Going away parties, back to school, mostly a lot of feelings in one post.

Hey. Hi. Hello.

I went back to school on August 26th, and y'know, no matter the fact that I've spent the bulk of my life "going back to school," it's always, and I mean always, a weird sensation.

I've come to realize that I genuinely enjoy having a routine. I love feeling balanced, and hell, I even love homework. So, though the first week was rocky, the second week went smoothly. I'm officially back in the swing of it, I think.

A few weeks before back to school, I went to a going away party for my friend Louis. He's moving away to university, (legit like 30 minutes away but I'm not going to disclose his information by saying where). Here's a video I made of that night, I think it's nifty and fun.

I really love my friends, and though it was sad to see Louis go, and everything, I know it is for the best. We all have to get ready to go out and do "better" things in "better" places. (Even if we fall on our asses.)

I recently decided on where I will be transferring to next Fall, and it was one of the biggest and easiest decisions I've made in a long time. I'm stoked on finishing out this year at my CC. But, I'm also super stoked to go on to university and grow with my two majors.

On the list of unstoked things is having to have a party like this. This was an amazing party as someone who wasn't leaving. But, Louis cried a lot throughout the whole night. It's going to be hard to do that with everyone again. However, I, like Louis, am only going to be going about 30-35 minutes away as well. So, it's not the END of the world. It's just the end of a familiar city, I guess.

Sappy shit aside. I hope ya'll enjoy this video.

Love, Noralee

Shows, shows, shows.

And holy shit, did I mention shows? Hahah.

Hey ya'll. I've been so dang ass busy working shows, playing shows, being at shows, it's been wild lately. I worked every show last month, played two. And same goes for this month. I thought I'd just do a huge photo post of people at shows. :)

ALSO: here is the summer#3 video:

This last one is probably my favorite photo.. I love all of them so much, they're the best friends ever. (:


Sorry about the lack of posts, I'll work on that. <3 p="">

Love, Noralee.

Summer #2! :)

Hey ya'll. :)

Here's the second episode of my shitty cellular documented summer!

Enjoy! :)

ALSO, just a quick update. My Sony DSLR is in the shop. It's been out of use for a few weeks now which really sucks. I was doing a really awesome photoshoot of some of my friends, when the wind came out of nowhere and knocked my tripod over. It cracked the LCD screen completely, and knocked loose a part inside my kit lens. So, that's why I've been making these shitty cellphone videos. And that's why I haven't had any really nice quality posts lately. It's going to take awhile, so I've been brainstorming ways around this to keep the content going and I've finally planned out some posts that are do-able. Sorry I've been gone the past week. I love ya'll. :)

Love, Noralee

Summer #1 :)

Hey ya'll. :) 

I'll probably be making a few of these tiny summer videos this summer.. maybe. Quality sucks because I'll be using my phone.. since I'm waiting on my camera to get done being fixed. I hope ya'll enjoy this. :)

Snippets Sunday #13

Hey ya'll. :)

Honestly I haven't done anything today. I just woke up and it's 3PM. But, I saw a really awesome show last night, and the lineup went a little like this:

Ya’ll should really check out The Buzzkills. (so perf.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Buzzkills/185871108225620

And, Signalman. (THESE GUYS FUCKING RULE, BY THE WAY.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Signalman/128253213975978?fref=ts

American Swine (Also super fucking cool.)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Swine/143797145660621?fref=ts

The Ancient Gods. (pretttty sweeeeet.)
https://www.facebook.com/adamandtheancientgods?fref=ts

I got tacos with the above fuckers. They were all really sweet people, who play kickass music.

AND, OF COURSE. NOT HALF BAD. Which I’ve made probably a million zillion posts about them on Tumblr, and I don’t give a shit. Their music is awesome. And, I legitimately love each and every one of them on a personal fucking level. So, hey, as if I haven’t said this enough times.. Give them a fucking listen, pls & thnk.
https://www.facebook.com/nothalfbadmusic
http://nothalfbadpunk.tumblr.com/
http://nothalfbad.bandcamp.com/album/good-people

okay, cool night, cool people, cool times.

For the rest of today I intend to probably lay in bed, and watch the new season of Arrested Development. Then maybe go to a vegan cook out later this evening at a friends place.

I hope ya'll've had a great weekend and a great Sunday. :)
Let me know if you check out any of those bands!

Love, Noralee

Christmas Eve!

Hey ya'll,

just wanted to share the stop motion film I made of the christmas party I went to last night. :)

Sadly I forgot to take photos with my ugly christmas sweater, but I still have it, so I'll post a good photo of it tomorrow or the day after that. :)

I hope everyone has an AMAZING christmas holiday tomorrow! :)

And, here's the video:

Love, Noralee

Snippets Sunday #7

On Friday night I had a gift exchange with my closest friends, Stephen, Erik, Manuel, & Ivan. :)

I made a stop motion, so here's that:

And the silly photos we took in stephen's apartment if you don't want to watch all the to the end in the stop motion or watch it at all:

Stephen & I. :)

These boys. :)
Erik, Stephen, Manuel, & Ivan.

E, S, N, M, I

 I really don't know why they took of their shirts.


I just don't question their lives anymore, I guess. Hahah. :)

Christmasssss. :)

 Stephen got me the new book on Kurt Vonnegut that has all of his letters and old photos in it. I'm beyond stoked about that.
I adore these guys. :)
I really couldn't ask for better friends. They're all equally important to me. I've known all of them since the start. I've been friends with them since I moved here four years ago, and they're honestly the few people I've really kept in contact with and kept being friends with since graduation. I love these guys to bits, seriously.

I'm headed to an "ugly christmas sweater" themed party tonight. So, I'll try to include some photos of that in my Christmas post or some other random post. It'll be super fun. I've been documenting christmas around our house all month, so I'll have a nice collective christmas stop motion to do after actual Christmas Day is over and done with. :)

Happy Sunday! :)

Love, Noralee

Adventures with Elva. :)

I met Elva in high school. We didn't really start hanging out until after we both had graduated high school. She's really awesome. She's going to cosmetology school now. Anddddd, she's like my makeup bfffffff. I think every time we hang out, we're either going through each others makeup, talking about it, looking at it online, or at the store buying it. No lie.

Anyway, I made this stop motion last time we hung out.

The song is: Technicolor Dreams by A Toys Orchestra

Love, Noralee