends and teachers to give me their Coke bottle caps so I could collect rewards to get the pin and after reaching 300 points, voi-la! :)

I hope you enjoyed my pin collection tour! :] There will be more I promise!

And if you have extra time, I enjoyed these pictures of Dakota Fanning all grown up.

song of the moment -
Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescents

Cheers to Another Year

Although senior year hasn't even started yet, taking my senior photos has really got me pumped for my last year of high school! In a few posts back I posted some pictures of myself as a Rep for Be You Portraits, but now I've got my real senior photos and I like 'em!

Taking senior photos was surprisingly reminscent for me! I can't quite put my finger on why, but taking photos of myself with the knowledge of knowing "these pics will represent my life as a high school kiddo!" was just nostalgic! And I'm not even out of high school yet!

Anyway, enough of my sappiness, Ellen, the photographer for Be You, is the coolest photographer I know - she's like the big sister I've never had! :) She also has an awesome blog that you won't be disappointed by! She really captures a personality well. :)

So, I thought I'd share some pics from my senior photo session with you! I have a couple more, but I didn't want to bombard you with so much ERIN. ;) Any favorites?

Be sure the click the pics to enlarge! They look super cool close-up! :)

If the scenery looks familiar, it's because these photos were taken at the same place as I took the photos in the last post! :) (Thanks Ellen for the site discovery!)

And another reason to celebrate: I started my first paid job yesterday! Wahhaaa! :DD I'm a (part-time) tutor at Kumon! Woot! I get to teach the little 'uns who are just learning to read and can count to 300ish.

I'm already enjoying it there! I would love to work in a career that involves helping children - they're the best in so many ways (although they leave me super fatigued)! This one guy was doing his math drill and all of a sudden says, "Yesterday, I went down stairs and sat down on the potty and then I went potty." He was real serious about it too! :D

I also discovered these amazing prints by Spanish graphic designer and illustrator Bianca Gomez and they are lovely:

(click to enlarge)

(my favorite! i would like the same exact sweater!) :)

song of the moment -
arctic monkeys - no buses

PS. I wanted to thank you guys for your lovely comments in my last post! You guys are such loyal readers and I really appreciate every second you spend reading a word on my blog! Every time I see a new comment, I jump an inch off my seat! Your comments made my cry a wittle inside. :)

you are beautiful

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i recently took my senior rep photos at Beautiful You Portraits and it was awesomeee! ellen (the photographer) did a great job really getting to know me and highlighting my personality in each of her photos. it wasn't generic like "stand in front of this tree landscape and smile with your hand on your face." it was definitely a unique and super fun experience.

if you live in the seattle area, check out be you portraits for sure. :)

here are some pics from the shoot:
(click to make larger)

and here's a video of me by ellen. :)
(i know i rock the kim yu na spin... not so much xD)







i'm flaunting those asian eyes! :D



i like this one a lot :)

song of the moment
two door cinema club - undercover martyn