You’re like a wet blanket on a Saturday night
Trapping me in and nothing feels right
Holding me down and soaking me through
Let me break free and let go of you
Soaking me with pain and regret
Fighting for air from this suffocating net
Let me break through away from this place
Of broken memories and heartache enlaced
Holding me down and drowning me through
I’m gasping for air for all to undo

there really is nothing better than spending time with old friends and laughing your faces off. with school winding down and my last exam on monday (thank god!) i was able to come back to the mainland and see friends whom i haven't seen in far too long! but although time passes friendship sure doesn't fade - i don't remeber the last time i laughed so much in one night, it could have been the mojitos or the wine but i think it was moreso the company of the people i was with that night that made it so great - from feral children, to mermaid girls, to octopus kids and tree men -to spooning in a bed with 2 of the bestest/greatest friends in the world and to witnessing a dog take off running through traffic down broadway ( it still sends chills throughout my body) ahh! i like to think he's safe & at home now - i couldn't have asked for a better night with better people! thanks guys for being such great people and some of the greatest friends a girl could have!! :) <3

if you don't already own this album - BUY IT!! one of the greatest albums i have ever purchased to date. for reals.

Defined by what we are told is true

Wanting to break away from the mold created

Questioning all we have learned from a young age

Watching people fall into the categories told

Let me wander into a life less defined

And free my soul of definition

Upside down trees falling from the sky

Landing on the earth with their roots in the air

No one knows why the trees are falling

No one seems to care

Fall from the sky little trees fall

There’s no need to grow from the ground

So fall trees fall, stand tall with your roots in the air

Labels pasted on faces of those who don’t fit in

Difference is but a disgrace to those who condemn

Power is a molding block to make others follow

Shame goes to those who wander freely

Who don’t conform to the rules of the beholder

Please let me go and discover a world like no other

Upside down trees falling from the sky

Landing on the earth with their roots in the air

No one knows why the trees are falling

No one seems to care

Fall from the sky little trees fall

There’s no need to grow from the ground

So fall trees fall, stand tall with your roots in the air

I want to know a world free of disgrace

A world where everyone can be

Where difference is not singled out

And love can be any way

A world where no one is defined

And labels are bestowed

Where trees can fall from the sky and no one questions why

Upside down trees falling from the sky

Landing on the earth with their roots in the air

No one knows why the trees are falling

No one seems to care

Fall from the sky little trees fall

There’s no need to grow from the ground

So fall trees fall, stand tall with your roots in the air

- written by. me.

classes finished! woohoo - so yesterday was the last day of classes & i could not be more ecstatic! summer is just around the corner, which means sunshine, bbq's, friends, coaching softball & making money! this weekend is the home opener for the softball team i coach and i could not be more excited - i love those kids & i can't wait to get out on the field! here's to a good weekend & hopefully lots of sunshine! :)

The night-time shadows disappear
And with them go all your tears
For the morning will bring joy
For every girl and boy
So don't let the sun catch you cryin'

writing a 10 pg paper on health promotion amongst older adults is about the most un-fun a day can be. 7 pages to go...

Dear Bruce Springsteen;

I

Love

You.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs

(Courtney Cox featured @ 3:20 in this video - so young! haha)

i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart) e.e. cummings

meet my huge, geeky literary crush - e.e. cummings - i've been hunting used bookstores for about a year now looking for any works by him - if anyone ever comes across one, i will compensate you - i promise! his words are amazing - if you are not familiar with his works i urge you to be asap - you will not regret it.

"to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting"

- e.e. cummings