I leave for El Salvador today.
Peace out, see you in 3 weeks :)
L
Tuesday, August 2
Sunday, June 19
From the mouth
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.. -Buddha
I just think this is a beautiful quote.
Tuesday, June 7
Vows
As I perused some blogs of former friends from high school that have been married for almost as long as we've been out of high school....I decided that I have a decent list of things I vow never to do. Sorry if you thought I was engaged and posting about my vows to my nonexistent fiance...you clearly do not know me very well ;) haha. Ahem.
1. I am not a princess (clearly, I would be queen), so I vow not to attempt to dress as one on my wedding day. Something classy and blue-white for the ceremony, something fun and short for the party!
2. I vow to have an engagement party and, while I'm at it, an engagement longer than 3 months.Only in Utah is it socially acceptable to announce your engagement via facebook.
3. I vow to have a plated dinner. Dessert spreads are tired. Now a popsicle bar is something I could get behind.
4. I vow not to have a fondant wedding cake. It's a texture thing.
5. I vow not to wholly disregard my own hopes and dreams for that of my partner's. It just leads to spite, regret, and other sad and upsetting feelings.
6. I vow not to rub it in these women's faces that I have a bachelor's degree. An honors bachelor's degree. Ok, take that back...I will try really, really hard not to.
7. I vow to be very excited for them all to have kids. I have nightmares about having kids. So the fact that having them makes these girls so happy is just great.
8. I vow not to have any type of taffeta/silk/ugly-non-earth-friendly material in my home. period. Not in the form of window curtains, and certainly not in the form of bedding.
9. I vow not to have more than one hand towel on any hand towel rack. More than one is awkward. And let's be real, I plan on not having many house guests for a while...I am going to take full advantage of my newlywed status and the excuses it will make for my ridiculous behavior.
10. I vow to reserve the right to get married at a courthouse if I feel like I'm going to bolt at the real deal. As my friends and family, I'm sure you'd rather have me do that than bail on my own wedding. Let's be honest, I'm a flighty deer in these emotional situations and chances are, if I get scared I'm going to bolt into the nearest thicket. Like bambi was told to do.
So those are the ten that come to mind. And while I'm far from marriage or married life, at least I hope so, I still think about these things. It happens when all your friends are married or engaged. Meh.
Monday, May 30
Avatar VS. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
My roommate Erin and I just had a heated discussion brought on by looking at pictures on Liz's blog from China. She went on a trip to the mountains that inspired Avatar scenes and they have a replica statue of the bird-like things the navi ride on in at this park in the Chinese mountains. I was trying to describe said creature when it came out that Erin has never seen Avatar. This pro/con list is inspired by our convo that followed.
AVATAR FERNGULLY
Pro: sweet CG effects Pro: the original
Con: giant blue people Con: corny 90s music
Pro: sweet wormy connections to the earth Pro: matriarchal society
Con: long Con: mullets
Pro: Sigourney weaver Pro: Tim curry
Con: guy who plays norm Con: guys who play workers and pip
Pro: beautiful fake scenery Pro: Batty's rap
Con: stole story-line from ferngully
Well, that's what we could come up with. And since Ferngully is the original, and has one less con, it wins.
Score one for planet Earth.
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