Long Live

"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing." - Sylvia Plath

Congratulations Class of 2012!

These past few weeks have been packed with events, exams, and goodbyes. I ended school this past Monday the 11th, but school officially finished today! I am so so SO glad junior year is over forever. I've had enough of the sleepless nights (although I still went to sleep at 4AM last night and woke up at 6AM...), the stress, and just the overwhelming amount of work. Here's to the end of the year and to summer 2012!

I ended up going to the seniors' graduation on Monday night. It was one of the most bittersweet moments I've ever had. On the one hand, I'm devastated that they won't be here next year because they're all so amazing. But on the other hand, I'm excited for them to get to go to college and experience new things! Plus, I'm so psyched for senior year!! I can't believe I'll be graduating next year. This is so crazy.

Anyhow, a few of my friends and I hung out today. And for once, we took pictures (okay, I took pictures). I was being really dumb and couldn't change my lens on my dSLR out of the 50mm f/1.8 so I was stuck with that the entire time. The focus was a pain to get right (light levels were actually not that bad!!), but in the end, I think I got some decent shots of my friends haha. I know I'm not the one to normally take people shots, but make this my one exception! I'll take more of my normal photography later on this week.

I actually stopped by school today to drop some things off and make some last minute changes. And at 9:15 when my friends finished their math finals, we headed over to my house. There, we played ping-pong, basketball, and darts while hanging around and talking. After a little while, we got tired so we went outside to my backyard to play some volleyball! The weather was gorgeous today--just under 80 degrees with a cool breeze. :)

At around 1:20PM, my friend and I drove over to pick up the pizza we ordered. ...Or so we thought, lol. Turns out we never actually clicked the "finish" button while ordering online so we had to wait there for 15 minutes while they made our pizzas, haha. We stopped by the Rite-Aid to buy ice, Coke, and Sprite though. After lunch, we had this "photoshoot." Haha, these are all the pictures that resulted. I got to talk to one of my friends though for an hour and a half after everyone else left which was nice. We got to catch up and such, and it was just a good feeling.

Hope you're having an amazing summer so far!

P.S.- The first picture was taken with my point-and-shoot so I apologize for the bad quality.
P.P.S.- Kevin, thanks for the song (referenced in title)! I've been listening to it more than I thought I was going to.