Sorry for the long departure. I needed a break from all things internet, just to clear my mind and get my life together.. but I'm back. Expect a flood of new posts in the coming days. In the meantime, I got a little camera happy (as I tend to on the weekends) and took a million pictures in my new cover up. I plan to hit the beach as much as possible this summer.

( SIDENOTE: ...After the Rain ;) )

The Foreign Exchange 'Aunthenticity' tour
MoFauzy's, Richmond, VA
5|22

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On the way to the venue..

..Inside

.. and after, we took a stroll along the canal

1. Bonfires as the sun goes down
2. Attend a wine festival
3. Carry my (hopefully new SLR) camera everywhere!
4. Visit my love @SincereCeleste on the other end of the U.S.
5. Recapture my youth at a waterpark
6. Attend as many outdoor concerts as possible
7. Transform into a "Yes man" a la Jim Carrey for an entire week, and see where it takes me
8. Go to a cool indie concert/ festival - complete with face paint
9. Find a drive in movie
10. Meet new interesting people
11. Carve my initials in a tree :)
12. Sneak into a pool and have a late night swim
13. Drive to a random city and vintage shop
14. Visit a state that I've never been
15. Go to a carnival and get every color cotton candy
16. Central Park
17. Read my poetry at an open mic where I know no one
18. Attend an all white to make up for the ones I missed during my college years
19. Tie dye something
20. Go camping, even if it is just in the backyard.
21. Ride a mechanical bull, all sexy like
22. See a waterfall
23. Learn to play a song on my guitar
24. Scrapbook it all!
25. Befriend a photographer and become his muse (lol)
26. Carry sidewalk chalk around for a whole day and make my presence known everywhere I go
27. Wear red, white and blue on the fourth of July, like what?!
28. Learn a new recipe
29. Have a picnic at the park - full with crabs and the other essentials
30. Get in the car and just go
31. Be asked to appear on someone's street fashion blog
32. Step  Leap out of my comfort zone!
33. Yacht party
34. Start planning the independent release of my poetry book
35. Hot air balloon!
36. See a black and white film in the theatre

.. to be continued

Excuse me as I play this song out.

"Who are YOU with?"

tried something new with my hair.

stop letting pride rule you

go ahead, keep thinking the grass is greener

smile more

.. and take things less personal

remember that every human is flawed

wait for someone else to come along to step your game up and it will be too late

keep it up

reinvent yourself, over and over again

take time to celebrate the small victories in life
don't overexert yourself

capture the moments
closure is vital !
take your relationships for what they are, not what you wish them to be
.. and don't be afraid to let go

( SIDENOTE: It will take a miracle.. )

"Before I Die" is the latest project by the amazing Candy Chang. In this work she turned an abandoned warehouse in Nola, New Orleans into a public chalkboard and challenged the public to write down their ambitions for the world to see. Genius.

Source

present day.

( SIDENOTE: I am in l o v e with the Quadron song posted below. )

I wish I would've met you first

before all the hurt,

the betrayal,

the lies,

before you built a wall

20 feet high,

before the distrust took over your mind

and left your heart with an abandonment sign,

before your respect for women declined

and the words bitch and whore were reassigned

causing a decline

in thine,

self

-worth

a lashing out to those most invested

loyalties tested

faith rested

real

rejected

.

composed 2011

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