Hello!! Englishhnesss.......history?

Hello my lovely and dear readers,

those who have sticked around I thank you! I apologize for not blogging, I haven't had the urge to blog like how I used to blog. Have no fear i'm back and hopefully I can get my views back up in there in thousands....this has been the lowest month of views since last year when I just started. It makes me sad that I let that happen, I know half the views are for the pictures but the other half are from people googling certain things and then end up staying on the site to read a few post which I absolutely adore! I do it all the time. I've been thinking about making a tubler but still undecided.

I am currently in an english class this semester and I have a pretty awesome teacher who is more modern with the reading styles of english stuff. In high school all my teachers where ehh...like for instants freshmen year, I had an hours teacher who was all about hard work and boring books. I wasn't even in honors and she made us keep up with her honors class. she was absent 45% of the year. sophomore year I had yet again another honors english teach but she was cool as ice cream but then left the school at the beginning of the year because her husband got a job in arizona. so we got stuck with a student teacher who was cool too I guess but she was a student teacher...talk about nervousness. Sophomore year I wrote the best essay's, poems, and short stories! one of my essays was in the running for some essay contest...didn't go very far but it was awesome! Junior year, haha well...the teacher was awesome but just not english material, we watched a bunch of movies and read some boring modern books. I took a second english course and had the teacher for suspension...he was an interesting cup of tea! I had a high b average in english 11 and 115 percent in my second english class.

after all that goodness my counselor wanted to put me in honors english finally my senior year and i was like no no no! (amy Winehouse style) being because the english teacher was insane! and crazy! also against all religion. So she put me in three english courses....she was so mean! haha no she wasn't but gah! so I had english 12, contemporary english, and journalism. my english 12 teacher was bias and rude so mid year i switched to a more nicer teacher who turned out to be a pushover with other students and gave us all the cliff notes for each assigned books. contemporary english (I think thats what the name of the class was...it was current issues.. basically article reviews, current issues, and all that jazz) that lady was something else. let me tell you she was soo snobby but yet so serious! is was frightening! Journalism...he was a cool dude and we became friends. man was he serious about his journalism though!

My english teacher for Eng099 (I know! i was shocked too...stupid placement test!) is super duper nice! she keeps the english lessons modern with today events. The class is going over your basic english needs for proper writing. All the stuff you learned in high school is taught again with a better understanding. Which is great for me because I never fully understood the meanings. getting to the whole point of this "short" blog I get to write 10 blogs for extra credit. Though i'm slightly confident i wont need it, i'm an over achiever and feel like i need to do it! So 10 blogs with a funny title are my extra credits. :D Hopefully you will enjoy them, and I promise to get back to normal with reviews and maybe some "short" recaps.

I love you all and I look forward to writing again. I see your emails and it makes me want to keep going! :) i've replied to you all the past couple weeks. hope you enjoyed the emails.

<3 Silvia

Difficult online shopping methods....STRESS!

Hello Night owls,

Anyone else a night owl like me?

These past couple nights I have been stressing over what Equipment and supplies I need to order next week wednesday when I get my student loan in. Let me tell you about the stress you go through making sure you have all the right things. So here is how the process goes...

1.) Add your camera of choice....Canon EOS 60D DSLR
....in your cart.....Suggested lens......Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Autofocus Lens-USA

2.) Add your Lens of Requirement...Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Zoom Lens-USA
....in your cart.....Suggested lens hood.....Pearstone-LHC-EW83J Dedicated Lens Hood (EW-83J)

3.) Add your lens hood of choice...Canon EW-83J Lens Hood
....in your cart.....Suggested UV Lens protector.....Hoya-77mm Ultraviolet UV(0) Haze Multicoated Filter

4.) Add your lens Uv Shield of choice...Canon 77mm Ultraviolet (UV) Glass Filter
....in your cart....

5.) Add your lens bag of choice...Pearstone Onyx 50 Lens Case
....in your cart....

6.) Add your wraps of choice...Tenba Messenger Wrap 10"(lens) & 16"(camera) Black
....in your cart....

7.) Add your Memory card of choice...SanDisk 16GB Extreme SDHC Memory Card
....in your cart....

8.) Add your Tripod of choice...Slik Pro 340DX Tripod Black
....in your cart....

9.) Add your photoshop of choice...Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard Software for Mac
....in your cart....

Congratulations you are eligible for free shipping!

I BETTER BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SHIPPING!!!!

I shouldn't be taxed either! haha so yea now I have a cart full of stuff on hold waiting for my deposit. once it's in i'm clicking submit order. I swear the process of choosing what to get took longer than typing all the correct names. Half of stuff in the cart is required/ recommended by my school and the other half was chosen based on reviews and ratings on different forums online.

My camera bag is a purse like bag from Kelly Moore Bags which is the reasoning for camera and lens wraps. I go to school in the big city so keeping an expensive camera in disguised bag is a lot safer for myself. I don't trust backpacks because i've had a few brake on me and I am so used to slamming my bag on the floor there is no way I could ever try to use a backpack. Kelly Moore bags are simply amazing and made conveniently for a women photographer (they also bags for men). I am getting the B Hobo bag in black.

Aside from all the camera equipment I have been searching online for a mothers day present for my mama. This year is so difficult but, I think I might have found a good present. I will post pictures and product links after mothers day...I know my madre looks at my blog every now and then.

When all of this comes in and I got to work with them for a while I will do individual short reviews.

Goodnight Night owls,

<3 Silvia

Overwhelmed......

Hello!!!

My lovely blogging family whom I have missed writing to soo much!
I feel like each time I write a blog I have to update you all on my life because it has been so long. Well here it goes....

I have been overwhelmed with things this past month and a half? From school, to family, to having problems with my laptop. I wanted so badly to do a Happy birthday blog from when I first started bloggin but missed that date because for some reason I thought I started in May but I didn't it was in April...FAIL! Maybe I will do a one year, one month blog hehe So lets talk about School, I had so much happening I had to get ready for Finals and final projects get everything together. In the mean time of working on my photo shoot My laptop decides to give me problems! The back light went out and everything was dim I had to flash a flashlight onto to it to see everything. It too 10 mins to just open a file. So then i borrowed My uncles laptop for the mean time while getting everything situated. When I went to school on the 15th of april I discovered I had gotten part of my loan for summer semester and supplies and jetted home after to order my iMac. I ordered it and got it on Monday the 18th and had the rest of the night to work on all my photos editing them on iPhoto. then sent them to the printers early that morning. I then had to mount them and cut the little one for my history project then study when i was all done. Come wednesday I had to present them in class. They came out really well and I wish I could share them but under release forms I can't. they are on my personal website for client views only. Then in the mean time While my grandma was away with our out of town family I was watching her doggie and spending lots of time with her. My grandma came back yesterday and let me tell you taking Lolly (the dog) back was so heartbreaking and i felt lonely when i came back home. I miss her soo much already. =/

Well bloggers I am back for awhile until school gets overwhelming again which i know it will cause i'm taking college math and english! gah! I have a few surprises for you all and gonna work on them tomorrow. :)

I love you all so much thank you for coming back and reading old blogs for the ones that sent me an email telling me they read some over and over again. for new readers hello! my name is silvia and i like to blog and spell things incorrectly. =p

Until next time.....

<3 Silvia

Ps. New glee in a half hour! hehe

Random: family, school, my life, and Lady GaGa

Hello my lovely readers,

I haven't wrote in forever so I felt the need to inform you all on my crazy life. psshk i wish it was crazy...well it kind of is.

My Family:
My family is doing very well, we are all still broken inside but moving on slowly. My grandma is out of town spending time with her sisters who she hasn't seen in a while. She defiantly needs this time with them, I honestly think it's the best way for her to heal. In the mean time I am dog sitting her pup two days out of the week so she's not that lonely at night or during the day. She's a fragile little dog. Currently my other grandma's sister and brother in law are in bad health so i'm praying hard for good health for them.

My School:
My school is freaking hard! I swear college isn't easy and it isn't cheap. I swear people just don't understand how expensive being a student in photography or interior designing. You are constantly buying supplies for classes such as matte boards ($5-20), envelopes($4), gallery tickets($20), photo paper($20-30). Then you got your one time expense of a camera body ranging 980-1,200 and lens ranging 400-1,400 and one lens is never enough for the school either by the time you graduate they want you to have at least two to three. Lunch.... transportation...proper clothing for the windy city. It's really expensive after you add everything up monthly. I probably spend $200 monthly plus $480 for monthly tuition. I wasn't the lucky girl who got a lot of financial aid, I got $600. Hard shizz man! then the classes are complicated and boring all at the same time.

Life:
My life as Silvia isn't the easiest life to live, it can be fun but its hard. it comes with a lot of duties. I'm not looking for love at the moment but I am looking for someone to be by my side. I found someone great but times are rough for the both of us and I think our problems collided are only a warning of a train wreck. Maybe one day who knows, but he is sweet and adorkable! I've been approached twice and then i melt with adoringness and then we are face to face and it's silent...come on man! you made your move, I made my move, now king me! This is why i hate the internet sometimes.

Music: I have been listening to A LOT! of Lady GaGa lately I swear she is my soul! I walk down the streets of chicago dancing and singing to myself and i get these stares like what the fudge is her problem? she's weird! one day i'm gonna just shout "BABY I WAS BORN THIS WAY!I swear i get looked at like im some alien sometimes and it's so annoying but, I ignore those fuckers and do my thing. Oh the concert was amazing!! I had a wonderful time! she was beyond amazing! gahh!

^^^That's the make up I wore to the concert^^^

I just recently bought the new Viva Glam GaGa lipstick from mac, it looks amazing!! I also bought the new maybelline mascara so you know what that means review coming up.

Well thank you all for reading up on whats going on through my life, I might talk more about that guy...I am unsure at the moment though.

I love you all more than you will ever know!


<3 Silvia

15 questions

Hello my lovely readers,
I have been watching CNN all night for the earthquake/tsunami in Japan. My prayers go out to those who have been hit, and will be hit may God watch over them and keep them safe.

To keep my mind off of the horrible tragity for a few mins I decided to snag a tag off youtube.

1. What do you think you can do but can't?
Sing! I can NOT sing but I convince my self I can especially singing Lea Michels parts on glee. haha I think i am fabulous but people tell me otherwise.

2. What's a difficult word for you to pronounce?
I have trouble with alot of words that i can't think of any right now.

3. What is a favorite TV show from your childhood?
oooh man...Rugrats, doug, the big comfy couch, zoom, so weird, and hey arnold. I have more but i just can't think of them all right now.

4. What are your virtues and vices?
Virtues-I am very caring, i care for people i don't know, I cry when someone dies and i only met them once. I will care for someone i hardly know and relate to them to help them. oh so many things but i have big heart that cares.
Vices-I take on too many things i can't handle. I say yes to people too easily it is really hard for me to say now and i loose sleep or personal time because im helping someone. So I guess that i can't say no?

5. What's more important: love, fame, power, or money?
Love of course, i feel with love you can conquer anything!

6. If you could live in any era/time period, when would it be and why?
1980's! I love the 80's i am convinced i should have been born in the 80's and gone to high school in the 90's i just love the style and music so much!

7. If you had to redo your entire wardrobe with 2 stores, what would they be and why?
Macy's and Target. Macy's because they have everything! from dress down to dressed up. and Target because its very casual and in today's style on a budget.

8. Can you recall what you were doing a year ago on this day?
No I can't but i wish i could. Im sure if i really looked into i would be able to find out but since its a laid back blog im not going to.

9. Do you have reoccurring dreams? If so, explain?
yes i have a few, one is falling down a narrow set of stairs face first. another one is at same locations lately it has been a hotel and sometimes it's a up class hotel and others like last nights dream it was a kinky hotel. last one is about my classmate whome i'm just friends with and things get heated up...boy thats embarrassing to admit but yea....lets see how i feel when i go back to class on wednesday!

10. What's your horoscope?
I am Libra! I don't really no much about signs...so tell me what libras are.

11. What does your dream bedroom look like?
big and spacey with windows looking out to my backyard that has a fountain or pool. and queen sized modern bed with beige sheets. beige curtains and cherry wood furnatire. with white and pink roses to decorate the room and a walk in closet and connected bathroom. ahhh so refreshing.

12. What position do you sleep in?
on my right side or back.

13. Who is your favorite vampire of all time?
Edward cullen both books and movie. :)

14. What are you currently wearing on your feet?
Totally barefoot! :)

15. Do you have neat handwriting? Show us!
I have semi nice writing....I will insert a picture tomorrow so come back to see. :)


Hope you all enjoy! I got it from Elle and Blair fowler on youtube.

Have a good morning. please pray for japan and all those in the path of this horrible tsunami.

<3 Silvia

In loving Memory of my Grandpa Eddie, My emotions and feelings.

To my lovely readers,

This blog I write here is more for my Family and Friends to understand whats going through this difficult time I welcome anyone to read. This past week I lost someone I loved and cared about the past oh many years. I lost my step grandpa on February 22, 2011. It has been a difficult loss for me in the inside more than showing it on the outside.

Eddie has been in our lives for a long time even before I knew who he was, and when he starting hanging around more after I lost my grandpa I called him the man in the hat. He always wore his cowboy hat and beige leather jacket. He soon became closer to our family and he was another best friend around the house. He and my grandma got married December 4, 2004 and he became family, I asked him that night if I could call him grandpa sometimes and he told me he would love that. I didn't get to call him grandpa much but I considered him a grandpa. The past couple years have been hard with his health he having Alzheimer's disease and I believe blockage in his leg causing amputation. As time went buy he slowly started losing his memory and he asked my name each time I said hi to him. I didn't give up, I told him my name each time and I sat with him when he was at the table to listen to him talk. He sometimes would talk about the Korean war he was in and it felt like he just came back telling me what happened I enjoyed it a lot. The past 4 months He started getting a little worse and I prepared myself for the worse ahead of time. Making sure I told him goodbye if he was awake and gave him sweet kissed on his forehead. His reply would always be "thank you" ALWAYS!


When the worse came my heart stopped and the pain throbbed through my body as if someone had stabbed me a 100 times all over. I controlled my emotions soon after and hid my pain to help my family. I am one less person they need to be sobbing all over the place. With months of preparing for pain I have a grip on my emotions being strong for my loved ones holding in my tears to wipe the tears of others.


My selfish mind could only think "I lost my last grandpa" it has taken me 4 years to heal from losing my umpa(grandpa) I am not even fully healed I still cry at night missing him. If I am not healed from losing him how can I heal from losing my Eddie? I am an emotional wreck pretending like everything is okay. I know not everyone has grandpa's but I envy the ones who still do. I wish their grandpa was mine just so I can feel that grandpa love. I know all three of my grandpa's love me in heaven, but I am a selfish brat that wants my grandpa to be right next to me, give me kisses on my forehead, call me mija, and tell me they love me every time I see them.


My inner emotions haven't been let out yet and they are just building up inside waiting to be let out. I know tomorrow when I see him for the last time I might break down but I know I will have my family their to wipe my tears and give me love to help me get through it. I hope I prepared myself enough to help me get through these next two days without breaking into pieces.


It's been a little hard on the family because the day he passed (Feb 22, 2011) was the anniversary of my grandpa's passing (Feb 22, 1995?) Those silly billy's were best friends and were in the Korean war and worked together in the steel mill. They almost shared a birthday just a month apart and a few years. They both lost a leg due to health (same leg) and they both loved my grandma. So he had to go the same day. My grandma tells us her story of the moment he was alive and it breaks my heart into pieces each time. My grandma visited him that tuesday morning and he wanted to give my grandma a kiss so she leaned in and gave him one, he reached for her hand they held hands, and he smiled he closed his eyes while my grandma closed hers sitting next him. He passed away in his sleep. I am thankful she got to say goodbye, I wish i could have gotten one more goodbye in while he was alive but I couldn't but I know that the last time he was awake and I saw him I said goodbye.


I have been wearing my grandpa's neckless to keep me strong and remember the night he walked into my room when my uncle passed he told me "crying makes a beautiful face look sour, we have to remember that he is heaven partying next to Jesus and he has no more pain" he' wiped my tears away and gave me a kiss on my forehead and said goodnight. it made no sense to me then and I cried myself to sleep. Today his words make sense to me and have helped me be strong. I have to remember he has no more Alzheimer's disease, he has both legs, and he is smiling and having a good time up there with my grandpa and all his loved ones.

Please keep my family in your prayers these next couple days to give them strength as we go through this difficult time.

This blog has helped me in so many ways, I cried the tears I have been holding in, I told my emotions, and I have shared that life is precious and we aren't here forever. If you have a grandpa please give him a kiss and tell them you love them. If you don't have one with you anymore tell them you love them in your prayers. I have told all three I love them today.

In Loving Memory of my Grandpa Eddie


I dedicate this song: On Eagles Wings.



<3 Silvia




Ps. Towards the end of writing this blog I heard a noise outside my door and it was a man saying "meow" when I got up to check no one was there. It was my Eddie Spaghetti telling me he's okay because I felt comfort right after.

Missing in action, Recap of my favorite blogs.

my lovely readers,
I'm sorry I went M.I.A, i was on a roll with blogs but something happened in the family and i have been having a hard time with it I am currently working a blog to explain and express all my feelings. It's really hard to do so and i hope you understand. My next blog is very close and personal and thinking about everything i want to say makes me want to cry. I might have it up tonight, if i finish it.

For now here a few links to some of my favorite blogs I written.

Got a Geeks Number

You put your deodorant where?

32 Questions about yours truly

Making an old lady mad

Simple make up for a girl on the go

School organization

how to prepare for an interview

Thats all the blogs I remember enjoying the most to the max! hope you all enjoy until next time.

<3 Silvia