Fanciful Moments

I watch way too many wedding shows. It`s caused me to mentally plan out my entire wedding ceremony years before it`s due to happen. God willing we can afford it before I turn 25 lol coz I would like some kids.

I can picture it now. It`d be mid-January, somewhere gorgeous--like a ski lodge or a hotel with a ballroom--with big windows and an amazing view. I would be in white, my fiance in a black tux with a red tie and a red rose in his lapel. My bridesmaids would be in silver with white rose bouquets with crystals in them. I would be the only one with red roses. There`s going to be candlelight and silver and white everywhere with red accents and sparkles.

My sister will be my maid of honor, my mom`s going to cry and dad will be holding back tears as he gives me away.

And I won`t notice any of it coz I`ll be looking at him.



Sigh. Someday.

This song makes me think of him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN9xyBWIgHs&feature=related


Stay safe and enjoy the little moments.
-ThatOneChick

Tender Moments

I was rereading over my friend`s blog and I got to thinking about her + my other friends. I`m in a writing kind of mood so I figured "Eh, why not? I`ll update this thing."

Honestly, it isn`t like anyone will ever read this. I mean, yeah, it`s possible... but highly unlikely. So let`s get started.

Of course I`m going to start with Carree (http://getcarreedaway.blogspot.com/). She was, in all honesty, my first true friend. We met way back in 7th grade Spanish class. I didn`t learn much Spanish, but I did learn that she was an awesome person. We`ve stayed friends since then--even though she moved away right before we started high school and we really haven`t seen eachother since. For about 4 months out of the year we`re 2235mi apart and for the rest of the year we`re 2356mi apart. (Yes, I did Google the distances. I like being as accurate as possible.) Carree is... about a million adjectives. She describes herself best:

"I'm incredibly goofy, seriously. I'm either ear-shattering, earth moving loud or unnervingly quite, very rarly do my feet rest on the "middle ground." It's very easy to assume you'll hear me before you'll see me half the time. In more ways than one I lack that subtle sensible thing that the world refers to as "tack." I firmly believe in telling like it is from the beginning so not to prolong the torture of finding out the painful truth, as well as discovering the sticky web of lies that prolong the inevitable. In other words I'll give you a papercut of honesty today instead of shattering your heart in 6 months. I like to keep it blunt, simple and as classy as possible." .

 She is one of, if not the most, compassionate and... and just wonderful individuals I have had the honor of knowing. She is simple, yet so profound. I believe that if she so desired, she could start a spark that could change the world. There are no words to describe her. She just is. She isn`t fake, and I am incapable of finding nor harboring bad feelings toward her. With just a word, she can brighten the baddest of days and make you see the silver lining in the most dismal situations.

She is inconsistant, always dabbling in a little of everything. She reminds me of a bird. She`ll flutter into your life and maybe make a bit of racket, but by the time she gets into your heart, she`s gone and doing something else.

Truth be told, if I didn`t have a sister, I would ask Carree to be my maid of honor at my wedding.

Caitee, Carree`s twin sister, is a force to be reckoned with. She is a positive light in the world and a bit more down to earth than her sister. Currently, she is in a relationship with a young man and has been with him for a year(ish) now. Unfortunately, we`ve fallen a bit out of contact. I know she wants to go on missions with her church, and I know she has big goals for the future. I also know that no matter what, she will accomplish them. She ought to be a role model for positive thinking, perseverance, loyalty and courage for all young women. I know that she could, and probably will, change the world.

Jaimi, one of my very first friends in college, is a teaching major with a geology minor. She is so, so smart. Since her first year here, she has maintained a 4.0 GPA--no small feat! Jaimi is at the same time, more of an adult than I think I will ever be and a kid at heart. She still watches cartoons (all the classics) and loves the old campy superhero movies + series. An avid anime fan, she is probably the only sensible fangirl I know. She straddles the line between serious and humorous in most everything she does. She is entirely fluent in sarcasm and witty without even trying.

She is also probably one of my best peer role models. Her entire space of living is perfectly organized and she gets all of her work done efficiently. I could certainly take a few lessons from her. She is caring, intuitive and offers blunt, realistic advice without being caustic. She even, admirably, stuck by me when I may have been at my most intolerable.

Since meeting her, we`ve accumulated so many inside jokes that we practically speak in code now. She is an anchor that can keep me sane when the entire world seems like it`s falling apart at the seams. I shudder to think where I would have ended up had we not shared that table in Bio1101.

Jamie is my other Bio1101 buddy and ex-roommate. She has a tough personality and a crude sense of humor and I would never have her any other way. She is brash and honest in all that she says. I never knew her to be the type to mask her feelings or fake any interactions. She rescued me from a terrible roommate situation and was the one to really bring me into our group of friends.

Lauren, Jaimi`s roommate is a nutrition major and our resident health adviser. She keeps me and Jaimi on our respective diets and offers advice on how to be healthier. She also deals with my thousands of inane questions about food-related topics. I`ve never seen her angry, and she is always willing to stick up for her friends. She is also in a happy, stable relationship with an incredibly nice young man.

Cori, a new friend this year is an art major. She`s hilarious and has a heart of gold. She`s a great listener and tolerant when people need to rant. Like with Jaimi, we have enough inside jokes to have our own code language. We share an enthusiasm for abridged series, anime and Stephen Colbert. We trade drawings, come up with elaborate stories and explanations for random things and I`m sure that as the years go by, she will remain a cherished part of the group and a great friend.


Hmmm :) I guess that`s all for now.

Stay safe and enjoy the little moments.
-ThatOneChick

First Moment

I live for little moments like that... 

Just like the Braid Paisley song. Why? Because life is made of little moments. 

I suppose I should start off by saying I mainly made this so I could follow my friend`s blog, but it looks so lonely without at least one post here. One little thing that says "Hello! I`m here. I exist." I like having things like that. Just something small that says I was there, that I am here.

I guess this is where I tell you something about myself. I`m 20 years old, engaged, and in college. What college? Well, that`s classified. I like my privacy, you see. The internet is all about anonymity and I like it like that. You don`t need to know where I`m enrolled in school, where I live or even my name to get to know me. Those things don`t define me. 

I`m studying Clinical Lab Science. Not a lot of people really know what that is so here`s a summary: Clinical Lab Science (CLS) is a professional program where my job will be to examine body fluids, such as blood, for clues in the diagnosis of disease. When I graduate I will have the training to conduct and supervise complex medical tests and to manage clinical labs. CLS is an important part of medical diagnosis and treatment monitoring. I`ll be graduating as a generalist, able to work in ALL sections of the lab. I can work for forensic labs, physician`s office labs, HMO labs, public health labs, biotech companies, in clinical trials coordination, pharmaceutical or diagnostic industries, governmental agencies at the federal, state and local levels and I can even apply for direct commissions in the military as a laboratory officer. CLS is a 2yr professional program with 2yrs of undergraduate classes--which I am soooo close to completing. In the professional phase (Junior & Senior year) I will be taking classes such as hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunohematology, serology, and urinalysis... just to name a few. In my senior year I will be going through clinical rotations in an actual hospital, literally working from 9-5 four days a week. In my Junior year I will be in lecture/lab from 8-5 five days a week. CLS has been called "med school without the med school." I feel like I must emphasize this: I am not going to be a "doctor". My professional title will be Medical Technologist (MT). I will work alongside nurses and physicians--but I will not be one of them. I only say that so you aren`t mislead about what, exactly, my title is going to be or think I am higher up on the medical totem than I actually will be. My work is incredibly important  and, yes, doctors do depend on our lab results, but in the end I will be working under a doctor--specifically a Pathologist. 

I am engaged to the most wonderful man in the world. We aren`t going to get married for a while yet, seeing as I`m still in school and so is he. We actually met online in a chat room. At first we were just friends who chatted back and forth, then I started really liking him and I would be so excited when I saw him log in. I stopped participating in the main chat room unless he was in there. Eventually we exchanged AIM screen names and, nervous that he might be a creeper, I had him do something to prove to me that the adorable guy in his pictures was really him. Haha, if you`re wondering what it was, I`ll tell you. I asked him to write me a message on his face and take a picture of it. It was so cute, he decided to write my screen name and a heart on his cheek. Well, things progressed and we started skyping eachother every night. Eventually, we wanted to meet and so he flew 400 miles to see me. I knew I loved him the moment I saw him. We`ve had a long distance relationship since then, taking turns flying up and down every 2 or so months. Not too long ago, he asked if I wanted to be with him forever... and I said yes.

Other than that... I guess I`m a hopeless romantic and a hardcore student. I spend most of my time studying and making plans for my life. I`m the kind of person who sticks to her goals and never stops until I have what I want. I`m not a quitter. I put all of myself into everything I do. I don`t fake anything and I don`t like to lie.

As far as creative outlets, I have another site entirely devoted to them. I like to draw and depending on who you ask my drawings are either great or mediocre. I don`t put much effort into really perfecting my drawing abilities because I`m happy with the way my pictures turn out. If you like them, great. If you don`t , then don`t hate. I also enjoy writing; mainly poetry and six word stories. Why? Because they`re short and easy to edit if they`re a little sloppy.

Everyone has interests, right? Mine are a bit... odd. I am deeply entrenched in the Slender Man Mythos. I follow two ARG`s (Marble Hornets and Tribe Twelve) and have read most of the Slender Man blogs. I`m not sure what attracts me to the mythos, all I know is that it`s fascinating and horrifying and I want to know more.

"We didn't want to go, we didn't want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time..."

 

"There is an enigmatic figure, most often seen as a tall, extremely thin man with long, strange arms, and a face that no two people see the same way (if they see any face at all). Where he comes from is as much a mystery as what he wants. All that is known is that there is evidence of him existing for far longer than one would expect. Those who see him often wind up missing—or worse—with their mutilated bodies impaled upon a tree, and their organs removed and then replaced systematically. His presence is associated with paranoia and sometimes a strange sickness, and those who see him are frequently found to be maniacally writing strange messages, and drawing mad scribbles of a dark, faceless figure. It is advised to avoid investigating too much lest you get entrenched too deep...and find yourself the subject of unwanted interest. Four main projects, Marble Hornets, Everyman HYBRID, Tribe Twelve and Just Another Fool, are most closely associated with the Slender Man mythos, along with a series of strange stories from people who appear to have seen him, as well as photographs by people who have not been heard from since. "
More info can be found here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSlenderManMythos

I guess that`s all I feel like writing about myself. I may or may not update this, it honestly depends on my mood.

So stay safe and enjoy the little moments.

-ThatOneChick