Nine

Nine was gorgeous, elegant and devious. The story line was sometimes confusing to follow, but I was really there just to see the actors performances and to see how the film looked. I'll admit, I was mesmerized. Daniel Day-Lewis' performance was remarkable and Marion Cotillard was overwhelmingly sensational, yet again. The costumes and sets added so much flair to the film but it was the beauty of the people and the film that fascinated me. So much radiating beauty in every part of it.

Here is the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_5_lzags3I

This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie with Marion Cotillard and Daniel Day-Lewis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PEovhkXekI

Christmas

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow :)

... If only it snowed in the desert!

Merry Christmas!

Some recent adventures

Megs and I in Annapolis, Maryland.
Me standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Look I rode bareback for the first time!
I've been spending a good amount of time up north at my friends little ranch and this is cowgirl version of me.
Megs and I in Washington DC. VERY cold.
Playing in the sculpture gardens.
Beautiful Arizona sunset.
Reid and I bundled up and spent a night looking at stars!
Monsieur Louie Gaston likes his cat food box. He's a very odd little man.
Me being super excited for Christmas tree shopping. My mother however did not share in my merriment.
Washington monument as seen from the Lincoln Memorial.
Driving up to Spring Valley this morning for family breakfast and we spotted this on the road! I thought it would be cool if it was actually filled entirely with coffee. Unfortunately, the boys said I was crazy and it was just an advertisement. Geesh. Way to ruin my childish enthusiasm.

It's Christmas time

It's Christmas time, I love this time of year. It's cold out, it's been raining, good friends I haven't gotten to see in awhile appear and the good times flow. I feel blessed :)

Road Trip!

Our trip has been crazy so far. I have not slept in the same place twice since I've been here. For the past week I've been in a different state every night. Pretty rad I must say, today we're hiking in West Virginia, tomorrow Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and then on to Philadelphia and New York. Here is a slide show of some of the pictures Bettina has taken in Kentucky and West Virginia. Enjoy

http://bettinahansen.com/sofar/

Bettina, here I come.

On monday, I finally get to go back and visit the light of my life, miss bettina! I fly into New Orleans monday night and will stay there for a day or so, then drive to Lafayette, stay there a night, then drive to Baton Rouge, pack up everything, and we're driving all the way to Hartford, Connecticut! I can't wait! We get to go through West Virginia and stop off for a pick me up (Thank you God) in Manhattan. *Sigh* Oh I can't wait! I'm hoping to be able to post every so often of our travels along the way, but we'll see. If not, I will be back on the third and craving my bike, but not the heat.

View Our trip to Hartford, CT in a larger map

Proud owner of a new old car!

I am now the proud owner of my very own, all mine, new old truck! Giggling is allowed since most everyone pokes fun at my giant truck that hardly fits into ANY space, let alone university size spaces. I downgraded from a very big white truck, to a smaller, but still quite large white truck. I wanted a small car to fit into University size parking spaces, but my Uncle, who is a very nice man and loves me more than I deserve, saw fit to give me his baby, Bartholemew, the 1995 white Chevy half ton pick up truck. And did I mention he gave it to me for free? Yup. Hence why I gratefully accepted it. While it may be a tad old school on the outside, the inside looks exactly like it did when Bart rolled off the showroom floor. Perfect interior. It's quite lovely! As you can see, Bart is quite a bit smaller than my other truck. I just had not ever noticed  just HOW big my first truck was. I will admit, when I got Bart home, and started to clean out the other truck, I almost burst into tears. I felt awful for what I had done. Replacing a beautiful, good to me, really superb truck. But things change, and my father wants his back. So I willingly obliged. But now I own something! I feel as though I am growing up. Let's just not rush anything else, shall we?
My new crankset! Isn't it beautiful? I am also getting my new bike seat in the next week or so! I am very excited! I've been waiting months to get it, the Soma Ensho black glitter saddle! Ooo! I also put on new handlebar tape, and hopefully soon I will take the whole thing apart and get it painted. I'm tired of all that BCA stuff on my old paint job. 

Cartel Coffee Lab. I must represent!
Spoke card from my first race, Kill Mill Volume 3!
And of course, cute little Domino. I tried to pick up the camera to upload these photos and was met with this at the other end of the hand strap :)