For tonight:

1. In Your Atmosphere, John Mayer.

"I'm gonna steer clear.

I'd burn up in your atmosphere.

I'm gonna steer clear,

cause I'd die if I saw you,

I'd die if I didn't see you there.

So I don't think I'll go to L.A. anymore."

2. Between the Lines, Sara Bareilles

"Too late, two choices:

to stay or to leave.

Mine was so easy to uncover;

he'd already left with the other.

So, I'll learn to listen through silence.

Leave unsaid, unspoken.

Eyes wide shut, unopened.

You and me, always between the lines."

3. Someone Like You, Adele

"Nothing compares, no worries or cares;

regrets and mistakes, they're memories made.

Who would have known how

bittersweet this would taste?"

4. Breathe Again, Sara Bareilles

"Car is parked. Bags are packed.

But what kind of heart doesn't look back?

All those words came undone,

and now I'm not the only one

facing the ghosts that decide

if the fire still burns inside.

All I have. All I need is

the air I would kill to breathe.

Holds my love in his hands,

still I'm searching for something.

Out of breath, I am left hoping

someday, I'll breathe again."

"Nothing to do, no where to be,

a simple little kind of free."

--Perfectly Lonely, John Mayer

My mom is out of town for a week and my brother is out with friends on this lovely summer evening. So I'm here, on my front porch, enjoying a cold class of milk and some warm cookies. Tonight, I'll do whatever I would like to do. Perfectly lonely. The anthem of summer.

We can do anything that we want to,

and my friendship with Andy Mockler

has truly taught me that.

"Who says I can't be free,

from all of the things that I used to be?

Re-write my history.

Who says I can't be free?

Who says I can't get stoned,

plan a trip to Japan alone?

It doesn't matter if I even go,

who says I can't get stoned?"

Who cares if our choices amount to something?

Sometimes, just the act of making

the choice is all that really matters,

because making choices are what force us to grow.

Andy is an example to me that the world truly

is at our fingertips; what we do with it is our choice.

He is entering the MTC today,

and I know he's going to change many lives,

for he has surely changed mine.