Senior Year

So I have a lengthy explanation I could give for this, lots of reasons, but basically... I want 291 photosets. A picture every day of my senior year. This is, truly, for *me*, not for the two of you readers ;) but maybe you'll like it... ? who knows :) <3

I'll hopefully post them in weekly increments from now on, but I just needed to test things and get this up! :) (click for full view)

08.14.11 - mom's birthday

08.15.11 - first day of class [physics]

08.16.11 - first day of class [TGC]

Parties

I always thought I was the one who loved hosting parties. Because I *love* parties, everything to do with parties, and well... going to parties.

But I HATE hosting parties.

You have to worry about all the little details, the invites and food and games and all that. and you have to make sure everyone's happy when they get there. You never have to time to *enjoy* the party!

so, world, I will minimalize my party hosting, FYI. but by all means, invite me. I die without constant social interaction ;)

Where Oh where has that little time gone?

No, but seriously. It's AUGUST. what is this?!?!?

I'll be a senior this year, and in NO way do I feel ready for college. I'll say I can't wait to move out, be free, etc etc... but I honestly cannot imagine being responsible for every aspect of my life. Bills, meals, all of it.

I've always been responsible and self-sufficient, and as a result I think I've always been 'ready' to move out. Not that I don't love my family, of course, and want to be with them, just that I've always found it possible. I'm also quite realistic - I've never expected life in college to be easy, always known the money and discipline life alone takes. It has *always* irritated me when people listen to my plans and smile patronizingly 'good luck with that!' or even worse - 'you know how much this and this and this costs, and what youre going to have to do to get there!'

yes. I know. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I think through things before I plan on them. When I find something I want to do, I research it to the nth degree, find out the information, and then plan on what I need to get done to achieve that something. I KNOW THAT COLLEGE COSTS MONEY FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.

I've known that since I was *5*. And at least people don't point it out much any more (a senior should know, I suppose) but oh how they used to. I won't overestimate your intelligence if you underestimate mine.

1000 words

These are my absolute most favorite pictures of all time.

Are they the best quality? no. Do I look good in them? No! But they mean so much.

The first is a gorgeous composition, and just sums up my relationship with my dad. The other day, whilst aiming at a spider sticker next to it on the wall, I accidentally shot a hole through it. I nearly *cried*... and it's just a picture. But it's my favorite, and it's an original, pre-digital! It's fine though :)

The second is indescribable. Honestly one of the best times of my life (so far;)), the two people who I am completely closest to. I would trust them with *everything*. they've known me all my life, and they know my shortcomings, and love me anyways... and I'm the same for them. We don't *look* good in the picture, but it doesn't matter. The memory is what matters.

No matter where I go, I'll always bring these pictures, and display them proudly. I have plenty of others that I like, a lot even, other people who are worthy of being in a 'favorite' picture... but these... these are it.

<3 LS

Ode to School

I am currently procrastinating organizing my school year. I have SO much to organize, I barely know where to start, and writing a prosaic blog post about it seems so much easier. Also, where would I be without procrastination? ;)

I need a list of textbooks to get, school supplies to get, homework/prework that needs to be done, any other miscellaneous items needed. I also need to draft myself a schedule, and to-do list. I need to figure out what dual credit classes I need/am taking, and register for those.

Classes start in two weeks, a tiny amount of time for what I feel needs to get done. Yet I'd be happy with them starting tomorrow.

I hate school just as much as the next kid, and would be happy if it were wiped off the face of the earth. But I LOVE learning... and I love socializing. I'm taking more out classes this year than ever before, and am excited for the structure and accountability those will give me, as well as the new techniques of learning and such.

and, of course, the school supplies. PLUS all the extracurricular activities that come along with the school year.

The other day I looked out the window and would have sworn it was fall. I knew it was 100+ degrees outside, but it looked *so* fall-like.

I'm ready. This isn't exactly the *last* time I have to 'get ready for school', but... it is. I know getting ready for college is much the same thing, but somehow this feels like very first last time.

<3 LS

speed. love.

Just imagine what it must be like to drive an airplane.
not fly. drive.
Once you're up in the air it gets dreadfully boring. But for those first few seconds, as you shoot down the runway, all is bliss. Speeding down such a smooth, straight stretch of road. Pure joy. Who knows how fast they go, but it's fast enough to slam you back in your seat, the groan of the engines loud. Would I ever be a pilot? No way. Will I ever attempt 200mph? Perhaps. Legally, of course ;)

words of THE day

bellwether: a leader or leading indicator.
cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit.
longueur: a tedious passage in a work of literature or performance art.
pari passu: at an equal pace or rate.
wheedle: to entice by flattery.
supernal: being on high; celestial.
malfeasance: wrongdoing, misconduct, or misbehavior.
florid: flushed with red; also, excessively ornate.
triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
antediluvian: extremely old.
sartorial: of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or clothing.
vestigial: relating to a body part that has become small and lost its use.


The dictionary.com 'words of the day' from all my past birthdays (that dictionary.com has been in existence ;))

I find it amusing how, like, half of these apply to me. or birthdays. anyways.

LESS THAN A WEEK GUYS. who knows what the wotd will be this time?!

#winning

I just figured out how to predate posts.

I used to have 99 posts in 2010. now I have one hundred. OCD SCORE!!!

*does happy dance*

I have a feeling I'll be over here a lot more, now that that awful 99 isn't staring me in the face! ;)

check out the predated post - http://i-amawriter.blogspot.com/2011/07/cdo.html

<3 bestdayever ;)

LS

A Celtic Song

softly upon the dewy grass
our feet play games with ladybugs
they twist and twirl and lighty fall
and flatten down a grassen rug

the jig I dance is not exclusive
shared by the sun, and by the wind,
by the fawns, the butterflies
and by you, my dear old friend

we laugh and dance,
they dance along,
while the blue sky sings
a celtic song

and the green of my eyes
matches the summer trees
while yours gleam brighter
than the sunlit bees.

and our laughter joins
the birds' sweet songs
and it's exactly like
we're singing along

and the wind catches our hair
and it carries it around
as it does with the sweet scent of summer
and every glorious sound

while we laugh and dance,
they dance along,
and the blue sky sings
a celtic song

and as the sun sets down
we grow quite tired
and we lay upon our flattened grass
and stare up into blackened mire

slowly, stars blink on
small sparks of glory
and we find laughter again
at a remembered story

and one shoots across
and we shout, and wish
did we wish the same?
perhaps at similar-ish

either way, the night grows cold
we sleep upon our grassen sheet
a necessary joy, for on the morrow
we will start again with dancing feet

we will laugh and dance,
and they'll dance along,
while the blue sky sings
a celtic song

Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

   time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What do workers gain from their toil?  I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.  That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.  I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

Whatever is has already been,

and what will be has been before;

and God will call the past to account.
 And I saw something else under the sun:

In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,

in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment

both the righteous and the wicked,

for there will be a time for every activity,

a time to judge every deed.”

[...18-21...]

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?