Scrapbooking, and my fans in Paraguay.

"I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do headstands for you
Everytime I fell on you, yeah, everytime I fell
I tried to do handstands for you
But everytime I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you."
Bruises - Chairlift

Literally every plan I have made this week has fallen through.

• There were two conference calls I was supposed to have, and both got rescheduled.
• Eia somehow talked me into going to an open ballet class with her, and we got up early, but nobody was there.
• I had plans with a friend of mine here in Seattle named Tyler but he's been sick so we've rescheduled three times (and it still hasn't happened).
• Justin and I were going to do a games night with some of our friends last night but they ended up being busy and never called us back?
• I had a bunch of different plans to talk to/play online games with Luke but he's incredibly busy with a house guest right now, so I've barely gotten to talk to him the way we normally do in about a week and a half.
• I was supposed to see the opening of Eia's show Footloose, but she called last night and told me it'd be better to go to closing, next weekend.

Most of these things were out of my control/just the way life works, but after an entire week of looking forward to going out and having it fall flat, I have a very bad case of cabin fever.

Because of this I have not only started reading more (which makes me very, very happy, as I can never find time to read all the books I have on my shelf), but I started thinking about pictures.

I will be the first to say that digital cameras are great. In every way. You can take as many pictures as you want, you can see them right away, everything is way higher quality, etc. etc. But after a fun weekend, trip, or party - you dump the photos on your computer, maybe put them on Facebook, but then that's it. All the memories from my life adventures are just sitting in folders on my harddrive. And honestly, how often do you look through your folders of pictures, really. I know I don't... ever.

So yesterday I went on a photo rampage. I looked through all my photos from 2010, put all the best ones in a new folder, transferred them to a thumb drive, took them to Walgreens and had them printed out. 150 pictures total, but a very thorough summary of my year. Then I bought a fancy photo album, grabbed some scissors, and spent most of last night cutting and arranging the photos into a chronological montage of one of the best years of my life.

Yes. Maybe that's a lame way to spend a Saturday night, but I am so happy I'm doing this. I might go back and make albums for 2009, 2008 and 2007 too. If I have the time.


Before I wrap this entry up, I want to share a series of Facebook messages I got recently. It made me laugh so hard, I just can't keep it to myself.

First I got a message from a lovely person named Martin:

Martin: Hello! I'm a huge fan from All Caps! i'm from Paraguay and i just wanted to tell you that we like your songs down here too!
Thanks for so much awesomeness!

To which I replied:

Kristina: Aw thanks so much! :)

But then, just a day later, I received another message from a guy named Tomas, who apparently knows Martin:

Tomas: Hey, I'm from Paraguay as well. That guy named Martin was totally lying about everyone liking your music down here. He's the only one who likes it. Just wanted to let you know. Good luck in life!

This guy seemed so concerned about me living under the illusion that EVERY PERSON in Paraguay is a fan of my music that he had to write me personally and refute that idea. Naturally, I had to respond. I wrote him back in my usual reasonable and calm manner:

Kristina: LOL.

I did hear from Tomas one more time. He couldn't just go about his life having made his point in the previous message, I suppose.

Tomas: Yeah LOL. In my opinion you suck! :)

Nice touch with the smiley face, Tomas. That always makes the other person know you're trying to be pleasant and polite. Good to know I have fans all over the world, right?

I have showed this conversation to pretty much everybody I know. It makes me laugh so much. I hope you've enjoyed this short look into the world of fanmail.

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