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"You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death."

Dan Millman from Way of the Peaceful Warrior

currently listening to: rescue you- jake epstein

old skool

was looking through old pictures and found this little thing i drew for a friend during my graffiti infatuation phase a little while back. not quite as good as the real thing, but hey, i'll keep it legal.

i blame twilight for everything.

where i want my next adventure to be

currently listening to: all my loving- jim sturgess

whatchu lookin' at

got featured on nylonmag.com.
my picture is actually on the main page of the site :)
check out other people's denim also under reader art. pretty spiffy.

currently listening to: can i kick it?- a tribe called quest

oceansidee.

mission san luis reye de francia

route 101 diner- hamburger was fucking amazing, no lie.

took a short little trip there with my grandparents this weekend. pleasing sights to the eye and a lovley experience to relax and eat a ham and cheese crousant gazing out at the waves and the numerous boats lining the docks.

currently listening to: cigarettes and chocolate milk- rufus wainwright

where did the good go?

As years have come to pass, I have come to make various realizations about humanity. One being, its existence seems to be disintegrating. People have become purely self absorbed beings. True philanthropy is almost nowhere to be found. In such an endless and unsatisfactory finding of these truths, I would like to be one person that contrasts from the pool of disapointment. I want to make a difference in someone's life, I want to make a difference in ten people's lives, I want to make a difference in the lives of many without a limit in mind for the rest of my life. I have come to experience the emptiness of life when in lonliness firsthand, and with the knowledge that this could possibly be one of the worst feelings in the world, I want to be able to rid that possibility from another's life. I would like to be there for someone, to free them from that extreme lack of hope that they may have encountered.

This past week, about three days out of the week, I took the time to help a former teamate prepare for her upcoming cross country season. Each day after helping her out, I had the biggest smile on my face just knowing that I had actually made a difference in her life, a small difference, but a difference nonetheless. To know that her confidence alone has strengthened makes me so much more than happy.

As cliche as I may sound, I want to make a difference.

"You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one"

"Imagine" John Lennon

currently listening to: someone somewhere- jason reeves

you never truly understand until it's happening to you.

"She remembered sitting beneath that tree on a hot July day with someone who looked at her with a longing that took everything else away. And it had been at that moment that she'd first fallen in love."

The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks

currently listening to: when you're gone- avril lavigne