during my vacation, i stopped by the VA Beach Aquarium with my best friend. the both of us have wanted to go for over a year. since i was there, we took a little trip.

overall, the aquarium was a great experience, especially since it was my first time. towards the end of the trip, we came across a bird exhibit that had a chaotic display. from the materials within the set up, it was probably a bird or duck shop? it seems like a great guess from all the duck pictures inside the layout. oddly, there was no glass to separate the display from the visitors. instantly, i had a brilliant idea! let me walk you through my memory as represented by the pictures;

‘Hmm.. there’s no glass in this thing. OMG! This would make a great picture, Meshia. I’m going to climb in there somewhere and you can take the picture. Oh, look there’s a chair in there!

There’s not too many people here, so I’m sure I won’t get into trouble. I don’t see anyone around. Okay, I’m going in..

Okay, hurry and take the picture. Wait, I have to find a good pose firs… Oh. My. Gosh. Are those security guards? I am not moving. I am going to pretend like I am part of this duck shop exhibit. Wow, that worked? They just passed us.

Oh, yeah! I did it. This welcome pose should do.

Can you please back up a little bit and get the entire display with the words on top? Thanks.

in order to create the collage, i used photovisi. after several failed attempts to use flickr, photobucket and my instacollage app through my phone, i googled for a collage website and found photovisi. the pictures used in this collage was edited through the instacollage app in my phone. it was easier for me to edit that way and i wanted the consistency of the sizes of the pictures. after editing all five pictures, i sent them to my e-mail and uploaded them.

all of the pictures were taken by my iPhone 5.

    64 years later 

This couple started out meeting in their favorite stop on the way home from day care: the millkshake shop called Marko’s. As soon as they laid eyes on eachother they knew that they would be willing to share crayons. Years went on and they shared many things. Their first kisses, their first fight, their first loss when his grandma passed away and they stayed on the phone all night, their first run in with the cops when they got busted for under age drinking, their first apartment, their first home, their first baby, their first grandson. When asked whether or not she thought there couldve been someone else for her, the woman replied “Nobody couldve come close to what we had, we had a love for the ages. Im afraid his time here on earth is over, and I fear mine is over as well. We are ready to move on to the next step together.” She swiftly drank poison with a smile on her face and her soul mate’s cold hand in her hands. They lived their lives like they should have, they lived alive, they lived in love.

Young picture: http://weheartit.com/iammarkjoshua/collections/40503-cute-baby-couples

Old picture: http://s713.photobucket.com/user/swiftchick_123/media/pictures/olllllld.jpg.html

This before and after assignment originates from a two gif post (featuring popular Harlem Shake craze sweeping the internet) from my tumblr. I simply took a snapshot of each gif and put them side by side using Photoshop. It features a few of my favorite characters in lego form. Enjoy!