RESTRING

Been playing a bit of tennis again~ It feels so awesome. I've been doing strength training exercises for the past two weeks now...trying to get my legs a bit stronger. I have some issues with my right knee, so I'm also trying to strengthen the muscles around the knee~ Today I took my racquet to be restrung~ I changed the strings in year (not like I played a lot, but still...). I also asked to get my grip changed since it was very worn out and gripping tight to the racquet was hurting my hand. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow <3 I'm so excited! I've been able to produce fairly decent ground strokes but because of the lousy strings, the shots were unpredictable...and it was getting very frustrating to play like that. YAYYYYYYY NEW STRINGSSSSS!!!!

Me posing inside a bathroom at school before my structures class. OH YEAH, I'm taking Structures 2 during the summer~ That class gives me a terrible headache every time....but the challenge is good~ My shoes are from a completely random shoe store in New York (can't even remember the name)....I bought them last summer when my flats were giving me blisters. My parachute pants are from H&M. I think they might be slightly big on me...I have to wear them with a belt (UGHH). My best friend didn't like it when I wore these (thought they were ugly...made me sad ;____;)...but damn, they're comfortable. Top is also from H&M...It's pretty lame because you always have to iron it before wearing...if you don't want to look like a slob. The reason why I like it is that it's very light - perfect for summer. The cardigan, I believe, is from H&M too...Yeah, I'm like 97.2% sure it's from there.

TWO MORE CLOSE UP POSESSS! YEEEEAAAAH~

TIME FOR BED. It is 3:25 am. Good job Lorik.

BACK FROM HYRULE

OMG!!! WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT!!! I went to the Greek Theater to see Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses! It was so beautiful and nostalgic!

The whole day I carried my mini Link with me everywhere. I went to school today to work on a competition that my friends and I are entering. I recorded this instead of working:

Link <3

It's been a tough couple of days so it was nice to come here and listen to beautiful music <3 The performance was very strong and energetic! Now I want to play Zelda again! But first I must finish this competition~ Good night everyone <3 <3 <3

To Cut Or Not To Cut

I walked for an hour today in the morning while everyone was still asleep. I need to be alone for some time everyday to just think and try to relax from whatever it is that's stressing me out and walking helps with that. My thoughts usually flood me during the night but that used to exhaust me because I wouldn't get any sleep, so now I try to walk around the neighborhood before bedtime. Today I happened to walk in the morning because I woke up from a stressful dream and the best way to get rid of the weird feeling was to walk. I saw so many beautiful flowers....my neighbors have good taste! There is one lady who lives ten minutes away from my house...she has the cutest front yard. So many different types of plants and flowers! Her yard is very small but it's still filled with plants~ I always walk by her house on my nightly walks...I hope she doesn't think I'm a creeper...I just love her yard so much~ I want my future house to be like that....a small house that is cosy and surrounded by nature. Her house is very eclectic. I love that. Reminded me of The Borrower Arrietty <3

Another thing related to stress (maybe???) was something that has plagued me for the past two months. My hair was falling out! A month before my studio final I realized something was wrong with the amount of hair falling out and I freaked out which made matters worse, so I tried not to think about it, but that didn't help either. After school ended, my hair was still falling out so I decided to just cut it short...shoulder length. It makes so sense...I know...cutting it is not gonna make it fall out any less, but whatever. It's been two weeks now that my hair has returned to it's former self...I don't know if it's because I've been exercising regularly again or if I've been taking too many fish oil tablets....not sure, but I'm happy~ My dad says it might be from stress, but I feel as much stress now as I did a month ago...so I don't know.

I went to my hairdresser with my sister today because she wants to change her hair color and I thought about cutting my hair/coloring it just because she was going to. I felt desperate...wanting to change something out of the blue...but then I really looked at myselfwhen I got home and thought "it's great as it is"...I like my hair. So no cut for me~

I'm gonna go to bed now! I'll leave this Armenian lullaby here~ Hope you have a wonderful week <3

I LOVE FOOD

Food appreciation post. I met someone yesterday that was embarrassed by the size of her portion of the food she had ordered and it made me sad because it's not something to embarrassed of. Food is amazing and if there is a lot of it then everything is even more amazing! Food should make people happy...not sad. My uncle always tells me about his first date with my aunt. He took her to some restaurant and was impressed by the amount she ate and was happy that she wasn't embarrassed about it. I'm not advocating unhealthy eating and eating too much (I am very careful about what I ate and I also exercise everyday), but it's such a waste to stress out about what others think of the amount you eat! Enjoy life~

Crepes are amazing.

This burger was amazing too.

I like to cook quinoa and eat it with avocados or tomatoes or whatever I have in the fridge. So good.

My sister bought me Yan-Yans. Had to eat it. So good.

And then today I went to Le Pain Quotidien by UCLA with my sister. She is graduating in a couple of weeks so we had to go get her cap and gown!! YAYYYY

I tried to make a Triforce.

Have a happy weekend <3