pictures from sunday night

I recently cut my own hair and accidently dyed it black. Or it was black, until it started to wash out (which is impressive, because I hardly wash my hair).

So that's that. Looking at these pictures, I can't help but wonder how I got so old. I'll be 22 soon. A grown-up! Wow.

I apologize;

I've just been so tired and uninspired lately.

You don't need anyone to hold your hand

X-Posted from RoadJunky:

Travel should be a rite of passage, a sacred journey, a vision quest. It’s about leaving behind the cloying emotional support system of family and friends and learning to stand on your own two feet. Then, later on, you’ll be able to support others in their time of need.

Although we do our best to deny it, filling all our quiet moments with Messenger updates and shuffled tracks on the Ipod, life itself is actually pretty scary. It’s a blank slate for you to make what you will of it and no where is that more true than when you travel. You could get lost or injured, you might get married or change religion. You might even die: the greatest journey of all and one which is almost certainly a solo trip.

You can only find yourself on your own terms and that’s why just about everyone should leave home and head out on the road for a year. Your prejudices and values will be challenged, you’ll have to get by on your wits and find out who you really are.

Read the entire article here.

i would go out tonight but...

I just downloaded the entire discography of the Smiths. One of those days, weeks, months, I suppose. There's snow on the ground, and while I'm not hating it as much as I had thought, I'm still anxious to get on the road. The plan is for California in January, but there's a lot standing in my way between then and now - papers, final presentations, reports, Thanksgiving, Christmas, lots of work to save some money.
Meanwhile, I'm stuck. I have all these photos I love and want to do something with, showcase in some way, but I've come up with nothing meaningful, no way for them to really be seen. So they sit, idle on my computer, taking up unnecessary space; truth be told I haven't even really looked at the most recent taken @Fort Snelling State Park.
A lack of creativity has me stuck in place. Or maybe being stuck in place is causing a lack of creativity. I watched Into the Wild and cried, wishing I was out west running around on my own.