funday quote

In Asheville, I found this quote stuck to the refrigerator that belongs to one of my new favorite people. I think it's so awesome and would love to look at it everyday.

"Do not burn yourself out. 
Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast….a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. 
Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. 
So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. 
Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. 
I promise you this: You will outlive the bastards.” 


— Edward Abbey

a day in the life

7 alarm goes up with the intention of finishing homework

8 actually get up

845 breakfast–the classic oatmeal, almonds, banana

930 international affairs class. midterms returned...

11 gorp stuff

1145 meet with mentor/listen to him brag about himself

1230 geology class. pop quiz, yay

2 history class. all i got from it is that the person in front of me got a record on angry birds

330 Jorge Cham lecture– artist of the PhD comics

430 squash. almost won but didn't

6 shower at the gym. forgot a towel

630 take Avery to see Fresh (with delicious refreshments-- and beets!) at botanical gardens

9 downtown and REPTAR at the 40 watt

wee hours of the morning = bed. finally. then the fire alarm went off in the dorm.



and drove up to Asheville for widespread panic. i am so ready! i'm gonna be "havin a good time"

a world away

Sudanese refugees and their reactions to America.  Airplane food... mall santas... priceless

bear dog

A couple months ago now, Bear destroyed Mom's finger on a walk... she recently had surgery to fix it just before the 6 week mark and now looks something like this:

see the cute little button on her pinky finger? lovely

Who knew there was terror behind those big brown eyes??

Even cuter is that Nate made dinner for Mom and some other ladies on Monday- homemade tortilla soup.  awww!  At least I had some usable influence on him... maybe

friday

no, it's not friday yet, but i figured you should watch this if you haven't seen it yet

So, rebecca black's youtube hit, Friday has been played nonstop on campus the past couple of weeks. as terrible as it is, the best thing that has come from it is seeing stephen colbert sing it!

enjoy!

funday quote

because i spent my weekend surrounded by beautiful trees...

spring break art project

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,	5
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.	10
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. –Joyce Kilmer. 1886–1918

springer mountain

This weekend's backpacking trip was just what i needed! a nice getaway in the mountains. we hiked on springer mountain, which is the beginning of the appalachian trail. (and met a lot of thru hikers just starting out– good luck to them!) Chilly weather at the top, but clear skies and great laughs throughout!

 

pretty ladies!

awesome group

strike a pose for GORP

with lots of down time, what better to do than pictionary, ninja, and other games?!

cookin dinner

yummy wegetables

good morning

what a view
(photo cred to chris)

maybe one day i too will be starting out on a thru-hike...