It's March already?

It feels like the semester just started! I feel like I just got back from El Salvador. Time flies when you are having fun I guess. This semester I have been really good about going to all my classes even when I know critique won't be good. I also have tried out the dating scene. Oh man, got some good stories on that one. Which is so new for me. Dating. who does that anymore?
I am feeling a bit of the mid semester slump. Definitely looking forward to a week at home. Going to the beach, drinking iced coffee, reflecting, taking pictures. Hanging out with my parents.
Good ol' Maine things. Then I will be ready to finish the semester with a bang.
I am finally where I need to be. <3

Surprising myself with my own strength

Remember who I was a year ago?
Hello, I am a completely different person. Nice to meet you. This kid standing in front of you is finally happy confident and strong. And she knows it.
I am finally at a school I feel like I fit into perfectly. I have made some very close friends. I have traveled to a foreign country for the first time. I loved every moment of it.
I'm not saying I'm perfect and completely well, but it amazes me how different my life is in just one short year. As the self affirming statement I picked out in January 2009 says: "I take pride in my accomplishments and look forward to what I intend to achieve."

Another New Chapter (#3?)

Monday I move to Boston. After a semester of straightening my life out I have learned so much about myself I feel I am very ready to live on my own. I haven't felt this confident in myself since High School. I now have the skills it will take to live my life the way I have wanted to for so long. In a few short months I have made leaps and bounds from confidence that was down in the toilet to making my voice heard.
My fears will not stop me from achieving my goals.

December 10, 2007

One Year ago today my baby sister had her ICD put in. Feels kind of like yesterday. I remember it well. I also remember the tremendous response from the community, Hearts For Hannah, and our secret christmas tree. Never before had I felt the presence of other's thoughts and prayers like i did that day. I wish I was at home to be with my family on this day... but my gift to her will have to wait. At least i am not in a hospital watching the status of her surgery on a screen and instead counting the blessing that is my sister.

Not Coming Back

I'm just going to go home for a bit. Step back, figure it out. Doesn't mean I will be gone forever, just next semester. No worries.
its for the best.

Comeback?

Oh Boston. Why do you toy with me? I thought it was all over. I stopped checking the score obsessively in class once i saw we were down by seven. It's so the Red Sox to come back and just blow us away. love it. psh. you think we would go down without a fight? At Fenway?!
It's going to hurt much more if it ends next game. I don't know if i will be able to let it go as easily.

mmmm Youk, you know.. running in the wining run. cause thats how we do.

New Curse?

*sigh* We are down two games. And badly. Last night I was told I sounded like a man because of all of the obscenities coming out of my mouth at a look at the score. But that is so like the Red Sox. They like to do this to us. So I was thinking positive thoughts about tomorrow's game at Fenway until I saw this: Citgo Fire.
This isnt good. No, not at all. Wear your unwashed sox shirts and whatever you do for some good ju ju!!! Cause I know I am...









I might even wear my hat to bed.....

Picture Series

My Favorite Business

Bruce's Burritos.
The only place at home where i can order and not have to say a word. Mostly because I am predictable but also because the owner Erin knows my name and everyone else that comes in.
Look at their website here.

Oh.. and I always get chicken tacos ... no salsa.

Favorite Book(s)

I read constantly... So I could never choose just one book that is my favorite. Can I ever?? But seriously, give me $100 and I will probably spend it on books. So my favorites are as follows...

Jane Eyre~ I read this in high school in a classic novel class. and i was so surprised by how much i liked this book.






The Secret Life of Bees~ Loved it. Probably my favorite novel. Can't wait til the movie comes out because it looks like a really good cast. Sue Monk Kidd is a great writer and I love her other books as well. She reminds me alot of Barbara Kingsolver, another one of my favorite authors.









The Fountainhead~ Very interesting philosophy on art and architechture. It was one of those books i had to force myself to keep reading through but after I was done I was really glad I had read it and actually enjoyed. This summer I tried reading Atlas Shrugged but it is kinda hard to read while you are also trying to make sure the 2 girls you are watching don't eat too much candy and wear their helmets.






The Learners~ Definitely my favorite designed book. Love this book. I was so excited when i found out Chip Kidd was coming out with a new book because i loved The Cheese Monkeys as well. I mean.. its not the best read ever. But it is one of my favorite books. It is the only one that i have at school with me out of these... Sometimes I wish Chip Kidd wouldnt promote himself so much but alas tis who he is. As a design student I find what he has to say about form and content and the process hilarious and intriguing.

Favorite Memory

My favorite memory. I don't know if I can pinpoint one from my mind and say yeah. Here it is. This is it and this is exactly what happened and this is why I love it and will never forget it. I think I go more on feelings. There are times that make me feel a certain way. Like when I drove home from Montserrat with my Dad many times and had good conversations or how I felt when I met my favorite band. Because those are good memories, but I couldn't tell you if they are my favorite. But I do remember what they felt like, but not the specifics of why they are good.
After 20 years I feel as though I should be able to pick at least 5 definite ones out and say "yeah! these were great!" But I can't. I think one of my favorite times was when my parents took me to New York City while my sister was in Japan. I got to call the shots with everything. And I feel bad because my sister is my best friend and there are many times when I was with her that I still hold near to my heart. When she had her heart surgery last year is one that I will never ever forget but it is NOT my favorite. And couldn't be. However the look on her face in that hospital bed will never leave my mind ever.
Good things I will never forget: Getting into Pratt, The Final Bow for every musical I've been in, The feeling after a long talk with someone, singing along at a concert, singing in the car on the way to ballet with my sister, my 15th and 16th birthday parties, going bowling with P and I, a night in Tennessee, any time spent alone in Maine nature.
Life is too good to have a favorite.

Favorite Candy

mmmm swedish fish. I had a hard time picking my favorite candy. But after my mom sent me some in a package and I couldn't wait and hour before I ate them I knew these were it. However... Alyssa's almond m n m's were really good. And i could always go for a frozen kit kat bar or some dark chocolate......

100 Words In Less Than 5 Minutes...

GO!
concrete, hard, firm, rock, beach, jump, horse shoe crabs,rain
paige, sea, ocean, home, maine, salt, lobster, moose, abercrombie
store, smell, scent, crowded, elevator, up, scared, fast, heart, breathe
anxiety, hope, faith, god, childhood, grass, run, summer, sun
work, custard, laugh, sprinkles, tips, smile, teeth , orthodontist
braces, straighten, narrow, edit, write, paper, money, none, recession
taxes, vote, november, mom, birthday, party, friends, fire
marshmallows, stick, moon, stars, burglary, store, camera
broken, picture, wall, poster


That is only 71. I think I pondered too much as to what it meant to what i was thinking. And came up with more of sentences rather than words. And what someone would think when they read the words i came up with. Not the point. It is only Wednesday and this is due Tuesday. Maybe there will be more.

Am I doing the Right thing?

yeah. Because then I think..




what else would you do Katie?

So I will just go with the flow and do what I need to do. And maybe ask God for advice every once in awhile.