Soooooooooooooo I decided it was time for a hair change! I left green to rest til another time and went to my favorite color and one of my favorite hair colors! I had to have two shades so light purple on bottom and deep purple on top.
I don't know why I never got around to a Saturday Adventure post last weekend, nor an XICW post, and now I'm behind on a hair post. So we'll put them all in one. Last Saturday Mom and I went for a walk in the rain, we didn't care. I love the rain and I kept my camera inside of my hoodie so it was safe. It was so relaxing and reviving to feel the cool rain on me in the woods. The place we went to originally was INCREDIBLY lame so we decided to find another place to go. The second destination was much more satisfying<3 Essentially meaning it had lots of badass gorgeous trees and these young ladies :) Skip forward to Sunday which was XICW. I feel like I took some of the best wrestling pictures of my life that night. It was so cool to be so excited about these photographs. Here are a few of my favorites. I'm so stoked at how they turned out so well. I guess focusing and really getting in the zone makes a big difference haha.
Soooooooooooooo I decided it was time for a hair change! I left green to rest til another time and went to my favorite color and one of my favorite hair colors! I had to have two shades so light purple on bottom and deep purple on top.
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Hooray Saturday finally came. It was even more exciting because it was my only day off of work this week. I wanted to get out and get some nature pictures so Mom and I drove over an hour away to a good park. Car rides with the windows down and good music playing are my favorite thing. When we arrived there were quite a few families there (Eww) since it was the holiday weekend. I wanted to get away from the loud obnoxious families so I walked over to this little scum pond to look for frogs or turtles. At first I didn't see anything but then I spotted this little guy just chilling He was a cool little fella, he let me get really close to him to take this pic :D Thanks buddy. After hanging w this little slimy guy we started to walk on the trail to be stopped by a group of stupid people watching cranes. I was happy to be able to take their picture but nooooooo....These people did not control their kids and they chased the cranes away. Come on people, these things could have destroyed your kid, learn to be a parent please. After the ignorant people left the cranes came right back out and walked right in front of us, completely unafraid. Every couple of feet we would walk down this trail, a chipmunk would run in front of us. They would get really close but I wasn't taking my chances of it eating my face or my camera lol. I've seen too many videos of such things. Further along in the trail, we came across the horrendous hill that I made a very vicious tumble down the last time we were there. I was having flashbacks of smacking my head on the rocks and flipping over tearing up my entire back. Not fun. This hill is NOT MY FRIEND Walking in the woods is just so peaceful and relaxing. I could stay in the woods forever and never become unhappy If anyone needs me, I'll be hiding in the woods away from society...
I woke up this afternoon with a desire to get out and get some awesome creepy pictures. The weather was not working in my favor to get creepy woods photos so I decided it was a good day to shoot some creepy abandoned houses. We took a long cruise in search of some good places to shoot out in the country (no city abandoned places, don't wanna get shot thank you) It was a beautiful ride just enjoying the weather and music. We passed a lot of creepy places that were just not accessible from the road which sucked. Other places we rode past and then couldn't find again which was really a bummer. While driving I noticed a MONSTER up in the tree and made mom pull over. This thing was so SCARY! It was massive, these pictures do not do it justice. As I raised my camera out of the sunroof to take its picture, it immediately took notice and started to stare me down. I was scared it was gonna fly and attack us from it's perch. Gross. It stayed there in wait of something to massacre and eat. Thankfully that was NOT me. The creepiness would continue the entire trip. We encountered this house on the drive and stopped a bit down the road to sneak up to it without being caught. I had the bright idea to just walk down the side of the road and cut off through the thick of weeds...not very smart. I was covered in burrs and cut my leg on a thorn bush. Mom got eaten alive by some kind of bug that got inside her pants haha. People started to walk down the street and we ducked until they were gone. Then we approached the house and took pictures of its creepy self. I always feel very strange inside when looking at abandoned houses. I think of the family that lived there and all the memories that are left in this house that the world will never know, good or bad. Why did they leave? What is left inside? I was bummed the windows were ALL boarded, I wanted to get a glimpse inside. Maybe it was a crime scene? Who knows. I didn't get that kind of bad energy from it though. Shooting abandoned places is so exhilarating, I love the adrenaline high after shooting them. After we got done with this one, we got back to the car and had to pick all the burrs out of our clothes. I kept getting stabbed by them but it was worth it. Onto the next place. The second house we visited we just pulled right up to on the side of the road, I hopped over a giant stump blocking the driveway and onto the other side. I was greeted by HUNDREDS of black creepy cricket like bugs. I have never seen such bugs before. They were highly offended by my presence. They scattered all around hopping wildly and I ran through them anxious to shoot this creepy as hell house. The vibe here was completely different and sinister. As soon as I got to the side of the house I saw the window had been shot through. Yikes. I was completely creeped out here and the air just kept getting thicker and more evil. I kept repeating "I don't like it, I don't like this" and kept shooting quickly as I could so we could get the hell away from this place. The front of this place was so taken over by nature that you could hardly spot it from the road. It is very bizarre to me that no one has taken the trailer or even bothered to post "No trespassing" signs on this place. I don't think the house lets anyone close enough to do so. I couldn't get any closer to it than this, my body would not let me. Needless to say, I was done shooting abandoned places after this place. I had my days worth of creepiness. It was an awesome experience. I look forward to our next creepy Saturday adventure.
Today I woke up around 1:30 after a great sleep. As soon as I woke up I answered some work calls (ugh) and then wanted to get moving on art. My artistic soul was exploding. Mom and I headed to the woods as usual for a walk before our dinner plans w/ our buddy Matt. It was a hot but nice day for a walk. I wanted to get some pictures of my new hair in the sunlight to show its awesomeness. Here are some of those: excuse all of the selfies ;) The woods in this area have grown to be a lot more green and lush than they have been in previous years. Always nice to see nature getting healthy again. Walking in woods always makes me so relaxing and peaceful inside. I didn't take many photos but here are a few. We finished our walk around 4:30 and started to head downtown to meet up for dinner. Everyone decided to drive like an asshole so I was not amused with that and my lack of faith in humanity increased a bit more. We parked and headed down to Mercury Bar in Corktown. It was very inviting, I didn't know what to expect since I have never been to this area before. They had a lot of interesting choices of burgers which they are famous for. I was really excited to try these legendary burgers as I am a burger lover. Oh My God they did not disappoint. The meat was so juicy and had such good flavor. They gave me about 15 pickles on my burger oh yeah. Wooooo. We enjoyed yummy food and great conversation w Matt. Very nice to hang out in a different setting. The manager of the place was a total douche bag but everything else was awesome. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone. It is awesomeee. After our yummy meal we went our separate ways and Mom and I drove around and listened to great tunes w the windows down. Two of my favorite things. A perfect way to end a good day :) We happened to run across these babies on the way home
Ahhh yes finally, it is the day for fun. Saturday is always an amazing day of photo taking and relaxing with Mom. No other way I'd rather spend my Saturdays. So we decided to go to a place we had briefly trekked through a few weeks back. This trail was sooo much better. There were lots of bizarre things in this area. Besides the douchebag teenagers throwing a rave party it was a great relaxing walk. Saturday, the day of adventure except I didn't get my lazy ass up until almost 3pm... Adventure was still had regardless though. Mom and I decided to check out a place she had stumbled upon and it turned out to be pretty cool. The weather was perfect for a hike and it was nice to be somewhere different. There was a lot more to this place that we have not seen. I am looking forward to going back for another adventure.
Saturday, the day of adventure. Unfortunately I had to work for half of the day. After I got off work, mom and I went and ate dinner at Steak & Shake. Afterwards we headed to Relay For Life for a bit. I wasn't up for much walking due to stomach pain but it was fun anyway. We left early and were bored so we went out and found these beauties :)
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