The Tie That Binds

Family. Friends. Relationships.

What's the common ground?

The Chances Waiting To Be Taken

It is Christmas Eve and I am laying on the bed in my old room at my parents house. The wall are bare; the posters and pictures are gone. If these walls could talk... oh the things they would say. Time is everywhere. Only having been home for a week has reminded me of the seeds I have planted here. Southern California is my place. Los Angeles is my city. Claremont is my town. I'll keep this place in close reach.

Merry Christmas.

Seeing Things Vividly

Where were you during the Rexburg Blackout of 2009?

When the lights go out... It's fair game.

I can barely recall the details of this past week but it was perfect.

Change and I need to work on our relationship... It's a struggle.

Steel Eyes

Styx is the greatest rock band in the world. Listen.

Tommy Shaw. Let's work something out between us.

You're Such A Wonder

Once again, another semester has come and gone. Time has not given me any consideration and I feel that this is all ending prematurely. This has been one for the books; one I could never forget.

Here is a taste:

1. Emily Hale: You have changed me forever. Whoever said it wouldn't work (or isn't working) can not possibly know us well enough. You are the puzzle piece I have been missing. You are the constant in my memories. Having you as my partner in crime has been the greatest blessing. I can't talk about it.
2. Opposition: Try me.
3. Horkleys: Thanks providing the caffeine, peanut butter and Thirsty Thursdays.
4. Ticket to Ride: Best Game Ever! Thank you Emily!
5. My Professors: My mentors and my greatest advocates; my heroes. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the men and women who are building me up to be something better than I am.
6. The Backstreet Boys, Styx, and Michael Jackson: Sing to me.
7. Lupicia: Get well soon.
8. Library: I'm embarrassed by the amount of hours we have spent together. I wouldn't study anywhere else.
9. Rexburg: The setting for all the shenanigans. That's fine!
10. Cafe Rio: Every semester there is a different food addiction. You took this one.
11. My Cheerleaders: The support has been paramount.
12. The Boys: Get over it! You like it when I verbally abuse you.
13. The Girls: Thanks for leaving the BS at home. It was a good one.
14. Forbidden Love: Worth It.

I am convinced that it was some divine intervention which shadowed me through this semester. I have met people who have changed my life. I have learned things that will forever stay in my memory.

BOOM.

Time's a Loaded Gun

My mind has been wandering at a thousand miles per a minute after a conversation I recently had. I shared a piece of information with someone which has only been heard by the ears of one. It had been buried in my mind for years, and now it is completely before me.

Is it harder to keep a secret or to tell it? Depends on the secret I guess.

Everybody has a secret. Right? I once heard if you're hiding something, then you are most likely doing something wrong. Maybe some secrets are meant to be told. I don't plan on ever parting with this secret again. Regardless of this intention, now a part of this world knows...

"Secrets are the things we give to others to keep for us." -E. Hubbard