december twenty third

i feel like i should just post photos. enjoy!

BISOU

Fréd

i'm thankful for youu

Hey, sorry I haven't written for a while. But again, like anyone actually reads this. I've been so stressed with college applications and whatnot...

Anyways, every year, we always have Thanksgiving at our house. We've had years where basically nobody comes over, we've had years where just my grandparents came over, but this year we had a ton of people. And we made a ton of food. And everything was really good. The food, the company, everything. It's just weird, because up to now I have been stressed out of my mind, making mental notes left and right, sticking sticky notes everywhere with reminders about things, making lists, working on college essays and supplements, dealing with the busy social happenings at school, etc. But today, I was disconnected from all of that. I didn't go on facebook at all, or online at all. I just talked and laughed and joked with these people I call my family. My aunts, my uncle, my cousin, my grandparents, everyone. And it made me remember why I really love thanksgiving. It's because thanksgiving is a holiday where people come together and appreciate what they have, even if they don't have much. There is no materialistic emphasis on the holiday, like there is for Christmas, and everyone comes together. I just love it. My aunt was running around serving everyone heaps of stuffing, and I got to carve the turkey :) and my sister and my dad have been cooking all day, and then my little brother and cousin shared a turkey leg and only ate a teeny bit, (this has happened 2 years in a row now...).

I'm just grateful for the people I have the chance to be close to. Those that I call my family, and my true best friends. I could make it shorter by saying that I'm grateful for the close relationships I have with these amazing people. Yeah, I think I'll leave it at that.

Joyeux Zahhnksgeeveeeng!

(As my family would say)

BISOU

Fréd

ps. That picture is one of my sister and I. Considering that we never get along, its a pretty amazing shot. So think about that before you judge its myspace-esque look.

YES. WE. DID.

This is probably one of the only times where I will not use an original picture. Because unfortunately, I don't have one. (http://campaignwindow.com/georgiastudentsforbarackobama/uploads/georgiastudentsforbarackobama/060922_BarackObama_Xtrawide.jpg)
I cannot believe it. This day that so many people felt would never come has finally come! Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th president of the United States. I am looking forward to the new direction that he will take this country. Ugh, I just can't believe it. When those polls closed at 11:00 pm est, I couldn't believe my eyes. Sure, the polls had been suggesting it for a while now, but polls are always just polls. This is real. It's real! 

Also, I must say, as a black individual, I know that this is a very historic event for all of the African Americans throughout this country. It's somewhat funny to see the generation gap between my grandmother and my mother, and the gap between my mother and I. Back when Obama first announced his candidacy for president, my grandmother was very skeptical that he would get very far. My mother thought it could happen, though it was unlikely. And I remember sitting there looking at my mom while she talked on the phone to my grandmother with my jaw wide open screaming, "Why the hell not?". I admire Obama, not because our skin colors match, but instead because of his amazing sense of what is important to the people he will be representing. At the same time though, for the first time, I started to really understand what it means for America to have a black president. We've gone into a new age! We've finally gone past a lot of the hatred and tensions between the different people that create the America we live in! We've made it! I understand that this doesn't mean that all tensions are officially dissolved, but this is a huge huge HUUGEE step towards the "ideal" America that we've always learned about in elementary school, with our patriotic songs and poems. It is these moments that make me proud to be an American. When so many people can come together, and consider something like race to be insignificant. And instead really focus on the issues at hand. I am just so happy.

I wish this were all more eloquently written, but considering the fact that I am completely speechless, I think I've said enough.

  YES WE CAN has now become YES WE DID

Congratulations to Barack Obama

& Congratulations to the United States of America.

BISOUBISOUBISOU!!!!!

Fréd

4 nov 08

I am so excited for tomorrow! A tense season full of political drama will conclude tomorrow when the polls close. And what a political season it was! The constant excitement, and twists and turns of politics seemed that much more exciting this time around. I'm so jealous, because I am not yet old enough to vote, but many of my friends are able to. Oh well. 

Tomorrow, you'll likely find me on the couch, with my mom. Drinking tea, eating scones, and popcorn, in front of the TV on CNN or something like that. I may not be able to vote, but this season has been so exciting that I must must must see how it ends. 

I won't tell you how to vote, because again, I don't want to impose my views upon you...(though I could, couldn't I...I mean, it's my blog right?). But instead i'll leave you with this picture.

I bet that you can interpret my optimistic  hopes for the future from it. 

BISOU

Fréd

my artsy fartsy halloween.

Halloween was fun. And since I wanted to document my day through photography, here are some of my favorite pictures from the day.

The cupcakes were from the night before. We made them for our euro class, but Bethany and Arushi, (who made them with me) got mad because I told them to buy cream cheese frosting. But hey. It's my favorite kind! I also helped with delivering a ton of cans from our NHS can drive to the food pantry in our town. So that explains some other pictures. 

Then there were some halloween parties, but I didn't stay too late because I had SAT II's in the morning. Boo.

Sorry that they're all out of order. Just think of it as an assortment of..fun!

BISOU

Fréd

Looks Like I'm Falling into Adulthood.

Fall is here. The leaves, and the trees, and the cool fall air is just fabulous. Everything is just so inspiring to me. Its so nice to just curl up with a good book with hot chocolate/tea and scones, and just enjoy everything. It's weird because this is going to be my last fall as a kid. My last fall living under the rules of my parents, going to school every morning, doing homework every night. My last fall of being surrounded with those innocent problems that kids have. It's all over. Well almost, I still have another month to enjoy it. But I know that once those snow flakes start to blanket the trees in my backyard, it will all be over. Fall will be done for me. My innocent Fall will be a think of the past, a happy memory to go back to, when I'm older, and have to worry about retirement funds, and bills, and things like that. ("grown up things"). So for now, I'll just enjoy what I have. Savor every minute. Smile at every bright red leaf, hear every branch rustle, listen to every note of the bach d minor chaconne. And i'll enjoy every note, every sound, every pigment of color until it ends. 

So I take pictures to remember the most beautiful fall...ever. 

BISOU

Fréd

The Circle of Life!

Circles are...weird. And as perfect as they are, they are probably one of the most relatable shapes around. Me? Of all people? "Palling around" with geometry? I kid you not. Why is it that many things in life seem to come full circle? Why is it that many things in our imperfect realm of existence follow the smooth curve of a perfectly round circle, no matter how rocky the path may be? I could try to come up with an example, but I think that it would take away from the true individual application of "the circle" to each of our own lives. 

So I'll leave you at that with something to think about.

BISOU

Fréd

Health Class Heros

Oh High School. As much as I want it to be completely over, I still do enjoy the times when I can laugh and just relax instead of studying all the time...

BISOU

fréd

New York vs. Boston

sorry i haven't posted in a while. not like anyone reads this anyways. but i found two pictures of the city that i find to directly contrast each other. So naturally, i had to share them.

I wish i had something to say about these, but i really don't. Only maybe how amazing it is that i was able to take a picture of a boston street with it being completely (completely) empty. Sure, boston is no NYC, but there are still a lot of people/cars.

My friend steph and I will probably shoot some pictures in the near future. it should be fun, and i'll post them for the world to see =).

sorry this is all blue and underlined, i don't know what happened.

BISOU

fréd

Shoes

If there's one thing you should know about me, 

its that i love to take pictures of almost everything

so if you see a post without a picture that I took,

there's a problem. :)

BISOU

Fréd