[Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 11:48pm] [ music | Bridge Over Troubled Water [x] S&G ] well LiveJournal, I am graduating tomorrow. I've held on to this rarely-updated journal because I wanted to keep writing throughout high school, and that ends tomorrow. So, we'll see what happens. I'm really not ready to let go. I've had an incredibly amazing, beautiful, thrilling, touching high school experience full of incredible people that I don't want to say goodbye to. But I have to, and I will. Tomorrow I will wear a white dress and walk around the pond and throw my penny in and sit under the tent and sing with my silver sisters and cry and I'm so excited. I'm so sad to leave but I'm proud to graduate from Dana Hall. So so so proud. I'm proud to be part of the class of 2009, to be a silver sister in this incredible group of girls. I'm excited to spend tomorrow with them but I know I'll cry through all of it! Oh wow. High school happened way too fast. Wayyy too fast. But I have to let go, and I will, and it will be beautiful. I'm sad, in a way, that I'm not graduating from Ursuline but Dana was such a better fit for me. I worried so much about making the change and it was so worth it, it was absolutely the right choice and I'm so glad I ended up at Dana. There are some wonderful girls I got to know at Ursuline but I couldn't imagine being anywhere else in my life than am I right now, and that is because of Dana Hall. Dana teaches girls to be individuals, to be brave and confident, to value intelligence, virtue, and tradition, and to take full advantage of all opportunities that present themselves. Girls can develop any passion or talent at Dana and I'm so grateful for that. The community that is built there is stronger than anywhere I've ever seen, and I'll be so sad to officially leave The Bubble tomorrow. High school happened way too fast! I can't believe it's over. I'm waiting for that pit-of-my-stomach feeling to kick in where I realize that this is the end. I know it will, soon enough. I'm sad to leave but I know I will always have my silver sisters, so I'm not too worried. Sail on silvergirl, sail on by. Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way: see how they shine. If you need a friend, I'm sailing right behind. peace, love, empathy, --marissa. comment

[Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 11:48pm] i am replaceable! i am replaceable! i am replaceable! uselessly replaceable! using punctuation to emphasize! i am replaceable! [ 3 ]comment

[Monday January 19th, 2009 at 2:05pm] reasons i love hamlet: "give every man thy ear, but few thy voice" (I.iii.74) "Do not believe his vows, for they are brokers Not of that dye which their investments show, But mere implorators of unholy suits, Breathing like sanctified and pious bawds, The better to beguile" (I.iii.127-131) why is he so right, all the time? Shakespeare was a genius, and i bet a few men too many broke his heart. <3! peace, love, empathy, --marissa [ 1 ]comment

Thanksgiving 2008 [Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 10:25am] thankful lists of years past: ( 2005! ) wow, really old stuff in here hahahaha. ( thankful list 2006! ) i'm glad i've been making these lists for so long. it's cute. ( 2007! ) What Am I Thankful For? 2008: -- my health, mental and physical and emotional -- my family and their health -- my friends: from Dana, from UA, from childhood, from Xaverian, etc etc -- God and my relationship with Him, the amazing ways He has blessed me and the person I can become because of His love -- self-acceptance -- my music -- my writing -- my teachers who have inspired me to try to write -- my guitar!! -- being in Love with an amazing, amazing, incredible person named matt :D -- my intelligence -- music -- summer -- good times with good friends -- horses. my horses. the amount i've improved because of my horses -- matt's volvo and all the good times that happened in it, or because of it, etc -- LifeTeen. so thankful for that program!! -- Dana Hall and everything I've learned from being there -- SoLow pants ... and Dana Hall sweat pants -- my experience at WYD Sydney -- my nose piercing -- the fact that i'm fortunate enough not to have to apply for financial aid / fee waivers / etc in the college process -- the fact that my parents have supported me in this whole "college process" -- french argot (slang) -- my voice. my voice teacher. all the songs i'm singing and the way they impact me -- again, my friends, their acceptance of me and the hilarious times we've shared -- without sounding lame or cliché, parties. letting go and having fun and not caring about anything! -- tote bags. love them. -- butterflies -- Boston -- freedom. politically, emotionally, socially, etc -- laughter. the kind that makes your stomach hurt. -- community in any form -- my family, in a larger sense; everyone who is family to me -- patience -- Divine interference:D -- the faith of those around me who inspire me daily -- butter nut toffee from the nuns in wrentham -- the hour-long car ride to school and how much we bond (and break) in it -- jake and the person he's gonna become when he grows up -- beauty. everywhere. -- Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, Salinger, Herman Hesse, books that make me think. Thank You!! peace, love, empathy, --marissa lynn. comment

[Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 10:04pm] LIFE IS FANTASTIC i had the most bomb halloween party ever last night and it was amazing and i was amazed and i'll write more later. we fit eleven people in matt's volvo station wagon today. hahahaha. comment

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