Another Year...

Recap of what's been up this last year.

January- Went to Arizona for a week. Ate alot of pizza. Went vegetarian. Worked a crummy job.
February- Quit my job. Bummed around. Went to Guatemala.
March - Bummed around. Went to Vans every Wednesday.
April- Bummed around. Went to Vans every Wednesday. Car got repo-ed.
May- Went to NJ. My grandma died. Bummed around.
June/July- Went to camp for the next three months.
August- Camp wound down. Went to Arizona for a week. Headed back to Florida.
September- Started school again. Turned 21! Still haven't had a legal drink. Quit smoking.
October- Parents went to Guatemala. Got the house to myself for the next two months. Still in school.
November- Started working a crummy job. Still in school. Vans every Wednesday. Started skating Lakeside a couple times a week after school. Tito visited for a week. Had a blast that week.
December- No longer had house to myself. Got hurt wrestling, couldn't skate. Made enough to get to camp in the summer if I get to go. Quit crummy job. Semester ended, got good grades. Bummed around.

2012 hopefullys numbered:

1. Go to bed early. (11-ish)
2. Wake up early. (7-ish)
3. Get good grades. Nothing lower than an A-.
4. Get healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies. Make it to the raw food dinners six times. Exercise everyday, even if it’s just a 10 minute bike ride around the block. Get buff again. Get to the point where I am once again capable of doing 20 pull ups and 100 push ups without stopping.
5. Read a book every month.
6. Re-memorize all the state capitals. And then country capitals.
7. Relearn the bones in the body. Then muscles and ligaments and tendons. Once I successfully accomplish that, learn the organs and their locations. And then nerves. And then other stuff. Basically everything in the body, I want to know.
8. Go to Woodward.
9. Go to the doctor and dentist at least once. Get blood work done.
10. Start saving up for the move to California.

Hopefully alot less bumming around will be done this year.

Testing. Testing.

Yay! There's a blogger app!! Expect more (maybe) updates!!!

"For what troubles a grown-up, will never trouble a child."

Wendy: Peter. You won't forget me, will you?
Peter: Me? Forget? Never.
Wendy: Will you ever come back?
Peter: To hear stories... About me.

I watched Peter Pan today. I love that movie. It is my favorite movie. I could watch it a million times and then a million more. When it first came out I was 13 and I thought that Peter Pan was the cutest boy I'd ever seen. Every time I watch the part where the kids come home and the parents hug them and welcome them back and the father says, "of course I missed you," I cry. I cry again when Wendy asks Peter if he'll forget her and he responds "never." i never understood the whole 'hidden kiss' thing until today. Best movie ever for sure.

The future is looking good!

I've been thinking alot about what I want to do career wise for a few years now and for the last couple of weeks I've really had a chance to weigh my options. I've have officially decided that I'm going to be a veterinarian. That has been the choice since the beginning, but somewhere along the way I started doubting that that was what I really wanted. Now I am sure. I am going to graduate from UCF hopefully by spring 2013 and then go to Western University in Pomona, CA. My cousin went there and she really liked the school. I think the fact that the school is in California might be the part I like the best. I'll be close to everything that I want to be close to. If I still like skating I'll be 2 1/2 hours from camp and super close to a whole bunch of skate parks. I'll be super close to the beach, which is awesome because I love the beach. I'll have super nice weather year round. And I'll be living in California which has been the plan for a while now. The future is looking good!

Killiin' it!

All A's!

 

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Apparently super stoked!

Mom: Puedes apagar la luz?
Me: Guhh. Ok. Fuck! My knee!
Mom: Que lindo lenguaje usa mi Nina!
Me: I meant...ouch.

She & Him - Gonna Get Along Without You Now

Four months down. Five more to go.

David Bowie - Seven

Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground

I love this dude. I recently saw an interview where he tears up after hearing the poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake and it talks about him being child-like. It was cool. This song is cool.

Now we can see - the Thermals

I know that ive posted this song before, but it's a good one so I think it's okay to post it again. This song was playing when I woke up this morning. It still is morning but can't fall asleep again so I thought I'd do something semi-useful with my time. I'm posting this from my ipod because I'm too lazy to get to a comPuter. If it doesn't work or look good right now, it will later. No worries. Or maybe I'll just leave it up to you to quit being lazy and just follow the link.

I am not a fan of going to a skatepark and just hanging out. To me it's kind of a waste of time. I'd rather just stay at home. That being said, this Wednesday I will probably be doing just that. I'm going to try to skate but I know that within the first ten minutes my knee will give out, I'll yell in pain and then I'll be just hanging out. But at least I'll have skated for ten minutes.

M. Ward - Shangri-La

Jonathan Richman - Everyday Clothes

I remember the first time I ever heard this song, I teared up. I really like it. I like the simplicity, but sincerity, in the lyrics. It's a really good song. And his dancing is really cute.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Mason Jennings - Nothing

Song starts at :22.

"Serial monogamist."

Jeffrey and Jack Lewis - Don't be Upset

The Sex Pistols - Liar

I'm going to be graduating soon and I have no clue what I want to do. All I know for sure is that I want to do something that benefits someone. It can even just be one person. I don't care. I don't want to get rich. I couldn't care less about money. I just want to be happy by making other people happy. I used to want to be a vet and help animals. I wanted to open a clinic that would take people that didn't have the money to get their pets the medical attention they needed. After talking to vets and seeing that it takes money to run a clinic and hearing about all the legal and insurance crap vets have to deal with, I'm not so sure I want to do that anymore. It seems like all the politics crap that occurs in doctor world has seeped into vet world. It's all about making money, not actually helping people or animals. That's something I don't want to be a part of. Lately I've been thinking alot about nutrition and although I know I can make a career out of it, I don't want to be stuck in one place for the rest of my life. I want to travel and meet different people. I want to learn about different cultures, learn different languages and interact with people in their native language. I want to enjoy life and actually live. I don't really know how to explain the concept of actually living. I think it's just... I don't want to be in an office all day. I want to live in warm places. I want to work in an environment where I get to stare up and see a blue sky, not a ceiling. I want to feel the sun on my head. I want to be able to take a deep breath and smell trees, not chemicals or air freshener or paper or dust or anything that resemble any of those things.

Who needs utensils?!

Raw Food Christmas Pot Luck

Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to a raw food potluck. I was kind of hesitant about going because I wasn't going to know anyone, it was pretty far, and it was raining really hard. I'm glad I went though because it was alot of fun and the food was great! When I decide to eat raw I usually just eat some fruit or juice some vegetables. I never really take the time to make a meal. It was really nice to have so many different textures, flavors, and dishes available. I think my favorite dishes were the chia pudding and these sweet raisin-flax crackers made in the dehydrator. They were delicious.
The people I met were really cool. There were people pretty much of all ages there, although there weren't any kids. I met this older gentleman named George. He has his own wheatgrass and raw food business that he started with his wife. When his wife died about two years ago he moved to Rincon in Puerto Rico and stopped the business. He started it again and is doing very well. He travels from his home in Puerto Rico to Florida every weekend just to sell at the farmer's markets in the area. Imagine getting to fly and travel every week!! He said that when he goes to the airport all the staff knows him so he gets to go to the front of the line! He was super knowledgeable about raw food and the benefits of wheatgrass. I talked with him and picked his brain for about an hour and learned so much. I can't wait until the next pot luck!

Pot luckers.

The dinner is usually held at Whole Foods every second Sunday of the month, but this time it was held at an art gallery in Maitland. It was a beautiful gallery. I spent alot of time looking at the paintings and other art pieces of art.

I'm back!

School is over. Finals are over. Winter break, hello.

Antsy Pants - Vampire

The Mamas and the Papas - Go Where You Want to Go

Deactivated my Facebook and am done blogging for a bit. Whatever gets posted has been scheduled to get posted. Finals, here I come!

Paul Simon - I Am a Rock

Don't talk of love
Well I've heard the word before.
It's sleeping in my memory
and I won't disturb the slumber
of feelings that have died .
If I never loved,
I never would've cried.

I have my books
and my poetry to protect me.
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room,
safe within my womb.
I touch no one
and no one touches me.

I am a rock
I am an island
and a rock can feel no pain
and an island never cries

Today..

I woke at around 6:30 AM after about 2 hours of sleep and went to class thinking it would be an important class. The semester's almost over so I figured we'd be talking about the final and getting ready for it. Boy, was I wrong! We watched TV. Talk about missing out on a great sleeping opportunity.

Last meal before I start over-consuming fruit/veggies again. I was going to start today, but had a really bad craving for chinese. I got vegetable lo mein. I got it for lunch, had a couple bites, felt really full and nauseous, and ended up having the rest cold for dinner. It was delicious. Definetly alot better the second time around, after sitting in the fridge for a few hours.

Duck Sauce is the best!

 I went to go pay the utilities today and in front of the utility building there is a big lake with a fountain in the middle of it. There is this sign right in front of the lake. I thought it was funny. You would think people know the environment in which they live and would know to stay away from an alligator.

When I got home, I found chocolate sleeping on my bookbag. Zooo vewy kewt!

I also got a cool new lock screen for my iPod!

The Kinks - Lola

"In addition to medical treatments, physical therapy and rest, certain foods may help your ligaments and tendons heal."

Uhuh?

"Researchers noted greater symptom improvements in participants who consumed the anti-inflammatory diet than in participants who did not."

Meaning?

"...an anti-inflammatory diet is not a diet in the conventional weight-loss or temporary sense, but an eating lifestyle that reduces or prevents inflammation while supporting healthy energy levels and nutritional wellness."

Meaning?

"Fruits and vegetables are a cornerstone of an effective anti-inflammatory diet. In particular, regular consumption of berries, tomatoes, orange and yellow fruits, dark leafy greens, mushrooms and cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower, for best results."

And so we begin...
Again.

The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning

I officially greatly dislike..

having a bum leg. TV, homework, internet, skate videos, solitaire, reading and eating just enough to function is all I've done for the past two days. I think I'm am officially bored. I don't know how much more of this I can take! I want to move and do something. I want to at least go take a long walk without having my leg give out. I think I'm heading to the doc's on Monday.

M. Ward - Eyes on the Prize

Dum Dum Girls - In My Head

Noah and the Whale

I love Noah and the Whale. I put the middle song, Blue Skies, up like a year ago. Waiting For My Chance to Come is the last song they play in this video. I never heard it before watching this video. I really like it. It starts around 8:18. Watching the dude play violin makes me wish I hadn't given mine away.

Kitty

I killed my knee...

yesterday at wrestling. According to one of the coaches, I probably tore the ligaments in my knee. No more skating, wrestling, walking or even sleeping without pain for who knows how long. I look at the whole practice and think of a whole bunch of things I could've done differently. I could've warmed up better. Or stopped wrestling the first time I felt pain in my knee. Or I could've stretched better. Or I could've just not gone to practice. Or I could've not wrestled a beast that wrestled in college. I'm bummed, but at least I really get to focus on all my homework and exams until the end of the semester! I guess there's always a good side to everything.

In other news...Justin Beiber was at Vans yesterday. When I was skating on Wednesday there was a camera crew setting up and I didn't know what it was for. Yesterday, I found out.

The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About

Starts at 3-ish.


Well I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't
And act like she's great when she makes me feel appalled
All I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want nothing at all....
Picture this:
I'm walking with my girlfriend
28 misguided tough guys combined say, "We're moving in"
There's a certain kind of girl that you care about so much
You say, "I don't care what you tough guys do to me, but her, Don't touch!"

Let's complain, shall we?

Today will be my second day of wrestling practice. Yesterday there was a match, so no practice. I went skating instead, which was a hard desicion. If you were in my brain, you'd be exhausted from listening to the whole, "Yes, I'll go. No, I dont wanna.," monolouge that went on for a whole hour before I sucked it up and went to vans.
I gotta tell you, I'm not really looking foward to practice. I am super sore. I don't want to move. I would say that this is the sorest my body has ever felt, but that would be a lie. Oh, and it's cold out. And I have a buttload (we're talkin J-LO status) of homework and laundry to do, and have to feed every living thing I'm responsible for and maybe even myself...if I have time.Talk about a quadruple + one whammy! I'm going to go, but only because I know once I'm there I'll be excited about it. Right now...not so much. Anyway, I'd love to stay and complain a little more, but I, unlike you guys, have stuff to do today (hope this doesn't kill my numbers). See ya!