JAM OUT

music is life so I thought I'd share some of my favorite summer songs. hope ya jam as hard as I do hehe.

• Mind Your Manners - Chiddy Bang
• Alligator - The Babies
• ILYSB - LANY
• Electric Love - Borns
• Say My Name - Odesza
• Hollywood - RAC
• Electric Feel - MGMT
• Wonderin Why - Aer
• I’m Good - The Mowglis
• Good Day - Nappy Roots
• King Kunta / Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar
• This Could Be Us - Rae Sremmurd
• Gooey - Glass Animals
• All Of Me - Tanlines
• I Would Do Anything For You - Foster the People
• Chocolate / Girls  -  The 1975
• The Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti
• All of the People - Panama Wedding
• Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
• Hawaiian Rollercoaster Ride - Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu
• How We Do It - LIGHTS
• Float On - Modest Mouse
• Walkin On a Dream - Empire of the Sun
• Love On Top - Beyonce
• Carried Away -  Passion Pit
• Cheap Sunglasses - RAC
• Movements - Pham

life, change & everything that comes with it

I always thought that living in Hawaii, I woudn't want anything more (like hello I'm living in paradise!). But. . .  I couldn't be more wrong. Its funny the things you take for granted. . . where you live, who you spend your time with, food you eat, etc etc. I miss things I've never even thought I would. I miss Mcdonalds and my mom's home made meals. I miss driving and walmart being 2 minutes away. We always want change, but we don't know what we're wishing for. I miss my saratoga life more than I can explain. All I want is familiar faces and familiar places. I wanna go to high school football games and see EVERYONE from school around town. I wanna spend all day driving around with friends. I could go on and on, but what I'm trying to say is don't focus so much on the life you wish you had, but focus more on the life you're living. You'll find that your life is perfect just the way it is. I wish it didn't take an ocean and a 3,000 mile distance for me to realize that. Don't get me wrong, hawaii is a dream, but the only thing I want is to be with my best friends and family. Of course I'm making new friends and family here, but I know it'll never be the same. It's hard to settle in and find people who do things the same way and like the same things you do.
Just a word of advice to all you kids still at home and in high school: Life life to its fullest. Party harder than ever and hug your friends more than you need to. Do things outside your comfort zone, break rules and make memories. Cause one day you'll wake up and life will be completely different, everyone leaves and you'll have to start over, make new friends in a new place. (Believe me it's a lot harder than it looks) Make the most of everyday and enjoy every moment of life. Live without any regrets. My good friend mr. maurice taught me to only do what makes you happy (s/o westlake fam). TRUTH.
That is all kids.

happy hitch hikers

 Woah. Today was fantab. Olivia and Taylor and I hitch hiked a ride down to the crouching lion hike. It was almost straight up and my calves will def be feelin it tomorrow.It was hot and sweaty af but the view was worth it! It felt like we were in jurassic park haha. After the hike we found this rope swing right over the ocean and honestly it was my favorite thing ever. Is it possible to fall in love with a place? Cause I think I'm falling for YOU Hawaii <3

friends + a car + hawaii

I think they call it "dead man's catwalk" because even before you get to the edge, your breath is gone. I just "died" over the view (hahaha get it?) Anyway, I couldn't believe it was real life. 

 S/O Alec for driving 2 hours to the other side of the island. There really is nothing better than riding in a real car and jamming out with friends. The hike was basically a steep walk straight up a mountain. At least them calves got a good workout, am I right? (: I could stay up there forever. Everything is so tiny, it's like watching ants crawl down a highway. Oh my gosh, it was so clear you could see Molokai. You feel so small looking on the horizon & there isn't another continent within 2,500 miles. If that doesn't make you feel isolated I don't know what will.                     

             

ps I also made friends with this cute chameleon on the way down when I almost stepped on him. I almost took him with me so I could give him to my 8-year-old bro Brennon (he LOVES chameleons)  . . . buuttttt Hawaii is his home so I left him there.

also, mcdonalds on the way home was bomb. a little taste of home :' )

Until next time kids. ALOOOOHA.            

    

weekend trippin it

sharks cove doesn't have sharks. just fyi. Lindsey, Zack, the Sarah's, Mason & Kekoa and I all hopped on The Bus up to north shore for the weekend. 

above and below the water. ahh this doesn't even do it justice how sick it is.   

     

ET phone home? hahaha I just like this shot a lot. And the second one reminds me  of the divers in Finding Nemo. 

I think I was meant to be a mermaid. Good thing I'll be living here for 7 more months!

After snorkeling, Kekoa suggested we walk instead of take the bus to Ted's Bakery. . . which was 2.3 miles, but it actually didn't turn out so bad because we were right along the beach. We got to stop at pipeline and see the volcom house which was way sick & got me pretty stoked to go back in December for Volcom Pipe Pro & the other surf comps.

On the walk, this chubby guy on a street bike & carrying a little dog passed us. . . screaming @ the top of his lungs. I have never laughed so hard in my entire life! We couldn't stop cracking up. 5 minutes later, we were walking across sunset beach and saw, yes, THE SAME GUY, standing at this tent. He walked right on up and asked my name, I told him Micaela, then right off he asked if he could kiss me. I backed up and fell of the sidewalk and told him "no, thats okay" haha then he asked if he could kiss zack; zack told him "if that's what you're into" WE WERE DYING. The guy denied of course, then he told us he was a famous photographer and to look him up. Then he yelled at some kids for trying to touch his dog because they "weren't over 10 yrs old" (He was OBVIOUSLY so drunk). Then zack pulled out a phone, asked the guy for a picture, so we snapped one real quick were on our way.

We ate dinner at Ted's Bakery which was SO good (I just got fries of course) then headed down to sunset beach to watch the sunset (real ironic huh). 

Anyways. I guess you could say it was a pretty good day in paradise. 

say what?

Wait. I know I left home only 14 days ago. . . but I 'm missing Utah. WHAT?  I miss riding in an actual car and turning up the music as loud as it goes, instead of taking the stupid bus everywhere. (No one listens to music loud here. smh) I miss seeing the mountains every time I look up. And how every night the sunset is almost perfect. 

     











I miss drives through the canyon in the summer with Nick. Haha and him always saying "My tacoma can do anything a jeep can". I miss off roading through the canyon in Zane's jeep at midnight and when Brittney flipped one because she though Zane would drive us off the mountain hahaha.

I miss smell of pine trees and the air in the canyon, how its actually cold. I just love it. I miss driving up the canyon with the windows down, and just hearing the river right next to the road. I miss hammocking with Q & Nick and Shay. I miss longboarding down provo canyon with the crew. 

And HIKES! I miss hiking so so bad. I've been wanting to go on a hike the second I got here, and guess who still hasn't been on a hike? . . . Yeah thats right, me.

I miss looking at the lake and seeing the reflection of the mountains. (pc: Bridger for the second pic) It's one of my favorite views hands down.
Hawaii is great and all but I gotta say I miss my little Utah valley. 

lucky we live HI

Late night post but this was my view walking back from Waimea about a week ago and believe me, it looks 1000x better in person. The only thing I could think was how lucky I am to live in such a gorgeous place. Hawaii is almost perfect, everything so green, palm trees everywhere, & the ocean surrounding everything. Could it get any better? 

Could I be any luckier? 

quinny hackett

                      

Quinn is my person. We've done it all, been through it all together. The boys, the drama, the fights and the good times. I'm so lucky to have had her with me to get through high school. 

  

     

                                                                           We like doing all the same things, listening to the same music and eating the same foods. We laugh at everything all the time, even ourselves. I look up to Quinn SO much, it's unreal.  She's taught me to be loud and be myself, to make the best out of every situation. She taught me not to care what people think. To go for boys even when I'm unsure about it. Quinn was my biggest supporter when I was deciding which college to go to and I she's the reason why I ended up here at BYU Hawaii. She's a good listener and what can I say? She just gets me. I LOVE our friendship and hope it lasts through & after college. I couldn't have asked for a better friend.
Shes the short best friend every tall girl needs. #MC&Q

true friends : one question

do your friends take you out for sushi? 

Only if you got a friend named Tomas. Sushi is basically my favorite food and here in Hawaii I've been craving it more than ever. (plz fly out here and try the sushi with me T-mas)

This picture makes me so happy. It makes me wish all the boys in Hawaii were as chill as Tomas. . . always down for anything whether it's sushi or just a drive listening to rap. Ugh. I miss it so much. One of my favorite feelings. Always rolling up in Maurice's hummer, jammin to King Kunta.

S/O to Tomas for texting me 24/7 (even until 2am bc of the time difference) and answering my calls to listen to me talk all about my day, how much I love hawaii and how much I wish him and all our friends were here too. You the real MVP boo.

S/O Maurice for always telling me to do what makes me happy.  Things are definitely different here and will need time for adjustment. Just gotta give it my best shot.

lol as kid cudi once said " Now is the time to show what you're made of "

                          

remember?

 Today I was listening to some music (Michicant by Bon Iver to be exact). . .  and it really made me miss one of my best friends, Nick Tate. 

Nick and I used to be really close. I don't think anyone would ever guess that though. He used to talk to me about EVERYTHING. We would laugh for hours on end. He would make me sit in his basement and choose my favorite songs on his ipod so he could jam on his drums. Nick introduced me to a whole new world of music. I would sit and watch movies with his family late at night when he was editing footage and making movies. We would go get food, Nick always begging me to pay for him and me always giving in cause I'm a pushover. We'd end up at either In N Out (Nick's favorite, haha mine not so much) or Cafe Rio. All those spring days and summer nights spent on the tramp, trying to teach Quinn and I  tricks. Wow. There's too many memories to even write. 

I miss the late night drives in his truck listening to good music.  Sometimes he would let me be dj even though I always just chose the songs I knew he liked best. We would have deep conversations about what we would do and where we were going next in life.      

  I miss going on "photo adventures": driving until we found somewhere cool to take pictures at. I miss Nick calling up Quinn and I at 11:30, excited to try out long exposure pictures with steel wool. Nick asking us to "hit that shutter" for his pictures. 

I miss Nick showing me the pictures he took of me and Quinn, getting so excited because his pictures were "just as good, if not better than Bryan Chow's". I miss driving to Goshen, just cause we like long drives and "cute little towns". 

          

I miss  getting stuck in sticky situations with Nick, having to wait hours in the snow for Gunnar to come to the rescue and pull out the tacoma with his jeep. I miss that little truck.  

I miss having to jump 3 different cars, all in 3 weeks. ((we have really bad luck with cars if ya can't tell))

Most of all, I miss MC, Q & N.  So stupid, and funny, and weird together. We were inseperable.We never cared what people thought cause we were the best of friends. I miss that. I miss the three of us driving all the way down to Goshen at midnight, squished in the Tacoma. Quinn and I laying in the bed of the truck, looking at the stars while Nick took pictures. Then deciding to take the long way home-110 miles through 11 cities and towns, all with names we've never heard. Listening to Bon Iver the whole way, and getting out in the middle of now where, just to turn off all the lights and stare into the pitch black darkness. That was one of my favorite nights.

I don't think I can tell you how good of friends Nick and I were. I wish we were still that close, but things have definitely changed and so has Nick. Senior year was great being friends with him until slowly he just kind of stopped talking to me. He stopped answering calls and replying to texts. We hung out less and less. Soon enough he didn't even bother with me or Quinn anymore. Idk maybe he was too busy with all his new friends, and becoming popular that he didn't notice. Sometimes it makes me sad but it's okay. Life just moved in a  different direction than we had planned. I moved to Hawaii and he left to Washington on a mission. Maybe we'll be good friends again; you never know what could happen. But as Kendrick Lamar once said, "we gon' be alright".

P.S. This post wasn't supposed to be this long, but props to you if you read all the way through it. (: