May 2012
1 post
4 years
man, it’s been 4 years. Crazy how things change. It gets easier, but never going to forget
April 2012
1 post
Bring walls down.
Here all my sound.
Let me back in.
Love me again.
March 2012
1 post
Sound of You and Me
Spring time reminds me of the beginning of new and wonderful things, but also reminds me of the past.
“Someday, everything ends
Can we begin?
Finding our way back before we’re too late
and lost in between
the truth and the dream
I’ve never been more ready to move on”
December 2011
2 posts
Yes.
Just. YES (in a happy way)
Wherever you are in the world at the moment, just wanted to say Happy Birthday, and that I miss you. I’m still sending an email to you, even though your e mail address doesn’t exist anymore
November 2011
1 post
Questioning
Really questioning if what I’m doing in my life is making me reach some higher meaning- my thesis, being a captain of the squash team, being a professional fellow, dancing, choreographing, kung fu, music, behavioral economics, my classes, and so much more. This is probably just a random phase, but I feel like i’m starting to lose sight of what I knew so clearly coming back from...
September 2011
2 posts
Inspire
In an effort to keep up my mentality of Inspire, Motivate, and Energize, I thought I’d actually write about what it means. I often say it now so an explanation is well deserved. I feel that if everyone had this mentality, they would be a happier person and have a better outlook on life. First up: Inspire
Inspire- “fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, esp....
Apathetic, Way To Be
These past 2 days have been awful. I would list all the things that have annoyed me or all the negative things that have happened to me but that would let my emotions get the better of me, and I know that I’m a better person than that. There is so much other positive things I have in my life and I know things could have turned out much much worse in the end.
Must stay Positive, must stay...
August 2011
4 posts
Good Life
Damn.
This Summer has been AMAZING. I guess I should start with my progression of my other summers.
Freshman-Sophomore year: Jive Records- Really started to becoming inspired and opening my mind to the world. Taking things in, really become aware of my surrounding
Sophomore- Junior year: After blowing my brains out at school at the end and wanting to get away from everything, I really found...
1 tag
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can...”
– Marilyn Monroe (via erickimberlinbowley)
July 2011
3 posts
Pretend (Reprise)
This weekend has been epic.
Karmaloop Photoshoot on Friday that lasted all day. Got to hang out out with the male models during the shoot and they were so down to earth, I didn’t really have to anything because they didn’t really ask me. Overall such a great experience and I had a lot of fun chilling and helping out. and I didn’t mind the constant “Thank you” and...
WOWWWW. In disbelief right now, and not in a good way. Just…wow… Never doing that again. So disappointed and not giving a third chance (or maybe it was a fourth, I lost count…) WOW…
June 2011
1 post
Angel
Accept it.
I admit I get jealous far more than I should. Irrationality at its finest…But it’s a double edge sword because it just motivates to become a better person. Opposite forces truly collide. I still have so much more to learn about myself.
Inspire. Motivate. Energize.
May 2011
5 posts
May 30th
3 years. Wow. The first real step of progression towards where I am today. Never forget.
Self esteem as at an all time low right now, it’s been awhile since I’ve felt like this. It has the potential to get even worse but I know I’ll learn from all of this. Sucks that my normal positive attitude isn’t helping me right now, I guess it’s just a matter of time I suppose…
If you’re reading this, this song is for...
April 2011
16 posts
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.
Funny enough, this is the only picture I found of you that I took (I wasn’t even intentionally trying to take this picture of you). I thought I never needed to take a picture because at that time, I honestly thought we would still be friends through these years. Your face is sort of blurred in my mind, but it doesn’t really matter, I still remember the way you made me feel before we...
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
ahaha when I tagged people on facebook with this picture. so hilarious
Tomorrow is the last day! It’s going to a special one, because I already know what picture i’m using. Excited to write it!
Day 28 - A picture of something you’re afraid of.
Growing up. The future is exciting, yet unknown. I’m excited for the challenge, yet scared about things that may happen to me and other people that I know.
“This is loud, this is cold, this endless and I know
Growing up has just begun
But there’s a place, we could find, where this pain is useless
and we’ll forever Be the Young” - Yellowcard
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member
“This record is talking a lot about living in the moment and holding on to the stuff that’s most important, like the people I lost touch with because of the crazy ride over the last 6 to 8 years,” explains Key. “I wrote a song for my friend Scott who passed away in 2001, basically revisiting how I felt about it ten years later. And ‘Sing For Me’ is about a family member who’s been diagnosed...
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot...
When to be be irrational, and when to be rational.
Day 25 - A picture of your day
My room.
Sorry for the breaking away from the 30 day challenge. I was trying to think of a creative cool picture of my day, but alas nothing came up. Only a few more days to go!
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you were...
Retaining information relating to school work. It takes me hours to study and it’s really annoying. I forget information quickly and I wish I was better at retaining things in class and understanding it instantly. School would be so much easier
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
This book was the definition of my sophomore year and described how I felt about the world then. It was my bible in a way, but I eventually learned that I did not want to become anything like the Underground Man. This book taught me a lot about myself and definitely was the starting point of my journey of positive attitude
Sing For Me
“Even though the subject of the song specifically deals with the loss of a loved one, Key believes that the many others can relate to the song, ‘because it’s got a feeling of having to leave someone behind, no matter what those circumstances may be and making sure that you get to say all of the things that you want to say to them before you go.’”- Ryan Key, talking...
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were...
Wow. So many things.
Dancing for sure.
Squash
Kung Fu
and so many others including school
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could...
Nothing. Nothing at all. All my experiences have made me who I am today and even if things ended up for the worse at the end, there has always been in a silver lining with everything. Appreciating the time I spent on everything really help developing this positive attitude.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to...
London for sure.
Miss you Amber and Josh! =) I know you guys are living it up over there
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little
Don’t have one on my computer! I’ll repost when I actually get it. sorry =(
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
I’ve never been in a real relationship with another girl and every time I wanted to be in one, for one reason or another, it’s never worked out at the end. I feel like I have a good grasp on my life right now, but this is my biggest insecurity. Often times I do hope someone will come along and that the relationship will work. Both ways.
Day 17 - A picture of someone that has made a huge...
One of the many people that keep on inspiring me to dance. But this time, this guy and Poreotics taught me that dance can just be extremely entertaining to watch. Amazing
March 2011
18 posts
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you
Quest Crew, but more specifically Steve inspired me to start dancing- mixing breaking with flips. I started breakdancing and started learning flips. Whenever I want to learn something new, I just look to the many arsenal of flips that he knows and try it. One of my biggest inspirations for sure.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do...
Sucks I didn’t go skydiving in Australia….but definitely something I want to do before I die.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never...
Brothers. Although I don’t get to see them too often, they inspire me and are always there to give me advice about the real world.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
This is a no brainer. Read post about who I’d like to switch places with for a day. But on top of that, Yellowcard’s musicality is something unique. Not only does it have a violin, which makes the band unique itself, but everything just flows together so nicely. Been listening to their new album non-stop.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
This picture has many things in it. Specific things are dancing, martial arts (from Steve), flips, performing, friends, purple, and so much more.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
There are a lot of little things that annoy me, but I think this annoys me the most
Promises. Specifically broken promises. I don’t say “I promise” too much and when I do say it, I really mean it and then I carry it out. I hate when people say “I promise” and then don’t follow up to do it. It’s just frustrating. On a less extreme level, I also find it...
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most...
I do messed up things with all my friends, but I’d say the most are these guys
Video chatting while I was in Australia haha
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten...
It’s really hard to choose just one person. In high school, only 3 people knew what I was really thinking during certain times, but even they didn’t know what was floating through my head 100% of the time. My thoughts were pretty fragile to begin with and in terms of school, teachers always got me through things. But in terms of emotional (which is what I assume this Day 09 challenge...
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
Couldn’t find a good picture with my friends that makes me really laugh, but this is a more recent one that I showed my friends and we all now say often.
Intermission
So the new Yellowcard album came, When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes. After a 4 hour listening session by myself, I’m obviously extremely happy that I got it. But as of now, I’m trying to decipher the music and the lyrics like I did for the past 3 albums. It’s going to take awhile, but I know I will appreciate it like I do the other albums. 4 hours is not enough, I just...
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
It was super hard to choose (purple sweater vs. purple backpack vs. Water bottle which i’ve had for a longer time than the sweater) but I ended up choosing the sweater. The reason is because it is the first truly purple thing I bought. If you haven’t, read my post about why I choose to wear the color purple, that basically are the reasons why I wear purple. But yeah, the sweater...
Day 06 - A picture of a person you’d love to trade...
There are SO many people that’d I’d love to trade places with for a day, but after thinking for a good amount of time, I think I would trade with this person:
Mr. William Ryan Key, lead singer of Yellowcard. The reason for this is because he mainly writes the lyrics for all their songs. I feel a connection with him because all the songs that he has written have spoken to me in some...