Andrew Harvey

He was a brilliant man.
The quote I live by came from this man's mouth. It is:
"The greatest courage is to be happy".
Some times it takes so much to let yourself be happy.
Courage.

No one is happy unless they are completely themselves. To be yourself in this world full of fragmented people takes complete courage.
It always makes me think of my mom. She is a beautiful, courageous lady. She has never been anything but completely herself. What a hero. What an example of truth she is. No one could ever consider her a hypocrite. The one person that lives what she preaches and does what she says is my Mother. If only she knew what she has done for me. You have an idea now mom? I love you lady.

That was my serious thought for this day.

on a lighter note.....
i love my room mates. Everyone says that, but who means it? me. that is who. (p.s. mom this is all in lower case because i like it, not cause i didn't get my learnin done when i was wee.)


Anyway.....
i love a room mate that will sneak up on me while i'm at my computer, yell, pounce on me, and say, 'TICKLE FIGHT!!' and very literally mean it.

then, when i finally retaliate, runs away. when i catch up to her she tries to shove herself in the fridge.
i love her.


then i have the room mate who is too smart and too beautiful for her own good. she is a talented writer and my favorite person when she first wakes up.

i love talking with her cause she gets me.

she is not crazy. she is the best. don't call her crazy.

i love her.




I love fall. crunchy leaves in gutters and on the sidewalks are my favorite. i purposely try to step on them.

the other day i was walking to campus from the bean and i was doing what i do best, which is try to step on every leaf in my path. i was getting some very satisfying crunches from said leaves, so of course i was smiling to myself. who wouldn't?

but the leaves weren't that close together. or in any regular walking pattern, so i was more or less stretching and shuffling, stretching and shuffling, and smiling to myself the whole way.

then i chanced to look up.....
i've never gotten quite the look i was getting from the guy walking a few steps behind me. pretty sure he thought i was nuts.
BEST START TO A DAY EVER.
he realized what look he was giving me and quickly tried to look away. so i said, "hi. i like crunchy leaves. what's your name?"

never learned his name.