your love is like my change

I was talking to my friend KB at work today and she told me a little anecdote her and her husband say to each other that helps them to appreciate each other... here it goes:

One says to the other: "I wish I could shrink you and put you in my pocket, to carry with me all day."

Very sweet, eh? Keep reading.

Then the other replies back: "But then you would disgard me on the dresser with all the other stuff in your pockets."

I like it; it speaks to the affects of being with eachother literally all the time. I suppose absence makes the heart grow fonder, but one thing is for certain: being joined at the hip does not.

perhaps stupidly admirable

I learned something about myself today. Well, I always knew it, but the pieces sort of came together. I learned that I let my emotions rule matters of the heart and my brain rule matters of reason. It sounds simple but I know a lot of people (including myself at times) where this is not the case. Like, I WANT a laptop--it isn't a rational thing, I already have a computer (although I can find practical reasons for owning one). However, I did not just go out and buy one; I researched them and saved and made a plan for when to buy one. However, when it comes to matters of the heart, although I am aware of time, distance, complexity etc. they do no necessarily get in the way of what I want. Double edged sword? Perhaps, but I would like to think its admirable, nonetheless. Call it my romantic side, because god knows I am not a traditional romantic. Ha!

nobody likes beige...

...not even penguins. I suppose the following article proves that even penguins are as much assholes as people: only the pretty get laid and the ugly get bullied. What a rotten shame.

I am easily amused

Okay, so I know I just posted... but I turned around and watched a commercial that made me damn near pee my pants.

Seriously, I nearly died. You can check out the rest of them at www.elementandfriends.com. OMG I am easily amused.

a thought on miss manners

After reading a friend's away message, I searched out Mrs. Manners and came across the following article regarding engagements. I was so glad someone said what I always thought.

"Dear Miss Manners:
I am feeling incorrect. A colleague recently became engaged and was delightedly showing her ring to the women at work. Each one squealed "Congratulations!" While I am as happy as the others are for her, it seems a bit like she won the grand prize on a game show rather than committed to a lifetime of caring and responsibility.
What is the "correct" response? I settled for something along the order of "I'm sooooo happy for you!" which did not seem as celebratory but was the best I could do on short notice.
There are many young, unmarried women in my office, and I am sure to have to know the answer to this question in the near future.

It is you whom Miss Manners must congratulate. You have stumbled accidentally on the correct approach.
Strictly speaking, a lady should never be congratulated on her engagement or marriage, however charming the gentleman. It is he who is officially the lucky one, to whom congratulations are given. She is properly wished happiness."

Amen. Yes being engaged is great, but let's celebrate the birth of your children and your 5, 10, 15 year anniversary--ya know? I know a lot of women I talked to felt like the engage-ees were less excited about having dedicated the rest of their life to another person, but more so excited to let everyone know that they were good enough to be proposed to. I wonder if getting engaged was always such a spectacle. In a time where divorce is so common, perhaps we should celebrate, as I said earlier, anniversaries and encourage couples to work out what can be worked out; or simply be more discerning about who they choose to marry in the first place. If the situation has gone bad or god-forbid you simply fall out of love with each other, I absolutely do not advocate that two people stay together, but it seems that a lot of people are so anxious to get engaged that they don't sit down and really figure out if when they say "'til death do us part" they can mean it for "as long as [they] both do live". Everything I've seen regarding relationships is enough to make me more than a little wary... is there a book of questions to ask before you get engaged? A Cosmopolitan quiz? Haha... I certainly don't think I am beyond getting so wrapped up in love you forget to make sure it's right, I just hope when the time comes to respond to a proposal it is been a well thought out and discussed decision on both our parts.

I think I have interesting things to say

So, after a lot of thought I have decided one of my new year's resolutions is to blog. I think I have interesting things to say... we'll see.