Merry Happy

"Sitting in restaurants
Thought we were so grown up
But I know now that we are not the people
That we turned out to be

Chatting on the phone
Can't take back those hours
But I won't regret it
'Cause you can grow flowers
From where dirt used to be

Dancing at discos
Eating cheese on toast
Yeah, you make me merry, make me very, very happy
But you obviously, you didn't want to stick around

So I learnt from you

I can be alone, yeah,
I can watch a sunset on my own."

This is my new favorite song.  Actually it's my old favorite song, but now it's my new favorite song...

When I say sorry I pretend to be Canadian.

I  haven't posted in two weeks!  I feel terrible!

The only problem is that I still have writers block, despite the fact that the term and the second most stressful week of my life are over.

"Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger."   
- Sara Evans

My grades are better this term than they were last term.  Hopefully next term they'll be better.  I remembered someone's birthday.  I learned something new.  I made a goal.  I stayed awake through the General Young Women's Broadcast even though I'm very tired.  I was nice to someone.  Lots of people actually.

I'm trying to be a better person.


You're stronger than you think you are.


Love and kisses,
Dani

(post script:  Do you want to come to New York and be a street musician with me?)

It's raining out my window, and today it looks like night.

It's quite lovely actually, the way it feels and smells and breathes when it rains.

It's kind of funny how much people change, and how much they don't. Some people become complete strangers as time goes on, and others never seem to change.

I wonder, how much have I changed? I'm older and a bit wiser, but how much have I really changed? Is it that I've changed completely but underneath I'm still the same person, or that my entire self has changed but I still act the same?

I hope I've changed for the better. I hope that I've grown stronger and more kind and more empathetic. I hope I've grown more beautiful on the inside and more capable of love. I hope I'm the type of person who is more than the sum of her parts. I hope I've helped someone.

"Just because everything's changing

doesn't mean it's never

been this way before"

Don't be afraid of living.

Love and kisses,

Dani

p.s ( does someone want to explain why I can't put spaces between my paragraphs?)

Wishes

I was going to write some of my wishes but I can't remember any of them.

Isn't that strange? That I spend most of my day wishing for things that probably won't happen, but now I can't even remember what they are. I think there's a moral here:

This too shall pass and all will be well.

And not only will all be well, but you probably won't even remember why you were so upset in the first place.

I'm not very good at painting my nails.

Stay Strong.

Love and kisses,

Dani

(p.s. Ariel, do you know if Tami is having class in the summer?)

15 Random Things About Me

Thanks Laura! :)

1. I dance... a lot. I bet you never knew that.

2. I like sarcasm

3. I don't particularly enjoy texting, but sometimes I still feel bad about the lack of text messages in my inbox.

4. I secretly wish I had a stalker. Not a creepy-come-and-kidnap-me kind of stalker, but someone who thinks I'm beautiful, watches me from a distance, and reads my blog or something.
4.a. If you are stalking me, feel free to follow my blog. I won't be creeped out because I don't know you.

5. I hate winter. I could possibly hibernate if I wanted to.

6. I have always wanted red hair.

7. I like to shop.
7.a. I can't actually buy anything when I shop because I spent all of my money on competition.

8. I believe in the power of the mind over the body.

9. I would rather be dazzlingly clever than angelically good or divinely beautiful.

10. I am a very good procrastinator.

11. I am in love with a boy that dances at Center Stage.
11.a. Unfortunately I don't know his name so I can't look him up on the internet.

12. I really do like chick flicks even though I'm quite critical of them.

13. I'm not actually a vegetarian. I just don't eat meat.

14. I love and adore stars and nighttime.

15. I wish I were a bender. Probably a fire bender.

And now I tag some people? Good plan. Hmmm, how about Brynn and Maddiey. Sorry, I only want to tag 2 people, I hope that's okay.

Be nice to people. You'll have more friends that way.

Love and kisses,
Dani

post script: It's Justin Bieber's birthday tomorrow. Just in case you wanted to know that.

post post script: We don't have to go to school tomorrow. In honor of JB's birthday. Just kidding peeps, that's not why!

post post post script: But we still don't have to go!

Oh my goodness guess what I did this weekend? Guess, guess, guess(You're never going to guess)! I went to Nuvo! I know, you have no idea what that is, but that's okay. Let me tell you about it.

Nuvo is a dance convention.

You dance all day and all night, (insert short sleeping break here) then wake up very very early to compete, then dance all day and all night again. It's pretty much my very most favorite thing in the world. Especially since I got to take class from wonderful, amazing, beautiful people (um Stacey Tookey, and Travis Wall, and Sonya Tayeh)!

I know, I know, you're so jealous!

Just kidding, probably you have no idea who I'm even talking about. It's okay, they're just choreographers on So You Think You Can Dance, that's all.

Let me just say, Sonya is maybe my favorite person ever. She's just the kind of person who I wish was my best friend.

Work harder.
Laugh louder.
Sing bigger.
Dance stronger.

I love you all!

Love and kisses,
Dani

I'm great, thanks for asking.

I'm not entirely sure what to say. I could write some overly dramatic post about how I'm sick of winter and cold, but I don't really want to do that. I could write some disgustingly hopeful post about how tomorrow will be better and we need to just keep moving, but I don't really want to do that either. I could rant for a bit about things and events and people that annoy me but I definitely don't want to do that.

So I think I'll just sit here and do nothing for a while. Why don't you join me? We can just sit here in silence and enjoy each others company.














Shhhhhh!













You see? That was nice! Oh who am I kidding, you probably just scrolled right through all of that silence didn't you. That's okay. I forgive you.

I haven't been entirely sure what to do with myself today. I don't have dance, and I really don't want to do any homework. I already have my 80s costume for our New Beginnings skit and everybody is busy. It's a bit too cold to go on a walk and I've already read everyone's blogs.

So I decided I would do a bit of online shopping.

Unfortunately since I have no money, my version of online shopping is finding lots and lots of beautiful things to add to my ever-growing list of things that I want but will never buy.

WAAAAA!

Here. Take a picture. I kind of liked it.


Isn't this exciting? I'm putting the picture at the bottom of my post instead of the top!

Keep dreaming.

Love and kisses,
Dani

post script: what exactly is it that all of these people do when they're not busy? I'm so restless!