LovethisLife...
is about celebrating the moment
and that we're not guaranteed or owed another day
and how cool it is that what we hide
can actually be the fuel towards our glory
and that it's not so bad being proven wrong

LovethisLife...
is about welcoming the blind turn
and the possibility that
there's no such thing as coincidence
and that empathy is incredibly sexy
and that it's never too late to
pick up a guitar or a paintbrush
or to make an amend or to make a new friend

LovethisLife...
could be about rekindling a past flame
or igniting a new one
or shapeshifting from a dreamer into a doer
or savouring the caress of a love long gone

LovethisLife...
means whatever it is you want it to mean because

LovethisLife...
is a celebration of you and your path

LovethisLife...
'cuz it could go at any second

you rock.

lovethislife manifesto
copyright 2002, david culiner

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1st Annual South Padre Trip with the Gang!

We were missing a few people, but we still managed to have a GRAND time. 9 of us in a 15 passenger van (perfect amount of space for us to be comfy) Laying out the whole weekend (though I'm still not dark enough), relaxing, eating, makeup 101, makeovers!, ruleless midnight volleyball, walking along the beach in the wee hours of the morn, souvenir shopping, & polar bears - what?

:: Before we headed out, we stopped by Sonic to get a bite to eat - Phat lost 2 tator tots and Michelle wanted to save them, but failed ::

:: PINK Wal-Mart!!!!! ::

:: Sandra & me getting our tan on ::

:: Dinner at Louie's ::

:: Angie & me ::

:: The boys 'trying' to be ganksta ::

:: Bdubb! ::

:: RANDOM!!! too bad we didn't see any! ::

:: The view from the front of our condo ::

:: The boys on the balcony overlooking the beach ::

:: Post midnight walk along the beach ::

:: On Sunday morning I woke up early to go lay out and this is what greeted me ::

:: love this 'model' pic of Nini (and to think it was totally accidental) ::

:: Somehow we got our hands on a shopping cart to bring all our stuff downstairs ::

:: The whities standing in the only shade they could find ::

:: The Chungs always looking for shade! ::

:: We finished the trip with a nice meal at "Mamacitas" ::

Thanks to everyone who came out - it wouldn't have been the same without you all & thanks to Nini for putting it together and for Quan for driving most of the way! Can't wait til our 2nd annual trip!!

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I can't wait until we're reunited!!!

It's been awhile (ok maybe the first time ever) the 3 of us had the chance to take a mini trip together. It was only an overnight trip, but we did so much! 

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:: just the 3 of us ::

:: while thuy drove, she had her nails buffed by melissa ::

:: girls and all our stuff ::

:: melissa packed enough for a week long trip - her luggage tripled mine and thuy's, but we still love her ::

:: first eating stop : madam mam's! i can never get over how good their pad thai is ::

:: then off to momokos where we got the new york manhatten (marg introduced me to that drink) ::

:: then we went to FlipHappy Crepes! ::

:: thuy is HAPPY! ::

:: this little trailer can whip up some mean crepes! ::

:: but surprisingly enough - it looks better than it tastes - or maybe it was because i got eaten alive by the mosquitos so i couldn't enjoy it as much as i should have ::

:: but being there still made me happy ::

:: such a cute pic of thuy ::

:: after our crepe stop - we had to pee really bad so we stopped by the nearest fast food place (which happened to be taco bell) and melissa parked as though she OWNED the place ::

:: and thuy got these guys to take a picture of us - we told them we had never been to a taco bell before (and they believed us!) ::

:: then off to mt. bonnell to enjoy the sunset ::

:: and a beautiful sunset it was ::

:: can you believe we've been friends since we were 3? ::

:: afterwards we stopped by coco's - when thuy stepped out of the car, she tripped - ended up she tripped b/c she had her flip flops on the wrong foot. it was really funny ::

:: the soup tastes just like how i remember ::

:: then we went back to the hotel to get ready to go out to 4th street - it ended up taking us about 3 hours to get ready, but hey that's the best part of going out! ::

:: thuys' after pic ::

:: melissa's after pic ::

:: my after pic ::

:: all ready to go! ::

:: we went to meet up doah & janae where miss doah got us in VIP (b/c she rolls like that) thanks, doah! ::

:: melissa getting crazy ::

:: then we met up another old high school friend, mai ::

:: the next morning we woke up and thuy & melissa went downstairs to make us texas shaped waffles - how cute! ::

:: then we stopped by highland mall to see what forever 21 had - we ended up getting there before it even opened - we ended up being the first ones in the store - we're what you would call "true shoppers" ::

:: then off to "shanghai" for dim sum ::

:: we met up mai, bao tran, and their friends right before we headed back to houston ::

:: what a lovely trip with such lovely girls - can't wait til we do it again! ::