feeling inspired

dear love,

a few things.

yesterday the museum of art of campus opened up a new exhibit. we went and checked it out, and we left with our heads literally hurting. not hurting from lack of enjoyment--quite the contrary actually. walter wick, the i spy man, was featured in the new exhibit. each picture was beautifully photographed and upon closer consideration, there were mysteries to be discovered in each work. the one that got us was the column one. we couldn't figure it out, and then cheated a bit afterwards and found out how he did it. my favorite one was the five mirrored one, and we had to figure out what order he took the pictures due to the inconsistencies within the mirrors. hard to explain but it was great. needless to say, too much thinking on a thursday night, but FUN!

i would be ungrateful if i didn't write about my newest edition to my own little family. today i bought a macbook. yep. i did. after so much frustration with my dell, i decided to do it. i've been thinking seriously about this for a few months, and today i finally made the leap. so far, im very happy. i mean, im staying home on a friday night to "play on my computer". who does that? well, me. 

i have to say a few more words about something that happened last night. i just do not understand judgmental people. scenario: last night i met my friend's brother who took one look at me and thought he had me all figured out. and he didn't keep his judgements quiet either. he was kind enough to keep me in the loop as he thought of more and more things he could say to cut me down. it was the weirdest thing--i hardly ever have someone actually voice their honest first impressions of me. but in my mind, it was completely unfounded and rude. so i responded to his honesty with some honesty of my own. i told him how rude he was being and that i was actually offended. he didn't really stop and i was soooo proud of myself because i just stayed quiet. all i said was "wow, there is a lot i could say in defense of what you are saying. but im not even going to say it. but, you are being RUDE!" and that was all. then i left. kind of weird but an interesting learning experience. that really had less to do with me and more to do with him. also, we cannot please everyone all the time. if you are dressed nicely, people assume you are a spoiled high maintenance girly girl. but if i had been wearing my basketball shorts or junky sweats he probably would have assumed that i don't care about my appearance and that im a slob. take home lesson: i cannot please everyone and i really don't even want to please everyone. i will let my deeds and intentions speak for themselves and hopefully those who actually care will really get to know me and know that i really do have something to offer. to my friend's brother: i'm sorry life is so rough that you have to feel like putting people down is a good way to be. good luck with that.

anyway, i looooove life and i love the fact that the sun is coming out lately. parks, walks, slacklining, and playing football all await me in the near future.