asking for it

life fact: if you own a garden gnome,

it will be kidnapped and held for ransom.
multiple times.

group hug

I like the world. A lot.

peace love and happiness

This is Ren.

She is cute and funny
and basically my everything.

But she is also now completely officially a film major
{ !!! }
And I mean we knew she'd get in all along
but there's still plenty to jump
and squeal about.

happy, happy day!

everything hopeful

I do not like endings very much. They make me feel a little bit broken. And they're worse when you're not really expecting it. I mean, you are, but then suddenly it's The Day and oh, hi, see you later?

This has happened twice today, and my stomach hurts. I hold on to things, remember? But I really thought I'd become better at this, after Wales and Italy and just 2008 in general, and here I am back at Square One. It makes sense, though. When there's this much good why would you ever want to say goodbye?

Today I packed up my car.

Tomorrow I'm headed home.

July I leave for the MTC.

And September I'm gone to Indonesia.

Oh. Right. Because the future's all the better. And if you're still not entirely convinced (it took me a while, too), I entrust you with this little blessing and, as a final post from Provo for a long while yet: goodbye. (See you in Salt Lake!)

{ love lights via irene suchocki }

go. return. begin again.

Was it glorious? Did it work? Were you cute? And did you fall in love? Oh, I knew it! Spring has that way about it, you know. The sun comes out and life falls into place. And while I didn't exactly fall in love (and the cute's debatable), this week's been golden in its own right. In the past seven days I:

:: held an oscar
ken darby's for the music of Camelot, 1968. that little gold man is heavy.

:: wrote a 10-page paper
with 9 hours to spare before deadline. which has maybe never happened before. was a little bit a lot proud of such spontaneous self-discipline.

:: finally understood german
in a world-shattering moment of epiphany at a morning review. accusative? dative? that's what that means?! probably would've helped earlier in the semester. just glad it happened before the final.

:: sang in the rain
and then nearly cried in the snow. earth, it's spring. remember? update: yes, yes it did remember. now I am sunburned.

:: talked to ren. a lot. as always.
What about the cup of noodles? Did you think about the cup of noodles, Ren?---You're the one that likes to leave dairy products out on the table overnight!!---Well, I live on the edge, okay?---And obviously never got your food handler's license.---No, no I did not. What the?---I am a pony!---{ yes. this is all one conversation. }

:: wrote a short story.
called mild acts of mayhem. it was terrible. wish it could burn. instead, it's in a box somewhere on campus, waiting for the grade.

:: talked to animals
pushme-pullyu, anyone? a round of 'my friend the doctor?' what about william shakespeare, then? dr. doolittle was a favorite long ago and just as lovely as remembered. am glad a childhood happiness can retain its magic so well. incidentally, was up for best picture the same year darby took the above oscar. commence discussion

:: discovered the sweet tooth fairy bake shop
because the apt was full of dinner groupies and we needed an escape. strawberry, cookies+cream, s'mores. we ate them in an empty parking lot with a view of the mountains and the storm all around us. we talked about deep things, like life, and love. enriching in every way.

:: fell a little bit more in love with quite a lot of things
green foothills and grey skies. macey's bread. fiction writing. collage. the glass family. snail mail (to send+to receive). a boy. provo in the springtime. poppy red paired with a tiffany blue. indonesia. shannon hale. spontaneous adventure and far-off fantastical places. bare feet on green-green grass. open doors. empty shelves. countryside. space. reading under the covers after lights off.

Isn't it wild, what a week can hold? And I didn't even mention the midnight photo shoots, spontaneous music videos, a birthday in Africa and another in Brazil. Hope yours was just as lovely---and here's to final finals, the end of semester, and another beginning.

end goal.

REN: I am going to be cuter and more in love.

{ I'm not usually much of a goal person, but this sounds about right. }

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bagpipes is now on official hiatus for the next seven days
due to final projects and other general chaos.

in the meantime

be cute.
fall in love.

See you on the flip-side.




{ image via le love }

alleluia, alleluia!

Happy Easter.

We've gone co-op on a chicken coop with our neighbors,
and these little darlings are here to stay.

Melba :: Winnifred :: Edith :: Delilah :: Jacqueline :: Ramona