twenty-one

so, i'm twenty-one now.  

i've watched a scary movie in a fort,

hemmed a pair of jeans mostly all by myself, 

went to a ward party with a significant other, 

performed the heimlich maneuver on a choking woman, 

started a fire,

avoided cleaning my room,

had a top-ten embarrassing moment,

sniffled, coughed, sneezed, and more,

changed beds,

sipped the world's best herbal tea,

had the best valentines day in years (at least two),

kissed an unshaven man,

did not embarrassingly lose a game of balderdash (did not win, either - just mediocre),

laughed so hard that i've cried,

learned to be a little bit more assertive,

watched some of this wonderful movie that i have talked about,

learned to care less about unimportant things and more about the important things, 

fell in love with this tv show,

drank some dr. pepper.

oh, how i love being twenty-one

i'm so happy that i haven't even bought my first alcoholic beverage. . .

the luckiest granddaughter

I simply have one thought today

 . . .

I love grandparents.

I love when they hug you.

Ask you questions about your life.

Whistle in the front room.

Serve you ice cream.

Hold your hand.

Kiss your cheek.

Buy you lunch.

Reminisce about old times.

Feed you See's chocolates and pies until you feel sick.

Interview your boyfriends.

Pull your teeth.

Giggle with you.

Listen to your stories.
Think you're the most beautiful, wonderful girl that has ever lived.

And love you no matter what.

I'm the luckiest granddaughter in the whole wide world.

We Own the Sky - M83

Convention (Blood, Bones, & Tissue) - Forest World

Walk Real Slow - Lady & Bird

[I'm just sort of copying you yindselfret.]

mexico love, la segunda parte.

i love you, mexico.

hopefully i will see you again soon.

and teach your children. and speak your language.  and walk your streets.

farewell, until then.

mexico love.

pretty soon I'll be here. . .

 

(cruisin in the mexico)

but, I kind of, sort of wish that I was going back to cuernavaca.

to see all of these friends.

 

 

oh, how I love you, mexico.

even though, I won't be seeing any of the friends above, I'll swim in your waves and drive in your taxies, and see your beautiful sights with these lovelies - 

 (minus the little boys and winter coats)

see you soon.

 

one week.

if you see this boy sometime next week,

(he most likely will not have an alien on his head)


welcome him home.
and tell him that I'll be seeing him soon.

and if you want,
you could also tell him how great I am.
and that I'm way cuter than I was two years ago.

and you also may want to warn him that there is a slight possibility that my grandmother will call him and take him to mcdonald's or in n out.

so,

I'm kind-of, sort of, really exhausted.

that's all.

(hopefully next month, I won't be so sleep-whacked)

rock-n-roll lifestyle.

isn't this such a beauty?

i've been waiting for this beloved day to see it. and hear it in full.


so, here comes my last night dilemma.

i asked myself,

'self, should I buy this, to have and to hold and to love dearly with my two hands in a week-ish-
and save some money on some other musical beauties, like spoon's new album?

or this and listen to it now and on my way to work tomorrow?'


or of course, drive to my local wal-mart, target, etc. and cross my fingers that they have it,
or wait until tomorrow to go to graywhale and purchase for the whopping $13.99.

(i'm kind of, mostly anti-itunes store. so that's never been an option.)

i love having physical cds, and promised myself to buy this in cd-form months ago.
so, as you can see (or maybe not), this was a dilemma.


conclusion: i drove to work today listening to some new vampire weekend tunes.

it was wonderful.
and i don't feel at all guilty.
and glad that i am only four dollars poorer.

i know that some may think i'm crazy for
a. even considering that a dilemma,
b. wondering why i would ever purchase an album like this in mp3 format.
c. even purchasing non-local music at all anymore.
d. it's just 10 songs. a cd. and music. who even cares?
or
e. why do you even care about vampires if they have nothing to do with edward?

e. was mostly a joke.
please don't tell me if you were thinking.
it would be best if i didn't know.

side note.
they're coming to the salt lake city in march.
wanna join me?