will you lend a caring hand?

dr. horrible, you make my life happier.


i went home to visit for the long weekend with two of my roommates.  on our way back this morning, we pulled into a gas station, passing a family standing by a car.  they held a sign that read "need help.  food, gas, lodging ...etc"
as one roommate ran inside to use the bathroom, my other roommate and i sat there, wondering what we could do to help.  in our state of perpetual hunger, we don't have much money to spare.  even giving up one dollar means we give up doing an entire load of laundry.

then we remembered all the food we had brought with us.

my roommate found a handful of granola bars, and as we headed back out, we pulled up next to their car.  before we'd even done anything, their faces brightened.  i rolled down my window and handed the granola bars to the father.  he turned around to his sons - "look, boys!"

"we're sorry we can't do more."  we apologized.

"this is wonderful.  thank you so much.  god bless."

"those who bring sunshine to the lives of others

cannot keep it from themselves."

-(the brilliant) JM Barrie

so go help someone.  make someone else smile.

it's splendid.

and tell me the story.  down there, in the comments.

this might be the best compliment i have ever received. ever.

so today.
i went to ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's house.  (to stay consistent, this is what i'll always call him.  even though it's a pain to type out every time instead of his name.)  anyway, i went to his house to hang out with his mom.  because she's just that cool.

short side story:

she gave me this book today.

i found it humorous and ironic.

and i have a feeling it would've been a bit more helpful awhile back than it will be now, but oh well.

back to my real story.

so my roommate and i are hanging out with ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's mom.  and she complimented the both of us on our new skirts.  my roommate was wearing bright, happy summer colors and i was wearing essentially the same outfit, only in various shades of black and gray.  "i look like the depressing version of my roommate!"  i said.

"you look parisian!"

she replied.

so that was just great news.  because i love paris and i will go there someday.

in fact...

enjoy this picture of the eiffel tower i found while wasting my time on pinterest this morning.

i might be addicted.  it's fine.

he's climbin in your windows...

once upon a time I lived in a dorm.

call me crazy, but it was the best place to live

ever.

on the door to C2 (the best floor in said dorm) was this picture.

every time I went up there to see friends or just hang out I saw this on the door.

so today I came across this picture and it made me smile.

so i thought i'd share.

(plus I just miss C2)

a lot of little things

being back in the town that has my heart

climbing waterfalls

roommates

making too many cupcakes and taking one to a rather attractive male that I plan to marry

playing with puppies

chick flicks

tunes and singing along

driving through a pretty gorge

kisses on the cheek...and real kisses

church drawings and matt's class

my second family and i partyin' it up

naps

seeing my new apartment and naming the fridge(his name is harry potter.)

step-hen

lots of hugs and much-needed road trips

birthday cake

being inside stanley's apartment

a magic trick consisting of flying fire and not setting kamber's hand ablaze.

old juni stories

"tea is bad!" *runs away*

meeting his sister when he said i'd never get to

finding someone else to attend a mika concert with my roommates, ridiculously cool ex-boyfriend's mom, and i.

i shot a gun for the first time. and walked through a dam door.

I may have had a perfect weekend:)

dentists.

i am terrified of the dentist.

sometimes you have to go get a root canal.  and sometimes you're crying and fighting and freaking out about it.
so the dentist will let you watch tv so you'll be distracted.

sometimes you don't even know what you're watching.  all you know is that it has plenty of neil patrick harris in it, and that somehow makes everything a little bit better.

peter pan. love.

"when the first baby laughed for the first time
its laugh broke into a thousand pieces
and they all went skipping about
and that was the beginning of fairies"

"never say goodbye because goodbye

means going away, and going away

means forgetting."

"you know that place between sleeping and awake,

that place where you can still remember dreaming?

that's where I'll always think of you."

"Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.

you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice

everything else for it."

"those who bring sunshine to the lives of others

cannot keep it from themselves."

"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in december."

"if you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else,

and if you don't have it,

it doesn't matter much what else you have."

"young boys should never be sent to bed.

they always wake up a day older."

(just freddie highmore breaking my heart. no

big deal...)

this week, I had a movie night with my sisters.  We rented pride and prejudice and finding neverland.

I have always loved peter pan.

I remember watching the disney movie when I was a wee small child.

now that I'm a grownup, I find the story truly magical.  It has everything an adventure needs.

mermaids, pirates, indians, fairies....

and the quotes are truly perfect.  It always has and always will be one of my favorite stories.

I love it.

[quotes by the brilliant JM Barrie]