Currently Reading Sideways: A Novel By Rex Pickett see related

i forgot how much i liked taking pictures of things other than myself.

other than that, sideways is boring and i'm addicted to the news and considering declaring a double or minor in journalism. last night i ate really good sushi with brittony. later on, i drank PBR and smoked cigarettes on a twelfth-floor balcony above north avenue. i took lots of pictures and made out in my apartment parking lot. tomorrow i'm going to cirque du soleil and maggiano's.

i've begun to realize that i am finally living the life i used to daydream about when i was younger. i have amazing friends, a hot boyfriend who (despite playing it off) would pretty much do anything for me, a beautiful apartment, a real office job. i go to parties and i smoke cigarettes and drink and stay out all hours of the night and make my home in the heart of atlanta. but this life comes with stress that i didn't have when i was younger. bills to be paid, things to be taken care of, schedules to pay attention to. and while i love the life, i wish i could go back and tell my younger self to wait. believe me, i would say, you will eventually have everything you dream about, but what you have now is worth enjoying, too. for example, you can eat bread!

i'd say, though, that as far as that goes, the responsibility and the stress is well worth the trade-off of the freedom and the fun. i do love this life.