Whether it be the bow ties, the polka-dotted dresses, or the handsome men with handlebar mustaches, it's times like these that remind you just how lucky (and happy) you are to be just where you are.

I admit, I haven't been feeling my best and I've been getting a little burnt out with school, but, I find that it's always been important to refuel your senses (even if it means putting off your midterm studying) in order for you to function at your best. After such a beautiful weekend catching up with two of my very good and dear friends from back home, it's a wonder how reality can come striking at your front door and you are met with overwhelming obligations (leading to missing meals), disconnect from hall friends and fun (with people wondering where you are), and distance from those I've loved most here (with you realizing just how much a home you've built with them).

When I'm at my lowest, I write. I pick up my guitar and purge all of my emotions into it. I pull up my computer, turn on the recorder, and record myself singing covers of songs my poor heart desires. The feeling of hearing how I sound is very uplifting. Some days I go, "Wow, I have so much potential..." Other times, I go, "Wow, you sound terrible! You need so much work! No wonder you don't sing to other people!" Whatever it be, doing this makes me feel most in touch with me. This reminds of what it is I've loved for so long, and what I've enjoyed for so long: that whatever low I am feeling can be uplifted by just a simple act. After all, when you're at your lowest, your creative juices tend to flow the most. Your heart--at this moment--feels the most.


I haven't laughed in a long time. I haven't stayed up 'til 5am in a long time. I haven't leaped my way to the UTC, sprinted around corners and streetlights like a fiend, nor really smiled at people in a long time. It's those moments where I find home again--in myself, and in my relations with others--do I find my way out of the cave again.

La La Land never felt so good since those early spring days. To Tomorrowland!* indeed.

*click to LT4