Wednesday, February 18, 2009

love/hate tag!

Name one thing you love and one thing you hate about he following (explanations are welcome):

Job

  • love: pay versus actual work required
  • hate: meetings and stupid questions

Where you live (geographically)

  • love: mountains, weather, general awesomeness
  • hate: commute to work/school

Where you live (as in house/apt etc)

  • love: dogs
  • hate: small living space :(

Your significant other

  • love: humor/general personality, support, protectiveness
  • hate: drama queen tendencies (sorry chad)

Your family

  • love: laughter, cooking, my parents
  • hate: dramatic BS

Significant other's family

  • love: umm given the history here I'm going to have to say maybe their dog.
  • hate: selfish drama. man, I'm seeing a pattern.

Your face

  • love: I like my eyes. I think my nose is okay too.
  • hate: lips/mouth/teeth in general. I have tiny weird lips and I hate my teeth.
Your hair
  • love: I like the color of my hair a lot. that's about it.
  • hate: how thin it is. I have the most ridiculous thin/fine/impossible to style hair.

Getting Married

  • love: I actually like planning, it does not bother me at all. and of course, the actual getting married part.
  • hate: I am going to have to go with drama again.

Your vehicle (or mode of transportation)

  • love: everything! I love my new car. it is fabulous. I think my favorite parts are the heated seats and the bose stereo.
  • hate: well I am not that fond of paying for it but I guess that comes with buying a car, right? also, I wish it was a hybrid, but that's not it's fault either.

I tag: Christy, Vicki Smalls, Selina, Mike, and Alexis.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

life, and tagged.

so it's been a week, time to update my loyal readers, who I'm sure are on the edge of their seat.

valentine's day was pretty uneventful because we are poor until this friday when we get paid. so we're pretending it didn't happen yet. I went and tried on my (new) dream dress, put up with a bunch of obnoxious girls in the bridal salon, and then we went to lunch without chad, since he wasn't included in the wedding dress shopping, obvi. for those of you in the know, it is looking like #2 is a solid winner. my dad did make a fabulous steak and shrimp dinner though, ohhhh baby.

sunday, we were talking and decided we should probably move our wedding back to next spring. with the economy sucking our life forces away, and my internship this summer (which I absolutely cannot skip, too much of an opportunity/resume booster) not ending until like 3 weeks before the wedding, we just don't see it happening. this way we have a few extra months to take care of payments (even though we have really whittled the budget so it's not that big a deal anyway), and gives my parents some extra time to settle their stuff so they can help us with my dress and whatever else they are going to. also, we really don't feel like everyone important to us has the resources to buy plane tickets soon, let alone maybe 2 for bachelor/bachelorette parties as well. so that is sort of a bummer, but sort of whatever, because we basically are married without it being official anyway, so what's the rush I guess.

this week has been awful so far, and it's only getting worse. one professor assigned 4 major projects this week - one due monday, one tuesday, one thursday, and one friday. everyone I have talked to is a combination of completely stressed and extremely pissed. I have completed 2 of them and am too angry to start on the other 2. on top of that, I have another major project for my ore geochem class due friday. since this is the only class I actually care about, I feel like it should be taking precidence, but it really hasn't so far. guess I know what I'm doing during office hours tomorrow. dang.

today, I had an awkward break because of said stupid professor adjusting class times this week, so I went on an adventure around fort collins since I do not really know much about it. I went to a place called the buttercream cupcakery - omg. they have jumbo sized (well, rather large regular sized, I guess), and little mini cupcakes. I got a mini chai tea and a mini PB fudge. DELISH. and the display case was adorable. also, on sundays, they make french toast cupcakes. NOT EVEN RIGHT.



yum.

then I went to a consignment shop to sell some of the clothes I have been dragging around in the back of my car. they bought one thing, and the guy told me that they "totally wanted the rest" but that even though they were all cute and stylish and sellable clothes, because they were more than one year old, they were not allowed to sell them. um, wtf? I worked in a consignment shop once, and that makes no sense. if it is cute and sellable, we bought it. who cares how old it is? so that was dumb and a waste of time, I guess I will try another shop elsewhere.

after that, I took a trip to a local jewelry shop and looked for a wedding band. I wanted to get the one that matches my e-ring, but I am a little bored by it and want something more fun and unique. I found a couple of things I really liked (one being a $3800 tacori band - sigh.), so that gives me new hope. the one I ended up liking the most I never would have picked up on my own, and the girl helping me suggested it. she was right. I tried to find a similar pic online, but no luck.

so the lovely christy tagged me in this random purse survey thing. you're supposed to post a picture of your purse and how much it cost and some interesting story about how you got it. so here's my bag. I love it and all of it's $30 glory. I bought it because I kept walking by it and swooning over it and finally decided I had to have it, even though I have 34234 other purses. shhh. it's kinda boring I guess...haha.


now that this has turned into a novel, I bid you adieu.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

i am officially a gold digger...

...because I got the internship at a gold mine in nevada! I sent my resume, got picked for an interview about a week ago, and the HR peeps picked me out of the group of interviewees! score. they also pay for my housing and transportation. I plan to invest in cargo pants that I can fill with gold samples each evening, and then waddle back to my hotel room. lovely.





I'm that tiny speck in the bottom of the pit. WEEEE!

obama, you jerk...

...quit throwing snowballs at me.



to answer your question, no, I have no life.

Monday, February 9, 2009

hey, knotties...

if you haven't already, will you check out my dress poll on the austin board?

i am indecisive and torn.

fog is neat.

while I was driving to school today, I noticed fog in the distance.  I took a picture, because I thought it looked totally bizarre, but pretty neat.



Saturday, February 7, 2009

ugh

ever have one of those days where nothing goes right and you want to give up?

my life is like that.

i sound like an emo kid.

pretend land:  i want to go to there.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

beware of imitators!

even though my wednesdays are god awful, thursdays are proving to be pretty crappy too.  

I took extra precautions to end up in bed before midnight last night - made sure to get in my 30 minute run and a shower, finish pertinent homework, create a horrible butterscotch lava (note to self: do not try to melt butterscotch chips...death will come)...all because on thursdays, I have a random 8 o clock class.  

I haven't taken an 8 AM class since my freshman year of college.  I don't know why, but the difference between 8 and 9 AM is similar to that of brussels sprouts and chocolate.  I just can't do it.  that 8 AM class was literally ACROSS THE STREET from my dorm, yet every morning I would roll out of bed at about 7:58 in a frenzied panic, throwing on random clothing and running across the street.  part of the problem could be my negative scale attention span, because I can manage to wake up at 3 AM to make flights just fine.

Anywho, I have this 8 AM class.  the problem is compounded because in order to commute from the house to campus, I have to leave by 6:45 AM.  uncalled for!  this goes against my 30 minute getting ready needs.  this goes against...nature!  so does this:


you know that guy gives you nightmares.

even this class wouldn't be so bad at this unholy hour IF when it was cancelled I got some sort of notice other than a sign on the door saying "class is cancelled.  will email later."

ummm, WTF.  you email me BEFORE I drive up here.  

and, I leave you with this nerdy comic.

Monday, February 2, 2009

we won!

thanks to everyone who voted for us in the photograph contest chad & i were finalists in.  we won!  exxxxciting :)

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

tagged. also, wednesdays are a complete waste.

on wednesdays, I have class at 9 and 10.  then nothing.  glorious, right?  WRONG! (in accent from the "end of the world" flash animation).  

no, no no no no.  I have to sit around in my office on campus doing absolutely nothing until 4:10, when the weekly TA meeting is.  look people, I am perfectly capable of babysitting some kids in lab for 6 hours a week without "seminars" to show me how.  ughhhhhh.

in other news, i've been tagged:

25 Random Things you may not know about me:

RULES:  once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.  At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged.  You have to tag the person who tagged you.  If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

let's see...

1.  I never learned how to study, most likely because on a scale from 1-10, my attention span is a -328492384.  It has worked out okay so far, but I am constantly worried something is going to go terribly wrong and it will catch up with me.

2.  speaking of worrying, I worry non-stop.  24/7.  lay awake at night with my mind going 800 MPH thinking about every possible thing that could go right or wrong and the consequences.  I work best this way, for some ridiculous reason.  also, I am pretty much never surprised by things because of it.

3.  the weird thing is that even though I worry all the time, I am about as laid back as possible.   I keep my worryings to myself and always go with the flow.

4.  I am legally blind.  I wear ridiculous contacts (corneal refractive therapy) that reshape my eye overnight, and I remove them in the morning with a tiny plunger so I can see all day.  the stuff of sci-fi flicks, people.

5.  I like most animals more than most (nearly all) people.  I am like a 6 year old at the zoo.  Bunnies in my front yard make me squeak with happiness.  rolling around on the floor with my 4 dogs is one of my favorite things.

6.  I looooove to cook/bake.  baking is my favorite though - I think because it is so much like "craft time" (kraft thyme for you, mikey o) for me.  I could decorate things with frosting and such all day.

7.  Speaking of craft time, I love making things.  anything, really.  scissors + glue + assorted hobby lobby goods make me warm and fuzzy inside.

8.  I have OCD and it shows.  a lot.  the dishwasher can only be loaded a certain way, things on shelves must go together in a fashion only my mind understands, a mistake on a paper I am writing on means the whole thing must be scrapped and I start over.  I count everything, and numbers are like another language to me, even though I am not that good at math.  I know over 200 digits of pi simply because there is a very obvious pattern (to me) in the numbers when I look at them.  I remember phone numbers from obscure sightings.  I am a weirdo.

9.  I have a very goofy, bizarre sense of humor, and you either get it or you don't.  I'm cool with either.

10.  I love my friends, but I am also one of those people who has no problem being alone.  Sometimes it weirds me out when people are so dependent on others (not in a bad way, just in a "hmm, I don't get it" way).

11.  I am really, really, REALLY honest and loyal.  I would do anything for anyone.  because of this, I expect that from others, and I usually only give people one chance.  It's not that I would never talk to the person again, but that I would never trust them again.

12.  I play 6 instruments.  I went on a concert tour of Europe in high school with a national group of a couple students from every state.  I guess that makes me a music nerd.  music is one of those things that just comes naturally to me.

13.  chips & salsa are my life forces.  I probably have tomatoes and jalapenos in my veins.  they are like my children...my delicious children!  now I sound like a grizzly bear or something.  oops.

14.  I am one of those people who believes in ghostly paranormal things, and have had quite a few experiences with such.  believe it or not.

15.  I have absolutely terrible body image.  I am aware of this, yet it never changes.  I look in the mirror and see something I know is probably not accurate, but this does not convince me.

16.  I have road rage.  I think 90% of this stems from the fact that not only do I have no attention span, but I have even less patience for ignorance.  Driving 30 under the speed limit while you smoke, eat cereal, and text message your friends in the left lane is never okay!

17.  I have mostly guy friends because girls annoy me.  Not all girls, but the kind that are rude and sneaky and gossipy.  There's a lot of those going around.  This makes me feel weird sometimes, but I love my boys so whatever.

18.  I never, ever, EVER thought I would get married.  I used to date guys for like a week and then immediately regret it.  Once it was for an hour.  I really never thought I would meet someone that I wanted to be around that much.  Whodathunkit.

19.  I will ditto Christy on this - I hate being the center of attention.  Even if I'm supposed to be, such as a birthday or achievement or something.  PLEASE stop looking at me, everyone.

20.  I have weird panic attacks about doomsday things - or stupid things that I perceive as doomsday-inducing. 

21.  I am a germaphobe.  also, I have jumped out of a moving vehicle because of a spider.  having that many legs is not normal.

22.  Patterns/textures in nature freak me out - to the point of nausea.  Spore-bearing plants are the worst - like those leaves they put in floral arrangements with the bumps on the bottom.  I get all vomit-y just thinking about it.  The diagrams at the doctor's office that show bone textures - OMG.  The texture on the inside of a green pepper makes me ill - I love green peppers though, so I must scarf them down before I think about it.

23.   I loooooove coffee and tea.

24.  I tend to like the raw forms of things better than the cooked version.  NOT meat or anything like that, but basically anything baked - I would rather eat the dough/batter/etc than the cooked result (even bread).  It just tastes better to me.

25.  I am completely fascinated by volcanoes and have been since I was capable of reading, but at the same time absolutely terrified of them.  If there is a such thing as "previous lives", I am willing to bet I lived in Pompeii or something.

I tag: mikey o, mike, brooke, shannon, and jill.  and anyone else who wants to that wasn't already tagged.