wonderful news!

i'm getting married!!!

yes. that's right. married. me.

haha. just kidding.

but i do have even better news than that. i was offered a promotion today! yay!

so i will still be doing what i do, but basically have added responsibilities. because of this promotion, i will basically be traveling to washington dc every couple of months. i'm excited for the opportunity--just not so much for the traveling. but i will say, one of the best parts of living in the east coast--is the relatively easy distance between large metro areas.

i am definitely going to have to do some sightseeing! i still have yet to make it to tour dc so yay!

just terrible...

with updating this blog and remembering to write about things i really wanted to write about...but here are some interesting links/sites that i think some of the people i know should read! 2 articles by johann hari (love him!) that merit reading for sure.

how to teach your kids about money:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/what-kids-need-to-know-about-money.aspx

2012/the mayan grand calendar hype:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~izapa/M-32.pdf

women bridging gap in science:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/science/03discrim.html?_r=1&hpw

male/female salary inequalities:

http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=1515

a generation without fish:

http://www.johannhari.com/archive/article.php?id=1516

being contradictory by nature...

sucks.

my verbage is cynical and realistic and yet i can't seem to reconcile my feelings to be the same. it insists upon being the wide-eyed, eternally optimistic child.

i'm apparently hellbent on destroying myself and my sanity.

but if i let people destroy that side of me then i lose.

and i hate losing. so i guess i live with my personal frustration.

but the one thing i've always hated are trashy people. this post is not about that however, so....

that aside--one of the things i've always hated are people with no loyalty. i can never quite trust people that are close friends with everyone. even when they know if person a has done something terrible to person b and they are still great friends with person a. i respect it and their decision. but i can't really trust them.

i'm not a very forgiving person perhaps. whatever my faults may be--i am a loyal person. when i've accepted you into my life--you were given my full loyalty. that means i don't hurt you on purpose, i don't talk shit about you to someone else, i don't make you look bad in front of others and i certainly don't go around blabbing about my issues with you to anyone who would listen. least of all, someone you don't like/might be jealous of/whatever the case may be. i just don't do it.

and if i don't treat you so disrespectfully--i expect the same. and maybe that's where i mess up. i expect people to have the same respect and integrity. and it sucks when i'm slapped in the face with the opposite.

there are rules. loyalties. priorities. what choice do you make?

family or friends?
friends or strangers?
strangers or enemies?
significant other or acquaintances?
acquaintances or friends?

oh well.

live and learn.

the past few weeks...

so here are some pictures from the past 10 days! more to come when i have time to put more up!

angelika, me, kristina, and a tiny bit of lady liberty!

pointing at mele's wedding invitation!

and last but not least...fresh from the hands of the fedex guy a few minutes ago...