Summer Listings

Hi World!

Seeing as today is the first day of summer, I thought I'd make a list of things I want to do for the sunny season.

What I Want To Do:

• Get a job and work before going back to school
• I've never had a job before, so this should be a good experience (assuming I get hired). Also, some money would be nice.
• Read 3 books (one for June, July, and August)
• I don't read that often anymore, but I still enjoy it... especially when it's not for homework.
• Watch movies/TV shows that I've heard about and wanted to check out
• I have a list of movies and TV shows that I've been wanting to watch. I didn't have time to get to them while I was in school, but now I've got plenty of spare time!
• Take more pictures
• I often just screenshot on Snapchat or ask my friends to send me pictures they've taken when we're together instead of taking my own pictures. I like taking my own, but when I'm with others, I don't like taking my phone out so I can just enjoy their company and not be on my phone all the time. Live in the moment and all that. Hopefully, I can learn to find a balance.
• Watch the sunrise
• I'm a night owl. I stay up until it's a couple hours before sunrise. I see the early half of the AM more often than its later hours, but I don't think I've ever watched the sun rise before. I'm sure it's beautiful. I love sunsets, but I've heard that sunrises are even better, which to me, is a bit hard to believe.
• Walk barefoot in the warm sand and in the cool grass (hence the two pictures I've included in this post)
• These are two of my favorite sensory (touch) experiences.
• Go on sunset runs
• Last summer, I ran at least a couple times a month around sunset and I actually really liked it. Hopefully, I can start making them a frequent thing again. If not, at least take some nice walks when the sun is setting.
• Spend time exploring parks
• I love me some park hangs.
• Go on more hikes
• Fun exercise and adventures? Count me in.
• Dance more/Learn 3 new sets of choreo (one for June, July, and August)
• Like I mentioned in my April Favorites, I started learning Matt Steffanina's choreography. His routines are so much fun to dance to, so I look forward to this one.
• Go on random adventures/do things I've never done before/visit new places
• I just like adventures, yo. Hit me up, friends.

What are some things you'd like to do/achieve this summer?

xx

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May Favorites

Hi World!

I'm a little late with this favorites post, so let's get straight into it!

Album

"Dangerous Woman" by Ariana Grande

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I love Ariana Grande. Gurl. Can. Sing. Admittedly, I was a bit apprehensive when waiting for this album. I adore her first album. I enjoyed her second album too, but after listening to "My Everything," I was worried that album number three would be too heavy on the EDM. Though "Dangerous Woman" does still make use of some electronic music elements, I'm very happy with it. I played it on repeat for at least a week once I got my hands on the album. My current top 5 from "Dangerous Woman" (in no particular order) are:

Moonlight
Greedy
Touch It
Thinking Bout You
Bad Decisions

I was upset when I found out that her third album wasn't going to be called "Moonlight" as originally planned, but after hearing the album, it makes a lot of sense. I mean, she does says the word "dangerous" in more than a good handful of songs on the album. At least, I got to hear the song, "Moonlight," which I do like very much. The album is great. Great vocals as always. Bless my ears, queen.

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Now, you might be wondering why I included two pictures of the album cover and why neither of them are the standard American cover. Well reader, that would be because I'm not the biggest fan of the album cover. The bunny ears don't really intimidate me or give me "Dangerous Woman" vibes. The first cover that I included above, still with the bunny ears, is alright. In fact, if you purchased the physical album and saw the other pictures from her album photoshoot, I would have been fine with most of those being the album cover. I just don't like the one they picked. However, I LOVE the Japanese album cover, which is this second one, without the bunny ears. She's got this intense, fierce gaze and I love it. Though the album cover isn't my favorite, I do really like the album. Not sure if it surpasses the first album for me, but I think it's better than the second one. Well done, Ari. *clapping emoji*

Song

"Write On Me" by Fifth Harmony

Ariana Grande wasn't the only one of my favorite artists to release an album in May. Fifth Harmony did too. I admit that I was more excited for the 5H album than I was for the Ariana album, but I ended liking the Ariana album better. However, the 5H album does have some great songs. When "Write On Me" first came out, I fell in love with it. As you know, I love my ballads and slow songs, but 5H isn't a group that does a lot of those. "Write On Me" is a slower 5H song, and I just really like it. Lyrically, it's beautiful. Vocally too. I really like how they distributed each of the girls' voices. I would've preferred a bit more Dinah, but that's alright.

TV Show

Food Wars! aka Shokugeki no Soma

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My brother loves to watch anime and I think that's great. I can appreciate anime, but I don't watch much of it. Some of my favorites are "Cardcaptors" and "Ouran High School Host Club." Anywho, this anime is about food and cooking. If you can get past the fact that they literally depict the flavors of the food as orgasmic, I think people can really like this anime. You learn interesting things about cooking and different types of food. It's just really entertaining. It has one season so far and I believe the second one is coming in the near future. I'm very excited.

What are some of your May favorites?

xx

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Blog Update | Summer 2016

Hi World!

Happy Wednesday! If you've been following this blog for a couple months, you now that Wednesdays are usually when I post a Weekly Wednesday Snap (WWS). Unfortunately, today's post will not be one of those. One reason for this is that I haven't taken many pictures lately that I feel are worth sharing with you. The other is that I wanted to give you an update on the blog.

About 2 weeks ago, I finished up my first year of college (woot!) and I am now on summer break until fall semester. If you remember from my first post of this year, when I wrote a blog update, I mentioned that I was taking a Communications class and that we were tasked with creating or continuing a blog. I decided to continue this one. I'm really glad I did. It's been fun blogging these past couple months. However, now that I am not required to blog for my grade (I believe I got full points for it, yay!), I'm slightly less motivated to blog as often. As a result, I am concluding the WWS feature with last week's post. I might do some Random Snap posts every now and then though. Again, I probably won't blog as much as I have recently, but I still have a number of posts planned, so you'll still get to see something from me throughout the summer. After that, we'll just see where the wind takes us. Sound good?

I hope that those of you who have been keeping up with my blog have been enjoying it. I'll see you soon with another post. Have a wonderful morning/day/night wherever you are :)

xx

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