Happy (early) Valentine's Day!

This song sounds like love, and the singer reminds me of an Asian Sondre Lerche. <3


I know people usually get angry/depressed during Valentine's Day(if they are single) and I understand that it's just a made up commercial holiday, but I can't help but get excited every year! I like to take the day to reflect on how many people I love in my life.

Sun, it will rise soon enough.

Something that has always bothered me is the fact that I am most creative when I do not have the time to execute anything!
I have been M.I.A. the past few weeks because I was sheltered away in my room, diligently studying for my final round (that counts for colleges) of finals. What killed me the most, though, was not the actual studying itself, but the many, many ideas I had for paintings, photo shoots, and stories that I didn't have the time to put into action!
Now that I have free time, I am so exhausted that I don't want to do anything, and couldn't remember half the ideas if I tried...
One positive thing that resulted from my hermit-like state was the insane amount of time I had to finally listen to tons of different bands.
These are a few tracks that were pretty much on constant repeat the last few weeks:




Most have a similar feel to them, and they all helped me pull through the lack of social interaction (that I am thoroughly working on compensating for now that I am freeeee!)

Coachella Line Up Announced!

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There's 35+ bands I'm interested in seeing!! Especially MGMT, Them Crooked Vultures, & Thom Yorke (who are all on my "Must See Live Before I/They Die" list)
I've always wanted to go to Coachella, but have never been excited enough to spend that much money. This time around, $285 doesn't seem like that much considering all the bands I want to see. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO WAY I'M NOT GOING! :) I'll hitchhike if I must!

What are we made of and are we the forsaken few?

I still haven't decided what I want this blog's content to be (perhaps I should have thought of this before creating a blog, haha) But maybe it's better without any restrictions? And I could simply use this as some sort of catharsis. We'll see I suppose...
Well, anyway I'd like to take this time to seriously recommend going to the Griffith Observatory to anyone who hasn't!
It's really fantastic because everything is free (even parking!) and you get killer views of Los Angeles at night. It's incredibly romantic.
Here are some pictures I took:
The only thing we ended up paying for was the "Centered in the Universe" show at the planetarium which was worth every penny and which only cost $5 for students. It was incredibly beautiful visually and it even made me tear up a little.
The universe is something that simultaneously fascinates and frightens me because there's so much that we can't even fathom. For example, there's over 1 BILLION GALAXIES in the universe! I can't visually imagine 1 billion anything! Our planet is already incredibly small compared to our own galaxy, let alone the universe. It just makes me feel that everything is insignificant and that I shouldn't worry about things as much as I do. Then I begin to feel a huge increase in worry if I think about these things deep enough and start questioning things. It's a vicious cycle! It becomes one of the very few situations where I might consider ignorance to be bliss.



Image source: NASA

Let me introduce myself...

I feel as though an introduction is in order, despite the fact that I'm probably the only one reading this blog at this point, haha! (And those who have seen this already know me, but oh well!)Well, first things first, my name is Jasmine and I am 18 years old. I personally don't feel that age should define someone, but that's usually the first thing people share with strangers, no?
People often take me for an outgoing person, because I am quite loud and eccentric once I become comfortable, but I'm pretty timid around new people. (Although, I am currently trying to change this! My only new years resolutions were to "grow some balls" and be more social!)
I also have four cats which does nothing to detract from the expectation that I will end up as a "crazy cat lady."
It'd be cooler to be like the mathematician who lived in San Francisco and took LSD with his cat bi-weekly...

Why, just the other day I was listening to this:

All of a sudden my cat, named Bob Dylan, jumped onto my lap and started purring. (No lie!)
I then exclaimed, "Yes, Bob Dylan! You like the Beatles! It was you who introduced them to Marijuana all those years ago! Who knew that that day would really change their music forever!"
Yes, I creeped myself out too...
Well anyway, I think that's enough insanity for now. Anyone who actually cares to know me will inevitably find out more within future posts! <3

The chrysalis is breaking and the super-ego's waking

I've never been interested in creating a blog, or even keeping a journal for that matter. I liked the idea of being able to look back on my former perceptions (as they are perpetually changing), but I could never keep them up.
However, in a bout of inspiration, and in forcing myself to try new things in what I am expecting to be the most exciting decade of my life, I created this site. Let's see how long it lasts, if at all...

I am going into this without any notions as to what the content will be, and it's a bit exciting.