Post 054.

this video gave me complete and absolute hope that i could be happy on my own 

Post 053.

call me a snob, but i Hate blogs with bad grammar and spelling

spell check readily available

Post 52.

On the side of the egg.

Post 51.

1. my name is Devin Nicole Ruiz. i pronounce my last name incorrectly and sometimes i wish my name was devinare, or something a tad more interesting.

2. i've had a vanity fair subscription since freshman year and i've read ever issue (most beginning to end) since then and one i hope to write for them. 

3. i want to go into magazine journalism, editing, or advertising. but i secretly would love to be a wedding planner. 

4. i use to paint a painting every month, or every other month. i haven't painted in a little over 6. i wish i had more money to purchase new paint and a piece of wood to paint on. 

5. i might move into my own apartment this summer and the most exciting thing about it, is getting to decorate it how i like. i already have a mental image of what it would look like. 

6. i want to have a lemon tree, an orange tree and an avocado tree. 

7. i drink at least 24oz of tea a day. 

8. i love my diana f+ and i wish i had a flash. it made me sad when urban started selling dianaF+ clones. some of the best conversations are started when someone asks me what kind of camera i have. 

9. i have so many clothes they don't fit in my closet. i also have rows of shoes, yet i never seem to have an outfit. 

10. my mom's friend gave me a marc jacobs purse and i have yet to worn it out, i view it as a piece of art. seriously. 

11. i love making videos and setting it to music. 

12. one day last spring i jumped into a pool with all my clothes on and my bester friend der followed after me. that moment sealed our friendship and we stayed in the water for 20minutes. 

13. i live in west hollywood and no matter how far it is from people i wouldn't change it for the world. i've loved growing up here and i know i'm going to miss it. 

14. there's a path near griffith park that i've nicknamed 'the end'. my friend and i would drive up there and sit in his cars for hours and just watch the sunset. i want to take more people up there but i'm afraid it won't be the same. 

15. sometimes i take the car and drive to the roof of parking structures. once i'm up there i read, listen to music, and look over the edge to map out where i've been and driven. 

16. every time i pass downtown and i have a camera, i take a picture. one day i'm going to make a painting. 

17. i love cooking and trying different recipes, even though i only use them as guidelines. 

18. i save all my emails from barrack obama. 

19. i read very fast. yesterday i finished a book in a few hours and it was amazing.

20. i want to learn guitar and start a band, with myself. 

21. i love "single ladies" by beyonce and lately it's been stuck in my head, constantly.

22. i want to work at 'the icon' 

23. i miss my instax and buying a new one only made me miss mine more. wrong place, wrong time. 

24. every week since my friend has been up at stanford i've made him a mix and sent it to him. i wonder if i will go through my whole itunes library by the time he comes home.

25. i believe everything happens for a reason. 

Post 50.

so lately i've been so excited to graduate and start college. i think i'm so excited because i see it as finally being older and not the "baby". i see it as a chance to recreate myself and meet new people. i love who i am and i love my friends but there just seems to be something so exciting and refreshing in creating a new character for myself. i think this stems from the joy dressing in costume when i was a child. 

yay future!

Post 049.

i should be my own valentine because i would be amazing. i spent so much time browsing the internet for the perfect gift, something that reminded me of you, which made me smile. i spent more money than i had, giving up things i wanted for myself. i bought a close to perfect card and gift bag. spent time wrapping the present and filling out the card. dotting every i and crossing all my t's. i did this with no expectations, except for nothing, and that's what i'm getting. 

i hope i make you smile.

Post 048.

today my mother and i adopted a 15year old cocker-spaniel mix from the highland park animal shelter. being there and hearing the barks and cries of dogs made my heart hurt for them. they've been given up or lost on the streets and now they're confined to this cement room waiting for someone to come love them and take them home. i'm confident the young ones will be adopted, but like my new dog who was green tagged (given a week to live), these older dogs don't have a chance. if i could adopt them all i would, but unfortunately my apartment is too small, but i encourage people to at least check out a shelter before going to a pet shop for an animal, please.

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