my life in gifs!

so now that the year is a couple of days from ending, i figured it'd be a great time to recap the last couple of months of my life in gifs.

school ended on the 17th after a grueling week of back-to-back finals. and really, besides renting every movie redbox has had to offer, all i've been doing is lounging:

and eating all the things:

and sleeping. i had lost so much sleep while i studied for the finals, that i've been doing my duty in catching up for the last couple of weeks:

when my grades finally came out, though, after a really nerve-wracking week, i had reason to celebrate:

in my first semester of graduate school, i made a 4.0!!! which automatically makes me:

and with the start of the holiday season, i finally was able to watch my all-time favorite christmas movie:

{fuller! go easy on the pepsi!}

{this is my house! i have to defend it!}

and the nba lockout ended! my heat are 3-0 so far!

some time before christmas, my bff from california visited miami for the holidays. we naturally had a blast with him tricking me into eating a wasabi nut that he had convinced me was a pistachio:

{my bff is definitely not as good looking as these fellas. hey, charlie!}

then christmas came along, and i looked absolutely fabulous for our get-together:

but let's really get down to business:

 

the doctor guy i had written so many posts about previously, who i thought i was going to end up with {uh, hello?! we were amazing together, and made eachother laugh, and hung out every day, and it was amazing}, who made excuses as to why we couldn't formally date, who had gotten himself a girlfriend, one day called me up:

and complained about my not being his friend because i didn't text or call anymore {ew, why would i?!}, and asked to get some dinner together:  

so i went, and we had an ok dinner, albeit i was forcing being polite:

but he mentioned his girlfriend a couple of times, and it finally hit me that he was never going to be the person i thought he was, he was never going to love me like i wanted, and he was never going to deserve a woman like me:

but i guess i can't wrap my head around why i can't find a decent man:

 

one who i can trust, who will compliment -- not complete -- me, who will make me their priority, and one who isn't solely looking for sex, but that doesn't mind when i shake my tits at him:

but upwards and onwards! i have a trip scheduled in january that will hopefully change my life and make my dreams come true. it will be in a city that will most likely have snow:

so, all in all, taking into account the entire year, 2011 was pretty amazing. and:

i really hope that 2012 will continue to be as amazing, and be the most happy and gratifying year for me to date. so with that, i hope you a very happy new year and hope you ring it in with beautiful:

  amazing music and parties:

and lots of:

 

just like i will! thank you for reading this year, and following along with me as i continue to build wire\cages. i wish you all the best! see you on the other side!

girl against gender segregation!

{precious little lady questions the need for gender segregation in toy stores}
in other news, hamley's in london stops segregating its toys after being criticized for gender stereotyping!

i hope all of you have had, or are having, wonderful holidays! i, myself, spent a great evening last night with family, a roasted pig, some amazing wine, and tons of laughter.

must read!

Gay Community Apologizes to Amy Koch For Ruining Her Marriage

"We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own holy union for something more cheap and tawdry."

without a doubt, this is amazing.

we can do it!

{“Now how do we expect our sons to be men of integrity, and of conscience, and be social justice advocates, and to treat women with respect, and to speak up when they see women being treated with disrespect, if they don’t see their fathers doing it? If they don’t see men in the public culture doing it? Its not fair to put the burdens on the shoulders of boys, or even young men. Even though they’re part of the solution, there’s no question, this is about adult men.” Miss Representation}

i'm asking santa for...

01. Le Pavillion IPhone 4 case, Kate Spade, $40
02. Walking Day Trip Backpack, ModCloth, $65
03. Foxtrot Ring, Madewell, $15
04. Fair Isle Mittens, Forever 21, $6

the phone case is on its way, and i hope i find the mittens soon for my upcoming trip to chicago! what are you asking for this holiday season?

Art Basel!

it has been such a long time since i have made a post about art! luckily, my great city of miami is hosting art basel for the 10th year this weekend. being at home (instead of in tallahassee for school), i finally got to go to one of the galleries. i chose art miami, seeing as how i figured they would have the most art in one place. and for $15, it was amazing! here are a few of my favorite pieces. i unfortunately never got to take down the artists' names, so feel free to comment if you recognize something and i'll link them. enjoy!

World AIDS Day 2011

worldaidsday.org