What's on my mind

What is on my mind?

...the Big Apple. That's what.

What if I lived there? Just for a summer? Could I handle city life? Should I make a leap so big?

I don't know. I think I'm just gonna try and see what I can find and if an opportunity presents itself... that's where I'll be.

In other news, we have puppies now. They are so cute. Ours is named Sawyer, after Sawyer from LOST. Kyle's (from the same litter as Sawyer) is named Baxter. They are incredibly adorable. Trust me. There will be pictures at some point.

I miss my friends from school terribly and am still adjusting to the idea of not living with many of my graduated senior friends... and Linja will be out of the country! What the fat?! But I love it and I'm so excited for all of these people. Your lives are going in new and exciting directions I'm sure.

On that note does anyone remember that book Oh the Places You'll Go? I feel like that book filled a lot of kids with a lot of false hope.

Other things... I saw Yentl today. Barbra has got some pipes. And Inigo Montoya as a Jew! It's awesome.

And... OH! SUPER 8. Looks amazing.

Seriously, the trailer gives me goose bumps.




June 8th get here!!!

Okay, that's all I got.

The Greatest Compliment

Before I get to the serious subject of this post, I'll start with a story.

A couple of weeks ago we had Jr/Sr Banquet here at Bryan. Part of the process entails getting on buses and riding to far (or not so far) away destinations. Well I happened to end up on a very fun bus along with star soccer player extraordinaire Harry Sherwood.

pictured here being awesome

 He started up a game called "Mixed Tape" where basically everyone just sings stuff and you can jump in with anything if you know it. Well there came a pause after some song had died out and I chimed in with "It's Raining Men". I got a couple of lines out and realized that no one was joining in with me and trailed off, slightly embarrassed. Then I heard the voice of said British soccer champion extraordinaire say, "You can't play if you can actually sing." This is one of the greatest compliments I've ever received. I mean, I've had people tell me I can sing before, but never in a super cool accent like that. It was pretty sweet.

But on a more serious note, I'd like to talk about what I consider to be the greatest compliment I could ever receive from a friend.

The greatest compliment I've received is to know that a friend considers me loyal. Loyalty is something I value highly. To know that someone loves you enough to always be willing to stand by you, no matter what your trial or ordeal, is the greatest absolute you can ever have. A good friend will not abandon you no matter what you may have done to offend or reject them, because they know how to forgive and love in spite of your failures and fallen-ness. Everyone struggles with maintaining friendships, especially in times of transition, like moving from high school to college, or even moving up in class throughout college. The dynamics of my friendships are constantly shifting. But I try my best to love all of my friends well, even if I don't get to spend as much time with them as I once did. I don't give up on friendships, even when that seems the easier option.

Once my friend, always my friend, unless you do something near-unforgivable like kill my parents or something (Drewber and Sweeny!).

Well, that's how I feel about that. I love my friends!

Nicole