Photos

Cause I can't figure what to write.

I talk about Josh Groban, among other things.

1. SO. I went to go see Josh Groban last night at the Palace. Oh, Josh Groban, you flawless human being, you. Boy can sing live like nobodies business. He's like...better live. And he's an amazing entertainer in general. Just AMAZING. AH. (excuse me while I fangirl a little...a lot). And he came down the steps right by where my friends and I were sitting and I got to see his magnificent hair up close and yeah. It's was pretty much amazing. And it was the first concert I've ever been to (besides TSO, because they're an orchestra. Not a singer or a band, if that makes sense?). SO yeah. Just kinda like, terrific and spectacular and loverly. And unforgettable. COME BACK. (I could really go on and on and on and on but I wont ;D)
   
2. I have so many photos to edit. And I know it. And I'll edit like two or three and then be like...I'm too lazy to do more. But I shall try to get motivated and do them. Try being the key word.
3. My cousin Jill got married. WHOOP WHOOP. Wonderful wedding :D
4. I need money. Yeah.
5. I'm going to get myself on a schedule about school. I am. Tomorrow ;)

Now.
Off to edit photos. (that's a lie, I'm actually going to go watch Next Food Network Star).

Some people are really smart.

Like this guy.

"Why don't we do these things that make us happy, if we know that's where are our happiness lies? We're too busy...Or at least that's the excuse we use or give ourselves or give others. Physically-we don't exercise regularly, why? Too busy. We don't eat the right kinds of foods, why? Takes too long to prepare...We don't sleep regularly, why? 'Cause there's still only 24 hours in a day, isn't there? And our to-do lists just get longer and longer and longer. We feel like our lives just have a momentum of their own. We feel like our lives would go on with or without us. We never feel like we get caught up...I mean, when was the last time you sat down and said to yourself 'I'm caught up now'...Emotionally-...We don't gift our relationships with carefree timelessness...We give them the worst time, when we're most exhausted. When we have least to give. Why? Because we're too busy. Intellectually-We don't take the ten minutes a day to read a good book that will challenge us...why? We're too busy. And Spiritually-We don't take that time to pray, to reflect, to immerse ourselves in the classroom of silence, to get reconnected with ourselves and reconnected with our God. Why? Too busy. Physically, Emotionally, Intellectually, Spiritually we know the things that make us happy, but we don't do them because we're too busy. Doing what? For the most part, it's because we're doing just about everything that means just about nothing to just about anybody."

-Matthew Kelly

Joy

I have found joy.
Amongst best friends
and big brothers
and all of my family around one table.

I have found it
in heat and sweat
and running straight through it.

I have found it in listening to silence,
and other people's stories,
and songs of praise played on a grande piano.

I have found it
after half an hour on my knees,
in adoration,
and 6 hours on my feet,
in celebration.

I have found it
in photographs.

I have found it
in yellow balloons
and great conviction
and joining the dance.

I have found it
in simplicity.

I have found Joy
in my wonderful life,
in God,
in Mass,
in prayer,
and
in
smiling.

Looking.

Some times,
I look at myself in the mirror
and realize that I'm really young.
Which may sound funny,
but
it's like
I don't feel young.
I feel much older than sixteen.
And I don't know why.
I think some people are just like that.
Like,
my mind and thoughts and feelings (some times)
are growing a little faster
than my body is.

And at times,
it feels like a good thing
and at times,
it feels like a plague.


Like,
some times
I want to do a certain thing,
or I feel a certain way
and my mind will start shouting at me
"Why do you feel like that? How could you want that? It's so childish,
so immature!"

And it gets confusing.
'Cause I feel kind of old,
and then I look in the mirror
and I see my face.
Which is young
and full of anticipation.

I'm not sure.
I don't really want to be childish,

but

I'm not really sure I want to grow up, just yet,
and I kind of feel like I already have.