December 2011
2 posts
October 2011
9 posts
I seek images that don’t exist.
Don’t ask what the meaning of life is.
Define it.
“The only three things a guy should want to change about his girl are her last...”
– Kid Cuti
I love October. It’s like the Saturday of months.
that city glow
Darkened side street hides the recessed doorway that sweeps us in from the cold. And we climb three flights of stairs to get to the brick-built, wood-floored, 1950s Downtown loft that’s hosting a gallery for two local baristas who serve Starbucks coffee as a day-job and capture memories in the form of photographs as a passion. The room is quietly buzzing with life when we walk in, and...
To Dream Gallery- The Details →
September 2011
5 posts
Intelligence
From a young age, everyone is told certain things about the way the world works and about the so-called path to success. Before we’re even old enough to form our own opinions regarding the right track, several specific ideas are usually already engrained into our minds. For me, it went something like this: in order to have an accomplished life, I needed to do well in school. To do well in school,...
silent song.
Sometimes I worry that I’ve forgotten how to write.
honest optimism.
Relationships are hard work. Know this and fall in love anyway.
Believe me: it’s worth it.
free popcorn.
I realized something today:
I learn so much more outside of school
than I ever do within the four walls of a classroom.
about myself
about my friends
about my family
about my values
about my heart
about my passions
about love
about life
about who I am and who I want to become.
This is what my $30,000 college education is revealing to me.
And I am so incredibly grateful.
August 2011
5 posts
shutterbug.
Check out the photography website of my incredibly talented friend Courtney Breyer! She’s a phenomenal photographer located here in Colorado Springs and her work is amazing! This weekend, she has set up an unbelievable photo shoot for me and my boyfriend Josh in Manitou Springs and Graffiti Falls! We could not be more excited! :)
Her business website is http://courtneybee.net/ (and...
“Couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as...”
– Dr. Cox, Scrubs
old suit new suit.
It’s weird thinking about the passage of time. Did you ever notice that, when you were little, you just couldn’t wait to grow up? You’d get anxious for time to pass because it always seemed to be moving so
s l o w l y. Then there comes a place, a moment, an age…when the sands turn. Suddenly, you don’t have to wait: you are grown up. You’re not a little kid....
The Bachelorette, Episode 10 Recap: The Men Tell...
I’d like to start this recap by listing three things I learned while watching The Bachelorette: the Finale Part 1: the Men Tell All: Not without My Bentley Drama: Lifetime Movie Title Edition:
1) Ashely pronounces her last name of Hebert not like “Heh-bert” but like “Air-bay.”
2) The Men Tell All is a huge misnomer for this episode; a better title would have been “The Men Acknowledge...
July 2011
8 posts
The Bachelorette, Episode 9 Recap: The Suite Life
Can you believe it, guys? We’ve made it to fantasy suite week. It’s amazing to see how far this “journey” has taken our fair Bachelorette. After two months of globetrotting, fresh-starting, bang-flipping, lip-biting, rose-giving, awkwardness, flirty-ness, insecurity, and overarching “dot-dot-dot”-related drama, Ashley has finally narrowed her charming band of suitors down to three. Things are...
passports and promises.
I’m planning something big, guys. Stay tuned…
The Bachelorette, Episode 8 Recap: Meet the...
Well, we’re almost there, ya’ll. Mere weeks ago, we watched as twenty-five “eligible” bachelors emerged like circus performers from their clown cars (or their limos, if you care about things like accuracy and pretention) and sauntered over to Ashley with gimmicks a-plenty, the better to catch her eye or completely freak her out. We had guys telling corny jokes and trying out cheesy pick up lines;...
it's really quite simple:
find what makes you happy
and find who makes you happy.
and that’s it.
you’ll be set.
i promise.
every little heartbeat, every little breath.
Living is a form of not being sure; of not knowing what’s next. Occasionally we can make decisions based on logic and fact. But most of the time, life expects us to take chances. We’re required to make choices running on nothing but feeling and faith. Put simply: we guess. Sometimes it pays off. Other times, we may be completely wrong. It’s a gamble; a risk. But we take...
Dear Life,
Sometimes you’re really challenging. But most of the time you make me stronger. Sometimes you’re really confusing. But most of the time you give me the answers. Sometimes you’re really cloudy. But most of the time you have a silver lining. Sometimes you’re really stormy. But most of the time there is a rainbow. Sometimes you’re really hard. But I love you. All of...
The Bachelorette, Episode 7 Recap: Finding the...
After a one week reprieve from everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure show, the Bachelorette is back and in fine form, and this power train stopped at every tourist destination in Dramaville on Monday night’s episode, with lengthy detours though Insecurity Valley, Cry Town, Jealousy Avenue, and the Boulevard of Broken Hearts. I bet you thought I was going to say “…of Broken Dreams” but PSYCH, I...
I Bet the Germans Have a Word for this...
It’s an impossible definition I can’t seem to place. But it nonetheless describes this wordless emotion I’m feeling:
Do you ever feel like, oh…I don’t know. Like you’re longing for something that’s already yours?
A Decidedly Un-Topical Post about Train's "Hey,...
Train has a song called “Hey, Soul Sister” that was all the rage a few summers back. For most of us, as time went on, the song underwent the natural progression of pop hits that are played on the radio:
1) You hear the song for the very first time and think to yourself, “Wow, this song is pretty awesome!”
2) Every time the song comes on the radio from that point onward,...
The Bachelorette, Episode 6 Recap: "There's...
I’d like to preface this by saying that if anyone at home was playing a drinking game during this episode in which your buzz words were “Bentley” or “dot dot dot”, then congratulations! You’re drunk.
Now, on to the recap! This is episode six, the midway point of the season and, as ABC was kind enough to remind us over and over in any and all previews for this week’s ep, it is also the long-awaited...
A New Thing!
So, I decided to try something new for my blog! Ready? Drumroll…
I’m going to start recapping my guilty pleasure show: The Bachelorette.
I’m really super excited about this and I’m having a LOT of fun with it! My first recap will be of the most recent episode (Episode 6) and I’ll post a new one every week as the episodes air.
So, coming TONIGHT, will be my very...
subject to the following constraints:
Math is an exact science. Very black and white. There really isn’t a middle ground when it comes to solving equations. The formulas are static. One plus one always equals two. The answers are stable; unchanging. Bound. Life, though… Life couldn’t be more different than anything you’ll find in a math class. Variables are constantly shifting. There aren’t any...
June 2011
1 post
“Don’t let mistakes be so monumental and please let your heart be more...”
– Michael Franti
one of those.
i always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same places when they can fly anywhere in the world. then i ask myself the same question.
May 2011
3 posts
One Girl's Opinion: The Response to Osama bin...
I wasn’t going to write anything about the current Osama bin Laden controversy…but then I changed my mind. I’ve been doing myself a disservice by remaining silent on an issue I feel so passionately about. If this further stirs up an already heated debate, then that’s the risk I’m willing to take for making a stand and defending my beliefs.
On September 11, ...
April 2011
1 post
“I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do an...”
– Emma Watson
You: Why do you always look at the bright side?
Me: Because somebody has to.
“I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you,...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via crackedbones)
The Inner Machinations of my Mind:
Whenever people say, “I’ve dated myself,” my first thought isn’t oh, you’ve said something that’s revealed your age. Instead, it’s me getting weirded out because I imagine you buying yourself flowers and taking yourself out to Olive Garden.
Rejuvenation.
Peace resonates most in the sound of rain against your window late at night. There is a special comfort in knowing that, somewhere, the same drizzle is gently drumming on another pane, softly singing whoever might hear it to sleep.
March 2011
8 posts
Guess What?
Today, I turn 21! I am beyond excited!!
And the best part is that I get to spend this beautiful day with some of my favorite people in the world :)
The second best part is that I can confuse people now, because when they comment on my newly-minted legality (e.g., “Wow, you’re finally 21!”), I’m going to respond with comments like, “Age ain’t nothing but a...
Daily Trials of an English Major, pt. 1
My love for the English language and my extremely white girl liking of rap music created an interesting situation in my Advanced Grammar class a few days ago.
Our professor told us that we’d be “working on our verb problems.” Naturally, my immediate first response was:
“If you’re havin’ verb problems, I feel bad for you son; I got 99 problems but a verb...
