gobble gobble barf barf

Definition ~ Thanksgiving (th-ank-kiss-giv-ing) : Acts of unforeseen gluttony committed through turkey and side dish ingestion.

I can never predict how bad the food coma will be, but man.. I sure am thankful that I'm lucky enough to be with family and friends as we eat a giant bird (or in this year's case - two birds). The following is a list of the majority of things that I'm thankful for.

1) Food, shelter, and love
2) Family and amazing friends
3) People who think I'm funny
4) Education
5) The experiences I have been able to have
6) No Shave November
7) The movie "Elf"
8) Having the chance to appreciate every single day I'm given
9) Karaoke
10) Experiences I learn from; kindness I am given

Granted, this is the cliff notes version of everything that makes me so happy. The tiniest things have the ability to make me extremely happy; it's hard to pinpoint everything that I am thankful for. I know that I am such a blessed and lucky girl, and I cannot wait for the rest of my years to find even more things to be thankful for.

Eat well, love happily, be thankful.

cheers!

Nerdin out

Fact: When I grow up, I'm going to be marrying a nerd.

My first face-blushing, heart-pumping crush was in the 2nd grade.
When we did our times tables, he knew every. single. one. (that included the 12 tables)
When we mixed baking soda and vinegar, he knew exactly why it happened.
When we learned cursive, his handwriting was AWESOME.
One day on the playground, as he read his 100+ page Animorphs book, I sat down next to him with the biggest book I could find in my teacher's library. He smiled at me (*swooonnn*) and started talking about worldly things. We talked about how he preferred Sesame Street to Barney growing up because of the content and depth of learning the program provided. (I personally liked Barney, but I nodded in agreement anyways because he used big words.)

As the years pass, my sentiments toward those really offbeat, smart boys haven't changed. It must be because they throw really cute pick up lines my way and want to joke about stuff like figuring out the torque of a shaft (dirty-alert!). Some of the best pick up lines are the nerdy ones. Use these!!

"You're sine and I'm cosine and together we make 1"
"You’re as sweet at 3.14."
"Forget hydrogen you’re my number one element."
"Are you the square root of 2? Because I feel irrational when I’m around you"

....Or you can just send these really cute, dorky photos that I was lucky enough to stumble upon. Brace yourself, these are freaking awesome.




Now quit procrastinating and go solve some diff EQs

Love Shack

For the 4th time in the past two months, I was asked to explain and help with 'girl troubles' by completely great men. I've decided that it was time to blog about the advice that I give to each of them. The following advice goes for both men and women (!!)

1) Grow some cajones. Speak for what you feel and what you think.

2) Rejection is the worst that will happen, and that will never be the end of you.

3) Be proud of who you are as a person before being completely okay with pursuing someone. If you're not in the right mindset to love yourself, you won't be in the correct mindset to love another.

4) Fight for it. Fight for it as long as it still feels right.

5) People are stubborn and shallow. Make sure they're worth it.

6) If tomorrow didn't exist, what would you wish you could have said?

7) Don't wish the worst on the person you can't be with. Hope they find exactly what they're looking for and send good vibes their way regardless of how much they hurt you.

8) Never settle out of loneliness.

9) Self-doubt is worse than rejection. Always try.

10) "Separate the ones who knew you from the ones who couldn't bother to see you for all that you are" - Tilly and the Wall


hugs and kisses. all the best in all your conquests.