Saturday, February 28, 2009

Boggy Creek

With midterms looming large this week, I've been taking a lot of "study breaks". Apparently during exam time, I *like* to exercise. And I go to the movies. And I go shopping for stuff I don't really need. This morning a friend and I braved the cold to visit Boggy Creek Farm. They are a USDA certified organic farm in East Austin that has market days on Wednesdays & Saturdays. My friend is doing a project on organic farming so we stopped by to check out the fresh goods and ask lots of questions. Here are a few photos from our morning:

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Trippin'

I helped B move out to CLT from AUS last summer and this weekend I helped him move back. Well, sort of. We took 2 days to drive the full-of-stuff car back with a few pit stops along the way, but he's not staying. :(

He's actually headed up to NYC to start the next part of his job. I'm excited to join him this summer and finally get to live in the same city! The long distance thing has been tough, but makes the times we do spend together that much more special. And the long conversations we have everday have forced us to get to know each other on a different level.

I guess we've sort of come full circle. It's amazing how fast time flies, but I'm ready for the next part of our story to begin. NYC here I come!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Making It Official

I did something big the other day. Well, I didn't realize how big it was until I did it and received a flood of comments. Apparently, changing your relationship status on Facebook is something akin to announcing an upcoming sex change operation. It's an even bigger deal if you dare to list your partner's name. I certainly hadn't expected the response that I got!

Some people seemed *shocked*. Wow, why now? It must be serious. Some people seemed *disappointed*. Does this mean you're off the market? As if I was ever on the market. Some people wanted to know if his profile indicated that I was his girlfriend. Like it would be wrong for one of us to have it but not the other. Some were actually *gasp* happy for me. And some thought it was funny. Lien would never post anything so personal! Even people who knew I had been in a relationship for some time now thought something had to have fundamentally changed for me to now publish this news for all my friends to see.

It's true, I never bothered to do it before; but nothing specific had really prompted me to change my status. Maybe it was subconscious and I'm admitting that I really do want to be committed to this guy but what's wrong with letting the world know that? Or maybe I just felt like it that night.

As with everything else, the shock will blow over in a couple of days and my Facebook profile will go back to its mundane life: wishing people a happy birthday and posting the occasional photo. But for a moment, it was the biggest news my profile had ever delivered in one simple click of a button.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Fever In France

One of these days I'll be a good blogger and actually blog something. Until then, I'll leave you with the coolest gift I've managed to find this year. It's like trashy romance/spy novel meets mad libs. For about $40 you can star in your own adventure with UStarNovels.
I just received my copy of Fever in France yesterday and I haven't been able to put it down!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Commencement

I don't expect anyone to read this blog as I don't plan to tell anyone about it, but in some perverse way I needed a public space to talk about new beginnings. It's been a tough couple of years, but as I plan for my upcoming move to NYC, I am scared and excited, but mostly, I am hopeful.

I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
- The Pogues