Look what I found

Our Nationals video the year we won (2008).
HHAHA.
They cut out the best part.
And this was the first day, too..
we did waay better the second day.

Check out my sick solo :-P I used to be flexible..shabam.

Oh PS this was like..a week after my car accident. Swollen ankle, whiplash..splendid.



Know which one is me? I'll hint to you. Right-center in the back in the VERY beginning. Workin' the leg-grab. Gotta' love being tall and fleck-see-ble. After it cuts to the kickline I'm center-left. Move straight to the front center..then to the left. Nifty.

Chelsi & Ben Engagement

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 And the best one of all time (Kanye-style):

Ha. Those are just some of them. We took a ton. Didn't post all of my favorites. Chelsi was kissing-shy, so I didn't know how she'd feel about it :)

However, I have all these fresh ideas in my head for shoots I want to do. Problem: I need FRESH faces. If you're interested in charitably modeling for me to practice please let me knowww. You can comment or email me. Nataliemorgandub@yahoo.com.

Thanks guys.

ASUseless--strikes again

Tempe is good for two things:
1) Urban Outfitters--thus, making me broke-in-the-wallet.
2) Cookiez--this newly-discovered addition to my list of amazing. And a future addition to my list of broke-in-the-wallet. They make homemade cookies, and turn them into ice cream sandwiches. You pick your favorite cookie and ice cream flavor. It's divine. If anyone's interested in trying it let me know..I will tag along. So you, uh, don't get lost..and stuff..yeah..























































Tempe is also good for picture-taking.
Probably just because my poor camera was giving me the silent treatment for not "expanding my creative horizons". Yes, I just quoted my camera. Yes, I am THAT lame. Long story short: I brought it with me, knowing I needed to be photographically active, again. Alas, my skills are rusty. But there you have it..some new pictures.

I felt like being nappy today. I woke up, looked at the clock, it read "5:49", I thought to myself "eff that", and fell back asleep. Then I woke up many hours later, looked in the mirror at my bedhead, thought to myself "eff that", threw on a headband/v-neck, and was off to be educationized. Because the word "educated" would have been too cliche. o.O

My life is average.

Today, I went to pour myself a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. A plastic-wrapped shark toy fell out.
My Life Is Average.

If any of you have every been to mylifeisaverage.com then you know the 43 minutes of happiness I just experienced while reading it. If you haven't checked the site out, you should. I posted my favorites from today below:

"Today, I read that when NASA first started sending astronauts in space they discovered that ball point pens didn't work in zero gravity. They spent a decade and 12 billion dollars to develop a pen that would write in zero gravity, upside down, under water, on any surface and tempatures that reached 300 degrees below zero. The Russians used a pencil. MLIA

Today, I bought a fancy new black SUV Hummer. When I went to pick up my son from school, I put on a black suit, dark shades, and my blue-tooth earpiece. I waltzed into his last period class 10 minutes before it was over, and announced "Agent 03, It's time to go" At which point he nodded and packed his belongings and ran out. The face on his teacher was priceless. I hope my boss understands why I had to miss work. MLIA.

Today was Halloween and I was passing out candy at my house. The old man (about 85) who lives down the street from me said trick or treat when he came to my door. He wasn't dressed in a costume so I asked him what he was. His reply, "I'm Benjamin Button. I'm 7, but I look a lot older." I gave him extra candy. MLIA

Today, I was eating an Almond Joy, but half way through I realized that it had no almond...now I can't stop smiling because I just ate pure joy. MLIA

Today, I went for a job interview today. As soon as I got off the elevator, I saw there was a nerf gun war going on in the office. I walked up to the front desk and asked if I should come at a later time. She said no and handed me a gun "this is your interview". MLIA.

Today I got my report card and I realised that I had received the following grades: A for Accounting, B for Biology, C for Chemistry.
My parents fail to see how this is an achievement. MLIA

Today, I finally managed to say "Piii...kaa.." before I sneezed. I was on the subway, and the guy sitting opposite me started laughing really hard and then went: "Your life is average!" I shall never underestimate the power of this website. MLIA"


Is your life average?

rudolph is for lovers

This time of the year has always been a favorite of mine.
It has a unique aroma of cinnamon, pine and...cactus.
Rent-a-Claus jingles his Salvation Army bell outside of local Walmarts.
And Delilah's voice isn't the most unnerving sound I've ever heard, as it is any other time of the year.
Point is, I love Christmas.

Moving on..

My mom likes to get her Christmas shopping done by the second week in November. This, essentially, cramps my style, since I'm a live-free-die-hard kinda' girl. I spontaneously decide to take up a new hobby, or to invest my life's savings into buying [insert noun here]. So having to decide my entire years' adventures ahead of time is..tough.

Then you have my step mom, who is the complete opposite. Last year I got a text Christmas Adam (..Christmas Eve Eve - you know, because Adam came before Eve) asking me what I wanted. Love it.

However this year, it is simple.
There is no room on my list for a festive assortment of Anthropologie and Urban Outfitter commodities. My wish list has been cut to a very short, yet exorbitant itemization of boringness:
1) LSAT Prep Course. It's only $1200. So long, Christmas and birthday.
2) LSAT Books. I'm sure they'll duel-function as..door stoppers.
3) IF I get lucky, I am asking those who love me *cough*the parentals to treat me to non-educational luxuries, and have compiled a list of church books I want :]
*Deciding to graduate early has brought about the grim realization that I actually have to make something out of my prior 14 years of education. BLECH..adult stuph. ;)

Fact of the matter: Natalie will remain frumpy for the next year. However, she will progress to become a highly-educated ball of frumpiness.

You win some, you lose some.

Las Preguntas

Here's the deal, folks:
Q&A
Cue and Aye.
You ask a question, I {have to} answer.
You can post anonymously if you so desire.
C'mon, all you readers..
I know you're out there
*glares*

But seriously.
And the best part: I'm advising YOU
to do it, as well. So I can ask questions.
It's like..a game.

Pass go, collect $200.

^worst game ever invented*


[*right up there with Mouse Trap--you lose one
piece and the entire game's kaput]

Unbelievable

I don't mean to rant, but may I just say:
THE MEDIA IS RE-FREAKING-TARDED.
I'm kind of in a bad mood..but this just put me over the edge.

CNN is my homepage, you know - gotta' stay culturally sensitive living in this East Mesa "bubble". So I'm reading through the headlines.
10 bodies found at rapist's home, police say
3 North Dakota college students found dead

ohh and heyyyy guys:

Tyra Banks loses 30 pounds

Does anyone else see anything wrong with this?


Yo Tyra, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but Oprah lost the most weight of all time.

But guess what; I didn't care about that either. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for battling obesity, one Big Mac at a time. But that is NOT news worthy. Especially national-headline-worthy. I want to throw up. Maybe if I keep reading news stories like that I'll throw up and lose 30 lbs. COOOOOOOOOOOOL.

On the other hand, the news depresses me. Look at the other two stories. And this quick story I read about:
A 15 year-old boy is critically injured, after suffering 3rd degree burns on over 65% of his body. Why did he suffer burns? Oh, his too-cool-for-school friends decided they'd pour rubbing alcohol on him while proceeding to light him on fire. Why did they light him on fire? Because he told on them for stealing his dad's bike. Why did they steal it? The poor boy owed them $40 for a video game.

OUR WORLD IS RIDICULOUS.

I still can't get over it. So because some kids needed $40 (that's like..$8/kid) they felt proper justification would be to light him on FIRE?! Is that what they're teaching in seventh grade these days?! FML. I would have paid them $40.

Keep Michael Brewer and his family in your prayers. You can read more about his story here.

Am I over reacting, or do you agree this ish is absurd?

What are you, book face?

"Yeah, since that's a popular social net-working site.."


So not to be a grump-face or anything, but Halloween was somewhat of an epic fail.
Which, by all means, is fine--for it was an EPIC failure; not simply a plain failure.
If you're gonna go down, go down brilliantly, right?


A list of proportionate events:
1) Driving home, someone tried to get into my car at a stoplight in the middle of
nowhere..uhhhhhh higoawayplease.
2) We went down a rather large inflatable-boucy-slide-thing. While proceeding to knock the little kids off the top so we could have our moment of fame. Cowards.
3) BRIE'S costume failed. We had this genius idea to be toothfairys. So we (correction, I*) made a tutu and bought wings. I finished mine. Brie, however, failed to prioritize her life around the most worthless Pagan holiday in the 365-day year. So we just wore the wings. And my tutu over jeans. Hott.
4) Went to Hungry Howies 32 minutes after it had closed. But the sweet old man (I like to pretend he is Howie..it makes me feel loved and startstruck) couldn't bare to turn us away. He probably felt bad for us, having not been either dressed up or doing anything of social interaction at 10:32 PM on Halloween. Such cool kids, srsly.
5) Finished our whole pizza while watching chick flicks at Brie's. Like I said..super socially accepted girls. Like..everyone just wanted to hang out with us so bad. We had to deny them all, since there were too many. I didn't think creating a waiting list would be proper..


Pictures from the madness:

We, er..tried to fly. It resulted in being catapulted off the swings. And a sore ribcage. Trick or treat.
Brie-ter Pan, ftw.
Disco? Perhaps.


---------------------------------------
Dear readers,
You can comment, you know. That'd be somewhat cool.
Love,
Natalie

What were YOU for halloweenie?

Jeepers creepers; where'd you get those peepers?

I may or may not have taken some engagements :)

Here's a sneak peak. I can't post the masses of my favorite until they
narrow it down to the ones they're using. Then I'll post the rest.
And once invitations are sent out I'll post the ones they used.
I really liked they way they turned out.
Don't worry..we took over 700. Haha. Picked out about 70 that were usable
(you know..eyes open, looking the right way)
and here are TWO :]


That's all, folks.


HAPPY HALLOWEEN TOMORROW!

This post is a hot mess..

Random thought of the hour:
If I leave my gum under a table at a restaurant,
can I count that as charity?
I mean, I have good oral hygiene. Brush twice a day.
Thus, I'd be decreasing the probability that a three year-old
would pick a wad previously chomped on by a smoker.
Or booger-eater.
I'd even leave a little flavor.
Yeah??

WELP
Arizona grew a glacier. <--like a tumor
Yes, I am a self-announced geologist.
No, do not ask me what I got in geology.
I plead my case in saying my test scores were among the top 3
out of 350 kids..
My attendance, however..not so much.
Lesson of the day: Go to class, folks.
{Rather hypocritical of me, of all people, to say}

Hmm. It's FREEZING.

So the Halloweenie {yes, I just said weenie} costumes have been finalized.
No, you cannot know what they are//yet.
Yes, I will show you with pictures, come Saturday.
Hopefully they turn out. We're making them.
Domestication, at it's best..pray for me.