that teenaged feeling

Today I looked at my bookshelf and picked up my copy of Franny and Zooey and began flipping through the pages.
I was immediately enveloped with overwhelming nostalgia.
One summer, before my junior year of high school, I read every J.D. Salinger work.
I was filled with self-awareness and a love for his way with words.
I underlined phrases I identified with and marked up those books to death.
Though I was able to connect more with Salinger's work when I was an angsty 16 year-old girl, his works still resonate with me and holds high sentimental value.

These are just some J.D. Salinger quotes that I love:

"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"Let's just try to have a marvelous time this weekend. I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible. Especially me. I love you."
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey



My heart strings are strung.

hey, let's watch the sunset

Clinton Lake
Lawrence, KS

one spontaneous trip.
one iced over lake.
one gorgeous sunset.

be mine, san francisco.

pictures taken on my holiday trip to san francisco.

it's always so grey when i visit the city, but there's still a warmth and laid-back charm to this city that makes me fall in love with it every time i go back.
TG for san francisco.

hello, twenty ten

New Year's resolutions.
I haven't made any in years past, but this year, I'm being ambitious.
I turn 20 this year, so I've decided to make 20 resolutions.
I love how the new year makes it seem like a new beginning is possible,
even if it's not wholly true.
I'm ready. We all are.

Here it goes:
1. Become less passive. Learn to stand up for myself when necessary, and say no when necessary.
2. Write at least a sentence in a bedside journal every night.
3. Read at least six books for pleasure this year.
4. Start a real saving's account.
5. Constantly work on art of all forms.
6. Figure out what I want---become more decisive.
7. Cook! Become a really, really good cook this year.
8. Get more involved in my community. Volunteer.
9. Keep in contact with out-of-state friends via (at least) weekly phone calls.
10. Watch all of the movies I need to in order to understand the references that come up in
typical college-student conversation.
11. Read the newspaper everyday.
12. Workout five days a week.
13. Learn to play guitar well.
14. Call Grandmom at least once a month.
15. Get up each morning with enough time to make breakfast before class.
16. Focus on getting 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
17. Worry less about the future, the uncontrollable. Worry less in general.
18. Be efficient and organized with my time.
19. Research study-abroad programs.
20. Keep my apartment and room clean.


Cheers!