i secretly wish i was in france right now.

i encountered this bit of info today.
"how to dress like the french:
1. no tennis shoes
2. layer like there is no tomorrow
3. scarves.... ALL the time."
c'est vraiment, non? (and i really hope that means what i think it means. my french is a little rusty. okay, okay a LOT rusty.)

wow. okay i wrote that, and then went searching for a picture to prove my point. and found this. Brilliant.
And sadly, could not find any pictures adequate enough.
But I really want this dress. And A LOT of the others here.
And finally, it's Chinese for dinner tonight with Stephen and Grace! Oh, I am so excited!!

bad romance

There is a ..... boy(?- this is semi-questionable, but he lives in a boy's building so we are going to go with male) who comes to the CB every day. And goes into a room. And plays the piano. And plays one song. BUT, not just any song.

He ONLY plays about 3 lines from Lady Gaga's song Bad Romance. And sings loudly along with it.
All I've heard for the past 2.5 hours is the same chords being played OVER and OVER again.

Dear boy-who-looks-like-a-girl-and-secretly-wants-to-be-lady-gaga,

Where can I start? And how can I say this nicely?Please stop dressing like her. You are a BOY. She is not. She is creepy. You still have a choice in that category. And a hair cut would do you nicely. You are coming dangerously close to me having to report you to the honor code office.
Also, please please please pick a new song. Perhaps one that is actually good? If you would like suggestions, I know plenty of people in this office who would prefer something else. And would be very appreciative if you did. Also, it is NOT okay when you go into the bathroom to practice singing. You scare the customers. Do you not know there is a piano in your building? Or do you actually know that but choose not to use it because of possible ridicule from your dorm-mates? Either way, what is happening here between you and the piano, and me and the rest of the people here in the office is a BAD romance. Which desperately needs to end soon. Oh save me now. We implore you.

Cordially,
HRCN staff

i love being married.

(if you understood how horrible we are at "dip" pictures, you would understand that the fact we even have this picture is incredible - which is why i think it is great)

Reasons why marriage is wonderful (in no particular order):
1. no more curfew

2. no more singles ward

3. lots of awesome pictures!4. lots of incredible presents (which we are so grateful for!)

5. you open the fridge and know everything in there is YOURS.

6. no more writing your name on your groceries

7. leftovers for lunch!

8. buying household items is FUN.

9. dreams and talk of having our own house one day

10. knowing i have an eternity with my best friend

For me only.

I wrote a post about something.

And the average-ness of it all stood out to me.

And it became so apparent to me how human I am.

And I learned from it.

And moved it somewhere else,
somewhere where I can read it later and
realize how much more I still need to improve.

Because being human is a gift.
And I need to learn from it.