Scarlet Letter Project!

Eric Sawing Outside
trying to make the wood look really "stubborn" ;-)

Progress!

How the Project Came to Me
This is what eric handed me to paint...

Me and Paints!

Painting!

Eric Destroys It Some More!

Final Product

Trees...

Moon & Trees
Artistic Adventure!

Yay art!
I took over the kitchen table...

Four Legged Duck!
Yay finger-painting!

Clementine Explores Art
Seems to like the duck...

Cat + Paint = Bad News
So she tried to eat the paint...oops!

Old Painting
from 6th grade...I USED to be artistic...sorta, maybe, even just a tiny bit...

Quote in My Kitchen!
My mother writes on the walls...
Day in DC 12.27.2005

Capitol
As seen from near the metro stop, I think...

Merry-Go-Round!
taken on my walk to the art gallery

Fountain & Flowers
In the National Gallery of Art

Dome in the NGoA
Reminds of me art history architecture stuff...

Some flowers
Around the fountain at the NG

Nativity Scene
from the late 1600s, I think

Ah..art history stuff...

more art history reminders...

Statue of the end of the hallway
Kinda random statue by the stairs at the NG

from another fountain

American History Museum
Sign for the Polio history exhibit..was a pretty interesting exhibit...

DISNEY!

Washington Monument 1

looking toward the White House
the couple looked happy...

Washington Monument 2

WWII Memorial

WWII Memorial
each section recounted part of the war

Ducks on the Reflecting Pool
there were LOADS of ducks & lots of little kids watching!

More Ducks

Another Duck

Trees by the Reflecting Pool

The Lincoln Memorial

Path by the Reflecting Pool

Washington Monument 3
DSC00139.JPG 2005-12-27

Shoe!
A random shoe left by the Washington Monument

Merry-go-Round!!!!
That was "my" horse...

Kid Flying a Kite

Kid & Kite
Christmas Day & Photo Fun 12.25.05

Christmas Tree
yay for christmas trees!!! :-)

Dad
He didn't want the picture taken...

Eric
Eric enthralled with his laptop...

Chloe in the Box
The cats had fun with the boxes!

Angry Clementine
She got a little upset I guess!

Apples!
Yeah...I need real things to take pictures of!

Isabel
Playing around with black & white

Oscar and Chloe 2

Oscar in the Box
He jumped in!

Oscar in the Box...again
Still in the box!

Skylight
Very rainy, grey day
W&M August/September 2005

The Stocks, part 1
me and ben in the stocks...we misbehaved!!

DoG Street
Third floor Jack, Anne, Tom, me

STOP!!
random stop sign...

Governor's Palace
Alison, me, Anne

Magazine
not the kind you read!

Stocks, part 2
alison and me in the stocks...must have misbehaved again!

Before Convocation
Alison and Anne

At Convocation
Wren Building w/ our banner that has yet to be put up in the UC as promised

Ryan and Ben
how cute!

After Convocation

In Ben's Bed...haha
sometime after convocation...

Silly Ry-Ry!
Ryan being stupid

Who knows...
I'm in the back--those are my feet!

In Ben's Bed, part 2
Third Floor Jack, Anne, Ryan

even more cute!

FONDUE FRIDAY PREP
all the fruit & the cake, evidentily!

fonduing
from left to right: me, jack, ben, ryan, sarah, anne

me and my "jilted lover"
guess he'll talk to me after i broke his heart & didn't marry him on facebook

Alison and Me!
after fondue

Still fonduing...around 1am!

(Wo)Man(?) Make FIRE
setting the sunken gardens on fire

trying to read...
never study in the lounge with markers and the rather artistic david nearby

A work of art
isn't she lovely?

ART, part 2
luckily it washed off!

I'm a MOOSE!
really late at night...what can i say?

rendez-vous with voltaire

David's Hatred Scale
really pessimistic view of life...don't like it at ALL!!!

I HEART CAITLIN!!!
new facebook group picture!

Flirtology Board in the Lobby
Ryan taught me everything I need to know...haha! :)

Practicing on TJ
TJ, will you marry me?

TJ, will you marry ME?
he's only asking because i said no first!

Back off my true love!
Ryan to the rescue!

Behind Bars
ok, behind a bike rack

waste management!
William and Mary, loved of old!

nice view!
he was doing a back flip, really!

BROWNIES!
getting started!

the batter
step 1: mix the brownies

the kitchen

chocolate chips!
step 2: pour batter into bowl and add chocolate chips

chocolate chip explosion
before baking, picture 1

sprinkle explosion
before baking, picture 2

after baking

after baking, 2

FINISHED PRODUCT
after 35 minutes...brownies magically appear!!

perspective!
alison's an ARTIST!

cutting the brownies

fighting over brownies, 1
back off my brownies!

fighting over brownies, 2
as he cowers in fear!

fighting over brownies, 3
i assert my dominance

fighting over brownies, 4
note: no one was *seriously* injured in the making of the brownies! haha... :)

cutting the brownies

ryan likes sprinkles!
he's come over to the dark side...

back off my brownies, 2
yes, it DOES look wrong!

brownie party!
they just came walking down the hall...and stole the brownies

cleaning up!
i'm domestic!

ryan's contribution
aka absolutely NOTHING
W&M, September 2005, continued

Sunken Gardens
hmm, while we were "studying" one afternoon...

Oh No!!!
A bee flew in Alison's coke with splenda--our attempt to document it

Oh the tragedy...
The bee needs to buy her a new coke with splenda!

Outlet Cows
Went shopping, found some cows at the outlets...

Ryan and Ben

Smores Day!
Forget roasting the marshmellows--just light them on fire!

Making Smores
smores on the sunken garden steps

In CW one afternoon
with thomas jefferson

Another Fondue Friday

Making Fondue
In the kitchen on the 2nd floor (I think..)

Ben and Alison
more fondue pictures

In CW, part 2
me and ben and a horse

my room, view 1
it looks so bare...this is from the 2nd day i was here...it's more colorful now!

my room, view 2
my bed by the window, the fridge with french magnetic poetry!

my room, view 3
my desk..I have more le petit prince posters up now, more colorful
North Carolina Trip

Mile High Swinging Bridge
at Grandfather Mountain, before the rain came, me and eric

Grandfather Mountain
me and dad, as it started raining...my eyes are closed...

Biltmore House in Asheville
walking up toward Biltmore Estates

Gardens at Biltmore
gardens behind the house

me and the lion
in front of the biltmore house

gardens
ahh! he's getting taller than me now...

Grove Park Inn
me and eric, looking up at the Grove Park...

me and mom
view from the balcony area

Our Door...
if you could read the sign, it'd say which famous people had stayed there...

Grove Park, again
view from one of my walks trying to find a spot to sit and read

Pedro's Porch
Sometimes I wonder what prompts me to take pictures!

Roger
This is Roger, the weird statue gaurding the Grove Arcade Shops

mom's old house
my only picture from charlotte...
Disney World Trip

me at MGM
First day in Disney, tower of terror in the background

Erin at MGM
sometime after we'd just gotten in

me and a phone booth...
in retrospect, i should have gotten IN the phone booth...

French stuff!
some french posters, advertising cinderella

Power Rangers
battled the little kids to get this one...!! :)

amy and me in Magic Kingdom
last day in Disney, after we met up with Amy

Downtown Disney
the night we went, umm...clubbing...hehe...

me with a gargoyle
yes, i'm the one on the right!

me and erin on the "beach"
last night in disney, lots of fun with the hammocks and sand...and insects... :)
Graduation and Such

Eric and Me
This was actually from the night of graduation...well, before we left for it!

the famous grad photo...
ok, actually the day after graduation...we tried...lovely sandals...

me and erin
again...day after graduation, all dressed up again for pictures...

me and kevin
again...day after graduation, all dressed up again for pictures...

THE KILLERS CONCERT!!!
our attempt to get a picture at the concert!

something from the concert
if you squint A LOT, maybe there's something there

4th of July!
Severna Park parade

Monroe Hall!
woohoo! trip to Williamsburg!
Day in DC!!

erin, me and the metro
And so the day begins...

Me and Kevin
Getting ready to set out for the day

New Carrollton!
Concrete thing at New Carrollton stop

Me with Erin by Carousel
Finally we ALL go on the merry-go-round!

Carousel Experts!
Thank goodness for Kevin, who always ride merry-go-round with me!

"Pole Dancing"
Erin proves there are lots of things to do on merry-go-rounds...!!! :)

in motion!
Lovely action shot on carousel...

Me, Erin, Kevin's hand
Finally, Erin gets on the merry-go-round, picture and all to prove it!

Merry-go-round FUN
No, the horse isn't biting me...it's giving me a kiss!

whheee!
As we "take off"!

so much fun!
Just like before...when Erin was too chicken to come with us!

Brave Erin!

Tony Cheng's
our favorite place in Chinatown, even w/ the creepy lobsters and ducks

Cait and Kevin with Buddha
hope it's not bad karma to get a picture of buddha? :)

kevin in the sun
At "GMU" by the paper stand...

Virginia!
hmm, funny how this happened...we ended up in the middle of I-95!

Me, Kevin, Erin's thumb
on the metro...37 minute ride to GMU (aka middle of I95!)

Kevin, Me, and I-95
at the metro stop in virginia...2 states, 1 district in one day!

Erin and the Bus
the bus that would have taken us to GMU...sadly, no time for the 20 minute ride!
Oct/Nov 2005

typical
so this is what alison and anne say they see a lot...me working...

i'm being serenaded!
anne and alison singing the hit song, "caitlin is a whore!" ;-)

ryan at halloween
ryan as a cowboy...hahaha

me at halloween!
yay for mom sending my poodle skirt!

before halloween parties

prince joan and princess alison
i want a prince too!

joan!
she's prince charming!

lovely
prince charming and princess in pink!

"ryan"
alison went as ryan for halloween

more "ryan"
alison as ryan again

"ryan" proposes to me
yeah, he even tries when alison's being him...

me and "ryan"

caitlin appreciation day
have i mentioned how AMAZING my friends are--what a pick-me-up!

me, mike, flowers
mike got all dressed up & gave me a flower--how sweet!

coloring!
me, anne, and jessica with crayons and a coloring book

me and jenny

me and joan

me and peter

me, alison, and confucius
oooohhhh goodness, what a *perfect* idea--now i have my own PUPPY!

me and katelyn

anne and katelyn

monkey in the middle
i lose at this game...

mike
playing pool in the attic!

more fun

ahhh!
so he just came over and grabbed me! scary. :-)

amazing m3e girls and Mike
toward the end of the party in the attic...some amazing m3e people!

me, confucius, and anne
who said three's a crowd!

me, katelyn, anne, joan

jenny, me, mike
with my flower...aren't they wonderful?

me and alison

balloons!
oh fun with balloons...

more balloons!
just like a little kid...but it's SO MUCH FUN

even more balloons!

still more balloons!

alison, me, and the balloons!
thanks to christian for coming by and taking our picture!

more balloons...
they're so much fun to play with!

cleaning up
Fun Stuff at W&M

Pat McGee Band Concert
from early september at lake matoka

Pat McGee Band Concert...

Me and Ryan
from the concert

Anne and Me
at the pat mcgee band concert

FLOWERS!
walking back from the concert, ben and ryan picked flowers for me...how sweet!!

IV New Student Retreat
kinda random picture...but I think it's from the IV retreat...

IV Retreat Camping Sign
proof that i went *camping*--from the new student retreat....

Couscous Party!
my couscous soulmate and i made a very late dinner one night

Me with Couscous
from our late-night couscous party...i look exhausted...oh well, I LOVE COUSCOUS

Alison Beats Up Ryan
of course she's winning!

Alison Kicks Ryan
I just love these pictures...

Me and Statues...
A statue at the end of the sunken gardens...we voted this was the perfect man!

Me and Alison
Some weekend in the Sunken Gardens

Alison and Me
Bench by the crim dell

Me and Anne
Bench by the Crim Dell...on one of our walks around campus a few weekends ago

Me and My Alpaca (or ocelot!)
I'm "studying" with the alpaca (aka the ocelot!)

Hard at Work
The alpaca helps me pick a paper topic!

Another Alpaca Picture
The alpaca is the *best* source of inspiriation! :-)