the civil wars.

my best friend posted this on her blog and i'm now obsessed with it :)

i've been awaiting for you
and you've been awaiting for me.
tell me that you'll always be true
and you'll be the only one for me.
forget me not, my dear, my darling.
forget me not, my love.
i just wanna hold your hand.
hang on every word you say.
let's write a song for us
and sing until we're old and grey.
forget me not, my dear, my darling.
forget me not, my love.
i'm coming home real soon.
please leave a light on for me.
tell me that you'll always be true
and you'll be the only one for me
yes, you'll be the only one for me. 

new things.

if you go here, you can find a wonderful giveaway for an anthropologie gift card. check it out.

ALSO

i just officially started using bloglovin' [Follow my blog with bloglovin] and google friend connect for my blog. links for both can be found in my sidebar! :)

FINALLY

i got a twitter! you can follow me here!

"while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can." ansel adams

hans rosling's work.

yes, another video. but this one is educational AND exciting! it shows the relationship between income and health in 200 countries over the past 200 years in 4 minutes. i saw it at a sociology/anthropology presentation and really learned a lot. hope you do, too :)

precious.

yes please.

pretty much all from [polyvore.com]

bob marley quote.

he's not perfect. you aren't either. and the two of you will never be perfect. but if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most that you can. he isn't going to quote poetry, he's not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. don't hurt him, don't change him, and don't expect more than he can give. don't analyze. smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he's not there. love hard when there is love to be had. because perfect guys don't exist, but there's always one guy that is perfect for you.

first corinthians thirteen:four-eight.

love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. it does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 
love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 
love never ends.

sitting.

living in wait is harder than expected. it makes it feel as though you're trying to live out a dream that you've already woken up from. and when that feeling hits, it scares you to death. what could it mean? maybe you're being irrational, maybe you're being emotional, maybe you're over-thinking. maybe. that's the scary part. not knowing. but wanting desperately to know. because once you know, then the fear goes away. maybe. only maybe because what if knowledge isn't enough? hearing the words and knowing they're true isn't enough. what if what it comes to do raw feelings. but you can't tell feelings are there, just the knowledge of feelings. and that's not enough. and past feelings aren't enough either, because who knows if those are real anymore. and reminders of those feelings almost leave you bitter. because they're a reminder of what you want now. and maybe they're true now, but you can't know. you can only hope they are. the only thing that can keep you going is the prospect of future feelings. touching, smelling, tasting. but when that's all that seems like enough, you're left waiting. but once what you're waiting for becomes the past, what if it all comes back again? and you're left holding onto waiting once more. the idea of being delighted in the present is great, but what if the knowledge of the future is greater? no matter how great it is now, it doesn't seem like it can ever be as great as if might be later. and if the knowledge of future feelings is worth it, shouldn't it make the present easier?
but it doesn't. in a lot of ways, it makes it harder. because you can't have what you want now. you have to wait. and you know that all the hardship it's causing is your fault. you're choosing it. and to some, that might seem like the dumbest thing in the world. but to you, it's as natural as breathing. you wouldn't have it another way. but it's still hard. the very thing that makes it easy is the thing that makes it hard. and even when the foundation is in place, when the details on top seem to be shaky, it doesn't feel solid. but you know it's solid. it's solid because the thing you're waiting for is greater than what you're going through. so you continue to wait. because even if you're not sure of feelings, there's more to it than that.

truth.

new favorites to share.

grey.

please stop with all these emotions
they're eating me alive
they're taking over and pulling forward
and leaving all my thoughts behind.
i don't know what i think
i only know what i feel
but i don't know if i can trust these feelings
i think they're blurring what is real.
because people seem to be changing
right in front of my very eyes
and nothing makes sense anymore
just overwhelmed through my cries.
i wish i could talk about it
i really do
but i don't think anyone would truly understand
not even you.
which is the source of all this confusion
because i'm the type that can't contain
but these thoughts and these emotions
are still locked inside my brain.
my brain is a funny thing
it tells me how to both think and to feel
which is why i think i can't sort out the two
which are lies and which are real.
maybe i'll just wait for this to pass
yes, i think that's what i'll do
maybe all these thoughts and emotions
will eventually lead me back to you.
i hope and pray for nothing less
because i promise, my heart you have not lost
my confusion might stop me from showing it
and i'm sorry for the guilt that it's caused.
i know i don't speak up when i should
and i know you wish that i would
but sometimes these thoughts fool me
and tell me that the silence makes me good.
but i see it breaks your heart
and it's breaking mine, too
i promise i'm trying, just look in my eyes
hear all that they tell you.
i know the distance makes it hard
and i don't look up to show
but i'm scared of what you'll see sometimes
because of all that i don't know.
i know better than any that words aren't enough
and they alone won't bring us through
so i wait for the day that our hearts collide
and the miles close to you.
maybe that's the truth that i've been searching for
my thoughts and feelings laid bare
i don't know what comes next
but, my love, please know that i'll be there.

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"a library is full of new worlds to travel."

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a lot of these were found here. don't be alarmed by the name. it's super great. promise.

and thank you to jessi for being so great and showing me most of this :)