thank you very much

i'm thinking i won't have time to blog in the morning, so today's post will be in honor of tomorrow's holiday. and today's- happy thanksgiving eve!



today i am (MOST) thankful for: the wonderful people in my life. i'm grateful to have new people in my world, who are here to enjoy life's simple pleasures with me on a regular basis. and i'm grateful for my closest friends and family back home, who will always love and care for me no matter where i go or what i do.

also:

coffee

christmas movies

scarves

my purple eyeliner from MAC

mac, my computer (and constant companion)

california

major league baseball

and do you know what i hadn't even thought of until this very moment? my FAVORITE part of the holiday. which then led me to think of my FAVORITE part of my FAVORITE part. so here are the two, perfectly combined in this lovely photo:

oh how i adore the radio city rockettes. they rock my world :)

enjoy being with the ones you love

. . . OR the ones you like a whole lot ;-)

. . . . . . OR just new people all together.

"...that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. o Lord my God, i will give You thanks forever." psalm 30:12

there's something you should know

i was writing out some thoughts on another "hello" post, but it was starting to sound super emo. i'm pretty private with my emotions, and i've decided that i'm not ready to elaborate on all those details of my life just yet. not for the entire world to see anyway. :) my friend sarah says that it's very liberating...maybe someday.

anyway...

i WILL share something with you that i don't think i've mentioned yet. and let me just say that it is amazing to me that i've gone this long without bringing this up! you wanna know what one of my favorite things in life is?

bridges. aren't they fabulous?

this is the pedestrian bridge in tulsa, oklahoma. it's probably the bridge that is closest to my heart. so far.

here are a few more. ugh i just love them!

really, how fantastic is that?

this is a picture taken from manhattan, with woody allen

and i won't lie...maybe i love what is going on in this picture as much as i love the actual bridge itself. i'm a girl, what can i say?

so now you know. i have a thing for bridges.

inside my arms

i've got winter song, by ingrid michaelson and sara bareilles, on repeat. it's beautifully depressing.

this is my winter song to you

the storm is coming soon

it rolls in from the sea

my love, a beacon in the night

my words will be your light

to carry you to me

monday

for now, i am saying hello. not just a greeting or salutation. perhaps it is more of a welcome sign. welcome to my life. there are many things that i keep at arms-length. i'm not sure why. fear, i suppose. i want to uncover these things (or people), overcome my fears, and welcome them in.


so today i'm saying hello to...

me.

fear in saying hello to me:

finding things i (or others) may not like.

i'm messy.

i don't love animals.

i can sleep for a loooong time, and not feel bad about it.

i think putting on my sweats is more fun than putting on a cute outfit.

i need coffee.

i like britney spears.

...just to name a few.

SO, me: i can't promise anything rational or safe or lovely. but welcome.

:) :) :)

i'm sorry i just couldn't resist...

Subject: Saturday
Date: 3/10/99 9:12:17 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: NY152
To: Shopgirl

How about meeting Saturday? 4 o'clock. There's a place in Riverside Park at 91st Street where the path curves and there's a garden. You'll find me waiting.

i mean, really, what better way to begin a new week? enjoy what is left of your weekend.

fierce

obsessed.

tonight i will be seeing the wine country home wreckers versus the sacred city sacrificers, and i pretty much couldn't be more stoked. my heart currently beats for this sport. though i love being a girly girl, and i'm incredibly grateful for the fact that i am sweet and delicate, i sometimes wish that i had it in me to be as fierce as these girls.

i would love to wear heavy eyeliner, have four different colors in my hair, and be completely decorated in tattoos. i would love to come up with a completely B.A. name that wholly represents my personality. and, moment of truth, i would LOVE to feel no guilt knocking other girls out from time to time. :)

however, this is so not me. this must be my rockstar alter-ego. don't worry, her identity is in the works. more to come.

challenge: do something fierce today. and don't feel bad about it.





wishing you a killer saturday.
and here's a hello to nate, the man behind the counter at starbucks. definite rockstar...i can tell.

uninspired...or am i?

so this is the first free moment that i've had to blog on this friday (woo hoo!), but you better believe that it's been on my mind all day long. in the transition from my last activity to the present, i was feeling sad because i thought that today's post would merely read "uninspired."

however, leave it to a good drive to bring inspiration. so these are my friday night thoughts:

i like music. okay okay, this much we know. but i REALLY like it. and what is even more- i like it LOUD.

i get such a rush when i'm driving and rocking out to some wicked tunes. i am pretty sure this horrid habit has completely jacked up two of stella's speakers. stella is my car by the way. anyway, i feel like such a high schooler for listening to music at such volumes, but i can't quit. and i won't.

so here's to all of my favorite musicians that get me going in club stella. you are good at what you do.