11/30/10

day 116:

poster session. talk about your projects people.

11/29/10

day 115:

dad put up christmas lights and mom put up the tree. as if i didn't want to stay at home any more than i did already.

11/28/10

day 114:

christmas cookies. dani-style, which means they were neon, and cute! and yummy. i love to bake. i wish i could open a bakery.

i'm going to go add that to my bucket list

11/27/10

day 113:

i really miss california.

and i really like old things.

11/26/20

day 112:

kevin and i are darned cute.

11/25/10

day 111:

cousins jumping.

they haven't broken bones, or gotten scrapes. they haven't torn any clothes or ruined any pants. they're not afraid. they're just flying.

11/24/10

day 110:

today was thanksgiving.

11/23/10

day 109:

we went to the airport the night before our flights all left to hang out. among other shenanigans, we found some rocking chairs, and listened to a tuba player. and we all wore christmas colors without planning.

11/22/10

day 108:

working with friends.

this was the only picture where ron wasn't making goofy faces.

11/21/10

day 107:

i guess i could say some nice things about mit. lobby 7 is really pretty sometimes. this time is was being filled with the sounds of mit's christian a cappella group, which is why i thought it was pretty tonight.

11/20/10

day 105:

walking around boston with friends. leaving mit is such an amazing feeling. we went to the museum of fine arts, which was also amazing. i love fine art. i just love art.

11/19/10

day 104:

they put a pinkberry in boston. froyo reminds me of home. i went for three days after this day. i love home, nothing new. i also love froyo.

11/18/10

day 103:

i've *never* seen the charles so still. no waves, no wind, no boats. still. it was almost eerie. boston is a huge metropolitan city with over 4 million people in the area. and nothing gave the river motion that day. can i be still too?

11/17/10

day 102:

old club volleyball uniform. i really did like high school. and i really miss playing volleyball.

spirit week with friends. i love having spirit. i love being spirited. i love the Spirit.

11/16/10

day 101:

took a brief hiatus. am back.

christmas lights in the room. they're just beautiful.

environmental assessment essay

hey now, this is my desire

consume me like a fire

cause i just want something beautiful to touch me

i know that i am in reach

cause i am down on my knees

waiting for something beautiful

11/15/10

day 100:

1oo days of:

reflecting

taking pictures

being observating

romanticizing things

loving life

making memories

remembering things

11/14/10

day 99:

i wrapped sydney's presents from her grandma! i love wrapping things!!!!!!!!

11/13/10

day 98:

mmmmmmm coffee.

11/12/10

day 97:

such intensity. chuck e cheese was such a wonderful, creepy place.

11/11/10

day 96:

we went to chuck e cheese (best place ever btw) and this little kid walks up to our ski ball game and starts taking balls and playing too. it was really cute until he stole the last one, turned around and threw it in the complete opposite direction, and then ran after it.

who am i kidding - that was the best part.

11/10/10

day 95:

we put tape on our shirts to spell out "happy birthday zac!" in 2.005. then the professor and the entire class sang to him. it was epic!

11/9/10

day 94:

heavily photoshopped. you know. cause i think i see things a little differently.

i want to go sit in the rain.

pencil. part two.

a good pencil is defined by its eraser. if it has a good eraser, any trace of what was once written is gone, and the paper is once again pure. it doesn't matter what was there before, because the mistake was forgiven and now you can write something new.

pencil. part one.

i don't use pencils a lot because they're messy and i get to pretend that i didn't make mistakes (even though you can always really tell that they were there, like a scar, or a memory). i don't really want to be like that. i want to own my mistakes, embrace them and use them for something better than i intended.

11/8/10

day 93:

whatever. the emotions surrounding the intense pressure inside my head are greater than the emotions i feel for this picture.

11/7/10

day 92:

like i said before. so much time is wasted not looking at the sky.

11/6/10

day 91:

the only word i could read on this plaque was God.

11/5/10

day 90:

we are monkeys jumping on the bed because its a hotel bed and we can and because, well, we're not at school and we're darned happy about it.

11/4/10

day 89:

fall.

today, i am an impressionist.

11/3/10

day 88:

who has fun doing a chemistry set? baking is WAY more fun than any set i'll do. silly vintage kids don't know what they're talking about.

we had really really really good brinner.

11/2/10

day 87:

starbucks has started using Christmas cups again. and i've decided that i'm going to start being excited for the Christmas season NOW. so i'm wearing my themed pajama pants, drawing antlers on my deer, and counting down the days until i can get me an eggnog latte. God is so good.

on a related note: it got really cold in boston, really fast. so now i'm back to wearing umpteen layers and hats and wishing i was in my lovely golden state.

11/1/10

day 86:

MIT ladies and gentlemen.

who needs to be calm and carry on when you can be stressed out of your mind over classes and find other random things to do like build roller coasters for freshman and drop pianos off of your dorm to celebrate the last day that you can drop a class without it going on your permanent record?

10/31/10

day 85:

halloween or something. costumes are cool. scarring kids is not.

10/30/10

day 84:

i was taking pictures of all the things i liked in cvs the other day. every single one of them was either princess related or had more than several different colors. i'm like a little girl. or a parrot or something. i like shinny, jeweled, pink, rainbow things. i love that about myself.

10/29/10

day 83:

whipping our hair back and forth. dancing is the best. really.

10/28/10

day 82:

i'm really annoyed by people who don't want to do proper design technique because they call it art.

all about us - he is we

Take my hand, I’ll teach you to dance.
I’ll spin you around, won’t let you fall down.
Would you let me lead, you can step on my feet.
Let’s give it a try, it’ll be alright.

Cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it’s all about us.
It’s oh, oh, oh, oh, all about uh, uh, uh, uh, us.
And every heart in the room will melt,
This is a feeling I’ve never felt but,
It’s oh, oh, all about us.

Suddenly, I’m feeling brave.
Don’t know what’s got into me,
Why I feel this way.
Can we dance, real slow?
Can I hold you, real close?

Cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it’s all about us.
It’s oh, oh, oh, oh, all about uh, uh, uh, uh, us.
And every heart in the room will melt,
this is a feeling I’ve never felt but,
It’s oh, oh, all about us.

Do you hear that love?
They’re playing our song.
Do you think we’re ready yet?
Love I’m really feeling it.
Do you hear that love?
Do you hear that love?

favorites

cause i can:

food: anything my dad makes

non-physical activity: painting

physical activity: swimming

ride in disneyland: peter pan

thing people say after i tell them i go to MIT: i love you anyways

grade of school: 12th

fastener: anything that i can make a bow with

drink: starbucks caramel frappuccino

10/27/10

day 81:

running up and down the charles was the best thing i could have done. YHWH makes pretty people who make pretty skylines.

10/26/10

day 80:

october in boston doesn't usually involve shorts. but i live in denial and my furry boots and hat make me warm despite the fact that all 8 feet of my legs are exposed to the frigid cold.

plus, when i wear kevin's sweatshirt i can pretend he's hugging me. which is warm.

10/25/10

day 79:

matching argyle. may or may not have worn it in public. jam session, because zac is a musical nerd and i just pretend to be.

listen to he is we.

read the bible.

10/24/10

day 78:

i don't even know what else to say. i love the rocket summer. bryce avery is really just a genuine guy and he loves Jesus and he does what he's good at.

i love acting like a pre-teen.

this was such a blessing. i've been so blessed lately. i seriously just can't fathom God's love. but i want to keep trying.

in other news, i love you.

10/23/10

day 77:

wanting to document something interesting every day has made me really appreciate all the little things that YHWH enables me to do. like climbing on my bed, and playing soccer, and enjoying the view from my window, getting homework done and having a good attitude at the same time, doing laundry, feeling how my bruises hurt and how my muscles are sore, reading letters, eating dinner.

none of that is particularly special, but the world's standard. but i just LOVE that i can find God in all of these things, and they become magical, beautiful, full of wonder.

i'm turning into a romantic.

10/22/10

day 76:

fancy dessert with good friends. rock candy with my latte. too much good dessert. ends in swing dancing. lovely

God is good.

10/21/10

day 75:

straight hair, making sitting at my desk seem attractive.

10/20/10

day 74:

we're ice-skating class skippers. i call it maintaining our sanity.

i think Jesus is a nice ice skater.

10/19/10

day 73:

from a window in simmons

10/18/10

day 72:

i don't know. science experiment or something.

i just don't get school.

10/17/10

day 71:

these are my little friends the yellow gummy bears. i ate them all up.

10/16/10

day 70:

you can miss so much if you only spend your time looking down.

i waste so much time not looking at the sky.

10/15/10

day 69:

going to the converse store. we wore our converse. the river isn't freezing. that was a good hair day.

10/14/10

day 68:

i miss this place. how funny that it would show up with the boston skyline in the background.

10/13/10

day 67:

i have been happily dating this boy for 3 years today. how blessed i am.

10/12/10

day 66:

back at nerd school.