new york.

is my destination. departing in 12 hours. this will be my first trip to the infamous city. there is definitely a sense of excitement. although a sense of hesitation. sometimes we have these images in our head of a certain place. and we like those images. they are images of a place unknown... a place that has yet to be experienced. in my case, new york city.


all images will be laid to rest, though. i must experience 'place'. i must go. to see the sights. and smell the smells. to understand what it means to stand in times square. to interact with place.

there is definitely excitement in that. i think sometimes we try to hold on to those 'ideal' images of place... or ideal 'images' of people. we cannot continue in that pattern, though. i do not agree with the hesitation i mentioned earlier. we have to go to find out. we have to open up to know. we have to experience others to share. ...

in these experiences.

friday.

so it's finally friday. why do we wait for this day so? i feel i live from friday to friday. maybe its a consequence of still being in school. it was nice on campus this morning. there is a certain energy early in the mornings that is somewhat paradoxical. "the movement of sleep" i would call it, or maybe a "silent drift". regardless, it's one of those nice experiences where you just take in eveything around you. time stands still, and you truly observe.

be observant today. take the time to notice your surroundings. try to see beauty. and talk to people. enjoy it!

a block of photographs im working on for the top of my blog. now if i could only figure out how to get it up there.  

a picture of a swing on the Shenandoah River up in the northern past of Virginia 

a what?

try... #2

so i just deleted my first attempt. and so now i have a greek quiz in a little less than a few hours, and i am still sitting here creating a blog... of which i know nothing about. so i will continue on in the naivity of html. so hopefully i will be able to dedicate some time to this, so that if anyone ever reads it, they may find it somewhat interesting.