conquistadora

my conquest is done in silence.
i´ll tell you this much- im winning.
my clock is off but my heart and stomach are aligned.
my skin is bronzed with no thought of returning.

Here's to you JL.

you were always my favorite beatle.

our memories together go far back. even before my existence. You wrote my parent's song. my mom didn't know english but knew the words regardless.

I remember long road trips with your tape on repeat in the car.

thank you for your influence on music. philosophy. society. and me.

untitled

not often i'm taken seriously

my childish insides seep through my thin skin

the complexities and muck in my mind are swallowed by my simple sincerity.

help me. touch me. trust me.

jazzzzzzzzzz

brahhhhhhhhhht!

"you guys make a good partnership"

waking up to the sound of vaccumming

This only really happens when i'm home. My mom is always cleaning. even when its not even slightly dirty. But like my friend said - preventative measures always prevail. [not sure i fully agree.] It's nice that there is a full pantry and someone to cook with. I don't ever really have to leave my house because the reason i'm here is inside with me. allen has the greatest vinyl collection and so many other fun trinkets and books because of his job at the DI. allen & i were having a heart to heart, if you will, and we both decided the only people that will be your closest, most loyal friends is your family. thank god i have some really awesome brothers and parents for that matter.

mi hermanita tutt

I have really been missing this lady a lot lately.

whitney was my first friend in the west and we connected on many levels because we were both trapped in heritage halls together. we had many sleepless nights. adventures in the fun bus. skippin all of our classes. figuring out UTA bus system and tons of creamery kids meals. She is in barbados which happens to be her last area of her mission. I can't believe she is going to be back in the next 5 months. te quiero muchisimo.

freaky friday the 13th

we had our own dirrrrrtee 30

IN RAINBOWS

feeling colour

call me earthling

i can't even begin to explain the change that has occurred to me.

like a friend of mine said "are you a new human being ?"

the answer is that i truly am in so many ways.

this is the second day of my life. i've never had so much energy. peace. understanding.

"Connie, welcome to planet earth"- elise

beatles on the brain

its been consuming lately.

all i want to listen to.

right now might favorite album might be Let It Be...Naked.

so good. amirite ?

Its a rerelease of the original album with changes that Paul McCartney considered closer to his original artistic vision.

also. my friend dave iba made a reference to Joey Gladstone the other day.

very impressed with how he didn't hesitate to say his last name. not even for a second.

schnucks

I can't believe my little brother turned 18 today.

in a way it makes me feel like i turned 18 today as well. we have always been such good friends and close that i never felt the age difference.

Allen,

Thank you for the late night talks about anything and everything.

thank you for always including me, for the hugs & kisses, and

for always giving me support.

even more so thank you for the good memories.

like the time we rode our bikes the night before my graduation at 3 am.

or the time mami & papi were out of town and i had a random band crash at our house and you didn't say a word!

or the time you ate ivy's dog's food.

or the all the time we spent on 111 suelynn dr. either on our trampoline, cruisin on bikes, playing capture the flag in the park, or skateboarding.

or the time you sang "Just Can't Wait to be King" when you were in 1st grade at the school talent show.

you have always been someone i can connect to.

you're my #1 scorpio.

the man on the moon

went to the moon yesterday.

stuck a flag in the ground and claimed it mine.

i thought of it first.

Prawns

What am i turning into?

The other day i realized i have been cracking my knuckles at least daily for the last couple weeks.

this is the thing. i NEVER crack my knuckles.

i'm scared !?!?

i also have been twisting my hair and dusting all the time.

I need to get a couple hobbies wouldn't you say?

VERY behind

quick update/review:

-I graduated from BYU in april! -very exciting because i had the unique opp to graduate the same day as my best friend which also happens to also be my brother.

- I went the last 4 months without internet. I actually loved it. I made a goal to retrain my mind to learn things because they are worth remembering not because i have an exam on it.

- I picked up a huge interest in astrology. I'm a cancer, but on the cusp of gemini. I would love to answer any questions you have about it. It's one of my favorite topics.

- I saw my roommate of the past 3 years and my longest standing college friend, Bethany kalei Chun get married to my brother's roommate Marshall Comstock in the Oakland temple.

-I traveled to Fresno with my best friends Cameron & Marni to visit Cam's hometown. Ate the best pulled pork sandwich. Met some very funny people (check out these arches). More then anything just enjoyed the adventures.

- Had two former roommates, Jenny Jones & Brittany Morrill get called to the same mission! McAllen Texas, Spanish speaking.

- Found & raised the most precious kitgee named Mowgli this summer

- Spent a couple weeks in Idaho with my family. Ate a lot of empanadas. Made great friends. Visited District 9 a bunch.

- Went to Bear Lake with fishkins and experienced an alternate life where everything was great and you could have whatever you wanted. i wanna go back.

- My tia Marlen in Chile had multiple brain aneurisms and is trying to recover. She's always in my prayers.

- Went bike riding, swimming, & double dutched almost everyday this summer.

- Reread the Bell Jar and fell in love with Sylvia Plath again.

- Went to so many free concerts and saw many incredible DJ's.

- Just recently moved to SLC and love my new house ("why'd you move to slc when you always are in provo?"- daniel)

- Felt a very deep sadness that i'm still trying to climb out of.

- Loved every last minute of garden vegetables and farmer's markets.

- Have tickets to go to Chile on Dec. 12th. and am SO excited. It will have been 5 years since i've seen my family there.

i'm back. even tho i'm 500 blog years behind.

this one's for you hilla.

xox

class blogger

For some reason i'm always inspired to blog when i'm in class.  It's not inspiration drawn from a stimulating class discussion but from boredom.  

My body hates changing the clock.  The hour we set our clocks ahead really messed up my schedule.  Waking up for church on sunday morning was almost as bad as having to wake up for seminary at 5:15 am back in HS. ugh. 

At least the sun is still out when i leave my evening class at 5:45pm.

Why is finding an empty house for spring/summer so hard ? 

 i wanna just move all the zoobs into the places where they will find their counterparts like glenwood and other such locations to free up the house spaces for me. 

git out.

Cammmm -a-lam took some pictures at our last big snowfall in february.

here are a few of my favorites that she took. -- this girl izzzz g00d.

snow snow go away...

oh those summer dayzz

i know everyone's been blogging about missing the summer. it's cuz of the incredible weather lately.  who can help but not wanna bust out there dickies shorts and sun hats. 

i miss the sun sizzling my skin

i miss bike rides

i miss fake tattoos

i miss popsicles

i miss late nights spent outside

i miss bonfires 

i miss walking barefoot

i miss camping

i miss playing with fireworks

i miss star gazing

i miss late night walks 

i miss road trips

i miss picnics

i miss never taking off my swimsuit

i miss diet coke quenching my thirst

i miss double dutching

i miss u.

rumbi & a show

Last Wednesday Colin invited me to go see DeVotchKa.  We had rumbi island grill and good conversation on the way only to top it off with one of the most entertaining concerts i've been to.  DeVotchKa is a four piece multi instrumental ensemble [ a tuba wrapped with christmas lights!] that fuses Romanic, Greek, Slavic, Mariachi with punk and folklore. 

Not to mention Colin's favorite part--a very very hot rope dancer/ entertainer.  

Jazzzzzzzzzzz