What I found while cleaning out my room, Part 1

The summer after my Europe trip has been pretty relaxing so far. This is the first week where I have only two things planned, and that's on the weekend. It's nice to just sit in the big chair and hand quilt all day while watching The English Patient (speaking of, Ralph Fiennes looks remarkably like Voldemort most of the movie as a WWII burn victim - but it was nice to see that he wasn't Avada Kedavraing anyone and that he had a nose) (I was going to show comparison pictures but I can't find screen shots on Google or IMDB, so I guess you'll have to watch the movie - which is excellent - or just imagine):

(taken from here)

Colin Firth was in it, but he was still relatively unknown in 1996 I'm guessing because he wasn't even listed at the beginning of the movie! And Naveen Andrews, pre-Lost.

Well, anyway - this is what I want to do while I'm at school writing papers all day so I might as well enjoy it!

One thing that I forced myself to do yesterday was to continue cleaning out my room. My room... is a mess. I've only done my desk and the wall cabinet and already produced five garbage bags... of garbage. That means I still have the dresser, filing cabinet, and entire closet to do. Maybe I'll tackle the dresser tomorrow. Anyway, the point is, I was going through the bottom of my wall cabinet yesterday and found some gems that I think you'll enjoy.

Apparently a few years ago, my little sister made me this box. It's like one of those white boxes your clothes get packed in from Macy's. After laughing, we couldn't decide whether it was supposed to be me or her - but flailing paper arms and all, it's fantastic. It's also FULL of cards and drawings she made for me.

A plush "Little Engine That Could" storybook from Ris to me. Why? The answer remains hidden.

These are two drawings I found in my mother's old sketchbooks. There were several but I particularly liked these. The books were interspersed with crazy attempts to mirror her artistic talent, thanks to me around the age of 10.

A drawing I made in my freshman year agenda book - inspired by "The Nightmare Before Christmas." I always used to use the blank pages before the months of school started to draw and write lyrics.

And finally, my favorite, from 3rd grade (an unexpected delight):

Apparently, I liked emphasis. I may have been inspired by Hyperbole and a Half, or this shirt that Mike bought me recently.

I think I'm going to enjoy the rest of this cleaning... more to come.

-Jess