Set The Chaos Free

The little things in life are the things that matter the most. These are the things that matter to me. I rant. I rave. I post, repost. Whatever... this is me in all my colors. Feel free to ask me something, tell me something. I like to answer, I like to know.

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I’M BACK! At least for a minute anyway… So, I've been MIA for a while now... a little over a year... That's a while....

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Weekly Musings 3/23

I don’t ever want to become too comfortable. If I do it means I’m not trying anymore.

Sometimes being too comfortable can become uncomfortable.

I live for the moments when time just slips away.

I lose my thoughts when the lights go out. My mind begins to wander away in the shadows.

How different are we from what people think of us? Can we ever truly know?

We all want some piece of home. We take…

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A Quiet Moment

The right words aren’t coming to me. Do they really need to? There’s no way to accurately describe this particular moment. All I know is that as I watched the sun set, listening to the birds, the water and the evening come alive I was happy and could breathe again. The city wasn’t far away but that didn’t matter. For all I cared it wasn’t there. I was here, right where I wanted to be with…

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Weekly Musings 3/16

Let me share with you a secret, one that’s hidden in the corner of my lips, sealed there with only a kiss.

I forgot what butterflies felt like. The constant fluttering in your stomach working its way to my throat, threatening to pour out of my mouth.

What does the world look like when no one is watching?

Sing over the bones. Let the sound flow and melt into your soul. Sing out. The voices…

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Weekly Musings 2/23

Rest, my heart, for what is a week of absence when you have a lifetime together?

Every being is their own universe. We are stardust twisting and colliding, bonding and forming things the world has never seen.

What good does it do me to keep my mouth shut? Especially when it’s me who hurts the most by not saying those words.

Nothing will change if you stay quiet.

When everything is said and done…

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Weekly Musings 2/9

- The fog inside my head is so thick that even sunshine is having a hard time penetrating it.

– You can only pretend for so long before you lose who you really are.

– The words that keep falling out of my mouth are not my own. Who’s are they then?

– If you continue to do things for everyone else who do you become? Someone you want to be or just a shadow?

– I’m pretty sure I fall in love a little…

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Chance Encounter

It was this spot on a much sunnier day I found myself. My mind was all over the place but the goal of being here was to bring my past and my future into this particular present moment. It’s a secluded spot, even for being just off a busy tourist-type path. People that did find this spot would quickly leave. Something about sharing intimate space with a stranger kept people from staying more than…

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Weekly Musings 2/2

- What words do I have for you that you haven’t already heard? How can I say them to create something new?

– I wish people would take their blinders off and actually see the world.

– We need to disintegrate. We need to break apart. Dismantle our understanding in order to understand. Explode into who we really are.

– I see no reason for the things that happen and yet hindsight is 20/20. That’s the…

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Top 5 Rock Vocalists of All Time: Discussion Point

Top 5 Rock Vocalists of All Time: Discussion Point

Over the weekend my friends and I went out and at one of the bars was this board (photo). Me being who I am have to try to fill in the other four rock vocalists.

First, one may ask why there’s only one guy on there. Well, we asked the bartender that same question and he said it was because it was a discussion point. It worked. The rest of our time at that bar we kept on running through the…

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Weekly Musings 1/26

- Can you face your own voice in the solitude?

– It’s interesting how history depicts itself.

– Everyone seems so distant. They all have their own lives. Disconnected from one another. I wish I could get inside. Crawl inside another life and see how they do it. See how they love, how they ate, how they live in this world.

– Who do you live for? What do you live for? Seemingly simple questions…

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That Particular Moment it all Started

That Particular Moment it all Started

I didn’t know what to expect. I’m in a bar I’ve never been to meeting up with people I’ve only met once. That’s the thrill of it.

The place is crowded. It’s one of the biggest tourist attractions of the year and everyone and their mother is out on the town. (Literally). These people tell me where they are and I have to squirm my way through the throngs of people to get to them. Finally I see…

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Falling into Rhythm

Today’s assignment in blogging101: Write a post about a post you commented on in yesterday’s assignment.

No. Says the ornery student.

Well maybe, say I. I read another post about a week ago though by Melanie Ezra that I would like to talk about more while still being in line with what was suggested.

In her post, she talks of synchronicity and everything you see around you falling into rhythm with…

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Who are you, dear perfect reader?

Day four of blogging101. Writing a post to the perfect reader: It’s really hard to frame a post to a perfect reader when you don’t even know what your blog is about yet. That being said, I’m sure the perfect reader would enjoy the randomness that ensues. I don’t know who my perfect reader would be. I don’t know what they like, who they like, what their experiences are, what baggage they have,…

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What Was I Thinking? (An Introduction Part II...?)

What Was I Thinking? (An Introduction Part II…?)

Day 3 of Blogging101. The tasks so far have been seemingly simple. Yesterday we were asked to create a title and tagline. As I said in my post on Monday, I have no clue what I’m going to focus my blog on. So for now, my title and tagline are what they are.

Today our task was to explore “Reader”. I’ve done that before but not really in depth. If you have the time though, it’s a lot of fun. It’s…

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Blogging101: An Introduction

Hello All!

Since this is a fairly new blog and I really have no idea what I’m doing with it, I have signed up for blogging101. Our first assignment is introducing ourselves. So here I am doing that.

First off, my name is Amy. I’m a mid-20 something year old just trying to figure things out. I enjoy writing, it’s been something that has interested me since the 4th grade. For the longest time I…

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Demolition

One day a building is there. The next it’s gone.

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My Holiday Hiatus

Over this Christmas Holiday I was able to visit my family and friends in Colorado. Here are some photos of my journey! And a couple from the Trail of Lights in Austin, TX. Enjoy!

Odell’s Brewery Pilot Tray and Runoff Red Ale

New and improved Union Station in Denver, CO. With Christmas Lights!

Wildcat Mountain in Sedalia, CO.

Down by the Creek.

It’s snowing!

As the Ice Melts

Welcome Home

The Old…

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