• walk the pups at least 3 times a week
  • a dangerous task when taking on two high-energy and competitive schnoodle sisters
• create holiday wreaths for the fam (with some help from my little sister and martha stewart of course)
  • ribbon poinsettias and leaves cuz unfortunately wreaths of wonderfully smelling pine won't last til next year
• read a book a week
  • the sun also rises by ernest hemingway
  • my antonia by willa cather
  • i haven't found a third one yet, but it's out there
• get out of the house as much as possible
  • coffee houses
  • beach trail

• the real world
  • it just keeps getting closer and closer.
• being crushed to death in a pit of snakes
  • sounds random, but it recently came up in conversation while watching star wars episode IV.
• being outshone by my younger sister
  • not in a selfish way, i don't want to be better than her. i want us to be equally successful and accomplished but in different aspects.
• letting go.
• missed opportunites
  • i tend to dwell in my regrets.
• falling in love.

• the way a guy's pants (more like slacks) go up at the bottom when he sits down so that you can see his socks
• the undoing of a tie and the way it hangs on a collared shirt at the end of the day
• when a guy rolls up the sleeves of a nice button-up shirt and some tattoos peek out
• decisiveness

• love you forever robert munsch
  • my aunt lillian gave it to me and my mom would read it to me, reciting the lines "i'll love you forever, i'll like you for always, as long as i'm living my baby you'll be," as she rocked me back and forth.
• the SMELLY book babette cole
  • always always good for a laugh. how could a kid not love a book about smelly things?
• the giving tree shel silverstein
  • shel silverstein is a genius. those silly, imaginative poems are my favorite kind. i appreciate them so much more than the deep, mysterious ones about the moon as a metaphor for a lonesome soul or something.

• radiohead
  • (because it wasn't enough the first time)
• red hot chili peppers
  • (crazy stage antics and all, but hopefully they'll put some clothes on and keep their tube socks on their feet)
• city and colour
  • (because if i can't have dallas green serenade me for life, at least i could be a part of the crowd that he serenades for an hour or two)
• matt & kim
  • (such a full sound from just a guy on keys and a chick on drums!!)
• andre nickatina

• an early morning was started off by a tour of SFSU given by the lovely enir rodriguez herself.
  • then followed by a traffic-filled ride across the bay to pleasant hill.
• plenty of 30 rock episodes were watched and we proceeded to reference each one for the rest of the weekend.
  • "you take a hot dog, stuff it with some jack cheese, fold it in a pizza...you've got cheesy blaAasters!"
• crazy holiday shoppers took over the downtown area making it almost impossible to find a place to park and very possible to run someone over.
  • we finally found a spot and met up with some friends at a RAD tattoo and piercing shop.

• when you think that everything sucks and all you want is for someone to say that everything does suck, but instead they come up with every possible solution to your problems and can't just be down with you.
• people trying to get a certain reaction or try to get you to ask certain questions by only telling you half the story.
  • what's even worse is when people ask you a question, not because they're really actually interested but because they want you to in turn ask them the same question.
• that i am much more willing to compromise and avoid confrontation than stand firm in my own opinions and decisions.
• the constant struggle between getting motivated and giving up.

• the rolling stones
• my pandora stations
  • edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes
  • miike snow
  • motown
• stripes and floral prints
• my newly organized house
• drinking a glass of wine before bed
  • i might be turning into my mom

and coming this wednesday...

• the newest RWRR challenge: RIVALS
  • i admit it, i am addicted to these challenge shows. if i was more athletic and tough i'd try to get on the real world just so i could one day be invited to a challenge season.

• a tale of two cities charles dickens
  • amazing character development and it made learning about 18th century england/france much easier
• house on mango street by sandra cisneros
  • best use of metaphors and figurative language
• the catcher in the rye j. d. salinger
  • is there a movie of this? if not, there needs to be.
• the bean trees by barbara kingsolver
  • classic coming of age kinda tale. made me want to travel to the desert.
• the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald
  • bold and colorful.
• lord of the flies by william golding

• a productive day of cleaning, organizing, decorating turned jax's garage into the most amazing love nest perfect for any v-day party.
  • we had red/white/pink hanging from the shelves, lining the windows of the garage door, in the form of hearts for a prom photo backdrop. every time we walked in it was like a pat on the back. we were proud to say the least.
• we busted out the fondue pot to create the most delicious chocolate fondue accompanied by apples, oranges, raspberries, pretzels, and mallows.
  • curtis got a little crafty with the skewers and they were some interesting fondue creations. all around scrumptious.
• dance parties left and right, each track like a theme song bringing a new person t...

• the mix tape my dad made for me when i was 4.
  • best playlist ever.
• my baby blanket which i haven't been sleeping with lately cuz i left it at home of winter break. luckily my mom is sending it to me in a care package.
  • when i was little, my mom would always say, as she wrapped me tightly in my blanket, "i made this just for you when you were in my tummy!" somehow i always felt proud after that, but i'm not sure of what.
• how my dogs always curl up in the spot where my knees bend when i let them sleep in my room.
• the warming up of instruments in the orchestra before any kind of performance.
• a clean, but lived in house that uses its fireplace and has lots of comfy blankets...