I Love.....the Camera on My Phone?

I was sooooo late to the smart phone party. I got my Samsung Galaxy SII about six months ago. And of course, as soon as I got the phone charged up, I quickly downloaded the Instagram app.

Yup, I'm late to the Instagram party as well. It quickly became one of my favorite apps and I pretty much took pictures of everything.

The cameras on phone these days are pretty cool. I had one in my old phone and man, that thing sucked like there's no tomorrow. Every single image had a blue tint and forget about using it when it's dark...you're not gonna get a damn thing.

My Samsung is not bad at all. I really love the convenience of being able to whip out a teeny-skinny device out of my pocket to capture something really cool within seconds but yeah, it's not the same as holding an actual DSLR.

I miss my camera. I'm going to start using it as soon as things settle down in our household (We got a lot of stuff on our plate right now and I don't want to talk about it yet because I don't want jinx it so I'll explain later.).

Anyway, here's a few pictures I took with the camera phone and edited on Instagram. I know, bad bad bad, lazy, lazy, lazy amateur photographer me.

But come on, they look pretty cool.

 

 

I told you....I love my cats waaaaay too freaking much. :)

Holy crap, this blog needs some updating!

I can't believe it's July already and the sun is already shining before the 4th of July! Usually, summer does not officially start until AFTER the 4th of July here in Washington state!

Anyway, I haven't been blogging lately because of work. I started on the 22nd of June and my schedule has been hectic since. Seriously, I felt like all I did was wake up, go to work, get off work, prepare my husband and I's lunch for the next day, play with the cats, and go to bed.

And yup, the same shizz again the next day. The first week was total hell but I think I'm getting used to it already.

I just hate that I don't have time to take pictures anymore. =(

Anyway, here's some new pictures of Hermione. She's growing and she's crazier than ever lately.


Well, that's all for now.

I'll post more pictures later. Thank you so much for reading and looking!

Hottie of the Week: Torrance Coombs

Okay, more like the "Hottie of the Month".

I haven't done one of these "celebrity crush" posts for awhile. I just finished watching all the seasons of "The Tudors" and spent a lot of time swooning and sighing over Henry Cavill (my god, he's one of the most beautiful men I have ever seen in my whole life!) while watching the episodes of the first, second and third season.

Then, I started watching the fourth season and OMG, I saw this guy, forgot about Henry Cavill for a second and nearly died (Okay, not really but you know what I mean.).

(Blah, I wish I took these pictures. He makes a beautiful subject!
Pictures courtesy of Google. )

He's really cute huh?

His name is Torrance Coombs. He played Thomas Culpepper (King Henry VIII's favorite groom who effed Katherine Howard).

Oh and he has a Twitter account where he talks about kittens all the time and pretty much tweeted a play-by-play of his cat giving birth to kittens.

Yeah, just check it out. Ha ha.

Random Picture Friday!

Oh and by the way, I got a call from HR and I finally got a starting date for the Seattle job! I'm starting on the 20th of June. Woot! (This also means I get to shop for new clothes and shoes!)

It's probably going to be a bit harder for me to update this blog because who knows how crazy- busy I'll be. I'm not sure if I can travel as much anymore either so no travel pictures for awhile. I don't know if I'll have the time to take pictures either. Oh man.

It's kinda bittersweet because I love having all the free time in the world but at the same time, me having a job = more money going to our savings. More money to get photography stuff too. Oh and yeah, we can get a waaaaaaaay better (and bigger) house now.

Anyway, here's some random pictures for now.

Hermione's Paws.
It's so much easier to take a picture of her when she's passed out.

My Sophie-baby and her Baby Blues.
I love taking pictures of her because her eyes.

Ketchup Anyone?
I think I was a little bit drunk when I took this.

Peonies in Waiting
Just some random peony buds growing outside our building.

Please excuse the overload of cat pictures in my blog lately. I just love taking pictures of cats waaaaaaay too much.

Anyway, that's all for now. The weather here in Western Washington is super awesome as of the moment and it will stay like this all weekend. I am freaking excited!

I hope you guys have a great weekend!

Peonies in Black and White

I actually took this pictures in color but I love the how the images look in black and white.

I freaking love black and white photographs. I miss working in the darkroom. I miss the smell and the sound of flowing water. Seriously, a photo darkroom is one of the most relaxing places in the entire planet. Everyone should get the chance to work inside a photo darkroom.

Now, my "darkroom" consists of a laptop sitting on a coffee table in the living room. That's pretty much it. Hah.





So yeah, our new cat Hermione is settling in pretty well. Sophie still hates her, hisses at her and eats her food. They can coexist as long as Hermione stays out of Sophie's way and leaves her alone. Hopefully, they'll be good friends in a month or two.

Oh and yeah, I haven't even started on painting the living room wall. I really suck at finishing (or getting started on) projects sometimes.

Anyway, that's all for now. Thank you so much for reading, looking at the pretty (and not-so-pretty) pictures and giving a damn about my boring life. (HA HA HA!).

New Familly Member!

Meet Hermione, our new cat!

(Finally, I have a cat named after a Harry Potter character! YES!)

She's approximately 8 months old and according to her medical records, she's a Maine Coon. Not really sure if she's purebred or not (We don't really care if she is or not). We adopted her from a local animal rescue team. We adopted Sophie from them too.

So far, she's been awesome. She's a purr and headbutt machine. She chirps when she plays. She's exploring the condo as of the moment and trying her best to stay out of Sophie's way. Sophie on the other hand, keeps stalking her and keeps eating her kitty kibbles.

Excuse the messy background in the pictures. Hermione is living in our messy office right now. I'm trying to do the whole "cat introduction" thing but it seems pointless because Sophie just barges in the office and crashes the party. Oh well.


Can't you tell I freaking love cats?

I wish I can take a couple more cats into our home but it's going to be super crowded in our condo if I did. There's a couple older cats I fell totally in love with too. My husband said he doesn't mind taking another older cat in if we have a bigger place. Right after he said that, I kinda wished we're still getting the house! Oh well.

I hope the older cats find a loving home soon.

Anyway, this is all for now. I took a bunch of pictures during the weekend and I'll be posting them as soon as I can. Thanks for reading and looking!

OMG, I neglected my blog!

Life has been crazy hectic lately and I really don't feel like going into details when it comes to stuff because I don't want to jinx anything.

Yeah, we're still dealing with the house. We are in the process of re-negotiating the price because of the horrifying stuff we found during the inspection.

I was selected for that Seattle job and I'm waiting to HR to call me. So far, no call yet.

Anyway, I have a couple of pictures! I've been slacking off in the picture department lately.

My husband and I baby-sat our friends' cat for a couple of days and I took some pictures of them.

They're so awesome and I miss them already.

Here is Luna. She chirps when she plays! I can't handle the cuteness sometimes!

And here is Mikan. He's so chill. I freaking love him!

Well, that's all for now. Please send me some good vibes. I really need it. There's going to be a lot of changes ahead and I am not sure if I am ready for them.

SOTD(s): Non-Sophie Kitty Pictures

Meet Nala.

Nala is my in-laws' adopted kitty cat. She's sooooo cute.

I finally got a chance to take a picture of her. She moves too much and so far, this is the only decent shot I'm not too ashamed to post on this blog.


I actually want to steal her, ha ha ha.

Fun fact about Nala: we're actually not quite sure if Nala is a boy or a girl.

Oh, wait a second! *digs up an old picture*

Anyway, pictured below is Pat. Pat was my in-laws' old kitty. Pat actually went to kitty heaven months ago. He lived a very happy kitty life.


Anyway, that's all for now. I have more pictures but I'll save them for next time.

My allergies are killing me and all I wanna do lately is lay down and close my eyes. Thanks for reading and looking!

Kitty Portraits: Sophie

Happy Friday everyone!

Anyway, I don't have kids so who do I take pictures of on a daily basis?

Sophie the kitty.

She's so easy to take pictures of. Some cats move around too much but Sophie is... I guess, a natural? Most of the time, she just sits there and uh, makes love to the camera? I think sometimes she does get annoyed with having a camera up in her face because she actually turns around and looks away. I have to bribe her with kitty treats and hold up a toy sometimes in order to get her to strike a kitty pose. She can be such a freaking diva. Anyway, I took some pictures of her this week and here's some of them.

Ooooooh, I have some updates on the house-hunting debacle!

Well, we're going to be putting up our condo for sale or for rent so it's going to be crazy for me in the next few weeks. I need to work on cleaning up the house, staging the rooms (a.k.a. moving crap and clutter from one room to another) and take pictures to go with the MLS listing online.

We're going to be looking at houses too this weekend....AGAIN. Ugh, it's not even exciting anymore to me.

Oh and one more thing, this blog got 14 hits from Germany yesterday. I know, I know, 14 hits is not a big deal to a lot of bloggers but to me, that's a big deal!

To my reader from Germany, vielen Dank um meinen Blog zu lesen!

Anyway, I hope you all have a good Friday and a great weekend. Thanks for reading!

15-Day Picture Challenge: Day Ten

"A picture that can always make you smile." Well, cute Sophiekitty pictures always make me smile.

This was taken the day after my husband came back from Atlanta. I believe Sophie thinks he's leaving again. This is her way of saying, "I'm going with you this time."

Anyway, it's been a busy week. So much stuff is happening and I kind of don't want to talk about it right now because I might jinx it, ha ha. My head is reeling.

I'm also trying to come up with another photo challenge. It's looking pretty nice outside. The daffodils and tulips are poking out of the ground!

SOTD: Neighborhood Kitty

What? I like taking picture of cats. There's nothing wrong with that.

This is actually our neighbor's (Kathie) cat. Gosh, I didn't catch the pretty kitty's name though! One lovely summer day, our family was hanging out at the pool cabana and Kathie stopped by to chat while walking her pomeranian doggy. I noticed the cat just hanging out and turns out, Kathie is the owner and the cat goes with her whenever she walks the dog. I didn't know cats can go on walks. It didn't even have a harness or a leash on. It just...walks!

The cat actually hangs out around the pool area sometimes. It's a nice kitty.

I want another cat but Sophie is not very nice to other kitties.

15-Day Picture Challenge: Day Three

"A picture that makes you laugh."

Hah, I have a bunch! My husband and our cat, Sophie makes me laugh on a daily basis. My picture picks are either Sophie's pictures or my husband's pictures but I know he's not going to be thrilled if I post his goofy pictures online for the whole world to see. So, I went with Sophie. =)

Sophie likes to be up in our business all the time. This picture was taken when I was putting up decorations this last Christmas. She pretty much looked at me and said "Yeah, this garland is mine." and plopped herself on top of the darn thing. I left the garland on the floor for about a week and it became one of her napping places for a little bit.

Look at those crazy eyes. Crazy cat.



The picture below is taken before a workout. Crazy cat stole mah shoes! I don't know what it is but she loooooooves rubbing/headbutting (and hugging) shoes all the time.

Gosh, I sound like a crazy cat lady! Anyway, how about you? What or who makes you laugh?

SOTD: The Spoiled One

This is an old picture of Sophie (my batshitcrazy/hilarious feline friend) and believe it or not, I took this with a point-and-shoot camera (Canon Powershot S5).

Here's a side story. I took a supplemental photography class last summer and there was this asshole who thinks he's the best photographer in the world because he got a $3,000 DSLR camera. The guy bragged for days about how awesome he is but when he showed his pictures to the class, the teacher pretty much ripped most of his images into shreds (not literally, you know what I mean). I concluded that he pretty much spent money on a camera he does not know how to use (pictures were blurry and either overexposed or underexposed).

When I showed this picture to the class, I got nothing but raves and everyone was surprised to hear it was taken with a $300 camera.

Moral of the story is just because someone has an expensive camera, it doesn't mean they're the shit. The brain makes the pictures, not the camera. I have met some people who take awesome pictures simply by using their cellphones!