My name is Steph, and I take myself too seriously.

Most of the time, I hate the internet.

I'm trying to stop apologizing for myself.
Weezer's been my favorite band since I was 16.

Rivers at Deluna Fest

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"Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself." 

"Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the 'murderous din of our
materialism."

"To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name."

"They were in the world and not of it--not because they were saints, but in a different way: because they were artists. The integrity of an artist lifts a man above the level of the world without delivering him from it."

--Thomas Merton (all above)

"Art must entertain and enlighten. To do only one, is a waste of time and effort." --Voltaire

More swift its bolt than lightning is,
Its voice than thunder is more loud,
It doth expand my privacies
To all, and leave me single in the crowd.

It speaks with such authority,
With so serene and lofty tone,
That idle Time runs gadding by,
And leaves me with Eternity alone.

--from "Inspiration" by Thoreau

"Why do you have a diary, Dwight?"
"To keep secrets from my computer."