Monday, August 30, 2010

"In Rome...

I first found myself; for the first time I achieved inner harmony."

I feel like reminiscing about the summer since classes started today, blah, for my last semester as an undergraduate ever! Ok so.. I spent 2 months in Rome this summer, and it was most definitely the best experience of life so far.  The city itself was wonderful.  All the history, mythology, culture it was just eye-opening and incredible experience.  But that was definitely was not the most important and influential part of my time in Rome.  The people I met in Rome have truly helped me change for the better and begin the path to finding peace within myself.  I have grown up so much and everyone around can see changes in me, changes that needed to come.  I have finally become comfortable with being me, and I want to thank everyone who I met in Rome, each person played a vital role in this transformation.  Not only did I change but have met some of the best friends I have ever met especially Maria Guillermo and Alessandra Bonetti without them I would not finally feel comfortable being me and I would still be afraid to let go and just go with the flow.  You too are both amazing people, and I feel privileged to know and be friends with such amazing people.  Also you both helped me let loose and not be afraid of having an absolute blast.  All the fun times we had, all the good and bad meant the world to me and helped change me so much!!!  Thank you so much for being awesome and being there for me when no one else was.  Love you all!






Friday, August 27, 2010

Changes

Lately, especially over the summer, I made many changes in my life to the way I think to how I react to situations. I really finally feel comfortable being me and am genuinely happy with who I am and my life in general. Yet through these changes I have noticed that I am really starting to grow apart from my past friends, not all of them of course. Some have stayed stagnant while I have grown while others are miserable all the time, and I am not willing to let them keep bringing me down or hold me back. I don't see this as being a sad or bad experience though, I don't want to go back to how I used to be and if I need to be the old me to stay friends with them then I really can't be friends with them anymore. That is fine though because that is life. People grow apart, people change, people move on. I feel that I can express what I mean through 3 songs that I really love, and I feel really relate to my life at the moment.

Click on the Song Name to go to the song:
Beg, Steal or Borrow by Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Relevant Lyrics:
Well all the friends that you knew in school
They used to be so cool and they just bore you

It Don't Move Me by Peter Bjorn and John
Relevant Lyrics:
You don't move me no more
And I don't even mind
All these things I keep
Without caring too deep
Gonna put it to sleep
I can run much faster
When nothing wears me down

He can change what it's been before
It's erased and you can't restore
Let the screen stay black, go go
I don't want it back

When history is done
And everything is over
Just to keep us warm
It's slowly getting colder
There's nothing to explain
It's hard to stay the same
History is done
And everything is gone



Wanderlust by Bjork
Relevant Lyrics:
I have lost my origin
And I don't want to find it again
Whether sailing into nature's laws
And be held by ocean's paws

Wanderlust! relentlessly craving
Wanderlust! peel off the layers
Until we get to the core

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

It began with the forging of the Great Rings....



...well not really but hey that would be awesome wouldn't it?  I didn't exactly know how I want to start this blog, so why not start by dropping Lord of the Rings quotes?  I mean Lord of the Rings is a huge part of my life.  If I could I would choose to live in Middle Earth as a Maiar or Elf, yes I am a complete nerd, deal with it.  Okay so the purpose of my blog is to write about anything and everything impacting my life from music to politics to insight on life.  I just want to express myself uncensored and honestly, plus I am interesting as hell.  I don't care if anyone reads this, but if someone does, I hope they can take something from it whether good or bad. Oh I am also starting this blog on my 21st birthday, yay... not really it is just another day. ;-)

And so it begins....





 
BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!

Custom Nike ID shoes, my aunt got them for me =)))