my favorite movie

really??? is this an actual question???

obviouslllyyyy...

my favorite song

Regina Spektor- US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_13MYoqULM

this one is so much cooler

Day 01 — Your favorite song
Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

day 6

a stranger:

210E.

exit on citrus.

turn your head to the left.

his name is Bill.

bill sits on the uneven rocks right at the corner of the freeway intersection. everyday. and then he sits some more.

i pray for him every time i go by. then, if i had food or water with me, i'd make sure to always give it to him. shortly after doing so, i began asking him how he was and what he needed prayer for. for a while, he'd just say "just pray for bill!"

after being persistent and consistent, he actually began giving me prayer requests.

i stopped seeing bill. he hasn't been at the citrus exit in weeks. i still pray for him.

day 5

your dreams:

i've been procrastinating on day 5.

i have a lot of dreams.

i think i have BIG dreams, with a lot of little dreams intertwined.

before anything else, i want always make sure i'm living out the life God has called for me. that's to be around people, talking to them and helping them through their struggles and problems that life throws their way.

1. i began with medicine. however, when someone practically thinks the word "needle", i just about feint. i figured it wouldn't be the best to pass out on a patient. kekeke. this is why i chose the field of psychology.

i want to work with adolescent aged male and females. growing up is tough, i get it. i know, i've so been there, experiencing so much that someone my age shouldn't have to go through. thus, me wanting to help people like me. if that makes sense. it does to me.

short term goal: involve myself in either a high school or hospital. both have a lot of significance to me.

end goal: PhD and open up my own clinical practice.

2. i also want to work on broadway.

theatre is probably my first love. everything about it.

my dream is to stage manage on broadway. i fell in love doing that in high school and i don't want to ever close that door.

i love the feeling that because of ME, the show is going on right now. stage managing is such hard work.

i was really determined to be a good stage manager, so every night during musical season, i'd sit on my bed, read that enormous binder with cast notes, tech notes, the script, the orchestra music, and so on. i would just learn everything. cover to cover. i would go through the script and imagine the musical and just practice everything i had to do

i was given such an honorable position. i didn't want to take it for granted. i wanted to be the very very best i could of been. and i believe i did.

i know, call me a "nerd." it doesn't matter to me. :D

top five cases when it's okay to use the "f" word

i received this in an email from my grandma.

day 4

your sibling (or closest relative)

gma.

she is my grandma

she is dainty

she is my advice giver

she is caring and loving

she makes the best food

she has the energy of a 40 year old

she wears designer clothes

she constantly out shines me in wardrobe choice

her idea of gardening shoes are nordstrom bp flats

she buys a new outfit for almost every occasion- down to garage sales

she supports me

she listens

& she loves me unconditionally.

day 3

my parents

"be good to your parents, especially your mom"

these words will forever be etched into my brain. on the particular day they were spoken to me, i had been arguing with my parents, so you can imagine the effect it had on me. my grandpa was the one who said it, like he knew he only had so much time left before he passes.

i love my parents. sometimes i feel like i don't thank them enough or show them i love them enough. i'm more aware that acts of service and words of affirmation can both be given and reciprocated. so i've definitely been working on that one. i've learned to not take advantage of the time spent together, because you'll never know when it'll be the last.

like every family, ours has it's flaws. i think it's a struggle for me to not let the imperfectness go and let it define my family. but i know i should not do this.

i might've just come to that conclusion right now. wow, maybe i should blog more at 6:30am.

anyways, i'm a horrible photographer, there aren't any good pictures of the three of us on my computer. i found one, but it's all candid and they look weird. sorry mom and dad.

day 2

my crush

haha. just kidding.

aren't crushes usually the people that you secretly like but only your best friends know? you never actually get to talk to him/her, except of course that one time in fourth period when you borrowed their eraser.

if that's the case, i don't have one of those. but i do like the person i'm dating! i also have a celebrity crush, starbucks customer crush, and a "if i was 5 years younger" crush. hahah

positives: they all know i exist, except of course my celebrity crush: joseph gordon- levitt.

negatives: my starbucks customer crush just got married & there are about 15 things wrong with actually liking my "if i was 5 years younger" crush.

day 1

My Best Friend(s)

i have really cool friends. i think the world of all of them. they are all different yet, i love them all.

Kasaundra Domen thought i was troubled. i kind of was. she took me under her wing and taught me a lot about life. i can honestly say i don't really know what my life would look like at this point without her positive influence and words that she spoke into my life. even though we argue sometimes, i love her with my whole heart. my roommate, my best friend, my sister, my family.

Randy Sinner gets on my nerves sometimes. i probably get on his nerves. he says i need work on telling stories. now that i think about it, he's really picky. nevertheless, he's been one of my better friends since the beginning of freshmen year and now we're dating. i'd like to compare our friendship to a roller coaster. a lot of ups and downs and loops, some parts make you dizzy, others make you scared, but we are finally at that part on the roller-coaster where you feel like you're on top of the world and you're no longer scared.

Sophie Gonzalez is my twin. why my twin? well, because we look almost identical and we have more than most people have in common. i would say that this is the most random friendship i have, coming out of really.. nowhere. she is one of the most amazing performers i've ever seen. and words cannot express how proud of her i am. we waited four years to be friends, we both thought the other would think we were weird. and guess what... she is weird. but i love it and her. i get really excited to see how much we will grow together. to think, we've only been official friends for some two weeks. i can only imagine what years added to that will look like.

Kate Elston doesn't like to keep in touch with me. it frustrates me a lot. and she knows it. kate, if you're reading this, text me something funny.... RIGHT NOW! we journeyed down a very rocky road together. although i probably didn't deserve her friendship, she stayed by my side and supported me. i thank her for that. i love this girl, very very much. she has a really cool tattoo and she dresses really well too. i want her boots. and she has an absolutely incredible voice. why are all my friends talented?

Lauren Foronda is my longest friend. we have been next door neighbors since preschool. her mom calls me their third daughter. she also makes me filipino food. we've literally been through it all together. this girl will always be one of the most important people in my life, even if we go days or weeks without talking. we seem to always pick up where we left off. this fall will be the first time we don't all live in temple city and it's going to be a weird adjustment. but i just think, we've been friends since preschool, why stop now?

Nate Martinez likes to grow ugly beards. i tell him to shave them off. he doesn't listen to me. nate is probably my most missed friend right now. i haven't seen him in some fifty days. he's the support car driver for the Connect for the CURE boys cycling across america. nate gives impeccable advice and i hold him close to my heart. being around him and his mexican family makes me feel like i'm at home. i love it. nate come home so we can watch the bachelor pad together.

stay tuned

just like Sophie, i can become a bandwagon blogger. oh well, such as life. at least i'm not a bandwagon yankee fan.

Day 1 — Your Best Friend
Day 2 — Your Crush
Day 3 — Your parents
Day 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — A stranger
Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror

30 Day Challenge 2

Day 01 — Your favorite song
Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

alone

like walking in a desert all alone.

nothing for miles and miles.

never ending.

nothing but sand, sand, sand.

uncomfortable and far too much of it.

try to run away from it.

it's everywhere.

maybe i'll wear better shoes

one's that trap the sand from perturbing inside

waste

i do not want to be a waste.

simply just another wrapper or crumpled up napkin.

use life wisely.

friends

well hello. i haven't written on here in quite some time. recently, i have become aware of the beauty in friendships. friendship is something so captivating and something so freeing about the community of laughing, loving, and even crying together. i have recently had the opportunity to meet some pretty outstanding people who are held very close to my heart.

"i awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new"

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

www.connectforthecure.net

these three boys + one driver are biking across america beginning this past sunday and ending at the end of july. coast to coast. they are raising money ($100,000) to cure diabetes. as i think about the enormous impact they are making, i am in awe. visit their website (see above) to learn more about it or to support them!

strength.

i have not written on this blogspot for a long time. as i read the past post's, it encouraged me to write on a more frequent basis, than just once a year. recently, i have learned the true meaning of strength. what exactly does strength mean? what measures strength? does it reflect the amount of strength one can lift in the weight room? not always. as i go through each day, conquering each experience, and as i meet more and more people, with a different story, i learn what strength is.

take running a marathon for example. i believe that this is one definition of strength. to be able to run that many miles, one has to truly trust in God. my best friend and i ran one this past weekend. i ran it to fundraise and bring up the attention of human trafficking in greece. in those long runs, my motive was "i am running for something greater than myself, my personal pain isn't as great as these girls in greece." with many complications along the way, we finished that race strong, relying on God (and our sports beans)

i met a quite incredible individual over the weekend who is the true definition of strength. this young man went though a very severe car accident, which damaged his brain, that ultimately has altered the rest of his life. five years later, he is still fighting, keeping the faith, and is strong. wow. what an amazing testimony to himself and to others. rather, an inspiration.

strength.