hello things.

so monday nights in east cobb have turned into monday night, dessert and game night. epic right?

the other week i conned my friends into the idea i had of getting everyone together every monday night during the summer and playing a game and eating dessert. when first pitching this idea to them all, most laughed, called me a mom, and quickly changed the subject. but i insisted on how it would be oh so much fun and to just give it a chance. so we had our first monday night and we all gathered to play the game things and i made pazookie. we all had a jolly time and by the end of the night our stomachs were stuffed and sore from all the laughing. 

this last monday night i brought chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches, fruit kabobs, and orange jello slices (which my friend shay changed to joranges.. and then lauranges). i'll post the recipe to joranges later for anyone interested. the others are kind of self explanatory. 

the game things is quite hilarious. i won't go into detail about how it works, but if you haven't played, you should.

things you shouldn't do in a black out

things you shouldn't dream about

things you would do if you were a giant

things you shouldn't do on a bus

things you would do if you were a dictator

things you shouldn't laugh at

david's jokes. 

my friends are great.

L

hello employment.

i'm employed! 

finally!

time to make some bank

$$$$$$

hello red velvet strawberry shortcake.

try saying that 10 times, fast. 

so lately i've been baking a lot more. i find it fun. but mostly i make things that are completely unhealthy and delicious for ya. which is really the only way to go right? well, for mothers day my mom said she wanted strawberry shortcake, so i decided to look up a cool recipe to go a little out of the box with it. this is what i came up with

and with my new found desire to bake, i decided i'd share the recipes for anyone one here wanting to give it a try. i got this recipe from i am baker. which is a great blog with lots of great desserts.

red velvet strawberry shortcake

need: 

1 package of white cake mix

1 package of red velvet cake mix

2 tubs of whipped cream 

1 carton of strawberries

directions:

make each cake mix separately, according to the directions on the box. then, pour cake mix into 9 inch round pans. (4 different pans) bake according to time on packaging. while cakes are baking, slice up strawberries. 

once cakes finish baking, take out and cool for 20 mins. then put in freezer to cool for another 15 mins (this makes it easier to handle). 

place first layer of red velvet onto a plate, spread whipped cream on top, then sprinkle sliced strawberries across. next, place layer of white cake on top and repeat steps. 

whhhaaala. its really easy and yummy. enjoy!

hello above and beyond.

so i'm slightly obsessed with the sky. it is my favorite thing to take pictures of. i find it incredibly amazing sometimes how beautiful it is. nature in general is the definition of beauty. every sunrise and sunset, it's just another gift god gives us. 

did i mention how much i love the sky?

hello literature.

"he is living proof you can find contentment outside the accumulation of things. the closest i've come to this sort of thinking as pondering the writings of henry thoreau. but i went to walden pond a year ago, just to see and feel the place, just to walk alone around the water, and they've made a suburb out of it. it hurts to hear the traffic rolling in through the trees. people commute from the land of thoreau's solitude to boston, to work at banks, to work at law firms. and i wonder if walden exists anymore. i am not talking about the real walden, the one in boston; i am talking about the earth god meant to speak before we finished his sentence." 

-donald miller from through painted deserts

hello matt & kim.

thanks for a great night.

hello favorite quote.

"i believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. 

that myth is more potent than history. 

that dreams are more powerful than facts. 

that hope always triumphs over experience. 

that laughter is the only cure for grief. 

and i believe that love is stronger than death."

-robert fulghum

hello jules.

this is jules mccools.

she is purrty.
but she moved to florida.

which is far.

and i miss her purrty face.

and i think i need to take a road trip to go see her and her purrty face.

real soon.

hello guhhtar.

hurray.

hoopla.

and a whoop-de-doo for me.

i can play the guitar.

and i luhhhve it. 

i'm so happy i actually stuck with it this time and fought through the pain and frustration. because it is something that i find so relaxing now. when i'm stressed, mad, sad, i just pick up the guitar and quickly it's so much better. 

now, by no means will i be the next great with my own single. and i know i'm not a pro, but i'm 

perfectly okay with that.

i've written my first song and i'm halfway done with my second and i am just looovin it all.

maybe one day i'll post a song onto here.

but probably not.

so don't hold your breath. 

eek. eek.

meep. meep.

hope everyone is having a splendid thursday.

too bad j.shore isn't on right now so i can't say jersday thursday. mm..sad.

p.s. i uploaded new music. i know it's annoying that it doesn't play automagically. so scroll over and click play if ya wanna hear some of my favorite songs.

L

hello a difference.

quick update.

i successfully finished my first year of college in hawaii. learned a lot. not so much in school, but rather life, myself, and the important stuff. 

now i'm back is cozy georgia for the summer and as much as i missed hawaii when i left, i've gotten very accustomed to and loving every second of my queen sized bed, air conditioned home, and home made meals from my lovely mom whom i might add does the grocery shopping. talk about the life. 

lately i've been wanting to write again and so you'll probably see a lot more blogging from me. having more time to yourself makes ya think. and i've been thinking a lot about what i want to do with my life. 

*warning: ranting of my thoughts*

i know i probably think about it too much. one day i feel like i'm still a kid and i need to soak it in. other days i feel so freaking old and that i'm behind on doing great things. 

at this moment though i'm struggling to figure out exactly what i want to do. yeah i have passions. but not just one passion. i look at my friends. 

one is majoring in sport and entertainment management. he's works in two college athletic departments. he's worked for espn. the sec championship. and all major sec games whether on the field at a football game, or in the pressbox at the baseball stadium. he's already got so many connections and doing so many great things.

one is majoring in music. she's flying around auditioning for schools. she spends evenings working with her vocal teacher (the same one as drake's i might add). she's spends late nights in the studio recording. she's already got a song that is currently in my itunes library. she's on her way to making her dreams come true.

one has created a national holiday, celebrate positive. 

one has created amazing youtube videos that touch millions of people.

one is on her way to becoming a fashion designer in new york and is interning for ralph lauren.

one is playing baseball at an major sec school.

one is a contestant on so you think you can dance.

some of these people are my best of friends. others just friends. others i've only talked to once. but these are the people around me. all doing amazing things.

i want to do something amazing. i want to change someones life for the better. i want to do something to help the world. i feel like i'm not doing any of that right now and it's really bugging me.

i want to paint something pretty to hang in the hospital rooms of sick patients in need of some hope.

i want to take pictures of all sorts of people. i want people to look at those pictures and smile at those memories forever.

i want to design and sew clothes that bring confidence to the person wearing them.

i want to write a book that leaves a person so enchanted that they can't wait to turn the page.

i want to build a dog shelter called Tucker's so that dogs can have a place to be loved and adopted instead of sent to the pound.

i want to sing my own songs with words that relate, connect, and move someone.

i want to plan and assemble events for the american cancer society and relay for life to raise money for cancer research. 

i want to make a difference. 

there's just so much i want to do that i'm having a hard time focusing all my efforts into just one of them. so right now i kind of feel stuck and behind. 

i want to do something.

L

hello stranger.

ohh hello friends, it's been quite awhile. and i have been quite horrible at blogging. my apologies. 

well i know i left you all on that anticipation of knowing what i got on my final and if it was worthy enough of the testing center computers approval... i know you guys were just dying to know.

well.. i studied for hours on end. i felt ready. i took it. felt like i did good. turned it in. 

then i painfully awaited outside searching for my ID number to see what i got and if i had the wonderful words of encouragement next to my score. 

found my ID number.

i got a 90%.

i got an A.

and apparentlyyyy an A isn't good enough. but rather you have to get a 91 or higher to get a 

congratulations!

fantastic!

great job!

freaking. pissed.

my poor roommates didn't hear the end of my ranting and yelling about how corrupt the testing center computer is. i wasn't even happy that i got an A or that i passed my final because i was so caught up on the fact that i didn't get congratulated by the stupid testing center. 

proud to report to you all that 2 months later, i think i've calmed down about it all... well, some what.

L 

hello easter.

so i've been a horrible blogger lately, yes i know.

lot's of stuff has happened.

ill blog about it later.

yada yada yada.

happy easter.

hope you all find this as funny as i did.

L

hello testing center.

as i'm sitting here in the library, trying to study for my final exams, i cannot stop thinking about how much i am dreading going to the testing center tonight...

here at byuh we have a testing center. teachers submit their tests to this place and then the students can go into the center anytime during the day and take it. sometimes teachers give you a span of three days, so you just have to go sometime before it closes. well, outside of the testing center there is a computer screen that displays your scantron grade immediately after you take your test. it shows all the students' ID numbers, then their grade, and then... if you are ever so lucky and you score an A... it will say on the side something along the lines of:

great job!

fantastic!

awesome!

now when you're standing outside looking at this tiny screen with strangers passing by you, and you see that glorified statement that you did fantastic on your test, that's just gotta make you feel like a million bucks that even the computer congratulated you! 

now, unfortunately i have never received an A on any of the tests i've taken in the testing center... sad day. 

and so badly do i want to walk outside and have that feeling of accomplishment that i did a great job. but tonight is my last shot. my other finals aren't being held in the testing center so this is the last chance i have before next year to gain that feeling of accomplishment. really though, why can't i get a "good effort!" if i get a B? or a "better luck next time!" when it's a C? i'd even settle for an "at least you tried your best!" for the commonly received D's and F's i got in my stats class last semester. but nope. you either get an A and are fan-flippin-tastic, or you don't get an A and you're nothing...

yes. i know where my priorities are. i care more about the computers sense of approval than mine own. 

it's cool. 

wish me luck friends. 

hello TOMs.

april 5th, 2011 

one day without shoes.

personally, i love TOMs and the company they've created. i heard about TOMs back when i was in middle school and i really loved what they were trying to do.

short and simple, for every pair of shoes you buy, TOMs will donate a pair to a child in need. 

and once a year they host one day without shoes to spread awareness to others. so today i joined in TOMs movement and hit it up barefoot. i was pleased to see other people around campus walking around barefoot as well. 

*my TOMs were designed and painted by the lovely brittany jana prince

short and simple i love companies that find something they're passionate about and make it into something others can be passionate about as well. i'm really tempted to apply to be an intern for TOMs but i need to look more into it first. 

for me, i'm really passionate about the american cancer society and relay for life. i remember how awesome i felt after putting on miss panache last year and raising so much money purely off of peoples donations. i was able to share a glimpse of my passion to others and the fact that it was able to spark the passion of someone else is the most gratifying thing ever. 

find something you're passionate about and pursue it. 

L

hello lessons learned.

with my first year of college coming to an end, it makes me reflect and think about just how much has changed during this year. 

some were changes for the worse, while others were changes for the best. either way, along the way of this crazy year i've learned a few valuable lesson's that i figured i would share with you all.

one. 

i think it's funny how i felt like every day in high school i was given a lesson by some teacher or administrator about how they were preparing us for college and life, and how if we couldn't handle whatever concept they were trying to explain to us then, then there was no way we would handle college. 

well for all those still in high school, let me tell ya something...

high school didn't prepare me for college ONE bit. 

i'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing. 

high school is high school. 

college is college. 

so i'm sorry ms. tonkin that i couldn't analyze gilgamesh in the way you wanted during senior year. but let's be real teach, i'm not failing at college or life because of it...

two. 

i knew that college would test friendships. it would bring new ones and would destroy old ones. growing up in the south i never realized the term 'southern hospitality' until i left. people are definitely nicer in the south. i had to face the harsh lesson that people aren't always going to treat you with the same kindness and respect that you give them. and that's just how it is. looking back, i'm glad i learned that lesson though. 

people are different. people are raised different. people act different. 

so when you find those kind-hearted friends, hold onto them. everyone else is just another stress.

when you go to college you will learn really fast who your true friends are. you will realize who cares the most about you. i live 5000 miles across the world. there's a 6 hour time difference. and i've been away in total for 6 months. yet, i still feel as close to the majority of my friends as i did the day i left. true friends don't let go. 

three. 

finally, i've learned about discovering new things. discovering what makes me the happiest. discovering what i truly love. discovering more about myself. but most importantly, discovering that there's no need to define who i am. 

i'm happy being lauren bergaust. i'm happiest when i'm with my family and friends. i smile the biggest when i see someone i love or when a dog is nearby. if i care about you, i'll do anything for you. sometimes i like to dress like a preppy east cobb girl. other times i like to dress like a hawaiian surfer girl. i like the music i like. i like taking pictures. i like spending time alone. i like spending time with others. i like nice people. i like being nice to others. i like being passionate about the things that are passionate to me. i like life. 

i'll leave this post in the words of asher roth, 

i love college. 

L

hello board of length.

woot, woot.

i can check another thing off my list because today i learned how to long board for the first time.

yes, i know that to all these locals and west coasters this seems ridiculous that i've never long boarded before. but sorry to break it to ya, it's just not something people really do in georgia let alone the east coast.

but i've discovered that i love it.

maybe it's because i didn't wipe out [which was expected by all my friends...and myself...] so now i'm all about it?

or maybe i just love the feeling of gliding?

or maybe i just think it's pretty freaking sweet?

yup.. pretty sure it's the last one. or a combo of all three. 

either way i'm stoked and i really want to get one and get good at it. 

check out devin's video 

L

hello music.

so two of my roommates play guitar and it's one of the most wonderful things in the world. 

it reminds me of when i was younger and listening to my brother always playing the guitar around our house. 

i took one attempt over the summer to learn guitar while my brother was home.

i failed miserably. 

but with more determination than last, i've decided to try again with the help of my roommates. 

i'll keep you guys posted on how it goes. so far i've discovered a few things:

*the tips of my fingers are killing me

*i cannot understand how your fingers are supposed to reach and stay in certain positions

*playing the guitar and playing the guitar while singing are two very different things


wish me luck

L

hello holidaze.

reason number 116 why i love hawaii...

hawaiian holiday's.

march 25th: Prince Kuhio Day.

aka no school.

suuuhhhweeeet.

hello goodness.

ah, love this. 

i need 4 men that want to sing this with me. 

and then we can perform at open mic at kahuku grill.

sound grand?

perrrfect.

hello now.

took a look at the calendar today... i come home so soon.

april 8th i'll be on a flight home.

for f i v e months.

it's weird to think that this semester is almost over. my first year of college is almost over. 

time seriously has flown by. and i can't really decide if i'm happy or sad about it?

i was beyond ready to come home for winter break. but this semester has been different. and i'm not so ready to say goodbye to this wonderful island for such a long time. i know i'll be back in september, but that's still such a long time. 

obviously i'm excited to see my family and friends.

but i don't really feel like i belong in georgia anymore. 

now this is just me rambling aloud here, but i feel like i've changed a lot since i moved out here. i've realized a lot. a lot about myself. a lot about other people. a lot about the world. and i feel like i was somewhat sheltered from it all my whole life. not necessarily sheltered in a bad way though. i've learned so many valuable lessons from being here. going back in some ways makes me feel like i'd be taking a step backwards instead of a step forward. or maybe a step forward instead of a step backwards?

but this is all just my random thoughts. 

i know i'll be happy to be home. but i'm also happy to know that i've grown up a lot. i knew there was a reason that i was supposed to go out here for school. and honestly, i was really discouraged all last semester because i couldn't figure it out. i didn't like it. and this semester started off the same way. i started questioning if this really was the right decision for me? and with less than three weeks left of living in this wonderful place, i can confidently say i know hawaii was the right decision for me.

i hate growing up. i hate changes. i hate the uncertainty of the future.

but at the same time, 

i love it.

L

hello faith.

"The Savior said, “Come unto me” (Matthew 11:28) and “Knock, and it shall be [given] you” (Matthew 7:7). 

These are action verbs—come, knock. 

They are choices. 

So I say, choose faith. 

Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism.”

Richard C. Edgley

hello tsunami.

hello friends, it's been awhile. sorry about that. things have been busy out here in hawaii. i'll fill you in on the major things later, but this post is about the tsunami since i have friends that have wanted to hear about it so here it goes...

thursday march 10th 2011

i walked into my living room and opened up my laptop to go where...? obviously facebook. as i read through my news feed i saw a friend here who mentioned in their status that there was a tsunami watch. immediately i freaked out as my two roommates rachel and savanna sat back and laughed at the show. 

(alright, i'll be honest. maybe i freaked out a bit too much. but my biggest fear coming out to hawaii was that a tsunami would hit us. and the fact that they weren't freaking out about it was freaking me out!)

i ran outside and called one of my best friends from back home who was still up b.c it was about 1am on the east coast when i found out. he calmed me down and i realized it was probably nothing, but then while i was standing outside i saw a million cars driving on the road. i walked out and saw a line of cars backed up from the gas station and our neighbors who were locals packing up their stuff into their car. that's when i got scared. 

i walked back into my house and turned on the news and learned about everything with the 8.9 earthquake that hit japan. i called my parents and woke them up so that they knew there was a tsunami watch, but i kept telling myself that nothing was going to happen. keep in mind, last year around the same time there was a tsunami warning from the earthquake in chile and nothing happened. but this earthquake was bigger. and japan was closer to us. 

my roommate rachel and i walked back outside to look at all the cars and that's when she started getting scared too. right then our two friends steven and kenneth drove up b.c they heard and figured we would be freaking out. our neighbors were starting to evacuate and that's when it hit me that we needed to do something. our house is directly on the beach. (as i'm typing this i can hear the waves crashing.) kenneth is from the island and his parents live in a city about an hour from here that is inland and his parents wanted him to evacuate soon before the traffic got worse. we decided we would wait until they declared it a tsunami warning because otherwise we didn't really have anything to worry about. well about 3 minutes later they declared it a tsunami warning and that if we were close to shore we needed evacuate at least a half mile inland. so we called up our friends to figure out where everyone was. kenneth and steven left to go pack a bag and we packed up our stuff. we moved everything off of the floor onto our beds and brought our bikes inside of the house. 

our neighbors came over who were locals to make sure that we were in the process of evacuating. packing up a bag was weird. we had about 15 minutes to pack up our stuff. there was a possibility that all our stuff could be damaged and we had to figure out what was the most important stuff to bring. after leaving our house we got picked up and went around to pick up our other friends. then we were off to mililani. it took longer to get there because of the traffic. and they said that the tsunami wasn't supposed to hit until about 2:30am so we knew we had time. driving there the phone lines went out. mostly at&t. it was frustrating b.c i couldn't talk to my family or friends back home to let them know. we got there around midnight and after that i knew we were safe. thank goodness for the internet because i was able to use facebook and email to get in contact with my family and friends. i was more calm but still scared that i could either come back to a destroyed house or a flooded house and i really didn't want that to happen. 

now if you know me well, then you know i freak out. it's quite a talent. i can't help it. i get scared easily. i think i said about 3 words on the almost 2 hour drive to mililani because i was so uneasy about everything. but hey, i'm glad that others found comedic relief from my anxiety. at least some people could smile from the night.  

watching the news was kind of painful. and listening to the sirens was not fun either. they said that the tsunami would impact the island kuai first and then our island (oahu). it was scheduled to hit kuai at 3:07am and oahu at 3:21am. the worst was when the news anchor announced 3 cities on our island that would be hit the hardest and one of them was kahuku (the city directly next to my home. about a minute drive to get there b.c our town is so small). they expected a 6 foot wall of water to surge into the island. 

we watched a movie to waste away the time. but as it got closer to 3am we watched the news. it was quite possibly one of the weirdest experiences i've ever had. they had a tsunami countdown (like they do for new years) and we sat and waited until 3:07am. but nothing happened. slowly we all fell asleep watching the news. i remember waking up around 5am and hearing that some islands had been hit but nothing too bad to our island so i feel back asleep. the next morning as we turned on the news to see what all had happened i felt so horrible for the people of japan. the tsunami ended up hitting the islands of maui and the big island with some waves up to 12 feet. our island got hit a little but nothing near what they had expected. i was so relieved to hear that. 

also, the phone lines worked again and i woke up to tons of text messages from my wonderful friends. i was able to call my family and some friends and let them know i was okay. i am so grateful that nothing horrible happened to our island. seeing the destruction from the earthquake and the tsunami in japan is so scary and sad. my heart goes out to the people there. it's sad too because since my school is so diverse there are a ton of students here from japan who had family lost from the destruction in japan :( please continue to keep those people in your prayers.

all in all, it was quite the adventure. looking back it's a little funny thinking about my multiple freak outs. but it's whatever :) i'm happy to be safe. i'm happy to have such wonderful friends. i'm happy to have a loving family. i'm happy that all is well in laie. 

xoxo

L

hello college.

you know you're a poor, lazy, college student when your roommates sneak across the street to mcdonalds and steal a roll of new toilet paper from the bathroom, because we're out. 

and, you know you're a poor, lazy, college student when you and your roommates have made friends on the janitorial staff at school who are black marketing us paper towels and toilet paper... 

ohh, college.

L

hello talent.

so this weekend was filled with fun adventures. friday night i kayaked out to chinaman's hat (which is a small island), had a swell bon fire, and slept under the stars (which i might add i thought i was going to freeze to death by about 3am...). But besides the most comfortable sleep ever on those comfy rocks... it was really fun! that morning we woke up and got to watch the sunrise. however, the tide rose in the middle of the night and washed away our friends kayak... yeahh, fail. so after my first experience spear fishing in the morning, we somehow managed to get all our stuff back across the ocean while swimming to shore. it was quite the adventure. well, some other fun shtuff happened but i don't really feel like blogging about it. what i really want to blog about is my new friend. devin graham.

tonight i hung out with some friends and we made brinner (breakfast for dinner, which is my absolute favorite). i met this kid, devin. he makes these amazing videos with different ideas he comes up with. i sat down and talked to him about it all, asking him different questions i had for probably 2 hours straight. i loved every second of it. hearing him talk about it all and how he got to where he is now is really inspiring to me. as you know, my plan is to major in photography. which i'll be honest sometimes it's discouraging because i feel like there's so much more i can do with photography but i haven't figured it all out yet. but devin kept telling me how if you want something, he believes you have to put all your efforts into it and make it happen. don't let anything stand in your way. if you want it, you will get it. 

he went to school for film but he actually didn't get his degree, but he's still got so much going for him. he's made some sweet connections and i know he's going to go really far, very soon. he just got back from tahiti shooting for 15 days. different company's are seeing his work from youtube and using it. the state of hawaii even hired him to make a video showing off the island. i would bet money that we will one day be paying to watch one of his movies at the theater. his talent is extraordinary. but his desire is even greater. he even offered to help me with some of my camera stuff and send me links that he's used for helpful material. 

well pretty much, you just need to watch his videos. there's no point in me rambling on about them, just watch them. plus, it'll give you a great feel for where i live since a lot of them are shot here in hawaii with byuh students. i told him my two ideas for his next movies should be a food fight or a paint fight. so if he ends up making them, you know who is to be credited for them haha. anyways, he's a sweet kid and i'm definitely inspired to do what i love with photography. 

do what you love. love what you do.

http://www.youtube.com/user/devinsupertramp

subscribe :) my favorites are the tarp surfing and the bike jumping. oh and the break dancing to classical music.. haha okay i just love them all.

L

hello one of those days.

ya know sometimes you just have one of those days. 

and there's really no other way to explain it except by saying it's just one of those days.

i mean of course my journal can here my true thoughts about how it's just been one of those days.

but as to the blogging world... sorry. 

it's just been one of those days.

p.s. i know i've already used this picture before, but it just give the perfect description of my mood.

L

hello valentines day.

ohh valentines day. i love this day. who couldn't? it's all about love. i know a lot of people hate this holiday and i'll admit, it's definitely not as fun when you don't have a valentine to share it with. but it's still a good holiday (: 

i think my annoyance grew throughout the day though over the fact that i don't have a valentine this year haha. at first i was all about enjoying the day and smiling over the cute couples. 

well i had to go to campus for something so during my quick walk to and from i saw the following:

1. a guy walk by with a bouquet of roses covered in heart pattern tissue paper

2. saw 2 different couples lying on blankets around campus having picnics

3. had to awkwardly smile as some guy biking with his girl siting on his handle bars passed by me. they were giggling..

4. walked passed a guy on his way to meet his girl carrying a heart balloon, bouquet of roses, and a white teddy bear.

5. walked past about a million different couples and annoyingly watched as they held hands, hugged, kissed, etc. 

6. see a girl get out of a car, kiss her boy goodbye as he drove off, and watched as she carried her roses back to her dorm

i finally get home after my short visit on campus to check facebook.... enough said.

and this all happened within 20 minutes of me walking on and off of campus...

i think it's absolutely great that other couples are so in love and happy. it just makes me miss that feeling a lot more on this day. i can't wait till i'm married and i'll have one valentine, always, for the rest of my life <3

but until then i'll enjoy each valentines day the way it is, single or in a relationship. to all the lovers out there, i hope you guys are having a spectacular day and cherishing every moment together (: 

"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return"

-moulin rouge

Happy Valentines Day (:

xoxo

L

hello frydae.

hello new releases.

i want to see these two movies for a few reasons.

1. rachel bilson.

(if you forgot, i made one post soley dedicated to how much i love her)

2. robert patinson.

(i made another post soley dedicated to twilight)

3. i love a good love story.

ta-ta for now

L

p.s. i have a tumblr now. i know, like i really need another thing to waste my time away on...

 i'm still trying to figure out how it works, but here's the link if you're interested: http://hopingforchance.tumblr.com/

hello good reads.

so i've decided i want to start reading. i look on sam and amy's blogs and see all these books they've read in just the first part of the year and it's more books than i've read in my entire life. sad story. for realzz. plus i feel like i'll feel smarter... hopefully. and i'll feel a lot better that i'm wasting my time reading rather than on facebook, twitter, blogspot, etc. it just sounds so much better right? 

i asked for suggestions on fb of good books to read. i think my favorite suggestions so far were thrasher from cade (it's a skateboarding magazine). and bill's suggestion to read everybody poops. i'll look into it, thanks fellas. but if anyone else has a good suggestion please comment :) 

L

hello words of the wise.

"nothing is 

impossible,

the word itself says 

i'm possible"

-audrey hepburn 

hello top 5.

top five things that happened to me today:

5. i rolled out of bed. looked a hot mess. and went to to school without a care. i was comfy. good day. 

4. went grocery shopping, and received not one, but two coupons upon checkout. chha-ching. true life: college student.

3. i made and ate my own acai bowl. obsessed. it's the only way to put it. if you've never tried an acai bowl... you're missing out. acai ice cream (it's not really ice cream but i dunno how else to explain it), granola, bannans, and honey. weird combo, i know. but delicious? absolutely.

2. i bought two journals. but here's the thing, they're five-year journals. the first journal you write one line every day and you do it for five years. the second one is the same concept but it asks you different questions and you can see how your answer changes over the years. i'm so excited to get them in the mail! i know two is kind of excessive, but i couldn't decide which one i wanted so i got both haha. i might end up giving one away. who knows. if you want one, i got mine from amazon, but anthropology sells the question one too. (it's just more expensive at anthro).

1. i talked to my mom and dad :) and my wonderful friends too. good day.

happy hump day people

L

hello jacob.

jacob blackmore grew up with a lot of us. to the people that didn't actually know him they probably just thought of him as the big scary guy. but personally, i thought jacob was actually really sweet. i'm not going to act like we were best friends because by no means were we. but we were friends and i pray for his family and the loss they are suffering. 

jacob was in my homeroom growing up. and he always had something interesting to say. he could make us all laugh more than anyone else. i remember he told us how he was building a UFC fighting arena in his backyard. for days he was trying to convince rachel and i to fight in his arena once it was finished haha. 

then there's also the time at the senior picnic where neelam decided to go against jacob in the inflatable 2-person race. you tried to see who could put the velcro thing furthest while attached to a connected bungee cord. everyone new neelam was going to die based off of her tiny size compared to jacobs. we were all waiting to see neelam fling backwards. but surprisingly neelam won!? we still don't understand how that happened...haha

jacob disappeared for a long time at one point. he was gone for like 8 months or so and then randomly one day, in the middle of the week, in the middle of the semester, jacob walks into homeroom and sits down as if he'd never left. haha everyone in the room looked around at each other in confusion including mrs. stiltz. rachel and i looked at each other asking if that was jacob?? we then asked jacob where in the world he had been for the last while. he continued to explain to us about how he escaped from some boot camp thing and how he survived off of the animals in the woods haha. 

david once told us how coach kemper was having a serious talk with the football players one day and jacob was in the corner laughing. when asked what he was laughing about he said, "you know in the movie Where The Wild Things Are, they never tell you where they are" haha

jacob also always tried convincing garrett, sam, and nick to fight him. it was pretty much a daily conversation in homeroom haha.

i think we all agree that jacob always put a smile on our faces. he was truly one of a kind. let us not mourn in the loss, but smile in the life he lived. when death happens it really makes you rethink about everything. so if anything let this be a reminder to us all to take advantage of every day. my mom always tells me to live by faith, not fear. faith that we will do what makes us happy with the ones we care the most about. not fear that tomorrow could be our last day. 

our class of 2010 at pope has graduated and moved on. some have moved thousands of miles away while others have stayed in the same place. but either way, we've all begun new chapters of our lives. it's great to know though that despite how different we all may be, we can still unite together during times like these to be there for a classmate, a peer, and a friend. 

live each day to the fullest

rest in peace jacob

L

hello february.

oh february.

the month of groundhogs, presidents, black history, and love.

february also happens to be the shortest month. which means, i think it's the best month to make goals because they don't have to last for that long.

so i plan on making this month extraordinary. 

who's with me?

L