Why is it that every time I lecture someone about drinking alcohol, I do not pass Go but proceed immediately to get drunk, puke, and feel horrible for the next 20 hours ( Read more... )

My wedding was so incredibly awesome. I'm sitting here at Crescent Beach, on the 5th day of absolutely perfect weather in a row. I have never in my life experienced 5 days of perfect weather, especially not in Iowa. It is not humid. It is not hot or cold. It is sunny. I have not even gotten bitten my a mosquito the entire time I've been here. We've ( Read more... )

Just got the news. My two hometown slams on the finals stage, what-what?!

Simone is just the greatest; I am so happy that she's running the Cantab now. Since I have been in Austin, Austin's team has ALWAYS been better than the vast majority of teams in my book. I'm glad to see some other people thought so too.

Um, right. So Josh and I legally married today. (Ceremony is still to come). After a meltdown outside the county clerk's office we discovered that it is extremely easy to get married. We paid $41 bucks, Josh's brother Zach took 5 minutes to get certified as a minister over the internet (cost: $0), he signed his name in one place, and we were done! ( Read more... )

I attended my second cousin Aaron's wedding last week and ran into some boys that I ran around with in high school and haven't seen since (it's my 10 year reunion this summer). It was wild. My favorite, Derek, has been married four years. His wife said to me, "we are an old married couple," and I responded "SERIOUSLY!!!" which was probably rude ( Read more... )

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Josh and I finally chose our last names. I had been in favor, and still am in my heart of hearts, of combining our last names to make an entirely new name. No one in our families was too crazy about that, and ultimately Josh did not want to complicate his daily life quite that much. I don't blame him. Since I was planning on changing my name anyway ( Read more... )

Prayer

for Michele

you are not your pain.
this moment is all
you will ever have, so choose it.

you are real
and so you cannot be threatened-
you are already complete.

nothing you have ever done
approaches the radiance
of who you are.
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Q: Do Jane Austen and Shiner Black go together?

A: Of course.

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