Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Strawberry Fields Forever...

Fact: When I was younger I used to eat strawberries like there was no tomorrow. Seriously... I went through them like they were gong out of style. It got to the point that my parents began telling me that the reason I had red hair was because of my excessive strawberry intake. And I believed them. I told anyone who asked me where I got my red hair, (strangers, relatives, teachers, friends, the produce man at the grocery store, seriously anyone), that it was because I ate so many strawberries. And I did it up until the age of 5... when Mrs. Sebastian, my kindergarten teacher, called home and told my parents it was probably time to explain to me that fruit couldn't change a person's hair color. To this day, even though my love of strawberries has died down to that of the average American, I still tell the occasional person that asks me how I got my bright red hair, in all seriousness: "Strawberries."

All three of the Dunn children trick or treated in the infamous strawberry costume pictured... Here I am with Dan-the-Man.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Footloose!!!!!!

Reasons Why I Love Temple: 
Reason 8793: Impromptu Studio Dance Parties...
This one time, during finals week, Keiran and Caitlin and Corrie came and helped me spray my drawing final. We got pastel all over ourselves. Then we danced some more. 

(In other news: J. Carr is here!!! I missed her... and she is another reason why I love Temple!)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Puffy Jacket...

Fact: Some times I look at my baby photos whenever I need a pick me up. They usually make me wish I was little again and almost always leave me wondering "what the heck was I thinking?!" 

I call this one "Obsessive Compulsive Eater" 
(And I have to admit, my fashion choices were pretty amazing too)

Photo Circa 1993.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

HP and the Half-Blood Prince...


So a few close friends and I attended the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last night. And by a few... I mean over 20. And by attended I mean we all dressed up as various HP characters.  Tyler went as Scabbers and I was Crookshanks. All I did was paint my shirt, make each of us a set of ears and tails, out of construction paper, and drew on some whiskers... but for the record-- I really liked the tails. A lot. 
Liz went as the Phoenix. And was beautiful as always...
High Point: Kim went as a patronus, complete with old Swan Lake dance costume, white eyeshadow, and Jessica Simpson body butter... only to find out there wasn't a patronus used in the movie. 
Low point: Being mistaken as the phoenix... by three different people. 
(Clearly not true HP fans)
After the movie we went to the Barry's house to eat and talk HP... I actually didn't mind the movie as a whole. In fact I actually thought visually speaking this by far surpasses the others. I think that because it's been so long since I read the books that I didn't remember every little detail... but my friends were definitely disappointed. I had to agree with the fact that I really wasn't a huge fan of the sexual tension in this movie though. It just didn't seem like authentic HP to me... Eventually I became too tired to keep up with my friends and passed out on the couch next to Bailey. (Story of my life.)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Anna Banana

I made this card for my friend Anna... She turned 19 two days ago so we decided to throw her a surprise party. The theme was bagel bonanza and included various types of bagels and jams.
Everyone also had to dress up in costumes of people they admired/wanted to be while growing up. Costumes ranged from pirates, to cowboys, to Sasha Fierce.
Anna had no idea which was nice. And we were all happy that we could do something to show her how much we care about her. Happy Birthday Ann-yo!

Watch us serenade Anna with our beautiful voices...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Shaving Time...

Reasons Why I Love Temple:


I think the fact that this picture was taken less than a week after I had arrived at Temple is a testament to the good times I had over the first year. Not to mention the amazing friendships that developed alongside the craziness that is our lives at Temple University. In this picture Mercedes and I decided to have a shaving cream fight in her dorm room... having known each other for about a week. I won... clearly.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Team Red

Had a loverly dinner with Sarah at Okini. We ate the Tempura Roll, Alaska Roll, Salmon Skin Roll, and Spicy Tuna (not pictured) Roll. The staff kept coming up and making references to us being a married couple. Sar and I just went with it... 
We then headed over to the Cocoa Perk coffee shop to see Matt Barry. He made us smoothies and Caitlin showed up to talk a little too. We may need to start up our own super hero squad, seeing as we all ended up wearing red shirts... unplanned of course. TEAM RED...UNITE!

In other news: I need a hair cut... baddddd.