this land is your land

happy fourth of july!

I've always loved the firework show. 

Patriotism is all in the barbecue, the family, the whole she-bang! 

But the fireworks will always be my favorite. 

How can you celebrate our country's freedom 

without big explosives in the sky? 

You just can't. 

It all begins with a couple starter fireworks to build up the anticipation.

Then you move on to the booming sounds that 

fill your ears which you (in my case) begin to hate, 

but start to love even up to the finale.
Then before you know it's over and your shouting for more.

Living in this big Ohio suburban neighborhood,

every direction you look there are houses shooting up

big real fireworks so the show is really all around you.

Which is pretty cool. 

{plus fireworks have been going since last thursday}

The best July 4ths I've ever spent were in New Hampshire.

My older sisters and brothers were there and all

the kids I've known since I was 5 years old.

There were live bands and food vendors and all those

carny games you see at Sixx Flags.

Plus the show was always an hour long or longer,

 much better than this year's 10 minute show.

hope you all had an amazing fourth of July!

secrets {part II}

You might think this is gross and/or think I'm insane but I like the smell of skunks... Maybe it's one of those acquired smells that you learn to come to terms with overtime, or maybe it's just very familiar. But I kind of like it... whatever!

I idolize Jenny Lewis and have seen her in concert & loved her, but my favorite concert I've ever been to was Ingrid Michaelson, where she played a never-heard-before song called "Blueberry Boy". Ingrid is a hilarious woman. 

I find it extremely awkward when I boy opens a door for me and then I find myself in a double doorway and don't know if I should open the second door for myself or stand there...

I believe in things like ghosts, aliens, and even wizards.

I wish I could speak French and Italian fluently but unfortunately I can't roll my Rs but I can fold my tongue into a clover!

I am obsessed with soy milk or any rice or almond milk. I'm not lactose intolerant, I just really love it!

Sometimes I fanatise about being an amazing dancer. Contemporary, tap, anything really.

I have road rage on occasion. I'll talk to the cars sarcastically and it drives me crazy if they either, don't use their blinker, or never turn it off.

{xo}

I'm bringing Buffy back

When will America overcome this Vampsession?

I feel that around every corner now is a new vampire 

I should be looking out for.

Vampire Diaries? True Blood? The Gates?

 Oh... and what was that one movie? ...Twilight.

Why weren't we satisfied with Buffy?

It's...

1. from the 90's. We love old shows.

2. like Twilight, Charmed, and the OC combined

 but without Kristen Stewart's lip biting.

rockstardom

I'm sure with hundreds of other bloggers, we all wish to be rockstars like Rockstar Diaries own Naomi "Taza" Davis. Her life seems too surreal and her dog is adorable and because of her, I am now obsessed with this song...

Marina & The Diamonds, "I Am Not A Robot" 

bloggers block

don't be surprised if I don't blog for about a week at a time and please don't be hating but really, life is about to get much more boring for me than it is now.


currently: sitting in "my room" (quotes needed because it was striped of it hipness through art & pictures on the walls. Not to mention my bed...) with the lamp turned on but no lamp shade so while I'm writing this I still see that residue of an image of the light from glancing at it for a moment to long. Listening to "Paper Planes" by I'm From Barcelona. No job. Few friends in town while others live in their location of schooling for the summer.


in the near future: Driving for 2-3 days to Ohio. Endlessly hunting for a job. No friends there. Hope to meet/make plenty of them though. Lots of family time. Vow to master the art of origami cranes. Read Jane Austen and Dickens (hopefully in a hammock). Applying SPF 50 praying I won't burn but hoping for somewhat of a tan that I can get... Trip to Washington D.C. with the family!!! Birthday! Then back to Utah!


I really do love Utah. I remember I hated it when I first moved here back in 2006 thinking the mountains looked like cardboard. But after literally living on a mountain, I've grown to love them endlessly. How could I have been so wrong? I look forward to when I can go camping or hiking up any Utah canyon.


hope ya'll are having a great weekend!

xo.

what I've learned

I really don't try to neglect this blog and I'm sorry if this is online... journal? will in the end become one of those "I used to read this blog..." kind of blog.


But I promise, you haven't missed much. This was originally created because i was a new eager college freshman and wanted some type of documentation but now that school is out I've just been packing up my parents house because they are moving in a couple weeks to Ohio!

I've been relatively living on my own for the past 8 months (minus the weekends I would go home & visit friends and family) and I've come to collect an abundance of knowledge outside the realm of classrooms and lectures.


1. When wanting to eat apples & peanut butter, there is no need to cut the apple into slices. Just simply bite the apple and apply peanut butter directly on the surface. Bite & Repeat.
2. Do whatever it takes to use the least amount of dishes, even if this means drinking straight from the carton. What does it really matter though? You bought it... :)
3. Invest in good walking shoes or at least bribe someone for a good foot rub. I love my sandals and  cowboy boots as much as any other girl, but after a long day of classes and walking across campus, all I want to do is put my feet up.
4. The school newspaper lists fun events for that week. Another way of looking like I'm really reading the newspaper.
5. It's not really the case that you meet a lot of people on campus if you live on campus... sadly enough that was my case
6. The library has a poetry closet.
7. It also has a secret vinyl collection and has hip books like Nylon Global Street Style
8.  Art is everywhere.
9. If one roommate makes another one mad or cry, it's always for the better because then they will either move out or become a hermit. Either way, a problem is solved. Sad but true.
10. I haven't quite gained that much more knowledge but when I come home I realize high schoolers look at me differently which is pretty cool I guess.


stay in school.

my life is average

Today I slapped a Twilight fan. MLIA.


Today, my sister and I were hungry so we went through the Mcdonalds drive through. I drive a rather old beat up car, and as we pulled up to the window to get our food the worker looked at me and sarcastically said "Nice car." Without missing a beat my 11 year old sister leans over the seat and said "Nice job." That shut him up. MLIA


Today, I was cleaning out some old writings I had and found an essay I wrote back when I was in the fifth grade. The subject was to create a new piece of technology that could better our life; I wrote about a pocket-sized boom box you could carry with you anywhere, and you can download and store all of your songs on it. This was five years before the iPod came out. I demand compensation. MLIA


Today, I spent an hour petting my dog. It was only when I turned on the light that I realized it had been a pillow. MLIA.


Today my best friend and I discovered that the handicap stall in our school's bathroom has two toilets. Needless to say, it made my day. It was even better when I sent a picture to one of my guy friends and he texted back asking if that is really how the stalls in girls bathrooms are. I said: Of course, why do you think we go to the bathroom in groups. He believed me. MLIA


Today, my mom used a "your mom" joke on me. MLIA


Today is superhero day at my school. A kid in my class dressed up as Jesus. MLIA.


Today, my sister and I were at a ballet performance.While we were there we ran into a little girl with a Disney princess sticker on, so my sister asked her "awww do you like Disney princesses?" The little girl barked back NO, ripped the sticker off, and ate it. MLIA