http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Deirdre-Rose&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Deirdre-Rose en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:18:23 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/28654065/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/28654065/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:08:10 PST Owl City isn't that bad. Just don't listen to it over and over.
On the other hand, I cannot stand any more of Twilight. No, srsly. It just drives me to the brink of what little sanity I still have. Stephenie Meyer, what have you done to humanity?
So I'm incredibly excited about December. I love winter. Christmas makes me so happy. And guess what? My mom and I are quite possibly going to New York over the holidays! I'll be so happy to be in a place I can call home. I hate Indiana. New York is simply the best place in the United States. I'm dying for the photo opportunities and ice skating at Rockefeller. We'll also be looking at universities. I'm thinking FIT or NYU at the moment, among many others. My mom graduated from FIT with a textile design degree, and my dad graduated NYU in hotel and business. Of course, I'd be focusing on photography, but yeah. And I'd have a couple places to stay other than dorms. That is, if my family wants me.
But yes, I love December and the Christmas holidays. I'm doing Salvation Army Bell Ringing and the Fireman's Cheer Fund for Key Club. I love doing those. My parents and I are going to go see the Nutcracker. I haven't seen it since I was seven. =] The comes finals week. Ick. I have a bad feeling about some of my finals.
In other news, I've been sick. Last week I had swimmer's ear. This weekend I had a cold. I don't know how many tissues I've gone through. And icky cough syrup. It's supposed to be orange-flavored, but after .2 seconds it turns nasty. Luckily, I have vanilla mint chapstick. =]
I'm going to help my friend shoot a movie about the Scarlet Letter for her English class this weekend. Then I'm going to spend the night and we're either going to go ice skating or see A Winter's Tale at our school.
Thank you to everyone who commented, favourited, and watched me and my deviations. It means a ton. =]

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/28294448/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/28294448/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:08:37 PST I haven't updated in over a month. But I've always been bad at updating things like journals and blogs and such.
I got the new Every Avenue album Picture Perfect! It's absolutely fantastic. My favorite tracks are Mindset and Saying Goodbye. I really wish I could go see them in concert.
Niespo's been working us hard. We've had two projects in the last three weeks. We have a major test on Friday. And apparently we started another project today, too. I don't know. I stayed home today in protest. Most school systems get Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, and President's Day off. We don't. But my dad thought it would be nice since he fought in the Vietnam war.
I'm bored to death in Health Careers and French. They're total cake classes. On the other hand, Precalc and AP US are killers. I hate that kind of stuff.
I think I'm going to drop PRIB at the end of the semester. If I can without Withdraw Failing, I will. Apparently I'm "not a photog" since I haven't attended the meetings. But we haven't had the money for gas for me to go take photos. And I'm not too keen on sports photos anyway. And I'm not writing this issue, so I'm just running stuff.
I've been riding every Thursday at the barn. It makes me so happy.
Friday I'm having a sleepover with my friend. She's having boy troubles, so I thought it would make her feel better. Then this weekend my grandparents are coming. I think they're staying until Thursday. Then they're going up to Chicago for Thanksgiving.
My laptop crashed this weekend. So I lost my bookmarks and iTunes and my settings and everything. Why don't iPods sync back to iTunes?

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27638238/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27638238/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:38:50 PDT I'm having a very busy couple of weeks. Tomorrow is an extra credit movie for Lindsey. I'm excited, since the last one was totally awesome. We watched The Village, which I absolutely adored. I love how Lindsey points out things about the plot, like foreshadowing and such, and he also points out the cinematography. Too bad he won't tell us what the movie is.
Friday is my first riding lesson. I'm so happy that I get to start riding again. It's at Brush Creek Stables. So excited! The Ethnic Expo is also on Friday. It's quite lame, really [egg rolls are served at all booths, and they're all run by hispanics *eyeroll*] but I guess that's Columbus. Anyway, I'm hoping that they having claddagh rings at the Irish booth. I want one.
Saturday night my parents, my friend, and I are going to a bonfire. It'll be so much fun! Sunday we're going to get Halloween decorations and pumpkins.
Wednesday is the PSAT. I get to miss periods 1-4. Whoo. I wish I could miss French. Ugh, that class is the ultimate in boring.
We have next Thursday and Friday off for Fall Break. On Thursday my parents and I are going into Indy so I can take photos, and we're going to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Friday I'm leaving for a camping trip with my friend until Sunday. It's going to be a ton of fun! We're so alike it's creepy.
Busybusybusy bee.
We're reading Poe in AP Lit since he was part of the Romanticism movement. I love Poe's work. I need to read more of it.
Tomorrow is our first dissection in Zoology! It's of either roundworms or flatworms. Not sure which. Anyway, I'm hoping it goes well.

Who's psyched for Where the Wild Things Are? I am! <33

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27429691/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27429691/ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:40:18 PDT I decided not to do the t h r e e s i x f i v e project. I have enough of a hard time finding subjects, and I think that cluttering up my gallery with random photos of books or shoes all the time just makes my gallery look bad. That, and junior year is somewhat hectic...
It's almost October! It's one of my favorite months. I love watching all the scary movies and such. Especially Goosebumps and The Nightmare Before Christmas. It starts to get colder, and rainier, which is my favorite kind of weather. =] And of course, Halloween. I think I'm going to be the Mad Hatter this year. My friend is going to be Coraline. =] I also love Día de los Muertos. I'm convincing my mom to celebrate it this year. And I eventually want to go to Mexico to celebrate it.
The past few days it's been dark, overcast, rainy, and foggy. I love it. ♥

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27305355/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27305355/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:57:56 PDT I finally took photos! It's been ages since I did. So I'm officially re-starting the t h r e e s i x f i v e project now.

I can't wait for autumn to arrive. It's my favourite season. I just love wearing coats, red and gold leaves falling, and chilly, windy days.

My dad's birthday is on Monday. My mom and I are celebrating it tomorrow because I'll be at school on Monday. We're going to have strawberry crepes for breakfast, ribs for dinner, and a special Mexican cake. I forget the name of it at the moment. And then my mom's birthday is on Wednesday. And my half-birthday was yesterday. Just a bunch of birthdays, huh?

I'm trying to decide whether I want to go to vet school or art school. I love horses but it's just such an enormous commitment to schooling. And I love art but I'm definitely not a pro. What should I do?

I've been listening to Love Drunk a bajillion times since it came out. I love it. =] Boys Like Girls is my most favorite band EVAR. You should listen to it. Do it. You know you want to.

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27083009/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/27083009/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:42:06 PDT It figures I wouldn't be able to continue the t h r e e s i x f i v e project after starting it. >.<
Last week I had a number of hard tests to study for, projects to do, etc. This weekend I spent two days colouring my hair. I put Herbal Essences Paint the Town Red in my hair. I definitely don't recommend it. Ever. I looked like Ronald McDonald. No joke, my hair was candy-apple-red. So my mom attempted to put blonde in to make it better. Wrong move. It was worse. So she got this colour-stripper [I think it's called Color Oops or something] which made it a lot better. It was just super-light strawberry blonde. So then she coaxed me into putting in a copper color she picked out. Big mistake. My hair is red and looks fine, it's just not the color I wanted. So I'll deal with it for now. Because I have a bigger problem:
I have swimmer's ear again. In my right ear this time. It's so painful and it SUCKS. Part of the problem is all the showers I took this weekend. That was a bad idea because I had a small bit of pain/swelling already.
This weekend was just a crappy weekend. I also couldn't find Coraline at the video store and my photo outing was ruined because it started raining.
Therefore, I haven't taken pictures since my last deviation. I'll try to take pictures ASAP, but I still have school and homework and I'm kind of behind on my art project.
On the bright side...
Boys Like Girls' new album Love Drunk is out tomorrow! I'm so excited!
_{I can't wait for cold weather.}

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26981273/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26981273/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:26:51 PDT I decided to start the t h r e e s i x f i v e project. I'm hoping it goes well. It's going to be an awesome experience. I hope to improve my photography a ton.
In other news, I'm possibly going to Peru this spring! People to People International has a Global Youth Humanitarian Conference every year. I'm hoping to go to both Peru and Egypt. It would be so amazing. My friend Kenya went to Costa Rica this summer for it and she loved it even more than the student ambassador programs. She's been on three ambassador trips: England/France, Australia, and Japan; and I've been on one: Japan. We're hoping to both go to Peru because it would be an absolute blast.
Guess what else? I got my drawing of a skull and candle put in the display case at school! I'm so happy, I didn't get any in freshman year, so I feel special. Only five or so pieces are selected to be put in there.
Finally, Boys Like Girls' new album Love Drunk comes out on Tuesday! I really can't wait, I love those guys. I wish they'd come to Indy.

-ciao.

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26695380/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26695380/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:24:42 PDT School started last Friday, which means I'm taking a bit less photos. I've got a pretty fulls schedule this year, especially since I'm a junior. I'm taking AP US History, PRIB [school magazine staff], Intro to Health Care, Drawing 2, French 1, Precalc, AP Lit, and Zoology.

I'm really quite happy with my classes, schedule, and teachers. Well, except for Intro to Health Care. It's way too easy, but if I want to work at a vet's office second semester of next year I need to take it. Whatever. It'll be an easy A.

I'm excited for the new language, although I miss Spanish terribly. And the two are so similar, I keep thinking in Spanish. But I like French and expanding my language horizons. I want to learn a bunch of languages, including Gaelic.

I'm also psyched for the dissections that we'll be doing in Zoology. And I love Reardon. I had her for Biology Freshman year, and she was amazing.

Currently we're drawing skulls in art. It's really pretty cool. I love Mr. Pulley's class. Well, art class in general, actually.

So there's this British dude, Simon Schama, who did a A History of Britain, which was part of BBC and the History Channel or something. Anyway, we watched episodes of it in AP European History last year, and he had such a cool voice. Well guess what? My English teacher, Mr. Lindsey, sounds so much like him! He said something and me and two friends who took AP Euro last year and are in his class this year, freaked out because he sounds so much like him. It was cool. Maybe a "you had to be there" moment.

Anyway, I've now finished watching all of the Death Note anime episodes. =] I love L/Ryuzaki, he's so cute! But why in the world would they use the name Lawliet? I know it's supposed to be pronounced "Law-light", but I keep seeing/saying it as "Juliet"- but replacing the "Ju" with the "Law". Oh well.

I can't wait until it gets cold again. I hate summer, and starting school right in the middle of August is genocide. But I guess I only need to deal with it this year and next year, and then I'll be off to University! Ohmigosh really? That's so close, though...

I want a boyfriend. I feel lonely.

Au revoir!

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26429124/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26429124/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:50:40 PDT I just got my yearbook today. And guess what?

One of my photojournalism photos made the face page!

<sub>I'm so happy. It's my first major published work. The the theme for this year's LOG was "the Power of One" or P.O.O. It was influenced by our community's hard work and union-ship [is that a word?] after the flood happened. Everyone helped out one another, and the yearbook advisers thought up the Power of One. Anyway, the photo that was featured was this one:


Up Against the Wall

I also got several other photos in the yearbook as well as a couple quotes.</sub>




]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26168590/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/26168590/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:42:49 PDT Thank you so much for 1,000 pageviews! It means a lot, as well as all of the favorites and watches. ¡Muchas gracias a todos!

<sub>Lately I've added some more songs to my library. Here are the new ones I've been listening to most:
All Time Low: The Girl's a Straight Up Hustler; Lost in Stereo; Break Your Little Heart; Weightless; Hello, Brooklyn
Boys Like Girls: Love Drunk
Cartel: Say Anything (Else); Honestly
Cascada: Everytime We Touch
Coldplay: Viva la Vida; Cemeteries of London
Cute is What We Aim For: Marriage to Millions
Enrique Iglesias: Be With You; California Callin'; Can You Hear Me; Don't Turn Off the Lights; Takin' Back My Love; Tired of Being Sorry; Hero; Heroe
Every Avenue: Fame and (Mis) Fortune; One More Song; Take a Step Back
Fall Out Boy: Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet; The Carpal Tunnel of Love; G.I.N.A.S.F.S.; I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You); Fame < Infamy; You're Crashing, But You're No Wave; Grand Theft Autumn; Sending Postcards From A Plane Crash (Wish You Were Here); Chicago Is So Two Years Ago; The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes
Farewell: Eighty Eights
Forever the Sickest Kids: Whoa Oh! (Me Vs Everyone); Catastrophe
The Friday Night Boys: Stuttering; Stupid Love Letter; Suicide Sunday; Permanent Heartbreak
Hit the Lights: Speakers Blown; Drop the Girl
Jack's Mannequin: Dark Blue; The Mixed Tape
Mayday Parade: I'd Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About; Champagne's For Celebrating (I'll Have A Martini); You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds
The Morning Light: Clouds
Panic! At the Disco: When the Day Met the Night; Pas de Cheval
Sing it Loud: Come Around; Best Beating Heart
Spitalfield: Won't Back Down; Those Days You Felt Alive
The Starting Line: Best of Me
The Title: Where You Are; Meant, Said, Felt
Treaty of Paris: Here Goes Nothing

3 weeks left until school starts again. And we start on a Friday. Sense? No. I'll be a junior. I can't believe it. I still have to do my summer reading. The Grapes of Wrath, The Street, and The Jungle. So much fun. I hate summer reading, but you have to do in AP. Oh well. At least I had a good summer. Speaking of which, People to People is great. I want to go on another trip, but my parents say that we don't have the money this year. I can only be a student ambassador for two more summers, and then I head off to university. Blargh. Anyone want to give me seven thousand dollars?</sub>

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25939541/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25939541/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:22 PDT
_{I finally got all of my photos from Japan and Chicago uploaded. I appreciate all favorites, comments, and critiques on my photos, and I hope that I'm growing as a photographer. Thank you. =]}

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25704414/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25704414/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:25 PDT Konnichiwa everyone! I just got back from Japan- it was SUPERAMAZINGFANTASTIC! I had loads of fun, made a number of friends, experienced a lot of cool [and very odd] things, and of course took a ton of photos. I'll be uploading them after this weekend, my mom and friend are going up to Chicago. I'll have pictures of that too.
I also got a new iPod [black classic] because my video died when we were at O'Hare coming back. My headphone jack had been messed up for awhile, but it finially gave out. Now I can only listen to it through an iHome-type thing. I got a number of cool stuff from Japan, including a cold. One of the kids in our delegation got sick and was tested for swine flu. He didn't have it though, so that's good, because otherwise I'd have it!
Anyway, see all you deviants later. Sayonara!

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25375917/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25375917/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:14:21 PDT At 5:00 am tomorrow morning I'm leaving for Japan from the Indianapolis airport. I'm going with People to People Student Ambassadors, a great program. I'll be there for two weeks, and it's absolutely amazing! The photo opportunities will be so insanely awesome, I really hope I'll grow as a photographer. Wish me luck!

-Deirdre

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25359152/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25359152/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:41:22 PDT ART:
<sub>the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions.
IN other WORDS…
the use of skill and the imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others.

Fun fact: art is studied under a branch of philosophy called aesthetics</sub>

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25126578/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/25126578/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:07:28 PDT Yesterday was the one year anniversary of me becoming a photographer. And I'd like to think that I've grown a lot in my photography. I am proud of what I can produce. At school, I took photojournalism. And I'm now on P.R.I.B. (Public Relations Information Bureau)staff as a photog at my school. In two weeks I'm going to Japan as a student ambassador. That gives me a chance to shoot in a place that I'm not used to. Next year I'll also be taking creative photography. I just hope to become an even better photographer. Thanks DA for providing me a place to display my photography! <33

PS: I got green chucks!

]]> =Deirdre-Rose http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/24486759/ http://Deirdre-Rose.deviantart.com/journal/24486759/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:05:23 PDT For the past few days, I’ve been addicted to listening to my new songs. Yes, I’ve been soundtripping. I am absolutely in love with new bands I’ve discovered.

Here are some of my favorite songs/artists:

The Academy Is…— About a Girl; Summer Hair=Forever Young; One More Weekend
All Time Low- This is How We Do; Let it Roll; Six Feet Under the Stars; Holly (Would You Turn Me On?); The Beach; Vegas; Stay Awake (Dreams Only Last for a Night); Coffee Shop Soundtrack; Dear Maria, Count Me In
Boys Like Girls- The Great Escape, Five Minutes to Midnight; Hero/Heroine; On Top of the World; Heels Over Head; Holiday; Thunder
The Cab- That ’70s Song; Bounce; This City is Contagious; Zzzz; One of THOSE Nights; High Hopes in Velvet Ropes
City Sleeps- Walker’s Ridge; Ordinary High; Prototype
Every Avenue- Think of You Later (Empty Room); Where Were You?; Chasing the Night; Days of the Old; A Story to Tell Your Friends; Trading Heartbeats; Boys Will Be Boys; One More Song; This One’s a Cheap Shot; Nothing; Picking Up the Pieces; Getting Out; Take a Step Back
Fall Out Boy- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs; Sugar, We’re Going Down; Dance Dance; A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me’; Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am?; Bang the Doldrums; Chicago is So Two Years Ago
Farewell- Anchors Away
Hellogoodbye- Here (In Your Arms); Touchdown Turnaround; All of Your Love; I Saw it on Your Keyboard; Oh, It Is Love
Ikeda Ayako-Sora no Kakera (A Fragment of the Sky)
The Maine- Everything I Ask For; Girls Do What They Want; Count ‘Em One, Two, Three; Kiss and Sell; The Way We Talk; We Change, We Wait; The Town’s Been Talking
Mayday Parade- Jamie All Over
Metro Station- Seventeen Forever; Shake It; California; Disco; True to Me; Wish We Were Older; Control
Panic! At the Disco- Nine in the Afternoon; London Beckoned Songs About Money By Machines; I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Phone Calls From Home- Light the Fuse; Photos of You; Tonight I’m Over You; Wait to See This; Keep This Dream Alive
Plain White T’s- Hey There Delilah; Our Time Now
Sam Sparro- Black and Gold; Pocket
The Secret Handshake- Summer of ‘98
The Real Tuesday Weld- Last Words
The Temptations- My Girl
Utada Hikaru- Simple and Clean Remix; Hikari Remix; Sakura Drops
We are Scientists- After Hours
We the Kings- The Quiet; Check Yes Juliet; All Again for You; Secret Valentine; Skyway Avenue; Stay Young; Whoa; Don’t Speak Liar; Headlines Read Out…
Yellowcard- Light up the Sky; Fighting; Ocean Avenue; One Year, Six Months; Gifts and Curses
Yiruma- Kiss the Rain; River Flows in You

Music is insanely superamazingfantastic. I really don’t think I could live without it. So looking over the bands and the songs, I’m un gran aficionado de Alternative music. Along with some Techno, Pop, Punk, Rock. Yeah. I’ve seen Boys Like Girls, The Maine, and Metro Station live at the Soundtrack of Your Summer tour last year. On May 15th I’m going to see Fall Out Boy, All Time Low, Metro Station, Cobra Starship, and Hey Monday at the Believers Never Die Part Deux tour.

Some Disney songs I'm in love with:
Aladdin- A Whole New World
The Little Mermaid- Kiss the Girl; Part of Your World; Under the Sea
Anastasia- Once Upon a December
Mulan- Reflection; Girl Worth Fighting For; Honor to Us All
Enchanted- True Love's Kiss; That's How You Know

I also have a few songs stuck in my head, that won’t leave and are very annoying.
Caramel- Carameldansen
Rhianna- Disturbia
3OH!3- Don’t Trust Me
Katy Perry- Hot ‘N Cold; I Kissed a Girl
RENT Cast- Seasons of Love
Britney Spears- Circus

Don’t you hate it when you have really random songs stuck in your head?

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