can i come over?

you: hey can i come over?
friend: um... why?
you: ....ohhh okay, um, i'll just call back in 10 min.

so lisa and i have decided that:

if you call someone and ask to come over and they respond with "why?" it's an automatic assumption that they are doing the nasty with or without a partner. the correct response would be to let them know you'll call back in a varying amount of time (as little as 1min--depending on the person, make your best judgment).

with this tactic, you should be able to avoid any embarrassment or awkwardness you or the receiver may experience if the conversation leads elsewhere.

AB Havasupai

Disclaimer: Photos do not reflect the beauty of the journey. Sounds corny, but I was way fucking more astounded during the trip. These are just 3 of my favorite pictures that I jacked from my buddy Emily that I felt captured the moments as close to reality as possible.

We hiked with ~50 lbs on our back 1 mile down into the canyon and about 7 miles more in the canyon until we reached the town of the Havasupai Reservation. And then another 2 miles to our campsite. And another mile to our work site. Boy, was it fun!

The Havasu Falls, baby.

The view from the top. This was Day 7 of the trip--no showers and lots of sweat, but all well worth it. L to R: Shaina, Ryan F, Taylor, Vanessa, Me

To sum up: this has been one of the best times in my life. I liked the purpose, I liked the people, I liked the journey.

All these photos are taken by Emily

piano

i forgot to mention that i'm taking piano lessons from jeff and it's been really fun! i really hope to learn how to play and read music and just learn a little about music itself. i've always liked it and have always been fond of those who are so musically talented.

oh and jeff and elly have been really awesome lately. i played risk with them the other day. i really like how they are so chill and its always fun with them. we seem to enjoy the same type or similar type of humor and we're never just sitting there bored.

speaking of people, my roommate for 3 years-isabel is awesome. she thinks we should have more roommate bonding time and i agree, but sometimes, it's hard to b/c we have such different schedules and priorities.

spirituality and fun

well hello again!
1. on wed, i got elbowed in the face playing bball and i had to get stitches--you may wonder why this is on my list of 3 good things. it's because i've never gotten stitches before and i feel badass.
2. in the last week, i got to meet some cool new people--chris and kerry of whom i play bball with a lot and also just hang out with. i met them through lisa, who i also got to know better. i like them b/c they are very open to do things and i dont have to schedule a time to play bball. it's spontaneous and fun and lasts long.
3. i am almost sure that i made it as a camp kesem counselor!

so to reflect--i really like this new group of friends that i've been chillin with. however, coming back from such a spiritual AB trip, i don't know if i can incorporate the deep spirituality that i've been hoping to get more involved with and the part where i just really enjoy hanging out and having fun. i definitely feel more comfortable playing bball and being relaxed and be silly, but on the other hand, i do want to delve deeper into what defines me. hmm... i guess in some sense, this tells me that i am a spontaneous person and i like being silly (i.e. with lisa and we just sing and do random things).

here are some questions that i'd like answered: what is my own spirituality? should i or do i need to be in touch with it at times when i feel so comfortable and welcomed? or am i already there?

notice how none of this involves my academic life. i am really out of touch with school and i am wondering if i need to focus on it more. most people would say yes, education is first and i used to think that, too. and i also used to think that education=school. but that's not the case anymore. i can learn anywhere and to learn, i have to put myself in new situations. i think what i need is to balance learning and fun. i want to know what it is i want to learn. that's gonna be a toughie.

yay for bball!

1. swam w/ justina!
2. played a ton of bball
3. drank w/ lisa, chris + new friends :)

i love silk vanilla soy milk

3 happy things

1. just skyped w/ my parents and my sister
2. the san diego science festival was coooool! oh yeah im nerdy
3. yeah! writing in my lj. oh and i'm vegetarian now

fuh-west of all

<-- I went to the San Diego Science Festival today and I'm damn proud of it! As my first entry, I'd like to just create a mission statement:

The existence of this blog will have two purposes:
1. to encourage openness and creativity (photography--not yet but hopefully sometime in the near future--open for donations of a camera, Photoshop, sketching, and maybe comic writing :)
2. to aide in my journey of life

The idea is to create a space to allow for my re-emerging artistic interests to flourish and be displayed and also for my thoughts and frustrations to be released. A large part of these will be dependent on time management and the amount of passion (which I assume will correlate with commitment). Let's see how things unfold!!