Thursday, August 30, 2012

a post with a different view

the view tonight was great. it consisted of a city skyline and the moon. all in one. I guess this is really the first night I realized that I am no longer looking at the moon through my own back window. I've got a different view on things now. and I'm not just talking about the sky. starting all over isn't as hard as I thought, I mean, I did it with my best friends, so honestly it's like the only thing that changed was my address. I don't regret coming here at all. I love it! I just hope, that well, there will be more. or maybe what I want is for me to be more. I want adventure, I want something to remember, I don't want to go through life doing whatever is easy or expected just because everyone else is. my problem though, is that I'm too afraid. I mean really, college is all about "finding yourself" and "branching out to meet new people" perhaps I do need to find myself..find the person that's really been there all along. someone who isn't afraid of the "dark", the unknown, and to put it in better terms: what's different. I'd much rather go through life doing something once and realizing I'm never going to do it again, than to never try. ya know? it's times like these that I would normally say I want to escape, but I don't. I want to stay right here. my own personal adventure land (if I may say so). filled with the opportunity to change a life, or keep it the same as it has always been. so the question for tonight is this: What are you going to do that you never thought you would? something life changing? something stupid? I'd hope not the latter, but to each his own I guess. as for me, I think I'll do something life changing, follow the path before me, even when it gets dark, because the person that put me here, will never leave me. He said so himself.

peace & love


Thursday, August 9, 2012

rush

today is my final day at home before I move out and go off to college. needless to say it's a whirlwind of emotions. I'm excited to embark on a new adventure, but sad to leave such a great one behind. The people I've met over the past couple of years have been incredible, and I hope to meet many more like them in the future.

I put this song because it's about not living life confined by your fears, and considering the next 4 years of my life are going to extremely different from the last four, and probably a lot more scary, it's a good thing to keep in mind. 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

far from over

     I move in to my dorm at NC State, in exactly 8 days. yeah, that's a scary thought. not only do I not have everything I need, I also HATE packing. like really? I'm supposed to pack up pretty much my whole life and just move it all in to some room that's half the size of mine..and share it! as you can see I'm not exactly thrilled.. however, I do look forward to starting this new book in my series called Life, with my incredible friends. it's funny how things work out sometimes, I never thought I would be sharing this experience with the people that are beside me now. I always thought I'd just be out there on my own and lost, now at least if I'm lost, I've got amazing people to be lost with. I've discovered a lot about myself and other people within the last 2 years, and it's been a pretty harsh rollercoaster at times. I have a feeling that my 4 years at State will be similar, but I am determined to make it a great ride.
   All in all this has been the perfect summer by spending most of my days with my best friends and at the pool (what a surprise). From trips to Carowinds, the beach, and plenty of runs to cookout I couldn't be more excited about what this next year has to offer. Although I am sad that two of my crew members will be leaving and in a different city/state, I know that true friends will always be there no matter the distance (even if one calls me names), and will be waiting for each other to cause more trouble. I hope to never forget my senior year at CHS, because honestly, it was blast. It was by far my favorite year of high school and I could easily re-live it over and over again. however, I can't do that and that's great too, because as I have learned these past couple of years, you can't live in the past.