When Autumn Comes

When Autumn Comes, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

When autumn comes, it doesn't ask.
It just walks in, where it left you last.
And you never know, when it starts,
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart.

Something's missing,
And I don't know how to fix it.
Something's missing....
And I don't know what it is at all.

--john mayer

Welcome to the Valley

Welcome to the Valley, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

Hung out with Regina some tonight at her house and then we ran an errand to Wal-Mart around midnight, because we are just that cool.

Apparently not as cool as some.

Yes. That would be a limo.

Dropping off people at Wal-Mart.

Welcome to Pennsylvania, kids.

The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

How is it ONE phone can cause so much drama in just one week?

First I left the freaking thing behind at a friend's house, then the hole where you plug in the charger decides to no longer recognize charging. So my phone was officially dead. Lovely.

Which means I spent two days waiting for my new one to arrive in the mail from my insurance plan.

All day today was spent waiting for DHL to bring the thing to the house. A signature was required for delivery, so I got up around 8 and spent the entire day in the house waiting for it to arrive.

Time of arrival? 5:45 PM.

Thanks, DHL. Thanks.

Cell phone, I hate you.

If the plane goes down, damn...

If the plane goes down, damn..., originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

I was driving home from the Zurenskis (where I had been bonding with Matt & Melissa's parents as usual) when a car tried to come flying pass me on 837.

Apparently they didn't see the double-yellow lines signaling a no passing area.

Or the car in the other lane.

I swerved to get as far over as I could, just as the other car swerved to their right. There was just nowhere for us to go between the guardrail and hillside.

I didn't see the crash, but I heard it. And what I saw when I turned around - a Pontiac SUV completely flipped on its side and shoved against the hillside. I couldn't tell if it had hit the other car yet, but apparently it wrecked trying to avoid the other car.

The driver (some asshole my age) totally walked away from the accident fine. Even though he a) didn't have his seatbelt on and b) was thrown against his windshield. Yet he was more pissed than anything... when honestly, he should have been thankful to be alive.

So then the asshole tried to get me to lie to the police about why he wrecked. And then HE started lying even when the police finally got there....

Nope. Sorry buddy. You could have EASILY killed someone... coincidently enough that car in the other lane happened to be two friends of his. Yet he still wasn't acting at ALL remorseful... though after his parents showed up at the scene, I'm pretty sure they are going to make sure he feels nothing BUT remorse. I couldn't imagine almost killing someone like that and not even trying to act a bit bothered by it... let alone if I saw they were FRIENDS of mine!

I ended up being there for over and hour and a half. I definitely didn't want to leave - considering I was the only one there who wasn't going to bullshit. Plus, I was the one who called 911 and had already told them I had seen what happened so it would seem weird if I suddenly took off without leaving any statement.

Though, its nice to know that in one way or another, justice is ALWAYS served.

A car slowed down next to the scene after it happened.
The cop told the lady to move along... only...

Woman in car (stone-cold voice): Oh I'm his mother
(Asshole's cell starts ringing)
Mother: (screaming) YOU TURN THAT GOD DAMNED THING OFF RIGHT NOW!

He probably wished he had been taken away on a stretcher earlier.

See, We're Laughing...

We're Gonna Be Okay, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

Tonight, I hung out with Aaron's family before I helped keep him company/move some of his stuff back into his bedroom.

His family has been trying to sell their house, so he had repainted his walls in hopes of making it look fresher. We were going through a lot of his things - photos from high school, posters he doesn't want to keep but doesn't want to throw away - and its funny to see how things which used to be important to him just a few years ago, no longer are.

In fact, I remember when he was getting ready to go on his mission two and a half years ago - he was saying how he wouldn't ever live back in his parents house again. But yet, here we both are, back in our parents' houses waiting on whatever comes next and both trying to figure out our lives.

It's nice to have someone to go through this with though.

"See, we're laughing,
I think we're gonna be okay...."

Caution: Living Life

Caution: Living Life, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

Some days are just too ridiculously fun & unexpected to describe.

Until something happens that makes them incredibly not fun.

But for the most part, you try to forget the not-fun part and focus on the good. It's how we get through the day. Its how we meet new people and embrace new situations. Its how we grow and become the people we are meant to be. Sure we stumble, but as long as we just keep singing and embracing life - who knows where we might end up.

I find that, as long as I'm able to get in my car at the end of the day - & still keep singing - I know I'm okay. Besides - that's what Kelly Clarkson is for. Duets.

Missed Deadlines

Missed Deadlines, originally uploaded by reasonenoughtocelebrate.

The end of my journalism bio from senior year on the website I spent my entire last semester working on:

"Kari is also getting her minor in theater arts and hopes to move to New York City or Chicago after graduation. Or at least, not be living with her parents any longer than October 1, 2007."

Well. It's October 1st.

In case you need some clarification, that would be my parents' house in Finleyville, PA. I am trying to hold on to the belief that there is a reason I am meant to be here right now... and that (hopefully) some point in my life I'll be able to look back on this confusing time and say,

"Ah, so THAT'S why it took so long to leave."