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*~Alyssa~*

oh no!! mustard is like your evil twin! (except you're not a condiment.)

About Me

It's recently become clear to me that I'm not as easy to describe to someone else as I once thought. I'm not obsessed with any one thing, but I really like a lot of things. I don't have any sort of "defining moment" in my life (so far) but I've had a lot of cool lesser ones that've definitely helped make me who I am. I'm not famous or rich, but I've got wonderful friends and I get by just fine. So how do I tell someone about my regular, normal self? I guess it would help to know things I like (and some things I don't!)
I like Disneyland, but I don't like Space Mountain. I like the Chargers, but I hate Marty. I like swing dancing, but I'm not that great at it. I love photography, and am making a career at taking wedding photos. I'm happiest when I have a camera in my hand. I like reading, but I'm not a nerd. I am a news junkie though. I live in Lakeside and I love NASCAR, but I'm not a hick (I promise!) I really like Spongebob. I'm all for playing like a kid sometimes but I hate people who act like they're 12 ALL the time. I'm a grammar nazi and don't like when people type LiKe DiS. I really like to sew and scrapbook but I seem to have neglected both for awhile and my project pile never seems to stop growing. I've never had a drop of alcohol in my life, but I don't mind when other people drink. I'm really really good at Guitar Hero, especially considering I don't even own a game console. I like karaoke but am too shy to sing in public. My karaoke bar is my shower. I think being nice has gotten way too underrated. People should do it more often. I love my iPod. I'm not sure how I used to live without it. I like Photoshop. A lot. homestarrunner.com is one of the funniest sites I've ever seen. It should be on tv.
Visit my website!
Hebrews 13:5-6
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be
content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can human beings do to me?"

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My Interests

sewing, swing dancing, going to shows, being online (yeah, yeah, so sue me), driving around aimlessly, listening to music, photography, reading, photoshopping stuff, OSP

I'd like to meet:


Ummm, yes please.
Them too.
Yeah. Totally. <3

Music:

Noise Ratchet/The Life, Thursday, Thrice, Coheed and Cambria, New Found Glory, Linkin Park, AFI, Something Corporate, Time to Fly, Acceptance, Melee, Foo Fighters, Adele, Stranger's Six, Fall Out Boy, Sigur Ros, We Are Scientists, Rascal Flatts, Rogue Wave

Movies:

A Walk to Remember, Walk the Line, Fight Club, Pirates of the Carribean, The Passion of the Christ, Zoolander, Anchorman, Napoleon Dynamite, Shawshank Redemption, The Little Mermaid, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Garden State, Don Hertzfeldt animations, Moulin Rouge, Ever After, Sin City, all 3 of the Xmen movies, 300

Television:

SPONGEBOB!!, The Office, Lost, Six Feet Under, Family Guy, Futurama, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, The Simpsons, Heroes, Scrubs, Army Wives

Books:

"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it."

Catcher in the Rye, Choke, Fight Club, Lullaby (basically anything by Chuck Palahniuk), A Walk to Remember, Hey Nostradamus!, Girlfriend in a Coma, Eleanor Rigby, All Families are Psychotic, Microserfs (AND almost anything by Douglas Coupland), Maybe a Miracle, The Breif History of the Dead, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Virgin Suicides, Brave New World, Thumbsucker, The Stranger, all of Christopher Moore's books, all of Augusten Burroughs's books, Cat's Cradle

Heroes:

Adam Petty

My Blog

Erics Senior Pictures

Last weekend Eric and I braved the crowds of Balboa Park's Earth Fair to make some awesome images for his senior portraits.Ok, that's a lie. We actually had no idea the Earth Fair was going on, so it ...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:48:00 PST

Nathan and Samantha’s wedding

Last weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to second shoot for some of my favorite people in the world, the Baxters of Ohana Photography at a beautiful home in Escondido.Here are some of my favorite...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:38:00 PST

Happy 18th birthday little brother!!

Today is my "little" brother's 18 birthday and it's totally weird. I can't believe he's so old. lol *wipes tear from eye* They grow up so fast!Anyways I thought an embarrassing picture post was in ord...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:21:00 PST

Salton Sea TTD

Where has the time gone since I last blogged? I have no idea but I've shot a lot of stuff since then; maybe I'll go back and post it. But for now, here's a few images from this weekend's trash the dre...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:04:00 PST

Stranger’s Six and Stereo Summer show

Got to shoot the Stranger's Six/Stereo Summer show on Saturday....it was RAD. Good times, all around. Here are some pics!Stereo SummerThe Stranger's SixAlso, if you're reading this right now...go here...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:18:00 PST

Trash the Dress in San Diego!

We finally had our trash the dress shoot yesterday here in San Diego! I've been coordinating this for awhile and I'm stoked it turned out so well! We tropmed around in the fountains down in the Gaslam...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:22:00 PST

Hallin family

I shot a session yesterday for the custest couple and their baby! Here are a few images and their slideshow. :)Slideshow is HERE....
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:19:00 PST

David and Meg's engagements

Last week I got to shoot my friends' engagement session over in Coronado. They'll be getting married at the end of the month in Tahoe. :) Here's a few images and their slideshow.Slideshow is HERE....
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:18:00 PST

Granite Hills varsity volleyball

I finally finished all the pictures for my brother's volleyball team and I pretty much love the slideshow I made. lol the song is sort of a team thing....they warm up to that song a lot before games. ...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Thu, 17 May 2007 12:59:00 PST

Catalina!

lol Dang Slim Jims!Hey Danita? How was camping? hahahahaKrystina stole my tent. hahaKrystina did our hurr on Saturday. :)Greg played tug-o-war with a tree. lolThen he ran a stick along the fence.Then ...
Posted by *~Alyssa~* on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:18:00 PST