Between going and coming..

Between going and staying
the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.
The circular afternoon is now a bay
where the world in stillness rocks.

All is visible and all elusive,
all is near and can’t be touched.

Paper, book, pencil, glass,
rest in the shade of their names.

Time throbbing in my temples repeats
the same unchanging syllable of blood.

The light turns the indifferent wall
into a ghostly theater of reflections.

I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.

The moment scatters. Motionless,
I stay and go: I am a pause.

- Octavio Paz

Happy Valentines Day!!

long time no talk!
I fail at blogging.

literally no time in my life. I actually don't have time to be writing this....

A QUOTE (from the sound of music)!

"A bell is no bell til you ring it
A song is no song til you sing it
And love in your hear wasn't put there to stay
Love isn't love til you give it away.

When you're sixteen going on seventeen
Waiting for life to start
Somebody kind who touches your mind
May suddenly touch your heart."

so beautiful

may your day be filled with joy and happiness and love!

ed

weird video... but he's soooo good!

and british.

"Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid."
- Basil King

ma jam.

also I really want this. like really bad.

mlkday

‎"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.


sometimes I miss home.

LONG TIME NO TALK!

Happiest of New Years!

This is gonna be the best yet.

Just in case you weren't aware, I have many many many resolutions. But, these, unlike most resolutions, were not made to be broken.

I have 20 (and counting), I'll let you in on my top 11:

1. Write 10 songs that I really like.
2. Record and EP and put it on iTunes.
3. Learn Uke.
4. Practice guitar 3 times a week.
5. Go to Europe.
6. Make 5 new close friends.
7. Get way better.
8. Start doing yoga.
9. Scale a building.
10. Drink less (become a sick sober ragerrr)
11. Say Hi to people even if I think its awkward because I met them at the street.

PEACE

ps. BHAMMMZZZ COUNTDOWN 13 DAYZZZZ

and a cool video

getting better

still thinking of you.

rest in paradise, max

Even as I write this, I am still in shock that such a terrible thing could happen to such an incredible person. Max, you were one of the most fun, genuine, kind, warm, thoughtful, generous people I have ever been lucky enough to know. You could effortlessly make everyone else had a good time, feel included, be happy. You were an inspiration and an example. You touched so many people in so many amazing, positive ways and we all miss you so much. You may be gone, but you will always be loved and never forgotten. 

My love goes out to Tessa and Marcella. You two are beautiful, strong, amazing girls and I'm sure that Max is watching over you now. Stay strong. 

lolita

"We will walk starry-eyed and reverently through this foretaste of heaven drinking in beauty that can influence a life."

home :)

yeaaaa son

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS

Happy birthday to the most amazing, hilarious, talented, kind, fun person and brother I know. I honestly don't know what I would do without him and I am so glad that I got to come home for his birthday!
He is truly awesome and I love him so much and I hope this is his best year yet!

Happy halloween!! (wonderful weekend with madi)

Halloween is the best holiday ever and is way sad that it only happens once a year! (at least it lasted 5 days...)

Anyways, this glorious halloween weekend started with Princetoween (where I was smurphette), continued with awesome cramped apartment parties and frat parties and ended with an insane Halloween parade and a bar party (awww yeah).

ps. I love nighttime adventures with Madi and I can't wait for our apartment together! Also we decided that we are going to open a coffee shop/bakery in NYC with really cool brick walls, wallpaper, vintage chairs and cool tables that also sells old CDs and old records and has live music. Its gonna be awesome. 

And we are taking Europe by storm (by rail) this summer. 

Also if you are ever in NYC you should go to Grey Dog Coffee Shop and get the scone (ask for it heated up). 

photo class

dates.

... but i'll cut you some slack. 

x-ray photography

sososososo tight

ptonlivin

life at princeton is so FABULOUS.

theta is awesome (love all the girls), shere khan is so sick... you don't even know, my roomies are awesome (and extended roomies), the street is bumpin, I got a tight new red bike... you know.


Parents weekend was this weekend and my AWESOME FANTASTIC parents who I love so ridiculously much visited me! I'm so sad they were only here for a little (even though I barely saw them because my dad is so cool that he was teaching a workshop here)! And I'm so excited to go back home for a little!  (and see my bro... duh)
I LOVED everyones parents... seriously so great.

and to share a nice quote I read to day, which may or may not be applicable to a certain situation in my life with a certain person who lives in the same hall as me... maybe.

"If you have to keep wondering where you stand with someone, perhaps its time to stop standing and start walking."

weekendd

had the best weekend ever with my wife.

seriously though, I have so much fun with her (whatever situation I'm in) and I know that no matter where our lives take us, we will always be suuuper tight.


I could go on forever about how awesome she is and how I miss singing with her all the time (and singing at the same time, in the same key) and saying the same things at the exact same time.... but I'll spare you the sappiness.

LOVE THIS GIRL.

ps. I got into Theta! Yayyyyy

pps. ARCH SING THIS THURSDAY!! (so excited... kinda nervous... but hayyy)

gardening!

Today claire and I went gardening!

And here are some hipsta pics.

we wandered around forbes for WAY too long looking for it... BUT WE MADE IT

rasberries!!