in case anyone is looking for me

you can find me over here:

http://defiesreason.tumblr.com

i'll be blogging slightly more regularly from now on, about more personal things. but for now, you can go look at the pretty pictures =)

thanks!

pure as a melody

I haven't been here in a long time, so I'm not sure if anyone still pays attention to this little blog I got, but I figure it's worth a shot:

The group I sing with, Shot in the Dark, entered a contest to sing with Lady Antebellum by covering a Lady Antebellum song, a cappella. Well our little video is one of the top five finalists. Now it's up to voting, and the others groups are whooping our little behinds.

So, if you feel like supporting me, go here: http://acappella.ladyantebellum.com/entry/730551 and vote for us. Maybe then we can go to Nashville and sing with them.

Thanks, from the bottom of my heart, to anyone who sees and responds to this.

You guys are the best!

-C

it's friday!

And that means BRIGHT COLORS. 

Yay. I know you're jumping for joy.

{white chandelier}

{white ice cream}

{pink ribbon}

{pink bracelets}

{magenta steps}

{magenta hair}

{red starfish}

{red cherries}

{orange candy}

{orange stairs }

{yellow chevron}

{yellow spiderweb}

{green napkins}

{green tongue}

{teal bathing suit}

{teal hinge}

{aqua rotary phone}

{blue umbrella}

{lavender shortbread}

{violet clutch}

{indigo bottles}

{indigo eyeshadow}

{purple silk}

{purple confetti}

{black apothecary drawers}

{black sky}

All images and sources can be found on my Bright Friday Pinterest board -- don't forget to follow!

Picture Dump

Party Rats that Nate won at trivia.

They're finger lights. In the shape of rats.

What?

Little girls playing violin in Pike Place Market. She was hamming it up. Her sister wasn't so sure.

Kid on the bus. His faces were priceless.

Playing in the blinds is one of her favorite things.

Yummy sushi from Umi!

Bus tunnel under Seattle downtown.

 

Fireworks over Lake Union for Fourth of July!

besides being slightly obsessed with bones, recently,

i am in love with Dayplayer's EP. John Francis Daley is their keyboardist and sings on some of their songs.

in love.

(dayplayer - caveman)

waiting in the dark

most of the time, I think all my problem spring from being entirely too self-centered.

that is...I don't know what I want to do with myself.

I like photography, but I'm not naturally awesome at it. and I don't care enough to learn more, because I don't want to take pictures of other people, I want people to take pictures of me.

even though I hate pictures of myself.

I like writing, but coming up with a good story -- one that flows, that twists when you aren't expecting it, one that other people want to read, one that has characters and adventure and great dialogue -- is hard. it takes time, practice, planning, editing and I'm just not sure that I have all that in me.

 I like cooking, but I don't know that I'd want to be a chef as a career. I left retail because being on your feet all day, with very little recognition for the work that you do? that doesn't sound like fun.

 I want to sing for a living, but choir and a cappella isn't exactly a high-paying vocation. you have to be able to take rejection again and again. not sure I'm strong enough for that.

 I guess maybe that's what this is all about. I hate rejection. but doesn't everybody? doesn't everyone fear going out into the world and having people reject them?

time to put on my big-girl pants.

"jumping up and down the floor, 

my head is animal." 

(of monsters and men)

i arranged this

i'm singing soprano (the highest part.)
and my boyfriend is singing the solo.