and then i wasn't a teenager

Back here I told ya a little about my birthday day, and I finally have a few pictures to prove it.

Obviously blurry iphone pics are my fav.

i can choose my own capital letter

Last night I had the privilege to hear human rights activist Jen Marlowe speak.

She is awesome. I mean, anybody who just does exactly what they want to do is awesome.

This is her passion.

She was even deported from Bahrain last July.

I want to be deported!

I loved everything she said, but my very favorite thought of the night was that people often talk about

"refugees with a capital R, and victims with a capital V,"

but that can't be right.

Humankind has been victimized, but no one is Victim.

We must remember that people are a whole, and while life can suck rocks, we are so many things! 

So, I'm going to choose my own capital letter.

Because I am not Lazy,

I am not Failing College Student, 

and I am not Victim.

I am Erin.

did you know?

I love attention, so last week I did that "5 things" post on Instagram, 
and I thought I would share them here as well.

5 things you may not know about me:

1. One of my favorite things is stepping off a plane in a new place (or an old place). I actually love airports and I get physically ill if I think about never traveling again.

2. I like watching gross videos on youtube in my bed. Like zits and stuff. But not injuries.
I get it from my sister.

3. I love camping. My only experience before moving to Utah was girl's camp, which sucks. Then my family taught me to fish and set up a tent, and now I can't get enough. Like, I'm obsessed. I think it's romantic.

4. When I was little I either wanted to be the only girl in a band filled with boys, or a drag racer.
Still do.

5. I'm actually really awkward and slightly terrified of people (which is weird because I love people). It's getting worse as I get older.

to those like me

This is Maggie (and me).

She is my best friend.

And a doll, obviously.

She is much more talented than I,

and has started her very own etsy shop!

If I could buy everything from A Mingled Yarn, I'd do it in a heartbeat. 

But also we're friends so she makes things for me, 

like that headband I'm wearing.

This is the kind of thing I would do a giveaway for

if I was popular and rich.

Because she's that great.

check it out!

WHAT UP

Yesterday was my birthday.
52 minutes ago was the first day of my 20th year and it was perfect.

I slept in (cramps. also, my birthday),
ate chocolate covered strawberries in bed,
was a superb grocery shopping companion for Cameron,
talked to all my favorite people,
and was thrown a great party with amazing cupcakes by my brand new roommate.

Seriously, she hasn't even known me a week, and she did so much for me today.
It was the best.

So please, head over to my instagram to see the ridiculous amount of photos I posted today.
It's worth it?