Saturday, 07 November 2009

  • it's the kind of relationship where milestones don't really matter, because everyday is an affirmation, a testament, a reminder of how lucky you are.  even after all this time he's the only one that makes me laugh so hard that i'm not even really laughing "ha ha ha" but more like rapid gasping, mini-snorts, and cheeks that burn from smiling so hard.  and he not only knows my fears, but understands where they come from and loves me all the more for it.

    it's just that...
    ...i never knew i could love some one so much
    ...i never knew i could deserve this much love in return
    ...i never thought this would be the route that i would take to find it

    but now that i knew, it's hard to think of the past or a future without him.  how's that saying go? 

    "someday someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else."


    yup.



    **EDIT:  re-reading this it sounds really REALLY mushy (almost make-you-want-to-puke mushy).  but honest to goodness, sometimes i'm just amazed that despite some hurdles, wrong turns, and dead ends...life has seemingly taken me right where i needed to be.  some days it hits me how fortunate i am.

Wednesday, 04 November 2009

  • I love my day

    woke up early (for me) and was surprisingly not groggy...
    got a wonderful josh pep talk..."just be your brilliant self..."
    had a wonderful talk with prospective prof....

    and now i am laughing while reading MLIA, eating warm freshly baked cookies, and dancing to "forever." 

    awesome day.

Tuesday, 03 November 2009

  • Thanks Trader Joe's checker!

    I bought beer at Trader Joe's today and got carded.  I didn't bother pulling my license out of my wallet, but the guy looked at me, looked at my license again, took it out of my wallet to get a closer look.  I thought maybe he was angry that I didn't take it out of my wallet in the first place, but really he explained it was because he didn't believe I was 30....to which i replied quite smugly, "well actually i'm 31!" 

    Cheesy, but when you spend time with 18-year olds on a semi-regular basis, the gap in age makes itself very apparent sometimes.

    I'm not sure how this feeds into my theory that young people say i look 26 because that's old for them, wheras old people say I look 26 because that's young to them.

  • MLIA

    As I'm getting schooled on internet lingo on FB, Jess introduces a new one (MLIA [my life is average]) with a link to the website that it's based on.  Those made my day!  After reading depressing FML entries on the sister site and reading about the horrible death and murders and corrupt politics and snarky comments from jaded readers...i was beginning to feel a little desolate.  But, a few entries on http://mylifeisaverage.com/ made me laugh out loud and restored some warm fuzzy feelings.  Sometimes you need that.

    "Two days ago on Halloween, a little boy dressed as a spork came trick-or-treating at my house. After giving him candy, I saw him run to his parents, who were dressed as a fork and a spoon. MLIA"

    "Today, I got distracted while walking across campus and walked into a pole. Embarrassed at first, I noticed a note on the pole that read "Don't worry, I still think you are a beautiful individual." Thank you understanding pole, thank you. MLIA"

    "Today, I got back a test I had taken in history. I hadn't known the answer to one of the questions so, remembering an MLIA I read, I drew a ninja that protected the problem from the evil red pen. My teacher left me a note saying that he had spent 15 minutes looking for a non-red pen to defeat my ninja with. MLIA"

    "Today, my brother came home complaining about some jerk that drove past him and threw pink glitter in his hair through the car window. As he left the room, I turned to see my dad hiding large pots of pink glitter, stopped when he spotted me, smiled and put a finger to his lips. I love my dad. MLIA"

    "Today, I was talking with my grandma. She said she liked the song "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and that I should request it for my cousin's wedding. She then says, "It's by the band 'Blind Tiger', right?" My uncle replies, "You mean Def Leppard?" She then replies, "Oh, well I knew it was a disabled cat." I love my grandma. MLIA."


    It's just like politics...it's easy to pay attention to whoever is screaming the loudest and most often -- extremists and headline grabbers.  It's easy to miss the majority of the life that exists in the middle -- the little things that happen everyday that most take for granted.  It's nice to read about the average person for once.

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

  • care packages.

    my family used to send me care packages from home all the time when i was in college.  coffee, boxes of cheeze-its, homemade cookies, coconut juice...you name it.  the practical person in me wants to say "you just spent $8 shipping $10 worth of food!  i can get that stuff locally!"  but there's just a wonderful feeling about getting a box of disney princess chocolates with "You'll always be our princess!" written on top.

    so i'm going against my practical self and sending them a care package. 
    • i'm baking chocolate chip cookies and reese peanut butter cup brownies (that will probably break or get moldy in the mail);
    • i bought some halloween candies (even though i'm certain they can get it cheaper in washington);
    • i bought my brother another bag of gummy bears (hopefully this time it won't melt into a gummy pancake); and
    • i bought some halloween cards with cute/witty/heartfelt sayings (hoping that they will recycle the cards when they're done).
    it doesn't make sense, and yet it makes so much sense.  i <3 my family.

  • First Name: Tami
  • Gender: Female
  • Country: United States
  • State or Province: California
  • About Me: I zap fish. I kick bugs. I wield shiney weaponry. ...otherwise my life is pretty normal.