little by little
so, last weekend i went surfing with the mauli ola foundation (and i promise PROMISE i'll post info about myself soon!!) but they are seriously awesome. and i met a bunch of super awesome people.
but also, i met this kid Gavin. (gavin if you ever read this just know that i mean it!) and he was the first person EVER, who was my age and was NOT part of the mauli ola foundation and who was NOT part of my family or close friends, that i told about me having cystic fibrosis. and Gavin, i wanna say thanks. because how you handled that news, - even if you didnt completely understand what it was - it made me hopeful that other people will take it as well as you did. and not be afraid to ask me questions about it - and have me answer honestly. it was seriously the best gift you can give me. im slowly getting better at realizing who i am - cf and all - and i want to give that credit to you because im not as afraid of CF anymore. im a little more honest with myself (and i guess the ENTIRE web). and that is with your help. :D
oh and thanks for surfing with me!! you're good! so i hope i can hangout with you more and maybe learn a few pointers? haha thanks!!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
no time for this
hello world of blogging!
i dont really know why ive started this. to be honest i probably should be studying and all that, considering im a college student.
i guess its probably just to get more comfortable with myself - who I really really am - and allow more people to share that with me as well. i guess if you're reading this you wanna get to know me. so, uh welcome! i'll try to be as honest as i can on this thing but i think it may take some time since it kinda feels like i havent really been me until recently. and i mean the REAL me. like the one with no secrets or things to hide. just me. plain and simple.
i know this is all sounding kinda like a downer, but i swear to you i am a super fun person who LOVES pretty much everything and really could not ask for a more blessed and wonderful life! :D i am a pure optimist! i love having a positive outlook on the future and i know that is gonna help me through the tough times!
since i dont have a ton of free time to talk about myself(yet!), i guess ill just start with the title of my blog: "Living the Dream"
i spent like a good hour trying to think of something better to call my blog and i went through and number of things from music lyrics to qwirky quotes. but i kept coming back to "LTD" (despite the fact that Hurley Co. definitely already like claimed it as their foundation - which is totally cool! because that foundation is seriously so epic! love you Hurley!!) I guess you could say they sort of gave me the idea. But! But! what REALLY sealed the deal for me was looking up the phrase on urban dictionary. (yeah, i know what a seriously stereotypical thing for me to do, being a teenager and all that... w/e) anyway, i found a totally awesome definition - and, of course, killer funny examples - of what LTD actually is.
so here's one definition:
awesome, right? okay now i know some people may think that using this slang term is usually meant for sarcasm, which is true. in fact, urban dictionary also provided that definition as well, subsequent to the one i just gave you.
it goes something like this:
yeah that example is actually hilarious. thank you random editor! and of course, you would be considered not only clever if you responded like that, but also a comic genius (in my opinion) and since i use comedy as a shield for anything remotely scary, i really appreciate this other use of LTD.
so there you have it. for now. i am so stoked to actually be living my own dream, but for now i gotta get some shut eye because i have some serious class in the morning! and some crazy tests this week! GAH told you i had no time for this! i will do a full scale descrip. when i find some time. maybe my next little stint in the hospital? lets hope not! :)
and yeah, ill explain the hospital visits later. peace and love <3
Shannon
i dont really know why ive started this. to be honest i probably should be studying and all that, considering im a college student.
i guess its probably just to get more comfortable with myself - who I really really am - and allow more people to share that with me as well. i guess if you're reading this you wanna get to know me. so, uh welcome! i'll try to be as honest as i can on this thing but i think it may take some time since it kinda feels like i havent really been me until recently. and i mean the REAL me. like the one with no secrets or things to hide. just me. plain and simple.
i know this is all sounding kinda like a downer, but i swear to you i am a super fun person who LOVES pretty much everything and really could not ask for a more blessed and wonderful life! :D i am a pure optimist! i love having a positive outlook on the future and i know that is gonna help me through the tough times!
since i dont have a ton of free time to talk about myself(yet!), i guess ill just start with the title of my blog: "Living the Dream"
i spent like a good hour trying to think of something better to call my blog and i went through and number of things from music lyrics to qwirky quotes. but i kept coming back to "LTD" (despite the fact that Hurley Co. definitely already like claimed it as their foundation - which is totally cool! because that foundation is seriously so epic! love you Hurley!!) I guess you could say they sort of gave me the idea. But! But! what REALLY sealed the deal for me was looking up the phrase on urban dictionary. (yeah, i know what a seriously stereotypical thing for me to do, being a teenager and all that... w/e) anyway, i found a totally awesome definition - and, of course, killer funny examples - of what LTD actually is.
so here's one definition:
living the dream
DECLARATION OF “LIVING THE DREAM” WE the sovereign members of “the dream” due establish this declaration of our political, moral, theoretical, intellectual, ideological, philosophical, physical state of mind. The dream is the everlasting pursuance of a unique goal that is sacred to the man that holds it. |
awesome, right? okay now i know some people may think that using this slang term is usually meant for sarcasm, which is true. in fact, urban dictionary also provided that definition as well, subsequent to the one i just gave you.
it goes something like this:
| Living the dream | ||
Phrase describing the act of doing something that has relative significance to you and your closest companion that would seem pathetic and sad to most other people. ironic. Sitting in the back parking-lot of a Japanese restaurant, John pours stolen vodka into a vitamin-water bottle. Sally: We're living the dream! | ||
yeah that example is actually hilarious. thank you random editor! and of course, you would be considered not only clever if you responded like that, but also a comic genius (in my opinion) and since i use comedy as a shield for anything remotely scary, i really appreciate this other use of LTD.
so there you have it. for now. i am so stoked to actually be living my own dream, but for now i gotta get some shut eye because i have some serious class in the morning! and some crazy tests this week! GAH told you i had no time for this! i will do a full scale descrip. when i find some time. maybe my next little stint in the hospital? lets hope not! :)
and yeah, ill explain the hospital visits later. peace and love <3
Shannon
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