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annual report: 2011

during 2011:

• i finished my junior year and started my last year as an undergrad
• marcos got a new position at discover and went back to school
• we went on a wonderful, fastastical, and amazing trip with my parents. we spent 5 days in disney world, 1 day in universal/wizarding world of harry potter, 3 days on a cruise to the bahamas, and 1 glorious day exploring grand bahama and swimming in the most beautiful blue ocean i've ever seen. we also got to see my friend april, ride around epcot on segways, and take stefan on a tour of the world.
• went to liberty land and were thoroughly disappointed and delighted
• we celebrated marky's half birthday with a huge cake and lots of presents, included all nine seasons of the x-files on dvd.
• we drove out to california to meet mulder and scully and chris carter. (btw, it was unbelievably awesome. we met gillian anderson and chris carter and i was mere feet away from david duchovny. *cue hyperventilation*) gillian and chris signed our season 1 box set and 'i want to believe poster' and we got a picture with her. gillian even told marcos that he was the 12th grade love of her life, and he promptly died. we also met great new friends (kenat and katie) and we still keep in touch with those wonderful people.
• marcos surprised me that night at dinner... instead of driving back to utah the next day like we had planned, we were going to disneyland!!!!! i, of course, burst out crying. he had even arranged things with my work, packed my sunscreen and sneakers, bought the tickets, and had my minnie ears. it was the best surprise of my life.
• we went to disneyland!!! we rode all our favorite rides, visited our favorite places, ate breakfast on main street, and watched fireworks. it was seriously the perfect disney day.
• i turned 21 and marky got me 21 gifts for each year of my life! incredibly sweet and meaningful.
• i flew out to california to meet robert patrick. and boy, did i ever. and guess what? he totally loved me. not kidding. we talked for 20 minutes before the show, and kissed me on the cheek and told me it was wonderful to meet me. during the show, he gave me a shout out. as soon as he was off the stage after, he made a beeline over to me, grabbed my hand and told me he was staying longer and he would love if i'd stick around. (my new friend britney and i were DYING. he totally loved us. can you blame him?) so, we stuck around and after he came out of his dressing room, he called me over and we ended up talking for another hour. and then he walked us out. my mind was 100% blown.
• we bought a house!!! we found the cutest little house in a great neighborhood in salt lake that we just fell in love with. we spent several weeks refinishing all the hardwood, laying new linoleum, and painting all the rooms, trim, and ceilings with the help of my wonderful friends and parents. they worked so hard and so long, and we wouldn't have been able to do it without them. we also moved in 2 days after i got back from california from meeting the t-1000, so his incredible strength passed on to me for a few days and i lifted great amounts of furniture and boxes. huge love to all the family who helped us. we love our house!!
• in september, it officially marked one year since i was a size 14. i went shopping that day to celebrate and was able to wear size 8's and 6's. 
• marcos won an ipad 2 at work! possibly one of the greatest days of his life.
• i spent 3 days photographing the circus. it was a life changing experience and had a huge impact on my life, and especially on my art. this was when i fell in love with documentary photography and truly knew what my passion in life was. 
• we celebrated christmas and we both got our biggest wishes--- a nikon d7000 for me (THANK YOU!!!!!!!!) and the coolest, swankiest, and most boss bose headphones for marky.
• marcos became the most photographed person in america as i celebrated with my new camera.
• we celebrated marky's 25th (!!) birthday with lots of gifts from his wishlist and cool new duds. we also saw mission impossible 4 and had a very marcos themed day. it was fabulous.
• marcos took a history class that he really loved and really excelled in. so much so that he declared his major and chose history! we're very, very excited. it's great to have a direction to be working in and studying something he really loves, so we couldn't be happier.
• as a final cherry on top, we were able to adopt a sweet kitty on marky's birthday! it's orange, sassy, neurotic, and very fluffy, so we've been unable to tell if it's a he or a she. either way, we love him/her and will be taking him/her to the vet soon. especially because we are concerned that it is a pregnant female. scary.

overall, it was a very, very big and very, very exciting year! we're glad to end it on a high note together and look forward to spending the next wonderful year together and continuing to have lots of fun adventures.

disney extravaganza part 2: magic kindgdom and animal kingdom!

well!

merry christmas!

awkward on TRAX and another what you missed

Yesterday, I had an awkward moment. Which happen to me daily, really, but this one was so stunning in its magnificence and glory that I have been basking in a glow of pure joy ever since it occurred at approximately 6:13 pm yesterday evening.

I was riding TRAX home (as usual) and had left my book at work. So to keep myself busy I was catching up on my Facebook stalking. Whilst stalking, I noticed the reflection of the world around me showed up pretty darn well in my phone screen... So I decided to see if I could look at the train behind me in the reflection.

So I looked at the person behind me in the reflection of my phone screen.
And he was looking back.
And we shared long, lingering eye contact.

It was uncomfortable.

And because I was unwilling to break said eye contact because that would suggest the feelings of awkwardness, I continued to stare. As did he. For a full 30 seconds we maintained eye contact in my phone screen. He raised eyebrows. He bugged out his eyes. He continued to stare.

And then I just couldn't take it anymore. I erupted into laughter, causing even more awkward eye contact while the other passengers stared and realized I wasn't homeless, so why in the world would that young lady be so insane?

Anyhow, it reminded me of a post I made on my tumblr a while ago about an even weirder, more awkward day.

Something about today was just weird. I don't know if a weird toxic mist was floating around or if Salt Lake's water was poisoned by Chevron again, but something was definitely amiss.  I had four notable awkward moments today. And by notable, I don't mean things like the little side-to-side dance you do when you walk right into someone and then can't decide which direction to go. I'm talking some pretty weird things here.
And I'm a really awkward person. I usually have (or observe) at least two highly awkward moments every day with lots of small ones thrown in just to keep me on my toes. So to have four in one day? CRAZINESS.

Awkward Moment #1: A mangy dog wondered into my classroom (???) and went straight under my desk... and stayed there, smelling my legs for like 5 minutes. I could NOT get him to leave and it was in the middle of someone's presentation so I just had to sit there.
Awkward Moment #2: During my layout and design class I googled some Photoshop brushes. I clicked on a link I was immediately taken to a site with all sorts of lady nakedness. Did I mention I sit in the front of the room and my screen is visible to all my classmates?
Awkward Moment #3: My geology professor. End of story. Every time he said Uranus today (which was about 50 times) he would yell it really loudly, pause, and look expectantly at the class. No one laughed, but it didn't stop him from doing so. And then he would repeat himself. All I heard for over an hour was "so we'll discuss .... URANUS!!... today...... AHAHAHAHA!"
Awkward Moment #4: A girl randomly standing up in front of the class and saying, "I've been really sick lately. I've given the doctor more poop samples than you can imagine!" Um, wow. Seriously? Wow.

 You're welcome.