Baby in the Window!

Apparently this looks a lot like a Horror Movie Poster, I just thought it was a cool picture.

This one, Papa likes

I wish you could see him shaking this toy around, so cute.

While crawling, Jonah stops randomly, and gives these inquisitive looks.

I will never get sick of Jonah pictures, so I hope you guys don't either!

Jonah Balogna

warning: baby talk. bunny wunny baby waby sweet cheeked little angel.


Here Jonah ponders the effects of economic stimulus payments on his ability to become a pirate.

Tagged?

I was tagged...

10 years ago:
I was in eighth grade. 13 years old. Not so much fun. My best friend had just moved away, my brother was leaving to go to college. I was lonely, insecure and shy. Sad. I hope nobody asks me this again for a few more years. :)

Things on my to-do list today:
It's late in the day...so...
Edit some pictures.
Help make dinner with my dad.
Watch some TV, get starbucks?
sleep.

What would I do if I suddenly became a Billionaire?
I would thoroughly flip out. Then I would buy myself a bunch of really awesome clothes, handbags and shoes. I would start up a business: A bakery, magazine, or cafe/venue)

I'm sure I'd give a whole bunch of it to a whole bunch of charities. I'd probably seek advice for this.

Three of my bad habits:
1. Saying negative things about myself as a joke.
2. "picking" at everything and anything.
3. ignoring phone calls.

Five jobs I have had:
1. Dishwasher (Al's)
2. Waitress (Al's)
3. Hostess (The Hangar)
4. Store Manager (CA Coast Candy Co)
5. Barista (Starbucks)

Five things people don't know about me:
1. I am surprisingly talented in the arts. I draw, paint, play piano/guitar, sing, write, and ...create!
2. I am really good at crosswords and sudoku.
3. I am an expert candy maker. You name it, I make it.
4. I am a slave to style. Nothing makes me happier than a Marc Jacobs handbag.
5. I study Mythology, Folklore, and Fairytales for fun.


Now I'll tag Demetri

A Late Valentine

I mostly think of Edgar Allan Poe as a morbid writer, but I rediscovered some of his poetry. This is my favorite:

To F____S S. O_____D

Thou wouldst be loved---then let thy heart
From it's present pathway part not!

Being every thing which now thou art,

Be nothing which thou art not.

So with the world thy gentle ways,

Thy grace, thy more than beauty,

Shall be an endless theme of praise

And love---a simple duty.

-Edgar Allan Poe.

I took a picture of these pretty flowers that fell off of their stems.

This is the ceiling of the Morrocan restaurant I went to for Emma's bachelorette party. There were crazy cool lights.

This is me being sad and lonely on Valentine's day. So emo.

This is me being weird, which is normal.

New/Change/Different/Altered/Morph/Forward

I like this picture because I feel like it really looks like me. It has some of my favorite colors: mustards and olive greens and a pop of purple.






Reaquainting with old friends is seriously amazing. I love seeing what people are up to. It's the ultimate before and after. It's uplifting to realize that the afters almost always seem better than the befores. If the trend stays true, my life should be on the upward slope, and I should expect great things from myself and others. In this picture Chris and Tracy pose for my camera. Don't they look like genuinely happy people?! I'm excited to hang out with them some more.

I like this picture because there is a prop in it. Holding a guitar will automatically make one look ten times as cool. Demetri went from slightly sissy to downright spiffy in seconds flat. Tracy looks like she's posing for Covergirl.

Demetri has a seriously irritated look on his face. (By the way, this is a shout out. "Demetri, you are so cool! I love the blog!") I'm wondering what is irritating him so much. Is it the creepy guy that kept trying to hug Sundeep? Is it me forcing him to hold a pose when he's trying to call someone? Is life just too much? Maybe he just has a stomach ache.

Look at that smile, more sparkle than a Miss America contest.

Tracy, Sundeep and Melissa have posing down pat.

These pictures were all taken at Pine Cove on Saterday night. (except the first one, which was at Tracy's house). It was fun, we sang some karaoke, threw popcorn at eachother, laughed at the weird people, got creeped out by the creepy people, smiled and took pictures of eachother to fill in the lags.

I feel like this would be a good time to provide links to my various other pages.



My Personal Myspace

My Music Page, and

Old Band's Page

My Flicker Acount, (which is new so don't expect anything for a while).



So there you go, anything you'd ever want to know about me.



love, cynthia

Where are all the Aliens?

They're at the arcade.

So, here is my newest favo(u)rite quote, but first some background so it makes sense:

The Fermi Paradox: our galaxy holds 100 billion stars, most stars have a life-hospitable planet revolving around it. Where are all the other intelligent life forms? Shouldn't they have found us by now?

The most common solution to the Fermi Paradox: If the aliens are intelligent, they will have created massive weapons and killed themselves off.

So now my quote:

"I suggest a different, even darker solution to Fermi's paradox. Basically, I think the aliens didn't blow themselves up; they just get addicted to computer games. They forget to send radio signals or colonize space because they're too busy with runaway consumerism and virtual-reality narcissism." -Geoffrey Miller

Now, I know what you're thinking... why am I talking about aliens. The answer is: I'm not. I'm talking about my obsession with recreation.

Now, here are some pictures for you:

Oh Crap

Hair

Mask

My Dad's Goldfish

Looking up at our Oak Tree

A grimy deer

Bulb Bud says Hi

Mossy Trees are the Best Trees

Tracy and Demitri pose with the muralized transvestite

Tracy and Katie pose for the internet.

love, cynthia

A Visual Summary of Christmas 07

My mom, Karen, Emma, Johnathan, Jimmy and I made gingerbread houses. Emma taught us how to melt down hard candies like Jolly Ranchers, and turn them into stainedglass windows. We're thinking of making this a yearly thing at our house, because it was a lot of fun.

I got to catch up with my old friends Bosco, Grant and Jay. I unfortunately didn't get any pictures of us playing "Rock Band". Our band was called "Curly Sideburns" (they named it before I got there). I sang "Creep" and got 100% accuracy on Hard. I was very proud of myself.

This picture pretty much sums up the night, just goofing off, like old times.

Here's Jimmy, playing my electric guitar.

Aunt Cynthia plants one on baby Luke. What a cute kid, with an impressive set of lungs. He got along very well with Jonah, who I didn't get a picture of. It was pretty much the cutest thing of all time.

My cousin Jason playing my brand new acoustic guitar that my brothers got for me. It's pretty sweet, I'm not gonna lie. I've been playing it pretty much non stop since I got it.

Johnathan and Mema Langley looking pretty frightened for some reason.

It was a pretty fantastic Christmas. Lots of fambly, lots of friends, and lots of food. We continued old traditions and started new ones. We sang, we laughed, we cried when necessary, we watched Christmas movies, we opened presents, and we were all sad when we had to go back to work.

This new year is going to be an exciting one.