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Meditation

Today i went to a 6 hour Meditation seminar at UCLA as part of my Self Management Class.

We heard lectures on the scientific benefit of meditation and how it can improve attention, immunity and emotional stability.  It was interesting but im still not buying into the statistical validity of the studies.  She kept talking about how the results were positive but the sample size was too small.  either way, it was interesting, despite the 3 hours of sleep i had the night before   eeeep!   

Then every half hour or soo we did a meditation that helped demonstrate part of the mindfulness that they were teaching.  It was super hard at first to sit still for so long .. and without my cell phone.  If anything, meditation has made me realize how addicted to my phone use i am.  - MTV did a true life episode about this called True Life: I have Digital Drama  which was all about young people being addicted to the internet and their mobile devices.

Anyway, back to meditation.. i ended up doing almost 2 hours total of meditation!  We did Grounding, Mindfulness, Walking Meditation and a guided meditation about spreading love.  It was pretty nice by the end of it.

The speakers also gave us a copy of their book which i got signed:

Here are more links for meditation if your interested: MARC: Mindfulness Awareness Research Center

Oh yea.. and for my photo of the day:

This was the contents of my coat pockets that ive been collecting as my little treasures over the last few weeks.

Fun Music

So yesterday i kept my promise and took tons of pictures!

It was crazy, i got to see a friend from elementary school that i hadnt seen or talked to in literally 10 years!  Thanks to fb, i saw a feed that he had released an album, which is rad i might add.  And last night he was playing at a neighboring college coffee house so i got to see a free show!!  If you want to check out his music and show dates go here:  Andrew Figueroa Chiang and the Blazing Rays of the Sun.

It was so crazy to see him and i even recognized his brother in the band as his guitarist!!!
Here are some photos of the show and tea time!

Playing at the Motely Coffee House on Scripps campus.

Mmmm.. Decaf English breakfast tea with milk and waaayy too much honey

Oh yea and some fun pictures:  

I was driving next to this pimped out van and i really wanted to take a picture of it .. it was red sparkly with flames all over.. i swear it was straight out of pimp my ride.  But the photos didnt turn out so well cause i was at a stop light (is that illegal?)  but i thought they were still funny

My road mascot Lamby

Project 365

so ive been inspired by other blogs recently, especially Kaylah at The Dainty Squid.  I see people doing something call project 365, where they promise to take a photo a day.  I thought this was a great idea, to capture things you might have missed, and get better acquainted with your friend the camera.  So im starting it today.  i will take at least one photo a day and try to post them everyday.

Here are some tips for a successful Project 365 from the Dainty Squid:

Tips for a successful 365 project:

• Take your camera everywhere! Did you read that..? E-V-E-R-Y-W-H-E-R-E. Everywhere you look there is a photo opportunity! Have a really great meal at your favorite restaurant? Take a picture! Love the way the rain looks hitting your window? Take a picture! That squirrel that always hangs out in your yard? Take his picture! 
• Tell your friends and family you're doing it. It's a much easier project to complete when you have others supporting you. There were a lot of days I was being lazy and Kevin would ask "Did you take a picture for 365 yet?" They're a great reminder especially in the beginning when forgetting you're doing the project just might happen!
• Upload daily! So you're posting your 365 project to flickr? Don't get behind on your uploads, you'll regret it later. There were a few times I was late uploading my pictures and some how I messed up counting. It's not that big of a deal because I know I took a picture everyday, but it would have been nice to have them all properly numbered.
• Keep a list of things you might possibly want to photograph so you never have a day where you say "there's nothing left to take pictures of!" 

So i started yesterday and here are some of my pictures

Flowers in front of my house on our jade plant

i love how perfect and symmetrical they are

 the view from my front door.  i just liked this one blurry cause it was like a dream

 i love mushrooms

Let's start!

*yawn*  

well my friendly friend will just woke me up at the late hour of noon.  thanks, i hate you

and im up for another amazing day!

I have class later tonight which i hated at first, but now i really love having all day free to do whatever i want and then ending the day learning something i never knew.  Today im also dedicated to at least start a new craft that ive been mulling over in my head - pictures to follow!  plus this is basically the reason i started this blog for fun pics and crafty time.

till then im be sucked into watching Americas Next Top Model.  Im a really show junkie, dont judge, its just my vice!  i get hooked on watching seasons of shows (ANY type) and have then on in the background while i so artsy crafty stuff.   Some shows that you should definitely watch : House, Law and Order, ANTM, Being Human etc.. 

 u guys have another show that will pull me in and keep me excited for many seasons?

Windy times

holy crap it is sooooo windy here.. i wish you could hear it

this is the wind -  woooooaaaasssshhhhwwawaaasshhhaaaaaa
did you hear it?


ok so i just wanted to share a little about my blog since my first post was a whole lotta nothin. (self- interview style)

WhitnaciousH1: Why start a blog?
Whitneyforreals2: Well it all started about a month ago. I was sick at home with the flu and found myself laying in bed and surfing the internet alot. I had never been a big blog follower but im always looking up fun recipes and crazy pictures, and of course being addicted to fb.  so i took som of my sick time to wander around and get thoroughly addicted blogs.  Finally i found myself waking up every morning excited to check peoples new posts for the day and then i thought, alright, i need to make one.

W1: What will you have on your blog?
W2: Daily life (not that i think mine is more interesting), fun finds, thrift store adventures, my art and art i love, fashion stuffs, craft tutorials and of course awesome recipes because im a crazy foodie.   Oh and incase you havent noticed, ive been so spoiled by auto correct that my typing lacks in the capital/apostrophe section.

W1: Have you ever had a blog?
W2: yes. i tried to start one a few years ago for my art but then wandered on to tumblr instead. I treat it more as a website for my work than a blog.  you can find my site here!

W1: How often will you post?
W2: I try try try to post daily, but ive never been able to keep a diary going for more than a week so ill do my best, please dont hate me!

Mostly this is just to keep up with old friends, make new ones, and share awesome crafty/fashion/colorful/food awesomeness!

hope you like it!!!!

love, Whitney

First Post!!!!

woot first blog post! (dont tell, im writing this during class!)