My latest adventure was getting my hair dyed for the first time! The idea of blue/black hair got stuck in my head a while ago and I finally was able to make it happen. It took well over 4 hours and a whole lot of patience, but it is so worth it. I love it. I needed a change and it’s made me feel special again (:
What if all good things don’t have to come to an end? What if that’s just something we tell ourselves to excuse our cowardliness?
So, if you got stuck on a desert island and could only bring one book, which would it be?
An anthology of every book ever. Including the bad ones so I have some measure of comparison by which to keep enjoying the good ones when being stuck on an island really gets to me.
No. No way. You can't do that, the book would be bigger than the island!
Excellent, I'll use it as a ship!
The pages would get wet!
...it's a fancy anthology, it probably comes in one of those little boxy things.
I give up.
VICTORY TO THE BOOKWORMS!
Sebastien De la Cruz will return to sing Star-Spangled Banner at Game 4 of NBA finals as Spurs invite him back for an encore despite racist tweets.
This kid. He makes me proud to call myself all of the following: Mexican-American, Latina, Chicana, Tejana, and most importantly American. People need to back down. This is a child. A child who is proof that race does not define one, and it sure as heck does not define patriotism. One can possess a dual nationality, and be loyal to both, be honored to be a part of both, and be proud to call both home. Sebastien vas a llegar lejos, you’re going to go far. Just keep holding your head high, and conducting yourself with the same grace you’ve shown in the face of those who slur you. Keep making your community, your state, and your nation PROUD to be in a country that produces people like you! (:
A summer full of fun and adventures comes along with a lot of fears. I’m afraid of traveling in an airplane for 12+ hours (OVER THE OCEAN) I mean what if it runs out of gas halfway through…ah! Also, what am I going to do in China for four weeks, with limited external communication, and forced to communicate in a language I’ve only studied for one year?! And don’t even get me started on making friends when I will barely be able to talk to them…
I’m also afraid of what’s going to happen to my relationship with one of my best friends. We won’t be able to talk all summer, and although we both kind of already knew that, we also still hoped that our relationship would survive it all. I’m just unsure. I’m scared of losing him. I’m scared of losing myself while waiting for him…
I think I am most afraid of change. It’s the summer before senior year and it’s going to be hectic, fun, insane, full of work (college apps what what!) and my last summer at home as a high school student. It’s the last summer that I have “planned” in a sense, and the control freak in me is not having this nonsense.
I’m scared but I also know that I cannot, under any circumstances let fear get in the way of my dreams. I am destined to achieve and accomplish great things and a little bit of fear is not going to deter me.
Love and other good things,
<3<3<3
Street Smarts: A Learning Process: 11 Things to Know at 25(ish)
Find a balance!
This along with Let Her Go by Passenger has been keeping me going…
Sometimes, life decides that everything you have is maybe a little too good. I call this the universe balancing itself out. So, let’s say Monday was fantastic, everything went better than planned, and you may have even gotten an amazing surprise. Then Tuesday will be ok, things will go as you plan them with a few expected set backs, however Wednesday will be awful. The cycle continues throughout life, and it manifests itself in a greater sense sometimes as well. Through the months, seasons, years…there’s nothing you can do to fight it, except make the best of the worst in order to make the best better and worst bearable. So when life takes your lemons away, look around find some apples to keep your mind off of the delicious lemonade you would have been able to make otherwise. These apples are not a replacement, don’t kid yourself. These apples are also not revenge, they are simply a distraction, an occupation, a temporary solution. Make the best of life, because it is making the best of you, whether you know it or not. (:
