donuts

donuts always remind me of you.

baked kale chips

here's a super easy alternative to regular old potato chips. kale chips! they take about 15 minutes total to make, and the process is super easy.

what you're gonna need: 

• 1 bunch kale
• table salt or sea salt
• olive oil

First, preheat your oven to 350ºF. Chop the kale leaves separate from the stems. Then cut the leaves into bite-size pieces.

Wash the kale leaves thoroughly and dry them. Add about two teaspoons (I just eyeballed it) of olive oil to the leaves, and toss.

Add some table salt to the leaves and toss. You can add some pepper (or any other seasonings) too, if you like.

Line a baking sheet with wax paper and spread the leaves out onto the paper. This doesn't need to be neat. The leaves can touch each other, but don't overlap them, if at all possible. Bake the leaves for about 10-15 minutes. Take them out of the oven right before the edges start to brown. The leaves should be dark green.

summer, so far

one week ago, i took my last (graded) exam in probably the hardest semester of nursing i've had so far. mental health was seriously a force to be reckoned with, but after it all, i've learned so much and I wouldn't change a thing. it was the biggest 8-week learning experience, hands down. i have about 3 weeks of summer vacation before the next semester starts back up, and to be honest, i would rather have this short break rather than 2.5 months off. i wouldn't know what to do with myself. and really, having this break be so short just forces me to cherish all of the sweet time i do have.

here's some photos from the first week (give or take a few days).

"I thought it was mustard cause yellow means mustard, but then it came out red so I thought it was ketchup, but it wasn’t even ketchup…it was cocktail sauce."

yet again

My blogspot is turning into a purely sushi and nail polish blog. Attempting to change that at the bottom of this post! But for now, here are some more photos of some really good sushi I had the pleasure of getting with some friends after class on Thursday. Can't stop till ya get enough.

Got some weird looks taking this. I wish asking people to take pictures of me wasn't so... awkward. So for now, I'm just gonna stick to my tripod. 

vintage skirt (worn as a dress), mossimo cardigan, coach belt, thrifted huarache sandals

Such a good hair day. I wish it never ended.

sushi rock

Not much to say about this. Sushi and friends, the usual.  I love everyone and everything that's going on here.

just life

I'm taking a very-needed indefinite break from Tumblr right now. Blogspot has always been really quite peaceful in comparison. I was kind of worried about missing some good fashion/style posts or some great gems on my dashboard, but I figure if it's really great, it'll get passed around again somehow. I know I'll probably be missing Lady Gaga's new single, Born This Way, but that shouldn't be too hard to find on my own. Oh well now I'm rambling. I'm just trying to keep things going.

burning bush supper club

"I'm so excited!" should probably be the phrase of the day. We had our first "lab" day today, which meant having a lab orientation for an hour and then being let out super early. Last night I burned 5 CDs ⎯ two Cudi albums, two Bon Iver albums, and one Kanye album ⎯ for Marylou, Beverly, and Ben respectively. I think it's safe to say that giving music to other people is on my list of favorite things to do. And speaking of music, I finally got my hands on the new Bear Hands album! Case in point, SUPER EXCITED.

Never have I seen so many cute little Asian goods packed into one store! Basically everything in the store was $2 unless marked otherwise. I ended up getting myself a cream-coloured (typical) bento box, a tiny fork for my bento, and an insanely cute floral mug (see below). Marylou, Anna and I went to go get lunch afterwards at a sandwich place. I ended up knitting for Anna a bit.

(Seriously good coffee)

I did Marylou's nails last night. Pretty sure I'm going to end up doing this on myself again very soon.

My textbooks came in the mail today! Thank goodness for overnight shipping, seriously. I don't know what I'd do with myself if I had to wait to read another day.

Tried out the newspaper nails last night right on top of Essie's Eternal Optimist. It ended up showing a little fainter than I expected, but I did wash my hands before I put on a topcoat. Oh well.

forever 21 top & denim leggings, mossimo cardigan, thrifted belt, alfani boots, ecote rucksack

I don't mean to sound toolish, but I really am loving life so much lately. I feel so much more complete with school underway. And trying to really appreciate everything in my life is really making me realize how great it is. I'm cherishing it.