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June has been a good month. When school ended I was hesitant to believe that I would knock out half the things I wanted to do during this sweet and sticky summer. At the very least, I was hesitant to believe that I would finish everything I wanted to do by the time I forced myself to sacrifice my life to school. A short six weeks later, I believe that I've made the best I could of my short rendevous from learning. Two Vegas trips, my sisters graduation, EDC, several trips to Dim Mak (that's Japanese for alcohol poisoning), and countless stress-free days with irreplaceable life partners has got me feeling refreshed. School! Bring it!

While we're on the subject of school, I'm thinking about changing my major.. again. While I do have a passion for marine life and biology (and for all of my other former majors) I'm coming around to photo journalism more and more each day. The ability to convey an idea or event to someone who would otherwise have no access to it intrigues me. I'm confident in my ability to write professionally and with clarity so I feel as if my writing could benefit the world. All my life I've been disgusted by the media and what they choose to present to the public or how they convey a situation. It seems as if writers have forgotten their responsibility as journalists to present news in a truthful manner. I just want to open people's eyes to other parts of the world, other cultures, different events, and hopefully allow them to gain a new perspective or inspire them to create change. I don't need to be well paid. I don't need to sleep. What I'm realizing from these multiple major changes is that I need to find a major that I can commit to. Something I can wake up and look forward to doing. That's what will keep me going. It's the only way I'll be able to peacefully rest my head on my pillow every night.

xx, loveLC

24 hour champagne diet

SUMMERTIME YOU ARE IN MY GRASP! Just one more final and i can breathe. I've pulled one too many all nighters in the past two weeks for my taste.

I'm determined to make these next six weeks count. I'll be doing the most fasho. There's so many events this summer to choose from, so many places to go that everytime I look at my calendar I get anxious. I've decided to stick to what I love best, who I really really wanna see, places I really want to go to and do all these things with the people I love the most. I'm really hell bent on not wasting any time/resources and make everyday count. This semester was a bitch but I have to give even more of my life to school starting fall. So kawawas. Might as well live it up now.

Starting my summer off right, I downloaded the new A-Trak mixtape, Dirty Dance South 2. The name is fitting, considering the fact that listening to this mixtape makes me feel like I'm in a hot humid club somewhere down south, with attractive Latin people dancing around me with half their clothes on, sweating and still managing to look sexy. You now, like something you would find in a Ricky Martin or J.Lo video. Anyway, it's not bonkers like you would expect, but it's still good nonetheless. It's mostly hip-hop vocals to a funky beat and the basslines are kind of lacking. So if you need a good hour long background playlist that isn't reminiscent of elevator music this is a good bet. That's probably a horrible review but w/e download it anyway cause it's got the track Loonies To Blow, which I've been stuck on for weeks now. ENJOY:
http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/17/a-trak-dirty-south-dance-2-mixtape/

Anyways, while we're on the topic of A-Trak and summer, uh, did you know that Duck Sauce is going to be at EDC? WOWOWOWOWsflkahsadf;lkj;FHIwofn

Mr. Alain Macklovitch a.k.a. sexy beast a.k.a. my fucking idol a.k.a. A-TRAK that's three fucking times I'm going to see you this summer. I'll meet you one day, trust me.

That's all for now. xx, loveLC

something in the air tonight. a feeling that you have that could change your life.

I feel like a jester. I perform, I aim to please. I work to make others smile, and I'm the only one looking out for my own precious sanity. Do you like tricks? Well, I juggle too. Work, school, marathon training, saving money and being able to be there for everyone, be a good daughter, a good sister, a good girlfriend, best friend, friend, worker, student. All these roles that I assume, no, that WE all assume. When do we get to stop and think about ourselves? Who will get the precious last laugh?

xx, loveLC

-Wassily Kandinsky

Everyday, I try to incorporate the arts into every aspect of my life. Unfortunately, we Americans live in a society where art isn't revered as an essential part of one's being, but as a hobby. I believe art is an indispensable tool in the cultivation of one's well being. It constantly challenges you, inspires you, motivates you, energizes you and allows you to discover things about life and of the world. I feel fortunate to live in an area so lush in resources, so rich in art that everyday I can allow myself to immerse myself in it. I hope my peers will soon feel the same.

A single piece of art can serve as a valuable reference tool, in time conveying new or deeper meanings. It's like an encyclopedia of life we can see.

Be grateful. Be inspired.
Happy National Arts Advocacy Day.

xx, loveLC

foggy bars.

Quitting is proving to be harder than I thought. Social smoking wasn't the biggest problem as I had initially suspected. What's hardest is resisting the urge whenever I'm stressed or had a hard day. Gotta keep my eye on that prize though.

I want to have white teeth.
I want to run my half marathon. Not only finish, but run it in good time as well.
I want to stop wasting $$.
I want to wake up in the morning not feeling groggy.
I want to breathe in a good. Long. Breath.
I want my clothes to stop smelling like an incinerator.

Focus. It'll take time. I will fall more than once. But I can do it.

xx, loveLC

The snakes always wanna put your name where their tongue splits. They call it love and I get plenty of it.

If I were a body part, I'd be a tongue. It has the power of speech, is strong, has plenty of taste, ha!

xx. loveLC

i'm on the pursuit of happiness and i know everything that shine ain't always gold.

I've had it.
It's the same thing day in and day out. I need to get away. I need to have different conversations with different people. I need to be around those who love my company and don't take it for granted. I need to meet new people. I need a change of pace.

This summer, I'm going far away, even if I have to go it alone. I need to figure things out. I need a change of scenery. I need forward motion. I need to breathe different air. And when I come back I will exhale a different point of view. And when I come back I will take everything I've seen and share it with those who will be there waiting for me.

I'm fucking excited.

XX, loveLC