A Strange Dream

Last night I had the most peculiar dream. Me and my family were invited to a important church meeting. Our Bishop emphasized to dress our very best and to invite any and all whom we cared for and loved, such as family and friends. So we show up, and in the church building's gym, there are long tables with refreshments, crowds of people everywhere with not enough tables and chairs to seat all of them, and every one is dressed in their Sunday's best.
Me and my family start to mingle with others, and I end up finding my future mother in law, Susan, and my future sister in law, Jenna. Jenna asked me "Why do you think Bishop called this meeting?" I told her i simply had no idea, and then Susan pulled me aside and told me in a very hushed voice, "Bishop told me that this was going to be the hardest and most memorable experience any of us have ever witnessed. I'm a little scared, Lindsay."
Our sweet Bishop comes out and announces, "Within a few minutes, everyone in the building will be in tears. We're locked in, so no one can leave until we are done for the evening. I urge each of you to find those who are closest to your hearts in the room, and stay near to them." and with that, he left the stage and I didn't see him again. My friend Jenny found me. She was with her dad, who is ill with cancer, and she said "Lindsay I have a bad feeling in my gut." I looked at her and tried to reassure her that we were where we needed to be. Then I noticed her father beginning to look a little strange. He had started to turn transparent and he was fading away. Jenny began sobbing as soon as she saw her father. there was a strange glow in the room and the source of the light was coming from the center of the ceiling where there was a golden orb hovering. "Daddy, what's wrong with you?" he did not answer her, he only looked at her and placed his half invisible hand on her cheek and smiled. He began to walk towards the center of the room where other fading people were gathering. Jenny started to become transparent as well. "Jenny!" I  grabbed her hand and tried to hole her back, but she squeezed my hand and whispered, "I have to go." and then she made my hand drop from hers. I ran to find my parents. My mom and dad were fine, they were just as confuse as I was. everyone was going into a panic because more than half of the room was full of transparent loved ones.
Jenna and Susan found me both in tears and Jenna said "Lindsay I'm scared!" I held her close and told them to stay with me and my family. My little sister Kaitlyn was at this point in my arms as well. Then this little glass box appeared. it sort of looked like an empty fish tank. Jenna pointed it out and asked me what it was. I didn't know, so i crouched down to look at it. there were little swirling golden lights in it. They turned into loved ones who had passed away. Jenna's father was there, my grandpa, my aunt, many other faces that i did not entirely recognize... it was breath taking.
My bishop came back out and said "Brother's and Sister's, this is very much like how the second coming will be. We will lose and gain loved ones just like you are experiencing tonight. It will be hard, but it will be rewarding." then the golden glowing lights in the room faded and everything and everyone was back to normal. Jenny's dad was solid again and he was looking better than he had been looking for a long time. He said "I...I feel...healthy." His cancer was gone. Everyone in the room who had had some kind of illness or something wrong with them... it was all cured.


it was a powerful dream. I almost cried while telling my mom about it.
anyway, I just thought I'd share it with all of you.

I Now Know Why...

Why I'm not finishing anything. I was, once again, on Tumblr just passing time away. Then I came across something very enlightening.

Please excuse the S-word, but seriously, since I've discovered how freaking amusing this site is, I have ... not been very productive. I was telling Clint through an email that I don't have enough time to finish all of my paintings at this point in my life. AND NOW I KNOW WHY. Tumblr.

That three panel comic above is pretty much head-on of what I've been doing the past few weeks.

"Yeah I'm gonna totally work on my homework today!" pshhh. Yeah right.

"I'm gonna make an epic painting of Jesus for Easter!" Yeah. Sure. Easter is over. Jesus has left the building.

Or, how about, "I'm gonna go take some snazzy pictures at the park with my spiffy camera!" HA! Riiiiiight.

I love tumblr so hard, but holy crap it is SO addicting. Where have I been getting all of my fun images for this blog? Tumblrrrrrrrrrr...........

WHUT?

oh my gosh, guys...
I love Tumblr.

and Tom Hanks.

Working Out

So this morning i woke up around 7am, and I couldn't get back to sleep. So after laying there for about half an hour, I decide "Okay, it's time to get out of bed." So I'm trying to figure out how to pass the time getting ready for school. My class doesn't start until 1pm, and I didn't want to get sucked back into Dragon Age Origins on my 360. Turns out, one of my friends needed a ride this morning. WOO! But she didn't need a ride until 9am. It was 8am when she told me. So, I decide to work out for half an hour, shower and get ready.
So I'm working out. I feel great. But then....... Foul Bachelor Frog never fails.

I totally did this today. Work out failed. At this rate, I will be a squishy bride. I hope Clint likes squishiness.

I'm a Big Inspired Baby.

Okay, so we all know how much i LOVE Disney's animated movie Tangled, right? Well my mom bought it, and I've watched it twice this week already. I just love it so much. I'm pretty sure I want to paint a scene from the movie for the Italian Street Painting Festival (aka: Via Arte) in October. I've already got some sketches down for it, but once they're more developed I'll start practicing in my back yard (or the front yard maybe) and post some pictures.
Now, I'm gonna give out a spoiler alert for the next paragraph: I CAUTION ALL HARRY POTTER FANS WHO HAVE NOT SEEN DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE.

anyway, I bought the movie on itunes and I have yet to read the book, so I was completely unaware of everything that was going to happen. Well when Hedwig got zapped down and died I cried. It was like a "OH NOES!! NOT HEDWIG!!! *sad face*"
However... when Dobby died... I cried so hard. Like, seriously. It was a little on the ridiculous side. I was sobbing, my face was soaked, and every time i attempted to close my mouth, i squeaked like some injured animal and gritted my teeth. Guys, it was messy. Cassie sent me the perfect icon for this situation though. And here it is.

Enough said.

So Tangled pretty much makes me foam at the mouth with inspiration for painting, and Harry Potter makes me feel like a blubbering baby. I have some issues.

Oh My Gosh

I think I just found the wedding dress of my dreams...

Like... seriously. I've never wanted a dress so badly. It's so pretty! And simple too :D
oh my gosh! AHH! i want my wedding dress to BE this dress!!!!

Foul Bachelor Frog and Duck Face

I pretty much love Tumblr.
And I also love the Foul Bachelor Frog. He makes me laugh until I'm drooling, and when I get kind of bored with that, I go to Anti Duck Face and suddenly I feel like I have abs.
Let me share with you some of the funny treasures on these sights. Sorry in advance for the possible foul language. I'm just copying and pasting here.

.......Pretty much the story of my life.

And this one takes the cake with the caption "oh. oh jesus. um. we’re sorry about subjecting you to this picture, people. christ, we’re assholes."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! IT GETS ME EVERY TIME!!!!  I'm dying from lack of oxygen now... hahahahhahhahhahahahaha


I'm not sure this one is human...

seriously... how is that picture even humanly possible!? and holy cow, chick, can you put ANY MORE bling on your freaking nails?! Jeeze, just shine a flashlight on those bad boys and you got yourself a disco!


AND BACK TO BACHELOR FROG!

.........yeah. That one is pretty much my teenage life in a nutshell.


okay, so now that we've had some laughs and giggle, and possible gut-busting action, you all should really look at those websites. They will change your life. When you're bored, or have nothing important to do, or you need to kill time before class, go to tumblr or anti duck face. It's highly amusing. You may get some odd looks ... but it's entirely worth it. I was looking at Anti Duck Face this last Tuesday in between classes at the Institute building across from BC, and I'm pretty sure half the people in the room thought I was mentally ill, or something.

Bittersweet

Today I saw the most depressing scene EVER...
the Borders Book Store... half empty... and ....and...


CLOSING.



Yeah. Maybe it's not that big of a deal. I mean, sure there's another one in the mall, but that one is small and insignificant next to THIS one. The Borders on Stockdale highway in Bakersfield... is closing. I have spent so much of my life there. And now, it's leaving. I wanted to cry when I saw how empty it was. I mean, the coffee shop is already closed down and abandoned, and seeing how dead it looked made me fear for the way Borders may look in a week.

However, there were awesome deals on everything in the store. So, naturally, as an artist... I went straight for the art books. For those of you who don't know this fact, Art books (especially hardback ones) are freaking expensive! But today, in between work shifts, I bought three of them for $20!!!!!! :O

I almost went back after work... but unfortunately I didn't make much in tip money. *sob*
Oh well. I get paid next Friday. If Borders is still alive, I'm going back. To buy whatever else I can find. I'm a bit of a book whore. If I find a book that looks interesting, I'll buy it if I have the money. I just looked at my book shelf, and just from a quick peek, I can see ten books that I have yet to read. Darn me not having enough time to crawl into a corner and just read.

Pshh. The only way I'd have time to do that is if i dropped out of school and quit my job. HA! not happening.


anyways... I've decided on a Peacock theme for my wedding. I'm thinking the colors will be green blue and purple. Britney sent me a bunch of links with Peacock wedding stuff, and I'm smitten with a lot of it!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now I'm sleepy.
however, I'm pretty sure this is what will happen