think about it :)

You ever look a picture of yourself, and see a stranger in the background?. It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you. How many moments of other peoples life have we been in? Were we a part of someone's life when their dream came true.... or were we there when their dream died? Did we keep trying to get in? As if we were somehow destined to be there or did the shot take us by surprise. Just think, you could be a big part of someone elses life, and not even know it.

--Lucas Scott, One Tree Hill

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There comes a time when every life goes off course. In this desperate moment you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on the path while others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be honored by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or to simply give up.

--Lucas Scott, One Tree Hill

my summer, part 1 :)

well its been a year since i last blogged.... i guess i fell into the blog kingdom slacking mode.

i always just seem to get caught up in other things. typical, typical.

anywhoooo, im actually going to try to keep up with it from now on :) we'll see i guess.

soo, hi. i leave for college in 15 days.

wait. pause. 15 days? HEFFA whatttt?

so i guess one thing i can start off with is my summer...

the best way i can think to do this is to show you some photographs...

you know. reliving the moment and all that yada yada.

PART 1: the beach wiff muh bee-eff-eff, nina :).

some of the greatest people to ever walk the planet right here.

definitely a time of new beginnings and beautiful friendships.

my summer, part 2 :)

oh hey, im back. so i just looked through some blogs that belong to my friends and they are all really intellectual. mmm not so much here. i guess this is more of a oh hey, this is what life is all about kind of thing...

to me, its about experiencing different things. all i can say i guess is be sure to live it up.

anyways, stupid maximum amount of information in a single post cut me off last time...

the pictures continue.

ohh hey there, cameron. nice of you to stop by and sing to me this evening ;].

the allstar weekend/days difference/mike's pawn shop/details details concert.

you should definitely check out the music from all of these bands. its legit.

(hint... click on the links i posted above) now you have no excuse not to listen.

peace out for now, girlscout. --elleeee.

and ayy. check out my twitter -- twitter.com/itsellebabyyy

your life. mhmm. :]

At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just not facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world, six billion souls. And sometimes... all you need is one.
-one tree hill

can i get an amen to that?
amennnn, sista. amen.

people ..... what is it about people?

well i went through and found something that i wrote a long time ago.

i'm going to change it up some and post it on here.

some people will like it ... some will hate it.

do as you please ...

what defines us? what labels us?

what makes us "people"?

we are labeled: the harsh reality ...

like a cow that is being branded so it knows where it belongs in society.

we shouldn't feel like we have to be told where to fit in.

trying to fit in makes us fake ... fake smile. fake laugh. fake fake fake.

i'm sick of being this way.

so what am i afraid of? what are we afraid of?

rejection.

everyone wants to be loved and to feel as though someone out there understands them.

i've decided to break free from pre-determined labels.

it's my life that i'm living ... not my parents', not the school's, not yours.

mine.

i'm going to fight to keep true to myself.

yes, that's right. i said it.

i have to fight for it ... wanna know why?

every day i am tempted to fall into the scheme of not being true to myself in order to fit in.

we all judge others ... we are humans, thus we are flawed.

i'm going to try my best to control that though. i'm going to try not to judge.

i know i will fail at times (part of being human), but that's okay.

every little step counts, right?

i challenge you to do the same. watch yourself. how does it feel to be judged?

not good.

so try not to do it to others.

and nowww a little quote from the movie Fight Club...

...And you open the door and you step inside. We're inside our hearts. Now, imagine your pain as a white ball of healing light. That's right, it's your pain / the pain itself is a ball of healing light. i don't think so. This is your life. Good to the last drop. doesn't get any better than this. This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.This isn't a seminar. This is no weekend retreat. Where you are now... You can't even imagine what the bottom will be like. Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you are free to do anything.

Nothing is static.

Everything is evolving.

Everything is falling apart.

This is your life. It doesn't get any better than this. This is your life, And its ending one minute at a time.

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.

You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

We are all part of the same compost heap. We are the all singing, all dancing crap of the world. You are not your bank account. You are not the clothes you wear. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your bowel cancer. You are not your grand latte? You are not the car you drive. You are not your fucking khakis? You have to give up. You have to give up. You have to realize that someday you will die.

Until you know that, you are useless.

I say let me be never complete. I say may I never be content. I say deliver me from Swedish furniture. I say deliver me from clever art. I say deliver me from clear skin and perfect teeth. I say you have to give up. I say evolve and let the chips fall where they may. This is your life. Doesn't get any better than this. This is your life. And its ending one minute at a time. You have to give up. You have to give up. (I want you to hit me as hard as you can)Welcome to Fight Club.

If this is your first night, you have to fight.

aye ayeee

alright i completely forgot ... it's time to give a shoutout. it's my girl alex cav's birthday today :]

happy birthday !!

hell yes to 17 !! so i thought the following was funny ...
... please observe how we were wee tots 4 years ago compared to now.

okay so here is something imma start doing to keep this a little more interesting.
hopefully it will give me something to blog about more often.
updates updates !! :D
it's going to be called E.LOVE and if i see something that i think is pretty
daggum awesome ... and want you to see it too ...
then im going to post it. don't be hatin'.

and the first E.LOVE goes toooooo...
JUSTIN NOZUKA.
yes please. that's my mannn!
check out his music. it's pretty ballin.
'after tonight' is a personal favorite.

well, thats all for now. check back in and be sure to become a follower of the page :]

well, here goes nothing

hello hello, world of blogging. :]
let's start with a little bit about myself.
basically, i'm elle.
elle elle elle. mhmm thats me.
i have no idea why i am starting this whole blog process, but i want to express myself in a way that i never have before, and i figure this is a good way to do it. i am trying my best to find a new outlook on the world and its people every single day, but that is a slow process.
i am hoping to keep updating this frequently, but i make no promises. i'm a busy busy girl, as many of you know.
some basic info you might wanna know about me ...
1. all girls school. that's right. all girls.
2. i love music. and pretty much everything about it.
3. cheerleading. it's my thing.
4. science. also my thing. yes i know, strange combo, but hey, it's whatever :].
5. let's be friends ... something people hear from me often. i do some pretty crazy fun things, but you can become accustomed to it ... i promise.
if you want to know anything else, about me, just ask :]. it can't hurt.