Picasso and Monet

On Friday afternoon, my mom and I went to see 'The Bling Ring'. I don't think anyone understands how excited I was for this movie. A full year and a half of waiting and my expectations were exceeded! AH. It was great. 

 Sofia Coppella's style is so wonderful and unique. I feel like all of her movies are different, yet have the same sad, wistful air to them. At the end of every movie of hers I've seen, I feel an empty, shallow feeling in my stomach. Some people might take this as a negative sentiment but I usually take it as a good one (in terms of seeing a movie). Feeling something after a movie only means I've emotionally invested myself into the lives of the characters.

 I already want to see it again! I'll definitely buy it when it comes out so I can add it to my Sofia Coppella collection. 

In other weekend news, I went to an art block party event with my dad and friend Ellie. I'm not exactly sure what it was for but there were a plethora of food trucks and all of the museums were free to the public. The highlights of the night were getting snow cones, watching a break dance-off (a little awkward) and taking a "Which Artist Are You?" personality quiz. I had a tie between Picasso and Monet, which a lady commented was "a strange combination".

Le Reve - Pablo Picasso

The Artists Family In The Garden - Claude Monet

The Artists Family In The Garden - Claude Monet

I suppose it is kinda strange if you think about it.

This Was Written A While Ago

This morning I woke up to The Beatles and it was simply delightful. It got my day started on the right track. I highly recommend doing this when you have a long morning ahead of you, or perhaps a special occasion. 

I danced for an hour and a half and then came home and lounged around. I watched Youtube videos, attempted a smokey-eye, tried on clothes I hadn't worn in years, did a little bit of art and made a June playlist. The playlist is plainly entitled, 'June'. I made it to set a tone to this month. I believe that my song choices were apropos.

I'm kind of ripping off Rookie with this playlist thing. Whateves..

With that said, I haven't been able to stop listening to it! I even sent it to a few of my friends because of the joy it brought me. I think I'm going to add playlist making to my list of creative outlets. I love that the music that I listen to now will always be a memory of my early teenage-hood. Maybe when I'm older, I'll somehow find the playlist I made for June of 2013, and the memories of this very night will come rushing back...

OK, enough with all of this cheesy nostalgic mess (although I do love the feeling of nostalgia). 

The first picture below is indeed extremely over-exposed. With all of my curtains drawn, lights on, and an added lamp I still could not achieve a decent picture. Standing completely still for 20+ seconds is much harder than one would think.

However, I got a few neat ghost-y pictures like this one:

I like the way it turned out.

June 2nd; A Sunday.

I love Sunday evenings in the summer. You can do absolutely nothing without feeling bad about yourself. It's the one day of the week where watching 'The Notebook', eating chocolate covered cherries and stalking people on the Internet is totally OK..

Last night I saw 'Star Trek Into Darkness'. It had some flaws, but overall it was really fun and entertaining in a nerdy, silly way (one of the best, in my opinion). I adored the look of the movie and how the whole design felt very 60's. One of my favorite things about the film were the somewhat blurred lights inside the spaceship. They gave off a nice pastel hue in the midst of the stark white interior.

 In addition, I ate movie theatre popcorn for the first time in a while. It was delicious.

Yesterday afternoon I had my annual dance recital-- tu-tu's and sparkly costumes and proud parents galore. One of the costume pieces I acquired was a silver-sequined short sleeved jacket that I'm determined to somehow work into my day-to-day wardrobe.

I unfortunately have to go bed now. I'm doing a summer dance intensive that starts at 10:00am, AKA the crack of freaking dawn.

Until tomorrow night!

-Atheena
P.S. I never did end up watching 'The Notebook'. Just the stalking and chocolate cherry eating.