REYIS OF SUNSHINE

Finally finished with finals Fall 2011! 
heading to the airport with my kindle filled with books & a mind reeling with thoughts. 
I had an incredible semester rife with good and bad events, and now is the time to plan and reflect on it. 

this semester’s finals aren’t even over, and I already have my sights on OCHEM! :/ 

my hardest year yet academically lies ahead—I see you, 2012! 

Jack Frost- Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross

screw finals! I watched this while making flashcards for latin. one of my alltime favorite christmas movies. the “landslide” by stevie nicks montage while charlie’s making the snowman always gets me in tears. his emotion when he sees the button with his dad’s band on it, and the harmonica that causes all those emotions to bubble back— anger, betrayal, guilt, remorse. it’s such a classic holiday movie. 

quoteslyricsphotos:

Boston - Augustana

going home for all of 11 hours in 11 days! then off to INDIAAAAA! bruuuuaaahhhh! 

hoping to learn full out marathi and hindi before coming back. :)

bookquotesareawesome:

Please reblog this! Censorship is a very important issue, even beyond books!

#freespeechmatters

SOOOOOOO GOOD. SO TRUE.

didn’t take time to realize the beauty of another month come to pass. 

so thankful for my family <3
I don’t know what I would do  without the values you’ve instilled in me, trust that I will do the right thing, and the motivation you’ve always given me to achieve my dreams. 

teachingliteracy:

[wooden] reading space.

hmmm. this furniture reminds me so much of my family’s timeshare in the berkshires (western massachusetts mountains of the appalachians). 

I equate our first berkshire trip of the year with thanksgiving— our tradition of getting pizza hut on black friday, shopping at the outlets, hiking and breathing the fresh cold air of the mountains & usually the first snow of the year. sledding. 

i missed it a lot last year during thanksgiving, and i’ll miss it again this year. the berkshires timeshare is similar to my family in some ways— it’s always there, I never have time for it, and I am left with this constant need for more time with it.  at least this year, my family will be missing it too by going to india! 

to think— we may have a berkshires-less year! at least as a foursome. the thought almost makes me too weary to bear! :( 

here’s another picture of the gorgeousness: 

sigh. 

this painting is beautiful: it shows the path to winter lies ahead— past the ending of classes and finals! 

the seasons are changing soon… all this will pass, and ice and snow shall take it’s place. I feel like life is the same way: ever-changing, never constant. 

fuckyeahunitedstates:

Ludlow, Vermont

been here a few times in my life. so beautiful. 

I shall NEVER take you for granted, New England Fall.
Never ever ever again. 

thelifeguardlibrarian:

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” -Albert Camus

(photo is my mother’s) 

this is such a beautiful quote :)