and another thing for that matter

There are some amazing women out there.


these women are (to name a handful)




talented


funny


beautiful 


and


smart




ps all the women mentioned are all of those things and much more.  and i am super lucky to call them my friends!  
i know you're jealous. 


happy Wednesday!  

Ps Sorry I've been m.i.a. lately.  life has kind of taken over for the moment, and it's only going to get more busy from here.  Only 6 more weeks and I will be in Italia!  I've still got some posts up my sleeves though, so stay tuned! 


Ciao!

just a thought: wealthy words.

Someday, when I'm wealthy I will use fancy words.

heck. when I'm not wealthy I will use fancy words.

today.

instead of saying Dave's house, i would say the Bowie estate.

or the word

ravishing

sounds pretty fancy to me.

and to use it in a sentence;

what a ravishing estate you dwell in...

the disturbing facts.

This info shocks me. Just take a look. (i can't remember where i found this... sorry!  i saved this post as a draft ages ago..)

How Do You Feel About the Way You Look?

(The most-selected from a list of nine descriptors)

60s:

Grateful: 52.2%

Satisfied: 46.1%

Self-conscious: 32.6%

Dissatisfied: 28.7%

Happy: 27.4%

Teens:

Self-conscious: 50%

Satisfied: 42.9%

Grateful: 40.5%

Happy: 36.9%

Dissatisfied: 26.2%

"I see in magazines how my hair should look, and girls on TV who are 20 pounds lighter. If I had someone to do my hair and a trainer, I could be like that. But it's hard to both think that way and be happy with how you look."—Kateyln Labarre, 18, Southborough, Massachusetts

Have You Ever Used Photo-Altering Software to Change a Photograph of Yourself?

60s: 8.5%

Teens: 59.1%

Have You Ever Considered Plastic Surgery?

60s: 43.7%

Teens: 45.5%

"More teens have considered plastic surgery? One possible explanation: As you age, the trauma of elective surgery is less enticing."—Valerie Monroe

Have You Ever Had Plastic Surgery?

60s: 15.4%

Teens: 4.5%

Do You Think You Have a Healthy Body Image?

60s: 62.1%

Teens: 56.8%

Are You Happy With Your Body?

60s: 37.7%

Teens: 43.2%

"How can you believe you have a healthy body image...and not be happy with your body?"—Valerie Monroe

Why Do Your Exercise?

To Stay Healthy

60s: 65.5%

Teens: 28.6%

To Lose Weight

60s: 11.6%

Teens: 33.3%

To Change the Shape of My Body

60s: 6.5%

Teens: 19%

How Do You Think Others Would Describe the Way You Look?

Attractive: 60s: 63.2% / Teens: 39.8%


Approachable: 60s: 57.4% / Teens: 49.4%


Kind: 60s: 55.2% / Teens: 65.1%


Confident: 60s: 55.2% / Teens: 33.7%


Smart: 60s: 42.6% / Teens: 53%


Interesting: 60s: 32.3% / Teens: 33.7%


Pretty: 60s: 30.5% / Teens: 63.9%


Average: 60s: 25.6% / Teens: 49.4%


Sexy: 60s: 13.9% / Teens: 19.3%


Beautiful: 60s: 12.1% / Teens: 33.7%


Plain: 60s: 8.5% / Teens: 16.9%


Old: 60s: 6.3% / Teens: 2.4%


Exotic: 60s: 5.4% / Teens: 9.6%


Unattractive: 60s: 1.3% / Teens: 8.4%


Ugly: 60s: 0.9% / Teens: 2.4%

How can we change this thinking that there is only one type of beautiful?  This post will have to continue another day.  I have many thoughts on the subject.  Who's with me?!

 

please go die now.

dear
headaches
snow
wind
diet coke
homework
tests
haters
fat
my never-ending pile of laundry
and
dana carvey regis impersonations,



please go die now. 
okay thanks, bye.

love, erin.

ps, diet coke.  i actually don't want you to die at all.  i think i am borderline addicted to you, however, so i'm going to go without you for a whole month.  i'll miss you lots. we're on day 3 and so far so good.

two thoughts.

1.

thank you to sweet lexi for this

and 2.

thank you to the beautiful megan for this

what the creeper?

today was an interesting day.

i woke up waaay later than i was supposed to.  i changed my clothes at least 7 different times before wearing the dress i put on first. (isn't that always the case?) after being late for church but attending sacrament meeting and sunday school, a gal friend and i decided spur of the moment to drive to salt lake to visit our dear friend at her ward(and her ward has some attractive men. not gonna lie).  so we're driving up (my friend was driving, i was riding in the passenger seat) and as i'm riding i like to look around. who doesn't? i was looking at many drivers and passengers of cars that were passing us and we were passing, not thinking much about anything.  we had passed this guy in a truck a few times, and finally i look over again at this truck to see its driver holding up a piece of paper against his driver's side window.  i looked more closely to see that it said "HI ERIN"  bolded and upper-cased.  completely caught off guard, i smiled awkwardly and waved (naturally) and still have no idea who it was.  no idea.  he had on a hat and sunglasses, and was two lanes away from me and we were driving so i couldn't get a good look.  so mystery creeper driver knows who i am, apparently.  who has time to write down a note while driving? whatever. fun times, right?

  there's my weird story for the day. anything awkward happen to you recently?

darn it...

a little bit ago i went to the eye doctor

i walked into the office, and was given a form to fill out, similar to this:

I got to the question

are you nursing/pregnant? yes or no

without realizing what I was doing (I was hurrying to get through the form) i circled YES


i scribbled the heck out of that question. i didn't know what else to do!

...


kinda reminds me of the time when i was trying on bras (awkward already) at v.'s secret and the dressing room attendant says to me

oooohh so when are you due?

and i said

with that glazed-over-smile should-i-punch-you-or myself-in-the-face-look..

soon.



story of my life.


for the record.  no, i am not nursing. or preggo.

sing hell and hallelujah

i love my sweet mamacita. (my grandma) she is 97 years old. and she sings this song every time we visit

and by every time, i mean every. time. 

isn't she the best?

airplane singin'

and just so everybody is aware.. this is how anna and i are together. pretty much every day... you know, singing duets (i always make her be the boy) and singing in general.

somebody must learn the opposite parts to my favorite duet songs so they can replace anna for 18 months and i won't be deprived of this entirely while she's gone.

remember me?

yeah, don't worry.  i really am still alive.

life has been nuts lately.

in a good way, if you can believe that!

it's just been a whirlwind and i feel like i'm holding on for dear life.



on a side note, ever smelled

daisy by marc jacobs?

i'm thinking next paycheck that i need it.  smells so delightful.
and i need a new sunday scent.


i fell in love with perfumes last summer.
so i've got one special for sunday (which is running out--hence daisy)
one for dates (ooh la la!)
one for every day
one for work (only sometimes when i'm feeling extra fancy)

it's just a small obsession

okay. random post? yes.  talk to you soon? absolutely.

i should be in bed.

i'm going to be honest.

i haven't even thought about this blog in over 3 weeks.


i used to be so on top of things, scheduling post after post..

then finally the posts ran out.

and my brain is far too fried to even come up with anything good to say. 




so

i leave you with highlights from one of my all time faves.

enjoy.





little cross-eyed gunther will always hold a special place in my heart.

oh, hey.

you should

follow me

on

pinterest.


so much fun.
i could spend hours looking at all the darling things pinned.

i just realized

it's only august
and already i've created more posts than the whole year of 2010.
apparently i have much to say.

some things i will never understand

why is sleep referred to as catching zzz's?  it makes absolutely zero sense to me.

why at the beginning of the boy meets world series was eric really cool, then later on in the series he is not street smart at all.  he is just dumb and more the comic relief..? don't get me wrong, i think i like him more as hilarious/clueless eric.

why is it that for the most part good, sweet guys i don't want to date yet the bad guys seem to get my attention?  yet again.  makes zero sense.

why does my hair seemingly stop growing right when it hits the awkward shoulder stage?  i swear i've been in this stage for 6+ months!  i also like to call it the ponytail stage.  it is the hairstyle of choice.

why are war themed nintendo games fun to people?  how is killing virtual people and having virtual blood splatter on the screen fun?

who is jack and why do i want him to hit the road?  he could be a nice guy?





what are some questions you have about random things?

PS

A certain blind-date-quasi-celebrity moved 5 minutes away from me. I run into him evvverywhere.

I feel awkward everytime.


And also. New season of TMB? Anyone watching? I haven't seen any dates yet. I want to hear your thoughts!?


PS Happy 4th of July!!

why hello!

hello friends

i'd like to get to know who is reading this here blog! 

either leave a comment and tell me a bit about yourself

or email me

marierin @ gmail . com
.
..
...
..
.
could be fun?

writers block. blegh.

dear blogging friends,

i feel as though i'm in a blog-writing rut.

i can't for the life of me think of anything i want to blog about.

well, actually, i have about 3 or 4 posts half started and saved as drafts.

but nothing i actually want to post.


does anyone else have this problem?


how do i fix this? 


i just feel like this blog has been very neglected lately.  sharing thoughts and quotes and video clips.  nothing about me. no stories from my life. i'm bored to death with my own blog!  that is not a good sign.


what do you suggest i do to fix this writers block?


sincerely, frustrated and out of ideas.

my brother is awesome.

he is just so funny.  i want all of you to know this "girl scream" he does. oh my. it is hilarious!

24

yep, it's true. i turned 24 yesterday.  and i know i know it's not old.  but i totally feel old.  and i know i say that every birthday.  i will continue to feel old forever, i suppose.  so maybe i should just get over it now.

...

in honor of my 24th year of living here are 24 things about me you may not already know.

1. grilled cheese sandwiches and oreos are my favorite foods.
2.  i dislike chocolate ice cream. and chocolate cake, but i'll eat choc. cake. not ice cream. unless it's been mixed from vanilla.  i know. i'm weird.
3. i've wanted lea salonga's voice ever since i was in 1st grade and heard jasmine sing.
4. my hair's been dark dark brown (i prefer the name ebony..just sounds pretty) since i was born.
5. i love weddings. i love love. if you have a love story, i love to hear about it. seriously. this may need its own post.
6. i can't for the life of me keep a tidy room. i'll deep clean it and it'll stay clean for a few weeks then all hell breaks loose and looks like a natural disaster struck. it drives me crazy but what can ya do.
7.  i love mary higgins clark books.  story about that to come soon.
8.  my favorite and signature scent is poppy by coach. 
9. i know everything there is to know about the disney parks. info, vacation planning, favorites, human map... have a question?  i have an answer.
10. i was born in iowa, then lived in oregon, florida, and brazil before settling in utah and now calling it my home.
11. i grew up watching mary poppins and cinderella every. day. multiple times a day. i still adore every and all disney movies.
12. i love all sorts of music. oldies/easy listening and streamline pop are my very favorites, surprisingly. 
13. i am addicted to real simple magazine. my subscription ended a month ago, it didn't come in april and i about had a panic attack.  we're getting that taken care of. by re-subscribing.
14. i love going on drives and discovering awesome neighborhoods.  it's one of my favorite past times.
15. i love wearing high heels. love. i have quite the collection of high heels. i'll post pics soon.
16. i'm still in school. it took me forever to decide what to study.  i studied generals, then fashion design, and now fine art (which is what i'll graduate with).  i'm a firm believer in no experience goes wasted. every experience i've had with school has helped mold my emphasis and where i'll be later on. 
17. i was on the highschool ballroom dance team all 3 years. my favorite dance is the samba.
18. i love musicals.  i love singing along to and quoting musicals. what fer? there's only three little ones!
19. becuase of britney spears in her oops i did it again m.v. i forever wanted to be blonde. years later i still secretly want to be blonde sometimes.
20.  i love brightly colored lips. i just got brave red lipstick by mac for my birthday. can't wait to wear that. every day, perhaps. it's beautiful.
21. i seriously love the harry potter series. everything about them.  i cannot wait for 7 part II to come out.
22. my sister, anna, is my best friend of all time.
23. i call my fashion style eclectiprepohemian.
24. my favorite flowers are stock(they smell divine), ranunculus and freesia.  they're perfect.

dear boy

on the home page of banana republic dot com,
you are super attractive.

i really like the way you dress.

and your glasses.


i'm not usually ever this forward, but can we please date?

k thanks, bye

love, erin.