• waking up too early for summer
• far too many wake up calls
• barely awake breakfasts
• interesting staff meetings
• nervewracking cirlces
• hilarious JC1 chats
• billy the squids/rogaines that never end
• chatty lunches
• insane science class
• chill pm circles
• spending too much time on my computer
• photoshoots (:

• how i'm going to change the world
• careers?
• my top ten favorite photos of mine
• 10 traits i have now, ten traits i want to have
• highlights of the past year
• favorite quotes
• list of new vocab to start using
• what has changed my life
• things about mazemakers
• memories i need to remember
• wish i weren't afraid to...
• 10 things i wish for

• kids- mgmt
• holiday from real- jack's mannequin
• she doesn't get it- the format
• dj's got us falling in love- usher
• vindicated- dashboard confessional
• name- goo goo dolls
• she says- howie day
• you got me- colbie caillait
• i'll do anything- jason mraz

at the beginning of this summer, i was upset. i was upset because, i had this vision of what summer was supposed to be, staying up late, sleeping under the stars, and what not. i was upset that i would be spending every day of the week, going to sleep early and waking up even earlier, to be at camp that, while i loved it dearly, was really, really hard work. a lot harder than most things i do on a daily basis (that's what she said). i figured, i don't need the money, i'm young, i should spend the summer doing something that i love. as the summer progressed, and i sat there at night circle, i could not believe the speed that with session one had gone. i vividly remember thinking, how was i not taking and being grateful, for each and every day i have at this place? i couldn't even fathom leaving after that first month. yet, i stayed with the idea that one session is the way to go. now, as to...

even though we all complain about it, getting paid is not the only reason we keep coming back for more (:

• being a loser pretty much makes your cool
• there's no problem that can't be solved
• everyone is just so nice
• even though we say we can't wait for camp to be over, at least for me, the truth is, i never want it to end
• as painful as every abnoxious child is, their laughs and smiles and everything else more than makes up for it
• i met one of my best friends there (:
• i never stop laughing when i'm there

• cream cheese frosting
• film
• people who comment on my photos
• mazemakers
• that happy feeling in the pit of your stomach
• brown paper bags
• shark week
• chinese iced tea
• raspberry sorbet
• chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels
• photoshoots with emily
• the color violet
• summer days that really feel like summer
• black & white photos

• abomination: |əˌbäməˈnā sh ən| noun. a thing that causes disgust or hatred
• ethereal: |iˈθi(ə)rēəl| adjective extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world
• loquacious:|lōˈkwā sh əs| adjective talkative.

• went to the jersey shore
• got 12 stitches in my nose
• went to the beach with the bussemas
• did a photoshoot on the golf course
• started film
• got prepared for school with aves
• went on photoshoots with emily
• fourth of july with mom