wowza. time flies

ok this is just creepy
its been exactly a year since i created this blog. yes i have dissapointed my readers (aka dad and one anonymous follower) with my lack of consistency. but how did i somehow decide to check on this ol' thang today and not tomorrow, last week, or in a month. the universe works in mysterious ways ma friends.
well i guess my biggest news is that i did it. after years of scribbling those three precious words on my wrist under the desk in math class, about a month ago i went and got it put on forever. the tat has arrived.
let it be is now a part of me forever. despite mixed reactions from friends and family- i love it. the whole Jewish thing really has know effect on me and i do not in any way view this as "betraying my religion. i guess if Mimi were still alive, that would more because she was a real symbol of my attachment to Judaism, but personally i don't see why if it a decision i can live with, my fellow Jews can not.

heres a pic for ya (excuse the awkward photobooth, myspace-esk pic facial expression)
so despite the massive amounts of work (both home and life- as in homework, and lifework. failed joke- anyway moving on), i have been trying to prove this tattoo and the message right, but its hard when there is so little time and so much to do (just like the mk and a show).
i cannot believe a year has past since i got the urge to share my silly words with the world wide web. its kind of crazy actually. i have realized how much i love love love to just write, no proof reading, no symbolism (a literary concept i never got) so maybe i'll keep at this more this year. no promises though!
i have to write an essay for my class on The Beatles now, the assignment is to compare two songs and while let it be seems like an obvious choice, i dont feel there is another song that compares and while the assignment requirements usually do not hold me back, that seems a little too ballsy right now.
til next time.
remember "there will be an answer"... you know the rest :)

Ferris said it right

It may be cliche, unoriginal, whatever- but its the perfect way to describe it. (It being life, or whatever "it" is that we always describe as the vague, undefined, general concept we refer to as life.)

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller

I really couldn't agree with anything more. I don't know if its all the time, but right now it is so true. The late teen years are heavily focused on thinking about the future- whether I'm looking forward to it or dreading it, I'm always thinking of whats coming up next. It is very rarely that we actually clear our heads and stop what we are soooo busy doing constantly, to just sit back look around, think and appreciate the little things.
The point is that he said it right, and therefore no more words need to be spoken


Also- just on a side note- I am just noticing how insanely cool sunsets are, especially how awesome it is when they occur after 7pm, and how they really have the ability to put a smile -and/ or look of shock/  speechlessness in my case- on your face and put you completely at ease. Why must something that has such a great affect on people and is so beautiful is the rawest definition of the word last for only 10 minutes of the day. I'm going to go ahead and find the silver lining on this bad boy and realize that while it sucks that I haven't been able to appreciate this marvelous aspect of our day for the past 18 years, I am now and from here forward. I encourage you to find something in your world that puts you completely at ease and instantly paints a smile on your face. You can't beat the price or the feeling of being warmed up by a indescribable sunset.