Done.

"A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?"

[marley and me]

I want a dog. so I have a cuddle buddy every night : ( and preferably, a big one so that he can compete with me in the bed-hogging category...

the house with the white picket fence

I have always like to have thought that I am a bit more mature for my age, definitely more mature than immature.

One of my favorite things about running, other than stretching, is where I run. It's so fun to pick a new neighborhood to familiarize yourself with and just admire as a visitor. For me, it's the houses in particular. I'm not sure why houses are so appealing to me, but I think it would be fun to just walk through houses when they're decorated or when they're lived in and have the spirit of the family within them.

A house is one of the things I am most looking forward to about being a grown up. I finally get to decorate it as I wish, have a few flower beds, a vegetable garden, a front porch with wicker furniture and flower pots, maybe a few window boxes. I know I don't want the cliché white picket fence, but an Invisible Fence for my dogs would be nice : )

back to square one.

180 degrees.

post after post

This will have been the third draft of a post that I have written in the past two or three days. I just cannot seem to finish one post, or find the motivation and inspiration to really be sure that I convey my message properly. It makes me really appreciate and admire pastors. As a perfectionist, I cannot imagine the responsibility of standing in front of so many followers of Christ to preach what He would have me preach, and have me preach confidently. I am merely terrified of constructing a blog, let alone a message.

Though this is not the point of this blog post, particularly. Once in a blue moon, I get to feeling particularly sappy. Tonight must be the night of a blue moon : )

Thus far, I have watched A Walk to Remember and am currently a half hour into The Notebook. Perhaps the reason I am feeling what I would consider extreeeemely vulnerable (aka: romantic) is because my boyfriend just left three days ago. Maybe it's because the music of these two movies just really takes me to a place of pure love. Maybe I'm just ... changing. I would rather go with the first one over any of the others.

The most exciting aspect of these two movies is that my current love life is far better than the two of them combined. The only thing these two movies have on my love life: a fantastic soundtrack that is played throughout, whereas mine depends on nature and whatever song is on the top 100 iTunes playlist. As someone who never relied upon romance or love to really "spice" up their life, life sure did throw me a curve ball and caught me off guard. But it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

And that's as sappy as I feel like sharing with the rest of the world.

sing me a melody.

A simple song can evoke so many feelings, memories, emotions, and it never ceases to amaze me how a random song playing on my iTunes library can change my entire mood and send me spiraling into blissful reminiscence.

I am a person who is quite dependent upon music, though lately, my schedule has not permitted me (in the past ... six months or so) to really find new music, or at least catch up on what has been out for over a month prior. If I had my way, a constant soundtrack would be playing continuously throughout one's life. Music evokes so many emotions that cannot be reached in any other method. I find myself revisiting memories so vividly when listening to music.

There are so many songs that just take me right back, some of which are a happy place, others a little more unpleasant. But nonetheless, a memory is a memory.

"mr. brightside" - the killers

"broken" - lifehouse

"down" - jay sean

"keep breathing" - ingrid michaelson

"superman" - eminem

"whatever you like" - t.i.

"from where you are" - lifehouse

"cyclone" - baby bash

"everything" - lifehouse

"throw it in the bag" - fabolous

"i got it" - gorilla zoe

"fire" augustana

"sweet and low" - augustana

"i will follow you into the dark" - death cab for cutie

"stronger" - kanye west