EVERYONE!
so i havent blogged in forever. and im sure you all just skipped over that sentence because that is how all mine begin.
this semester i have been so busy!!! tons of homework and i spend pretty much all my time painting, drawing, designing etc. i only had one art class this semester (2-d design and it ROCKED!)and i was doing art all the time....next semester i am taking drawing I, 3-d design, and computers in art....im going to go CRAZY! it has been really fun though im so SO glad i'm an art major, i have so much fun doing it and i can really see myself doing this for the rest of my life haha. next week is finals! i have one paper due tomorrow and then my spanish final on friday and then next tuesday i have my art history final and wednesday is my 2-D final critique and then DONE! i move out officially on friday so you all better be available to play friday night!!!
....honestly i can't even imagine what this summer's going to be like! different than any summer in my memory for sure. with all the boys gone, and i'll be working full timeat Tennis Club lifeguarding and (hopefully) coaching or teaching lessons...and yeah. crazy....speaking of crazy...
ali has a boy. haha yes i know, don't hyperventilate or fall off your chair in shock or anything! but yeah...haha his name is Brandon! he treats me so so good he always wants to be with me (too much sometimes hahaha kenz...."you need to leave..." haha) but i'm really really happy!
anywho not much else is up....i'm excited to come home and see you all and meet your U friends and catch up and for you all to meet brandon and to wear dresses and shorts and swim in kristin's pool and go to sno shak and lay on the grass and look at the stars and go barefoot everywhere! can't wait to see youuuu!!!! XOXOXOXO
peace :)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Panic! at the University
Ok, so i am seriously in shock about life right now...with the announcement of Matt Buhler's death and Bree's getting married i guess it really just hit me that REAL LIFE IS STARTING. AHHH im just trying to get used to this idea that we're adults now, and when things happen like this you just have to deal with them, life goes on....its hard.
plus the guys are all starting to leave on missions....also hard....im gonna be missin out on my russell hugs for two years and i dunno if i can handle it!
so im watching american idol right now, and there's this guy who's trying out who, for fun, organizes chinese characters according to thier radicans. i didn't even know chinese characters could be considered as radicals. CRAZY. to make matters worse he taught himself to sing off of youtube videos, watching his favorite artists and dissecting their techniques, and reading "how to sing for dummies" books. SERIOUSLY?! and now he just took a sip of paula abdul's water. maybe she deserved that one. but really, where do these people come from?! i still think alex should have tried out....she easily has one of the best voices i've ever heard!
anyways thats my post for today. love everyone see you soon!
PEACE
plus the guys are all starting to leave on missions....also hard....im gonna be missin out on my russell hugs for two years and i dunno if i can handle it!
so im watching american idol right now, and there's this guy who's trying out who, for fun, organizes chinese characters according to thier radicans. i didn't even know chinese characters could be considered as radicals. CRAZY. to make matters worse he taught himself to sing off of youtube videos, watching his favorite artists and dissecting their techniques, and reading "how to sing for dummies" books. SERIOUSLY?! and now he just took a sip of paula abdul's water. maybe she deserved that one. but really, where do these people come from?! i still think alex should have tried out....she easily has one of the best voices i've ever heard!
anyways thats my post for today. love everyone see you soon!
PEACE
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
merry new year folks!
well....in answer to kristins plea for more blogging i am making a new years resolution to write at least once a week! and if i dont....well im sure you'll all find your own unique way of harrassing me. so christmas was great! its been good to be home contrary to my thoughts of "i am going to die" before returning to good old michigan ave. anyways i've been feeling kind of anti-social lately. this break i think i've only hung out like 4 times total! crazy!! i've read 5 harry potters, learned to play the guitar (thanks to nick for getting me started! haha), played nancy drew for two days straight (where are you samir?!) watched 23 movies, baked, and slept. haha i dunno what has gotten into me but i have really just enjoyed relaxing for a few weeks. but i really am excited to go back to logan! and see all my friends up there again...i really want you all to meet my logan buddies sometime....kristina, amy, brandon, chaise, brian, dan, kenny, kevin, liz, toni, the brothers...yeah they're all way cool. dont ge me wrong i have loved LOVED being back and seeing everyone here. i miss everyone so much and it seriously shatters my universe to think that i won't be seeing a large number of you (aka all the missionaries we're sending off) for TWO years. girls, we have to swear to stay friends during this time cuz i think sometimes it's the boys who hold us all together! anyways. i really can't imagine coming back from logan and not being able to call russell, or sam, or max to see what's going on....its going to be wierd. ill miss them a lot but its so good that they get to go.
last night i got to go to a fireside planned by my oly/waterpolo friend, mike harris. it was really really cool...it wasn't through young adults, their ward, or stake or even the church. a couple of them just decided they wanted to have a fireside for all their friends and so they planned it...they called me a like a month ago to invite me and then last week mike called to ask me to say the closing prayer. so last night at like 7 i head out to olympus to find the church where it was being held. we started and my friend clay marsh was conducting, we sang songs, they had four speakers...scott thatcher and mike were both speaking and it was just like a relief society room with probably 15-20 people in attendance. scottie and clay have both been called to their missions, scott is going to finland and clay is going to japan...they both have grown up so much within the last year it was really cool to hear them speak. we sang songs, had a musical number, then some people bore testimonies and we ended the meeting. i just thought it was so awesome that they had such a love for the gospel that they would give up a night when they could be doing countless other things, to give thanks and praise to heavenly father for this amazing gospel we have, and i was amazed that with no adult help three boys would choose to plan this on their own. i really felt the spirit and my testimony was definitely strengthened. thanks guys!!
so tonight is new years! i can't believe 2008 is over. the year we graduated from high school, started college, became adults. some people made life altering changes, some moved far away from home, some people kept in touch, some gained testimonies, some found love, some experienced heartbreak. some people learned lessons the hard way, some met goals, some people failed, some found out who they are. some surprised us, some continued in their paths of expected behaviors. all in all i cant really express how much i love you all and am grateful to have your influence in my life. love you all and happy new year!
last night i got to go to a fireside planned by my oly/waterpolo friend, mike harris. it was really really cool...it wasn't through young adults, their ward, or stake or even the church. a couple of them just decided they wanted to have a fireside for all their friends and so they planned it...they called me a like a month ago to invite me and then last week mike called to ask me to say the closing prayer. so last night at like 7 i head out to olympus to find the church where it was being held. we started and my friend clay marsh was conducting, we sang songs, they had four speakers...scott thatcher and mike were both speaking and it was just like a relief society room with probably 15-20 people in attendance. scottie and clay have both been called to their missions, scott is going to finland and clay is going to japan...they both have grown up so much within the last year it was really cool to hear them speak. we sang songs, had a musical number, then some people bore testimonies and we ended the meeting. i just thought it was so awesome that they had such a love for the gospel that they would give up a night when they could be doing countless other things, to give thanks and praise to heavenly father for this amazing gospel we have, and i was amazed that with no adult help three boys would choose to plan this on their own. i really felt the spirit and my testimony was definitely strengthened. thanks guys!!
so tonight is new years! i can't believe 2008 is over. the year we graduated from high school, started college, became adults. some people made life altering changes, some moved far away from home, some people kept in touch, some gained testimonies, some found love, some experienced heartbreak. some people learned lessons the hard way, some met goals, some people failed, some found out who they are. some surprised us, some continued in their paths of expected behaviors. all in all i cant really express how much i love you all and am grateful to have your influence in my life. love you all and happy new year!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
M.I.A.
so i have decided that i am a HORRIBLE blogger. i read joce and christine's blogs which always have insightful passages that make me think about things in new ways or reminisce about the past. and then i read kenz's blog and she's always able to say whatever's on her mind no matter what it is. or anthony who writes faithfully and puts a hilarious spin on any situation, bluntly saying what everyone else is secretly thinking. and jeff always writes about his music and even though i sometimes skip that part i always love to read about his adventures down at the Y, dating and playing red rover and what not. and....i suck at blogging! not only do i fail to write very frequently but when i do its like 502349235901257 different thoughts just plopped down and yeah. so im sorry to everyone who reads my blog!
anyways. in this post i really wanted to share with you something i have been thinking about for a few days now. through shopping on black friday and just in general i have decided that I HATE SALES ASSOCIATES! they are probably the most annoying employee ever. i hate walking into a store and being greeted by hello! can i help you with something! NO! of course not, i just got in the freaking store how can i know if i want help yet, i haven't even looked at anything!
i was at Zumiez the other day looking at hats and this sales woman stands behind me and says "hi! need help?" and i didn't know if she was talking to me or not so i didn't answer and she goes "hey! (getting all up in my face) do you want any help?" aghhhh i just got so irritated. if i needed help, i would ASK. end of story.
so thats my little rant. love you all, happy thanksgiving and happy holidays! xo
anyways. in this post i really wanted to share with you something i have been thinking about for a few days now. through shopping on black friday and just in general i have decided that I HATE SALES ASSOCIATES! they are probably the most annoying employee ever. i hate walking into a store and being greeted by hello! can i help you with something! NO! of course not, i just got in the freaking store how can i know if i want help yet, i haven't even looked at anything!
i was at Zumiez the other day looking at hats and this sales woman stands behind me and says "hi! need help?" and i didn't know if she was talking to me or not so i didn't answer and she goes "hey! (getting all up in my face) do you want any help?" aghhhh i just got so irritated. if i needed help, i would ASK. end of story.
so thats my little rant. love you all, happy thanksgiving and happy holidays! xo
Thursday, November 13, 2008
sabrina the teenage witch
well hey there kids!
so life has been pretty crazy lately! first a few good things : my art history class...that class is crazy the teacher thinks she is hilarious but she is NOT, i have bombed my first two tests, but i had another today and i think it went REALLY well. and i got my second paper back and i got 100%!!! she said i scored a home run with that one, so that basically made my entire last two weeks.
so kenz's pilot friends basically rock hardcore. brian....aka brain-brain to me haha is so SO funny, and hunter is cool and today i hung out with them and scott and parker too. so funny haha. and then theres brian's room mates dan, jake and douggie haha. they are awesome and i am learning to play halo there. im really bad haha. mostly i spend all of my time looking at the sky or ground, or running into walls, or spinning while shooting simultaneously.
anyways, like 3 weeks ago i met this guy named brandon....he's in my FHE family, and he's pretty cool. but i really can't figure him out. like, he acts like he likes me more than as a friend, but i asked him about it one day but all he said was that he thinks i'm a fun and cool friend.. and sorry if thats not the answer i wanted.... confused!! and then his friend chaise said that he said he does like me arghhhhhhh BOYS ARE SO WIERD. he holds my hand and always asks if i can hang out, or wants to go do stuff. i cant even type what the whole situation is because i don't get it entirely myself. but he's fun to flirt with and cuddle so i guess thats it right now. which i'm ok with because i am really actually not sure how i would feel about having a BF. from my history i've just never been good with commitment, but at the same time i want someone to always be there for me and to love me. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im just tired of boys/ i took a quiz the other day that said i won't be married until i am in my 30's and at this rate, i am not doubting it's prediction hahahaha. whatevs.
kenz is the best friend ever. seriously, i was thinking the other day, that besides the whole reproduction thing, girls could easily live in a boy-less world. girls can talk and shop and play games and be goofy and dress up and do everything and we don't even need guys. anyways, i can talk to kenz about anything and we always cuddle and watch movies on our bed-couch with Kristina who is such a cutie pie, i just love her. but last night i was so sleepy and kinda grouchy and i came in and layed on kenz's lap and she just played with my hair. holy dang i just love that girl.
so i was thinking about our group of friends after last saturday at alec's.
it was so good to see him again, its been so long! anyways when judy came in later in the evening, she started talking about our group of friends and how lucky we are to have eachother. seriously i feel so lucky to have you guys. even though we're all apart now i am eternally grateful to have had such good stable people to grow up around and to help shape me to who i am becoming. my standards, values, morals, inside jokes, childhood, relationships, and just ME was molded by the hands of all of you. kenz and i always contrast our friends, what we did when we hung out, what we talked about, or what we thought was scandalous to those thoughts and actions of our sisters' grades. i swear they are like black and white. in 10th grade we had to be home by 11:00 and that was late! if we were late, we were in huge trouble. our sisters are so focused on what they look like, spending hours to get ready for the day, or a night out...doing who knows what?! we used to shower, throw on some clothes and mascara and run out the door! there aren't huge groups of guys and girls that hang out together anymore, they cling to same-gender groups and when they hang out with the opposite sex it's because someone in the group has a crush or wants to get some. wierd. lizzy doesn't have any true guy friends like i do. i dunno. a couple weeks ago when i was at joce's, a bunch of her little sister's friends were over and the guys wanted to go egging! we never would've done somehting like that. the world is changing so much its crazy. anyways, i just love all of you and yeah.
im pretty sure none of this has made sense....as you can see i am pretty thoroughly confused!!
love you all....
peace xo!
so life has been pretty crazy lately! first a few good things : my art history class...that class is crazy the teacher thinks she is hilarious but she is NOT, i have bombed my first two tests, but i had another today and i think it went REALLY well. and i got my second paper back and i got 100%!!! she said i scored a home run with that one, so that basically made my entire last two weeks.
so kenz's pilot friends basically rock hardcore. brian....aka brain-brain to me haha is so SO funny, and hunter is cool and today i hung out with them and scott and parker too. so funny haha. and then theres brian's room mates dan, jake and douggie haha. they are awesome and i am learning to play halo there. im really bad haha. mostly i spend all of my time looking at the sky or ground, or running into walls, or spinning while shooting simultaneously.
anyways, like 3 weeks ago i met this guy named brandon....he's in my FHE family, and he's pretty cool. but i really can't figure him out. like, he acts like he likes me more than as a friend, but i asked him about it one day but all he said was that he thinks i'm a fun and cool friend.. and sorry if thats not the answer i wanted.... confused!! and then his friend chaise said that he said he does like me arghhhhhhh BOYS ARE SO WIERD. he holds my hand and always asks if i can hang out, or wants to go do stuff. i cant even type what the whole situation is because i don't get it entirely myself. but he's fun to flirt with and cuddle so i guess thats it right now. which i'm ok with because i am really actually not sure how i would feel about having a BF. from my history i've just never been good with commitment, but at the same time i want someone to always be there for me and to love me. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im just tired of boys/ i took a quiz the other day that said i won't be married until i am in my 30's and at this rate, i am not doubting it's prediction hahahaha. whatevs.
kenz is the best friend ever. seriously, i was thinking the other day, that besides the whole reproduction thing, girls could easily live in a boy-less world. girls can talk and shop and play games and be goofy and dress up and do everything and we don't even need guys. anyways, i can talk to kenz about anything and we always cuddle and watch movies on our bed-couch with Kristina who is such a cutie pie, i just love her. but last night i was so sleepy and kinda grouchy and i came in and layed on kenz's lap and she just played with my hair. holy dang i just love that girl.
so i was thinking about our group of friends after last saturday at alec's.
it was so good to see him again, its been so long! anyways when judy came in later in the evening, she started talking about our group of friends and how lucky we are to have eachother. seriously i feel so lucky to have you guys. even though we're all apart now i am eternally grateful to have had such good stable people to grow up around and to help shape me to who i am becoming. my standards, values, morals, inside jokes, childhood, relationships, and just ME was molded by the hands of all of you. kenz and i always contrast our friends, what we did when we hung out, what we talked about, or what we thought was scandalous to those thoughts and actions of our sisters' grades. i swear they are like black and white. in 10th grade we had to be home by 11:00 and that was late! if we were late, we were in huge trouble. our sisters are so focused on what they look like, spending hours to get ready for the day, or a night out...doing who knows what?! we used to shower, throw on some clothes and mascara and run out the door! there aren't huge groups of guys and girls that hang out together anymore, they cling to same-gender groups and when they hang out with the opposite sex it's because someone in the group has a crush or wants to get some. wierd. lizzy doesn't have any true guy friends like i do. i dunno. a couple weeks ago when i was at joce's, a bunch of her little sister's friends were over and the guys wanted to go egging! we never would've done somehting like that. the world is changing so much its crazy. anyways, i just love all of you and yeah.
im pretty sure none of this has made sense....as you can see i am pretty thoroughly confused!!
love you all....
peace xo!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
halloweenie! this is what my daddy always used to call halloween when i lived at home :)
so today, after being absent from the blog world for a few months i got on, read all your blogs (which took a long time!!) and realized i had been tagged in this thing a few times so here it is my lovers:
WISHES
1) To get a's in all my classes and feel more motivated to study
2) Find a boy? yes i love being single but it's been like a year now and im feeling kinda lonely in the boy department to be honest
3) Be in the same physical shape as i was during sophomore and junior year. but with my skin now. haha
4) find a good tree to climb and read in
DESTINATIONS
1) Greece
2) Hawaii
3) Havasupai pre-flooding
4) Milan
CAREERS
1) Graphic Designer
2) Advertisment Artist
3) Magazine Editor
4) Magazine Layout Director
AT THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, GODS GONNA SAY
1) Nothing, being speechless, he will hug me.
2) Please come in, there is milk in the fridge and cookies in the oven
3) Peace Fern
4) I love you!
VICTIMS
1) Kenz
2) Amy
3) Jeff (if you havent done it)
4) anyone else
we are on Potter craze here at utah state
we are having a week long potter marathon watching all the movies. i am being bellatrix lestrange for halloween. kenz is hermione, kristina is ginny. brandon just said amy should be harry. HAHA. kenny my next door neighbor is going to give me a dark mark and i am dying my hair black. HAHAHAH. its going to be sweet. what is everyone going to be for halloween??? the HOWL is on halloween and i think ppl should come up!!!! ohhh i think heather is gonna come be luna. AWESOME. dudes i miss yall! i have a real harry potter wand and it is SO COOL, lights up and everything!
my computer is stupid. when you push 'a' it actually types '`a' and k is '=k' and f is '5f' etc. retarded. so now im on kenzs comp.
i know the pilot language alphabet!! alpha bravo charlie etc....yeah.
halloween is my FAVORITE HOLIDAY. yes, more than christmas. i love halloween. my family came to church with me today for family day. it was cool, the gave us dinner.
im playing soccer again! im on an indoor team with kenz and max and spencer (hill) kristina and kenny and spencer (green) and two of max's friends named cameron and brady. we won our first game 7-4!!! so i played for an hour and a half on thursday, 3 hours on fridan and 2 on saturday. its awesome. i miss my swimteam. like horribly. i have pictures from state in my room and everytime i look at them i choke up. its like this huge part of me has been ripped from within me and im left gaping and getting fatter by the second.
when i came back to salt lake last weekend i swam with my old team and it was so amazing. i didnt have goggles cuz i left it all at USU so i was gonna borrow, but if nobody had extras by 5:45 i was gonna go home. so i was sitting in the locker room and my old coach, cathy came running in and shouted "you can't go home!!! stay and swim!" and gave me the HUGE hug. it feels so good to be missed, can i tell you that? and my coach mark was asking me about the boys and i told him they were nonexistant and he was in shock because this is apparently unusual for my track record...according to him and cathy i was "always in the back of the bus surrounded by the boys! even since i was a freshman!" wierd. it made me think that puberty has had reverse effect on me and i have gotten more and more disgusting as i mature haha. so then after practice i went to georges with liz and my mom and i saw two of my FAVORITE people, Jesse Wood and Eric Albee from waterpolo! they are both SO cute and we basically kicked trash together during boys jv polo tourney. second in state! whoo! im so sad i cant play with them anymore. anyways i walked in and the hispanic waiter guy (you all know which one im talking about i feel bad i dont know his name!) was like, welcome back ali! and he brought us all free orange juice and gave me extra eggs as ususal..i LOVE georges haha. then i went to spoon me with joce rosie and kristin that night....so many good memories and BUB was there! so hot! then i hung out with dalan and mike, some of my polo buddies from olympus and we hung out with them again the next night. yeah.
kenz is teaching me to drive stick! i only killed it about 4 times yesterday! whoo! ummm i freaking love her guts.
dunno what else to write!
oh joce, your post about our childhood basically made me cry....shaving ken was my favorite!!!! i still have him but he's not in mint condition like yours haha. but my personal favorite is potty trainin' kelly. she really pees! and i remember i was SO mad cuz one day lizzy accidentally got the mini toilet paper it comes with wet!
anyways, love you all!
peace!!
WISHES
1) To get a's in all my classes and feel more motivated to study
2) Find a boy? yes i love being single but it's been like a year now and im feeling kinda lonely in the boy department to be honest
3) Be in the same physical shape as i was during sophomore and junior year. but with my skin now. haha
4) find a good tree to climb and read in
DESTINATIONS
1) Greece
2) Hawaii
3) Havasupai pre-flooding
4) Milan
CAREERS
1) Graphic Designer
2) Advertisment Artist
3) Magazine Editor
4) Magazine Layout Director
AT THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, GODS GONNA SAY
1) Nothing, being speechless, he will hug me.
2) Please come in, there is milk in the fridge and cookies in the oven
3) Peace Fern
4) I love you!
VICTIMS
1) Kenz
2) Amy
3) Jeff (if you havent done it)
4) anyone else
we are on Potter craze here at utah state
we are having a week long potter marathon watching all the movies. i am being bellatrix lestrange for halloween. kenz is hermione, kristina is ginny. brandon just said amy should be harry. HAHA. kenny my next door neighbor is going to give me a dark mark and i am dying my hair black. HAHAHAH. its going to be sweet. what is everyone going to be for halloween??? the HOWL is on halloween and i think ppl should come up!!!! ohhh i think heather is gonna come be luna. AWESOME. dudes i miss yall! i have a real harry potter wand and it is SO COOL, lights up and everything!
my computer is stupid. when you push 'a' it actually types '`a' and k is '=k' and f is '5f' etc. retarded. so now im on kenzs comp.
i know the pilot language alphabet!! alpha bravo charlie etc....yeah.
halloween is my FAVORITE HOLIDAY. yes, more than christmas. i love halloween. my family came to church with me today for family day. it was cool, the gave us dinner.
im playing soccer again! im on an indoor team with kenz and max and spencer (hill) kristina and kenny and spencer (green) and two of max's friends named cameron and brady. we won our first game 7-4!!! so i played for an hour and a half on thursday, 3 hours on fridan and 2 on saturday. its awesome. i miss my swimteam. like horribly. i have pictures from state in my room and everytime i look at them i choke up. its like this huge part of me has been ripped from within me and im left gaping and getting fatter by the second.
when i came back to salt lake last weekend i swam with my old team and it was so amazing. i didnt have goggles cuz i left it all at USU so i was gonna borrow, but if nobody had extras by 5:45 i was gonna go home. so i was sitting in the locker room and my old coach, cathy came running in and shouted "you can't go home!!! stay and swim!" and gave me the HUGE hug. it feels so good to be missed, can i tell you that? and my coach mark was asking me about the boys and i told him they were nonexistant and he was in shock because this is apparently unusual for my track record...according to him and cathy i was "always in the back of the bus surrounded by the boys! even since i was a freshman!" wierd. it made me think that puberty has had reverse effect on me and i have gotten more and more disgusting as i mature haha. so then after practice i went to georges with liz and my mom and i saw two of my FAVORITE people, Jesse Wood and Eric Albee from waterpolo! they are both SO cute and we basically kicked trash together during boys jv polo tourney. second in state! whoo! im so sad i cant play with them anymore. anyways i walked in and the hispanic waiter guy (you all know which one im talking about i feel bad i dont know his name!) was like, welcome back ali! and he brought us all free orange juice and gave me extra eggs as ususal..i LOVE georges haha. then i went to spoon me with joce rosie and kristin that night....so many good memories and BUB was there! so hot! then i hung out with dalan and mike, some of my polo buddies from olympus and we hung out with them again the next night. yeah.
kenz is teaching me to drive stick! i only killed it about 4 times yesterday! whoo! ummm i freaking love her guts.
dunno what else to write!
oh joce, your post about our childhood basically made me cry....shaving ken was my favorite!!!! i still have him but he's not in mint condition like yours haha. but my personal favorite is potty trainin' kelly. she really pees! and i remember i was SO mad cuz one day lizzy accidentally got the mini toilet paper it comes with wet!
anyways, love you all!
peace!!
Monday, September 29, 2008
harley ride
Sunday afternoon; the sun tickled my shoulders as I walked abnormally quickly away from the Golden Toaster. Kenz and I were antsy to get home after a long sacrament meeting, not only because we had entirely too much energy, but because we knew what awaited us in our tiny kitchenette. As soon as we we pulled open the doors emblazoned with 'SAN JUAN', it hit us. At first it was small, a tiny waft of beauty, but as soon as we hit the stairs, there was no escaping it. The smell of barbequed meat hit my nostrils and my animal instincts took over. The best thing about this Sunday was the knowledge that this time it was mine. This Sunday I didn't have to tear myself from the door of another happy apartment of full bellies while mine settled once again for a box of 'the blues'. Kenz and i sprinted up three flights and through the door. OH JOY IT WAS GLORIOUS.
Shredded pork perfection, Golden Potatoes, Cinnamon buns with enough icing and butter to give you a heart attack. Sugar cookies straight from a fairy tea party and sparkling sherbet punch that cleansed my pallette to help me find room for another round. Finally, real food expanded my stomach to the point where I could no longer move. 9 of us sprawled on the chastity couches too bloated and too afraid of getting sick to try getting up. So we called in the boys to clean up. Which they did, thanking us for our leftovers between bites of hashed glory.
Nothing moved. Every motionless leaf hung gracefully from the branches surrounding our living room and the mountains stood like a fortress to our castle, guarding intruders from our happy feast. Kenz pulled her head from the floor and before she had even said anything, the decision had been made. Jeans pulled around our satiated stomachs, leather jackets donned, and with the darkest aviators masking our eyes, we beelined through the rec room where freedom was only heartbeats away.
"Don't get in a fight" a blonde boy warily remarks...."don't be scared" I shoot back.
The door is open, fresh air leaks into my lungs and Babs awaits us, her red coat gleaming in the sunlight as the cover is stripped from her sturdy frame. And suddenly she is alive, purring as she warms up, preparing for the adventure set ahead of us. Kenz mounts from the left and I plop on behind her from the right. The wheels lurch forward and we pull out of the lot and onto the road to anywhere everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. The wind picks up at the same rate Babs increases her speed until the breeze is no longer a breeze, but a solid wall of air, pummeling my face and running its fingers through the short tendrils of hair peeking out of my helmet. We hit the canyon and the bike is buzzing happily beneath us, eating up the curves like a python swallowing a baby mouse, but in fast forward. Red, orange and yellow greet us where green should be, as autumn encroaches onto the vegetation. The sun soaked through the shiny black shell my jacket created over my shoulders like a slowly spreading wildfire, and then suddenly it was extinguished as we curved into the shadows cast by the towering mountains. Walls of stone cascaded down from the sky as if a giant cakemaker had taken his pastry bag and glopped liquid into layers of limestone, granite, sandstone and let it bake and harden in the sun. Trees were sprinkled like birthday candles, their tips ignited in anticipation for winter to come blow them out. We wound in and out through patches of sunshine, always shocked at the wall of icy air that prickled my face as we dropped through shadowy ravines. The scent of burning wood and newspaper, marshmallows and overdone hot dogs combined with the ever present smell of pine, oak, and cotton trees tickled my nose, coming and going throuhout the canyon. Little bursts of these scents were the only thing that connected me to the outside world, kept me from forgetting that there were other people nearby. I licked my lips pointlessly for the millionth time, only to have the wind dry out again as soon as my tongue retreated back into my mouth. We pulled off to the side of the road, the purring of Babs shifts to a putt and then I am drowned in silence.
so there was originally a lot more to this post but when i was writing it my internet connection failed and the last half was lost. SO UPSET. so upset that i didnt want to finish it then, telling myself that i would do it later but then i never did cuz i could never recreate the images again. its probably dumb so sorry if you bothered to read it! yeah.
im gonna write another post cuz i have stuff to say (well not really) and i got tagged in that thing i think i have to do it or something? i dunno hahah ill do it anyways. PEACE I LOVE YOU!
Shredded pork perfection, Golden Potatoes, Cinnamon buns with enough icing and butter to give you a heart attack. Sugar cookies straight from a fairy tea party and sparkling sherbet punch that cleansed my pallette to help me find room for another round. Finally, real food expanded my stomach to the point where I could no longer move. 9 of us sprawled on the chastity couches too bloated and too afraid of getting sick to try getting up. So we called in the boys to clean up. Which they did, thanking us for our leftovers between bites of hashed glory.
Nothing moved. Every motionless leaf hung gracefully from the branches surrounding our living room and the mountains stood like a fortress to our castle, guarding intruders from our happy feast. Kenz pulled her head from the floor and before she had even said anything, the decision had been made. Jeans pulled around our satiated stomachs, leather jackets donned, and with the darkest aviators masking our eyes, we beelined through the rec room where freedom was only heartbeats away.
"Don't get in a fight" a blonde boy warily remarks...."don't be scared" I shoot back.
The door is open, fresh air leaks into my lungs and Babs awaits us, her red coat gleaming in the sunlight as the cover is stripped from her sturdy frame. And suddenly she is alive, purring as she warms up, preparing for the adventure set ahead of us. Kenz mounts from the left and I plop on behind her from the right. The wheels lurch forward and we pull out of the lot and onto the road to anywhere everywhere and nowhere all at the same time. The wind picks up at the same rate Babs increases her speed until the breeze is no longer a breeze, but a solid wall of air, pummeling my face and running its fingers through the short tendrils of hair peeking out of my helmet. We hit the canyon and the bike is buzzing happily beneath us, eating up the curves like a python swallowing a baby mouse, but in fast forward. Red, orange and yellow greet us where green should be, as autumn encroaches onto the vegetation. The sun soaked through the shiny black shell my jacket created over my shoulders like a slowly spreading wildfire, and then suddenly it was extinguished as we curved into the shadows cast by the towering mountains. Walls of stone cascaded down from the sky as if a giant cakemaker had taken his pastry bag and glopped liquid into layers of limestone, granite, sandstone and let it bake and harden in the sun. Trees were sprinkled like birthday candles, their tips ignited in anticipation for winter to come blow them out. We wound in and out through patches of sunshine, always shocked at the wall of icy air that prickled my face as we dropped through shadowy ravines. The scent of burning wood and newspaper, marshmallows and overdone hot dogs combined with the ever present smell of pine, oak, and cotton trees tickled my nose, coming and going throuhout the canyon. Little bursts of these scents were the only thing that connected me to the outside world, kept me from forgetting that there were other people nearby. I licked my lips pointlessly for the millionth time, only to have the wind dry out again as soon as my tongue retreated back into my mouth. We pulled off to the side of the road, the purring of Babs shifts to a putt and then I am drowned in silence.
so there was originally a lot more to this post but when i was writing it my internet connection failed and the last half was lost. SO UPSET. so upset that i didnt want to finish it then, telling myself that i would do it later but then i never did cuz i could never recreate the images again. its probably dumb so sorry if you bothered to read it! yeah.
im gonna write another post cuz i have stuff to say (well not really) and i got tagged in that thing i think i have to do it or something? i dunno hahah ill do it anyways. PEACE I LOVE YOU!
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