the days are getting shorter

the skies are getting grayer

the wind is getting colder

and i'm getting so excited

i've always been a lover of the colder months...

maybe its the september birthday

but i know for a fact it's the excitement i get

for anticipating all the festivities to come...

falling leaves, making jack 'o' lanterns, sipping hot cocoa...

sharing an incredible feast with loved ones, fighting people on black friday...

watching charlie brown/peanuts cartoons on t.v., wearing thick scarves and sweaters...

sharing more food with loved ones, sending christmas cards, opening presents...

bundled up in thick, warm blankets inside with the crazy weather blistering outside...

honestly, there's nothing like these months.

so much nostalgia. so much love.

what's not to love about it?

one thing i'd love to do some day

is go to montauk for this season.

ever since i saw eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,

(officially one of my favorite movies of all time)

i've been dying to walk along the beach

with a huge wool blanket draped over me

and to see the snow fall all around...

someday.

photo credit.

terribly exciting news:

introducing my new mini diana

thank you dylan for the best birthday gift

according to Aristotle

in Nichomachean Ethics

happiness is a certain activity of the soul in accord with complete virtue.

happiness is what directs the decisions humans make in their life.

happiness is the highest good, where it is final and self-sufficient.

happiness is what makes life worth living.

to obtain happiness, there must be excellence in the soul, thus excellence is virtue and morality is the key to happiness, which is of the soul.

happiness happiness happiness...

is not in health.

is not in victory in war.

is not in material things.

is not in being a skinny bitch.

is not trying to be a perfectionist.

is not in trying to be someone i'm not.

is being with my family.

is being with my friends.

and i am.