Love & Blush & Hearts

I just walked home from school. It's getting darker and colder. I don't mind the cold, but that's when cayotes and mountain lions appear. The other day I was doing hw in my room and I heard noises outside my window. I looked outside (my window was open btw) and there was a cayote staring at me....six feet away! It was awesome and scary at the same time. The rest of his/her? friends were running up and down our street. I get emails from my school, warning us to be careful since there have been lots of sightings of mountain lions. I saw one the week that school started. I get a little nervous walking home when its late, but it has to be done! I made this over the weekend. I have been feeling sad, so I wanted to draw a happy feeling. <3

I went to LUSH yesterday and bought a block of Henna~ I have always wanted to try. I have never permanently dyed my hair...In the beginning of this year, I semi-colored it, but it washed out a while back~ I try to stay away from products with chemicals....all of my moisturizers, facial cleansers, sun block, make up ( I don't really use make up anyway...)...etc etc is free from crap (or almost free from crap)!

I have no idea how my hair is gonna turn out~ I have dark brown hair and I just want to add some warmth to it, so I decided to get the Caca Marron henna~ The guy who helped me pick it out said that it adds a lot of shine to your hair and it will turn soft! Since I just let my hair be when I come out of the shower, it is already soft....so if what he says is true...I'm gonna have super super soft hair!

The Ultrabalm helps to keep the henna off your skin while you are coloring~

The guy who helped me threw in this "Strawberry Feels Forever" massage bar (what a weird  name...). It's a solid moisturizer if I understood him correctly~ It smells really cute~~~~

I don't know when I'll have time to try the henna out. I was aiming for this Thursday, but I have a midterm on Friday for studio and I know I'll be busy crying over my computer. So maybe this weekend...I'm in no rush~

I hope you guys are having a good week so far. Take care of yourselves <3 <3 <3

Little Tokyo Adventures

My friend took me too Little Tokyo on Saturday so we could eat for my birthday! We went to a place I'd never been to that she loves~ It's called Shin Sen Gumi and they have really really really good Hakata Ramen. It was delicious! Everyone was so friendly there <3

After eating such a rich meal, we wanted to walk it off, so we checked out a bunch of quirky stores around the area. I'm Bruce Lee~

In the Little Tokyo plaza, there were several Tanabata wishing trees~ Some of the wishes were hilarious~ I wrote one too <3

We bought some soft drinks and Mochi and sat outside to watch the karaoke singing that was taking place. We want to sing next time we go! We have already chosen our song!

I love you Armenia

Yesterday marked the 20th year of Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union. I've been watching live tv from Armenia with my parents. My grandmother was emotional all day and I've been keeping her company by doing my hw by her. We've had a pretty chill day yesterday. I had school early in the morning. Then I helped my dad install a new door. We opened up a door from inside the house into the garage and built stairs from the garage into the house. It looks awesome so far (I'll show pictures later!!).

Now I'm taking a quick break before I start studio work again. I have a lot of work due on Friday. I'm trying not to think about it because it's bumming me out. I stress a lot about school because I want to make sure I do everything well. Ever since school started I've been pushing hard and some people in my classes have been getting away with doing very little. I don't ever want to lower my standards...or let my self down, but I'm gonna try to care less if I can't finish something on time even though I tried my best.

You guys have already met my crocodile. I took him with me when I went to New York. My dad wouldn't stop making fun of me. But whenever I hug him, I feel better. If I'm stressed, I look for crocodile.
I have this stupid problem where I believe that objects have feelings. I've been like this since I was little. My first memory of it was when I was in kindergarden..I had just eaten a banana and I threw the peel in the trash. I looked down the trash can and saw that the peel was the only things in there. I started feeling sad for it...."poor banana peel is all alone....." So I ate another banana and threw the peel in the trash so the two peels could be "friends". I still function this way...It's really dumb and I'm aware of that. Every night when I hug crocodile to sleep I get this feeling that he doesn't like me....that he's tired of me. AGAIN, I know....it's just an object. I think I might not be happy with myself or I have some hidden low self confidence that's making me think this way. I still love crocodile no matter what!!!!!! Always and always~
My dad's calling me for tea~ Time to go. Hope you guys finish this week strong! <3