Juvenile.

^^^^^ My semi-final piece for my Graphic Communications class. The objective was to take a song, and break down it's melody into shapes, lines, or dots (or a combination of all three), and create an abstract composition out of it.
This would be part of the imaginary album cover for the song of choice.
My song was Chicago by Sufjan Stevens.
An old, lovely favourite:

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

Long car rides down empty highways.

Today I learned that despite everything that is going on in my life, there are people that still know me for who I am, and actually care about how I am doing.
I can tell these people anything and everything.
They know who they are and I hope they know that I am grateful for them.
I'm glad that I could build strong relationships and that I can learn from the ones that failed.
Being alone in Toronto for the past two weeks has made me realize how much I miss home and how much I have grown since moving away.
No matter how far I am, I feel like I can still be touched and moved by these remarkable people in my life.
I hope they understand how much they mean to me and that I admire their strive for our friendship despite how much our lives have been altered.

40+

...So basically I'm working full time this winter break.
Am I crazy? Most definitely.
Money on my minddddddd.

Extra bright, I want ya'll to see this.

So, today is my birthday... *pause, grabs confetti from pocket and throws it in the air*
YAY. 18. Bittersweet.
PORN YOU WILL BE MINE TONIGHT.
...I'm kidding. Chill.
ANYWAYS, I really wanted to dedicate this post to my (best)friend Melanie Hong (http://www.melaniehong.blogspot.com/) because she was over-generous (like all the others who gave me a gift this year) and got me these GORGEOUS pieces to put all my jewelry in.
I. FUCKING. LOVE. THESE. TO. DEATH. JUST. SAYING.
If you know me at all you'd know that jewelry is a big deal to me and I've never been satisfied with any of the jewelry boxes I've ever had.
THESE HOWEVER, are PERFECT.
Contemporary, chic, perfect, GORGEOUS.
Also, the thought and love she put into this gift is just radiating off the porcelain.
Thank you Melanie, I love you tons and I hope you know that (L)

Last few minutes,

Dear childhood,
You were too good to me.
I can't believe everything I've accomplished up to this date.
Especially in this last year; it feels like it all went too fast.
More age, more responsibility.
With all this change you can't forget where you came from and who you are.
Maturity is what you make of it.

18 and at ease.

Nothing really...

My mind is a huge jumble right now.
I'm feeling too confident about my 2nd piece of my Assimilation series, and I'm currently stuck with the last piece.
I feel like my mind keeps wandering instead of focusing on this very important task at hand.
Even worse, my birthday so happens to fall in the middle of the busiest 2 weeks of my life (so far), and I have added another little shindig next Tuesday to accomodate a few of my new friends from school.
Unfortunately I cannot enjoy my debut into womanhood because OCAD and Aritzia are eating me alive and it's quite uncomfortable.
All I want to do is sit in my basement with some new and old friends watching classics from the 80's and 90's while eating pizza and drinking beer.
...yeah. Hard to imagine during a time like this.

Similarities.

While we were sitting in the woodshop, silent yet working hard, my friend broke the silence with one of the most important realizations of present life.
Out of no where he said,
"Honestly guys, I think I've found my place in this school.
Where would I be if I was anywhere else?"
Those are the truest words I've heard in a really long time.
I don't know if I could be working any harder for something I didn't enjoy.
I wouldn't succeed anywhere else and I definitely wouldn't belong.
I'm happy with my choices and the decisions I've made to get to this point.
Despite the challenges, I have never been more proud of myself.