The Quotable Aaron

"Yet jhor'en i t'abera, jhiye ve'naesh akylovjeni." [explanation]

Or, in English:

"If I were monkey, then I could jumprope."

Should I have included context to this utterance of his? ... Nah.

Biya Sharídim

naesh [neS] rope. from saethen.

Our Rings

Our Rings

Created by Reflective Images, our engagement rings are a Celtic-inspired hearts design in yellow gold.

This may be the first some of you have heard that we're engaged. We were waiting on the rings, which have finally arrived! (Sorry for no close-up photo, but my camera just isn't that great at two inches away.)

This blog post is obviously more personal than any other I've ever posted, but I figure I may as well start using a blog like normal people. ;)

Tim proposed to me on my birthday, after a wonderful day spent together. He took me out to Pirate's Cove after dinner, around midnight. We had been there together a couple times before, so it was already a special location to us. We'd never been at night before, though, and I had no idea you can see the stars (and milky way!) as cleary as in the Sierras. I'll think of him proposing now whenever I look up at the stars on a clear night.

Before you react that we're so young, let me reassure you that we're going to have a relatively long engagement period: two to three years, to be (semi-)exact. A year out of college is the plan.

That gives us plenty of time to enjoy being engaged. :)

Categories: Tim, jewelry, relationships

Supreme Nerd

95% Nerd

"What does this mean? Your nerdiness is: All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD!!!"

Whew! I was afraid I wasn't answering some of their questions nerdily enough. But I'm content with a 95% nerd content. (Does it just prove the point for me to mention that I found the two different "content"s here amusing? Nah, just shows that I'm also a language nerd. Woohoo.)

Categories: quiz, images

Bleh

Can't sleep. Rather, I woke up after sleeping for just two hours. Not feeling so great. Woohoo, let the coding parties and stressed out immune systems begin!

Damn You, Chocolate!

Damn You, Chocolate!

Yummy, yummy, evil chocolate.

Starbucks' new "Chantico Drinking Chocolate" is truly evil. You only get six ounces, it costs almost as much as a tall mocha, but it's sooooo chocolately and rich and thick. I'm going to be in trouble when my gift card runs out. Anyone want to subsidize my new chocolate addiction?

Categories: drinks, photos

I'm Spain!

I'm Spain!

"You like rain on the plain, as well as interesting architecture and a diverse number of races and religions. You like to explore a lot, but sailing, especially in large groups, never really seems to work out for you. Beware of pirates and dictators bearing bombs. And for heavens' sake, stop running around bulls!  It's just not safe!"

I found the silly but amusing Country Quiz on my friend's blog the other day. How appropriate that I be Spain, eh? :)

¡Soy España!

Categories: quiz, images

Toilet Cloggage

Toilet Cloggage

Have at you, o cloggèd toilet!

I was out and about, hanging around B&N and such, enjoying myself and minding my own business, when I got a phone call alerting me to the unpleasant fact that our only toilet in the apartment was clogged. I picked up a plunger at the grocery store and took a picture of the situation when I got home. Hey, why can't "our first clogged toilet" be a worthy milestone?

We, being inexperienced plumbers, decided to call my dad to get his advice on the matter. He was at an old high school friend's Christmas party, so I wonder what he told them all when he got off the phone with me. :) He just said to plunge, so we tried that. But it was no good.

We ended up having to call the 24-hour maintenance guy, Ken, to come rescue us. Unfortunately, it being after midnight, he had to get out of bed, get dressed, and drive 20 minutes to get to our apartment. Poor guy. At least he gets time and a half for such things. He fixed it the first try. His secret: plunge extra-violently, while flushing. Hopefully, we'll be able to fix our next clogged toilet ourselves. :P

Categories: household, photos

Christmas Tree Quilt

Christmas Tree Quilt

My mom made me a quilted Christmas tree to hang on my apartment wall, since there was no space for a real 3D version of a tree. It's complete with normal lights and ornaments!

I photoshopped out the background (our messy hallway, the lightswitch, the electrical plug, and the Japanese flashcard-esque notes taped to the wall) so that you can focus on the prettiness of the quilt, rather than the weirdness of my apartment.

My mom and I are rather proud of this particular quilt. I designed it (sketched a miniature version, then did a full-size semi-colored pattern of it), and my mom pieced and quilted it. We picked out the fabrics together.

I've been evil and modified the date of this post to reflect when I actually received the quilt and took pictures of it. I can do such things. Muahaha!

Categories: quilting, photos

Friday 3000

You see that? Yes, that means I wrote (more than!) 3000 words today. In the Arthaey-time sense of "today," which means Friday because I haven't gone to bed yet. I still have to write a ton more to be an official winner, but it's okay. :)

The Squirt and I have, sadly, already discussed that we could at least call ourselves only semi-loser if we finish at the 50k mark with 31 days of starting. Let's see, that would be... *does calculations* Sunday, December 21st. On the 22nd, we become total losers, if we don't have 50,000 words in hand.

Nothing like a deadline and competition to push you to do craziness! ;)

Woot!

Woot, I say! Back on the writing horse. Or something like that. I wrote 2595 words today, which is the most I've written in one day since I started this craziness. The Squirt and I went to two local cafés (their winning quality was not quaintness, but rather free wireless internet access; we have our priorities). She was kind enough to let me use the laptop while she wrote out her story longhand, since she has almost twice my word count. Ah, to have as little homework as she has. :P

I'm only at a quarter of the total word count I need to accumulate by the end of the month in order to "win." I don't know if I'll actually get there by the 30th, but my spritits are high tonight and I'm hoping!

Now, how to sneak off to write while we're at my aunt's new house for Thanksgiving tomorrow...