i truly adore life sometimes...
my dove promise message for the day: sometimes one smile means more than a dozen roses
simplicity. i love everything about it.
it could also possibly be that i have eaten a sufficient amount of chocolates (dove chocolates to be exact) to start speculating who the dove company think their customers really are. so after brief perusals of all of my blue foil wrappers, it seems that i fall right into their target. alright, maybe they're not exactly aiming for a 21 year old female who loves to indulge in chocolates, but maybe more like the the thirty-something year old single female...who--does anyone know what i'm talking about? has anyone read the messages enclosed in those chocolates? i'll just leave it at that...i guess i may have eaten one two many chocolates .. i do have about a 6-months supply from my birthday 

it always seem that when i haven't written much or said much for months at at time is when the most changes have taken place.

i had a few conversations awhile ago with a good friend who perpetually forced me to re-evaluate my thinking after each conversation. it took me by surprise that he was able to do so because it is in my nature to seldom exude external confidence, yet i am internally confused. very few know that about me... he literally dubbed himself as "dr.phil" and told me like it was...unadulterated truth in minuscule details based on what i had let him know. and even then at that point i had wondered: could someone i barely know have this much influence over me?
perhaps he just had a way of doing that...the more ironic thing is even though our conversations have been cut short to almost none, i am still forced to constantly re-evaluate my thinking....simply put, i'll never look at things in the same way.  i may need time...but i know where i currently stand.
honestly, there really is a reason for why i never reveal too much....but sometimes adequate for one to pick up on.

past memories stored securely away, new perspectives put in front of me, and a constant outlook of the future...so many challenges lie ahead, it is certainly an exciting time. and one thing is for sure: my brief vacation of vicissitudes has ended in a very good way.

//pictures with some of my favorite girls over the last few months
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trangs.21st


@ renaissance.faire

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roz's.bday


don't forget me - way out west

back to reality...