The Final Stretch

I have a summer birthday, which means that while most people on their birthday have to wake up early and go to school/work, I do not. I get to wake up at my leisure and spend my day doing whatever I want, surrounded only by people who really care about me. However, this also means that this past year, as all my friends gradually turned 16 and became eligible to get their driver's license, I did not. I must patiently await that elusive date in late July until I can finally have the freedom I so long for. It has been a long and frustrating year for many reasons, but this is at the top of my list. I want to be able to go to a friend's house without bothering my parents for a ride. I want to go pick up food whenever I want. I want to be able to go buy a book or go to the gym without having to wait until it is convenient for my parents. Now, with less than a month to go, I am as anxious as ever to be able to step on the gas (responsibly) without a supervising adult. I already know it will be the longest month of my life, but I'm hoping it will be worth the wait.

The Unknown

[friday's food for thought]

As a gonna-be junior in high school, I am constantly being bombarded with questions and information about my future. Colleges contact me daily, people ask about my plans, and honestly I don't know much about them. The competitive school system these days places an immense pressure on students to get good grades and get into a good college and make a lot of money. This past year in English I wrote an essay about the definition of success. Society's version of success has been so twisted to being entirely based on doing what you're "supposed to" and is measured in accomplishments. This isn't what success is, though. Success is finding what it is in your life that gives you a purpose, and using that purpose to help others. This type of success is measured in happiness. This is why I try my best to not concern myself with these new pressures. I have no idea what I want to do with my life, but I know at some point I will find it. If I get stressed about this stuff, I remember that life isn't about what your grades were or what college you went to or even what your job is. Life is about the relationships you have built and the people you have helped. These thoughts are what make The Unknown bearable.

Ode to the Spurs

This is a tale

of a team who has failed.

A team that has tried,

and a team who was denied.

This tale has downs and ups

and many hiccups,

but this tale ends in success

because the Spurs are the very best.

Just one year ago

in the city of San Antonio,

the town was quiet and sad,

for things had gone quite bad.

The series ripped our hearts out,

but we were not ones to pout.

We came back the next year,

and were someone to fear,

for we had something to prove,

and this time we weren't gonna lose.

There was no one we couldn't beat,

not even the Heat.

It all happened quite fast-

The Spurs were champions at last.

*this is a terrible poem but it's cute right?*

these are a few of my favorite things

I love love love to make lists. To-do lists, grocery lists, wish lists, etc. I find that, in the case of to-do lists, making the list is a way of avoiding the items on that list. It is probably from the to-do list that my love of lists stemmed. In honor of my new blog, I've decided to create a set of lists that is fun for me and informative for you... Enjoy!

TOP 5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS
1. The Office
2. Friends
3. New Girl
4. Parks & Recreation
5. How I Met Your Mother

THINGS I HATE (you should know that I try not to hate people/things but... it's hard to do sometimes)
1. almonds
2. Ray Allen
3. my grandma's car
4. dirty hands
5. feet
6. beans
7. Gossip Girl (I've only seen one episode but I hate it)
8. waking up
9. hospitals

FEARS
1. needles
2. cats
3. small spaces
4. drowning to death
5. burning to death
6. suffocating to death
7. car accidents
8. life threatening diseases

FAVORITE FOODS
1. corn
2. chicken fajita tacos
3. chips & salsa
4. green enchiladas
5. king ranch chicken
6. salmon
7. brownies
8. I have most likely forgotten so many foods... I'm sorry this is a high-pressure situation.

*For my last list, I have made the courageous decision to only include 5 names. For those curious and/or confused about my choices, just know that there are so many more names I wish to name, but alas I am tired and lazy. Maybe another time.

FAVORITE FAMOUS PEOPLE
1. Jimmy Fallon
2. John Krasinski
3. Amy Poehler
4. Patty Mills
5. Andrew Garfield

Congrats!! Now you know everything you need to know about me.

The Birth of a Blog

Welcome to my blog! I apologize in advance for not knowing how to run a blog because I've never done it before. Starting a blog was an impulsive decision I made after reading Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). I love writing but I've decided I'm not creative enough to write a fictional story about vampires with cancer who fall in love. I could write a fictional book about something else, but has any book not about the items said above ever been successful??? So anyway I instead decided I want to write a quirky autobiography that will make every person in America idolize and envy me and my glowing personality. Unfortunately, I have observed that most (and when I say most I mean all) successful autobiographies are written by famous people with an already-established fan base. Don't get me wrong, I definitely have an established fan base, but I'm no narcissist-- I realize it isn't quite large enough to sell enough copies to make the whole process worth it. So I guess a blog is the next best thing.