tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6736329869768506142024-03-13T06:00:51.043-07:00i heart chicagojordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-38868204945793367812011-10-03T15:44:00.000-07:002011-10-03T15:51:19.876-07:00stealin' away on a sunny day<br />
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jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-44367088473642600762011-08-10T11:08:00.000-07:002011-08-10T11:08:54.504-07:00her hair falls perfectly without her tryin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've recently been given a lot of disturbing information about people's preference for straight hair. i read, in an article about how we present ourselves on facebook, that when given a choice between two pics of the same person, one with curly hair and one with straight, something like 77% of people chose the pic with straight hair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and the millionaire matchmaker {yes, i openly admit my tendency to fall victim to so many <u>ridiculous</u> tv shows} makes every single girl straighten her hair. apparently men want to see hair they can run their fingers through. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">lame.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i am a frizzy-haired brunette, who can <i>decently</i> pull off either look with the proper tools. but i've always preferred big texas hair. i die for the hot mess look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-23775578302114266762011-08-08T11:50:00.000-07:002011-08-08T11:50:31.771-07:00we sip champagne when we thirstay<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i turned 25 on saturday. it was an amazing celebratory weekend. no emphasis on celebrating jordan, but a simple desire to celebrate the life i've been given.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">my friends (whose blogs can and should be read <i><a href="http://cornerboothplease.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and <i><a href="http://comeandseewithjande.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">here</span></a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">) came prepared with special bday questions.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><u>question one</u>: birthday girl asks everyone else what they were doing when they turned 25.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><u>question two</u>: others ask birthday girl what it has taken her 25 years to learn.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i got to hear a lot of fun stories about what my friends were doing in life when they were my age. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and i got to think about some of the things i've been learning. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">it has taken me 25 years to learn just how intensely i am loved.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">where i am today is drastically different from where i have ever been before. today i have so much love in my heart; love that has been received and love that is ready to be given. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've had people comment on my over-use of the word "love" throughout my life. i love music. i love working out. i love my family. i love glitter. i love love. i love california. i love so many of my friends. i have been in love. i am in love...with coffee, beer, and baseball :) you get the picture. anyway, i'm learning that these expressions of love don't need to be restricted. the more love you can share with the world, the better. i have always been and will forever continue to be a giver of love.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and in this last year, i have grown in my ability to be a receiver of love. i quit running from the people who have loved me most. i quit running from the One who has loved me most. and in giving up this fight, i have discovered just how deeply this love flows.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so...24...it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and 25...i'm in love.</span></div><br />
jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-20637222934065353512011-08-04T10:53:00.000-07:002011-08-04T11:02:16.156-07:00all over my rainbowsometimes i feel frustrated because i find songs that...kind of move me. is that lame? that sounded really lame. anyway...i don't feel frustrated because of their effect on me; i feel frustrated because i don't know what to do with it. confused? me too.<br />
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i just wish i had a big empty room where i could be all by my lonesome, turn the music up way too loud, and...see what happens.<br />
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"search and destroy" by sanders bohlke {a few posts back} is one such song. here is another for you...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'm trying to update the aesthetics of my blog a bit. it's going to take me a little longer than it would most of you because, let's be honest, i don't really know what i'm doing.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-16477177248067653512011-07-27T23:00:00.000-07:002011-07-27T23:01:38.484-07:00feel my kiss, now say not a word<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12109258"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F12109258" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sandersbohlke/search-and-destroy">Search and Destroy</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sandersbohlke">sanders bohlke</a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">tonight i drank wine and kept this song on repeat. perfection.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-14671713725342660592011-07-27T11:19:00.000-07:002011-07-27T11:19:47.120-07:00come pick me up<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i spill coffee on myself everyday.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-73940531040680944342011-07-25T09:45:00.000-07:002011-07-25T09:46:51.511-07:00i wish that you would always stay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zl2xB07w82U/Ti2b2Yp7S2I/AAAAAAAAA3o/355zcBddRME/s1600/tumblr_lhp5p5Dzn51qdasj6o1_500_large_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zl2xB07w82U/Ti2b2Yp7S2I/AAAAAAAAA3o/355zcBddRME/s400/tumblr_lhp5p5Dzn51qdasj6o1_500_large_large.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">via <span id="goog_1621338488"></span><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/12392443">w<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">eheartit</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"tonight i'll burn the lyrics, 'cause every chorus was your name"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">lately i've been having some of those moments that cause me to stop, take a second, and say to myself, "this is your life." i hate to sound like one of <u>those</u> girls who uses her media opportunities to make her life sound like it's straight off the hills. i also hate when people try to <i><b>prove</b></i> to their onlookers that they have an amazing life, worthy of everyone's envy. <u>so</u> not what i'm going for. regardless, there are moments worth documenting, and this is my blog so...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i feel like my life is always moving so quickly. and because i am constantly on the go, i've found that i often have to consciously tell myself to be present in the moment. the way that people carry cameras with them to develop a picture of something great that they saw, i am trying to carry...a heart camera...so that i can capture the really great moments and feelings and moods that i get the pleasure of experiencing on this journey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'm not very good at taking pictures. well...anyone can whip out a camera and snap a photo. what i mean is, i'm not very good at taking those 20 seconds to create the memory. i tend to fly right through all of the great experiences. so...i'm going to try something new. my new mission is to take those 20 seconds to grab the camera that exists within, capture the moment, and create the memory. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">some recent additions to my emotional scrapbook:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">great lyrics (see </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">laundry room</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> lyrics posted above)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sitting on a friend's couch, with nothing to do but enjoy the company</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">seeing an adorable movie in a tiny old theater and walking back to the car in the rain</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">getting asked out by a cute boy</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...going on the date with the cute boy :)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">taking on new projects</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">discovering and enjoying the common bonds you share with your friends</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">seeing the avett brothers on stage</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the hospitality of others</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the return of a dear friend</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-78790842250352344272011-06-07T09:50:00.000-07:002011-06-07T09:54:12.126-07:00just eat it<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i just saw this on <a href="http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/five-things-28/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">cupcakes and cashmere</span></i></a>. it has a special place in my heart.</span></div><br />
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so far, this week is a powerful whirlwind of smiles and tears, excitement and sadness, daydreaming and reflection.<br />
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the last year of my life has been one of tremendous...tremendousness. i can't even really choose good or bad. it's been a year of good. it's been a year of bad. ultimately, it has served as a pivotal moment in the life of jordan.<br />
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i feel so young relating the biggest things in my life to school, but honestly, my experience in grad school has been so intimately woven into every detail of my existence these last few years. and if you know me at all on a personal level, you know that my affection for school is...limited. so without giving it too much credit, i have to say that this year has saved me. and in spite of my rebellious tendencies toward my school and my own personal version of "the man," whom i have continually tried to "stick it to," i am more fully myself than i have ever been. all of the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">awful</span></i> things that my <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wretched</span></i> school put me through, actually kind of <u>set me free</u>.<br />
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you know when you have to force a child to do something that they are DREADING, but you tell them that it simply must be done? THEN much to the child's surprise, once they have succumb to the authority's hold on them, they find...it really wasn't that bad. perhaps even, kind of fun? ugh weird. anyway, i was that child, and now i am my own nanny saying- "SEE! that tantrum you threw back there was actually completely unwarranted."<br />
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it really <i>wasn't</i> that bad. perhaps even, kind of...fun?<br />
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i am walking away from this entire experience with<br />
a greater awareness of myself than i have ever known,<br />
with a few passions that really cannot be contained by life or the limitations put on my curious heart,<br />
with lots of new friends and life teachers who have worn down the callouses of my heart,<br />
and with the knowledge that everyday i am chosen.<br />
(some days i am chosen by friends and boys and employers, but every single day, i am chosen by at least One)<br />
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and that seemingly short list of returns for my investment (of time and energy and money and vulnerability) has changed my life.jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-55823184593343665812011-05-12T10:54:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:34:44.850-07:00i'm willing to take the risk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K7wSEMvR4YQ/Tcwe6O6bUQI/AAAAAAAAA2U/1qbLOX9b4S4/s1600/lifesaver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K7wSEMvR4YQ/Tcwe6O6bUQI/AAAAAAAAA2U/1qbLOX9b4S4/s400/lifesaver.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in pursuit of rest,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i found hiding.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">lying in the shade.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">avoiding the light that so fully brings life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">feeble legs relieved,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sweat no longer imposing my brow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">finally! a place to sneak away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">turning cold, i miss the sun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this is the solitude i once craved;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">have i chosen my own abandonment?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">stepping out of the cave, i feel lost.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i realize my trail is not mapped out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so deluded by weeds and rocks, i see the journey will be tough.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">impossible, even.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but i want to find the light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the solitude that could not satisfy,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">immediately replaced with a craving for something else.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">something more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i find the light, and journey up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the sweat returns, my muscles quickly tire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but i press on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"you're almost there. it's worth it," says a passerby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a fellow journeyman, who brings more hope than he will ever know.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and there it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've reached the top.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i turn to see the view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"take your moment," i hear myself say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the journey up perfecting this gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and i quickly see that yes, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">it was completely worth it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i know that i am embarrassingly behind on this, but i just watched the social network for the first time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">fascinating. currently looping it.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-87161618085040197682011-05-06T00:40:00.000-07:002011-05-06T11:25:33.705-07:00come here baby, hey be my baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Xl321N85N8/TcOkvwmOiQI/AAAAAAAAA2M/fBGzX70rVZI/s1600/sit+with+the+setting+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Xl321N85N8/TcOkvwmOiQI/AAAAAAAAA2M/fBGzX70rVZI/s400/sit+with+the+setting+sun.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ocean beach. sunset after drinks at the park chalet. perfection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'm kind of loving the new people/things in my life these days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">more to come...</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-15320379912994838212011-04-28T10:44:00.000-07:002011-04-28T10:44:30.697-07:00is it alright if i stay here all night, by the shoreline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i had kind of a perfect day on tuesday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">went to bolinas and moseyed around the beach for a while.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">lots of great time to think about some things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">maybe an experience that left me thinking,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"this could potentially change me forever."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a treasured moment, without a doubt.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to sum it up (in one of those ways that probably still completely leaves you in the dark):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"love is an ocean and i'm a tiny cup"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-86700825785497329152011-04-25T21:31:00.000-07:002011-05-07T15:11:03.113-07:00dj put that record on<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">okay so let's just talk about something for a minute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i've developed a bit of a girl crush.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this isn't the same thing i feel for adele, ingrid, or ke$ha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">those are the girls i want to <b>be</b> SLASH (bc that isn't an option)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">be best friends with (bc that <i>totally</i> is).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">nope. this is different.</span><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i'm like <u>mesmerized</u> by dev.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i think that if i met her, i might feel butterflies or something.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">anyway, the point is i obsess over this girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and her music.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">if you've learned anything about me in our time together,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">it should be that i love a good beat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i love music that i can bump (WAY too loud) while i drive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and her work is the perfect fix for a junkie like myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13648375?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/13648375">Dev - Booty Bounce</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4331352">Little Owl Recordings</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">[this is the edited version, which i thought would be more wholesome for the kids]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">hope you enjoy. i will be rocking out to it for at least another 9 days, no doubt.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-91152554384079614612011-04-15T19:33:00.000-07:002011-04-15T19:35:37.411-07:00you can grow flowers from where dead used to be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OtsgKekd5Bo/Taj1oSKgjMI/AAAAAAAAA1s/lB0avxrC_Qo/s1600/flowersinremains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OtsgKekd5Bo/Taj1oSKgjMI/AAAAAAAAA1s/lB0avxrC_Qo/s400/flowersinremains.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">as i sit under the sun</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i look around and see</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a wonder that i can't explain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">it's all so new to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">beauty in the struggle,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">grace in the consequence,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the flowers poking through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">light that gives life,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">color that gives beauty,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and hope that will renew.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and so i choose</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to hold onto</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the wonder that i see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">let all else go</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">because i know</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the wonder dwells in me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-16570540478130336352011-04-11T21:28:00.000-07:002011-04-11T21:28:02.136-07:00i'm not gonna care<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zS4iN2S1I8Y/TaPRW4SQoUI/AAAAAAAAA1o/Lph0qV4jA0o/s1600/tumblr_libcgdQFGF1qam9d1o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zS4iN2S1I8Y/TaPRW4SQoUI/AAAAAAAAA1o/Lph0qV4jA0o/s400/tumblr_libcgdQFGF1qam9d1o1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenisuperman/5097146229/in/faves-219cb/">lauren</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">honest?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i had a pretty yucky day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm exhausted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and right now i'm watching my giants blow this game against those silly dodgers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but i did make some cookies tonight!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">peanut butter/nutella gluten free cookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yes, i am still doing p90x {in theory} but let's talk about that another day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and now i'm preparing for a little me-time in the hot tub.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so...to sum it all up...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">let's consider this lesson learned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and tomorrow, when i wake up,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'd like to go back to being young and naive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">though i do have to say that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">there were definitely some little rays of sunshine in the midst of my difficult day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">i am vowing to write about that in the next couple of days</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">bc i think it is more important than everything else.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and on a totally different {slash completely random note}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm seriously crossing my fingers for a funny dream tonight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-85012897539141916952011-04-06T22:40:00.000-07:002011-04-06T22:40:46.419-07:00i won't mind the people when they stare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGqsssWhcy0/TZ1LSgGIL_I/AAAAAAAAA1k/DQZNW_Od_x8/s1600/tumblr_lixx2lQfvC1qzc9d2o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGqsssWhcy0/TZ1LSgGIL_I/AAAAAAAAA1k/DQZNW_Od_x8/s400/tumblr_lixx2lQfvC1qzc9d2o1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordsyoudontswallow/5513848545/">richierichhh</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"we are intrepid. we carry on."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">elizabethtown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">[yes, i am officially quoting a kirsten dunst movie on my blog. don't judge me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i don't care what happens in life: i carry on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sometimes it all feels like too much, but (as my turbokick instructor said in class last night):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"look how far i've come."</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-38984615669982907932011-04-04T23:50:00.000-07:002011-04-04T23:50:16.825-07:00party rock is in the house tonight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xit7lLiuvDM/TZq6vbJMv_I/AAAAAAAAA1g/07_uuAlFsT4/s1600/tumblr_li7bfvgx7b1qdgauwo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xit7lLiuvDM/TZq6vbJMv_I/AAAAAAAAA1g/07_uuAlFsT4/s400/tumblr_li7bfvgx7b1qdgauwo1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">via </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://shetakesflight.tumblr.com/post/3919313412"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"><i>she takes flight</i></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want to be a writer who reminds others that these moments exist."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Diary of Anais Nin</span></i></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-48300898432695745682011-03-30T22:23:00.000-07:002011-03-30T22:23:04.836-07:00if you're an animal then tear up the floor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TcJ69jZg4qY/TZQO3pg0UJI/AAAAAAAAA1c/f220J3jXh2Y/s1600/tumblr_liit69E0DO1qzj9qpo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TcJ69jZg4qY/TZQO3pg0UJI/AAAAAAAAA1c/f220J3jXh2Y/s320/tumblr_liit69E0DO1qzj9qpo1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">via </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://happythings.tumblr.com/post/4195921440"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">happy things</span></i></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(duh...this i'm becoming a preferred customer with this one)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">oh i did.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">both figuratively and literally.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">today was a SUNNY day for this girl.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-51214107434417821012011-03-27T20:37:00.000-07:002011-03-27T20:37:28.919-07:00if you're a criminal, kill it on the floor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this weekend was just what i needed!</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-29655492555890074342011-03-22T22:43:00.000-07:002011-03-22T22:43:31.552-07:00know i lived it to the fullest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6srFiRxEn48/TYmFLG_t_RI/AAAAAAAAA1M/nDUZQMPrnAk/s1600/tumblr_lhz7q486nf1qzlj37o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6srFiRxEn48/TYmFLG_t_RI/AAAAAAAAA1M/nDUZQMPrnAk/s400/tumblr_lhz7q486nf1qzlj37o1_500.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">via <a href="http://happythings.tumblr.com/"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">happy things</span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">you're an idiot.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and i'm incredible.</span></span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-29677180590705029822011-03-16T12:42:00.000-07:002011-03-16T18:38:26.514-07:00guess she gave you things i didn't give to you<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kJQ3ZPsjmnU/TYEQAiGMGMI/AAAAAAAAA1I/1TUuYmbo0HA/s1600/tumblr_lgdyfxS02R1qzrkblo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kJQ3ZPsjmnU/TYEQAiGMGMI/AAAAAAAAA1I/1TUuYmbo0HA/s400/tumblr_lgdyfxS02R1qzrkblo1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">via<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://coffeestains.tumblr.com/page/8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;">coffeestains</span></a></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">boo. i'm sick.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">we're talking a </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"can't focus,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">can't function,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">my best friend's name is camomile" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">state of existence.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and confession: my life as liz {the ridiculously awkward/nerdy show on mtv} is the highlight of my day.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">so i guess this is the perk of feeling BLAH.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673632986976850614.post-67829784687317674642011-03-13T15:44:00.000-07:002011-03-16T12:43:24.062-07:00rolling in the deep<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">such a fun weekend of baseball, friends, dancing, and dressing up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and this afternoon is the perfect follow-up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">rainy weather has the potential to make me emotional, but when paired with a little coffee and this...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...it's a guaranteed success.</span></div>jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139846316757332676noreply@blogger.com0