cotton candy summers
it's 2 am in california. the entire house is quiet, the olympics are on repeat on the television in the corner of my eye, and all i can think about is going back to gallaudet in only two days. i think of the freshmen walking around on the unfamiliar grounds, half of them probably losing their appetites like i did a summer ago. i haven't even begun my second year at gallaudet, but i already feel nostalgic remembering what it was like to make my bed in room 227 for the very first time. i even remember the smell of my new sheets (i really do, i'm not just saying that for the sake of the writing). they probably won't think gallaudet is much to look at-- i didn't either, but god, i'm just picturing the campus in my head and it is freakin' gorgeous. i just can't wait to get on that plane come thursday morning, 9:10 am, pacific standard time still :)
this summer was a wonderful break from my hectic lifestyle over there at the opposite, not-as-good coast. hey, gallaudet or not, i'm still a californian through and through ;) for the first time in a long while, i actually had a routine. for the first month or so after finishing my freshman year, i woke up when i woke up, took a dip in the pool, made myself some food, went rollerblading, rented a movie or two, and lounged around the apartment. i did this every day, and it was so so so so good to finally catch up on movies and books. i found myself not wanting to waste three bucks on those mindless and unoriginal movies with the latest stars. instead, i took my time reading the backs of the covers and i allowed myself to choose movies that have been on my "movies to watch" list since forever over the movies that were in the New Releases section. okay, i think i'm spending a bit too much time talking about movies here, but really-- they made the first part of the summer for me.
the second part of the summer was... well, i think i'll give my keyboard a rest here.
waterparks and country fairs only mean one thing, don't they? summertime. :)
i spent some time on the yellow hills of dry creek apartments...
and with the peacocks! sorta.
i went camping with some of the classmates i graduated with. a few of them left csd before we could complete our final years of high school together, but it only made the reunion that much sweeter.
so you can imagine my surprise when i saw little trent with his new braces, leaning against a car... smoking a cigarette. it'd been nearly three years since i last saw him, and i still held the naive boy who found injured people hysterically funny image in my head. we all yelled at him for his smoking habit, and the day after the reunion, he paged us all informing us that he had gone cold turkey, quit smoking right there. one more good news:
i'm also still taller than him!
the days were good for sitting in circles, taking turns in saying, "remember when...?", going to lakes, and getting sunburnt.
and the nights were bad for our neighbors. that's all i'm going to say.
and of course, there was new orleans. one picture will suffice here-- there's already a whole entry dedicated to the 10 days in the south!
no summer is complete without a roadtrip to socal. mom took lizzie and i for a getaway before our summer ended. read: beaches and beaches.
oh, and a very last minute overnight camping trip.
lizzie and i got to know mom's (very interesting) friends,
and we got to see ours :)
but best of all, i got to see
grandpa. he's signing a song-- Call Me Irresponsible (the michael buble cover), for his ASL classes. this man melts my heart.
p.s. he actually brought the jacket as a prop to his song. A PROP.
after having this girl by my side 24/7 for two weeks, i'm taking a few days off before hopping on a plane with her to dc and to clerc 802 where we will be rooming for our sophomore year ;)
so that pretty much sums up the summer of '08 for me. my room is a mess, naturally. i've just begun packing again, and before i know it, i'll be unpacking the hours i put in doing laundry, deciding what goes with me to d.c. and what stays. honestly....... already?
so, can you feel time? i can. it feels kinda like cotton candy. you grab onto it, just for a second, and then it melts away. and then it's gone. you think to yourself, did i really touch it?
i barely even felt it.
this summer was a wonderful break from my hectic lifestyle over there at the opposite, not-as-good coast. hey, gallaudet or not, i'm still a californian through and through ;) for the first time in a long while, i actually had a routine. for the first month or so after finishing my freshman year, i woke up when i woke up, took a dip in the pool, made myself some food, went rollerblading, rented a movie or two, and lounged around the apartment. i did this every day, and it was so so so so good to finally catch up on movies and books. i found myself not wanting to waste three bucks on those mindless and unoriginal movies with the latest stars. instead, i took my time reading the backs of the covers and i allowed myself to choose movies that have been on my "movies to watch" list since forever over the movies that were in the New Releases section. okay, i think i'm spending a bit too much time talking about movies here, but really-- they made the first part of the summer for me.
the second part of the summer was... well, i think i'll give my keyboard a rest here.
waterparks and country fairs only mean one thing, don't they? summertime. :)
i spent some time on the yellow hills of dry creek apartments...
and with the peacocks! sorta.
i went camping with some of the classmates i graduated with. a few of them left csd before we could complete our final years of high school together, but it only made the reunion that much sweeter.
so you can imagine my surprise when i saw little trent with his new braces, leaning against a car... smoking a cigarette. it'd been nearly three years since i last saw him, and i still held the naive boy who found injured people hysterically funny image in my head. we all yelled at him for his smoking habit, and the day after the reunion, he paged us all informing us that he had gone cold turkey, quit smoking right there. one more good news:
i'm also still taller than him!
the days were good for sitting in circles, taking turns in saying, "remember when...?", going to lakes, and getting sunburnt.
and the nights were bad for our neighbors. that's all i'm going to say.
and of course, there was new orleans. one picture will suffice here-- there's already a whole entry dedicated to the 10 days in the south!
no summer is complete without a roadtrip to socal. mom took lizzie and i for a getaway before our summer ended. read: beaches and beaches.
oh, and a very last minute overnight camping trip.
lizzie and i got to know mom's (very interesting) friends,
and we got to see ours :)
but best of all, i got to see
grandpa. he's signing a song-- Call Me Irresponsible (the michael buble cover), for his ASL classes. this man melts my heart.
p.s. he actually brought the jacket as a prop to his song. A PROP.
after having this girl by my side 24/7 for two weeks, i'm taking a few days off before hopping on a plane with her to dc and to clerc 802 where we will be rooming for our sophomore year ;)
so that pretty much sums up the summer of '08 for me. my room is a mess, naturally. i've just begun packing again, and before i know it, i'll be unpacking the hours i put in doing laundry, deciding what goes with me to d.c. and what stays. honestly....... already?
so, can you feel time? i can. it feels kinda like cotton candy. you grab onto it, just for a second, and then it melts away. and then it's gone. you think to yourself, did i really touch it?
i barely even felt it.
