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Dear Spring Time,

Have I ever told you that you're my favorite time? There are many sensations I associate with your presence. I love your gradual appearance. I feel like fall sneaks up on you, the trees don't seem to shed their leaves gradually. With a blink of the eye the luscious vegetation of the past two seasons are replaced with skeletons of the months previous.

I love your smells; warm air, cut grass, young flowers, hose water, the mixture is intoxicating.

From October to April complexions are watered down, and drained of summer color, but as you reintroduce the warmth of the sun, complexions brighten only to accentuate smiles, that's another thing I love about you Spring Time, the sunny smiles and warm complexions.

Along with pale complexions Winter & Fall also force us into dark clothing that comes in bundles. I hate the itchiness of wool, and the stifling quality of fleece. Spring clothing is delicate, light cottons are everywhere and the colors are eye catching. Walking around in open toed shoes, shorts, sundresses and t shirts is bearable, and appreciated.

Finally I love the optimism and excitement that only you can bring. Students begin the countdown to summer, retailers reorganize their stores, ice cream parlors higher extra help, and the outdoor swimming pools prepare for business. You're like the "ready, set, almost go" of an epic summer.

Spring time, I love you and I'm glad you're here.
-Maddie

Literary Withdrawals

What's up Blogspot, did you miss me? With the chaos of completing Winter Quarter, enjoying spring break, and starting spring quarter, I've found it hard to find time to blog. But as I sit on my bed, cozy, on this rainy night, I feel that it's time to continue with my blogging efforts! And, I have an exciting experience to share with you!

Last weekend I braved the snow storms that plagued the pass to make it back to the west-side of Washington for a concert, not just any concert mind you, but a Muse concert. Lemme tell ya, it was SOOOOO worth it. If you aren't familiar with Muse's music stop reading this and familiarize yourself with it. Let me give you a break down of the show in the most inconvenient, unorganized way possible, a poorly made list:

1) Maddie get's picked up from her house around 5pm.
2) Maddie and friends arrive at the Seattle Center, and Maddie pays the $12 fee for parking (DEAR SEATTLE CENTER, WTF?).
3) Maddie and friends go into the Key Arena, get wrist bands (because Maddie and friends are so cool and have General Admissions tickets).
4) Maddie and friends proceed to enter the Arena and are shocked by the multitude of speakers and lights that hover above the awesome stage.
5) Maddie and friends head down to the floor and get spots ridiculously close to the stage.
6) Around 6pm Maddie and two of her friends go to the merchandise table and Maddie buys an awesome Muse T-Shirt. Maddie immediately puts it on, because you gotta represent!
7) Maddie and friends return to spots.
8) 7pm, Silver Sun Pickups (Muse's openers) start.
9) 7:30pm Maddie enjoys the Silver Sun Pickups, but begins to become restless as she starts to think about how awesome Muse will be.
10) 7:35pm Maddie get's pissed and uncomfortable as the crowd becomes rowdy
11) 7:37pm Maddie contemplates punching the obnoxious drunk guy who keeps ramming into her in his bald head.
12) 7:50pm, Silver Sun Pickups end their set, and Maddie breaks through the crowd and goes to the bathroom before Muse starts.
13) 8:15pm After waiting in a ridiculous line for the bathroom, Maddie realizes that she will not be able to relocate her friends in the massive crowd because she does not have her cell phone.
14) 8:16pm Maddie realizes she's okay with not finding her friends because she doesn't want to participate in the intense moshing that will occur when Muse starts.
15) 8:30pm After finding a good spot away from the potential mosh pit, but still close to the stage Maddie begins screaming because the lights have gone down, and graphics have appeared on the three cloth covered pillars on the stage.
16) 8:31pm A cord is played, the fabric drops, and there, one on each pillar are the band members of MUSE!!!!
17) 10:00pm After rocking out to the most visually, ascetically, and musically appealing concert ever Maddie, with a smile on her face, proceeds to find her friends.
18) Maddie and friends dine on burgers and fries and speak with raspy voices about the magic they just encountered.


Well Blogspot, I hope you enjoyed my 18 point presentation, I'll try to make my next absence shorter! I'm fairly positive it will be significantly shorter because I'm going to another concert saturday, and my readers deserve to hear about that one too!
Hopefully it will be full of more of the witty banter, because this one was rather bland, MY B.

Peace.

Antarctica

Left behind everything I knew
All the colors but bone-white and sky-blue
Hit the continent running
Engines were humming just to break through

Antarctica, my only living relative
Antarctica, I can't wait anymore

Under ice there's a world moving slow
Carnelian stars and the bars down below
Serve only vodka and gin
I try to stay drunk so nobody knows

Antarctica, my only living relative
Antarctica, I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore

And then there's morning
Each one feels like the first one
Ah, morning, so clean, so pure
Nothing so clear, now that I'm here

When I get back to the city
Everything's cluttered and pretty
I won't regret my return
I'll just remember the wind and the snow
And the howling so loud
That it alone drowns out the inside of me

Antarctica, my only living relative
Antarctica, I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore
I can't wait anymore

- The Weepies

p.s

I have every intention of correcting the grammatical and spelling errors in my previous blog entry...later....

Well, hello!

Let me begin by saying, I know, it's been awhile since I last blogged. You can blame my lengthy abscences on the pressures of finals, and the monotonousness that has been my life for the past few weeks.

But never fear, spring break is here, and as I was driving home from school (I personally wasn't driving, I was on a bus, but that is irrelevant) I thought of some possible things to blog about and stored them in my phone, and then, just know I thought of some more, here's a list:

WAIT. TIME OUT. Looking back at that list, I think I might just have to wing it because I don't really have enough information/opinion to give you a hearty helping of my humor surrounding hand-free taking devices, or my recent re-appreciation for the arctic monkeys.

Here's something I can talk about for hours:
The undeniable bliss that comes from sunny day drives in nice cars with loud/good music. (<- Awkward sentence much?)

Today I had to go to the dentist, and for all those dentophobes out there, that can seem like a horrible task, however, I greatly enjoyed. Up until late this afternoon my dad was out of town so I got to drive his car, and let me tell ya after driving a shaky-slow-95' Maza 626 around, it was a treat. It was also incredibly sunny and goregous today, so that 20 minute drive with the radio blasting and the sun blaring was quite enjoyable.

Now you might be thinking "radio? She listens to the radio? huh, interesting, for a such a music connoisseur, I'm surprised she doesn't have an ipod..." WELL GUESS WHAT, SHE DOES.
However, little Phoebe(that's my ipod's name...as of now) is currently very sick and on her way to apple for some FREE OF CHARGE repairs, hopefully they can fix her, if they can't it will be sad but they'll send me a free Phoebe II in the mail, so it's cool. Again, you might find yourself with questions, "Why is apple being so nice to her?" you might be asking yourself, well blog follower, the answer is this; I was very smart when I purchased Phoebe, the 120 GB ipod in July, because I also purchased the $10 service plan, which enables me to get free healthcare for Phoebe! YEE!

Okay, my arm hurts from typing and i'm a sleepy puppy, so i'm gonna nap.
While I'm doing that look up the artist Rilo Kiley and listen to 'Dream World' & 'Jenny, You're Barely Alive'. While you're at it look up Phoneix and listen to 'Lisztomania' and '1901'.

PEASHHHH OUT.

#1: Eliminate teh distractions...

Hey guys, guess what?!?

It's friday, AND...wait for it....I DON'T HAVE ENGLISH TODAY! I do, however, have an paper due at 2, and I still have a fair amount to finish.

You may be wondering why I'm blogging right now instead of essaying, here my response:

I am blogging in order to spark my creativity, and get the juices flowing...

Creativity I channel you.

There is an order to my madness, before I start a difficult writing endeavor, such as the one that impatiently awaits me, I must address the possible distractions...
Before I finish my paper I must:
- Straighten my hair
- Finish my yogurt
- Do my make up
- Stretch

You might think that those things are a royal waste of time, but I disagree.
If I don't straighten my hair prior to da writing I will be distracted by frizz.
I will not be able to concentrated if the fatigue from the lack of food continues.
I will not be able to type if my arms start to cramp up.
And as for doing my make up... I just want to, okay?! I'm in College, mommy and daddy have no leverage when it comes to how I prioritize!!

Wait, I must amend my to-do list:
#1- Change this crappy music.

Adieu.

WOAH.

Seven followers?!
How awesome am I?!?!

(Don't answer that)
Big day today! Check in later for another delicious posting via me!

But for now, I must clean da room!

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