Meraki and Agape

Medieval Russian Tolkien Illustrations

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

These illustrations popped up on my feed from theonering.net
As an Orthodox Christian I find them kind of fascinating- some look more iconographic than others,
which I'm not sure how I feel about.
Some of them are a bit confusing- I'm not sure, for example, which scene this image is supposed to depict.
Any guesses?

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I thought perhaps it had something to do with King Theoden,
But if so, why is there an eagle around?

Monday, July 14, 2014

Ever since Peter showed me this Tenacious D video,

It's felt like a Foo Fighter kind of week.

Hope you all have a good one :)

Birthday Weekend: Islands of Adventures!

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

So basically,
My fiance is amazing.
When we were dress-shopping in Orlando, we stayed right next to Universal's Islands of Adventures.
I saw the Hulk in the horizon as we left our hotel room,
and it crossed my mind that Peter would probably love it.
Apart from Busch Gardens Tampa, it's probably the best Florida theme park for big kids;
It just has so many roller coasters and fun rides.
I called him up that weekend and mentioned it to him,
and his immediate reaction was, "Ok Georgia, I'll take you for your birthday"
See why I want to marry this guy??

Keeper, obvs

So we did a little research, because Peter is always the man with the plan.
These are just some photos from our trip
And I'll try to intersperse it with some of the tips we got and found useful ourselves :)

1. Parking-

We reallyyyy wanted to be able to do everything before the afternoon rainstorms settled in, and especially before the massive throngs of people came and produced massive hour-long rides. For this reason, we left SUPER early, got there at 9, and paid the extra 20 bucks to park closer to City Walk. It was definitely worth it!

2. Game Plan

So the park is basically divided into seven "islands" arranged in a ring. Obviously, some areas are more popular than others, so rather than just go through the islands in order, we tried to do the rides and parts of the park that we thought would be most popular first. When I was a kid and the park had first opened, that was Marvel Superhero Island

Monday, July 7, 2014

Monday, June 30, 2014

Hello! I'm in Delaware!
I've been waiting a long time to say that....
also, I am unbelievably happy to be reunited with my partner in crime
and studying like a crazy person, so expect the posts to be few and far between this month.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

I've been thinking a lot about wedding shoes lately- probably because I just purchased a pair of powder-blue micro-wedges to swap into for the reception. It makes me feel a little less ridiculous about the prospect of teetering around a pothole-ridden village- on a mountain side, no less- in stilettos. I love the idea of organic details, like braids, leaves, or vines- it makes the look more ethereal, which is kind of what I'm going for. :)