We all dream when we're younger That we will do great things

I'm at the point in my life where I can start to 'look back on college' and see a bit more clearly, the way i see my earlier childhood and high school experiences. It's strange that it's been 5 years that i've been here, never have lived anywhere else in my life until college. and it's strange how fast it went, which I was reminded about by an article in my hometown newspaper about justine (followed, of course, by a depressing article in the OC register, unrelated). that was such an intense time period, the first weekend of my college experience and there wasn't much I could do from far away. i still feel guilty for not being able to physically be there with my friends and it was eeven harder dealing with it alone. 5 years is a long time, but at the same time it's just a blink of an eye.

life has funny ways of reminding me that we aren't permanent. i go through the routine motions every day, not really appreciating or realizing how good I really have it. big life decisions get scarier and come faster than i expect and it's something I don't think i'll ever get used to. I just hope the ones made about my grandma are the right ones.

I heard that song by the Fray last night, and wasn't really paying attention until the line right before the chorus stood out,

Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same

a day in the life

A lot of my friends aren't from California and/or southern California, so we like to go on excursions and see places we haven't seen before. This weekend (on Saturday) we explored downtown LA, Olvera Street, Union Station, Watts/Watts Towers, and later I went to the beach for a bonfire for a friends birthday.

this was a piece of trash on the sidewalk, and i thought it looked like a face/head/neck. He's looking to the left.

To everyone complaining about gas prices: we have you beat. Also, my photo ended up on cnn's ireport today.

ladybug on my car

Walt Disney Music Hall

Union Station, LA

Olvera Street, inside of a store. It was a very small room and PACKED from floor to ceiling.

Not as sneaky as I'd hoped.

Harp Man

City of Watts, Watts Towers

Etched into the concrete

Watts Towers

Huntington Beach

Brian burned his arm hair off while using the grill...

Stefanie at the bonfire. It was SO COLD.

Bonfire

All in all, a good weekend.