I just want to know

Why

are

you

Alive?

Where the road parts

You were the only one that didn't fold

but I just broke right down for you in an attempt to gain control

You were the only one that didn't fold

(I think that's why I like you so much.)

Jake,

All the evidence points in one direction
Says I don't need you physically around
I've got your voice on tape
I've got your words in me
I don't want anything else
I don't want anyone else
Thing that I had but I dropped
All that I had but I dropped
I want you back and forth
I want you up and down
I want you inside out
And you say that I don't have this down
I've been practicing out loud

I want you back and forth
I want you up and down
I want you back and forth
I've got your voice on tape
I've got your words in me
I've got your voice on tape

till I can laugh at my face beneath your feet.

Skillet on the stove

it's such a temptation

maybe I'll be the special one that doesn't get burnt

What was I thinking?

If we weren't such good friends, I think that I'd hate you.

Contact.

I'm ready to breathe again.

& I know that's lame to post given the circumstances nowadays, but it's true.

come now, sleep.

come, now sleep.

Yams.

For a moment I was warm
& the world made sense.

OH HAY!!!

TracieDarlingPhotography.blogspot.com

Wahoooo.

it was so easy, & the words so sweet.

To celebrate 4 months (mostly) well spent

I present to you 

Chinmen:

For Landon, I was going for a Shel Silverstein inspired simple chinman.

I like the way it turned out.

Landon doesn't think he can draw at ALL. I firmly disagree. 

I think he did a great job with the design and execution of my chinman.

I like that because he has beardy scruff it looks like it has hair.

CHINMONSTER!!!!

The end.

Special updates!

Last week was Landon and my 1 year anniversary.

I thought about a bunch of different ways I could write about him or us or something that would probably just induce vomiting in anyone that read it...so I want this to be simple.

He took me to see Jaws at the Enzian Theater which was SOOOOOO cool. I have loved that movie since I was a very young child so it was really epic seeing it on the big screen with our pitcher of root beer. Very romantic.

people always tell us we act like we're from the 1950's, & sometimes I agree with them because of the nights like this.

He bought me a salad and surprised me with cookies.

He gave me the comfy seat and sat on the metal chair.

He holds my hand wherever we are.

He gives me the last bite of everything.

& he smiles the whole time.

simply put. He's my best friend.

I love you.

congrats on the internship.

updates!!

!

so much going on lately...

Landon finished his first degree program and is going in for an interview for a dub stage internship today. This is very very exciting and I am excited to see if he gets in or not. If he gets it he will have his first IMDB credit by the end of the summer! =] woo hoo for him. Keep your fingers crossed.

Landon's brother, Ryan, came out a couple weeks ago to hang out here in Florida while he defended his thesis for his online program from Full Sail. He got his masters and graduated the same day Landon did so their parents came out to celebrate that weekend. 

It was SO much fun. We went on a tour of the school with Hunter Menning who is incredibly interesting. 

We ate tons of really good food and enjoyed each others company. It was awesome having them out here.

I'm leaving for Utah in 3 days (still in denial). 

My cousin, Tommy, is coming home from his mission in Russia. It will be really fun hanging out with him again. and tons of other people I haven't seen in years. crazy.

Then after a week in Utah I'm going to California for the rest of the summer.

It's going to be weird existing with out Landon around to laugh with, but I'm still happy about it.

I get to play with my babies. 

Life will be good.

okay pictures.

I need love

And I'm on Twitter. Forgot to mention that.

FOLLOW ME HERE.

these next couple weeks are going to suck.

I need love.

Sweet.

Hooray for Hemme.

Hello!

Here's some exciting news!

As some people know my brother, Timmy, is living out here for a few months working with Christy Hemme (dancer, model, TNA knockout and now super bad-a singer) as they are starting to get really serious with her band HEMME.

It's made up of Christy (you can find her pretty much anywhere...Check this out)

Eric "Erock" Friedman (ex Submersed, Alter Bridge, Daughters of Mara & some Jeramiah Red) he's on guitar and he is genius. It's in his bones. I've never seen anyone with a brain like his. 

Garrett Whitlock (ex Submersed) who KILLS on drums. 

and Timbone Miller (j-red) slappin da bass. 

So I started hanging out with them while Tim and Erock were staying at the Tremonti's house & it's been way fun watching while they write and create the demos for the new album. 

&  Landon is now in his last 2 months of class where they have Session Recording & a Producers Showcase.

What they are expected to do is find an artist, bring them into the studio to record a single, mix the song, put together a whooole bunch of other stuff (copyrights blahblahblah) and in a presentation they're supposed to "sell" the artist. & a bunch of industry professionals judge all the groups to pick who rocks (& sells) the hardest. (his group is gonna win.)

It all came together too well. We got HEMME in the studio this week to record the song "Deepen Me" which is soundin SO good.  and they're going to start mixing tomorrow.

I was asked to come in and take pictures of the studio sessions. (They'll be ready tomorrow after I get them band approved.) 

AND here's my exciting news.

Christy needed a promo shot of the whole band for a magazine and other sites and she asked me to do it!

It was way fun, totally last minute and turned out completely awesome. 

We went to the lakehouse where she lives and looked for some fun spots to take them. It was raining so it was hard to get outside, but we did for a bit. It was really pretty on the dock with everything so cloudy and wet.

We picked our favourites and she sent them off to her publicist.

You can now find them here, here, here, here,  here and here. ok I'm done linking. 

The whole shoot will be on my website tomorrow.

Needless to say her publicist got them around.

I don't know what magazine it's going into yet (they picked the black and white one) which is sweet. Tim is looking real retro in it. 

It reminded us of an old school record cover.

So now I'm asking you to be a pal.

View them on any of the sites (you can rate them on the first link) and comment away.  Tell your friends, your pet, maybe your Grandma...(my Grandma liked them.) Add HEMME on myspace. 

The music they're writing now is coming out so good. Christy has been growing so much as an artist. It's so rad to see. It really surprised me how honest and sincere she is about the entire project. It's much more important to her than just another outlet of entertainment.  (which is what you would assume coming from a WWE wrestler turned singer)

So. Assume nothing with Christy Hemme.

She's rad, the music is rad, the pictures are rad, life is rad. Rad goes with rad.

Ok. I'm done.

I have so much to say

I have way too much to say.

My brain may explode from every update I have going on within me.

I cannot write right now.

So I'll leave you with this.

Let's be honest

Today sucked.

Everything about it was completely and totally lame

so to make myself feel better I looked at this. (& many other pictures from this photo shoot with Fisher and Ty)

& I just thought I'd let you know I'm feeling much better now.

Oh, the power of pictures.

I mish my babies.

Gatorville.

Landon had a half day off last weekend so we decided to go to Gatorland.

I have to be serious for a second and tell you that it has been a sincere dream of mine to go to Gatorland ever since my brother, Jeff, served his mission out here and brought home pictures of some serious alligators jumping to eat chicken out of people's hands and a real sweet pen.

SO This was a very exciting thing to be happening to me.

I think I might have been just as excited to go there as I was to go to Disney World on Landon's birthday. hah.

And I really was going to post pictures on here but it takes way too long for my patience.

I just ate about a half a block of tofu and I think it's messing with my head.

So I posted them on Facebook riiiight here

we got to feed gators beef from only 2 feet away.

and we watched the gator jumparoo.

and gator wrestlin.

and we ate gator nuggets. 

which is actually chicken.

which I'm pretty sure is the same chicken they feed the gators.

It was a very lovely day.

& I got a souvenir pen. =]

Tracie lately...

It's been awhile.
I've realized the biggest reason I don't post is because I haven't gotten around to editing all the pictures that I want to post so I'm going to get over that real quick and post them like the unedited in camera ghetto goodness that they are.
Heres a multiple post day to catch up.

First.
a couple weeks ago Landon and I decided to drive down to Cocoa beach.
It was after his classes for the day so we didn't even leave till late afternoon, but we both really just needed to get out of winter park.
so we did.
(I actually did edit some of these pictures.)












Yes. there are children in that stroller the man is dragging backwards with one hand.
Twins actually...

That one is for Alishuh.









I feel like I will learn a lot about blogging from these posts.
Hopefully one thing I can learn is how to post pictures right.
So they don't do what they did in this one.

Other than that I was really happy to see an ocean.
I just needed to hear one again.

It only takes a mooooment

Hooreeey!
I've been in Florida officially for 2 weeks.
It's been lovely, yet still jobless. =/
I'm going to fight for an interview at Cheesecake Factory tomorrow.
everywhere else thus far is not asking for work. (I love being put "on file") Oi.

I'm also still searching for places to take pictures. (& people to take pictures of...) Hopefully the singles ward will help in that area.

There are a TON of shows here that I'm really excited about.
but those will be pointless if the job doesn't show up...
so again. Let's hope the fight goes well tomorrow.

mmm what else?
Landon is still cute.

I made some amazing baked ziti tonight(sorry to brag. it was really good.) & Now we are watching Wall-e.
Yeah. we are that cool.
It's amazing on blu-ray.
(so is dexter. watch it now.)

I've made like...3 whole friends...
It's pretty exciting.
For being a college town everything around here is pretty low-key. That surprised me.

ok that's your 2 minute update.
Here's us watching wall-e. being awesome.

& then a couple pictures of Landon...





okkkkk
okbye.

She said it better...

http://hampstergravel.blogspot.com/2009/03/theres-only-us.html

I tried writing about this experience and it didn't work.
So Alishuh apparently tried too and it did work.
There you have it.

I'm serious.
It's proof that the Universe is really on our side.

Love. Love. Love.
Remember the love.

Please, for me...

Radiohead - Videotape - by Wolfgang Jaiser and Claus Winter



So I have to post this for anyone that appreciates all things beautiful...
Mainly for Alishuh and Jessica because they are sometimes the only people that enjoy the artsy crap that I have to share.
So I could just be overly emotional, but no joke I cried the first time through. Just a little.
But that could also be because I have attached emotions to Radiohead and parking garages.

No matter what the cause was,
This video is amazing.
And I really think you should give it a whirl.