You and me, we got our own sense of time

My best friend is studying abroad in Athens this summer. I've been keeping a list of the things she needs to bring back for me, like new sandals. We spent four days in Athens when we backpacked through Southern Europe together last August. I miss it a lot. I remember we could see the Acropolis from our hostel balcony. Yeah I know, I got the travel bug again. Whenever I think of moments in my short life of intense happiness or fear, many of them fall under that period of traveling. So I can't help sometimes wishing I was somewhere else sometimes (especially when exams are close).

I stumbled upon some beautiful photos from The Colors of Travel 2012 by The New York Times. Stoooop I want to go to there.

Enjoy your Friday! I'll be sleeping on the Warren Dunes tonight in Michigan, which is the closest thing I have to traveling these days... :)

Post title from Hannah Hunt by Vampire Weekend.

Montpellier, France

Turkey

Penang, Malaysia

  

Hyderabad, India

It was the moment

I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. 

You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself: So, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn’t the beginning. 

It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then.

The Hours

Wait in that space

there is a place in the heart that

will never be filled

a space

and even during the
best moments
and
the greatest times
times

we will know it

we will know it
more than
ever

there is a place in the heart that
will never be filled
and

we will wait
and
wait

in that space.

- Charles Bukowski

You dance up on them haters

Happy Friday :) Wear something bright and sexy to celebrate the beautiful weather this weekend. 

Outfit from Karla's Closet. Post title from Tightrope by Janelle Monáe. So much love.

Give a smile and turn around

I love tattoos. These are absolutely beautiful.

Post title from Freak Like Me by Santigold. She be on repeat all day long.

Words to live by

"The really important kind of freedom involves 
attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, 
and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, 
over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day."

David Foster Wallace ~ This is Water

I'll be here til the colors fade

My friend and I have recently started a wordpress for writing (Waiting for an Echo). Basically we are trying to write more. My friend Jody is actually quite talented, so do check it out. Side note, reading and writing writing poetry is extremely therapeutic. Everyone should do it.

Hope you enjoy your Wednesday! I be wishing I was outside in this beautiful weather instead of writing this paper.

Post title from Sing Loud by Alpha Rev. They are great live. Beautiful art by Richard Leach.

I was made to believe there's something wrong with me

Cold War - Janelle Monae

Feel my kiss, now say not a word

Photography by Carissa Gallo. Post title from Search and Destroy by Sanders Bohlke.

She's up all night for good fun

Midterms are stressful.  Coffee is beautiful. Get Lucky by Daft Punk is glorious.