A Jihad for Love

Loooong weekend

Jess taught me everything she knows about dancing!


Lil' Kim!


Alyssa! One of my fav. girls!



She looked absolutely stunning!


Littles!






This weekend was especially long. Started out working late Friday, going to a formal on Saturday (pictures above) , driving to dallas early sunday morning and driving back early early this morning.

The only constant in life is change...

How true is this? I think that this would probably be the underlying theme to my life. Even though change is constantly happening, I'm not necessarily good at rolling with it. You would think that 22 going on 23 years, I would have been used to this by now. When things are in that certain, perfect, ideal setting all I can think about is stopping time to sit and soak it in awhile. But I never am able to conjure up enough super human power to stop time, so I'm constantly running at the coat tails of whatever last enjoyable moment has just past to try and get it all back.

I'm working on keeping view of the present and yet to come though. I'm slowly trying to not look back. It's hard for someone who hates being out of control. I'm quite proud of myself actually. This year has been the year of change, brought on by yours truly. The growth that has happened because of this year is like reaching the summit of a mountain and looking down at all the crags and boulders that you had to wrestle around to get to the view you're at now.

Segue>>> I wish there would have been more preparation for real world life. It's been hard after college. You take a lot of things for granite and you aren't really thankful for the little things that make the world of difference when you don't have them anymore. It's so hard to meet people and make friends in the working world. After you graduate its like you've come to this moment of freedom that you've longed for for so long, but then you all of a sudden become aware of the drastic change that has just occurred.

You no longer have the comfort of the university that you called home, the friends that were very much like family and the luxuries of not having to pay bills, wake up at 6 am, or go to bed at 10. I wish people would just stop telling me to go and meet people, or to go out and have fun w/ other working people. It's like kindergarten all over again. You just want to piss your pants at the thought of having to make friends and you just want to continue to hang out with mom and baby sister all day.

It's a hard knock life... :)

I miss you

2 films

I have seen the top film and am awaiting the bottom trailer to come out on DVD.

What I've been up to lately...

Hmm... well... Since london:

I haven't done much but it seems like I have. I really want to start posting on here more, its just I feel like I don't have much to write about that's interesting. But that doesn't keep me from acting like this is a good way to procrastinate at work.

Well the night I got back from London I went and saw this amazing band @ SXSW



New celebrity crush: Leisha Hailey. AMAZING BAND!! And Leisha is the blonde in the pic, she plays Alice on the L word for those of you who aren't in the know.



My girlfriend Jessica and I are doing well. Everyday with her is wonderful and new and just incredible. I truly am happy with her but most importantly with myself. We've been through a lot as individuals and as a couple this year, but through it all we grow closer and closer. She took me to The Oasis a couple of weeks ago and here's the picture from that. :)





Work is going well. It's been hard this week. In this job I realize how many people do not deserve to be parents. It's a privilege to be a parent, and many don't see it that way. I'm gearing up to do groups this summer and to get the semester wrapped up.

Here are Britter's plans for the summer:

1. Move in w/ my girlfriend! more to come on this later.
2. Get my certification for work.
3. Go to Mexico con Colleen y Barn Barn, y Jessica of course :)
4. Go to Florida con Kate, Gordon y Jessica of course! :)
5. Save tons of money for loans, seminary, and a couple of items for myself.

Yesterday and Today

Sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I don't think anyone really reads this thing anyways, so I guess I have no one to apologize to, but what the hell... I'm sorry.

I got sick last night and was sick most of the day today so I've been kind of limited in my energy.

Here's the London update:

Yesterday:

Yesterday my dad, mom and I went to the Tower of London and saw a bunch of torture tactics and the Crown Jewels. We also had this amazing beefeater give us a great tour! Next we went to the Tate Modern Art Museum. Freakin cool awesome museum! There were Picassos and Rothkos and Duchamp like it was a finger painting on some moms refrigerator. Not like they didn't appreciate or exhibit these paintings well, because they did, but it was like no big deal to them, for me it was a huge deal to see these paintings.

So that was really really neat. We also had lunch on the top floor at the Tate Modern Restaurant. We had a mezzaluna platter (cheese, hummas, dips etc.) for an app. Then we split fish and chips and an open faced roast beef sandwich.

Next we met Emme @ a pub called The Anchor and Hope. We all had traditional British fare. Emme had a fennel and some kind of cheese that I can't think of the name. Dad had seafood chowder, and mom and I split a whole crab.

Then we went to look around picadilly circus for a little bit and went home.

Today I woke up not feeling too well. I've got my sinus stuff acting up, so I didn't sleep well and I kept falling asleep everywhere we went today. First we decided to go to the British Museum, basically just a really neat history museum. I loved looking at all the artifacts and the Egyptian exhibit was really neat. After the museum we searched for this place to eat at called Hummus Bro. It was awesome. It basically was a Chipotle for hummus. They would put hummus down on a plate and you would tell them if you wanted Chx, beef, etc. It was sooo good. Next we wandered around the town for a bit and then we went and picked up our theater tickets. We ended up going to see this show called "39 Steps" it was a comical adaptations of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, but it was only a cast of 4 people who played up to 150 characters. It was hysterical and wittingly funny.

Then we decided to go to this place that Emme loves to eat at called My Old Dutch. It was a Crepe house that served all of these different kinds of crepes. My mom and i split the Chicken Curry Crepe and a Lemon Honey Crepe. They were huge and they were quite tasty.

I feel so grateful to be here and to be able to see my sister!! She is having such a great time and she has made some wonderful friends and memories. Even though she's so close in age to me she has always been my little sis who I have always seen as little kid emme that I need to look after (older child syndrome, I'm working thru the issues). But watching her in London has made me see her in a different light, and I also think she has grown a lot while she's been here. She's always been so independent but I've never seen it to this extent. Basically I guess what I'm trying to say is this trip has made me more proud of her and I just really hope the best for her life :)

Tomorrow we get up at 5:00 am london time, midnight dallas time! All I know is that my sleep schedule is going to be screwy for the next couple of weeks. So hopefully I'll be able to sleep on the plane tomorrow and be ready for work on Friday. I've had the best time being in london, it was a wonderful break and I'm feeling refreshed with a new perspective.

Cheerio!