i always find it interesting when i realize that i haven't written anything for months because i'm content. happiness doesn't often breed creativity (at least not on a personal level for me). i also feel like less is revealed to me about myself when i'm completely happy. is that a good thing ( Read more... )

one of the reasons that i love film so much is because it makes me realized things about myself that i think i wouldn't otherwise realize. they're generally things that are fairly obvious, but none the less, things that i haven't put together before ( Read more... )

after living here for five months i still find myself walking out the door, taking a big breath in disbelief that i actually live here ( Read more... )

it is in the high 70's outside (after being in the mid 90's yesterday) and my porch door is open with a cool, dry breeze blowing in. i can hear wind chimes from a neighbor's balcony. it is a perfect day.

other things that are great:
*i have a ticket for saturday of the ACL music festival (where i plan to see jose gonzalez, man man, city & color ( Read more... )

i read through my friends list for the first time since trying to get back into the habit of posting on LJ. it's odd. most of the people on my flist are from lotr fandom. and everyone has moved on. some focus more on real life and some have been sucked full force into something new. it's hard to wrap my head around some of it, as i have no idea ( Read more... )

i was watching 'the shipping news' the other day. its a story about a man who looses his manic wife and takes his daughter to start a new life in newfoundland, home of his ancestors. the idea of taking a journey to an unknown place reminded me ( Read more... )

this is something that has been banging around in my head since before i left to return to austin. i wanted to say it before i left, i planned on it. i even tried, but i was too tired. the words failed me and i ended up saying something that didn't come close to what i really meant ( Read more... )

i've decided that i need to start posting here again. being able to not only write things down but put it out in the open has always been a good form of therapy for me. there are so many things that i've felt over the last few months that i'm sick of keeping to myself ( Read more... )

my art show finally opened this past weekend. this means that i no longer have multitudes of work to occupy every moment that i'm not in class. and i actually dont know what to do w/ myself ( Read more... )

i have never been so busy with school EVER. i'll spare you the list of things i have to do this week (before spring break) and just tell you that it is a LOT.

so i'm taking a wee break at the moment. something that never fails to make me happy:


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