The sky turns orange at night because of all the city lights. I never appreciated the view of a perfect starry night until the only thing I could see was the moon. The flashing lights on top of the buildings put me to sleep at night. I saw white and red flashing lights coming from on top of the hospital. I think it's a helicopter that transports patients when they need care immediately. I'm pretty sure there's a huge verizon logo on the side of a building that I can see also. I hear police cars speeding by every now and then and people running around yelling and laughing with each other. The airport is pretty close to here so there often low planes that can get really loud. I hate the rain. I walk to the bus stop jumping over puddles and stand waiting as commuters drive by on their way to work. I ride the bus with my ipod on and watch as people get on and off the bus, move over for someone to sit down, turn their back because they're too good to sit next to someone else, smile at each other when the bus driver does something strange, hold on for dear life as the bus speeds over a pot hole. Driving past the park, it's sad to see all the homeless people sleeping and conversing with each other, though they don't seem to be unhappy. Busy crosswalks make me glad that I don't drive. People rush out into the road to get to class on time while that angry guy in the bmw waits and inches forward for the opportunity to speed through before some other guy jumps out into the street. Occasionally there are street musicians standing next to a railing just trying to make someones day. It can get a little crowded sometimes, but unlike high school, if you accidentally bump into someone, they don't yell at you. A guy rides by on the tallest tricycle I've ever seen. He has long dirty blonde dreds wearing a button up and dirty jeans. Another guy cruises by on his skateboard, hits a crack in the sidewalk and almost wipes out. He handled it well. Construction workers take cigarette breaks and make comments to every good looking girl who passes, none of them getting any response they wanted. At the end of the day, I'm in my room, looking out my window searching for the stars. All I can find is orange sky. I hate the city.

So I was in my room earlier, kind of stuffed up, so I decided to open my window and get some fresh air. I looked up at the stars, let out a sigh, then took a double take. I've never seen so many stars out. I hadn't realized until that moment just how remarkable it is to live in the country where you can actually see the sky at night. There were so many stars that I could have never seen in NOVA. I actually saw the milky way, I think. I've never seen it in person before, but it was a very dim streak of what looked like clouds. I can't wait to get my telescope out.

I'm going to apply for a job at Movie Gallery today. I figured a job where you can watch movies while you work is pretty awesome. I watched Speed Racer last night, and it was actually pretty good. I didn't think it would be but I loved how they showed the races and arenas. Half of the movie was animated which made it better.

Tomorrow I'm going to my orientation for VCU. I just hope it goes well. I can't wait for school to start and for me to start working. I have my life planned out for the next year and I just want to get going now. I need to learn how to save my money so I won't be depending on my parents much longer.

If anyone wants to give me a ticket to Warped Tour, feel free because as of now, I'm too broke to go