Adam

Fifth period everyday, I spend almost an hour sitting behind the screen of a computer working on my typing skills. Oh what fun. But really, we just wrote letters to our favorite celebrity and guess who I wrote to!

No, not Taylor Lautner orJustin Bieber. I wrote to Adam Brody (pictured above). I wonder if I will get anything back in the mail. We shall see.

Poetry from the good times

I came across some old poems I wrote in middle school. Here they are. They are all pretty lame but I got a little laugh out of it.

Candy
Candy if the best kind of food,
If you don’t share everyone will call you rude.
So you give it away,
And it’s all gone for the day.
You start to cry,
And say “Oh my!”.
Tomorrow you buy some more,
but you drop it on the floor.

Hair
He lost his hair,
And thought it wasn’t fair.
He bought something to help it grow,
He wanted his hair to go down to his toe.But it didn’t grow

McDonalds
With my burger I had some fries,
Saying they have no fat and calories are all just lies.
I finished my meal with a drink,
Which really got me start to think.
I walked outside the door,
And suddenly realized I wanted some more.
But I didn’t want to munch,
Because I had already eaten my lunch.

My New Home

"You can tell more about a person

by what he says about others
than you can by what others say about him. "

Audrey Hepburn

It's been a long two days. I just got back from visiting the University of Vermont. I was nervous that it would be the same as Pitt and I wouldn't be crazy about it. Unlike Pitt, I fell in love with the university the moment I got there. The campus, the town, the programs-- everything. It's perfect (for now). I'm really excited that I finally found my new home for the next four years.

Say "I can!"

"When you say, "I can't" and expect the worst,
you become weak and unhappy.

When you say "I can", and expect success,
you fill yourself with confidence and happiness."

Currently I am sitting in a hotel room waiting. Waiting. Waiting for the snow to stop, waiting to eat breakfast, and waiting to visit the University of Vermont.

When we arrived last night, it was flurrying and starting to accumulate on the ground. This morning when I woke up and glanced out the window, I was surprised to see at least three inches of snow covering everything.

I love snow, but I did not pack clothing that goes well with snow. A light coat, a flimsy t-shirt, jeans, and a pair of flats. Not the worst, but not the most ideal either. Hopefully most of the tour and what not will be inside and they will give me hot chocolate. Okay, I probably will have to buy the hot chocolate but I still want to drink some.

Despite this clothing malfunction, I'm still excited to see the campus.

Thunder and Lightning

"Let the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat upon your head

with silver liquid drops.

Let the rain sing you a lullaby."

Langston Hughes

There's nothing better some days then a great thunderstorm. The booming sound of thunder and the flash of lightening in the sky. There's something soothing about it all. Currently, it is storming a little. On a day like today, where I felt kind of down, it made me calm and feel better. And, it made me want to blog. What a great thing this storm is.

relationships are like sand

“Relationships-of all kinds are like sand held in your hand.

Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is.

The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on,

the sand trickles through your fingers.

You may hold onto some of it,

but most will be spilled.

A relationship is like that.

Held loosely,

with respect and freedom for the other person,

it is likely to remain intact.

But hold too tightly, too possessively,

and the relationship slips away and is lost.”

In relationships, sometimes one person becomes very attached and clingy. When the other person does not respond the same way, things often can get ugly. Freedom is a part of any relationship. No one wants to be a in cage, not allowed to do anything. I see this all the time in high school. Two people are dating and the one person in the relationship has to know exactly what the other person is doing, thinking, and saying at all times. They have to hang out every minute. I feel like that would be exhausting. Personally, I enjoy having time to myself. A good book, music, a bike ride- I like to do these things alone so that I have time to reflect on my day. I want to have independence, but I want to be interconnected with other people too. I want the best of both worlds.

My job for us all: Give people in your life independence but stay close at the same time.

Winnie the Pooh

“Promise me you'll always remember:

You're braver than you believe,

and stronger than you seem,

and smarter than you think. "

Christopher Robin to Pooh