[mood]: relaxed, content
[music]: eva cassidy, jack johnson, coldplay, wallflowers, robert randolph and the family band, ben folds

i sort of didn't want to cover up the last entry because to me it captivated a moment that was here. but it's passed now.
i'm thinking this might be my last entry in this blog, i update so infrequently these days that my xanga should be able to handle everything i have to say. even if my entries are longer than the emancipation proclamation, oh well they'll survive.

i've been having a wonderful time, despite the ever-present bite of aching for him and the beach.

so what's happened.
my parents went to ashville so lisa and michael were around a lot of the time.
thursday night i went to their house in creedmoor and had a cookout with them and ben and chelley. that was fun, ben's hilarious and dinner was delicious and it was a good time all around.
friday was really busy, woke up and went to the pool and then went straight from there to lunch with ben michael chelley and lisa and then went straight from there to shea's house!
we made chocolate milkshakes and he played songs on his guitar while i sang, sweet. we watched the first part of reefer madness which was just depressing. well it was funny. but some funny stuff is depressing at the same time, you know? so yeah good floor-sitting laughs were had by all. the best was the strawberry that got stuck in his glass, that was priceless and i will never forget it. "it bopped me on the nose!!" hahahaha i love you sheehan.
then they gave me a ride home and i got ready to hit the town, har har.
cept really, we did.
went to evoo first for drinks and appetizers, we got free food because michael's brother bill was the chef. so yeah it was me lisa ben michael chelly matt zach melissa jensen and kate. then we went on to 518 for real dinner, sat at the bar for a while (i got a shirley temple, heck yes) and then sat down. except i didn't really want to eat so we ordered a bunch of food then just boxed it up. matt got drunk and was hilarious, i'm sorry to admit. well the story about proposing was classic, as was "dark, warm, moist..." oh goodness. and then there was that chocolate cake fiaso from the table next door to us...michael bet me $5 to go and get it and jensen was like i'll do it for $10 and she got up and took it. we gave it back though. whoo boy.
then yesterday was pretty low key.
hung out with lisa the whole day, took sophie on a walk, made cookies, went to the store, made dinner, watched ocean's twelve with her and michael.
then today was a good day, at 1.30 (or well i was late, whoops) met up with shannon at north hills! it was so good to see her, we had a blast. we ate lunch at moe's and split nachos and were messy eaters and told stories (hahaha) and then realized we were screwed cause we had no clue what time it was. went in a lot of stores and then saw her friend paul working at starbucks. oh, the joy of lifeguarding connections. and he told us what time it was, sweet. but we lost track again while we spent forever and a half in target, trying on a bunch of stuff but in the end only getting superman underwear, unless you count the candy we smuggled in, hahahahah good times good times. we ended up being ten minutes late to batman but it was all good, the previews were still going on as promised to us by paul. well, oh my goodness, it was so good. i liked the spiderman movies okay, but this was so much better. it was pretty dark the whole time which i actually liked a lot better than the happy go lucky crap. it was edge-of-your-seat excitement and they didn't go too crazy with the computer imaging, it was just the right amount and pretty well done in my humble opinion. and yes, it screamed SEQUEL at the end, haha.
came home and found out that sophie has conjunctivitus, awww.
my parents are home, at least!

these are the songs that i currently have on repeat, basically:
green eyes--coldplay
i'll back you up--dmb
fields of gold--eva cassidy
late--ben folds
no other way--jack johnson
another one in the dark--the wallflowers
smile--robert randolph and the family band

i discovered there is one song that will make me cry no matter what: fields of gold, the version by eva cassidy off of live at blues alley.
i miss you,
where are you?
no matter, walks on the beach can't be replaced by late night online talks.

WALKER'S HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH FOR A WEEK TOMORROW AND I HAVE TWO TICKETS TO COLDPLAY AND THEIR NEW CD AND RILO KILEY'S OPENING AND SHEA SALLY SCOTT WILL WALKER AND I HAD THE BEST TIME EVER TONIGHT AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE I JUST MIGHT COMBUST WITH HAPPINESS!
everyone have a wonderful week : )

[mood]: on top of the world.
[music]: jack johnson, and buddy holly! the song by weezer not the artist, whoops. and iron & wine.
[countdown]: EIGHT. DAYS.

mmm, so.
today was the official art table crew reunion.
well, sort of. either way, it was AWESOME.
SO, here was the rundown for today.
woke up. my mom decided i needed to get out of bed at 10.00. i love her anyway, surprisingly.
talked online pretty much all day like the nerd i am. well that was excusable considering 1). it was raining and muggy all day, and 2). well, fine, there's really no other excuse. shhh.

then at at 4.30 my mom took me to crabtree.
where i looked at jewelry for a millinium and a half, waiting for whoever was going to show up.
man, not having a cell sucked for about fifteen minutes. but i wasn't panicking. i was actually pretty good about remaining calm. and not looking like i was going to get raped/robbed/or start shoplifting.

SO i was walking out of the shoe department, well actually i was thinking of blowing all my money on coach shoes, not really, when MISS EMILY HORTON attacks me, yup pretty much. i hadn't seen her in two weeks! the tragedy. her mom is so sweet! so we played phone tag with yera, sort of, to meet up with her.
went to get her vera bradley, then went into express where i tried on the whole store because i had my mom's card.
went back to look at vera bradleys for cameron, talked her out of her ten trillionth purse. hahaha.
well basically we went into every store known to man...about three times each. i saved up my money for that ann taylor loft dress and i'm happy about it.
overall, got three tops, two pairs of earrings and a skirt and a shirt and another shirt and a dress and dinner.
but on to the jokes of the night.
we really were convinced we could walk up the down escalator, but then we decided not to.
i think cameron definitely got enough BLING on her sunglasses, no?
i'm boycotting this store! well, i changed my mind cause that shirt's cute.
the great earring conundrum: buy two, get two free?!!?!
and can't forget the purse problem. and calling yera's mom to decide.
EMILY'S ARMPITS...were totally not exposed. aww poor baby hahaha i love you.
____ would think you look cute in it!
"take it easy, baby"
weird couples at the food court.
that's really feminine looking...and i was about to say that i didn't know they had a women's section!
yera's the ultimate picky shopper, definitely. even worse than me.

then yera had to leave and it was very sad. we walked her all the way to the opposite end of the mall.
our parents were extremely cool with all arrangements made, which was oh so convenient.
emily's mom picked us up and drove us to north hills to see the sisterhood of the traveling pants, which, i must say, made me laugh way too much, and not because it was funny. it SUCKED. just flat out. the books were much better, i lent them to cam when she dropped me off at the house. but i digressed.
ANYWAY. we saw kelly and mary brent and mccauley and just about every sophomore I MEANT JUNIOR from enloe well not really just four. and A VAMPIRE i am not kidding. she sat on our row and made fang-y faces at us. and then at the end, she said EIGHTH GRADERS ROCK! assuming we were that young. so afterwards in the empty north hills plaza, i yelled, WE'RE SOPHOMORES. okay so it was really loud. but i started laughing again just now even thinking about it. sigh, i love you guys. but the point of that rant was that i knew eleven out of the fifteen people in the theater. pretty nifty. and so i teared up with emily yet at the same time laughed. i felt bad, OH WELL.
then we frantically called cam's dad.
and stood around having the best time until we realized there were freaky guys EVERYWHERE.
running from thugs! uhhm char can you go ask if they have a gun?
and we remembered elliot and the staring girl, in fact i had muchos fun imitating them both.
and we screamed and hid on benches from cops. not that we were doing anything bad?!!
and chased down cameron's dad's car.
and took pictures in the car and had headaches from the monsterous flash.
you have now entered THE TWILIGHT ZONE doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...

aww i love you all so much, i had so much fun just hanging out with you guys and laughing, it was such a good feeling. i miss art class! but i'm so glad that we all got together again, y'all can make my mood better no matter what. nights like this are the best, definitely. i love you and summer!

so, yawn.
i'm tired.
CAMERON IT WILL BE ALRIGHT but you already knew that because i optimist-ed it out with you for a while haha.
i can't wait til sunday-monday when the biology nerdologists are once again reunited!
then...ahhh...a week from the day after tomorrow starts the best week of my life, i'm predicting.

EDIT?!!?!

PICTURES!!
from various occasions so far...all summer, though.