continuous circles.

just found this poem:

how is it that life can travel in continuous circles?

sometimes floating upwards. lighter than air. endlessly weightless towards the outskirts of the atmosphere.

sometimes spiraling downwards. slowly first, then crashing towards rock bottom. towards the unfixable.

life is constantly changing

shifting

moving.

life replays itself.

it heals itself.

it fixes itself.

just when everything seems totally hopeless, there comes a

glimmer.

a piece.

a hint of

new hope.

hope to soar upwards.

hope to fix the broken, split, shattered, circles surrounding our lives.

connecting our lives together. connecting our own life together.

becoming one.

OH and happy (almost) birthday to my big sister, the nanny. she's such an inspiration to me. i'm not sure she knows exactly how much she means to me, but i love that girl like crazy and miss her every day.

love,

cmatt

GOOOOD NEWS

three things

1) the picture i posted below of the flowers won second place in a big contest about a week ago :) it's now going to compete in the state competition and i'm thrilled and honored!

2) a picture, because i feel like it

3) I GOT INTO MY DREAM SCHOOL!!!!!!! well, i got accepted there academically a while ago, but i just got accepted into the dance conservatory and i'm beyond thrilled. i haven't decided if i'm for sure going there yet because it's very far away, but i'm still THRILLED to have gotten in :))))

much love,

cmatt

99.

Instructions:

Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (worst experience ever)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (this is the definition of my childhood)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (i mean it was for a school project but hey)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (pretty much every single toy i've ever owned)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a Book Club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

31 out of 99 by age 18? Not too shabby. I have a lot of living to do.

and one more thing...

photography, because it's been what i've been in to lately :)

ummmm hi

hi loyal blog followers! (aka, theonlinenanny)

it's officially been forever and a day since i've written anything on here. but i'm writing now! (that counts, right?)

oh well.

but i've decided to come back to blogging again. even if i only blog once every 4 months. that's the spirit, right?

and i'm going to do the nanny's little bloggy award thing soon, i promise!

but i can't lie, the sole purpose of this entry is because IWANTTHENECKLACETHENANNYISOFFERING.

so. i love the nanny. i want the necklace. here is my entry :)

toodles,

cmatt

tomorrow is a relative term.

dance camp food time :)

this chocolate pudding was practically forced on us every day. it was some of the BEST pudding i've ever eaten so of course we had no problem forcing it down!

the next two pictures were from our meal on the 4th of july. since we had regular classes all day we didn't get to do anything special so our counselors ordered in barbecue and cookies for all of us!

delicious cake!

and PLENTY of milkyway midnights backstage :)

dance camp: food

so this summer, i went away to another dance camp and had the time of my life. i can't even describe how much i miss it! for the next few posts, i'll be sharing some photos that i took during my three weeks there. over the three weeks, i took 1,410 pictures :)

so a common assumption about dancers is that we don't eat. au contraire, my friend!

here are some pictures of the amount of food my friends and i would eat in one meal. tomorrow, i'll show you some of the actual food!

love you all and get ready for delicious food tomorrow :)