long boarding

Boards
Originally uploaded by Photostudent

so.. david helped me out a lot
last night with skating. tonsss
of fun.. i can turn now :] not that
well, but you know... it's only
my second time.

yesterday was good :]
i love the ucsd people.
i got to turn jamin into an
emo kid last night and that
was epic. haha. i guess
hair, make-up, and costuming
did me some good during tech.

i love my friends and i am glad
i get to spend time with them.
<3

i am truly blessed.
and i love even moreso,
that when i share my past...
i am not judged anymore.
they take who i am... and that
makes me very happy.

love you all.

the yellow power ranger is severely under rated

Yellow Ranger
Originally uploaded by theanimeblog

competitive side of me came out.
it's been a while.
i wish i did better.
i could have, too.
especially in that steal-the-bacon-esque
ball game.... but, oh well. hopefully
we'll rock it next time.

it was kind of odd though, because
the person in my small group that
had given me awkward greetings
before now seems to have taken
a liking to me just because i, too,
have a competitive side...
o_0

but last night was good.
love to
brandy
candace
keith
lau
julie
lauren
ron
kgb
armani
brandon
mike
and
dave...

so much laughter
and i couldn't have felt better.

i have a a small string of
txt messages in my inbox
of which i am not sure on
how to interpret...

"chiquita bonita"....

i'll just ignore my normally
questioning thoughts.

today should also be a good day.

love you.

p.s. looked up the meaning of the name "veronica"
it means:
true image [[latin]]
or bringer of victory [[greek]]
"lauren"-
the bay/laurel plant
"candace"-
clarity/whiteness
"brandy"-
sword [[italian]]
comes from the distilled wine
"julie"-
youthful
"michael"-
who resembles God [[hebrew]]
"keith"-
woodland/forest [[gaelic]]
"david"-
beloved [[hebrew]]
"daniel"-
God is my judge [[hebrew]]

yeah... haha now i'm fascinated with name meanings and origins.

flight

LAX Sunset Airplane Landing
Originally uploaded by felibarrientos

had a txting conversation with
scott in regards to travel.
he feels a draw to the mediterranean
while i feel a strong pull to go back
to the UK or to africa. everywhere
else is a want, but i feel like this
is a need to go... at some point in
my life... not just yet, but hopefully
within the next 5 years.

traveling has always been
a special thing for me.
i will be excited once i get to
go somewhere that i know
God is calling me to. :]

woooooo

oh man. today has been a
good day.

prayer is so powerful.

i need to buy a new journal, lau.
the one you gave me is almost
filled up.


i'm long overdue for a drive up the coast...
let me know if you'd like to join me on that.

and i really wanna go on a chalk drawing adventure.

and have a shirley temple movie marathon.

:]

love you.

it'd be wise

WISE bulletin cover
Originally uploaded by ryanhartsock

if i learned when it was time
to stop talking.

silence is golden...
but duct tape is silver.

i'm dropping my mythology class.
nothing good is coming of it.
and the teacher seems to glare at
me every time he insults something
relatively Biblical, like he knows it'll
get to me. it might seem like paranoia,
but when he was going over the book
of Exodus last week in regards to comparing
it to Egyptian mythology and he'd call on me
every single time he wanted someone's
opinion when it came to the Bible portion
of it... and then my opinion would get ripped
to shreds... so... no more mythology for me.
kind of a relief, to be honest.

so. yeah.
it'd be wise to be silent
it'd be wise to be calm
it'd be wise to quiet.

training tonight. school&flood tomorrow. school&hanging out on thursday. TONS of work this weekend.

<3

...sing a lullaby to yourself.
calm, quiet, and soothing...

already prepping

Coronado Beach, San Diego
Originally uploaded by Marco & Ilaria

so. i've been looking at bikinis
trying to figure out how many
i'm going to need this year.
i had one last year... but that
was hard since i went to the beach
so much and if i wanted to use
my bikini that was still drying....
that caused problems...

so... target has a yellow polka dot bikini
that i want...

and i'm looking at other websites
with surf/skate brands, and i'm
falling in like with them..

haha.

i need to go on a drive up the pacific coast highway
soon. like, super soon. i'm dyin' here with lack
of gorgeous sunsets right out of my car window..

last night was chill. hung out with scott, scott, and james.
only girl, as always. was delirious due to lack of sleep.
scott was counting how many hours i had been up.

love those boys.
i even asked for permission to hang out with
them again on thursday and permission has been
granted. hahaha. then they made fun of me for
asking permission.

my throat hurts.
the end.

<3

locked

Quaint lock
Originally uploaded by Anastasia Larisa

my heart is getting locked up.
tightly to only which two people
have the key.

the first key belongs to God.
He will tell me when it is
permissible to open up my heart.
then the second key is obviously
mine... and only after i receive God's
ok, will i remove the second lock
and allow my heart to be shared.

still unsure of what's to be pursued....

and yeah.

:]

slow and steady, wins, right?

the unwinding cable car

so the only reason i decided to really watch this music video
was because luiken had said something about the questions
that appeared throughout it.

and after writing up all the questions... i decided to answer them.
they were pretty thought provoking.

the questions off of the new Anberlin music video
"The Unwinding Cable Car":

What makes us who we are?
Eyes?
i think that what makes us who we are is what we do.
the passions that we have in life, and the things we
take interest in. aesthetics can only define us so much.
they give people a physical image to remember us by,
but it's not like your eyes can tell someone your goals
and ambitions in life.


Who will you...
Love?
i will love God always&forever.
i will always love my family and friends.
i will love the husband that God has chosen for me.
i will always have a place in my heart for
those who are hurting&suffering.


Who will you...
Trust?
i will always trust God.
He will always be there for me to go to even in the
worst of situations.

Where is home?
San Diego.
and anywhere there is a beach or an ocean view
where i can look out to everything that is great and
so vast that God created.

What hardships will you face?
deciding what college to transfer to.
figuring out what i'm going to do after i graduate.
figuring out where God's calling is for my life,
my family, my future career.
having the patience to wait for the future
husband God has for me.
maintaining strength in my faith no matter
what the circumstance is.
& i just know that there's going to be so much
more. all i know is that i'm going to have support
no matter what, and i'm grateful for that.

What hardships will you overcome?
i hope i overcome them all.

What makes you happy?
God.
prayer.
praise&worship.
laughter.
the simplicities of life.
company.
someone's reaction to a simple act of kindness.
a hug.
a phone call just to say hello.
a text message to let someone know they were being thought of.
answering questions.
writing.
looking at everyone's view of the world through different forms of art.
adventures.
the list goes on.

What are your passions?
God.
helping people.
being around people.
...just people, i guess.
i love company, reactions, body language.
music.
reading.
traveling.
dance.

If you could... do it all over again...
what would you change?
relationships?
choices?
direction?
i honestly think that i would not want to go back
and change anything. every single thing that has happened to me,
which is A LOT... i don't think i'd be who i am now. every experience
has taught me something different... and for me being the head-strong
person that i am, it takes all sorts of experiences to make me learn things.
whether i have to learn it the hard way, or not.

i think it'd be selfish to say that i want to take out everything that was bad, imperfect, annoying, stupid, etc.

so to sum it up... i'd leave my life the way it's been so far.

What experience would you relive?
mm. i'm going to leave this question a bit of a mystery
cuz that story is kind of personal. but, that one experience
did help me fix something that was very broken in my life.

What will you achieve?
i hope i get to be a music marketer.
and have a side job, or at least volunteer to market
organizations like Invisible Children or To Write Love On Her Arms.
something helpful&meaningful that should be made known.

What will you be remembered for?
for being a strong Christian.
for having served Christ the best way i possibly could have.
that i lived a full life.
that i did something that helped change at least one person's life.
that i was kind&loving.

Don't Drop Your Arms