Traveling

So I'm sitting on a plane heading down to Houston, Texas. I can't lie, I'm pretty stoked, even if my friends think I'm nuts for wanting to go to Texas. Jeanne's going to pick me up from the airport and well head straight out for Roswell, New Mexico. Cause really, why stop at adding just one more state to my list when I can add two! I'm really excited to see the UFO museum and the carlsbad caverns. I hear they're supposed to be really neat.
I'm also currently reading an interesting book my mom gave yesterday called "the gift of fear." It's all about learning to listen to and trust your intuition to save your life. We had just been talking about this at finders keepers the other day too, as Deena has the most uncanny feelings and instincts I have ever seen.
Like the time the lady made off with around three of our dresses and a purse. Hours later Deena was walking by a line of cars and stated she just felt warm and knew there was something up. When she looked inside one, there on the passenger seat were the stolen items. She tracked the girl down store to store and drug her back to her car and made the girl pay for them. But, how many people can claim having something like that happen to them. She gets feelings like that about people in general too, and shell just give you a look and you know no to let the person out of your sight in the store.
Mine have always been much more subdued, I'm definitely not the best judge of character, but even I can claim having moments that I look back and say I had a feeling I should or should not have done that. The book states that our biggest problem as humans is we discout this feeling and then proceed to search for logical reasons solely to not trust ourselves. Very interesting look toward humans, particularly Americans and western civilizations.

Jeanne, Nick and I are in the car on the drive back to Houston. Technically tonight were only going to go about an hour to Carlsbad and well go the other nine hours tomorrow after we see the caverns. Rather excited for that, even though we don't get to take the rope-you-up version because it's only offered in the afternoon. It's been a rather nice drive so far. We stayed in San Antonio last bight and did the river walk and cruise. We didn't see the Alamo, but we were within a block of it. Jeanne says it is super small and not worth the time other than a walk past. None the less I gave a cursory "remember the Alamo!"
This morning in the car Gina and I practiced French in he car for about half the trip. Once we got to Roswell and picked up Nick, they left me at the UFO museum. It was rather interesting though I don't believe it was an alien. I definitely think something happened, likely governmental, but I don't think it was aliens. At least not in that instance...

More adventures!

The last couple weeks have been sporadically exciting and boring, which kinda ups the anticipation level of things to come. I've gone down hiking around the Riverside state park a couple times now, on the nicer days-both by myself, and I talked Morgan into coming with once too, so much fun! I've also went down to Pullman last minute to see Heather and Alex, a little more of Heather than Alex due to finals coming up here soon though he broke away from his napping studying to play a board game with us.
I'm also currently making plans to go to Texas in about two weeks now. I'm so excited because we will also be going to New Mexico to pick Nick up from school where I will get to see the UFO museum and the Carlsbad Caverns. Gina was telling me about all the other plans she was setting up for us to potentially do too and I am so excited! One last big US hurrah, though I am still hoping to do a bunch of smaller more local trips this summer. We'll see how many work out, but the goal is set!

childhood subliminal brainwashing?

So as I'm digging through my box of electronics trying to find my microphone so I can work on my French program, I came across a stack of cassettes. Expecting to find the old birthday mixes my aunt used to make me I dug through them and found not only those, but also Ross Point mixes, Romeo and Juliet, and the crowning glory...There's a Hippo in my tub. So of course I had to pop in Hippo in my Tub for the old childhood memories, and realized I may have been influenced young in my childhood to my current predispositions in life.
I listened to this tape all the time, though I had forgotten the specific songs on the tape. There was a song encouraging you to play the saxophone and the kazoo, songs encouraging travel, especially by plane, and The Lion Sleeps Tonight, which is a song I regularly sing when I'm being silly(though I could also blame that song on Disney with the Lion King). Now I only wish I could find my Nicole tape, where each tape was directed towards a particular name so it was like they were interacting with you, which was the other tape I listened to all the time in my childhood. Makes you wonder how much of these things you may not remember could have really impacted who you become, and how many are ironic instances of happenstance.

On a whim...

I have slowly started packing up and separating my stuff up, and was looking through some of my old journals-personal and for classes, sketchbook, and random notebooks. I found quite an accumulation of old memories, moments, thoughts, and comments and they just made me happy. So I thought I'd share some highlight moments of my life-the little tidbits I had mostly forgot til I rediscovered them, buried in my bookshelves. After all, its the little things that really count.

Flying Toasters and Pickle People
Peace is not just the absence of war; peace is the absence of tension

Mango Slices!

"The surface of the earth is soft."-Thoreau

" 'The pictures, they're talking.' 'What are they saying?' 'They say...Keep me, Protect me, Share me, And I will live forever.' "

Seconds tick away
Slowing as the time passes
Hesitantly stops.

Have a Lizst, Gone Chopin, Be Bach later.

Continue with life and don't look back

C'est la vie

All things shall perish from under the sky, music alone shall live, music alone shall live, music alone shall live never to die.-Band Camp

Hippograffe!

"How are you like a backpack?"-Mike Carroll

Live, See, Jump, Become, Play, Smile, Journey, Imagine, Burn, Fall, Write, Trust, Exist, Discover, Believe, Laugh, Grow, Doodle, Fly, Float, Dream, Dance, Sing, Belong, Encourage, Hold, Hope, Trust, Allow, Perceive, Build, Enhance,

"Let me go, I'm not done. I swear I'll take just one lifetime."-Boxcar Racer

Consciousness is the edge of reason and humanity. The encompassing of heart and soul in a single being.

"Hold me, love me, choose me."-Meredith Grey; Grey's Anatomy

"Hold me, Love me, ain't got nothin but love babe, eight days a week."-The Beatles

Let sleep claim you, drift you, love you. Dreams hold the intimate caresses of infinity, the wistful longings of yesterday, and the ending of forever. Loose yourself and wonder if you'll never return.

Vanilla-the childhood memory of snow ice cream.

"The dust has only just begun to form crop circles in the carpet. Sinking. Feeling."-Imogen Heap

"Don't know how much time has passed, and it feels like forever. But no one ever tells you: forever feels like home."-Stone Sour

Heels make me feel powerful.

"Time falls away, but these small hours still remain."-Rob Thomas

Hug a musician, they never get to dance.

"When in doubt, follow someone! Even if you don't know them or where they're going, because they may be going to the same place as you!"-Heather on driving.

You have to work for what you want.

Creation is unique.

When you taught me how to dance...

Life is sense overtaking you.

"The beauty of grace is it makes life not fair."-Reliant K

My ideal is unreachable, and yet I can't erase it.

A second can mean a life, a death, a breath...

Believe in the moments, Believe in eternity...

"If you ever felt
alone
if you ever felt
rejected
if you ever felt confused
if you ever felt lost
if you ever felt anxious
if you ever felt wrong
if you ever felt wronged
if you ever felt unclean
if you ever felt angry
if you ever felt ashamed
if you ever felt curious
if you ever felt
used
be prepared to feel
revenge
feel the romance
my brutal romance
my beautiful romance
my miserable romance
my x-rated romance
my harlequin romance
my innocent romance
my selfish romance
my scandalous romance
my childish romance
my watercolor romance
my chemical romance."-My Chemical Romance

AM: The thrum of life filling you from the inside out.

"Write about the whale.' 'what whale?' 'The one trapped in your imagination , dieing to get out."-J.M. Barrie

What is my yellow brick road?

Our culture is growing and thriving as we drown in our own lack of identity.

Do you trust yourself to catch you?

I stood watching as the ship sailed out to sea. The settig sun tinted the sails with a golden light, and as it disappeared from sight, a voice at my side whispered, "He is gone." But the sea was a narrow one.
On the farther shore, a band of family and griends had gathered to watch and wait in happy expectation.
Suddenly, they caught sight of the sail, and at the very moment when my companion whispered, "He is gone." A glad shout went up in joyous welcome, "Here he comes!"

"Happiness is a journey, not a destination..."-Souza

"When you stand int he present moment, you are timeless. "-Rodney Yee

Paganini looks like Filch!

"I was in the library, and a girl in a gorilla costume popped out at me from behind a shelf and said, "Hey, you want a kafka $ and a hershey bar?" She was getting funny looks from those studying." -Karmen

Captain Harry!

"He was a jaded romantic."
"So it's like somebody broke his rose colored glasses?"
"Uhh...well, I have no idea what you're talking about."-music history discussion

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

Joy to the world, Barney is dead, we barbecued his head...!

NOISE!

And I can only wish I could include some of the sketches I found in my class notes. I obviously was not paying enough attention to the lectures.

Here and Now

Today's the first day in quite some time that I haven't felt incredibly restless, something for which I'm rather thankful for. I spent the afternoon on my couch doing absolutely nothing, I only left for my guitar lesson (which was embarrassing when I didn't realize I was singing the songs under my breath until Bill loudly proclaimed, "At last, I hear a voice!") and about 4 I realized there was nothing I'd rather be doing. So as I sit here, discovering new music, reading fanfic (because I am that big of a dork), checking everyone's facebook, and just overall catching up on the world around me; I realize I am at peace in this one moment. While I still have the itch to get out-to wander around, in this one moment, I am satisfied. Could be in part because I made travel plans for next month today, but whatever the reason, this is enough. I will get where I'm going when I get there.

Found this website of awesome pictures I want to try and recreate and expand upon.
http://crystalinks.com/holdthesun.html
Already have one myself, and for some reason I never really saw how much more could be done with it. Something I will have to rectify!I have also enjoyed discovering new music tonight, as well as rediscovering old groups. I'm currently working on making a new playlist and will likely have to go to Hastings and some other music stores tomorrow.
Found an awesome and hilarious quote by Kate Winslet.

There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.

Here's to knowing when!

It's Been a Week

This last week has been rather fun and interesting. It started on St. Paddy's Day. Morgan and I decided to go out and meet up with some of her old high school friends for the evening. We started out at Jimmy'z (where I learned Morgan can't take shots-something to be soon rectified), hung out at Zola's, and had a late late dinner at the Satellite. At one point in the evening we attempted to trade mardi gras beads for an awesome headband, but the girl was kinda heinous and told us no in a rather piss off kind of manner. I was rather disappointed in that, at least laugh about it even if you won't make the trade. Although lets be honest, I probably would have traded just to have the story to tell afterward.

The day after I woke up energized and rearing to go. Getting bored rather quickly, I texted my roommate and asked for a direction. Thankfully we had discussed that I would be someday soon doing just such a thing and she responded with a prompt, "SOUTH!" So I got in my car and drove south to Rosalia, looped back up on the old 195, back down to Colfax, took the Walla Walla exit and ended up coming to Ritzville from the south before heading home. It was absolutely gorgeous outside and I enjoyed every bit of my adventure. Stopping to take pictures whenever took my fancy along the way, I found some pretty cool things, including a one room building off the side of the road which said "Interested in Time Travel Meet Here" and a truck stating I was entering wheat country. I can't wait to take my next get in the car and see what you see adventure. I may go all the way north to Canada and have a Canadian adventure even. Maybe try setting up a bed in the back of my car, well see how it goes.

Then on Saturday, Finders Keepers was doing an event for the Spokane Presevation Society. It was western themed so we were all wearing old 1900 skirts, red button downs, cowboy boots and cowboy hats. It was sooo much fun! Nyla, Eric and I started a mini-competition to who would raise the most money selling the sheriff badges and I totally expected to loose as the other two are awesome sales people. I was rather satisfied when my sales equaled theirs combined and I had to go steal more badges from both of them because I kept running out. We managed to raise almost $700 for the society, and then got to have fun prancing around in our western wear the rest of the evening. I love doing events like that, especially when its dressed as something I normally would never do. I have so much fun getting into personna and just putting on a show all evening. Its really great and I'm happy that Deena always seems to want to take me along to the events.