"What if the water that came out of the shower was treated with a chemical that responded to a combination of things, like your heart-beat, and your body temperature, and your brain waves, so that your skin changed color according to your mood? If you were extremely excited, your skin would turn green, and if you were angry, you’d turn red, obviously, and if you felt like sh**take, you’d turn brown, and if you were blue, you’d turn blue? Everyone could know what everyone else felt, and we could be more careful with each other, because you’d never want to tell a person whose skin was purple that you’re angry at her for being late, just like you would want to pat a pink person on the back and tell him, ‘Congratulations!’"
"She said, 'Believe it or not, I used to be idealistic.' I asked her what 'idealistic' meant. 'It means you live by what you think is right.' 'You don't do that anymore?' 'There are questions I don't ask anymore.'"
"I spent my life learning to feel less. Every day I felt less. Is that growing old? Or is it something worse? You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."
We tied what we needed to leave behind on a string.
We cried as we thought of them one last time.
We watched as what we let go of literally flew away never to be revisited.
One time I graduated High School.
I read some names off, cause i'm VP and that's our coolest job of the year.
I wore super high heels that I normally wouldn't.
I took pictures with my favorite people.
This post is mostly for you G-ma. Love you! Thanks for coming to dinner to support me!
This could be very very close to number one. I don't think that anyone understands the love that i have for ballroom dancing. I worked my butt off this year to get to be even remotely a good dancer. I don't have the natural body to move, but I love it so much I work hard to get the technique right.
There is no feeling like the one at nationals. My team worked so hard this year and I was honestly OBSESSED with dancing. I would watch videos for hours every night. I would be in class thinking about dance and how to get better, how to help my team more. It's all I thought about, all that consumed me. It was the highlight of my entire high school career.
So this is an ode to ballroom in general, and mostly nationals.
Sophomore year, nationals.
My amazing team:
It's a weird angle because in dance you concentrate on the angle towards the judges. But it was pretty much perfect, promise :) and if you're wondering Im the one on the very very left side at the beginning.
i don't even know which dance this is, just picked a video
1st ever time IN MY LIFE placing in a latin final.
Provo High Comp, 3rd place! movin up in the world
We did it! We won.
Our team, winning 1st.
On the floor
Novemeber comp, 6th.
Our semi-final standard.
From the dancer I was at the beginning of the year I don't think anyone expected me to place in both pre-champ finals that I danced in.
I honestly don't think anyone understands how much I love to dance.
I was lucky enough to go to prom with my dream date, my wonderful boyfriend at the time.
It was all I could ever asked for it to be.
I'll never forget getting in the car and screaming to let out the anxiety we both had. It felt so good.
Or sitting on the couch while everyone and their dates didn't even seem to be talking to each other.
Winning the amazing race.
Dancing at Prom.
Swimming after.
Playing at the toy store.
It was the perfect night. It was exactly the dream Prom you would wish for in high school.
It will always be one of my best memories.
If I were to have one major experience that changed my life I would say it would be Africa.
There is no other way to experience or get the feelings people talk about from going to these places other than actually going to these places.
We have everything, and that's our problem. We don't know how to find happiness in each other, and in loving and supporting each other. Americans are all so insecure and worried about what others think. The Africans are love. They emulate it, they shine with it. They have so much more than we do. They shine so bright.
This was the coolest experience in high school and I will always cherish it. Africa is amazing.
