Ballerina Bunny

The ballerina bunny shows no mercy.

Don't pay attention to Noah's terrified expression.
He LOVES this.

Stars That Laugh

White Moon Beach House

"People have stars, but they aren't the same. For travelers, the stars are guides. For other people, they're nothing but tiny lights. And for still others, for scholars, they're problems. For my businessman, they were gold. But all those stars are silent stars. You, though, you'll have stars like nobody else."
"What do you mean?"
"When you look up at the sky at night, since I'll be living on one of them, since I'll be laughing on one of them, for you, it'll be as if all the stars are laughing. You'll have stars that can laugh!"
And he laughed again.
"And when you're consoled (everyone is eventually consoled), you'll be glad you've known me. You'll always be my friend. You'll feel like laughing with me. And you'll open your windows sometimes just for the fun of it... And your friends will be amazed to see you laughing while you're looking up at the sky. Then you'll tell them, 'Yes, it's the stars. They always make me laugh!" 

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Brock Visits Provo

My Unusual Friend  Fruit Bats

Last week I got a text from Brock (my good-for-nuthin' teenage brother) that read:

"I'M AT YOUR SCHOOL!"

What a pleasant surprise! I really don't have any family in Utah or nearby, so I get really stoked when anybody from home comes to visit. I quickly rode over to BYU's baseball field to pick him up for some brother-sister fun.

 I gave him a a quick tour of BYU, we made fun of the EFY kids, and I showed him the best pizza in Provo.

I showed him where I live, and he jumped on my trampoline.

We had a fun time chit-chatting too.

Brock describing me as best as he can in teenage-boy language:

"You are an interesting cracker . . . [Me: Whaaa??? haha] Yeah. . . you're a weird cracker. I mean you're just not, like, normal. You're just not like a normal girl. . . I mean, you're not bad, but I dunno. . . You went to FRANCE and you went to SINGAPORE. . . I guess you just like to study things. . . Yeah, you just like to explore. You're like freakin' Dora the Explorer. . ."

That kid just kills me.

July Mix

1. Catamaran- Candy Claws
2. Kiola Beach- Hot Spa
3. When We Swam- Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
4. Cry to Me- Solomon Burke
5. Take it Easy- Surfer Blood
6. Tide is High- Blondie
7. Summer- Magic Kids
8. Sleep Tight-Roller Skaters
9. Pumped Up Kicks- Foster the People
10. Boyfriend- Best Coast
11. Its Not Meant to Be- Tame Impala
12. Round and Round- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
13. Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In- The 5th Dimension

Miniature Tigers @ Kilby Court

Bullfighter Jacket  Miniature Tigers


Best moment of the night:

Alex, the bass player of Miniature Tigers and a friend from home, called Jesse up to play the rainstick in "Lolita." How Jesse loves that rainstick! I think everyone in that room witnessed a dream come true.

Holli gets Yellowstoned

Going Swimming  Kite Club
 

Yellowstone has it ALL.

My brother
(he is working there for the summer)

 

Great Lodging.

 

We loved our lil' cabin home.

Fit with Native American decor and a jet tub.

 

Fine Dining!

My parents at Wild West Pizzeria.

Scenic drives!!

 

Exciting natural phenomena!

Ol' Faithful!

 Lovely hikes and postcard views!

Wildlife!!!

This Bison has an itchy back.

 Admiring the majesty of the American Buffalo from a safe distance.

Souvenirs!!

We couldn't leave this park without a coon hat. 

I mean, come on.

 

Precious Stones!!

Basically, when I got here I instantly became mad that I had never been there before after living in Idaho/Utah for four years. It brought back all my childhood desires of wanting to be a forest ranger in a national park. I want to LIVE here. 

Everybody go and get Yellowstoned.

Jerkin Jeneration

I saw this on my friend Angela's blog a few months ago, and I still can't get over it.

People as Art and People

Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People

"I don't think art should be only for the select few. I think it should be for the mass of American people."  -Andy Warhol

 

Mine and Amy's contribution to the Andy Warhol exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum:

Cali Weekend

Sun Was High  Best Coast

Just one delightful weekend of relaxing, beaching, and reuniting with the fam in California.

 Seal Beach

Walking the pier with Tricia, Mom, Sky, Kris, and Brock

Toy Story 3 with Tricia in 3-D!!! 

How does Trish make her eye brows do that?

Highlight of the trip: I finally had the pleasure of meeting my newest niece, Kate. She's an absolute doll.

Me n' "Baby Cake" (as Ruby calls her)

The Ferrins. 

Because my uncle Don's family live in Singapore, it's a rare occasion when we can get all the aunts and uncles  and grandparents together at the same time.

Party in the hot tub!

My grandpa knows how to take it easy.

I really love my fam.

Sisters

Marathon Tennis

Last time I was home, I was going through boxes of family photos when I came across this contact sheet with pictures of Tricia and Jheri when they were probably 5 and 11, or somewhere around those ages. These are likely pics that were never printed or displayed for anyone to see, but I thought that they were so precious. I just had make something of them. And so this modest collage was born.

Aren't my sisters cute? They still are lovely ladies. In fact, look at the pic of Tricia (bottom, left corner). She still makes that face.

I was pretty young when these were taken, but there were a handful of shots with me in them as well. Mostly chasing ducks.

Dreams Come True

Tightrope Janelle Monae

Some stranger handed me this flier while I was enjoying Girl Talk at the Twilight Concert Series.

I'll forever consider him a bearded heavenly messenger.

A new venue in Salt Lake? Of Montreal? JANELLE MONAE?!?!?

I'm so there.

Best of my Love

Disco Sucks!!!

Well. . . except for this song.




This song is undeniably good-- the bass line, the back-up singers. . . I think I got the disco fever.

June Mix

 

 I really wanted to post my June mix on here last month, but never got around to it. However, because I am still very happy with it and still have not completed my July mix, here it is:

1. Summer Holiday-Wild Nothing
2. Dancin' in the Street-The Mamas & The Papas
3. Nothing from Nothing-Billy Preston
4. Country Caravan-Blitzen Trapper
5. Gemini on the Way-Maplewood
6. On the Fence-What Laura Says
7. Nova Leigh-Born Ruffians
8. A Place in the Sun-Stevie Wonder
9. Coaxed-Avi Buffalo
10. Tape It Spoke-What Laura Says
11. The Wind Cries Mary-Jimi Hendrix
12. Plundered My Soul-The Rolling Stones

The mix was jokingly named "make time to be holli."

Buskin Cuffs

I'm kinda obsessed with my brother's band. . .

and their first-ever photo shoot.

Aren't they adorable?

My New Hero.

Janelle Monae.
Get into it, people. This is music.