Techno-fast!

Alright, starting today, I am having my annual two-week-long break from technology, and I am SO excited. Starting today, I am putting down my iPod, cellphone, and Facebook. I will be back blogging in a couple weeks, just taking a break. My reasons for this break are many. For one, I just need some time to BREATH. To LIVE. All of this technology clouds up my head sometimes and I sit around wasting my whole life. Just think about it. We only have so many hours to live. And if we waste precious time doing absolutely nothing productive, what does that say about ourselves? So, each year, I generally take a weekend or something off. But this year, I've decided to do a full two weeks. I've just gotten so caught up in everything and I've forgotten the things that are really important to me. It's easy to get distracted with so many distractions.

I'm going to take this time to write in my journal (by hand!), play piano, paint, study for exams, and just have good, old-fashioned fun. It's a breather I've needed for a long time.

So, farewell, dear friends. From now until February 1 (2.5 weeks), I am technology free. Until then.

xoxo

Curiosity Kills

Oh, and here's a poem for the road.

The Kite

As I lengthen her string, she extends

Inch by inch, meter by meter

Until she is floating free above the trees

Spiraling whimsically in the breeze

She is so small compared to the world

Yet she seems to overtake the sky

Threatening to escape my grip

Pulling at my fingers with such

Determination that I nearly succumb

I hold her still

But I can't keep her here forever

Trapped by these phantom chains

With every gust, she grows stronger

Until the wind whips her away

Free at last, I whisper

I trace the red lines on my palm

My only memories, already fading

I tried to keep her here forever

She disappeared so fast