Greetings, internet traveler!

Hi, welcome to my blog. Please make yourself at home. My name is Andree, and I must say that you've found me at quite an eventful stage in my life. My 17^th birthday of imminent death, Christmas and New Year's Eve all loom large on the horizon. I suppose I don't mean loom, seeing as though these are festive days of gift giving/receiving and partying. And 'eventful' stretches on even further, seeing as though next year is my last year of high school, which is terrifying and stressful, yet amazing and exciting. I often spend time wondering how I arrived at this point.

The thought of creating this blog and for allowing anyone to see it kind of scared me, but now that I guess you're here, it's not so bad. It's kind of nice. When I think about it, I really don't have anything to be afraid of or worried about. This is my space, for my creativity, insight and opinions - which I have lots of, that I want to share with you, because you're another person, with your own opinions and insights. I'm sure you're lovely.

There's not much else for me to say tonight, but a proper hostess would probably tell you more about herself. I'm not a terribly exciting character, but I do have a passion for music (composing, listening, ensembles etc), reading, writing, the internet, long and lone philosophical walks and tea. I'd being lying if I left out cats, the electric humidity before a summer storm, and food also in my list of things I love.

Well anyway, I will leave you to it. Have lovely (holi)days. I'm sure it won't be long until I'm back again with something new to say. DFTBA – is an INITIALISM, not an ACRONYM. (Eg ATM is an initialism, PIN is an acronym) which stands for 'Don't Forget to be Awesome'. It's a phrase coined by the vlogbrothers, two marvelous people trying to decrease world-suck. You should check them out on youtube and immediately feel yourself becoming a better human. (http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers) Goodnight/morning! :)