my 21st birthday was definitely one of my favorite birthdays of all time! i know most people think of 21 as a big deal but so many great things happened that i didn't even expect and i can say i remember them all (unlike other people).
#1 unexpected event my friend are so good to me that they surprised me with a beer and a candle at midnight! definitely a good time after not eating since 6 and i was the only one drinking haha but it was so sweet of them to show up to celebrate!
#2 unexpected event...I SOLD A PHOTO! so now the story behind it all. i love photography and traveling so i decided to hang up some photos at a local coffee shop for the months of may and june. it was kind of a hassle to get everything up and situated but it finally worked out. then i was at work the other night and someone told me a photo was missing but i hadn't heard anything about it so i assumed the worse that someone may have stolen it. come to find out ON MY BIRTHDAY that the missing photo was actually sold to a girl from South Africa! I was STOKED and nothing less. A photo taken in Peru, sold in the United States, is now hanging up somewhere in South Africa - how flippin sweet! #3 great thing - lunch with a sweet friend. it may not seem that out of the ordinary but i loved hanging out and getting to catch up one on one.
#4 exciting event - i got to continue planning my trip to EUROPE with another sweet friend.
#5 greatness - i got to talk to everyone in my family (immediate anyway) and that hardly ever happens in one day so i loved that! and i got to talk to great friends from home that i hadn't gotten to catch up with lately.
#6 amazingness - SALSA and SANGRIA! i got a huge group of people that i love together to go salsa dancing! it was half off paella (a spanish dish of deliciousness) and half off sangria. one great thing about it being my birthday is that i didn't have to pay a penny and i got everything i wanted and more. dancing was so much fun too! the hispanic men were so willing to teach me and my friends how to dance and make up twirl! that is my favorite part, twirling, so of course i wore the perfect dress - red and sassy!
#7 sweetness - my mom sent me my favorite flowers - star gazer lilies - and caroline got me my other favorite - sun flowers - with a balloon! danielle made me a fun fetti cake so that's how we finished the night, with a slice of cake and a glass of water.

so i dont really know what else you could ask for on a birthday.

so much love

so, i have to say, the first close friend of mine i heard about getting married kinda freaked me out, im not gonna lie. the fact that we are OLD enough for all that just seems so bizarre, in a good way, to me. when i think of people who get married i think of grown ups and careers and living with boys...nothing that i want to do at this point in my life but that's what makes me different from quite a few of my friends these days.
a friend found me on facebook recently that i didn't recognize because i didn't know the name. come to find out it was a friend from high school who had gotten married since the last time i saw her...however many years ago. and then that same day i found out that one of my close friends in college got engaged this past weekend after another friend had just gotten engaged liked 3 weeks ago. this is the same week of MY 21st birthday! all these yougin, but i must say i am happy for them! not to mention, of course, the wedding that i am a part of at the end of june! so weddings seem to be the hot topic for so many friends these days. i will be there to support them but i don't see myself at the alter any time soon.

i've got adventures of my own to go on first!

rock concerts + organs (the instrument)

so tonight, my friend and i decided to create our own adventures. the first adventure we had been planning for a while, eating at subconscious (a sketchy sub joint on hillsborough st). it was actually delightful until i spill my drink everywhere. one good thing about sketchy places, not many people eat there so i didn't have to worry about embarrassment.
the next adventure was going to a Decemberists concert. i personally only went because i like their opening band, Blind Pilot, so i had no idea what to expect from the decemberists. i dont even really know the words to explain the decemberist all i know is that i came up with a conclusion by the end of it all:
- rock bands that use organs (the instrument) just end up sounding down right creepy.
all the songs without the organ were awesome and they even had some girls from other bands helping out with amazing voices but the organ/dark light combo just distracted me too much and made me feel like i was in a horror movie or something. but i will say, overall the show was entertaining so what more can you ask for?
my latest adventure (my roommate just came up with as we speak) is digging for dinosaurs that she didn't believe existed until about 2 mins ago. oh how i love new adventures!

so many new adventures

so the world of blogs...this is me. the main intention of this blog will probably end up being my travels, wherever i may go, but im sure everyday thoughts will be posted as well. the month of june will hold so many new adventures/celebrations that i will have so many things to talk about!
starting july 1st i will be gallivanting through europe with my friend kelley and of course my good and loyal friend GUMBI. i am stoked about that and can't wait to share my stories. oh ps, Gumbi travels with me since the Spring of 08 so get ready for some sweet pictures with him.

signing off for now.