I found this on facebook. I'm dying right now...

You Know You're a Pageant Girl When....

1. You can anwser in less than 1 minute what you plan to do for the next 10 years of your life.
2. You have you own motto or mission statement that you think everyone should live by.
3. When the pageant is over you see no relevance in leaving your house for anything except ice cream.
4. You have sprayed your butt with Firm Grip... aka butt glue.
5. You no longer have feeling in your little and big toes.
6.You've said repeatedly "it's not just a BEAUTY pageant!"
7. You have stuck your finger in your mouth, wrapped your lips around it and then sucked on it while pulling out. (REMOVE EXCESS LiPSTiCK!)
8.You know the difference between a rhinestone and a Swarovski rhinestone.
9. You own at least 10 bathing suits you've never gotten wet.
10. You've tried explaining to someone how pageantry is like and extreme sport and they look at you like you are crazy.
11. When walking is more than just walking... it's floating!
12. The first step out of bed .in the morning makes you scream out in pain.
13. The question "is that your real hair?" is not uncommon or offensive.
14. USA and America mean two TOTALLY different things. (OMG some people NEVER get this!!)
15. It's not good enough if a dress JUST 'fits'.
16. You know what 'pageant stance' is and stand that way all the time;
17. You know that "model's T" is.
18. You know what "pretty feet" is.
19. You are able to change your outfit, hair, makeup AND shoes in under 2 minutes.
20. You listen to the news, read the paper and keep up with court ruleings only because it might be a question some day.
21. You have been asked by more than a handful of people, "So, do you girls REALLY say world peace?"
22. You have come to accept the fact that rhinestones are your friends, and glitter is in your veins.
23. You somehow keep running into the SAME group of girls year after year.
24. You know "your colors."
25. You remember a girl in this order: color of her dress, style of her hair, her introduction/platform, her picture, her wonderful/ terrible 'walk', her city name, her mom's name... her name.
26. Your hair practically teases itself by now.
27. Every question you answer these days seems to have 3 parts to it.
28. You have used tape on more than one body part.
29. You have more pictures of girls standing in a line with your arms behind each other's lower back than you know what to do with.
30.You will spend thousands of dollars and endless hours preparing for a chance to fight for a piece of metal that sparkles and a long piece of fabric with some words on it.. usually starting in "Miss"..
31. You own 2 pairs of leather pumps.
32. You think 3 inch clear heels go with everything.
33. RHINESTONES are your best friend
34. You have crowns collecting dust in your attic.
35. You have every issue of Pageantry magazine, but have never bought a single copy.
36. You watch a televised pageant and have the winner, and all four runner-ups picked from introductions.
37. You have practiced your "winning reaction" in the mirror.
38. You know the names and homestates of the last 5 Miss Americas, Miss USAs, Miss Teen USAs and Miss Universes.
39. You postponed your wedding due to a pageant. I didn't personally do this, but I totally know a girl who did!
40. You do your modeling routine in your sleep.
41. Your headshot looks like an oil painting.
42. For a pageant your teeth aren't just white, they are porcelin.
43. Three suitcases for a vacation is considered "packing light."
44. You have seen every pageant movie ever made.
45. Your hair stylist, dentist, trainer, and coach are on speed dial.
46. When someone asks you to describe yourself, you have a 30 second speech ("intro") prepared.
47. Practicing how to walk is completely normal.
48. You know how it feels to smile for over an hour and feel the pain the next day.
49. You have an "escort" and it's ok..
50. You own crown jewelry, accessories, and key chains.
51.You know what angle your face and body look best in pictures and you stick to it... for every picture.
52. You know how to instantly create cleavage in more than 5 ways.
53. "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Your one in a million" and "Dancing Queen" seem to be used at every pageant you go to.
54. You find yourself smiling in your sleep.
55. You no longer cringe at the sound of cheesy music.
56. You have no problem stripping all of your clothes off and being completely naked in a crowded room.
57. When your coach never caught a football.
58. When you have used tape on more than one body part.
59. You have friends from all over the country.
60. You have Sister Queens.

"Yeah! I actually already did and suscribed to yours cuz I like your photography and words of wisdom. Some people think photography is the just what type of camera you have. I don't think that at all. It's the photographer's eye, passion, and view on life...motivation and emotion that brings out the best photographs. You've got it girlie!!! Your passion for it really shows through your gift of capturing emotions through people and landscape."

A girl from high school messaged me with this comment and made my day.

It's always nice to know the things you do are appreciated.

:) :)

We all got together at my neighbor's house to watch the Superbowl last night! Cept, as many of you can assume, I'm not the biggest football fan. I love the socializing and the FOOD so I ate a ton and hung out with the majority of my favorite people. As usual, it somehow wound up to turn into a photoshoot, so that's why you're being bombarded by pictures.

I think my camera was happy. It hasn't been used like this in a very long time!

What did you do for the Superbowl? Anything fun? Hang out with friends and family? I ate SO much!

Some never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe have been found and are now for sale. They were taken just months before she died. I just think they further prove to world the kind of beauty that she possessed. Idk, maybe I'm just biased because I adore Marilyn and think she's perfect.

To see more of the pictures (or if you're feeling like spending some serious cash), click HERE.

I hate how in my American Lit class last semester, she was the easiest grader of all time and then WHAM all of a sudden she like analyzes what we write for this semester and instead of the A's I always got on my responses then, I got something wayyyy lower. Now I've got to step up my game. Good thing I figured this out early in the semester, otherwise I would've been SCREWED. I felt kind of sick when I handed in this week's response. Oh well, I'll do better.

Went to the Goodwill this afternoon where I ran into Jess and we proceeded to walk around the store gossiping until she had to leave. I got a few things, hardly anything compared to how much I normally get. Then I came home and wrote a paper and read like 6 non-fiction stories written by people in my creative writing class. I hope I analyzed them right. Eek. For some reason this semester seems a lot harder than the last ones ever were. More work, more reading, tougher grading, etc, etc, etc. I just want to drop out and travel the world and learn 8 languages and wear exotic clothes.

Girl's night tonight! Heather and Amanda are coming over and we're going to hang out and be girls, duhh.

Tomorrow is my long day at school, 9-3 mehh. I've got to print out a bunch of shit for class. Tomorrow night, going to SB to hang out with Trevor and go to his cast party for the one-acts. Should be fun. I've got to pack an overnight back tonight before school tomorrow. We're going to come back home Friday morning, in different cars of course. I'm so excited to see him! :)

For Christmas Trevor got me a Diana lens for my Canon, and today I had some spare time on my hands so I ventured outside and experimented with it.

Needless to say, I LOVE the results!

This song is SO catchy. Omg.

We stopped in Ventura on the way up to Trevor's play on Sunday. Both Nicholby's AND The Top Hat were closing that day so we had to stop to say good-bye and take pictures of some of the oldest stores/shacks on Main Street. It'll be sad not to see them anymore!!

We dragged Cory with us as a surprise for Trevor, since he just got back from boot camp for the Marines. I think Trevor was happy to see him and he's going to hang out with us on Superbowl Sunday, then he goes back to San Diego a few days later for infantry training.

Here's a little peak into Trevor's play. He was half naked for half the play and wore another dress. Ohhh my boyfriend:

(Sorry it's blurry!)

CHECK THIS OUT!

Jill, Carley and I are on the front page of the Acorn!

I love love love love love how so many of my favorite people have blogs.

It lets me stay up to date with their lives, even if I don't get to talk to them everyday!

Check out Jillian's (Miss Ventura County 2009) blog HERE.

I adore her with all my heart and I just know you will too.