Hallo everyone! And Happy Halloween!!! It's nice to know that almost every kid in America will be on a candy high in about 21 hours...Anyway, I'm in the beautiful state of Washington at the moment, typing from my sister's house. I think not being at home has made me realize how much i really miss my friends during the 'holidays' but- It's breathtakingly gorgeous this time of year. Hard to believe all these trees are real! I try to get my camera out every now and then. I'm going to wear that poor thing out by the time Tuesday comes. I'm planning on taking my senior pictures by myself this year, and I want to get some of them taken here.
...Sometimes i wonder why I type this like people are actually going to read it...... Anyways.. Yep. Photography.
Iceland- .. Why does it seem so far away right now? I just need to GET A JOB. I'm involved in a school production right now and it seems to be dragging on forever!!!! So hopefully when it's done i'll be able to finally land a job and start saving up...maybe having some money in my pocket will help the North Atlantic look smaller? This is not the most uplifting post, I know. And I'm sorry. I justwant to have a little more control over my life, I think. Being 18 has changed a lot of things but- I still haven't tasted that freedom I've been craving for so long. I think that's one moreof many reasons why I want to get to Iceland by myself.. just to be alone and a bit "free-er". I want to break out of the little cement box i feel like I've kept myself cooped up in for so long. .. If only for a little while..... Sorry guys, I just needed to vent a little, ... ... to a computer.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Halló vinir mínir!
So today I had to head out to go to one of my friend's volleyball games, and OF COURSE I was given wrong directions. So I ended up spending an hour and a half on the road. And while I was driving, exhaust from a gross "idiot truck" -I like to call them {and I'm pretty sure you know exactly what I mean by that}- was spewed from the pipe, and went straight into my vents. Let me tell you, it was a l o v e l y smell. ... ... ... Sheesh. So anyway, that got me thinking about the pollution situation in Iceland. Good information for the Big Adventure!! Right? Let me expound on what I found: {10 points to me for rhyming} As you may or may not know, Iceland has a very exciting geological make-up. It has about 130 volcanoes to it's name, which provide it with immense geothermal energy, which is extremely useful and relatively inexpensive. Nice, right? Iceland knows what they are DOIN! And you can put t h a t on a t-shirt and wear it. And besides car traffic, fishing factories are the only source of pollution in Iceland, which makes for some pretty pure air. I hope someday I can breathe it!! It just seems stupid to not want to go there; it's pretty close to perfect.
I want this so badly it's ridiculous. I can't get sucked into the one-track mind, though!! I've to stay focused on other things too! School just doesn't go away... neither do friends, or family, or your pet goldfish. I have to keep reminding myself that my priorities need to be in order for me to really accomplish this. But nothing can stop me:) I'm completely determined!!! Anyways time to get off the soap-box.
Did you know Iceland has more sheep than people? I do now. HEY! Did you know thay have 13 Santa Clauses?!?!?!?!? Sheesh. christmas must be... overwhelming. Sigur Ros was voted 10th best band in the world. I love them. Also, Icelander's last names consist of their father's first name and then 'son' or 'daughter' So my name would look like: Hayli Jo Martíndóttir. Pretty stellar.
WELL EVERYBO-DAY I've got a 5 day weekend in Warshington waitin' for me:) I'd better go count some jumping sheep!! Góða nótt :)
So today I had to head out to go to one of my friend's volleyball games, and OF COURSE I was given wrong directions. So I ended up spending an hour and a half on the road. And while I was driving, exhaust from a gross "idiot truck" -I like to call them {and I'm pretty sure you know exactly what I mean by that}- was spewed from the pipe, and went straight into my vents. Let me tell you, it was a l o v e l y smell. ... ... ... Sheesh. So anyway, that got me thinking about the pollution situation in Iceland. Good information for the Big Adventure!! Right? Let me expound on what I found: {10 points to me for rhyming} As you may or may not know, Iceland has a very exciting geological make-up. It has about 130 volcanoes to it's name, which provide it with immense geothermal energy, which is extremely useful and relatively inexpensive. Nice, right? Iceland knows what they are DOIN! And you can put t h a t on a t-shirt and wear it. And besides car traffic, fishing factories are the only source of pollution in Iceland, which makes for some pretty pure air. I hope someday I can breathe it!! It just seems stupid to not want to go there; it's pretty close to perfect.
I want this so badly it's ridiculous. I can't get sucked into the one-track mind, though!! I've to stay focused on other things too! School just doesn't go away... neither do friends, or family, or your pet goldfish. I have to keep reminding myself that my priorities need to be in order for me to really accomplish this. But nothing can stop me:) I'm completely determined!!! Anyways time to get off the soap-box.
Did you know Iceland has more sheep than people? I do now. HEY! Did you know thay have 13 Santa Clauses?!?!?!?!? Sheesh. christmas must be... overwhelming. Sigur Ros was voted 10th best band in the world. I love them. Also, Icelander's last names consist of their father's first name and then 'son' or 'daughter' So my name would look like: Hayli Jo Martíndóttir. Pretty stellar.
WELL EVERYBO-DAY I've got a 5 day weekend in Warshington waitin' for me:) I'd better go count some jumping sheep!! Góða nótt :)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Let's get to know Iceland a bit, shall we?
Hallo there!! Well I was able to get a whole lot of research done while I was doing nothing else in photography class yesterday... Would you like to get to know Iceland a bit better? WELL:
One thing that I l o v e telling to people is that the ENTIRE country of Iceland has a population that is smaller than the city of Las Vegas. Which is where I happen to live. This demonstrates perfectly another one of the reasons why I plan on doing this- less people. I've never been one for the city, and I know it sounds stupid but.. I want a break from it! Vegas has never truly felt like home to me becasue I feel as though I should have lived somewhere else all my life... if that makes sense.. I feel like I just murdered grammar...
Anyways! Isn't that amazing?? Vegas's pop. is around 2 million people {no lie} and sweet little Iceland has a modest pop. of around 317,440. :) I happen to love that fact. Food however, is very expensive, because besides fish, dairy, and anything else that Iceland has to offer, is shipped overseas. So i'll have to remember to tuck away some extra money for that especially. I have to keep reminding myself it's not just a plane ticket there and back with some souvenir shopping every now and then.. It takes lots of the green stuffs to take a trip.... *sigh*. I need to find my job.
Once I finally figure out what 'free market economy' is... I'll explain it more... because Iceland apparently has that..
All added up, so far my trip should cost {in dollars, not euros} is AT LEAST $1,998... at least. at least. So pretty soon {after the play is over} I can get a jobby job job and start saving up!
I still feel so strongly that i can do this.. it's completely possible. Yay for the Big Adventure!!!!
P.S. Pineapple Coconut juice is incredible.
-HayliJo Warburton
One thing that I l o v e telling to people is that the ENTIRE country of Iceland has a population that is smaller than the city of Las Vegas. Which is where I happen to live. This demonstrates perfectly another one of the reasons why I plan on doing this- less people. I've never been one for the city, and I know it sounds stupid but.. I want a break from it! Vegas has never truly felt like home to me becasue I feel as though I should have lived somewhere else all my life... if that makes sense.. I feel like I just murdered grammar...
Anyways! Isn't that amazing?? Vegas's pop. is around 2 million people {no lie} and sweet little Iceland has a modest pop. of around 317,440. :) I happen to love that fact. Food however, is very expensive, because besides fish, dairy, and anything else that Iceland has to offer, is shipped overseas. So i'll have to remember to tuck away some extra money for that especially. I have to keep reminding myself it's not just a plane ticket there and back with some souvenir shopping every now and then.. It takes lots of the green stuffs to take a trip.... *sigh*. I need to find my job.
Once I finally figure out what 'free market economy' is... I'll explain it more... because Iceland apparently has that..
All added up, so far my trip should cost {in dollars, not euros} is AT LEAST $1,998... at least. at least. So pretty soon {after the play is over} I can get a jobby job job and start saving up!
I still feel so strongly that i can do this.. it's completely possible. Yay for the Big Adventure!!!!
P.S. Pineapple Coconut juice is incredible.
-HayliJo Warburton
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Why am I doing this? Well here's your answer:
Looks like I'd better get things started. Today i have church, and I'm not at all close to being ready to leave. Last night was ...inspirational, nonetheless. Through music, I was given so much more motivation for my big adventure- Let me explain from the beginning:
Two nights ago, my wonderful mother took me and two of my older sisters to a concert that I deemed as one of the most inspiring, motivating, beautiful, elegant {did i happen to mention inspiring?} 2 hours of my life. It was a concert given by none other than Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson. This little Icelandic man is so much more than a music maker. From romping syncopatic anthems to movingly enegmatic melodies, him and his group's music reaches deep down into the soul and awakens some form of appetite for adventure, and for me, the feeling that "we should all let go and live" as one of his songs "Animal Arithmetic" professes. I decided then and there- NOW is the time for me to give great regard to that lyric. AND that brings me to my point! {took a while didn't it...} So just last night I was listening to one of the extra songs that he {Jónsi} added to his concert playlist. All at once, I realized that this 'big adventure' goal of mine is completely reachable. So far I haven't realized any setbacks -apart from having no money to my name, and the language barrier- which I will begin to solve very shortly by job hunting {which i'm dreadfully }, and l will be on the lookout for ANY photoshoot opportunity I can grab at {maybe you could help?} along with taking little nibbles at learning the language everyday.
This all may sound quite silly and a little romanticized... but please realize I am extremely passionate when it comes to the powerful spirit of music, along with any other art-form... I have a feeling that it will be one of my main motivators. As a part of my goal, I plan on timing my trip to Iceland around the tour schedule of Jónsi's primary band 'Sigur Rós'' tour, so that i can fulfill another huge goal of mine, which is to see them play in their home country of Iceland.
Today: I'm going to start thinking of ways that will let me save and earn some extra money to tuck away into my 'Big Adventure' account {which happens to be a little porcelain box in my room}. If you have any tips or extra grand or even medium grand ideas to help me do this, please type some words in that little comment box... Much appreciated:)
-HayliJo Warburton
Two nights ago, my wonderful mother took me and two of my older sisters to a concert that I deemed as one of the most inspiring, motivating, beautiful, elegant {did i happen to mention inspiring?} 2 hours of my life. It was a concert given by none other than Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson. This little Icelandic man is so much more than a music maker. From romping syncopatic anthems to movingly enegmatic melodies, him and his group's music reaches deep down into the soul and awakens some form of appetite for adventure, and for me, the feeling that "we should all let go and live" as one of his songs "Animal Arithmetic" professes. I decided then and there- NOW is the time for me to give great regard to that lyric. AND that brings me to my point! {took a while didn't it...} So just last night I was listening to one of the extra songs that he {Jónsi} added to his concert playlist. All at once, I realized that this 'big adventure' goal of mine is completely reachable. So far I haven't realized any setbacks -apart from having no money to my name, and the language barrier- which I will begin to solve very shortly by job hunting {which i'm dreadfully }, and l will be on the lookout for ANY photoshoot opportunity I can grab at {maybe you could help?} along with taking little nibbles at learning the language everyday.
This all may sound quite silly and a little romanticized... but please realize I am extremely passionate when it comes to the powerful spirit of music, along with any other art-form... I have a feeling that it will be one of my main motivators. As a part of my goal, I plan on timing my trip to Iceland around the tour schedule of Jónsi's primary band 'Sigur Rós'' tour, so that i can fulfill another huge goal of mine, which is to see them play in their home country of Iceland.
Today: I'm going to start thinking of ways that will let me save and earn some extra money to tuck away into my 'Big Adventure' account {which happens to be a little porcelain box in my room}. If you have any tips or extra grand or even medium grand ideas to help me do this, please type some words in that little comment box... Much appreciated:)
-HayliJo Warburton
Saturday, October 23, 2010
One, Two, Ready, GO!
WELL! It seems as though i've finally started a blog... I thought it'd help me sort of compose my thoughts while I start the "grown up" life... In theory, what I'm mostly going to talk about is, this great adventure we call LIFE, and how I'm not going to waste a second of it on things that ultimately don't matter. As an aspiring photographer, I love to find the beauty in everything... {however living in the choatic mess called Las Vegas-it's sometimes hard to do}. So through hard work and a LOT of penny pinching, I plan on making a trip to the immensely sublime and fascinatingly beautiful country of Iceland, before I tie the knot.. This is a goal that means so much to me, and it's definitely going to be a challenge, but nothing short of a grand adventure with, hopefully, a happy ending. I truly hope that all this makes sense to all yalls.. and i truly hope that you enjoy reading whatever my mind happens to cough up on any given day..
it's 9:08 on October 23, 2010... seems like a good time to start making things happen.
it's 9:08 on October 23, 2010... seems like a good time to start making things happen.
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