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September 3rd, 2011
01:39 pm
So I finally got married. All in all, it was a pretty rad event.
I married the guy I chose as a mate, I got to see a lot of family, and I brought together a huge group of my friends. And new friendships were forged.
And as a result, a huge pot of hormones got stirred up among my single-and-looking friends.
Which is of course great fun. Deep down I have a lot of Yente in me. Fixing up my friends can be a fun creative discovery process, like choosing the color combination for my kitchen or inventing a new cocktail.
Of course sometimes a lot of drama can occur from such a hot mess, just as a hot mess can occur if you put pop-rocks in your creative new cocktail. And that can be great fun too, especially if you're safely married and watching on the sidelines. (Or safely single and NOT-looking.) Of course, from the sidelines position, one may feel as if they are more in a position of being "in the know" than the players, and may therefore have an easier time noticing the trends in behavior.
A common trend I have noticed throughout history is that if you take a group of single people, one of them will often get "singled out". Two people will get a crush on the Singled Out, and then some others will notice the trend, and develop an idea that the Singled Out is some kind of "ideal" among the group, and thus they too will develop crushes on that one person. Soon, the whole group is focusing on one person. They will each develop tunnel-vision and become oblivious to the fact that there are plenty of other single people around them. This has happened more than once in my evolving group of friends, and at least one person from each gender has been the Singled Out. And almost always, the Singled Out becomes overwhelmed from all the attention, and they decide they don't want to date anyone.
Because of said tunnel-vision, the singles in the group may not listen to the advice from the safely-marrieds. (I admit that I should seriously stop trying to interfere sometimes.) However, if any of you single-and-lookings are reading this, I would like to present some advice anyway. Professor Nash here has some interesting new perspective on your strategy.
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June 13th, 2011
02:07 pm - Posted a little late, but....
A video from Aubri and Geoff's wedding!!
This is the part where they say their vows.
And lookie! That's me as their officiant!
(They had a random drawing that day of who would be their officiant, and I won!)
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June 9th, 2011
11:14 pm - And now... a poem.
"Poetry"
It's very nice, but ... well
I have trouble with poems that read like fancy prose.
I want to shake
the writer and say
"There is no shame in using poetic licence to bring drama and texture to your narrative!"
and then say
"Why are you so desperate to be a poet?
"Does throwing in arbitrary line
breaks make you
a better
person?
"Just write a bloody short story and have it done with!"
But the poet would probably cry
... and write another poem.
By Tealin
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April 22nd, 2011
09:04 pm
Tomorrow I take my oral exams. In two weeks (if all goes well) I graduate.
I haven't been here in a while, but I've been re-reading a lot of old entries.
I'm pretty nervous about life right now. Right now I have no idea what happens once I graduate.
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January 14th, 2011
08:31 pm
Here's what has happened since the new year started.
Daniel and I moved out (mostly!) of our old house we were renting with roommates Geoff and Aubri back on Apperson Street in Sunland.
It was a very sad goodbye, since I have grown so fond of that house and neighborhood. I loved riding my bike around the streets, which are gorgeous and filled with colorful trees, and huge houses with junked cars and/or farm animals in the front yard. Also I'll miss that nice big kitchen so much.
I started my fourth and last semester of my Master's program. Haven't heard about my grades for semester 3 yet, but am optimistic.
We signed our foundling dog, Nellie, up for obedience classes starting Sunday.
We moved into a one bedroom guest house in North Hollywood. I was pretty crabby and bitchy about it, since it's much smaller than we're used to. One of us has to park in the alley behind the house, since half the garage (which the landlady is generously letting us use) is filled with boxes of our stuff.
I have my wedding dress now, too. I really lucked out - it's a gorgeous dress, is flattering on me, and was very reasonably priced - well under our $3K budget. Mom also happened to stumble across the perfect dress for my bridesmaids to wear while she was with Dad in Las Vegas, so she bought dresses for all of them. Gotta get them to try 'em on soon.
The best news?
Daniel is gonna buy us a house. With his own money. The bank accepted his offer. Motherfucker is gonna buy a three bedroom two-story house in Tujunga with a pond and a jacuzzi in the backyard. And we're gonna move in before we get married. Three bedrooms. That means a guest room and an office... And it's in Tujunga - right near McGroarty Park - so I'm STILL GOING TO HAVE MY SAME BIKE ROUTE. How did I get so lucky?!
Life is still kinda hard now, with all these transitions happening. I'm not pulling in a lot of money, either, since I only have time for one tutoring student and my three-hour position as the preschool T.A. I miss having my own cash flow, but hopefully that'll change after I graduate. Seriously... Daniel is amazing... I hope I am as good of a partner to him as he is to me.
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November 19th, 2010
09:59 pm
I went downstairs to fetch dinner. I overheard Alex ask for some Dr. Pepper.
Daniel Hoffmann: We don't have any, we only have Dr. K. Which is the same thing.
Alex: Nah, it's cool. I'll have Root Beer.
Me: Alex, what's the chemical symbol for Sodium?
Alex: K.
Me: So you have Dr. Salt and Dr. Pepper! They should get married!
Alex: That's horrible.
Me: Shut up. It's the cleverest thing I've said all night.
Alex: That does not bode well for your paper.
Either Mindi or Geoff: Wait, isn't K the symbol for Potassium? Isn't Sodium Na?
Daniel: Yeah! Alex, weren't you a chemistry major?
Alex: I'm just tired. And besides, technically you can also make salt from Potassium.
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October 22nd, 2010
05:38 pm - Yikes
Down to the wire, costume-wise. I have the hat, wig, dress, body stocking, body paint and shoes. What I do *NOT* have is the right color dye. :( :( In fact, none of the craft/fabric stores Daniel or I have called/visited have the right color!!
Daniel is going to look at a possible dye for me tomorrow, because he's awesome.... Hope it works out!
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September 24th, 2010
04:40 pm
What I need to buy for my Halloween costume:
1) Body Stocking (nude) $12.95
2) Blonde "Party Wig" $9.95
3) 2 pkgs blue Rit dye $2.29 (x2)
4) White flats (not sure of price) (maybe I can just go with white sneaks and call it a day?)
5) White beanie (not sure of price)
6) Camisole (white) about $10
7) Body paint (check price)
Already have the dress.
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June 16th, 2010
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