I had the greatest weekend with my momma! She drove hours and hours to visit me this wekend. I bought tickets months ago for mom's birthday to see David Sedaris speak! Mom and I have loved David Sedaris family for years and years- his books on tape have kept me alive during the longs car rides home. It was just a dream come true to see him in person- and then we met him!! 

    It was a really great food weekend, too. I started it off with Five Guys- my favorite burger place- with some friends. When mom got into town it only got better with fancy cheese plates and creme brulee french toast.

This is Arianne. On Friday night mom and I went to Harbinger Night, where the newly published Stephens ladies read from their work, and Arianne read from her piece. It was amazing.

     Here's my pretty momma at breakfast :)

     Here I am in some glasses I bought online- they showed up five times huger than they looked. But at least I found a new costume prop :) Hipster parties, here I come!!!

This is the book I gave to David Sedaris when he signed our copy of his book Naked. I thought it was hilarious- it's a manual to better understand humor and the differences between adult and child laughter. Old books are so funny sometimes.

I never realize how homesick I am until I hang out with my family- I was in a real funk after momma left. 

But now I've got finals to distract me....

love, rudi

Jumping, Falling, Flying

   I heard this quote during one of the most important and exhilarating experiences of my life. It was in the middle of high school, and I was right in the crux of deciding what sort of person I was going to be. I ended up decided to be an artistic one, and it was a real risk that ended up making high school pretty difficult. In the end, though, it turned out to be worth it.

  I've loved this quote since I first heard it, but I keep forgetting that jumping and taking risks doesn't always mean I will fly. Today I got some disappointing news- I ran for a leadership seat in a club on campus but found out that I didn't get the position. It's hard to be confident and ambitious. When you really work hard at something and truly believe in yourself, the failure is just more disheartening.

   But, while I have to remember that jumping isn't always flying, I have to also remember that it isn't always falling, either.

love, rudi

The After

   Remember a few weeks ago when I talked about donating my hair? I never showed you guys an after shot! So before going out today I snapped a few shots. I lost about 8 inches and was left with this nice little bob. It's a little Katie Holmes in a way I don't love sometimes, and it drives me crazy not being able to pin it up, but I'm so glad I did it. 

   Somebody made a video of the hair cutting event, and when they release it I'll be sure to share it on here. From what I hear it's got a few great scenes of me bawling my eyes out- it was sort of a sad reminder of my grandmother's death to breast cancer a year ago. But it will be nice and cool when summer heats up around here.

love, rudi