"Maybe this is what we get in life, a few great loves: loves that return us to ourselves when we need it most. And maybe some of those loves aren’t people, but places - real and adopted homes - that fill us up with light and energy and hope at moments when we feel especially tired or lost. That is the beauty of love in all its forms. We don’t know ( Read more... )

i had perhaps the most surreal experience of my life this afternoon. my host dad, two host sisters and i went out to lunch because my host mom was sick and we wanted to give her some time to rest. after eliminating the preliminary possibilities of chinese food, mcdonalds, tropiburger, the canadian buffet, burritos, and such my host dad pulled into ( Read more... )

quito ( Read more... )

in a little more than one week's time i'll be breathing portland air. sitting still gets tough when i let myself really think about it. i can't wait to speed through the west hills, careening around corners blasting jimmy eat world forgetting all about resumes and world politics and confusing boys and collaposed bridges. i know you can never go ( Read more... )

classes were cancelled for the rest of the day due to the snowstorm. 
i had a really good drum lesson this afternoon. 
i'm going to finish studying in time to listen to andrew and ben play at dunn brothers. 
we ordered chinese instead of cooking, and my housemates are all in the lounge watching boogie nights.

even though i'm still getting over the flu ( Read more... )

joie de vivre ( Read more... )

we've changed. and i'm okay with that. i used to spend all my energy fighting it-- i didn't want to lose anything. i figured if i could resist all outside influence, i'd never have to let go of old friendships, memories, and moments. but it was really foolish of me to think that i was done growing the minute i tossed my graduation cap in the air. ( Read more... )

i really wish goodbyes weren't incident with finals ( Read more... )

i'm in a cafe on the westside right now with a patchy wireless connection but a cup of iced tea that makes up for it. sara and i rode six miles to get here, and in a few hours we're going to have to ride back. crap ( Read more... )

i got this email from my middle east geography prof this afternoon ( Read more... )