Life of Dakota

Ok, so what is up with all of the spam comments?

2010-02-17T01:48:00.002-06:00

Seriously. They aren't even links telling people to buy stuff.

These two were just on posts with only pictures in them. I barely said anything in the post.

"Easily I acquiesce in but I contemplate the brief should prepare more info then it has."

"Precisely, you are right"

These were in a post where I was jst rambling on about what I had done that week or whatever.

"my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ‘we leave it to you to decide’."

"Easily I agree but I dream the brief should acquire more info then it has."

"lifeofdakota.blogspot.com; You saved my day again."

Yeeeeah, it's really weird...

Dakota Miller Photography

2009-12-14T21:44:00.004-06:00

My photography business is finally up and running.
I just shot my friend's wedding, plus their engagements and bridal (pictures now online!).

You can see a lot of my work at www.dakotamillerphotography.com

Also check out my FaceBook fan page (link on my website)

Hannah Fall '09 - 1

2009-09-04T23:09:00.004-05:00

Click images for larger versions...

Lilly & Nate

2009-09-04T22:51:00.003-05:00

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Downtown - Aerial

2009-09-03T23:59:00.005-05:00

Click for larger versions...

Some Aerial shots from the top of a parking garage.

They were kinda boring, so I messed around with the color on some.

Dakota Miller Photography

2009-09-03T23:21:00.003-05:00

Coming soon, dakotamillerphotography.com!

Updates to the blog

2009-06-22T22:04:00.002-05:00

Yep! I've added a new theme to Life of Dakota.

I've also added music so be sure to turn your speakers up!

I should also mention that my brother, Elijah, just got a blog.

Jedi Boy

Designed by yours truly.

Downtown - Window

2009-06-22T22:00:00.002-05:00

This is at the courthouse, taken from the boardwalk across the street.

I love all the detail in old buildings, such as the carving on the window frame.

I think this was cropped from another photo.

Downtown - Doors

2009-06-22T21:54:00.002-05:00

You may have noticed this in the last post.
Some interesting colored doors on an old riverside building.

The original version.

Downtown - Little House on the Roof

2009-06-22T21:38:00.004-05:00

Here is a local landmark. The little house used to be painted pink, and it can be seen from I-20.
Last year it was remodeled, and painted grey.

Here is a slightly photoshopped version.

(Slightly...)

Texas - Video 1 - Rainforest Cafe

2009-04-26T12:16:00.005-05:00

Here is the first video from my trip to Texas a few weeks ago.

CHA Bowling March '09

2009-04-25T21:50:00.007-05:00

Here is the video me and Jonathan made from bowling in March.

I had some trouble with FaceBook and YouTube, so I uploaded it here.
http://www.youtube.com/DakotaTheCrazyGuy

CHA Family Fun Night March '09 Video

2009-04-25T19:06:00.008-05:00

So, I had this on FaceBook, but they removed it (something about copyrighted music. whatever). Then I uploaded it to YouTube where the audio was disabled. Now 'll try here.

http://youtube.com/dakotathecrazyguy

Well tha weekly blog idea worked wonderfully didn't it?

2009-03-21T14:35:00.002-05:00

Ok, How 'bout I just say I'll blog when I can?
Sound good?

Well, since nobody is reading this, ok then!

Instructions on How to Clean Your Toilet

2009-02-25T11:00:00.002-06:00

A short film by yours truly.

Jabba Eats Subway

2009-02-22T13:51:00.005-06:00

I made this a while back and thought I'd share it.

17th Birthday

2009-02-21T19:21:00.002-06:00

So yeah, I’m 17.
I normally just get money from my parents and go shopping so I can get what I want, so today we went to the park and let my lil’ bro play with some of his friends for a couple of hours, then we had lunch with three of his friends and their Mom at El Chili Verde, a local Mexican restaurant, so of course the waiters came out to sing happy birthday in Spanish and then in English and put a sombrero on my head.

We then went to the mall and I got a few shirts and a CD, I had to leave pretty quickly to go home and get ready for the movies.

Earlier in the week I had asked several of my friends if they wanted to go to the movies.
But of course this girl had her MONTH LATE birthday party on MY BIRTHDAY. So, after five friends said they were going there, and a couple more were out of town, my friend Jonathan said he could go.
So me and Jonathan saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was really funny, and was pretty good until the middle when it got kinda cheesy, and went down from there. Yet, it was still good. It’s hard to explain I guess.

Now I am sitting in my bed watching Rosie O’Donnell on The Late, Late Show while typing this on my laptop, and feeling reallllllly tired. So G’Night!

Now I’m seriously going to start blogging regularly

2009-02-19T19:20:00.001-06:00

Seriously.

So I’m hoping to post a weekly blog of stuff that’s happened that week, with some smaller posts in between that are centered around certain topics.

Now, if anyone is actually reading this: *ahem* OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I HAVE A READER!!!!!!!!
So, you can subscribe via the box on the top right corner of the page to see just how boring my life is, bookmark me so you can find me again easily, or close out this window and move on to another blog… Just know that if you choose the third option, I will track you down, tie you up, and force you to listen to an imaginary life story that I make up as I’m telling it. Don’t believe me? As you’ve been reading this I have tracked your IP and have your address, phone number, email, and a satellite image of your house.
You have been warned.

Welcome to Life of Dakota

Automatic doors make me feel like a Jedi...

2008-11-27T23:52:00.003-06:00

Well, not much has happened lately, yet, I have several things to blog about.
So in the next few days you will see new posts about our new van, our new puppies, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, my tree painting, and possibly more.

And if you haven't figured it out by now, the random quotes have noting to do with the actual blog...

Children are like tiny cab drivers; they smell and you can't understand them

2008-09-19T14:21:00.004-05:00

So, not much has been going on lately.

Just co-op classes. Chemistry... blech...

I'm taking Guitar, it's fun so far. I think my teacher will give me a simple song to learn next week.

I'm also taking art. I'm working on an oil painting of an oak tree.
The first week, while I was drawing it, Mrs. Lee asked me what kind of tree it was.
"Ummm... I don't know... An oak?" "I want you to work on it this week, and when you get here next week, I want you to tell me what kind it is."

Later that day, I passed her in the hall and she asked if I had decided what kind it was.
"It's a MAGICAL tree!" lol

The painting is comming along good. She is having me paint the sky without using any white, so the sky is a little dark... I'll post a pic later when the sky is %100 finished.

Whoever said "Nothing is impossible" never tried slamming a revolving door

2008-08-18T18:55:00.002-05:00

So, not much interesting has happened lately.

I finished Breaking Dawn exactly 24 hours after I bought it.
I'm currently reading A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray.

We recently got a Best Buy here in town so we went last week.
I got a laptop case and a program that lets me get ringtones and pics on our phones (yay!), and a laptop case. Dad got a battery/charger for his camera, and Mom got an iPod knockoff. :P (It's a Sony)

I also got season 1 of EUReKA on DVD. I'm dying for season 2, which is out on DVD, but I also want to get The Sims 2 Apartment Life expansion pack. I'm pretty sure it will be the last expansion pack and it has a lot of features I want. It comes out on the 26th of this month.

And then I want to get another Idina Menzel CD.
She is an amazing singer. I think she has 3 CDs out, the newest of which I have.
She is best known from her in the original cast of Wicked the musical as Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West) but she has been in other Broadway musicals including Rent.
She also stared in Disney's Enchanted as Nancy Tremaine (The main guy's girlfriend).

I am one of the web designers, along with my Mom and Uncle, for The Northeast Louisiana Christian Homeschool Association Co-op. www.nelcha.org So I've been pretty busy with all of that stuff.

And, that's about all I can think of at the moment.
More ramblings to come.

P.S. Looky! I added a new logo to the blog!

Vampires, Books, and Midnight Reading

2008-08-02T19:07:00.007-05:00

Today, is August 2nd.
Also known as the release of Breaking Dawn, the 4th and final book in the Twilight Saga.

And since my Mom is so wonderful, and my brother had no choice, she took me to the Midnight Release party at Books-A-Million! So I got to be one of the first in my town to get the book!

Ok, so it wasn't a "party". What little they did have planned started an hour late, and it was only a few trivia questions and a raffle. woohoo... :P

About 11:30 they had us all line up at the register to get the book at 12:01.
Thankfully, I was one of the first 10. The line wound all the way to from the registers, to the middle isle, and then looped back to the front of the store and out the door.

We all stared at our phones for 30 mins until it finally said 12:00 and just about everyone screamed "IT'S MIDNIGHT!!!" The line moved quickly since we all had vouchers for the book (Which I had bought that morning).

I had read online that there was gonna be a costume contest (There wasn't).
I didn't dress up, but there was this one girl who dressed up like Bella when Edward dragged her off to the prom (he insisted that she have as many human experiences as possible before he turned her into a vampire). The girl was wearing a blue prom dress, a high heel shoe on one foot, and on the other, a fake cast.

I did win a button that says "I was bitten by Breaking Dawn" and some stickers.

We went to Wal Mart afterwards, so i didn't get home until 2:00ish, and then I didn't get to read until 3:00 AM. I only read for an hour and forty five minutes... so until 4:45...
I wound up sleeping until 2:00 PM... Eight hours of sleep, but still, Two Freakin' O'clock?! Oh, well. I've been reading since about 3, and stopped at 6:30. I have to eat eventually.

And, in case anyone is wondering, THIS IS THE BEST OF THE FOUR BOOKS!!!
So much has happened, and I'm not even halfway done. Instead of naming it "Breaking Dawn", it should have been named the tittle of chapter nine: "Sure as Hell didn't see that coming". Far more appropriate.

Well, I need to visit some more sites before returning to see what more trouble Bella can get into.

Artistic Stuff

2008-07-11T19:20:00.005-05:00

Here are some of my favorite photos, paintings, and drawings.

Bayou Du Verte

There's no "I" in Team

Looking in...

Sunny and Violet

Peace on Earth

The Empire State

Elephants

CHA Graduation 2008

2008-07-06T19:21:00.003-05:00

This was a while back, But I decided to go ahead and blog it.

(Image may be pixelated. Click HERE to see the full version.)

As High school comes closer, and closer to ending, more and more of my friends are graduating.

This year, some of my good friends graduated. Katlyn, Stephanie, Morgan, and Emily. (Though I know almost all of the graduates.)

The ceremony was nice, all of the graduates walked down the isle and onto the stage.
Katlyn led everyone in the pledge of allegence,
Steph gave the opening speach,
Ned, Steph, and Julianna sang while Jenny played the piano,
Thewe was another speach,
We watched some videos that someone made of the graduates kind of interviewing them, and asking about their favorite high school moments, what they liked about homeschooling, etc.
Then, the parents came up and gave their chidren their diplomas.

Kind of hard to believe that I'll be up there soon.

All 7 images in the photograph were taken by me, and photoshoped together by me.

Simsahollic

2008-06-14T18:24:00.008-05:00

I am an obsessive player of The Sims 2. I mostly create stuff now (Sims, houses, and clothes/hair/object recolors) and I upload most of them to Mod The Sims 2, or to my site, Cartoon Sims.

I mostly make odd Sims based on cartoons or movies.
I have a lot of stuff I need to upload, but here are some of my most recent creations.

The Tipton Hotel (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on Disney Channel)
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company Scranton Branch (The Office on NBC and TBS)
Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast)
Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)
SpongeBob SimPants (The cast of Spongebob Squarepants and their houses)
Max Rebo (Leader of the Max Rebo band in Star Wars VI Return of the Jedi)
Sy Snootles (Member of the Max Rebo band in Star Wars VI Return of the Jedi)
The neighborhoods from The Sims 1
Elphaba Thropp - The Wicked Witch of the West (Based on Margaret Hamilton who played her in the Wizard of Oz, not Idina Menzel who played her in Wicked)
Shrek, Fiona, and children (Shrek 1, 2, and 3)
Billy, Mandy, and Grim (The Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy)
The wicked queen from Snow White
The old witch from Snow White
Phoebe and Ursala Buffay (Lisa Kudrow - Friends)
Cruella DeVill (101 Dalmatians)
Janis (Friends)
Margaret Hamilton (Actress from the 20s -50sish. She played The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz and Morticia's mother in The Addams Family(Not Grand-mama, that was Gomez and Fester's mom)
Nessarose Thropp (Wicked)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

I'm sure there's more...

Games: The Sims 2 Holiday Edition.
Expansion Packs:
University
Nightlife
Open for Business
Pets
Seasons
Bon Voyage
Free Time
Stuff Packs:
Glamour Life Stuff
Family Fun Stuff
Teen Style Stuff

All that's left for me to get is: H&M Fashion Stuff, Celebration Stuff, Kitchen and Bath Stuff, IKEA Stuff, and this fall, Apartment Life.

Then in Feburaryish, The Sims 3 comes out.
I'm kind of iffy about that. I want it, yet, I have so much done for TS2. Not sure if I want to start over with TS3.

New art/photo gallery

2008-04-27T23:06:00.003-05:00

I found out that flickr has a limit to how many pictures you can upload, so I moved to DevArt.

HERE is my new gallery.

Enjoy! And if you have an account there, leave some comments!

It's been a while...

2008-04-19T13:46:00.007-05:00

Over a month actually.

Lets see...

Elijah (my brother) is sick AGAIN!
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
He now has Strep Throat.

Last night was my homeschool group's Jr./Sr. banquet.
This year it had a medieval theme and most people dressed up in medieval costumes.
(I didn't bring my camera so I have to wait until someone posts some pics on FaceBook)
Since I'm a Sophomore, I got to be a server along with Molly, Kelsie, Gary, and Billy.
We helped our chef, Mrs. June, in the kitchen helping fix salads and put the meal together on the plates.

My night went something like this:

At 6:00, my ride picked me up.
At 6:30 we arrived.
Then I started clearing off a counter and laying out the salad plates onto it.
Afterwards, all five of the servers went out and gave everyone their glasses.
Then, me, Billy, and Gary set up sort of an assembly line fixing the salads while Molly and Kelsie fixed everyone's drinks. Then Molly came and put the dressing on the salads.
Once that was done, and all 41 salads were completed, we began taking them to the tables.
Once we served all of the salads, we realised that our guest speaker (who was sitting apart from everyone else) didn't have a glass or a salad so I rushed back to the kitchen, grabbed a glass, put some ice in it and snatched the salad stuff from the fridge and quickly put it together and took it to him.
After their salads, there was a couple of contests. So the servers get a break, right? haha No.
We were all in the kitchen in an assembly line butting the food on the plates.
Then, the contests were over so Billy and Gary started taking plates out so it was only me, Molly, and Kelsie fixing plates. I was going back and forth putting the chicken and corn on the plates, Molly was putting rice and gravy on the plates, and we kept messing up forgetting to add one thing or another. Kelsie sprinkled some pecans on top of the chicken. She apparently can't multi-task. :P
Then, when Gary and Billy had served all of the plates, and everyone was eating, we got to take a five minute break and eat! Yay!
It was so hot in the kitchen, especially with 7 people in there, so we went outside to eat.
While we were eating, some of the people got up to dance (there were two people there showing them how to dance).
It was fun to watch, but they just kept going, and going, and going, and going, and going...
Mr. Danny wondered if they were supposed to dance until all but one group had passed out and they would be the winners. lol
Then, everyone returned to their seats and we started taking their plates.
While that was happening, Molly was in the kitchen putting slices of cheesecake onto plates.
Once we got all of the dessert ready, we put them on a table outside the kitchen, but since it wasn't quite time for them to eat it, Gary had to guard the cheesecake. lol
Then they were finally allowed to eat their dessert and all of the servers were in the kitchen helping clean up.

Finally it was over. The Jr.s and Sr.s were having their pictures taken.
And so all of the servers got a picture taken, too.

Then Mom came to help clean up. Ugh, I wanted to go home sooooooo bad. My feet were killing me from standing up so long. But, we helped put up plates, sort out the silverware, and put the glasses back in boxes. But Elijah was feeling bad, so Mom decided to leave early.

This morning we took him to the doctor and found out he has Strep Throat.

I had a lot of fun last night, but I am so glad I am a Jr. next year, and won't be a server. lol
I haven't got a chance to talk to any on the Jr.s or Sr.s today so I don't know how their side of the kitchen wall was.

New Photography

2008-03-15T16:53:00.004-05:00

Here is some of my newest photography.
These and more will be added to my flickr account tonight or tomorow.

TV on DVD

2008-03-06T14:17:00.004-06:00

In my house, we only have satalite in out living room and my parents bedroom.
In my room I only have regular TV, and the chances of ME getting to watch what I want are smaller than my chihuahua's brain. lol

So I buy TV seasons to watch.

I started with my Mom buying several seasons of Alias.

And I keep getting more.

I have watched:
Alias
Dinotopia (1)
Smallville (1-6)
Alias (1-5)
Scrubs (1-6)
Psych (1)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (1)
Friends (1-2)
The Office (1-3)

All of the shows I watch don't have another season comming out until this Fall, so I'm watching Friends. I have watched seasons 1-2 and I'm getting season 3 soon.

At Target, seasons of Friends are only $19.99 while at F.Y.E., they are $34.99!

I like Crime shows (C.S.I., Numb3rs, Bones, Cold Case, etc) but I don't think I could stand to watch a whole season of them. :P

I think that I'm going to buy Season 1 of My Name is Earl soon.
I just saw that on TBS the other day and I LOVED it!

Thiss Fall when the seasons are released on DVD, I'm buying:
Smallville (7)
Scrubs (7)
Pushing Daisies (1)
Psyche (2)
The New Adventures of Old Christiene (2)
The Office (4)

Not all at once, but I AM gettig them all by Mayish. lol

Sick Update

Elijah is out of the hospital!
He and Mom are at Target getting perscriptions (And season 3 of Friends. lol)
They will be home soon. (Back to the insaity of my house).

Well, I managed to get out of the Social Studies Fair!

2008-03-03T12:33:00.004-06:00

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

I have been dreading this for months.
I either haven't had time to work on it, or when I do have time, I'm sick and don't feel like it.

And sincle it's FRIDAY and I have hardly anything done, Moms letting me skip it.
Now if I can just do the same for Jr. year and Sr. year, it'll be great. lol

Sick Update:

Elijah is still in the hospital. He is feeling better today though, so he should hopefully be home soon.

Yesterday, I started feeling soooooooo much better. I was only caughing, and then only when I talked a lot.

Today, I feel about the same so hopefully I'm getting better too.

Happy Leap Year!

2008-02-29T16:22:00.004-06:00

HaPpY lEaPyEaR!!!

Sick Update:

Me and my brother went to the doctor today.
I got some more meds.
My brother is in the hospital for the weekend. Hopefully he will get better.

Every time I get better, he gets me sick again. :P

Will update later.

Sick

2008-02-28T19:39:00.004-06:00

UGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

We keep getting sick!

My brother has been sick on and off for 27 days!
Tuesday, Dad decided that me and him should go play golf.
On a cold, wet, rainy, windy golf course.

So I'm sick again! yay...

Man I feel horrible.
I'm going to the doctor tomorow.
Maybe I'll get better soon.

Social Studies Fair - Louisiana Myths and Legends

2008-02-23T21:04:00.007-06:00

Once again, I am going to be in my homeschool group's Science and Social Studies fair. (yay...)

Last year, my project was on The Black Plague and I won third place.

This year, I'm doing Louisiana Myths & Legends.

Hopefully I'll be able to cover: The Honey Island Swamp Monster, Voodoo, Marie LaVeau, Jean Lafitte, Louisiana Vampires, Louisiana Indian myths, and Louisiana Zombies.

I have two weeks left and I only have info for Jean Lafitte, Marie LaVeau, and The Honey Island Swamp Monster. YIKES!

Last year, Paige won first place with her project on Wedding Planning,

Nathaniel won second place with his project on NATO,

and I won third place with my project on The Black Plauge.

More information to come!

Wish me luck!

Sweet 16

2008-02-22T23:24:00.006-06:00

I'm finally 16!

Tuesday night, me and my family went to Olive Garden.
There were two other people who had birthdays there also.
I like to have died every time the waiters and waitresses started singing.

This is the second year in a row that I have gotten $100 from my parents to spend on my birthday.That, plus the $20 I had been saving, the $80 from relatives, and a $50 gift card to American Eagle a friend gave me, I had $250 to blow.

So, Wensday (My birthday) I woke up feeling kinda sick, and my brother has been sick for a while so we wound up spending half of the day at the doctor's office.

That evening, I went to the Mall and Target.
I got two pairs of jeans from... Somewhere... , two shirts from American Eagle (Only two shirts were $55! That place is so expensive, but they hardly have anything... I'm a Wal Mart / Target shopper ), a new pair of shoes (I think the dog tried to eat mine...), season 3 of "The Office" on DVD, season 1 of "Psych", a CD/DVD/book shelf rack stand thingy, a Trisha Yearwood CD... And I think that's it...

I still have $50ish left.

Afterwards, I went to IHOP and had the "Vive La French Toast" (With a side order of hash browns. I loooooooove hash browns). YUM!

Thursday, my Homeschool group has these classed that some of us go to.
Practically everyone (even little kids that I don't know) told me happy birthday. lol

Today me and Dad went to see "The Spiderwick Chronicles". It was... ok...Nick/Paramount changed a lot of stuff. It had the basic storyline of the books. The same beginning (Kinda) and the very end was the same. Other than that... They wrote their own middle.

And the acting could have been better, but it was still a good movie though.