I listened to a song and tried and tried to figure out who it reminded me of.
and then I realized it reminded me of just me.

It’s 4:50 here in Cicero, and the weather is reflecting my mood. The sun is almost set, and the dark clouds are ambling in on a breeze that is a little rough around the edges. Everything is bathed in shades of deep blues and shadowy grays. And every so often the clouds swirl over the horizon just enough for the last rays of golden orange to peak ( Read more... )

My grandfather passed away a month and a week ago tomorrow, and I cannot conceive how that much time has gone by already since the day I kissed him goodbye. It does not feel like it's been five weeks. It feels like just last week that I was driving through the rain in the early hours of the morning, parents asleep in the backseat, alone with my ( Read more... )

I've taken swimming lessons, and i've always had a pool in my back yard. But i've never had the best diving technique or form, and I only allowed myself to go underwater without plugging my nose three years ago. But I do alright, and I can tread water pretty well if I do say so myself ( Read more... )

happiness is so infectious. i just feel like letting everyone know that they should get infected. now ( Read more... )

What is it about days like this. the kind where you sit down and take it all in. What makes you turn your back to the worries and constant din of your daily life to face the overwhelming view in front of you. The sky is so blue you swear that not even crayola could capture the exact hue. The clouds are like a perfect painting on a canvas not even ( Read more... )

I like the concept of metamorphosis. A catepillar, in fact every catepillar, enters a liminal phase in its lifetime and can neither be a catepillar any longer nor can it be a butterfly. It builds a cocoon around itself. And after a period of struggle, hardship, and god knows what else it has to do to push itself out of its cocoon, it emerges a ( Read more... )

and when it comes down to it...

always there.

so yeah, where is my gratitude?

I hope i'm learning.

yeah so, scratch the whole going home thing. poor adam's car was smashed in :-(

yeah so just kidding. i'm coming home this weekend for dome! yippee! Now you all have to pretend like you miss me!