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Wednesday, 08 October 2008

entry to be posted soon.

but as for now, i have a date night with my one and only.
how lucky am i.

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Currently Watching: Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)

so, ok. it's been kind of a while.

first of all, kresten & kristin are finally... married. hooray! it's been long enough!
the wedding was beautiful and the reception was a blast. max came of course and danced the night away with me.
and i had many birthday wishes thrown my way.

the day after the wedding, july 13, was max and i's one year anniversary. as many know, i'd been anticipating this day for way longer than necessary when, during thanksgiving break, i thought of what is quite possibly the perfect gift for max. so what i did was this.
max is very into his music and guitar, and especially this past year, has practiced a lot and become quite good. (www.myspace.com/topiajams) so i went to guitar center and asked to look at the nicest leather guitar straps they had so i could hold them up to the model/color guitar he had to see which i liked best. i found a beautiful cream colored strap with dark chocolate colored ends and a western style cut. then i cut a 3" strip of paper to match the width and length of the strap. since max also loves my artwork, i thought it would be a great idea to string our artistic expressions together by designing the strap. so i designed it end to end.. complete with a western style brand of his initials, a sunburst peace sign and an indian warrior with a headdress and war paint to top off the back of the strap. i had to burn it into the strap myself too, which was both nerve-racking and smelly. it turned out wonderfully, and needless to say, he was blown away.

now the only problem is that i probably won't be able to top myself in gift giving. guess we have to break up. haha :) absolutely not.

he got me a beautiful bracelet with overlapping double teardrops that, when they overlap, look like a strand of hearts. also some funky ball drop striped earrings (these were more of a birthday gift) and lovely pale pink roses. in addition he made us salad and spaghetti and later took me to rose's for tiramisu & coffee. how romantic, i know :).

since that weekend, things have been pretty chilled. i have been continuing my work at starbucks while max paints his dad's house. we've been takin' it easy and things between max and i are quiet, peaceful, and very, very happy.

having such down-low time also gives me time to think a little about my future. now we all know i can get carried away with that, so i've been really making myself live in the present. but just lately i've had to think a little bit. i mean, i am going to need to pick a major within the coming year, so i'd better get my head in the game. i feel like every time i get my head on something career-wise i'm like, "that'd be cool to do..." but something inside just says "that's not quite it though". and there are plenty of things i can think of that i'd enjoy i'm sure but i don't know that i would stay interested... and i'd better stay interested if i'm going to be paying thousands of dollars to go to school for it. so i was sitting in my kitchen winding down, watching my little fish Bill Murray swim around in his tank. (he has a very colorful personality.. i can't tell if it's energy or schizophrenia). and i kind of had a little revalation. or realization. ichthyology [the study of fish behavior, genetics, and habitat]. as you can tell from my wallpaper on here (or my desktop on my computer)... i love fish. really, i do, way more than the average person just wants a cool fish to have for a couple days and then forget about it. i could watch fish for hours, and i think i have. the incredible variety of wildlife on our planet astounds me, and i think that is most visible in the fish population. so why not study them? at first i was kind of just kidding around with myself... but then i started thinking more seriously about the issue. i love learning new things about our planet, especially about the ocean, and even more especially about the creatures > fish that live in it. i don't know what it is, but something about the ocean's creatures excites me. i was more giddy picking out my fish at the beginning of the year than i was picking out colleges. and so i thought about the benefits of this career:
-most successful research zoologists work for the government, thus are paid well and receive good benefits.
-there are plenty of opportunities for travel involved [thus i'd be able to use my french, hopefully], but enough lab work that it wouldn't be alllll the time.
-according to my research, the job outlook is good for this field.
-it gives me an excuse to live near a coast.
-there are opportunities along the way to a career that could be a great experience (summer internships at places like SeaWorld etc. where you can get paid AND college credit, study abroad opportunities)

annnyways that's kind of a long segment there. i'm just excited that this is something i can see myself getting into! but for the present, i'm gonna get back to my "blue plant"/"planet earth" marathon.

worldpeacelove.

Wednesday, 09 July 2008

incredible.

one way to describe the past few days of my life. rothbury was an incredible experience, one i can hardly put into words. it started early, as cassandra and i picked max up around 5:30 a.m. we were really cruisin' down the highway and i was actually really surprised at the lack of traffic... that is until we got to the exit for the ranch. we were at a dead stop before we could even enter the exit. so, it took an hour and a half approximately to finish the final 3 miles to enter the campgrounds. talk about crazy.

i won't go into detail about every single day, because that would take forever, but needless to say, i felt like everyday there was more to see, to wonder, to appreciate. every show i attended i had a wonderful time at. the sites were awesome. sherwood forest was decorated crazy, as to appeal to those tripping, and was neon lit during the night, but in the day, was so relaxing. a beautiful place to sit under the trees and shade to relax. we couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather or a better weekend.

going into the trip, i wasn't sure what to expect when it came to experience this event with max. not that i had worries about us, but because music festivals seemed to be something he usually goes to with his buddies, so i didn't know if it would feel as carefree or fun for him to have me around all weekend.

boy, was i off. maybe it was the timing of our little 'vacation'. maybe it was the atmosphere of the festival. maybe it was the discovery of something even more to us and our relationship. and it's crazy that no matter how deeply you are in love, there's always room for growth, always room to love more. i felt like just in the past few days that we have grown and matured in ourselves and our relationship more than ever before. it's really hard to describe, but it felt amazing to be so happy. it was as if we quit trying and just let things be and happen, and in doing so found ourselves as a unit rather than just a boyfriend and a girlfriend. sounds weird i know.

i'm across the street from him next year.

and all i can say is i look forward to the years ahead of us together.

speaking of 'together forever' here comes the bride.
wedding countdown: 4 days.

no not ours, hehe ;) , k&k's.

worldpeacelove.

Monday, 30 June 2008

hurray for the times now. yesterday was sunday of course, which marked the first day of max and i getting back together after our little vacation. it was an extraordinary feeling to see him and be with him again. and it was such an excellent day. we took a nap (exciting huh?) that both of us really, really needed, after which we went frisbee golfing with rikki, sam, and rachael. i'd never frisbee golfed before, and dare i say i had a lot of fun despite my utter lack of skill. it's a nice, relaxing game, i'd say. after that, max and i thought it'd be fun to cook together.. this ended up a disaster, not because we can't cook, but because a bottle of vinnegar was knocked and broken, and max stepped on one of the glass pieces. nothing super serious, no need for stitches, but definitely a damper on our night, which we soothed with an evening of coffee and curb your enthusiasm (to be completed tonight). so, all in all, despite the foot injury, yesterday was a wonderful day.

today i feel as though is trying to rush too quickly. i found out i work today, which threw me off, but this way i can get working done by tomorrow night. afterall, i'm going to want wednesday to prepare... for our departure to rothbury! while my mom is still unsure about if it was a good idea to let us go to it, i am convinced it will be a once in a lifetime thing. kresten, being the concerned (or disapproving) cop-type he is (damn hippies), is convinced this festival will be trouble, and a one time thing like woodstock. out of control, in other words. and i wouldn't actually mind if it was, no matter how much i am looking forward to it. i mean there are other festivals that would be available to go to other years (summercamp fest, for example) and that are cheaper for years to come. and if it was like another woodstock, it'd be cool to say i was there. so who knows what to expect.

somethin' crazy. hopefully.

:)

worldpeacelove.

Friday, 27 June 2008

well well.

it's been a while, but what can i say, i'm a busy gal... except not really. just been workin' a bit and looking forward to rothbury as it nears. as of last week... wednesday? thursday? max brought to my attention that he had been feeling as though he did not fully appreciate me nor what i do for him. i guess he's been feeling sort of on autopilot for a while, and just needed to snap out of that. as a result, we agreed to take a little "vacation" if you will, and not hang out with each other for a week and a half. an "absence makes the heart grow fonder" type deal. the first couple days were not easy, i'll admit. i found myself crying when i had the chance, though i've been able to keep busy with my barista work at starbucks. but as the days have gone by i've realized the benefit to our relationship this vacation will bring.

not only has it taught me that time apart is good once in a while but i've also noticed the complete lack of girl in my life. i feel like everyone's got their girls who they hang out with when they're not with their boy, but i notice i lack those girls. i have girlfriends, no doubt, but

1.) they don't hang with each other, so it's always just a one on one thing
2.) they have their own "other" friends, that i either don't know or just aren't my types of people
3.) or they live far away.

so i guess i've noticed how much more excited i am for next year. i could name a thousand things i am looking forward to, but namely msu in general, max being close by, him having an apartment, football games, a fresh start, and now, to find my girls.

it will be a nice thing to have. or they, should i say.

i never thought i'd be counting down to when school starts.

... and sunday couldn't feel farther away.

worldpeacelove.