in the past 72 hours...

i saw robin thicke, india. arie, and stevie wonder in concert
took ridiculous pictures with my roommates in a car garage
made friends with complete strangers
danced and cried to beautiful, heartfelt songs

in the past 48 hours...

i fed the homeless on skid row
basked in the presence of those whom i love
ate a deliciously sinful crepe ( Read more... )

"this broken pencil is always hear to listen to a bittersweet symphony... anytime."

bud. you make my heart smile. and i friggin love you.

i'll laugh with you. i'll smile at you. i'll even pray for you. but you will never see me cry...
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hello, it's me again
a whole lot's changed since [you] left and
i don't know, i guess i felt like checking in...

i wonder who you're loving now
i'm guessing we won't work things out...

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...but in the end, it was awesome. and i mean AWEsome. i know i oftentimes lack the patience to deal with my stuggles with people and difficult circumstances, but i realized that...

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
but I know the heart of life is good.
I know it's good.

so this weekend, i've been stressin out about this retreat i have to plan and how utterly unprepared i am to be a leader and bla bla bla...

...but after dinner just now, i opened my fortune cookie, and it read:

"You have the talent to accomplish your goals."

Thank you, fortune cookie, for having such faith in me. =)

I love humanity but I hate people.
 - Edna St. Vincent Millay

mr. raj derivera, you have truly made my night.

thank you sir, from the bottom of my heart. in your words "i luv u bud".

til we meet again, old friend. you have my "first-in-line-target-number-thingy" for sure. =)

"There is no remedy for love but to love more."
    Henry David Thoreau

so just to recap....

"Pent-up emotions and a certain egocentricity make her quick to take offense, but she realizes that she has to make the best of things as they are.

Desires release from an unsatisfactory situation and from existing burdens which are both depressing and intolerable. Seeking a way out, but feels there is no solution. Tries to ( Read more... )

so cat and i, being the good friends that we are, got into yet another argument late late late the other night. usually, when we bicker, we become quite physically abusive with each other. this, of course, includes slapping, punching, pushing, pinching, et al ( Read more... )