Whatever Wednesday #2

First off, let's check out how I did with last week's goals...

• get a library card
• turn in filled out job applications
• get more job applications
• schedule volunteering orientation at dog shelter
• organize my closet half

Well, as soon as I posted last week's blog I went out and completed goals one and two!

I got my library card at the Clovis Library and checked out a book to use for Menticulture Monday~
I also took advantage of having a printer and got a few copies of my resume.

Right after, I turned in applications to Trader Joe's, Joann's, and Sweet Tomatoes!
The first two seemed pretty promising so omg send me your posi vibes plz~

I did not get any more job applications because I felt just so dang accomplished turning in those three,
but then it didn't even matter because Sunday afternoon I got a call for a job interview!
Monday I go in to, you know, the tax place with the statue of liberty sign wavers, and basically am told I already have the job it's just up to me if I want it.
They apparently got my resumé off of careerbuilder.com and were thoroughly impressed~

So we watch some videos on what the job is and are then told that if we want we can go through a test-run on Tuesday.

So yesterday I did that test-run and at the end I decided, heck, a job is a job!
So I am now currently employed with Liberty Tax Services for the tax season~~~

So I can now relax on the job hunt and trying to fill up all my free time~


After an odd email exchange with the dog shelter, and now I have a job 5 days a week, I've decided to hold off on volunteering.
I'd ultimately like to volunteer at a history or art museum but I'm going to have to do a lot more research to get to that point so I'm going to have to hold off on goal number four.


And finally the one Tyler has been waiting for!
My closet half~

Ooooh~ lookin pretty good~

Like my lil buckets? Haha~

 But let's take a step back...

Heh...
I think I need to put a little bit more work into it.



So here are my goals for this week;

• totally organize closet
• get 1 full week ahead on blog!
• do yoga at least 3x

And yeah, that sounds about good, haha~

And man, I've got nothing much else to talk about so I'll see you next time!

Happy New Year! And Tasty Tuesday #1~*

Happy New Year!

2012 was a great year filled with ups and downs~

I graduated from Mt. SAC with an Art's Associates in Humanites.

I was one of the maid of honors in my best friend's wedding.
I finally turned 21.
I left a pretty lame job that had some amazing coworkers.

I finally moved in with my boyfriend Tyler in Fresno.
I converted from a pescetarian to a vegetarian to a vegan.
And much more that I'm sure I'm totally forgetting~

While 2012 was a pretty good year, I want 2013 to be even better!
And I want to document it all, so I'm going to start blogging daily.
Monday through Friday will have different blogs each day, and since the new year starts on Tuesday the first post will be for
~Tasty Tuesday~ 

And as the days go on, each of the day's blog titles will be revealed.
I'll be queuing my blog to post automatically every day at 9:15am but besides the scheduled posts,
everyday I will post a photo that I took and a drawing that I drew~

I'm very excited to be blogging more and for what this year will unfold into~

So okay, enough mushy rambling, let's get started!

Thanksgiving this year was spent at Tyler's home with his family and my sister came to visit! 

I spend the day before and the day of cooking soooooo muuuuuccchhh~
I wanted my first ever vegan thanksgiving to be delicious as hell and guess what! It was~

I started my day by attempting to roast some pecans.
It didn't end well.

Even though it was totally disheartening for the FIRST thing I did to go horribly wrong,
everything else went quite smoothly afterwards~

I made a tofu-based pumpkin pie~
Everyone who tried it said it tasted just like normal pumpkin pie so aw yeah~~~

I also made a tofu-based sweet potato pie.
It probs look way cooler with some pecans but you know...
Also tasted pretty normal so that's good, too~ Haha

This is some green bean casserole!
I had to make a roux and it was so weird but cool.
Cooking is such an awesome hobby,
it's like chemistry but then you get to EAT IT!

Tyler's mom is very awesome and gave me a portion of stuffing/dressing that I kept vegan with a vegetable broth. She also shared some mashed potatoes and broccoli salad~
So there was absolutely no shortage of different kinds of food.

 These dinner rolls were made from scratch!
Yeast, flour, and water. And I guess time.
For my first time every making bread from scratch, they came out pretty flavorful~

And the pièce de résistance... the Trader Joe's brand holiday roast~

Tyler was the one who very nicely laid out this platter and doesn't it look great?~ 

I typically get the Tofurkey brand but decided to try the Trader Joe's one out and oh man, it is amazing!

I've got nothing against the Tofurkey one, but the Trader Joe's one looked better, had a better texture, and tasted better! 

It was seriously so good....... I want some right now........ omggggggg..g...g.g..g.......

After the seemingly endless amount of prepwork and cooking, this was the most delicious Thanksgiving I've ever had~

Autumn

Autumn is probably my favourite time of year.
My birthday is in autumn~ (September 4th!)

The weather is always cool and nice~
And it's usually when school starts and I kind of like school, haha.

But now that I have an Arts Associates in Humanities from Mt. SAC,

I am going to take a year (or two...) off from school-learning and try out some of that life-learning~

So in an attempt to get myself going, I'm going to start running this blog full-force!
I'm going to continue posting photo sets but I'm also going to share other things, like vegan recipes and DIYs~

So I guess I'll give you some background about myself, as it will pertain to what I will post about.

I'm Jacqueline Zebraskiin~
I'm a 21 year old vegan from Los Angeles County.
I'm moving to the ~ fantastic~ Fresno County to live with my boyfriend and his family at the end of October.
My boyfriend is an awesome dude named Tyler Zebraskiin and we've been dating for 5.6 years!
That's so ridiculous, haha~
I'm Maid of Honor in my best friend Laurren's wedding on October 20th and I'm equally excited and infuriated by it all...
I love photography, especially film and analog photography.
But I'm just as equally skilled with a TLR and negatives as I am with a DSLR and RAW files. (;
I love to create. Just any form of creating is fun to me~
Whether it be sewing crafts or cooking food or making a music video, as long as I'm creating, I'm having the time of my life~



Well, I'd like to go get started on some "real" blog posts so I'll wrap this up here.
But I'm excited for you to learn about me, so I can learn about youuuu~ (:

Jacqueline Zebraskiin~

April

It's the first of April and it's an absolutely beautiful spring day!

And it has me super inspired to start things off with a fresh start~

First off, a new blog!

I know, I've had a thousand and one blogs but this is it, if I don't keep up with this one, I'm done, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep up with this one~ (:

Along with starting a new blog I'm going to be changing some other things in my life as well:

• I am going to exercise daily
• I am going full vegetarian and not just lame pescetarian (because I really ultimately want to go vegan)
• I am going to take more pictures and do more for my photography (like get business cards and network)
• get my to-do list at least 50% done! (there’s seriously like 30 things on this list so I hope I can get shit done)
• save and make as much money as possible any way possible
• stop slacking and being lazy and anything negative like that. only positive productivity with maximum motivation~*

And to get things started off on the healthy, motivated foot, here is the smoothie I made this morning.

There is an orange pictured but I didn't end up using it... Haha.

Bu there's vanilla almond milk, spinach, a frozen banana, frozen strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. It came out a really cool purple color and it didn't even taste bad! Haha, especially since I was just throwing stuff in the blender that sounded healthy. But whatever, now I have my servings of fruit, a serving of veggies, and my calcium for the day~

Well, it's already 1:15pm and I still have to clean my room, exercise, and then get ready for the Ariya show that I'm taking photos at tonight!

I hope you all enjoy your day and April!

See you soon~*

Jacqueline Zebraskiin