My Favorite Memories(Captured Through the Lense of My iPhone)

Hey, uh, long time no...write? I guess? Yeah, sorry about that...ya know, school and all that jazz sort of took over my life again. I guess I sort of missed my blog post writing window back in during the summer, didn't I? Yikes.

Well I guess now that I'm back in school I'll actually have things to write about, won't I? Unlike the dreadfully, usually boring, slumber-filled days of summer where the most exciting thing that would happen would be once and I while I'd get something in the mail. Wow what an attention grabbing post that would have made for! Anyways, now that I'm back in school, I'm busy, sure, but I'm constantly doing something that can be turned into some sort of story or making some memory.

That's why I'm back here today(tonight? idk it's 3:12 am, what do you call that?) Today, I spent a good portion of the last twelve hours in my bed, a rare occurrence to be honest. Part of that time was spent asleep, part of that time was spent rolling around, writhing in the pain of those first day period cramps-oh the joy! And the rest of the time, I was, well, resting. Scrolling through my twitter, facebook and instagram feed quickly became boring, and I double clicked the home button on my iphone and brought myself to my trusty old camera roll.

Now, I recently made the painfully difficult decision of deleting most of my useless, space-hogging 7,000 plus photos, bringing myself back down to only 442. Through this agonizingly long process of having to manually delete these pictures(thanks for the help, Apple), I came across some of my absolute favorite photos that I had lost in the giant abyss of my camera roll. These precious-pixels of course made the cut, and as I scrolled through them as I laid in my bed today, I thought back on each of the memorable moments that they captured. I'd I wanted to share some of them with you.

This photo was taken in Christopher Columbus Park by the Boston Harbor. Photo credits for this one actually go to one of my best friends Seda, obviously I didn't take this as I'm clearly in it. It was the first day of our summer vacation after our junior year of high school, and Jessica, Seda and myself wanted to spend the beautiful day out exploring the city. I'm not one for PDA, but this spot was much to beautiful to give up this perfect moment.

This photo was taken at the very top of the Prudential Building, again, in Boston. The sun was almost about to set on the chilly day in March, and it was a beautiful view to end the day. It was actually my first time being a the top of the Pru, and the picture doesn't even do justice to how breathtaking the city is from above.

All I can say about this picture is that out of all of my favorites, this is one of my favorites. Don't ask me what that means.... "Something I am beginning to think is this: when I take a photograph that is specifically of a person, and think of it as a portrait, and decide that I am taking a portrait, a sense of uncomfortableness that exists between me & other people becomes very obvious and apparent in the image. When I take a photograph that happens to include people, that has people as an element of it, or maybe not even the whole person, it is infinitely more calm and natural."

I mean, I think this photo speaks for itself. Being 52 stories above the sparkling city can't be explained. It's the most awe-inducing moment I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. 

Very rarely do I have the opportunity of witnessing mother nature's beauty like I did this day. With my schedule constantly jam-packed, I spend most, if not all of my days inside rooms inside buildings, with the four walls making me feel trapped. But to be able to be completely free in the middle of the gorgeous greenery was incredible.

This photo was again, not actually taken by myself, photo credit to Jessica, but this piece in the Museum of Fine Arts was particularly captivating. The neon lights acted as instructions to visitors while simultaneously being a work of art in itself. I thought it was fascinating, and I envied its beauty, so I through myself in the picture in hopes to make myself seem a bit more...artistic? Sure.

I mean, do I even have to say anything here? Softball is my one opportunity to get fresh air and enjoy the outside world, and mother nature was just....she really out-did herself that night.

This is the oldest picture I have in my collection of favorites, but it wasn't too long ago that I took this picture. February of 2013, I believe is when I took this photo at, you guessed it, my first Maroon 5 concert. My friend who graciously brought me that night has now gone off to college, a road that I'll soon be traveling down myself, but the two of us will always have this moment to look back on. I can still recall the way the pieces of confetti fell onto my hair and then sprinkled the floor of the arena. That night, just like every other concert, music brought tens of thousands of people together, like the was the massive crowd sang She Will Be Loved and Sunday Morning as one collective voice. It was an amazing night.

Those are just a few of my favorite photos, and maybe I'll write another post with some more eventually. My goal is to be constantly building my collection by making even more unforgettable moments and just enjoying life. Right now, my life is so incredibly stressful, but in times like this, it's always great to look back on these days and just think about how many more memories there are to be made.

Stay gnarly ✌