Oh hey there.

Yeah I've been gone for a minute haven't I? I haven't really had much to blog about. That's not true. It's just most pictures that we have from the past little while are all on Richard's iphone so...yeah. BUT. I did get a suggestion that I blog about the following:

So the other day I was running an errand in the company truck (my boss', interns don't get trucks...maybe someday). I got to the light at Sunnyside Up Street and Arapeen Drive. If anyone knows where that is, they'd know that Sunnyside is a pretty busy street. Anyway, as I drove towards the intersection, I saw a lil toddler baby walking around by himself. Here is my reaction:

Is that a baby? Whose child is that? (at this point the lil baby started walking out into the road) IS THAT A CHILD??? OH MY GOSH!!!

So I quickly pulled the truck over. By this time, cars had screeched to a stop and there was a little bit of commotion. I ran to the kid and scooped him up. It was probably a pretty funny site because I was freaking out and yelling "hey little baby what are you doing???"A lady on her bike had stopped and was freaking out because she had almost ran over the kid. She asked me if the baby was mine (does the kid look Asian? jk I guess I could have adopted) and I told her no. So then we both started freaking out. I called 911 and then we waited for a cop to show up.  Some dude came up to us while we were waiting and asked me if he was my kid (seriously people??). I told him no and he said he knew the kid's dad. So why did you ask? Whatever. The bike lady then biked away and I was left alone with this poopy diaper runaway. Anyway, I guess he was being babysat and he wandered off when the babysitter wasn't paying attention. I bet she felt like a total douche. Luckily the cop showed up the same time the flustered babysitter showed. Also, luckily the baby didn't freaking get hit by a car and luckily I'm not some baby-napper.

Anyway, the moral of this story is to never babysit other people's children.

I'm kidding. I'll babysit your kids for you.

we fell in love in a hopeless place

Well I have some catching up to do. So obviously, we got a cat. I sort of photobombed your fb feeds with pictures of Wesley. I can't promise it won't happen again...especially now that I have two babies: Rupert and Wesley. Richard overheard me saying this to Wesley: "Oh hey lil baby. There's no way I could love a human baby more than you cuz you're too easy to take care of."

 Wesley Baby

Missing bits of his ear.

Wow. Okay. I may or may not have just smelled something burning. Who messes up boiling eggs? Me, I guess.

Anway, we are very excited that Richard made it into the U's Nursing Program. One step closer to becoming Murse Richard. The pressure is on for me to land a full-time position. I've asked my project director about my future...because yeah, I'll stay on at UNI for the rest of the project, but then what? UNI isn't going to end until August and no one will be hiring then. Which, to my dismay, means I have to start looking now if my company can't give me a job. I love working for Okland and I love being on this project. I really want to finish out UNI! But I guess I have to be realistic. I will update if my project director responds to my email. Fingers crossed!

Richard put his two weeks in at good ol HH this past week and he's worked things out so that he won't be working Saturday evenings. This means that my time of eating like I'm single am over and I'll have to eat Richard's home cooked meals. HA! Noooo I'll try to cook...once in a while.

Richard has gone a new "diet". He basically is cutting out crappy foods and eating more fruits and veggies. I've essentially done this already since I don't buy a lot of crappy foods because I hate paying for them. Also, I'm too lazy to cook, so all I eat are fruits, veggies, and nothing. I think I've lost weight actually. I've also been exercising (youtube Tiffany Rothe Workouts...yeah!!!) fairly regularly. I will someday reach my goal of building up some butt muscle, so I can actually have a butt....instead of thighs that connect to my lower back.

Whatever happened to frugal Selena? That's who I was in high school. I can't believe it's been six years since I graduated HS. I can't believe I'm not in college anymore. I feel weird saying, "well when I was in college...". Before I know it, I'll be saying, "when I was skinny before I had five...cats." Anyway, back to reminiscing about frugal Selena. Boo I save enough; I'm going shopping. Samantha wanted to go clubbing this weekend. I walked into my fantasmic walk-in closet and was aghast that I HAD NO CLUB CLOTHES. What happened??? Oh yeah. Marriage happened. So I went to TJ Maxx. What the hell TJ. There was so many cute clothes there. How could you do this to me. I loved every article of clothing I took into the dressing room, so I forced myself to buy only five shirts. And guess what? Not a single one is something I could wear clubbing. chalez watevers. Here are two of my new outfits.

I LOVE my blue contacts.

Here is the new addition to our apartment.

I thought a table runner would look weird on a round table, but turns out it doesn't look so bad (at least I think so). I'm pretty sure I won't keep the other table decor, but it'll do for now.

Oh! I'm going to Japan again this summer for 2 weeks!

Until next time:

She knows shoes like she knows survival...

I LOVE the new Common cd. wow.

So here are our new additions to our home! I antiqued furniture for the first time!

Oh heeeey! We adopted a cat!!! His name is Wesley. He is such a sweetheart!!!

I imagine happiness.

oH hey. So I didn't decorate this last weekend because we've been spending money buying stuff for one of these:

 I'm kidding. Our babies will NEVER be that cute. Plus I so don't want one right now because I am the proud "aunt" of this cute lil guy:

Gah! He's the cutest!!!

Wow I just got off track. We're getting one of these:

omgomgomg I'm so excited.

Plus I dropped an arm and a leg paying for work on my car. I also bought some new tires. I went all high roller and bought:



And can I just say that I bought these tires for two reasons...the first reason is because they are really nice tires...but the second reason is that I just really like the commercials. I mean, this dude pulls tires out of his ass. Seriously.

Also, I found out that my computer has a picture "editing" program.

I call this one "Oompa Loompa".

BOMB!!!

My life is so bomb right now. Fine. "Bomb" is not going to happen. Okay.

But seriously. The weather is getting Mmmmazing. Springtime literally brings upon happy feelings for me. Right now I'm in a tank top and stretchy pants and eating yummy sandwich meat. No bread. Just meat.

Oh btw, have I ever talked about how much I love Winco? I can buy all the prosciutto and cheese I want now with out paying an arm and a leg. I went all out and bought an artichoke. Next step is to learn what to do with it.

The weekend was really great. I decided I really needed some girl-time, so I went down to Provo to see Samantha. We had a sleepover! Aw! Then I got to hang out with my mom. yay! Samantha and I went to Village Inn and here is what I ate:

-2 pancakes
-1 crepe
-2 eggs
-2 bacon
-2 biscuits and gravy
-1/3 oreo pie

HEAVEN.

Sunday was weird because my allergies went all crazy and I was so so so tired. I slept all day. No church. Just sleep. 16 hours I think? Anyway, Kody and his gf Ashley came over later that day, so at least Richard and I did something. Oh and we watched some movie called "Limitless". It was pretty okay. I was half asleep when Richard was watching the South Park episode where they make fun of Scientologists (Tom Cruise is in the cloooset!). Because of this, I could hear the entire episode, but my brain was creating its own images. I can't remember exactly what I dreamt of, but I do remember it was pretty crazy.

Today I had an "awesome" moment. There was a bunch of tape residue on my scissors, so I started rubbing it off. Turns out I was simultaneously slicing my finger open. Awesome! I swear I do productive things at work too.

Here is our new addition to the apartment.

Freaking Plant City!!! YEAH!!!

Do you?

Richard and I realized something the other day.

Doesn't Richard kind of look like Dexter? Doppelganger? What do you think?

Also, can someone please invite us to a 1920s-style party? Richard and I want to show up like this:

Aaaanyway.

Got a problem with Kony2012? I don't. Here's why.

I'm intrigued. About what? The social response to Kony2012. A lot of people support it. A lot of people criticize the "lemmings" support that has followed the documentary video. I myself support the group now. Am I embarrassed? No. Why should I be?

Reasons why I should be embarrassed:

1. LRA has been around for a really long time and their presence is waning. Why bring Kony up now?
2. Whatever remaining issue there is no longer lies with just Kony, so what's the point of taking him out?
3. The leaders of this charity group made a large salary last year and only donated a small portion to the cause.
4. The Ugandan army is no shining star themselves.

I think those are some of the major reasons why apparently I should be embarrassed. Here's my response:

1. What I am embarrassed about is that my first reaction was, "Kony who?" LRA?...Yes I remember learning about them now. They have been around for a long time. I can't believe I've forgotten. I have respect for those people who have not and have been working for years to try to do something, anything, about it. But Selena, there is so much horror going on in the world. Why pay so much attention to just Kony now? Because if people don't start somewhere, you don't get anywhere. Every activist has a cause, whether it's saving trees or saving humans, that they feel passionately about. I think it's asinine to judge or make fun of those people because A should be more important than B. If these activists didn't exist, everyone would be like you and me--living their daily lives and forgetting those who so desperately want our help and support. Let this moment be a reminder that there is something much bigger out there than whether or not the waiter got your order right. Do I feel like a saint or a champion because I donated money? No. But I felt a moral obligation to do what I could do when the situation called for my opinion/action. Am I going to jump on a plane and head to Africa? No. So I don't judge you for not planning to do that either. I also don't judge you if you don't support the movement/don't want to donate/don't agree with the movement. But be aware that my post is a "say it as I feel" post, so it may indeed come off like I'm judging you. Hey, I respect your opinion. Anyway, these people had their voices heard. Even the critics agree that inherently this group is good (not like I really care what the "critics" think). I personally don't know where to start in helping/supporting those who have been affected by the LRA. But just hearing that ONE kid's (now man I guess) experience shot through me and if this group is helping him, then I feel no need to question the group's intentions in making this movie. These people want Kony to be brought to justice because of the injustice that they went through. Isn't that enough for them to get a shred of your highness' approval?

2. See above response.

3. So do the people at the Red Cross. Should I stop supporting them as well? This seems like one of those "if you have an infected toenail, cut off the leg" plan. Oh right. That's a really crappy plan. And really? You're bitching and moaning about a six-figure salary? Did you know that someone could make about $40,000 IN ONE SUMMER if they dominate at doing summer sales? Summer sales vs. Making a difference in even just ONE person's life. hm. Unless of course you feel that selling someone a security system is at the same level of importance as supporting someone who was a child soldier.

4. Oh. The Ugandan army have kidnapped, raped, and murdered just as many children as the LRA? RLY? The U.S. Army has some bad apples too...should we not support them as well? Btw, I get really patriotic when it comes to the military etc. so don't even go there. You're never going to get someone who is 100% true and amazing. I really don't think that's possible for the human race...(and I'm an optimist!)

Oh Critics. Although I agree that a critics' research and in-depth opinion is educational and important, I'd like to remind everyone of what the definition of a "critic" is. Here, I've copied and pasted from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

 1:

a: one who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or technique

b: one who engages often professionally in the analysis, evaluation, or appreciation of works of art or artistic performances

2: one given to harsh or captious judgment

 

 

We're all critics. But if we are ONLY a critic, NOTHING will happen in this world. Do I think that Kony2012 is going to make a huge difference in the world? I mean, some people are just hitting the "share" button and thinking that they've made a difference right? The truth is, I don't know. But that certainly doesn't put me in a place where I can disrespect and mock those that, at the very least, try. It definitely doesn't put me in a place to mock the people that are over this movement and simply write them off as some film-maker that wants his 15 min of fame.

Do I feel like I am a social activist now? Hell no. Are you kidding? Today I spent a few hours at work making parking passes for our subs (I feel bad when the guys come to me and ask me what I can do about their parking ticket) and eating a lollipop. FAR from it.

You don't have to agree with me. But don't you dare call me "gullible". That's like me instantaneously assuming you're a heartless douche bag. One of the first steps to making a positive impact can come from within by showing a little respect and some people have failed to even do that.