Mawwage

Just a clip from "The Princess Bride" to start us off. In your opinion, how long should a couple wait before getting married? A lot of people I know have recently gotten engaged or had children (I'm almost 21) that I've gone to school with. I know that it depends on the couple, but in some situations it seems like a downright bad idea. There is such a thing as "too soon".

Do you think that you should pass the honeymoon period (the first 6 months) before considering a serious step like an engagement? I do. I don't think that you should marry anyone that you don't know completely. That doesn't mean you know their favorite color and what food they like. It means that you know EVERY side of them, good/grumpy/sad/mad/kind/silly/etc.

"Look, in my opinion the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what-have-you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ***. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with." - Juno (2007)

Getting married under age 22. Not promising.
Being a virgin. Ehh, your choice.
Babies asap. About $250,000 per child.
Knowing your fiance for less than a year. Bad decision.
Conclusion, the Magic 8 ball says "Outlook not so good".

"I need love, love. To ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine. But mama said
You can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy. It's a game of give and take
You can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait
You got to trust, give it time. No matter how long it takes"
- Diana Ross

Bucket List Additions

I've thought of a few more things that I want to do before I "kick the bucket" while I was watching The Buried Life (Mtv) today:

• Go to Comic Con once.

I may not be a "FanBoy" but it would be alot of fun to see everyone dressed up like characters from movies & video games. Why not?

• Attend a monster truck rally

I've been to a rodeo, so why not see the truck version? Sounds like fun.

• Watch a space shuttle launch in Cape Canaveral, FL.

Space! The final frontier.

Formspring.me

I had no idea what Formspring.me was until a week ago when some friends on Facebook began posting it to their pages. Its similar to a Truth Box or Honesty Box application BUT its just a page! Post the link to your friends so they can ask you anything anonymously. ANYTHING! Its up to you what is answered and what remains unknown.

Curious? I was, so I added it to the list of sites I'm on (FB, MySpace, Twitter, DailyBooth)
Here's the link to my page--- http://www.formspring.me/beachnerbum

Leave me a question. Anything with a question mark qualifies. Hope you're having a good week, I've got to go get some sleep. Goodnight!

4 Day Storm

I'm generally not a big fan of rain. But this week it was a nice change to see....well except the part where everyone took the umbrellas and I was left to run across campus in the pouring rain. This picture was taken after I jumped into my car from Day 1 of the 4 day storm. Immediately afterwards I drove over to Cheryl's house where I fluffed my jacket in the dryer before running to her car to pick up her friend Ashley. The 2 of us were on our way to Corner Bakery when Cheryl's grandmother calls (she lives with her grandparents because they're awesome). Her voicemail told us that there was "a tornado coming straight for Irvine!" and of course my immediate response to her was, "there's no way there's a fucking tornado in Orange County guys....that's just ridiculous". Little did we know that there was a water spout in San Clemente and all of LA was flooded---a few lucky people had kayaks to get home. Unfortunately for all of the excited kids that wanted to see a tornado, there was no real tornado touching down anywhere close to us, or even at all. We just ended up watching the news for an hour and a half inside Ashley's house to keep Cheryl's grandma from freaking out. Even the newsmen and weather people said to stay indoors until the Weather Service gave an "all clear". I don't think I've ever had to wait for an "all clear" in Southern California----though I'm sure alot of people have that are near the regular burn areas. California has a tendency to randomly catch fire. Fire! The herpes of natural disasters! You never know when it'll flare up!....that was terrible, anyways...

Apparently I was wrong about the tornadoes because about 2 days later there was a tornado (small and short-lived, but existent) that heaved a sideyard shed into a strawberry field and destroyed a large fence in a nearby city. So the weather has gone a little crazy? But hey we go our much-needed water and some entertainment out of it. The worst thing that happens with "El Nino" is mud slides, in which case, I hope you don't live on a hill. Oh and by the way more rain is on the way next week! Lovely.

Transfer Flashback

I wrote this last year during spring semester finals week of my sophomore year of stress...I mean college. It's interesting to look at where I was at, in my mind-set with school---I was under the impression that Fall 2009 would be very different from what actually happened. Excuse the typos and the misspelled words, this was written on my old MySpace "blog".

Monday, May 18, 2009

"Well school has been pretty slow as well except for the past maybe, 3 weeks. It's like the beginning of the semester is dragging along just to torture you with projects n assignments n essays, then suddenly oh hello there spring break--->BAM finals are in a week! You're F'd! Haha luckily I did pay attention while school dragged along for most of the semester. I am sooo rambling it's ridiculous.

Anyways, so I'm really kinda disappointed in myself. I thought that by now I would be ready for transfer to a CSU or a UC if I became some kind of study nazi in the library---of coarse I decided to have more fun than last year instead haha. Last fall I did apply at a few places n got accepted by Sonoma, but by then the whole Evan n Ben n me living together plan fell apart when Evan decided that he didn't feel like going north to another CSU. Can I please let all of you know that the school that you attend makes no difference on what job you end up getting unless you're going for a huge career; doctor, lawyers, big time business-person. Let me get this through everybody's head also, there is NOTHING wrong with going to a community college for the first two years. It doesn't mean you're any less intelligent than someone at another type of school.

Continuing the topic of transfering to a CSU....yea so I got accepted to Sonoma but I have no plans of going all the way up there. I simply have no reason to go that far n spend a ton of money that neither me or my parents have. Basically I'd like to get through as much school as I can without ruining my credit score n plunging into a hole of debt especially because my parents would be paying for most of it. Which I'm very glad that they're doing. I know that money isn't easy to come by these days. Alot of us are looking for second jobs n more hours to work. It definitely sucks but I'm sure it'll get better soon.

I also applied to SDSU, which shot me down [I saw that one comin] along with the other 56,000 transfer applicants that were denied. So, they can suck it. For now I'll just be goin to IVC n Saddleback to finish up my last I think 6? credits hat I need then I'll probably go to Fullerton because it's close. Financially it's a good plan so that's what's gunna happen unless I won the lottery.

Dinner's ready. So I should end my rant or ramblings that really had no point. I just needed to let that out I guess. Have a lovely evening. I'll be eating dinner, meanwhile being Twitter-spammed by Nura n Breanna n Kevin like always. Jesus, Nura you update your Twitter too much ahhhhhhhhh!"

I can tell that I was VERY tired of listening to everyone's bullshit about what made their college better than mine. The only difference was that they had a better football team (IVC doesn't even have one by the way) and a higher price, meanwhile I enjoyed a lower cost at the same exact classes in smaller classroom sizes---no giant lecture halls for me! Suckers! In fact, I've avoided what so many of you have done, ruin your credit and bury yourself in a grave of debt. The only thing I'm missing out on by going to community college is the parties and the dorm life of a 4-year university. And ya know what, I couldn't care less. I would probably drive my roommate up the wall with my OCD and spastic study habits. Oh and one last lovely benefit, I never got my freshman 15. Hooray for not getting fat haha. I could go on, but I should be reading right now.

Something to think about: Would you pay to go away to school for the "experience" or stay home to save? Or do you even have an option (I could've if we weren't middle class....stupid government)?

Quick Movie Reviews

Real Quick Movie Review! Sorry I've been behind, so here's a few of my recent rentals!

THE HURT LOCKER (drama) - 5/5
A story about a man who willingly goes to Iraq to do what he loves, disarming bombs. Great camera work and intensity. One of the best movies of 2009! Look for Oscar nominations soon.

THE PROPOSAL (comedy) - 4.2/5
What's the best way to not get deported back to Canada? Oh yeah, marry your boss. Hilarity ensues on a trip to Drew's hometown in Alaska.

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (kids) - 4/5
A young inventor discovers how to make it rain food and help his little island. Plus a great "be yourself" theme throughout. Plus Neil Patrick Harris voices Steve the Monkey.

INVENTION OF LYING (comedy) - 4.4/5
One day a man gains the ability to tell lies, in a world where the human race tells the absolute truth at all times. Will this help him change his terrible life? Stories like the big invisible man in the sky are created from a moment with his mother, and changes the world.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (comedy) - 3.5/5
Larry goes back to the Museum of Natural History to find out that his old friends that come to life at night are being moved into storage at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. Though his business is doing well, he misses his job as a night guard at the museum. A familiar Egyptian enemy arises with the help of gangsters, Ivan the Terrible, and Napoleon.

Here Comes the Rain Again

Finally! The weather has stopped spazzing out for once and chosen to be winter. It rarely rains in Southern California to begin with, so we need it pretty bad. There's always someone saying that "we're in a drought", but we live in a natural desert. Sorry if your lawn isn't perfectly green all the time. Here's the forecast for the rest of the week (sadly this is harsh weather for us, we're wimps)

Personally, I like watching and listening to the rain. But if I have to go out into it, I hate it. The whole wet and cold thing---not so into it. But hey, it's better than living somewhere with 3 feet of snow or a hurricane on the way. I'll try and be happy with the minimal sprinkles here that we call the "pouring rain". In fact, I'm pretty sure that our rain is nothing compared to other places in the world. Sure it's supposed to rain for the next whole week, but in some places it rains everyday. Rocksie looks confused. "Hey why is water falling from the sky? " If she has to go outside to go to the bathroom, then I'll plastic wrap her like always. Golden retrievers + rain = very stinky...then the whole house stinks.

Random thought, I've never been kissed in the rain---probably because me and my boyfriend don't like standing in the rain---maybe I'll give that a try while it's pouring this week. We might even make a Disneyland trip while all the lame tourists are hiding in their hotels haha.