I actually was originally going to come on here to give a brief overview of what I’ve been doing and also updating the site a little. I think I might put a drama’s category on here. That way I can give some sort of review on all the thoughts I’ve had of the dramas I’m seeing, like the one I’m watching now. Although, after I watch the entire thing, I mean my opinion on it is probably not going to change over the next 3 1/2 episodes, and it’d be easier to just put all my thoughts in one post than a few. I also want to make a category for something a little easier to do everyday. Well, sort of. I mean it may not be that easy, because I’d have to do it at the end of the day, and that would normally be before midnight since my internet shuts off then. But it might be doable. It’s more of a challenge for me because I talk a lot. But I’m going to try and make a post that summarizes my day in three sentences or less.

To be quite honest, I really hope people don’t find me self absorbed just because I made a blog that is entirely about me. I mean it’s not completely about me, just the entire world from my perspective. I mean most of this is for future use. I can document myself and it will be all there…

Anyway, what have I been doing these past couple months?! A variety of things actually, mostly school related stuff, but I have tried to edit. I spent all of spring break downloading and trying to plan things out. I joined a couple collabs, well one, the other is an MEP project, so it’s not really a spontaneous collaboration, just another project in a group I previously signed up for. The collab hasn’t been filled yet, so we haven’t gotten parts, and then the project, while I have my footage, I never got around to really editing it. I’ve been doing a mix of writing for fun, figuring out how to meet all my deadlines for college next year, keeping up wish schoolwork and downloading/editing as much as I can for later. I’ve been busy, extremely busy. I recently got accepted in Eastern Washington University, it’s nice. I have to fill out a deferment form for admissions though. I know I’m going there because it’s less money to go there and they also have the film degree offered there. I’ve had to check the mail everyday too. I also have to fill out a lot of applications for scholarships and also for jobs. I think it’s ironic that I’ve asked the counselor so many questions throughout the year, I think I’ve gotten closer to the counselor this year than the counselor from the last three years, although I do appreciate our old counselor a ton. She was an amazing counselor and everybody loved her.

“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.”
― Dodie Smith

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I just love the color blue to the left of this photo just after the mini waterfall – it reminds me of a magical mermaid lagoon! Starting to see the buds on the trees – a beautiful day for a walk…

we have taken to having a delicious bowl of fruit in the evening for dessert – actually, sometimes it is my entire dinner. This is when dessert for dinner is all right – fabulous!

okay – this is not my photo, but my camera isn’t capable of night time sky photos – I certainly appreciate a starry sky.

Sometimes when you have a hard day it is difficult to find something tangible to be grateful for. A picture every day… whew. This blog’s purpose was to help me to open my eyes and appreciate what is right in front of my eyes on a daily basis – much more difficult than one can imagine. Of course sometimes I have too many pictures to choose from (uh, pretty rarely sad to say…) or I have things I am grateful for I didn’t or couldn’t capture with a camera. One would think that after nearly half a year I would get more of the hang of it  – well, I guess some days are easier than others.

Today being very melancholy I didn’t take any photos, – not one. I was just plain sad. As I was wondering what I would post tonight I walked by one of these lovely notes and my heart stopped – for a moment. These notes are from my three most favorite people on Earth. How wonderful that each of them took a moment in time to let me know they care for me. I think sometimes we all take for granted the people that are closest to us and perhaps we don’t show our full appreciation. We imagine unconsciously that they will always be with us and that they know instinctively how much we care. Maybe they do know we care, but do they know how much? The events world over the past week have really struck me. The basic fact is that you can not take anything for granted – you never know, you just never know. How much a note, a touch, a smile, an encouraging remark can mean to someone even if they might not show it -  in turn a thank you or hug could only foster more love and more thanks and so on… How do we let this simple task get past us? Why are our lives so busy, so hurried, so strained? How can we brush off a child when they reach out and say to them harshly “just let me finish the dishes”. How can we turn to a lover with an open embrace and say it’s not good enough. I know I am not the only one guilty of these things, but I am ashamed none the less.

Today I learned about a friend who lost her sister suddenly 28 years ago. That would make my friend approximately 12 when she lost her sister. She never had a chance to say good bye or I love you. To this day it is painful. I can’t imagine. Today happens to be my very own sister’s birthday and have I expressed how much I care for her? – maybe some, but probably not enough. Why does it scare us to do this? Why is it so hard to be vulnerable and open? Why can we not spread love?

Tonight I give my whole-hearted thank you’s to my three note givers for everything that they have ever given me – the list being so vast I could not attempt to write it. How in the world I could live with out them I do not know. I know if I had to I would, but I do not know how! I am grateful for you, I adore you, I humbly say – I love you! I love you! I love you!

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Sometimes it is a bit shocking how beautiful things are. Look at these flowers – I mean it is unreal how amazing they look.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
Confucius

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