The most wonderful place in the world:

North/South Carolina...

1) The hospitality.
2) The accent (yes, I pick it up.)
3) The seafood nommmmmmmmmmmm.
4) The Tarheels.
5) The palm trees.
6) SC seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.
7) The barbeque.
8) Originial sodas in glass bottles.
9) The beaches.
10) THE SWEET TEA. :D

Carolina girl at heart. <3

The most wonderful time of the year:

Thanksgiving/Christmas time....

1) Christmas music on Lite 98 from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day.
2) Hot apple cider.
3) Christmas lights.
4) Snow... maybe.
5) BRREEAKKKKKKK!
6) The December feeling...
7) Starbucks' Gingerbread Latte.
8) Shopping.
9) Family.
10) Joy.

Peace on Earth... Goodwill towards men. :D

Two Roads to Walk Down...

...and one road to choose.

Could I have known that my blog post, August 14, 2009 would be so very true? My life since that day has not been the same, and I feel myself falling further and further each day.

The biggest crossroad of my life to date... and it's one that I never expected. Choosing between being with my best friend and not? What kind of choice is that. Apparently, the most difficult one I've ever made, because it's tearing me apart.

And the worst part is, that I know... I do... want back what we had. What kills me is that the feeling is not there anymore. And it's terrifying... terrifying to think that such strong feelings and love and experiences are gone like, that. But I don't know him... I've missed him so very much... and I still do. The one who was mine... who was us... who was our drives, and dinners, and movies and beaches.

But somehow, I had to say no. I'm resisting, and it's breaking my heart, but still, I'm going... I have to. For me. I know I do, despite the pain. It's a bittersweet loss, a bittersweet victory. But I know that I'm not alone.

I don't understand my life

Or the version that chose you

And the warring hearts and winter came

Now there's nothing left to do

And I cannot reach the world today

Cause I'm suffering from two

And the more I think, the more we die

As I walk away from you.

My confession...

I need help.

My realization:
I don't know who I am.

Are we growing up? Or just going down?

It seems that life is getting the better of me these days. And it makes me laugh a little... to remember that time when I realized how stress-free 8th grade really was... and now... I'm realizing how stress-free high school was compared to, you know, life. Not that it wasn't tough. It's just nothing comparatively.

Lately I feel that I don't really know who I am. What's new? 18-year old, freshman college student... But I never thought I'd be one of those. I guess I was wrong again. And maybe it's not so much that I don't know who I am... as I know exactly who I am, and I just can't be that person. Maybe that should tell me something... yet, what I am to do about it I'm really not sure.

What do I love? I love driving... taking photos... playing frisbee in the park... performing... dinner & a movie... bumming around with my best friend... watching scary movies with the guys... kicking back... watching football games... going to the beach... being free from the world...
and most of it is so far out of my reach.

What I do have though.
My love of the River City. I live in the Honors College Housing, across from a deserted bookstore, a club, and a hookah bar. The diversity makes me so happy. (:

I have an upcoming officer position in Green Unity. And I could not be more supertotallystoked! :D

I have my bestie. One block down.

And. I have my determination. And I've never been one to give up. Or I've never wanted to be. I guess I actually have to work for those things that I crave now. I'll have to work really really hard.
And I will.