worth remembering.

do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.

never go away.

i've learned that no matter how much i care, some people are just assholes. i've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion- not proof, to destroy it. i've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others, they're more screwed up than you think. i've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away.

missing someone.

missing someone isn't about how long it's been since you've seen them or the amount of time since you've talked. it's about that very moment when you're doing something and wishing they were right there with you.

thank you.

Um, thank you. I'm not much for public speaking. Or much for speaking. Or, come to think of it, much for the public. And I'm not very good at lying. So let me just say that, in my experience, high school sucks. If I had to do it all over again, I'd have started advanced placement classes in preschool so I could go from eighth grade straight to college. However, given the unalterable fact that high school sucks, I'd like to add that if you're lucky enough to have a good friend and a family that cares it doesn't have to suck quite as much. Otherwise my advice is; stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza. Thank you.

live forever.

if you could live forever, what would you live for?

lesson from crayons.

we could all take a lesson from crayons:
some are sharp.
some are beautiful.
some have weird names.
all are different colours.
but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

monkey bars.

merry christmas! <3

getting over a painful experience is like crossing the monkey bars. you have to let go at some point to move forward.

lifestyle.

happiness is a lifestyle, love is a journey, and sadness is a decision.

something better.

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or Insane. Saints or Sex Addicts. Heroes or Victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe its our job to invent something better.

learn a lot of things.

in life we learn a lot of things. which movie theatres have cup holders, which classmate is most reliable to cheat off, how to give and take advice, how and why to love, which roads harbour hidden cops, times to laugh or cry, and which towns have your bank's branch. but among the most important things we learn is this; just because we argue doesn't mean there's no love, and just because we aren't related doesn't mean we aren't family

freeze time.

I think everyone has a certain part of their life where
they truly wish they could freeze time. whether it
was three years ago, today, or still to come, whether it
was just a moment, a whole day, or a whole summer.
everyone has a time in their life where they wish
everything would just stop. the world would stop turning
and people would stop changing. because to them,
at that time, everything was perfect

look at the stars.

look at the stars.
they're the same stars as last week, last year.
same as when we were kids, when we weren't even born.
in 100 years no one will ever know who we were,
but they'll know those same stars.

go back.

sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back.

don't be afraid.

don't be afraid to look the world straight in the eye.

fight.

fight for your dreams.

just be yourself.

just be yourself.
it doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else.

- jimmy eat world

be like a river.

be like a river.
they always go forward and never go backwards.
therefore, do not let your past determine your future

give us chocolate.

girls aren't that complicated. i mean, how hard is it to say 'you look pretty' and give us chocolate?!

antojitos.

Antojitos > Everything else

-Matt Bresee

i hate it when.

i hate it when at all the weddings, the grandmas gather around me and say, "you're next." but they stopped doing it when i did it to them at funerals.

something you love.

you can only become truly accomplished at something you love. don't make money your goal. instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that nobody can take their eyes off you.

how they feel.

I think that's what I find most strange about this world; nobody ever says how they feel. They hurt, but they don't cry out. They're happy, but they don't dance or jump around. And they're angry but they hardly ever scream. Because they feel ashamed. Nothing's worse than that. So we all walk around with our heads looking down and never look up and see how beautiful the sky is.

stuck in the past.

it's taken me a while, but i'm learning that letting go of the past is a good thing. it doesn't mean forgetting, it just means moving on. because you can't enjoy the present when you're stuck in the past.

life is too short.

happy 20th birthday to my bffttm, jeff westaway.

life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones that dont. believe that everything happens for a reason. if you get a chance, take it, if it changes your life then let it. nobody said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

doesn't have a purpose.

life is the ability to feel so happy, you think your insides are going to explode. it's being so upset or disappointed, you feel as if your stomach just dropped ten feet out of place. it's running so hard, you can barely breathe. it's that feeling of panic when you know you've been caught doing something wrong. it's having that sudden rush before you kiss someone you care about. it's opening your eyes and feeling them sting because you spent the whole night crying. it's letting people go, but letting new ones come in and all the while, realizing that life doesn't have a purpose unless you let it.

gonna be okay.

why be concerned with things you have no control over? what good is it to worry when you never really know what's going to happen? tomorrow is just another day. you'll find your way, and you know what? you're gonna be okay.

stop running for cover.

you might hide behind your computer screen. & i might hide behind my music. & she might hide behind her sports. but the truth of it is, we all have something that we're hiding from. & maybe we should stop running for cover, because what might happen when those things can't defend us anymore?

nobody.

i don't want to be with somebody who would rather be with me than nobody,
i want to be with somebody who would rather be with me than anybody.

rock, paper, scissors.

I understand that scissors can beat paper,
and I get how rock can beat scissors,
but there's no frickin way paper can beat rock.
Paper is supposed to magically "wrap around" rock, leaving it immobile?
Why the hell can't paper do this to scissors?
Screw scissors, why can't paper do this to people?
Why aren't sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly
suffocating students as they attempt to take notes in class?
I'll tell you why, because paper can't beat anybody.
A rock would tear that motha up in about 2 seconds.
When I play rock/paper/scissors, I always choose rock.
Then when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper
I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say,
"Oh crap, I'm sorry, I thought paper would protect you."

we lose people.

sometimes, no matter how much faith we have, we lose people. but you never forget them, and sometimes, it's those memories that give us the strength to go on.

life is right.

Monday December 1st
summer; where all the days run into each other
and the nights belong to lust and lovers.
when every day is a saturday night
and the living is easy and the life is right.


Sunday November 30th
you can't stay in your corner of the forest
waiting for others to come to you.
you have to go to them sometimes.
- winnie the pooh!

laugh at a joke.

Saturday November 29th
i'm the kind of person who will laugh at a joke three times. once when it's told, once when it's explained and then lastly, when i actually get it.


Friday November 28th
don't envy anybody. every person has something no one else has. develop that one thing in yourself, and make it outstanding.

more than you think.

if you have to try and convince yourself you don't care about someone, you care about them more than you think.

until the end.

you only find a few people in this world, a few people who will tell you they love you and actually mean it with all their heart. don't forget those people who stood by you through it all, the special few that were there for you until the end.

make me laugh.

I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh.
But I never thought looking back on the laughs would make me cry.

counts the most.

Beginnings are usually scary,
endings are usually sad,
but it's the stuff in the middle that counts the most.
You have to remember that
when you find yourself in the beginning...
Just give hope a chance to float up.

mean it all.

life is made up of years that mean nothing and memories that mean it all.

goodnight.

Saturday November 22nd
If you can't find yourself
Then how can i expect to find you?


Friday November 21st
August evenings bring solemn warnings to remember to kiss the ones you love goodnight

crazy idea.

i've got this crazy idea
we forget about what everyone else wants for us
and decide for ourselves what we want
our lives to be.

enemies.

You've got enemies?
Good.
That means you've stood up for
something in your life.

so be it.

When I refuse to take shit and speak up against it,
I'm defined as being a bitch. But if being a bitch
means I won't allow anyone to step all over me,
then all I have to say is so be it.

do what you love.

i'm getting really bad at this.. i missed monday's..

live with intention.
walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
do what you love.
live as if this is all there is.

life is messy.

at some point, you have to make a decision.
boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.
life is messy.
that's how we're made.
so, you can waste your life drawing lines.
or you can live your life crossing them.

life comes without guarantees.

sometimes you just feel everything and nothing all at once.
sometimes you will find yourself smiling while missing something at the same time.
at times you can absolutely love a person, while all the while wanting to hate them.
life comes without guarantees, except that
smiling will brighten your face,
laughing will enhance your eyes,
and falling in love will change your life.

when you lose.

I forgot Thursday's quote...

Friday November 14th
your friends will help you fight through the battle, the good friends will fight through the war, but only your truest and most loved friends will stay when you lose.


Thursday November 13th
what matters most isn't the amount of breaths you've taken or how many words you've spoken. what does matter is whether or not you put them to good use.

friends change.

friends change. usually they change into everything they said they wouldn't be. you have to accept it and realize that everyone changes in their lifetime. the challenge is to stay friends and prove to everything that your friendship can withstand anything.

make mistakes.

in life we do things. some we wish we had never done and some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads. but they all make us who we are and in the end, they shape every detail about us. if we were to reverse any of them, we wouldn't be the person we are. so just live, make mistakes, have wonderul memories. but never second guess who you are, where you have been, and most importantly, where it is you are going.

not quoted.

ones that do not talk, are not quoted.

stupid quote credit goes to Tbu. :)

your weakest points.

It's those moments when you drive around in a car full of friends around a town too small for you. Where you gasp for breath between each laugh. It's about those moments where you get high off of just breathing in so deep, you feel your lungs getting cold. For a second, that split second, you don't care. You don't care about school, about parents, about money, about rules, or broken hearts. Who you care about are the kids sitting next to you. Cause it's all we really need, isn't it? Those kids next to you. The ones who make you feel invincible, even at your weakest points

following my dreams.

I'm tired of following my dreams. I'm just gonna find out where they're going, and hook up with them later.

Inspired by Andy's MSN name.

wakes up early.

a man that sleeps early, wakes up early.

...Tony chose this one. Lame-o.

love has an ending.

never put a period after 'i love you' because that means your love has an ending.

taking risks.

and lately, taking risks is easier than sitting back
and watching everything i ever wanted disappear.

thousand word essay.

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask,
"Is life a multiple choice test, or a true and false test?"
Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says,
"We hate to tell you this, but life is a thousand word essay."

7 days of quotes.

I owe a few quotes...

Monday November 3rd
When it’s after 2AM, just go to sleep. Because the decisions you make after 2am are the wrong decisions.


Sunday November 2nd
confidence -
is the inner voice that says you're
becoming what you're capable of being


Saturday November 1st
Corey: why didn't you call her?
Shawn: because i don't know what to say to her.
Corey: how about "hello"?
Shawn: but it would came out "hey i want to have your babies"


Friday October 31st
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is
as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed
your worried mind;
the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.


Thursday October 30th
I don’t believe that old cliché that good things come
to those who wait. i think good things come to those
who want something so bad, they can’t sit still


Wednesday October 29th
Passion is knowing what you want
& never stopping until you have it.


Tuesday October 28th
live your life so the preacher
doesn`t have to lie at your funeral

live your life.

What you need to do is be thankful for the life that you got.
You know what I'm sayin'.
Stop lookin' at what you ain't got
and start bein' thankful for what you do got.

-T.I

kind of the same thing.

You can't buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream
and it’s kind of the same thing.

graduating.

We're graduating from high school
...not from each other.

it's because you're gay.

a good friend will comfort you when he rejects you,
but a best friend will go up to him and say,
"it's because you're gay, isn't it?"

capture the memories.

she was the girl who always carried
around a camera to capture the memories
because she was always afraid that people might forget them.

a teenager.

A teenager is a person who
can't remember to walk the dog, but never forgets a phone number.
a weight watcher who goes on a diet by giving up candy bars before breakfast.
a youngster who receives her allowance on Monday, spends it on Tuesday,
& borrows it from her best friend on Wednesday.
someone who can hear her favourite band three blocks away,
but not her mother calling from the next room.
a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson,
but can't make a bed.
a student who spends twelve minutes studying history,
& twelve hours studying for her driver's license.
an enthusiast who has the energy to bike four miles,
but is usually too tired to dry the dishes.
a young woman who loves the cat & tolerates the brother.
a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week.
a budding beauty who never smiles until her braces come off.
a boy who can sleep till noon
on any Saturday he suspects the lawn needs mowing.
& an original thinker who is positive that her mother was never a teenager.

punch them in the face.

if someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face.
oh sure, it seems obvious now,
but you'd be amazed how many people don't think of it when it's relevant.

seriously...
just punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

move the f*ck on.

You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, even months analyzing a situation trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, should've, or would've happened. Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.

terrible day.

just because today is a terrible day,
doesn't mean tomorrow won't be the best day of your life.
you just gotta get there.

set it free.

if you love something, set it free.
if it doesn't come back to you..hunt it down and kill it.

(I saw this on a button at my dad's.  I enjoyed it greatly.)

it's time to live.

sometimes we get so caught up in the bad,
that we look right past the good.
sometimes we're so stuck in the darkness,
that we forget about the light.
sometimes we chase the past so long,
that we completely miss the present.
maybe it's time we learned to live to be free,
to appreciate what's good and forget about what's bad.

maybe it's time to live.

friends are everything.

immature, do anything & everything
even if it's something you'll regret the next day
sleep late & when you wake up;
you can laugh about it with your friends.
because friends are what matter most
& when you have friends,
..you have everything