'Cyrano de Bergerac' Quotes: "'And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured in the bee's brief visit to a flower, secular communication with an aftertaste of heaven, the pulse rising from the heart to utter its name on a lover's lip: 'Forever.''
- Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act 3"

thank you, summer. you're so good to us.

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i have a bittersweet compilation of music that mimics my feelings about this time of year. reserved, sophisticated lament that accompanies the soaring feelings of romance and freedom. i pour my soul to this. cheers, renee.

parkeryoung on Xanga: "INSIGHTFUL OBSERVATION OF THE DAY:
Y’know how when you eat peanut butter and it gets stuck on the “roof of your mouth” ?
Okay, think about it -- That term is way off. Who ever originally called it that?
I mean, c’mon, really, it’s definitely the ceiling of your mouth. Am I right or am I right?"

salvation is here.

God, I cannot even begin to explain how I'm sorry. I'm so human, and I feel like I don't need You, and sometimes, I feel like You don't have the answers to the things I want answers for. But You do. I believe You, I want to follow You always. I'm a newborn child all the time, always discovering You. L O V E tastes like teardrops.

Interesting how Jon Foreman's music sounds like God talking directly to you.

Oh, the joys of rediscovering music. You sincerely wonder why you don't listen to stuff like this anymore, and instead go in search of indie foreign artists with weird sounds. Why do I do that?

i n s p i r a t i o n

late summer playlist coming soon.

pictures found at haley's tumblr. cheers.

NEW BIKE + NEW SUMMER VIBE

friday, my sister came home and my mom surprised me with a new bike.

rachel and i plan to ride to publix tomorrow for some candy bars and chocolate milk.

with this, i'm planning on making a cycling club at my high school, where bikes are very un-popular.

i hope such a club could bring cycling's popularity back up. can you imagine?

marching band 2010: the music of aaron copland.
the difference between this year's music and last year's music (leanord bernstein's candide) ishuge. this year, it's more penetrating+ luxurious. i am a band nerd, i admit. but playing this music and listening to such wonderful labor makes it all worth it in the end.

ballad: the promise of living.

the thought of playing this while marching is awesome.

oh my gosh, i am dead with this music. the video is good too.

E D I T O R S

"you don't know love"

insane use of hair as a weapon. like.

shot in krakow, poland. dancers: damien jalet + alexandra gilbert.

scribble of international from the novella 'anthem'

i did some casting too (note that all of these people are actually models, and not actors:)

equality: francisco lachowski

international: jeremy young

liberty: doutzen kroes

the best kept secret on the internet. click on the picture and indulge your butt off.

B A N D C A M P begins tomorrow. all i can do is pretend to be excited.
M Y S I S T E R is at girl scout camp. she's been gone for a day + i miss her already.

another scanned drawing.
not the bee's knees, but i figured no one would know.

i finally have an accessible scanner, (!) and i've been scanning things today left and right. it's so much fun, it's redonkulous, and i have no idea why. O_O

well, here i present to you today, are some pencil sketches of uniforms/armor i did last year. "Brisingan" refers to a nation i made up, so don't mind that. heh.

amazing artist: fun.

>>spent all of today celebrating one of my closest friend's coming of age: happy 15th, amanda.

>>watched a good suspense: 'the uninvited' and started another one: 'horsemen'.

>>i watched the temperature today hit 106 degrees. burn, baby burn.

{ the world is so unfairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr }

julie andrews didn't work out. D'X

this made me giggle.

//for some summer homework, we had to find our learning style, so i went to an online assessment, and found this, a very nice slice o' pie.

so, according to this oh-so-sophisticated source, i am an "INFJ", which can only be visually represented by a dolphin. whooppee. :I

//tomorrow, i plan to meet the julie andrews. i am stoked out of my mind.

ANOTHER FABULOUS FOURTH.

blessed to be living in such a wonderful country, srsly.

from top to bottom: ethan, spencer, amanda, me, melanie.
food, friends, and fireworks. picture by amanda's mammi. sorry for the late post, guys.

...AT LAKE NOTTELY.

cue mysterious, horrifying music.

nous sommes plus que [conquerors].

went to the lake yesterday. pics to follow.