here we go again

Today i also had the chance to meet a really important guy in the music industry, thanks to my amazing dad (his ability to talk to a brick wall comes in handy sometimes). Having lunch with him and his precious wife, who's a songwriter, opened my eyes and really gave me inspiration and encouragement about doing what i love... writing and performing my music. Maybe one day my music and voice will be on the radio haha im crossing my fingers.

I spent the majority of today packing up everything to move back into the dorms. and when i say everything, i mean EVERYTHING. geez, i have too much stuff. its really bittersweet that the summers already ended. it went by so unbelievably fast, i can't believe it.

As cliché as it is, i honestly think this was the best summer so far. so many hilarious memories and adventures were made this summer. i have the best friends and am so lucky.

Now that school starts again on Monday with a bright and early 8 am class, wooo... I've gotta get back into the school and whole using-my-brain-thing mode. I'm so excited about this year, partially cause i finally picked a major i'll enjoy, but also because im rooming with one of my best friends, and sisters, and cant wait to get back into dorm and greek life. I know it sounds silly, but i honestly have done a lot of growing up this summer. Part of it was forced, which was rough but im SO thankful it happened, and the other part i think came cause of the point that im at in my life. Spending the summer at home with my best friends from highschool has been amazing. I also feel like i got a lot closer with my mom and dad this summer. My mom and i argue and bicker just like every other mother/daughter duo out there, probably because we're both extremely stubborn and hard-headed, but i'm glad i got to spend some quality time with her and make some memories.

Moving on and going into a new school year, im anxious to see how everything plays out. Im going to keep writing and playing like i did all summer, and see where that takes me. I can't wait until the first opportunity to play at school. :) I'm gonna try to keep up with blogging, its a good venting tool and stress reliever for me haha and a way to creep on my best friends that go to schools in different states (thats you hales and abjones615.. :) )

life is beautiful

it was a beautiful day today, and it wasnt blistering hot for a change, so i decided to take out my camera and go a little photo happy. i absolutely love my major :) ... & it helps that i have a willing and very photogenic best friend to model for me too haha.

&& pictures of little places in my hometown...

technology

yesterday randomly my phone decided to be difficult and not receive or make calls. texting screwed up too and i wasnt at home, therefore i was completely stranded and without any connection to the world of facebook, twitter, and my friends. haha sounds oh so terrible, right.

well it got me thinking how way to dependent i am on my phone and laptop. it was honesty kinda hard for me to go a full day without any communication with the outside world. its kind of sad how dependent some people are on their blackberries and computers, but hey, im one of them. this is just a short and sweet random rant post but i figure almost everyone can relate to the clutch technology has on our generation.

La vita va avanti

la vita va avanti. life goes on.

recently ive been thinking, well reminiscing, about the past. i'm not one to say i regret things, because at one point in my life i wanted it. i hold memories close and dear, the good ones as well as the tough ones. i cherish the friends ive been blessed to continue close relationships with, and those who've drifted away. i was talking to my mother the other day about life and all of its changes. i dont give her enough credit for the advice and wisdom she gives me, haha probably without even knowing it.

the past year has been a liberating one for me, yet its had its utterly terrifying moments. leaving home, my family, and the majority of my close friends, being thrown into a completely new rhythm, and having to make decisions solely by myself was overwhelming to say the least. but extremely exhilarating. those difficult moments i could not have gotten through without my beloved friends, so i thank them again for that.

"growing up" sure has come quite fast and the more independent of a person i grow into be, the more i realize it is the people i surround myself with, learn from, and listen to, that shapes me into the person i am becoming. ive had so many worries in my life, what is the right school for me, what to do with the rest of my life and what i want my career to be. finally feeling like a lightbulb has gone off in my head, and i can actually breathe and be excited about starting classes again in a few weeks is such a relief. its funny to think that i never considered design as a possible career for me; ive been obsessed with art since i was a little girl and took every possible class having to do with it in highschool.

this is kind of a rambling post, mainly me expressing a bunch of jumbled emotions ive had running through my head the past couple of days. i guess my point, well points, of this post are to express how grateful i am for my friends and to acknowledge my new found sense of self. the confidence and sureness i feel about my future and hopefully, everything will work itself out the way God has planned it to.

to the best people in the world. my friends.

"Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest... It's about who came, and never left your side."

"We all lose friends.. we lose them in death, to distance and over time. But even though they may be lost, hope is not. The key is to keep them in your heart, and when the time is right, you can pick up the friendship right where you left off. Even the lost find their way home when you leave the light on."

"Never explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it"

"You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your friends"

"A simple friend thinks the friendship over when you have an argument. A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight."

"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

" The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

like everyone, ive gained friends and drifted apart from others, but i believe everything, no matter how much it hurts at the time, happens for a reason. God has blessed me so much with the people He's put in through my life. i take comfort in the notion that no matter what i do, i know i have a support group of people who are there for me, encouraging me, and genuinely caring for me. though i admit i may take those special people for granted at times, i love them to death. when it comes to the friends ive grown apart from, i still care for them and wish them the best, but i know they were put in my life, and taken out, for a reason. maybe to make me a stronger, more independent, and wiser person, but whatever the reason, im grateful and cherish the time we spent together; the lessons they taught me, whether they knew it or not, and the memories i have because of them. it breaks my heart when i know ive grown apart from a friend but just like the old saying goes, "when one door closes, another opens," i'm thankful and grateful for the new, or old, amazing people that come into my life. the AMAZING people im still close to and can call my best friends, i love you. without you i wouldnt be the person i am. you teach me how to be a better person, how to strive for what i want in life, and how to be compassionate and an excellent friend to the other people i will encounter in life. whether i tell you or not, every awkward moment we share, every hilarious memory we make, every time you pick me up when im down, thank you. ive realized through the past that friendship isnt a big thing, its a million little things. i love you.

INCEPTION

wow.

i went to see Inception tonight with mi madre and oh my gosh, it might be the most complex, confusing, intriguing, frustrating, on the edge of my seat movie, mind-boggling movie i have EVER seen. it was unbelievably good. in still saying 'what' outloud. i was actually surprised at how good it was cause of all the hype it had going before it premiered but dang, it was awesome. yes, it was like 3 hours long but the time flew by cause i literally could not look away from the screen. the cast was really good together and i still can't believe that someone sat there and thought of the concept of this movie in the detail that they did. it still blows my mind.

ive always been a leo fan :) (titanic kinda got me hooked on him)

and Joseph Gordon-Levitt from 500 days of summer, so attractive and just keeps getting better looking every time i see him. and hes a pretty darn good actor too.

and not to mention i can't believe how well Ellen Page did in this movie. from Juno to Whip it to Inception, shes got quite an acting range.

plus there were some other characters that were brilliant and pretty funny too. one in particular caught my attention, haha i wonder why...

i swear i could make my living being a movie critic with all the movies i go too... maybe i should consider that.... anyways, i give Inception a 10. i would totally go pay and see it again. cant wait until it comes out on dvd!

'the notebook' kinda mood

i dont know why but the last day or two ive been in the mood to watch the notebook. i guess because i havent seen it in a really long time, and i love rachel mcadams and ryan gosling, aaaaaaand i keep finding all these pictures and quotes from it. even though i give in and cry at the end of the movie, no matter how many times i watch it, i still love it. i thought these pictures were so cute so hope you like them too.

LOVE

"if you're a bird, i'm a bird."