my latest ideas

Lately I have some big ideas. Pretty rad ones actually. Some would say unreasonable-----butttttt just as I told my dad the other night "Haters gonna hate." ha (btw he just stared at me with that "where did you come from?" kind of look.)

Idea #1: Buy a motorcycle (preferably a small one) for me to cruise to work on in the summer! It's perfect because my car is literally parked 14 hours a day AND I don't have to go over 30 MPH to get to work. *also i can just picture my beachy hair flying behind me with the warm summer sun on my face. 

aww summer

this picture is seriously my fav

Idea #2: Convert people to love the song "Friends in Low Places" as much as I do.
srrrsly when I meet someone who shares the same passion as I do for that song, I'll KNOW it's meant to be.

Idea #3: I want to go to the local DI and buy as may high waisted jeans as possible. don't freak out yett.I'm going to cut them into vintage shorts for me to live in this summer. fancy eh?

Idea #4: Train for a Triathalon. I have always wanted to do it and I think this fall is the perfect time.

Luckily I have a good (muscular) Friend who has agreed to work out with me like crazy this summer. He's a little bit stronger and faster than me, but hopefully I can keep up.

Idea #5: Never reactivate my Facebook. I know this seems crazy but the past month has been so nice without it. I am literally DREADING getting back on. maybe i should take that as a sign?

Okay well that is where I will stop for today. but don't worry, my summer bucket list is soon to come!!
(& that's something to be excited about.)

a poem for the day

Ever since I read the Outsiders in 8th grade I have loved the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. I came across it a few days ago and I was surprised to see the different meaning the poem has to me now.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf,

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day

Nothing gold can stay.

Robert Frost

This poem reminds me to enjoy everything about my life. nothing lasts forever. The golden times in my life will eventually fade and I will  have to find a new definition for the word golden. The things I treasure today may be gone tomorrow- and that is why I need to make the most of everything. No moment lasts quite long enough and I think that is a hard lesson to learn.

weekend at the lake

A weekend at Bear lake in a cabin right on the beach=the perfect way to end a semester. The weather was perfect. The people were great. We laughed until 530 in the morning, so I would say it was a success. We rode home with windows down and our hair flying everywhere. We listened to our favorite songs and i think it's finally hitting me: I am starting to smell the carefree scent of summer. and i couldn't be happier.

 It's times like these that make me want to stay right here, at this age forever.

20 things

1. I write everything down in my planner. if it's not written down, i won't do it.
2. I can't stand to not have my toe nails painted.
3. I have an obsession with anchors.(slash anything nautical)
4. I'm definitely a beachy/summer kind of girl. (duh.)
5. I am  more friendly to strangers than to acquaintances.
6. for some reason i identify my dark hair with grief. and my light hair with happiness.
7. it's hard for me to sit still during movies.
8. I'm not a fan of chocolate.
9. i want to live somewhere where it is summer all year round.
10. I have very vivid and specific dreams that most of the time i remember.
11. i have abnormally large pupils. they are almost always dilated and no one know why.
12. i like the feeling of getting drenched from the rain.
13. i don't like Facebook. and don't even have one at the moment.
14. i will own my very own motorcycle someday. and ride around the whole u.s.
15. My awkwardness is what draws people in.
16. sunsets always make me reminisce the past.
17. i procrastinate writing papers until the night before almost always. and somehow usually pull out a good grade.
18. I have to be at least 7 minutes early to all of my classes. Walking in late is disrespectful in my eyes.
19. i make my bed every.single.morning. without fail.
20. my style= aztec/bohmeian/hippie also random side note:i haven't worn a pair of jeans that weren't skinny jeans in a year.

my favorite lyrics today

I go through stages with favorite lyrics. but today, a few stick out to me. I have this weird thing where I always have to pick out my favorite phrase from a song. it's kind of a disease, buttt it really helps me remember lyrics.

"I got soul, but I'm not a soldier."-the killers

"Keep your head still, i'll be your thrill. the night will go on, my little windmill."-blink 182

"And even though she moved away we always get calls from our daughter. She has eyes just like her father, they are blue when skies are gray. and just like him she never quits. never takes a day for granted."-FUN

"the smoke sank into my skin, so i came outside to be with you. we talked all night about everything you could imagine. cuz come the morning i'll be gone. and as our eyes start to close, i turn to you and i let you know. that i love you."-the format

"then my gypsy life started taking it's toll. and the fast lane got empty and out of control."-Toby Keith

"I'm gonna burn for you, you're gonna melt for me."-Garret Hudland

"color the coast with your smile. i'ts the most genuine thing i've ever seen,"-Dashboards

"The more i see the less i know, the more i'd like to let it go".-Red Hot Chili Peppers

"So read your books but stay out late. sometimes. sometimes. "-JAcks Mannequin

"'I'm just a summer girl, I wear my flip flops and when i let my hair down, that's when the party starts. who needs a boyfriend? I got my girlfriends and when we get together.. the summer never ends."-Leighton Meester


p.s Have I mentioned i like QUITE the variety of music?

california dreamin

Last week I was explaining/whining to my parents about how badly i wished i was still in California. and kindly began begging them to take the fam on a trip there this summer. maybe for a week or two. 

sadly, my convincing just wasn't enough. But my dad DID find me a song to listen to on You-Tube. 

that generous man. 

it was called California dreamin' by the Mamas and Papas. 

all week i have hummed that song. it's pretty rad.

 I'm not sure what it is about the golden state that calls to me so much. 

maybe the warm weather? the sun? the beach? the hustle and bustle? the unique stores all around? the people to see? the palm trees or the salty air? Maybe it's because i want to be a surfer. or because multiple people have told me I look like i should live in California. (not sure what that exactly entails, but I'll take it.) 

All i know is that it's been exactly a month since i was there and i am more than ready to go back.
pretty sure i have a gypsy soul. 

It's a strange feeling really..to be so sure you belong somewhere different than where you are. 

sometimes it's frustrating. but other times I just have to say to myself "all in due time."

ha this video just cracks me right up. except I'm pretty sure i have the same clothes as the girl on the left. that's embarrassing.

scenes from 4/12/2012

just at a lil cafe band performace

Happy birthday to me

Dinner @ Cafe Sabor with 3 of my bestest friends

 

hi i'm twenty years old

What better way to celebrate a b-day than a lil karaoke??

 

We sang "Good bye Earl" and I hate to be cocky but we were crowd pleasers.

I couldn't have asked for a better 20th birthday. I have the greatest friends in the world. they're pretty crazzzy. annnnnd 20 is feeling pret-ty wonderful. (but i'll probably always be a teenager at heart.)

nineteen.

nineteen is a solid age. 

after tomorrow I'll never say the words "I'm nineteen" ever again.

that makes me feel melancholy. 

I hope twenty is just as wonderful as nineteen was.

or just my teenage years in general. 

i can't believe they are already over.

i hope the adventures don't stop.

I'm sure i'll look back one day and think "those were the best days of my life." 

because this far they really are.

i loved being a teenager. 

I'm dreading turning twenty years old.

end of story.

swinging on my last day being a teen

"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."