i write the words

so i noticed i rarely ever write anything from my own mouth and brain

...not that my brain is ever fully functioning, and not like i have more to offer than these tidbits of sunshine and musical ingenuity (or garbage, whatever u think.... im trying to learn that music is totally subjective and i shouldn't judge someone because they like taylor swift, i mean shitty music...)

my brain is fried. i havent got a lot of opinions on a lot of things right now. well thats a damn lie... i always have a lot of opinions... just right now they have to be instigated out of me... like a mean left hook... provoked is the only way they are gettin' away from me. im too busy singing along to my itunes playlist of glory to really think... im actually surprised im forming complete sentences.

the point? i havent got one. get used to it.

oooh oooh picture of the day:

blue/white 2008
8:00am
THUNDERSTRUCK
the year we threw up in grates at 9am
aka infamy

i am significantly shorter than all my friends
i hang out with a bazillion dudes
i hate girls
i have 4 girlfriends... like, legit ones
like, if i got married, it would take me .2 seconds to list my bridesmaids
but im totally against the idea of marriage...like, whats the point??? you want to make a commitment to someone that you actually hate more often than you like? cmon, i know theres like, a handful, no, scratch that, like, a thimble, yes thimble, full of couples that actually get married for the right reasons and stay together and are in bliss and love each other and good for them. its just all the other idiots that get married and ef it up, and cheat, and beat each other, and perform complete and utter psychological and emotional atrocities on one another until they are forced to spend more on a messy divorce than their tacky ass wedding in the first place

oh yea, im realllly good at going off on tangents. ps.

i love my girlfriends. here they are (okay, maybe a few more than 4...this isnt all of them by any means... these are the tried and true. always there. jelly to my peanut butter. peas to my carrots... you get the picture)

my sister courtney. my rock of rocks & bff for life... harbs. always harbs. gorgeous. funny. she gets me

erbear.my mou. rationalizing my every life move.without judgement...unit. "its one wont understand unless they're in it with me hand and hand..."














lp. princess. she believes in me more than I do. and i love her for that...katie. my sanity. 'nuff said

to my girls. (pod, turtle, amanda, di, bridgette, cat, all the others) thank you. its nice to have some estrogen every now and then.... cheers to never getting sick of yours ;) xoxo loves

half of my heart

half of my heart's got a real good imagination
half of my heart's got you
half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that
half of my heart won't do...

...half of my heart is the part of me who's never truly loved anything...

nothing's sweet about me...

...the worlds a better place when its upside down boy...

legit

check check check it out here

ummm k these are so stellar. maybe one day ill find the time and resources, and motivation to do it in my house... until then, ill just look and dream. im not too sure if i could arrange my books by color... maybe alphabetically by subject... anatomy, biochem, biology, chemistry, micro, physics, physiology...you get the picture... maybe i should invest in some new vintage books ;)

thanks ash :)

work on sunday = lammeeee

smile

listen.learn it.love it. embrace it.

its a free pick me up because well, hey, if i have to be miserable at work on sunday night the least i can do is make you smile... the 4 of you in the world that actually read this garbage i write on here ;)

And this life is a beautiful one

And though I seen it comin undone

Well I know most definitely

It always works out the way it’s meant to be

So baby keep your head up

Keep it on the up and up

And know now cause you got all my

Love love love

someone like me

thanks to adam for sharing this little gem

Closer to Love

get inspired tonight. inspired to do good. inspired to help others. inspired to put aside "self" for one moment and focus on the needs of those who have it worse than you.

there is nothing like the love shared here. i was fortunate enough to be a part of this wonderful cause for my "tenure" at penn state. go to www.thon.org. read about the children. read about the love. read how you can help.

For the Kids. For the Dancers. For the Glory. For the Cure.

another rarity from 311 Day Las Vegas

never in my wildest dreams. well, maybe...SLINKY!!!!!!

creatures for a while

its something one wont understand unless they're in it with me hand and hand...

i was there. in the pit. one of the best days of my life. right after 311 Day 2010.

...ps if you are ever stressed out, put this on full blast and dance around in your underwear. thats what im doing right now... when i should be cramming for finals

Jackpot...

Paris @ night

New York New York Casino

Excalibur... kinda like a bouncy castle

Fountains at the Bellagio!!

Sweet Sexy Johnny Depp... Madam Tussaud's

Pa Pa Pa Poker Face...

Love @ The Mirage... Beatles Stylee

Welcome to this Groove! Fan Club @ Jet @ the Mirage

Unit and Shug @ Bellagio

Fab 4 @ Bellagio!

Tres Once Girls

The Coolest Bar in Vegas!

311 Girls takin' over the Strip

Our pad... The Luxor

Luxor @ night. That's how we rolll

Half Yards and Gettin pumped for 311 @ Mandolay Bay

Vegas was amazing. I don't think I can say any more. Pullin' out all the stops, Slinky Girl, 5 set, 6 hour show... Tres Once stylee for real. Love it.

one more day

a 12 hour day tomorrow and then VEGAS on tuesday! 'nuff said

...mou

so blessed to have the greatest friends in the world...

...even if they are thousands of miles away

just got off the phone with these two...talking about their wedding plans... as their matchmaker i would like to say, "youre welcome" ;)

legit, they met the weekend i spent 2 drunken hours making a fort in my apartment bedroom using all of the spare (and not-so-spare) linens i could find...

...staples, hammer, nails, and 8 bedsheets=long live 'camp shaunawana' (ie. nickelodeons 'salute your shorts')...yes i know, im a fool... and you all love it

this would be a tribute to our friendship... years of laughs, tequila, and black-out, promiscuous, risque fun in my kitchen behind a curtain with cheese fries... and jello shots. 'nuff said...

another blue/white weekend in the happy valley

jason and I @ skeller trivia thursdays...aaaannnnd bear and I @ skeller....so typical ;)

football weekend!!...so much love!!!

if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it

...or however that god-awful song goes...

i just purchased this beauty... (with silver band)



...from this beauty

xoxo Dana!

this too shall ROCK!

i had to watch this like, 5 times

they should put out a "making of 'this too shall pass' video"
loves.it

allow me to amend myself

in response to "see you in another life brother"

a facebook message from the one-and-only John 'England' Nolan:

"You forgot to add that while you and Vince were eating ice cream sandbitches, "Bug" and I were being men, shooting Nazis and drinking beer, like men do. BOOYAH!"

...while Vince and I were busy eating ice cream '"sandbitches", bug and england were being men, shooting Nazis and drinking beer, like men do.

...they also took more than 5 years to graduate college. just sayin'...

england and bug sandwich... fingerstache bar tour '07

in the middle

feel good today

if you haven't noticed, i work on a schedule completely opposite of people. the only time i spend at my house is basically 1130 pm to about 9am... enjoy the night posts.

...not to mention im back on the "college" schedule which means my brain is only fully functional in the middle of the night and my best thinking is done when the rest of society peacefully sleeps...as it should be

i also have insomnia

5 am is not a rare sight... and that isnt waking up to go to work. thats bedtime.
that's a 'pop a tylenol cold and hope for the best' deal

sweet dreams

i've got a feelin'

better than the original.

"like oh my god"

bug

meet scott. bug. that's what i call him. he's pretty cute. he makes me giggle. a lot. i am on the phone with him right now...he is complaining about how the "bastards" in manayunk "park like idiots" and he can never find a spot when he gets off of work at 1230am (we alll love the second shift). i like thursday nights when i get to snuggle up and watch LOST with him. i cant wait til thursday...LOST, bug, and the next day is friday. all is good on thursday.

too bad its wednesday :(

watch.listen.love.

higher and higher and higher

feel good.now.
dance in your underwear. im not watching
go 'head get down

next stop, vegas please

no fame no money, i'm nobody. the way i'm running has got me down on my knees. next stop, vegas please

if only it was that easy...

true, that one week from today ill be in sin city enjoying a week without grad school and the job created by lucifer himself, but this trip could not come at a better AND worse time

the week after i return is finals week. 3 finals and a 2 hour presentation of 185 pages of microRNA research...

AND WHEN THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE??

oh yea, this week.

ef.

oh god...babies

even the meanest of meanies will love this

if you dont, you have no heart. i hate babies and i even thought this was cute



told ya

time spent procrastinating

BREWERY TOUR! YESSS! Yard's Brewery in Philadelphia offers free tours and a walk through of the brewing process... plus free samples and $3 10oz beers in their tasting room! (And really yummy $3 grilled cheese sandwiches...we're talking beer bread and gouda and roasted red peppers and the like. straight up grilled cheese domination here...) If you're ever in the Philly area and need a cheap date idea, everyone loves beer and cold rooms stacked with kegs ;)

Did the usual 'drunky mcdrunkster' routine with the bests this weekend. Saturday night at Fado and Fox&Hound... my goal in life is apparently trying to find Stoopid Matt a girlfriend. So much so that I used my expensive eyeliner to write his number on a napkin and give it to Stella, our server. Cute girl...probably thought i was mental. Meh, such is life.

It was nice having Vince in town and spending time with some people I don't see very often... makes me really miss college. Wonder if I could re-enroll @ 30... just sayin'

Stoopid Matt...winner