Israel (and some other stuff)....[More for Kunal]

Kunal,
I am sorry if they aren't up to either your standards or mine, but I thought that you might be able to work with some of this stuff maybe...


Here are some that aren't exactly landscapes, but rather more "city scapes" but since it is Israel it doesn't feel as much like a city...if you want them...




These are also in Israel, but they are from an archeological dig, and they are ruins from when the Romans were in Israel.












These are from my trip to Bonaire (an island in the Netherlands Antilles)...one is me underwater and the other is what I thought was a cute view of a blue building across the water.




And the last thing I wanted to mention...have you ever thought about doing interpretations of the plants you take photos of? I think that you could try getting major close ups and things like that. It could be cool. Playing around with light and shadows and stuff.

And the underwater picture is the only underwater one that I had on my computer, but as an idea you could try a sea scape sort of thing. You know how the water makes the wavy lines in the sand and the different fish and corals and kelps and stuff. It would also be a challange getting the way the light reacts with the water and stuff...just an idea.

Thanks so much for the Makhtesh pictures! They're so cool!

Lizzie~

For Kunal...

Hey blogging world...

College and (I'm ashamed to say, Facebook) have taken over my life, but no worries, college is out for the summer, and I will be trying to once again keep up with all of my computer/interweb things! Yay!
Now, for Kunal, some pictures of Makhtesh Ramone:


Pretty landscape
Sorry about the sideways-ness. This was the one oasis in the entire Makhtesh

Impressive, no?

Oooooooo! Look at the pretty layers!
As far as the eye can see
More layers!!!

School again!

For all of you who don't know...college is wierd!
I haven't yet felt homesick, but then again, I haven't really done any real school work yet either! It is like some bizarre summer camp. I feel like very soon I am going to get on a big yellow school bus and go home to my family! But part of me knows that I'm not, so I have this tiny aweful feeling in the pit of my stomach, and it is telling me that I will feel very homesick as soon as actual classes start. I don't know if I am ready for that! I am sorry that I have been so lacking in my checking up and posting lately, but I have had so much to do lately that this is the first that I have been able to do anything fun online!
I hope that you can forgive me! I also hope that all of you, whoever you are at the moment, are doing fantastically!
I also want to share something that I wrote late one night when I couldn't fall asleep. It's not very good, or finished, but if you have anything to say, please do! I need all the help I can get!

Poets are the moon.
In that, they aren't like the sun.
They can't give sustain life,
they can't give off their own light.
But rather, they are the moon.
They aren't steady,
they change and shift,
they go through phases.
Even thought they give off
neither warmth
nor life.
They light people's way
without blinding them with their greatness.
And though they don't
give off their own light
or beauty,
it's their "job" to find the
beauty of others and
in everything else,
and reflect it back
for the world to see.

That's it...sorry if you expected more!
Lizzie

Summer...!

Hey all! I know...long time no blog, but there have been a lot of things happening lately. I went to Minnesota, and I have been volunteering at my mom's work, and I have been cleaning the house so I can actually get paid for something this summer. So, I am sorry that it has been so long since I posted last, and I am sorry that this post is so short and so, well, not very inspired or inspiring, or even the slightest bit of any interest.
I hope that all is well with all of you, and that everyone, whether they read this post or not (but moreso if they do, hey what can I say? I'm biased), is having and continues to have a wonderful summer!
Lizzie~

Writing...

I was going back and looking through all of the posts from my past, and I realized that I haven't put up any poems for quite some time. Now I have two.
They both have almost the same title, and they are both what is called a "list" poem.
One is MUCH more light-hearted than the other. But I just thought that you might enjoy them. They are in chronological order.

Things I Learned Last Week

You send two men to a fishing expo,
You will find a pontoon boat in your basement.

When in kindergarten,
People teach you to fill in the lines.
Then there is school,
Teachers tell you to write between the lines.
As an adult,
They tell you to sign on the lines.
Then someone tells you to be abstract.
You don't know how, no one ever taught you.

Never plug something into a bad plug,
You may not have power for a day.

Life goes on,
But if you are stuck,
Sometimes friends can be the best tow trucks.

It's ok for life to be a whirlwind,
But don't spin too fast,
Or all the pretty sights will be nothing but a blur.

Walking on a crust of hard snow is good,
Until you fall through.

Things don't need to have a purpose,
Some things just...are.

Money rocks, but only if you have it.

Snow is cold, really cold.
Sun doesn't help you warm up all that much!

(Inspiration: what a wierd week!, Date:1/18/07)


Things I Learned Last Week
(And A Bit of This Week Too)

Writing is good, but overrated.

When you are depressed, beware of spontaneous explosion.

Most circumstances are only as akward as you make them.

You are never really as good as you think you are,
But then again, you aren't as terrible either.

Death and suicide scare people,
Don't mention it to them.

If you have an epiphany, keep it to yourself until the "oppotune moment",
Just trust me.

Insanity sucks, but it can be good for you.

You can be independant and relationship based at the same time,
Who knew?


(Date: 3/4/08)

So, yeah. Those are just two poems that I thought you might enjoy. If you didn't enjoy one, you are bound to have enjoyed another...or not... I guess that's your choice.
I hope that you are having better weeks than both of those that I have written about!
Lizzie~

A LOT of Nothing, But Some Good Somethings too

Well, I finished waching Anger Management, and I guess it's not such a bad movie after all. But it is still wierd!!
Also, I don't know...I guess that I have been in a little bit of a funk this last week or so. It's not like I'm really sad or anything, I just am not much of anything. I haven't been feeling particularily good or bad about anything, just always so so. Whatever. (Look at that, I prove my own point without thinking!)
So, I don't know. I have just not had a lot to say, hence the two short posts right in a row. But at the same time, the only reason I have posted two so close together is because I feel like I should have something to say. You know?? I don't know. Maybe that's just me being weird.
Hope that everyone is doing fabulously!
Kunal, thanks for the kind mentions on your blog, I am SO very proud to have been a part of your creative masterpiece, and I REALLY can't wait!
Lizzie~
P.S. For anyone who read this and wondered what I meant about creative masterpiece, I highly suggest checking out Kunal's blog, he really is quite talented!!
He is one of my "favorite links" on the right side over there.

Anger Management

So guys...Guess what??
I haven't been sick for a couple of weeks now!! I am so happy!
I am watching Anger Management right now. I am wondering what the heck is going on. I don't know what is going on. I don't know what the point of the entire thing is. I don't know why I am continuing to watch it, I guess that I just REALLY want to know that it ends up all right. I don't want to keep watching but I just can't stop. What do you think of this movie?? Do you find it as bizarre and pointless as I do?
I was just wondering.
Lizzie~