I Met Bill Nye the Science Guy

Photography: me 

INERTIA IS A PROPERTY OF MATTER. You know your life is complete when Bill Nye the Science Guy approves your research thesis. Swank! Today Bill Nye came to speak at the renaming of our Geology building after some rich family who donated. It was in the midst of finals but tons of people still came, and there was standing room only for the screen broadcasting his speech from the auditorium. He is super adorable and such an entertainer. Sporting his iconic red tie but not his powder blue lab coat (he's grown out of that), Bill looked a bit older and more refined. "Change the WORLD!" I remember watching him as a kid and starting my roots in science. I owe a lot of what I've accomplished so far to him! He used to work at Boeing and studied as an engineer but what brought him to fame was his passion and quirky TV personality. That was a moment of affirmation for me - over the next few years in med school I need something fun to hold onto, so I'm packing this blog to bring with me :)

They had this thing catered to the teeth. Candy painted to look like space rocks, star and moon-shaped croissant sandwiches, chocolate martinis, a pink chocolate fondue fountain, what what our graduation better be half this good! Whoever organized this did such a creative job, the waiters were all very friendly, and the "adults" didn't chew us out for stalking him all over the building. There were food and drinks on every floor and at the top a live jazz band swooned the crowd. The earth and planetary sciences are so underrated at WashU. As a kid I also really liked learning about rocks and minerals and grew a bunch of crystals at home and for science fairs. Scoping out the building led me to pastel fluorite, fossils, and even glow in the dark stones that looked like they were splattered with neon graffiti. Awesome.

I felt bad that we all stalked him everywhere as he was trying to tour the place. Basically he just got his soda and we started tightening the circle like little zombies. But no shame! YOLO and Bill Nye has been our generation of science geeks' idol forever.

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Fish Tacos in SD

SAN DIEGO SNAPSHOTS. What did I do after pulling an almost all-nighter in the bio library for my first last-semester final, napping on sofa chairs with my legs flopping off the edge? Oh, nothing, just watch a crap ton of America's Next Top Model and Jenna Marbles on Youtube. It's funny how motivation to not sleep flees the scene when there's studying to be done but after the test, all the energy reappears and this is why I'm still up trying not to break my blogging chain (6 days and counting). Meanwhile, check out this sweet feature Kitty Cotten surprised me with as I scrolled through my feed. This girl knows how to design  graphically pretty and embellish photographs. Thank ya :)

Homigah I'm graduating college in two weeks. Two weeks until my friends disperse all around the world and move onto the next chapters of their lives. Two weeks until sweating in our emerald robes and crying when it hits us. Two weeks til San Diego - you and I are going to do this summer right. These are old snapshots of when JJ and I went to explore downtown and the Gaslamp District last Thanksgiving Break, mmm fish tacos. Can't wait to meet up with local blogger faves and learn how to surf!

P.S. It's raining fire in St. Louis. 90 degrees every day for the next two weeks, probably lost 5 lbs today to sweat. Dipped my legs into the dorm pool and indulged in an ice cold Coke. *snap* *gulp gulp* ahhhhh ....

Enter my CLAWS Jewelry giveaway for a beautiful handmade designer necklace!

wind waker

Photography and editing: Thomas Roach

New photo from an old shoot last spring with my friend Thomas. See the rest here. Glad my hair is no longer that fried ... never trying to perm it again. Wind and hair in face, flowering trees in the background, basically how "dead week" is. That's what some colleges call the week before finals but WashU just has the lame label "reading period" in which no one really reads. There is exorbitant amounts of TV show and unhealthy snack consumption though. I feel the need to primal scream!! (open up a dorm window at midnight and yell every day this week). See you on the other side of this cell bio final!

Guest Post by Glitter and Gold: Hot Spring Trends

Today on this hot, hot Midwest spring day, we have a wonderful reader and guest blogger, Ashley of Glitter and Gold. Yesterday I received a nice email from her asking to contribute and her insight brings a nice change of pace to just outfit posts and food pics. She's here to tell you about some hot spring trends, which are all about the brights, structured versus flowy, and having fun with your spring-melts-into-summer style. Please show her some love and check out her fun collages and fashion reports! I spy with my little eyes several pieces that I would like to flaunt during my SoCal post-graduation summer :)   P.S. Happy birthday to JJ ! ♥  

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What are essential spring trends? For me the few trends I can't live without are messenger bags, pleated skirts, espadrilles and well a good pair of raybans. With all of this stuff you'll look trendy all throughout the few months of warm sun and sandy beaches.

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Messenger bags! Who needs boring tan colored messenger bags, it's summer. Spice up your wardrobe with bold colors and shapes. I love this bag because it's so unique and can turn a boring outfit into something really fun!

A great long pleated skirt is one of my favorite trends. I think this will be a great piece for the spring and summer because these skirts are long and flowey.

{ Sandals + Espadrilles = Want them }

{ Blue+ Raybans = AMAZING!}

I love raybans! Well doesn't everyone! Latley I have been thinking that I need to great a pair of RayBan sunglasses for summer.

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