the perfect way to spend an hour.

or 2.

peruse this photographer's website.

she didn't major in photography either. which makes me feel a little better about my portfolio not being cool enough to get me accepted into the photography program at byu.

it's ok. i still think i'm cool :)

school starts tomorrow.

so...

dear photobooth,

i love you.

just a few little gems i came across today.

no offense pc-users, but apple is genius.

xoxo.

jana

droubay.

i was so glad i got to squeeze in one more session before leaving to utah.

is this not one of the cutest families ever?

yeah. i could stand to have a few kids as adorable as these three :)

thanks for hanging out with me and my camera - hope you like them melanie!

xoxo.

jana

i already miss these little people.

easter egg hunt 2009.

hello utah.

so nice to see you again.

not so nice that my room looks like this.

[i actually think it's worse as of today]

it's so nice to be back.

xoxo.

jana

hawaii made its mark.

quite literally.

these pictures don't even do my bruises justice.

so how did i swing such awesome battle wounds? let's just say i slapped some major water after jumping off of a 40 foot ledge. 

it. 

was. 

awesome. 

i'm pretty sure i bruised my tailbone and knocked the wind out of me as well, but that didn't stop me from hiking up the 4,000 stairs of stairway to heaven later that night. 

these definitely aren't pictures that i took, considering we did it in the dark. yeah, it's illegal to hike, so we got there around 11:30 at night after the guards left. thank goodness the moon was out that night, because the batteries to my flashlight definitely fell into a drain right before we started up. i don't really think these pictures accurately depict the insanity that is this hike. especially when you get close to the top, and you're literally hiking through the clouds, and everything is slippery from precipitation, and you wouldn't be the least bit surprised if you die that night. i wish i were kidding.

oddly enough, it was one of my favorite days in hawaii. quite possibly my most favorite. i'll just omit the part about me hardly being able to move the next day :)

yes hawaii, i would gladly do it again.

xoxo.

jana

more craziness.

did i mention i spent the last week in hawaii?

hmm. i guess not.

well, it was fabulous. so fabulous, in fact, that i hardly remembered to take any pictures. that's how you know i was having a good time. don't let the giant bruises all over my legs fool you - hawaii was seriously amazing. despite my near-death experiences. 3 of them.

i'm pretty sure i could spend the next week sleeping, recovering from my vacation. but instead i'll be packing up my life and getting ready for the big move. maybe there will be time for sleep in utah.

xoxo.

jana