this and that

im mostly done with my graduation pictures album. good luck viewing them though, the server hates me.

I just got in contact with my older brother whom ive never met. We just started talking by email. It is really weird. As a kid, I used to seriously wonder about him all the time. I even kept the only item I had of his in my room (a Donald Duck bank that my dad had for some reason) until I left for college.

He signed the email with “Love, your brother Ari”. I feel all weird and emotional.

this is him and his wife, Kristen. Do me and him look alike at all? Im pretty sure we dont. Maybe thats cuz his mom is greek.

It is true as of yesterday morning. The service was soooo boring and awful. We had to sit up on the stage in front of the whole crowd and I was in the back so I played cell phone games and texted people. I wore flipflops also.

Im having second thoughts about moving, and I dont like it.

I found this description today, written by a doctor who has piercings, and I thought it was beautiful. It gave me goosebumps. Its so true.

“Piercing is an incredibly personal experience. The jolt of pain from the instant the needle-tip brushes against your skin - the nanosecond before it goes in… Your body is tingling and heart pounding with adrenaline. There is only you and your body in that bubble of sensation.

As the piercer begins to push steadily through your body, the sensation intensifies and clarifies. It becomes a sweet, bitter, hard, soft energy. Your mind is pulled back into your body and you know that you are truly alive. You can feel everything every nerve in your body is telling you. For that moment, your mind cannot be anywhere else. It is commanded to be present in the pain.

Piercing is an awakening. To the uniqueness and resilience of our bodies, and the adjustments and alterations we capable of making, literally, in our small worlds. It is power.

It is also a cleansing. A beginning. A ritual.”

Sounds cheesy, but its good.

Also, graduation pictures are coming soon.