Today is Leap Day. 

Go do something that you don't normally do.

Spend a lot of money.

Plant kisses on everyone you see.

Boogie down in public. (If that's abnormal for you)

I haven't decided what I'll do yet. But, it will be monumental.

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Jonathan Bartlett illustrations for Pierrepont

This weather is perfect zoo weather.

I want to go back.

Who's exhausted??

^This girl.

I can feel my brain slowly re-solidifying after being mush for weeks.

It's a great feeling.

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Lewis Carroll

"The sun was shining on the sea,

      Shining with all his might:

He did his very best to make

      The billows smooth and bright —

And this was odd, because it was

      The middle of the night.

The moon was shining sulkily,

      Because she thought the sun

Had got no business to be there

      After the day was done —

"It's very rude of him," she said,

      "To come and spoil the fun."

The sea was wet as wet could be,

      The sands were dry as dry.

You could not see a cloud, because

      No cloud was in the sky:

No birds were flying overhead —

      There were no birds to fly.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

      Were walking close at hand;

They wept like anything to see

      Such quantities of sand:

If this were only cleared away,'

      They said, it would be grand!'

If seven maids with seven mops

      Swept it for half a year,

Do you suppose,' the Walrus said,

      That they could get it clear?'

I doubt it,' said the Carpenter,

      And shed a bitter tear.

O Oysters, come and walk with us!'

      The Walrus did beseech.

A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,

      Along the briny beach:

We cannot do with more than four,

      To give a hand to each.'

The eldest Oyster looked at him,

      But never a word he said:

The eldest Oyster winked his eye,

      And shook his heavy head —

Meaning to say he did not choose

      To leave the oyster-bed.

But four young Oysters hurried up,

      All eager for the treat:

Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,

      Their shoes were clean and neat —

And this was odd, because, you know,

      They hadn't any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,

      And yet another four;

And thick and fast they came at last,

      And more, and more, and more —

All hopping through the frothy waves,

      And scrambling to the shore.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

      Walked on a mile or so,

And then they rested on a rock

      Conveniently low:

And all the little Oysters stood

      And waited in a row.

The time has come,' the Walrus said,

      To talk of many things:

Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —

      Of cabbages — and kings —

And why the sea is boiling hot —

      And whether pigs have wings.'

But wait a bit,' the Oysters cried,

      Before we have our chat;

For some of us are out of breath,

      And all of us are fat!'

No hurry!' said the Carpenter.

      They thanked him much for that.

A loaf of bread,' the Walrus said,

      Is what we chiefly need:

Pepper and vinegar besides

      Are very good indeed —

Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,

      We can begin to feed.'

But not on us!' the Oysters cried,

      Turning a little blue.

After such kindness, that would be

      A dismal thing to do!'

The night is fine,' the Walrus said.

      Do you admire the view?

It was so kind of you to come!

      And you are very nice!'

The Carpenter said nothing but

      Cut us another slice:

I wish you were not quite so deaf —

      I've had to ask you twice!'

It seems a shame,' the Walrus said,

      To play them such a trick,

After we've brought them out so far,

      And made them trot so quick!'

The Carpenter said nothing but

      The butter's spread too thick!'

I weep for you,' the Walrus said:

      I deeply sympathize.'

With sobs and tears he sorted out

      Those of the largest size,

Holding his pocket-handkerchief

      Before his streaming eyes.

O Oysters,' said the Carpenter,

      You've had a pleasant run!

Shall we be trotting home again?'

      But answer came there none —

And this was scarcely odd, because

      They'd eaten every one."

“I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.”

"There are so many failures and agendas and victories to tell you about or to hide from you. There are clouds and Tuesday and the color yellow. There is the tea that I am drinking and there has got to be a way to get this right. "

Windows up and open, oversized sweater off and sundress on, seventy degrees and a bright, shining sun make today an excellent day.

Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. -Michael Strassfeld

I will have a studio one day.

It's decided. I'll make it happen.

One wall will be covered with something amazing. Either doodles from top to bottom, paint strokes, gold paint, a sort of screen-print thing, or something that I haven't thought of yet. 

It will be messy but organized.

It will be large but I'll probably feel that it's too small.

It will smell like paint thinners, oil paints, clay, pencils, and spray paint.

The themes of my blog posts have definitely stayed consistent since I've started. Not in subject matter necessarily, but in the way that they are all things I want to remember and my dreams and goals and commitments to myself.

I'm glad I started it.

These Days

Nico

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ~Rose F. Kennedy

I'm taking a bird watching/writing class this semester and this is basically what I look like. ^^

My dream is to work with sea creatures and learn everything about the ocean and all of the things that inhabit it.

I've been listening to this song a lot lately.

A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

Andrew Bird

I spent eleven dollars on shampoo and conditioner. I could have bought two Chick-Fil-A meals, two Big Zax Snax meals, or one Newks meal for that.

As my sophomore year of college starts coming to a close, I'm right where I was at the very beginning of it: analyzing the prices of my groceries and thinking about how much food I could have bought with that money. Because of the fact that I bought VO5 shampoo and conditioner last time (90 cents)... I could condone spending 11 dollars on my hair this time. Oh, the college life.

One day, I will have a studio and it will have a desk with an area above it resembling this.

And my house will contain a blown up image of the sheet music to my favorite song.

1. I'm ready for the flowers to grow back.

2. I've got my priorities in order.

3. I've found the perfect place to sit in the library.

4. I wonder if people actually read my blog.

5. I want to spend an entire day lying in the grass underneath the sun.

I'd love to live in a world like this. ^