7 + 9

16 days till the fam.

belli bar crawl

this was a very very successful night.

got a phone number
got news of a job opening at a place where a bffworks
gave a phone number
flirted lots
bar crawled it
went to royal upstairs
had a sociological discussion with a boy at a bar
realized he was trying to justify paying for world of warcraft.
walked home.
left my soon to be new roomie on the couch with a boy she like
got a promise for breakfast out tomorrow morning.
watching wimbelton
putting clothes on hangers
decided tomorrow is a nothing day (other than filling out a job app)

because the unknown is a mear 30 days away...

I figured a Grey's Anatomy quote would sum up my new perspective on the future pretty well...

"We spend our whole lives worrying about the future
planning for the future
trying to predict the future - as if figuring it out will cushion the blow.
But the future is always changing.
The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes.
But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself.
The future is never the way we imagined it."

for now all I can hope for is an amazing first (and hopefully not last) summer in the place that I have called my home for the past 4 years.

A summer where hopefully by the end of I will have read some amazing books, learned more about life and love, enjoyed the pacific northwest at a time where I've heard it is at its most beautiful, and maybe (if the mood strikes me) point myself in the slight direction as to where I'm headed in life.

I know for now that this friends of the children organization that I applied to is something that I want to pursue and if I don't get it with them I am going to try and find another organization that does the same essential goal, and hopefully there will be more of them around.
But for now... I am excited for the next 3 months that are ahead of me... of my family visiting the places and people that I have come to love, of graduating, a pure Washington summer, of the unknown.

new crushes

I love the feeling that you get when you have a new crush. It's very very enjoyable.

Monsooning

Arizonan monsoon's do something.
They wipe out all the dust, dirt, debris on the streets and wipe them clean. They erase the heat from the air and let you breath again. Its like the thunder scars away all the negative thoughts, feelings... stuff... that's in the air and you can breath again.
From June 15, Every afternoon, without fail, you look at the mountains looking to see if those big, dark, luxurious looking clouds come rolling over the peaks, you just know. fresh start. If you had a bad morning, well don't worry about it cause around 3 when you see those clouds start rolling in you know, just know, that your day is going to change. Not start over, but give you a chance to take a breath and relax. For those 25 minutes that the rain is spilling from the sky and the winds are wiping out all the smells from the day, and the thunder is clearing the sky, and the lightning is lighting the sky to let you know that the day isn't over yet and then, its clean.
You can start to tackle the day again.
Clear air. Fresh air.
I want to smell the fresh start.

disneyland

all i need is a nudge and a wink in the right direction towards being an grownup cause otherwise it scares the living daylights out of me.

modern technology

one of the benefits of having a young president is that he ok's really cool things like THIS something that we would have never caught a glimpse of before with the other old geezers but with him we're allowed to enter into that world and experience what he's doing and how he's doing it!! I think that it's pretty amazing if i do say so myself. So thanks mr. pres for allowing me a glimpse into your world that i would not have seen until pictures were printed in a TIMES photo book in a few years!