Cali !

Today I crossed the state-line between Oregon and California.

I entered into my 18th state.

Sunny California my a**, lol! 

It's been a gloomy and grey, rainy day, but we've had a lot of fun! We've been driving for about 8 hours today, and tomorrow we're driving another 6,5 hours. But it'll be worth it. Because tomorrow I will finally get to cross a bridge I've dreamed of crossing ever since I can remember. The Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco awaits!!

Here's more pics from today:

California, here we come, with new shades and everything!

Hollaaa! :)

I'm almost on my way downtown, I just have to wait for the dryer to finish up. 

It's RAINING, surprise surprise, and I'll probably be wet by the time I get to Pioneer Square. Oh well, this is Portlandia. Rain is a part of it. 

I hope you've all had a great weekend so far; mine has been the most relaxing in two months. Haven't done much anything :) Sometimes it's good to just space out. 

Yesterday's catch! I happened to find the sale racks at Forever 21, and purchased the sunglasses for $3,80 and the earrings for $2,99. 

It'd better be sunny in California so I can wear my new sunglasses! Oh, if I haven't mentioned, I'm leaving for California on Tuesday!!! STOKED! And I'm going with my family! My mom and brother are flying in tomorrow :) So happy!

Gotta go, lovelies. Take care<3

Maybe not a professional, but on my way!

When does one have a right to call themselves a writer?

I'm not a published writer, but I still think of myself as a writer. 

Whenever I watch movies, I can't help but think of how I would write some particular scene. I'm not even kidding, I do it all the time, and it's actually quite entertaining. 

I feel like I think like a writer does. 

When I read a book, I fold the pages that have chapters/sentences/phrases/dialogues/monologues/anything that I feel like will be useful to me later. I'm not talking about copying someone else's work, because that's about as unethical as you can get, but learning from the people who have already achieved the goal that I've set for myself: they've published a book. 

Recently I bought a notebook from Powell's (you can find a pic on the post 'I Heart Powell's') and I've turned it into a planning-book for the project that I've been working on for the past few years. That's me, organizing my thoughts on paper for the first time. I am absolutely stoked and so excited to see what will become of it. So far I've explained the plot in about 10 pages, and I'm not finished yet. 

And this is me, a person who becomes overjoyed about a notebook.

Guess I am a writer :)

Let's get real?

I honestly thought I would be blogging more here, but as you can see, I haven't. I am truly sorry for that. Finding the time to blog, write and read is very difficult, and I'm going to be honest when I tell you that I probably won't be back to regular blogging until I get back to Finland. I would love to be able to blog more, and not only about my life here, but of various subjects. The thing is, I only have about one month and a week left. In the end, it's not a lot, and I intent to take the most of it. If you've been reading my blog long enough, I'm sure you understand :)

Around New Year's I'll have my 2-year Blog Anniversary. I'm thinking of doing something special. Maybe a contest or something. Gotta figure that out! We still have some time before that, and for the time being, I would love to hear from you guys behind the screen. How am I doing? Besides the lack of posts recently. You love my blog? Love hating it? Why do you read it and what makes it worth while? Please leave comments or send me an email (address found on the right with other gadgets.) Feel free to be anonymous; I know some people aren't comfortable with using any names on the internet. Thank you :)

Oh, and I'm working on a video post. Absolutely no promises on when it'll come out or anything, but I'm working on it. 

Take care out there!!!<3

-i

Good things come in pink boxes

Today was a day when I woke up and cried. It was time for my room mate to go back to Germany. Her flight left from Portland at 7 am, and suddenly I was alone. With my host(mom) out of town, I have the house all to myself, and it's weird.
Now only my stuff is taking space by the sink in the bathroom. They're neatly organized on my side. The other side is empty. Maybe I should spread my things more.

Yesterday we had a little going-away party for S. We went out to dinner and after that a few of us gathered at our house for a sugar-filled after party.

We ordered a Party Platter from Voodoo Doughnuts. This is so funny... I still have left overs. 

We watched a movie called Idiocracy, I'd never heard about it before, but it was hilarious!
After our guests left, S gave me a present.

I'd been admiring this painting at the Made in Oregon -store, and told S that I would buy it if I had the money at the end of my trip. And now she got it for me. I love it!!!! Thank you, S <33

Something's definitely missing now that she's not here anymore. But today wasn't a goodbye, it was just a see-you-later.
Way later, though :/
Fortunately, there are cheap flights from Finland to Germany.

outfits

I've promised to do more outfit-posts, so here's my first official one :) You've seen my outfits in a lot of previous posts, but now the focus will only be in my clothes, lol. 

The quality of the pictures is not the best, but I think they fulfill their purpose. 

Jeans from Target / $29,99, Striped t-shirt from Target / $12,99, Black buttoned jacket/shirt  (very light material and not warm) from T.J. Maxx / $10,00, Scarf from Forever 21 / $9,99, Guess Bag from JFK Airport Guess -store, $108,00.  

The bag, scarf and the jacket/shirt are the same than on the pic above. Jeans are the same, but in black. Shirt from somewhere Finland, Shoes from Ross / $20,00.  

Not the most awesome of outfit posts. My style is pretty simple. I prefer black, but lately have been wearing more colors, even though these pictures won't prove that. I obviously don't have as much clothes with me here than what I have back in Finland, so maybe from now on I'll post from there when it comes to my outfits ;) Had fun with this one either way.

I Heart Powell's

I went to Powell's yesterday, and... well, I went crazy. People really shouldn't let me go into book stores. So it's not my fault. 

I've seen the movie 'Nights in Rodanthe' and now wanted to read the book.  I bet I'll cry... 

I don't go crazy about just books... notebooks, too. I've wanted to have this ever since I first saw it a few weeks ago, and now finally bought it!!

I actually find blank pages very inspiring. Anything's possible when there's no ink on them :)