Amir lies on the edge of a field of lavender with the Beekeeper’s daughter, Lilah. Above them the sky is as blue as a chemist’s flame, paler around the sun before becoming richer and darker at the horizon. Honeybees buzz around the teenagers, ignoring Amir and Lilah as the bees float from flower to flower, collecting pollen that in turn become some ( Read more... )

How did I not know about her? Discovering her has been like discovering Tori Amos (I love you!) or Fiona Apple. She is AMAZING. I feel almost as if she's given me back some creativity that I've been missing for a while now. Only she didn't just give it to me--she helped me find it myself ( Read more... )

my last day of high school ever was today! i never have to go again! and i got to come home today at 10:30 in the morning! and i get my diploma tommorow! and i'm so happy! now all i have to do is count down the days until i start college at uc berkeleyin august.

oh, and it's summer! and finally warm and sunny after all that freaky crappy weather! ( Read more... )

mysterious ankle pain = icky
four-hour board of directors' "retreats" = ickier
last day of summer = ickiest

and summer reading book the catcher in the rye was like reading the poorly-written myspace blog of a fourteen-year-old emo kid. i read it voluntarily a year or two ago, and wanted to kill myself with a million papercuts, all in really painful ( Read more... )

about to finish up my precalc class at west valley.
i really like that class
i don't have to be at school until 10:30, i don't have class on fridays...
regular school should be like this
i never study, do barely any homework, and my lowest test score was like...a 94
plus, he throws out the lowest test score
awesome
i know i'm not, but i seriousl ( Read more... )

it's finally summer.
finally.
i'm a big bad junior, now...
this is gonna be fun >:]