i am loved

Remember The Bow, and I'll be there

be still, and know that i am.

august is over

there air is still and i'm reminded of late summer when everything was vacant and it was just me, myself and i and the whisper of a distant and almost unreachable hope dancing in the late shadows of an August evening when everything was green and the air was warm and heavy.

sometimes i feel like i could just reach outside my window and touch that day; when the sun streamed warm and my skin glowed with it's stain.

it is winter now.

and the light is too bright, reflecting off of the old layers of snow and bouncing inside of my room, casting sharp shadows in sharp angles across the walls. Creased papers lay besides me and I often turn to look at the words, carefully scribbled in neat rows. I just want to slip in between the lines, because I know i will find you there, waiting between our names that you spelled out with the tip of your pen.

Just for a moment, i can feel whole again.

i'm ready to get out of this lonely town. 

happiness is the photo booth game

trying to cross our eyes:

classic:

and long letters from my best friend, good days at work, cancelled classes and new music.

I saw you in Narnia

and i am missing you today.

Dialects and other things!

Say these words:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
Now answer these questions:

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you say to address a group of people?

What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

What do you call your grandparents?

What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

What is the thing you change the TV channel with?


Meet my roomie, Symone and hear her Washington accent here!
Meet my wonderful friend, Alexandra (who is a fantastic photographer and writer) and hear her Cali/England accent here!
And you can hear her sister, Moorea (who is a super awesome artist and musician) here!

oh and, for your entertainment, here are the bloopers from trying to do this v-log.
my mac had a major meltdown and my roommate makes me laugh way too much to be serious or to think clearly.

I can't wait to go home.

Five semesters in a row is quite enough of school for me for a while. This semester is like pulling teeth. Don't get me wrong, I'm in love with my classes (especially my photography and romantic lit ones) and I'm really enjoying my job on campus, but my brain just feels super run down. Five semesters in a ROW! AH! Granted, I only have three ish left, but I need a break. for reals.

I'm looking forward to this next year, starting off with the long drive across the country in my Cazz machine with my Daddy. The upcoming knee replacement is very daunting and scary, but I'm trying to focus on the after math of all of the pain and work that will come with it. And China. Oh man, the more I think about how this time, next year, I hopefully will be teaching English to little kids in China, the more motivated and determined I feel to get through this semester and work through my knee replacement and save up money so I can have a part in the service abroad known as ILP!

But for now, I gotta stay focused on school and my shorter goals. Continue to eat healthy, stick to the work out schedule, budget my money, get good grades, write to my missionary, be a good roommate, stay active in my ward and fulfill my calling, volunteer at the kitty shelter and improve my photography and piano playing. I am really liking the direction my life is going in right now. I like staying focused and trying to improve small things in my life that will hopefully make me a better person in the long run.

Getting ready to go to a ward activity, then working on my mid-term essay for my lit class. Tomorrow is church, superbowl sunday and GLEE! Gonna be a super busy week with mid-terms and everything, but I'm trying to stay focused.

Oh and remember how I blogged about that new musician, Ron Pope? Well, not only am I pretty much in love with his music, I'm in love with his Pandora Station. Just sayin.

I'm volunteering at the Kitty Shelter

look at these precious babies that I get to work with. They are all full of so much lovin' and need homes. It makes me sad that I can't give them homes, but it's still nice to spend time helping out the people who care for this cutsie faces.

also. I'm in love with photography and my new camera. 

kitties, pictures, and reassuring letters from my missionary.

good day.

c.s. lewis

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else.

i'm lost about this.

i just want you to reach back to me. I don't know what more I can do to be accepted by you. I'm really not that bad of a person. I understand that you have your reservations, but i'm gonna be around for a while. i'm not making any promises, but i plan on being in this for the long haul. it would be really great if i wasn't under the assumption that you hate me.

i'm really trying.