my first attempt at combining a drawn something with a typed something, '07

oh, it really wasn't my intention

to disregard convention

it was just an impulse

that had to be obeyed.

i’ve been listening to ella fitzgerald all night and reading way into things. her music makes me contemplative, happy, and a little sad all at once.

well, only the slightest bit sad. as you guys can probably read from my blog posts, stories, poetry, etc... i’m a big ol’ sap. it just reminds me that all i want is someone to snuggle up to and croon her songs to, someone who won’t run away at the prospect of watching a spanish film (followed by a jason segel film or two, or three..) and maybe drink some bourn vita (i can settle for hot chocolate) in the process.

it never lasts long though. just long enough for me to blog about it and then realize it’ll happen soon enough but still be embarrassed about hitting the button “publish” after choosing the perfect picture to go along with the post.

i keep thinking about how much i’m going to miss all my friends next year. 

i’m a junior this year. most of my friends are seniors. three years ago i started college classes. i came in with 32 relevant credit hours. i could’ve been graduating with them too. i’m thankful i’ve decided to stick it out for the full four, though i can’t help but wonder what it’d been like if i didn’t try and change my mind last year.  

little known fact: my dream job would be to become a wine label maker, a teen short story writer, a pastry chef, and an art history professor all in one. since that isn’t exactly a specific job or anything, i’ll have to settle with helping people. which, as it turns out, is something i kinda like doing. 

i want to take a year off anyway, though. just to see everything i’ve been studying. that’d be amazing. even things i haven’t studied. foreign things. like the rest of asia, for instance. or maybe finally just visit europe. the continent i know so much about yet have never, ever visited for longer than a 5 hour stay at an airport.  

all that aside though, i’d give anything to just be in india for an extended period of time with ten empty notebooks, a copy of the gita, and my iPod. we’ll see if that can happen soon enough. for now, i’m settling for a glorious combination of:

ella (as stated previously), ray lamontagne, d’angelo, bilal, nat king cole, matt costa, select coldplay b-sides and a blank TextEdit page.

whatever made us do it
say, aren't you kind of glad we did?

bought some of this today.

here's to hoping the tattoos last longer than the flavor.

still delicious for those three minutes, though!

the lady who lives below me got into a ridiculous fight with her boyfriend last night at 2 am. i want to tell her i have to share a window with her and her ridiculousness and i have biology to worry about, but i don't think i'll ever man up enough to do so.  today was my first biology test and i don't know how i felt about it. i studied a certain way this time that i may not put into practice next time. honestly though, i'm starting to read the material already in order to ensure a 100 on this next one. there's no reason not to do well in a class like this, especially with the kind of time on my hands nowadays.

as unexciting as that last paragraph was, i'm super stoked about my newest babysitting endeavour. the baby is too adorable for words, and even though i was frustrated and stressed out today... i couldn't help but smile and laugh while i played with her for an hour.  she's a darling, and didn't really fuss at all. i think my tuesdays are going to be really awesome from here on out.

i hope people had fun on saturday. i'm so thankful that everyone showed up and dressed up and were all just really awesome in general. honestly, i couldn't have asked for a better turn out.