Just got on weather dot com to check the ol weather for memorial day and saw this...

Air Quality Alert for Philadelphia, PA

Issued by The National Weather Service Philadelphia, PA 3:13 pm EDT, Sun., May. 30, 2010

... AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT MONDAY...

THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS DECLARED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR THE REGION... IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EDT MONDAY.

AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY MEANS THAT AIR QUALITY WITHIN THE REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY STANDARDS. 

i'm sorry...should i be concerned for my life while breathing tomorrow?

They're so famous

Here I am with ol Joshy before he was famous.

and one day this famous one will admit she loves me.

But until then I guess I'll just be stuck in the middle of their love...

I don't wanna grow up

This past weekend I got away.
I went camping with some FABULOUS ladies to my favorite state park (Cape henlopen). I told all the girls way too much and talked basically the whole time about my previous memories and experiences and they put up with me and my rambling the whole weekend.  There is just something about revisiting your past, especially your childhood, that makes you happy. When I was leaving class tonight, I parked my car by an extremely large amount of honey suckles...this was a scent and a view that I associate, yet again, with my childhood.
I had a great childhood and things were so much simpler then. I could be loud and obnoxious and people thought it was cute (and just a phase I would grow out of..ha ha).  I never had to worry about food, because my Mom took care of it for me. I didn't have to pay bills or read the news to figure out how things would effect me.
But as I grow up I am learning to appreciate things like being independent and taking weekends away with my girlfriends. I get to eat the food I want and make decisions about where I want to live and what time I want to go to sleep. I loved my childhood, but I'm learning to appreciate my adulthood too. 
Here are some highlights from the weekend of wonderful. Love, Emily, Izzy, Natalie, Diana, Tessa, and Maggie

Sometimes tragic life events happen to your friends that help put your own life into perspective.

I had a really bittersweet weekend with some pretty quality friends that made me realize just that. I am taking the night to count my blessings and think through the stressors in my life and letting go of the ones that really just don't matter.

I'm listening to Ryan Adams on repeat.

I am finding solace in being alone and the silence between the songs.

I am trusting and taking comfort that I am not in control.  There is a gravity to this that I do not think that we, as "young people", think about. We are not immortal. We are not invincible.

Soliders go Gaga

I want to be these guys friends....


See story here (although there is not much of a story)

I am hiding from some beast
But the beast was always here
Watching without eyes
Because the beast is just my fear
That I am just nothing
Now its just what I've become
What am I waiting for
Its already done

Believe - The Bravery

Tik Tok

Anyone who really knows me know that when this song comes on at any party or on the radio I am in a good mood and singing every word...very, very loudly. So when Pauline showed me this video...I had to post it on here to let other people join in on the awesomeness of the song...and who doesn't love the simpsons???