reading this, i am reminded of how much i have changed in the last year or so. in some ways my life has been a circle so far. only now that i have come back to the beginning after a long drop down and a climb back up i'm happier and more optimistic than i was before. i have sat in the depths and still found beauty and love and most of all the ( Read more... )

yay! thanksgiving break starts tomorrow (today actually) cuz i'm skipping class on wednesday!! i am so excited to get a break from everything. i am, however, anticipating major stress over break because i really have to start research for my Japanese history paper and my lit paper. i also need to catch up on reading in all of my classes. bleh ( Read more... )

i figured i should update this damn thing even though i'm pretty sure only val reads it ( Read more... )

Remember how we picked the daffodils ( Read more... )

so i guess over a 100,000 deaths and massive devastation isn't enough. now orphans and lost children are being abducted and sold into the sex industry. gwah! but i heard on the news today that steven speilberg is helping out and some washed up musician is organizing a big relief concert so i guess everything will be ok ( Read more... )

vancouver, vancouver, i love you, but you are deathly boring ( Read more... )

this is my rocket my personal rocket i send up my message beyond ( Read more... )

sometimes when i, brandon arteaga, am alone in my room i like to...go to the little black box that I keep under my bed and pull out my best friend, my 4 liter jug of Carlo Rossi Sangria. Oh how I love thee. I turn out the lights and just spend some quality time, you know just the cool comfort of his smooth curvacious glass in my hand reminds me of ( Read more... )

today ( Read more... )

i always have really crazy vivid dreams and then i feel self conscious cause sometimes people think i'm making my dreams up. but how lame would that be? who would seriously make up dreams to tell to people ( Read more... )