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Take everyday as it comes, live in the moment.
S i t b a c k, r e l a x, e n j o y e v e r y m i n u t e
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Stretch out on the beach, curl your toes in the sand, a cold drink in hand.
Work on your cinnamon tan in the west coast sunshine.


5/31/2011

Tuff Town

This summer, I want to go surfing. it WILL happen. Tofino is the place to go - the beaches are absolutely incredible, the waves are awesome, and the trails are fun. There are so many beaches to choose from too: Mackenzie Beach, Chestermann Beach (my personal favourite), Long Beach, Cox Bay, and Middle Beach.

Undoubtedly one of the most wild and beautiful places on earth.


000 Final Music concert
001 Honors Society banquet
004 Prom & Dry Grad
005 Hammerfest
022 Last day at KSS
026 Rihanna
030 Commencement


Love

5/30/2011

A sleepless weekend is approaching .. 

Prom, Dry Grad & after party Saturday
Hammerfest camp out Sunday.

School & work Monday? Not likely.

Temporary Itinerary

Flight from Vancouver to London 12h
Train to Paris 2h15 
Train to Montpellier 3h18
Train to Barcelona 4h7
Flight from Barcelona to Ibiza 57m
Flight from Ibiza to Seville 1h22
Train from Seville to Madrid 2h20
Flight from Madrid to Vancouver
Spain? Paris? Morroco? All of the above?

Next summer .. I will be backpacking around Spain in the blistering heat, sleeping in hostels and eating delicious vendor food in the streets. At night? Pre-drinking cheap bottles of wine (we clearly can't afford 15 euros a drink), and dancing all night. I will be embarking on this crazy adventure with Dani ... I can only imagine how much fun we will have, or how much trouble we'll get into.  Then maybe a quick jump down to Africa to explore the exotic markets in Morocco, and a trip down memory lane to Paris - though the experience will be quite different with just the two of us. I figure it will cost us about 4 or 5 grand in total (guess I better start saving right Dani?). I mean really, what's four thousand dollars for the whirlwind trip of a lifetime. Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Ibiza (aka party central). They all sound so fabulous .. if Dani and I don't get sick of each other on the stuffy, hot, ridiculously long flight over there I know we will have the time of our lives.
To Spain, where - in the words of Dani,  
The beaches are almost as hot as the men




Recipe for an amazing trip

1 amazing friend to bring along
2 plane tickets round trip
2 train passes 
2 good backpacks
a dose of common sense
1 scoop of fun
      & a hell of a lot of good memories

5/10/2011

Skin Ink

Okay. So I really want a tattoo. I'm thinking this summer is when it's going to happen. Tattoos are so personal that I don't want it in a spot where anyone can see it unless I want them to. I want script on my ribcage. That may sound a little cliche since lots of people have them there .. but I really love them and there's nowhere else on my body I would want it. I have to really look at these and see what means the most to me.

It's between three things;


Learn from yesterday
Live for today
Hope for tomorrow


Music is what feelings sound like


Just Breathe



5/09/2011

Beach Days Mixtape

I LOVE mixtapes. Sorting through what other people listen to and finding new songs I like. Then you find that one song that makes you say, "how did I not know this existed?!"


Truth (ft. Passion pit) - Chiddy Bang
Things meant to be - Xavier Rudd
Summertime - Sublime
Summer days - Pheonix
Something that you do - Daniel Wesley
Agua del poza - Alex Cuba
Angel - Flipsyde
Be ok - Chrisette Michele
Bizarre Flirt - whitepanda remix
Butterfly - Crazy Town
California - Hey Ocean!
Traffic jam (ft. Damian Marley) - Stephen Marley
Superstylin' - Groove Armada

A little piece of sunshine.



Well, this is something new.
My Friend Dani decided to start a blog and I checked it out (its really cute! - http://planestrainsandcars.blogspot.com/ ). I liked it so much that I decided to get one going too. It's going to be about all the things I do in the next year or so .. Starting University, The end of Grade Twelve, The best summer of my life coming up (Hopefully!), and all the crazy stuff I do with my friends in the best place on earth - Vancouver Island, B.C. I'll also go over some of the past trips I've been on (South Africa, Barbados, Paris, London .. )

The weathers starting to heat up, beach days are coming fast.
Time for adventure, West coast sunshine & Cinnamon tans!

Xo, J.