This afternoon I ran a stop sign. Why? Because I was distracted by a beautiful Oak tree that would be perfect for climbing.

I feel this sums me up very well.

Let's please take a second to cross our fingers and hope that

my faith in him isn't a mistake

I have the most beautiful friends. I love how all of my friends are so completely different from one another but we all get along all the time because we're so full of love for one another. And it's not even that we're best friends or anything like that, they just happen to all be so amazing. They're such all such a blessing to my life. I used to think that things just had to be a certain way, that I was expecting too much from friendship. But when I'm around my true friends and I see how perfectly the universe can align and how big my smile gets, I know that's what I deserve and that I was wrong before for settling when I didn't have to. Friends are my everything, they're my Heaven and Earth. Whether you're my best friend or that guy I met on Tuesday, you mean the world to me. When your place in my life starts to fuzz or fade, my heart breaks. Seeing a true friend next to me smiling always makes me so much stronger. I have a friend, someone I once loved more than anyone in the world and maybe I still do, but he breaks my heart almost every day in almost every way. It's hard to stay strong and committed to saving our friendship, but I try. Always remember that you're worth everything. Don't give up on people but don't let them hurt you either.

Tonight a handful of friends came over, some that I've only known a few days now. But we threw in SingStar and knew no shame in our awful (awful!) singing abilities. We're all dancing around and singing and joking and there's no expectations, there's no having to act cool or worry about how you must look to everyone else. The fun had to end sometime but I'm glad it's a weekly ritual to get together and do just as we please.

There was almost a huge cat fight between Photojournalism and Radio-Television-Film students in the CMA building on campus tonight. The two groups are pretty much always at odds, always trying to top one another in "coolness". Personally, I think all Photo and all RTF students everywhere need to just get over themselves. Your egos will do you no good.

[As a photo student, I felt it clear that the RTF students were at fault tonight. So I'm just as bad. Okay, not quite.]

I love all of these, for various reasons

[Disclaimer: I snagged all of these from Miss Kaelah Bee!]

Library Adventures!

This morning at work, I was shown a real life treasure map! The story included all the

following intrigues...

!Indians!

!Silver!

!Murder!

!Forgery!

!Conquistadors!

!Priests!

!$1 Million!

The best part: At the HRC we have a book that contains a very generous clue.

I have entirely too many guilty pleasures when it comes to television! Right now, I'm watching The Real Desperate Housewives of Orange County. Pamela and I watch this and try to give them advice. Clearly they're not listening to us! I love it and I feel no shame. No shame at all.