hello friends and neighbors... i couldn't tell you how long its been since i've written a real blog, but i know its been awhile. have i been missed?? this semester has been a trip to say the least... i've done a lot of internalized monologuing and soul searching. i have to say i've changed, and i believe its been for the better. i know i've had this "hoddy wants to live where soul meets body" phrase as my profile name for awhile (inspired by death cab for cutie, for the sadly ignorant), but its been heavy on my mind. i have a few stories i want to share, because they still feel so real to me, and i think they snapshot my mentality of late. story #1: one night not so long ago, i found myself being overwhelmed by the fluorescent lights and overstimulating mess of sound that is daily life. so i took a little drive trying to find a nice, quiet, dark place to just... be... for awhile. i found one in a random neighborhood and parked in front of a stranger's house, rolled down the windows, and closed my eyes. the air was newly warm with spring and i breathed it in deep... i've been waiting for spring for a long time. i found myself wishing i had a driveway to pull into. a welcoming house. my apartment is all well and good, and i love the girls i live with... but there's something about a house that feels like home. story #2: we've been having a lot of gray days lately... i was standing on my balcony one evening around sunset watching the gray sky get darker... and it made me remember junior high. something about the smell of the rain and all the gray. it made me miss the times when things were much less complicated. to smell gray is to remember. story #3: this summer i finally bought my bass, roxanne, and i've been attempting to learn to play ever since. the summer was frustrating because i didn't have much help and i wasn't making much progress. i decided to take lessons this semester and i'm finally seeing some real improvement... it makes me giddy. story #4: recently i've been talking on aim with quite a few people i haven't actually seen in a long time, and it makes me sad because sometimes i can't remember what their voices sound like. story #5: i made a quote book for my typography class, and its so beautiful... i finally have a portfolio piece that i'm proud of, and that makes me happier than i know how to describe. ... so there's the update on me... i'm being ridiculous as usual, but making it. still trying to work things out for the summer, but i'm planning on sticking around the okc/edmond area. anyone know where i can live?? iloveyouguys. | 
