there's so many groovy things to do

Oh, boy do I have a post for you. This Friday was the 4th of July. Now, I don't either live nor am from the USA. I'm born and raised (and still living) in Puerto Rico. But, since Puerto Rico is a colony, we still use it as an excuse for most people to have a day off from work, drink early, take out the grill and have a reunion wherever there's a usable pool. This year, my friends and I spent the 4th of July at my best friend Ginty's place. We stayed in the pool with both the sun and the moon. None of us got out (unless it was to eat) so none of us got any pictures whatsoever. Except Ginty's mom taking one but 2 days later she let her phone drop into the toilet so it's barely nonexistent already. All in all, it was a really fun night. Definitely the best night in my entire summer.

I stayed over Ginty's house the entire weekend (FINALLY!). On the 5th we slept in, had pizza for breakfast, went into the pool again, and then rented movies for the night. Ginty's parents picked 3, we picked 2. We watched one of her parent's picks, which was White House Down and it was honestly better than I expected. It takes a lot for me to like an action movie. After that her parents left us to watch our movies in the living room and we watched Ruby Sparks first. Let me tell you, if you haven't seen Ruby Sparks, watch it. I won't tell you what it's about, I'm not Google. But I can tell you it's perfect, and once you think about it, the meaning and the lessons and such, you will find it even more perfect if it were possible. After that we watched Ginger & Rosa, but we didn't get to the ending because it froze so we plan on finishing it soon, but so far, it has been simply outstanding. We fell asleep at almost 5am.

On the 6th, we slept in, thought still waking up earlier than the day before. We took a walk to a nearby bridge/lake and it was pretty beautiful. I, obviously, had my camera with me. I let Ginty take the pictures this time, so she isn't in any of them.

A girl takes a picture of a girl taking a picture.

Even though I'm home now, tomorrow we'll go biking. Not many pictures can be taking while biking but it'll sure be fun. 

Why does summer turn better when it's ending?

Sincerely yours,

-gc(v)

The Moth Diaries

"She's a butterfly and I'm a moth." - Diary entry from April 26, 2014

I should start by saying; I opened with that quote because I will be discussing it. I should also state that this quote is not from any diary, it's from my diary which is probably why it makes so much sense to me.

On the time this was written, I was doubting myself and the one I believed could have loved me unconditionally as I would've back. Who is the 'she' mentioned on this quote you might ask? The answer is: I don't have the slightest clue. See, I had a crush. A really deep crush. The crush lasted 3 years, actually. All that time I was wondering, like any teenage girl would; why, oh why, doesn't he like me? I came to the conclusion somebody else caught his eye in a way I never would. And with that conclusion, I started to wonder what did she have that I didn't? I made a mental list about things I needed to change about myself, I updated them so constantly I physically made one to keep track of those things. I was in a beauty competition with a girl I didn't even know was real. 

Around mid-May I came to the realization that I've always been like this. I am afraid of the idea of not having anyone to romantically admire (led alone love). I came to that realization reading a random horoscope of mine (Libra!). After that realization, I had another one; maybe that's the reason I don't even try to move on from him. That day I promised I would make an effort to move on this summer.

bolt from the blue

If you've read my previous posts, you'd know I've had problems with my knee these past few days. If you haven't read my previous posts, now you know. After my knees healed I still couldn't manage to put pants on and I hated the idea of going out with my knees looking so weird. I didn't have plans for the rest of the week so I just binge-watched anime and made mac n cheese at midnight. On Saturday though, one of my best friends was having a surprise birthday party thrown for her. There aren't many pictures from that night, but it sure was fun.

I gave the birthday girl a piggyback ride since she was wearing heels.

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Recently, I started binge-watching/reading anime/manga. On Monday night I started watching Soul Eater, I finished it on Wednesday morning. It was so awesome, the characters, the plot, (the ships), everything. I obviously regretted not reading the manga before watching the anime but I'm still reading it anyways. I also started Sword Art Online, which a friend has been telling me to watch for months and I finally did so and I'm almost done and I don't want it to end. (THE SAO OPENING SONG GIVES ME LIFE)

Though, Soul Eater is not the first anime and manga I've ever watched and read. The first anime I ever watched was actually Girls Bravo and if anyone asked me, I would admit it with no shame. Though good thing no one ever does because then I'd have to explain it's not always like in the Google Images searches. The first manga I ever read was Uzumaki by Junji Ito and it seriously changed my life. I believe Junji Ito to be a genius, and his admiration for Lovecraft is noticeable in his work, which makes me love his work even more. After that I read Tomie, obviously, it was amazing. Then I read Yami no Koe, which contained 7 stories, Glyceride being one of my favorites for how disgusting it was. After, I read Black Paradox, and so on. After all that, my favorite was still Uzumaki (though a lot are tied in second place). It's a brilliant manga and the ending was one of the best things I've ever read.