Is Love Blind?

A little something I wrote the other day...

After reading this question and milling on it for a little while I have some thoughts that just came to my mind.
I believe that true love is not blind. You are blind when you go into a relationship carelessly not focusing on the true beauty that lies within someone. You close your eyes to the things you wish did not exist in that person, not flaws but rather characteristics that are not right for you. True love is opening your eyes for the first time. When you find that right person there is no reason to cover your eyes out of fear of what you may see. Instead you love the person with eyes wide open to who every piece of who they are.

Blindness is turning away from the things you see. Open your eyes and experience real love.

So to answer the question, no, love is not blind, lust is. I refuse to fall in lust again.

We have more time than we think

As a college student, heck, as a human being, I am victim to saying the infamous phrase, "there isn't enough time in the day." However, I think we are all wrong. Yes, time does move quickly, especially as we get older, but we need to be better with managing our time. Even though sometimes we spend too much time planning, and not living our lives.

Anyways, as I sit here with a load of laundry started and my next three weeks of homework planned out, I'm feeling pretty good. My work load is huge and always is, but it is manageable. I think we all spend too much time worrying, time that we could use to be productive. So to take my own advice, this is where I am signing off and using this long Tuesday afternoon to stay on track and if I'm lucky, get ahead.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot done so i can share some fun updates on life or other thoughts because there has been a lot on my mind lately.

-Kimberly
(Since that's what everyone seems to be calling me lately)

Arielle Leigh ♥

A very happy 18th birthday to my amazing best friend!



I cant even begin to tell you how much I love you. You are beautiful girl with the most beautiful heart. You deserve all the best and don't ever forget that. Your friendship is truly a gift to me from God. Remember, He will always take care of you and cast all your worries to Him. I love you Arzz and I wish I could be home to celebrate with you, but I'll be there soon enough. Thank you for your honesty, laughter, compassion, and wonderful friendship. I cant wait to see all the amazing plans God has in store for you. I'll always be there along the way for anything :)

Love, Me

A rare occasion.

It is about 9:30 at night and I have no homework to do. I cant recall any other night since I have been at Biola where I have felt this at ease. I'm sure there is something I can be working on to get ahead, but the beauty is I have nothing I need to do! Such a nice feeling. So anyways, like I said in my last couple of blogs... I'm at Biola. Let me tell you, junior college was a cake walk compared to this. Now I get why people would look at me crazy when I would say I'm taking 18 units this semester. And they are much more difficult than if I were taking 18 units at COC. Speaking of COC, I really miss my choir :( The only time I find myself belting out any music is when I drive myself home from school... oh how I value those times! I get some pretty interesting looks, but clearly, I do not care because I'm enjoying myself. Back to Biola though... I should mention that I live in Alpha, the only all girl dorm on campus. Yeah, I wasn't looking forward to it but I have to say that it really isn't that bad. My RA's are awesome and I absolutely adore my roommate, Sarah. We keep bonding more and more and she is so easy to live with. Such an awesome girl. She's a math major and I'm journalism so together we make up both sides of the brain and somehow it works :)Well I'm going to go find a TV show to watch online or something dare I say... fun/enjoyable?! Night ♥

*At Push Play's CD Release party a couple weekends ago at the Roxy*


*We also got to meet/talk with Phil Bensen. He's an awesome guy and incredibly talented*

This is the way it should begin again

If I wrote at all this summer, which I didn't do even once, I would only have the beginning of this school year to catch up. However, summer was crazy... intense... a time of growing so I think it deserves a recap. So much happened and combined with my love for details I am afraid I will bore you if I post everything in one post, but I guess I will try and if I think this is getting a little lengthy I'll split things up. Well now that we have this long intro out of the way allow me to tell you about my summer.....

My summerwas not simple but it simply consisted of a few things: work at my new job (Dick's Sporting Goods), Bible Bridge (the hardest 6 units I have ever worked for), a little bit of free time, and... a boy.

First let me tell you what Bible Bridge is. Since I chose to transfer to Biola I have to minor in Biblical Studies. Not a bad concept since I chose to attend a Christian school. However there is a catch, most students have 4 years to spread this out but since I am transferring in as a junior I only have 2 years to complete that along with my major. In order to try and graduate in 2 years I needed some help. Bible Bridge is a way to get 2 classes done over the summer. It was 6 weeks online, a one week break (unless like me you used it for unfinished homework), then 2 weeks of on campus work from 8am to 3 pm everyday. Sounds intense right? Well, yes it was. Probably the most work I have ever done in my life and it mentally drained me trying to balance it with everything else in my life. There are so many things I could say about Bible Bridge but I'll leave you with this. It was extremely intense with work all the time and caused some mental breakdowns, but I made some amazing friends out of it and for those I am so thankful.

I guess it is now time to move on to Dick's (let out all your chuckles now, I have heard all the jokes). Working here caused me to learn a lot about myself and relationships.... at a sporting goods store, who would have thought? I don't think I have ever enjoyed a job so much. Maybe that's why I'm still working there on the occasional weekend, but I must say it's not as great as it was in the beginning. Being one of the few girls among many guys really did a lot for my confidence. Not because of attention, but because I learned how to assert myself and be okay with who I am. I bet some people are curious about this boy I mentioned earlier... we met at work. I'm not going to share all the details of everything because if you know me than you know the important stuff, but I'll mention him. Bad Boy. Or at least that's what everyone thought. He had a dark faux hawk and eyes that I could see straight through. I didn't think anything of him but then he swept me off my feet and won me over. Thats when we hopped onto a roller coaster. Neither of us really knew what we wanted or told the other. It was a lot of back and forth of who liked who. Yeah... not so great. Basically before I moved here things were good or so I thought and then they fell apart. Some of the worst pain I have ever experienced. I wish things ended better but there is no going back. I still dont think he knows how hurt I really was, all I can hope though is that I made some sort of impact on him. As much as everyone around me may not like him because of everything that happened I still care about him because I don't think he has many people in his life like me. Everyone can say what they want but like all summer, I'm going to make my own decisions and learn from them. It's still hard sometimes, but I'm moving on and I'll be okay. As I have had everyone tell me, "God has someone better in store for you". I believe it.... I just dont like the waiting game.

This is getting long and I'm probably loosing your attention if you've made it this far. This was a VERY short recap for everything I felt. Summer was intense, crazy, fun, difficult, changing, growing, happy, sad, and most of all memorable. There were things I wished I could change at the time but I believe everything happens for a reason so I wouldn't change a thing.

I kept my sanity by simple nights with friends, late night conversations and early morning texts, trips to San Diego and the motoGP. Oh and a Taylor Swift Concert started off the summer!

It's been too long...

I am finally back (not that anyone really reads this)! I don't have the time for a full update right now but let's just say that I am typing this from my dorm... yes dorm. Just down the page a little you will see a post about my visit to Biola, well guess what? I'm here now! Crazy right?? So an entire summer has passed (and what a summer it was), we have a lot to catch up on friends. I really feel like writing, but homework assignments MUST be done. I'm really motivated to do them now in hopes of being able to blog tonight. So I'm going to go do that now, hopefully I'll be back soon!

PS... It's raining right now and it makes me so happy :)

Here's a look at my dorm (it's been changed around since this)


And here's Emily aka the best friend here.

Summer Nights

Yes, I am well aware that it is still very early on in the Spring, but have you stepped outside within the past few days? It is summer weather right now in Southern California. The heat could be much worse, but lets face it, the warmth we (I) have been hoping for is here and in full force.

The upside to all of this? The feeling of a summer night. I love being able to hear the crickets from outside in the still, warm, air. Not the kind of Vegas heat with a slight breeze we feel during the day but a good temperature drop cooler. Not cold, not hot, but right there in the happy medium. It puts me in such a peaceful mood and makes me want to go sit on my porch with my iPod. It also takes me back to all my fond memories of summer nights after graduation. Great times. Unfortunately it is not summer yet and I have school in the morning so that wont be happening tonight. So goodnight World, sleep well. ♥

PS... looking for any new music? My recommendation would be Eye Alaska's new song called Walk Like A Gentleman. You can hear it on their myspace for now until it is released on iTunes.