happiness.

happiness is me right now. and it may seem weird bc i have chosen to share my happiness with virtually nobody. "virtually" in this case means technology-wise... lately i have abandoned most of my electronic devices and decided to be on my own in a way. meaning... i don't send random texts out to people who don't appreciate getting them anymore, i don't blog about my life, i don't update my facebook status... the list really could go on, but i won't bore you. i am working on getting myself healthy and happy and clearing my mind and it's going really well. i do, on occasion, miss my computer friends... my bloggers, texters, facebookers... so i decided to update this just for them. i think there is one of them (HI SAM!) ok so... here is what is making my life so great. in random order...

1. my mom... she is funny, she is smart, she is quick, she is a hard worker, she is beautiful, she is my best friend. things are just better when she is around. and she doesn't have a blog OR a facebook. maybe that's why i can abandon mine so quickly.
2. music... music is always my staple. i love it. it saves me. right now i am loving maria taylor's new single (available on itunes...) "time lapse lifeline", and i am revisiting jimmy eat world's "clarity" album, the get up kids' "something to write home about" and the juliana theory's "emotion is dead".
3. yoga. i am OBSESSED. i never in a million years thought i would be a yogini, but i love it so much and right now, aside from keeping me sane, it is also helping me get toned, so... yeah. love me some yoga.
4. ACE gang bonfires.... so about a month ago, we as an ACE gang decided to do bonfires once a month to "burn the man". we basically just light all the crappy stuff from our lives on fire. it's very therapeutic, and also very stinky. but the stink is worth it bc we get great pictures and listen to amazing playlists (courtesy of M-O-I) and play "truth, dare, or fire" which is my new favorite game.
5. gossip girl... and i'm not even ashamed. i don't care. i wish teenage girls would never watch this, bc it's pure sickness, but i'm an adult and i have morals so i am allowed to watch it as one of my guilty pleasures. the clothes and people are beautiful, and something about chuck bass just gets me. even though he is... whatever the male version of "slut" is, and he may have a hare lip (according to d.w.)? but i don't care. sign me up, i'm hooked.
6. the jonas brothers on snl/the jonas brothers 3-d movie... yeah, that part about me being an adult and having morals, blah blah... it goes out the window when these dreamboats are involved. i don't even care WHAT they are doing, i am watching it, and i am probably LOL-ing. strike that, not PROBABLY, i am. and when it comes to the jo bros, my "LOL-ing" comes in the form of a school girl giggle.
7. movies with garrett... garrett is such a patient friend. he watches HSM with me. ALL THREE OF THEM! and he isn't even critical. i love him and i am glad that we get to do movie nights together. he always makes me happy.
8. my NY boys.... i almost NEVER talk to them, and i see them even less, but i love them. kenny and brad, just knowing they are holding up the east side makes me smile. kenny is a super fantastical journalist and is doing some magical duties for the NY times ( i know, right?) and brad is some super hairstylist cutting hair with Carsten. love them both, and couldn't be prouder. unless of course bradley STOPPED listening to lil wayne. right now.
9. david and malia.... my second family. i want them to adopt me and take me with them to harvard. can i be your elle woods? please?
10. jigsaw puzzles... this is me being in FULL ON granny mode. how can i act like a tween AND granny at the same time? no one knows, but if there was an award for doing it, i would-HANDS DOWN- win it all the way.
11. chanel... well, she was my balentime this year and she watches buffy and listens to the get up kids with me. and she accompanies me to bookman's while i search for hidden books, and without her, there would be no one to tell me how OUT OF CONTROL i am. she's a gem.
12. concerts... ohhhh boy! there was a dry spell in az for a while, but concerts are back in full force. here's my sched... 02/25 MODEST MOUSE!!... 03/07 JIMMY EAT WORLD CLARITY SHOW... 03/25 MARIA TAYLOR... 04/14 CONOR OBERST... 04/24 THE FAINT... 05/19 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS.
13. long lost lovers.... basically sam and sandee. i miss them and there's just nothing that can be done about it. it is what it is, and that is life. booooooooooooo.


alright, readers. those are a few of the many reasons i am H-A-P-P-Y. notice how none of them had to do with having a boyfriend... IT CAN BE DONE!

exes and ohhhhs,
gabrielle.