First of all, I want to express my gratitude to everyone who've been faithful followers/readers/lurkers of Chiarashine.com. I really appreciate all of the sweet comments and support you guys give, it's extremely encouraging and you don't know how much I appreciate it when I come home to find comments in my email, or when I run into a friend and they're like "Heyy, I was reading your blog the other day!" It really pulls me up :D Thank you all, I truly appreciate it!!

And now for a short rant....
I've totally been slacking as a blogger...
I realized that this 365 project is limiting me as a blogger. I want to post, but there are so many things that I haven't posted so I feel like I need to get them up first. Then, I feel overwhelmed by having to work on all of the posts -- and then I feel bad that I am spending so much time on a hobby instead of schoolwork, and then I abandon my project for the time being because it is just too much for me-- which then, ends up with my list of things to do getting longer and longer. *deep breath* I don't think that this should be the reason why I am not blogging. Anyways, while the project is not going away, I will be posting pictures whenever I feel like it. They might be in chronological order, or they might not. And there will be photographs outside of the projects too. I originally began this blog to document tidbits of my life, but then I got into beauty blogging, and then everything I posted had to be beauty this beauty that... then it became all about my 365 project... I felt like I was stuck! It;s all way too limiting though! So from now, on, expect Chiarashine.com to be a lot more personal... starting... NOW!

This picture is called "After the Rain"


It has been raining nonstop this week but the weather finally cleared up today. I love coming out from being indoors and finding new green.... it feels especially wonderful because the grass in Davis is usually yellow and dry. It was like spring today, except in winter... haha

Till later,
-Chiara

PS: A short update on my life... I have a concussion... It happened last week at practice... I'm okay, it's only a mild/moderate concussion... and usually I'm fine. Just these waves of headache, dizziness, and nausea are really really annoying. Should go away within a couple of months, says the doc. I think it's all pretty lame.