“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.” -Neil Gainman

Five friends

I have five friends here in Fairfax, and I couldn’t be happier.

I love that when I’m out driving to school or just being around my apartment thoughts come to me and I write them down. It doesn’t matter if they make sense to anyone else, their mine. They come from me and they make me feel something, they are an expressions of my life right now, and I couldn’t be happier.

I’m about to have a crazy whirlwind life these next two weeks. Seeing family, friends, old friends, old mentors. I’m very excited about everything coming up, and I couldn’t be happier.

I finally feel lightness in my heart, and I couldn’t be happier.

Letters

What will happen when you throw out my letters,
In 20-30 years from now, what will you children,
And grandchildren say when they find them in the attic,
Will they try to find me?
What will your spouse say,
Will they make you get rid of them?

Will they try to erase all memory of me,
As you have?

Are my letters all thats left of me
to you,
in the future,who will I be
to you?

Will you throw me out, in the dumpster, in the trash
Will I be shredded and returned to the earth
Will I be bundled, and tired with string,
Boxed away, hidden away

Will they think I am a kind,
caring friend,
Or a chatty busybody?

What will you think
of me?

Future Foods, Future Days

Future Food

I guess for the unemployed and brain dead watching movies and tv shows is the way to go, or the way to live. Since I’ve not had much else on my plate I’ve beefed up on my movies. 

The Future of Food is documentary on genetically modified food, specifically from the mega corp Monsanto. Here’s the full movie, you can watch it here on Hulu.  

This movie is really great, and got me fired up. If you want a legitimate reason to go organic this is it. The scariest part of all the genetic testing is we don’t know the damages or effects of them. We are starting to the effects of hormone altered food in children. Its starting to be a very scary world. One of the things that stands out the most in the movie is how all the other countries and nations rejected the genetically altered food, why is it that Americans are  willing to accept things so blindly? 

 

Future Days

This summer I am going to work in Maine at an all girls summer camp. I worked at this camp two years ago and it was an amazing experience. I knew that after I left I probably would never have a chance to work there again.  I am this summer, and I am so please I was able to return this summer.

I’ve been feeling a little lost lately. My friend Meg was really helpful today, very encouraging and loving. Sometimes its the simple things people say, the basic, honest little truths that help someone more than anything else. 

I will learn to fly, on my own wings I will soar.