'cause it's you and me and everyone we know

as a design/semi-art student, expression of emotions places pretty high on the list of Things I Believe In - Forrealzies. when overjoyed, i want to document it through a drawing or written journal entries. when disappointed, i have an even greater urge to write... but strangely enough, an even greater greater urge to fight against it.

i am hesitant to ever write publicly about anything that breaks my heart. to write from a broken heart means to want to send a negative message out about someone who'd done did u dirty. as big of a fan i am of people who embrace their vulnerability through expression, i am an even bigger fan of reminding yourself that you still love these people (no matter how much they may disappoint), and tarnishing their image isn't exactly the best way to show that.

i may look back on these moments and kick myself for not working with this "artistic gold", but i'd much rather just have a few less journal pages to be regretful for than the guilt and much burdening pain of hurting someone's feelings.

fridays just might be my favorite

it is summer. it has been summer. but today feels most like it. brandon will be home in an hour and a half, it is still morning time (the best time), and i've got my outfit planned out for today.

weather's lovely, temperature's just right, and there's a left over crepe to heat for breakfast!

even though i am behind schedule (haven't actually put on my planned outfit yet...) i have a good feeling that today will be the best day of this week because i woke up like this:


and will go to sleep tonight feeling like this:


always good to have you home, dear. :)

mmhm

“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”

— James Baldwin

a real relationship requires realistic understandings

i don't believe in soul mates
i believe in such a thing as there being more than one person for everyone

i don't believe in fate
i believe relationships are what you make of them

i don't believe in destiny
i believe all you have to blame is yourself. stop expecting "destiny" to do all the work for you

i don't believe that "love" is all you need
i believe in respect, and that humor trumps all :)

i don't believe in perfect relationships
i believe in dedication. and people who understand what real hard work is.


i believe in doubts that later only make you appreciate your partner's undying belief that you two have something worth keeping.

dear brandon,

you are my best friend.
the love of my life.
and it's not fair.
just because jason mraz sang it first,
i can't simply say "i'm lucky" without feeling too disgustingly generic.



so i'm sorry i don't have much energy and/or time to write something cuter...

... but i still wanted to thank you for making 6 years look so easy.



:)




sincerely,

lardy nuts

i like to believe that a crazy bird lady is still a little more appealing than a crazy cat lady though...

The Blow - Parentheses

And when you're holding me
we make a pair of parentheses.
There's plenty space to encase
whatever weird way my mind goes,
I know I’ll be safe in these arms.


brandon puts up with a lot of my crazies but apparently he draws the line at collecting bird houses o_O

*sigh

vday

we spent the day helping our dearest pmbq out at a con in sf that apparently left us feeling a little french.. honh honh honh


(which moustache do you prefer? i'm personally a fan of the curls)

must've been from all the bon bons consumed. the little face is saying "oui! je suis très délicieux!"


we felt sooo ballin' after getting paid that we went right on over to jack in the box and spoiled ourselves with food not limited to the value menu. sour dough jacks are a luxury.


then we came home to fondue!!!



it was allllllmost just as good as chicken and waffles night last week. wait, what did i just say? yeahthat'sright, chicken and waffles. CHIcken and WAFfles omGAD rochelle is the best thing that ever happened to me. jk. mel is 'cause those waffles were utter perfection

and that concludes vday`09

i don't think brandon and i have ever been much of the valentines day type of people. this was probably the first time we even saw each other on the actual day since high school. even then, the closest we probably ever came to 'celebrating' was watching the flavor of love marathon while eating candy haha. works for us!

aw

illinoisairship:

“That’s me and you. Everyone will point and laugh at us, but we’ll know they’re just jealous because we’re the conductors of the love train. And they’re not”.

happy 70 months of this sht, brandon!

hakone gardens

today we took a trip!

haha i dont know why they kept gathering in front of the waterfall

hello sir turtle thank you for not being shy

my, what wonderful self-timing skills we have!


hello brandon thank you for celebrating 65 months with me :)

Can't you think of something spiteful?
Something mean that you could do?
Must you be so darn delightful?
You make it easy to be true.

<3