Tide

Beach pictures as promised.

take me to the beach

I'll post the pictures for this theme tomorrow. I know I haven't been keeping up with blogging lately but my mind has been elsewhere. Here's a poem I wrote for my Creative Writing class. I'll try to post some pictures to go along with it tomorrow. Enjoy!

sandy fragrance lingers in sun-kissed hair

gentle grains cling between painted toes

warm skin covers the once pale canvas

heart beats soften as the waves hit shore

- NC

Love love love

Todays theme is going to be the L word, LOVE LOVE LOVE, even though I am not in love love love. I'm far from it actually. Tonight the guy I was starting to fall for told me he was seeing someone. He said I'm quite pretty and awesome so he didn't want to lose me as a friend. I'm not happy about any of this, but I couldn't be mad at him. I'm starting to think I should have been. I was just happy to have my confusion cleared. It still hurts. So to lift my spirits and restore my faith in love I'm posting pictures of love. Enjoy. I hope you have a good night.

Live, laugh love.

- NC

Red.

Today's theme is the color red. This is only the first installment of "red" pictures I am going to be posting. I have too many of them saved to post them all today. I love the color red. Those who like the color red are usually passionate people, at least I've come to find that. It is a bold and beautiful color. It stands out amongst any other color in almost any picture. The color demands to be seen.

Some of the pictures had a lot of red, others not as much. Either way I enjoy all of those photographs and applaud those who took them.

I've lost track of how many times my friend has gone back to her ex-boyfriend now. But once again, he's saying he doesn't want to be in a relationship with her and she's miserable. She says everything is wrong in her life and she'd rather be dead. I don't even know how to respond to her anymore. She needs to be in a relationship, she needs to be told she's pretty and she needs someone to cling to. And without that, it's like she's drowning. I don't know how to help her. I can't give anymore advice only to have it ignored and have her once again return to this guy who doesn't know if he wants to be with her. I'm starting to think she's some sort of masochist. She must secretly like getting hurt. I wish I knew what to tell her. I wish she wasn't so dependent on a mans affection. Her father and her brother love her. Mine don't really love me and yet she's sadder than I am. I don't get it.

Well, anyway I'm not in a posting mood. I better be off to do something distracting.

Till next time,

Be happy. Stay Healthy.

Love,

- NC

The sky is falling

Because it's raining out todays theme is going to be "Umbrellas." I personally love photographs containing umbrellas, however in life I rarely use them. They're somewhat inconvenient to carry around. Especially on a narrow sidewalk with lots of other people. I can't tell you how many times I've been hit in the head with someone else's umbrella.

Anyway, let's appreciate the beauty of them. Here are some pictures I found and really like containing umbrellas.

In keeping with the umbrella theme, I also have a video for you to watch. If you haven't watched Mandy Moore's version of the song "Umbrella" by Rihanna, then you should watch it now. Moore's version is so much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l607rEC8tzM

Alright, enough umbrella talk!

Yesterday after for only $3.75 I went and saw Inglourious Basterds (it was THAT cheap! Love student discounts). The movie was really good. I mean, I didn't come out with my jaw dropping and a feeling of utter amazement towards the brilliance of the movie, but it was damn good. Tarantino has an extremely warped and creative mind, only he could have made such a bizarre, witty, humorous movie. It was powerful and yet so farfetched that it didn't even matter anymore if anything was based on fact. It's one of the best war movies I've seen in awhile and trust me, I'm not a huge fan of war movies. People are raving about this movie for a reason. Go and see it, you won't be disappointed. Even if you hate it, the movie is an experience.

I actually had a great day yesterday. I spent the whole day with my friend from school. She's a commuter so she knows her way around the city and we literally went all around the city. I always forget how much I love being in a car until I haven't been for awhile. It's so relaxing, at least as the passenger it is. We went to a Movie Stop and I got three movies for 10 bucks. Score! I bought Just Like Heaven, Entrapment, and then I was torn between Pleasantville and what I thought was the original Zorro movie. Well I picked the Zorro movie thinking it was "The Mask of Zorro" only to realize it's "The Legend of Zorro." I forgot there was a sequel!!! My brain shuts off sometimes, I swear. I don't even think I liked the second one. Now I own it and would return it if I had any way of getting to the place I bought it. Maybe I'll just give it to someone. Ugh, I don't know. On the front it should really say "Zorro 2!" Crap.

Anyway, aside from my losing about $3.75 on buying that DVD, we watched Miss March (kind of stupid), got shakes/smoothies at Coldstone, and went to lunch. Good day overall. Minus the DVD mixup misfortune I just came to realize.

Now to end this post I think it's appropriate considering the cruddy weather (at least where I am) to post a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. This is my favorite poem.

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea;

But we loved with a love that was more than love

I and my Annabel Lee;

With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

Went envying her and me-

Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we-

Of so many far wiser than we-

And neither the angels in heaven above,

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never breams without bringing me

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride

In the sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Have a great day :)

- NC

Call me buddy.

Today's theme is the word "Buddy." For the following reason...

Today I ran into the guy I like and recently had a sleepover with. Upon saying goodbye to me he said "see you around buddy." Buddy. I'm a buddy to him now? Let me show you some examples of things that warrant the usage of the word "buddy."

Dad asks, "what are you looking at BUDDY?"

Grampa says "look at the boat BUDDY!"

Look, the monkey is holding his BUDDY.

The elephant appears to be this mans BUDDY.

"How's the view up there, BUDDY?"

I bet he considers the dog his buddy.

I bet these kids are buddies.

"Yo, BUDDY, don't smoke that!"

His name could be Buddy.

His name could also be Buddy.

Like Air Bud.

Do I fit into the same category as any of those things? NO. And yet, I am also a buddy. A buddy with benefits. I know I'm probably reading too much into this, because it's just a word. BUT I don't want to just be his buddy! Seriously, rip my heart out. Said it right in front of his friends too. My roommate tried to reassure me by saying her boyfriend used to call her buddy and kiddo. I wish I felt reassured but I don't. I feel like I've been reduced to just a friend once again. When I was a kid I was always friends with the boys and now I'm a friend with benefits. I felt potential with him but, I guess I was wrong.

Anyway, I won't bore you by writing anymore. I don't really have anything else to say. So, instead, I'll leave you with a quote from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and call it a night.

"I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones."

Hope you have a much better night than I've had!

Live, laugh, love.

- NC