nautical

in three days, i set sail from new orleans out into the open blue to a little city called cozumel in a little country called mexico on a small little boat weighing in at just a few hundred pounds ... a completely new experience for me and i couldn't be more thrilled.

i'm the first in my family to ever go on a cruise and as a result, there's a little bit of nervousness spiraling around me and it's too good not to share.

last tonight ... as i was hugging my mother good-bye ... she said:

"you've see the movie 'taken' right'? you better not get into any trouble cause your dad is nowhere close to a liam neeson. and while we're on the subject, i'm gonna need you to not talk to anybody. and if you do, then don't give them your real name."

bless her heart. she means well but ... bless her.

lyrics

i'm all about some wobbly wobble and some love lockdown and especially some "tippy toe tippy tay" from sir big sean.

however, there is nothing like a moving song that so very accurately depicts a situation that you're going through. something about seeing my life in the lyrics of a song really shakes me up. if i can even REMOTELY relate to it, i'm done.

a few weeks ago i was driving back to tuscaloosa after spending a weekend in birmingham and "for good" came on my shuffle. instantly i envisioned myself in my nasty gross university of alabama cap and gown (with auburn tattoos imprinted on both cheeks, chin and forehead mind you) saying good-bye to my handful of girlfriends who i've grown to deeply love in a very short amount of time. and i lost it. right there ... in my car ... in tears ... in APRIL (we don't graduate till august). waterworks.

i've got some probs.

anyway, this afternoon i explored carrie underwood's new album and i begin to feel something in her song "good in goodbye". there were no tears this time ... but it was amazing ... it was like she knew everything i've been through and exactly how it felt.

as bad as it was
as bad as it hurt
i thank god i didn't get
what i thought that i deserved

cheese post i know. sorrys.

recently

so much has gone on.
too much.
if i typed out a post for each memorable moment, my fingers would twist off in a fit of early onset arthritis.

keywords describing the recent day-to-day excursions of my life include

essie
caveman
fireballs
tallahassee
moscato
media planning
social buzz, inc.
skins cancers
skrillex
chicken & dumplin' casserole
el rincon
lisa
stephanie
katie
lonely island + akon

put it all together and that's my life these days.

lovin' it.