Secret Sundays

This week, one secret really hit home for me.



I lost my grandmother two years ago tomorrow. She had severe dementia my entire life. I can't even remember the last time she remembered my name.

But I know that a lot of who I am is because of her and it kills me that I never got the chance to know her, even though she was there for 16 years of my life. Her body was there, but she was not.

I'll Be Here All Night

Right now I'm feeling pretty damn stupid.

Tomorrow morning is my MC 2010 mid-term, and I procrastinated.

Actually, I did worse than just procrastinate. I procrastinated without looking at the study guide.

And I am screwed.

I had every intention of spreading all of my studying out over the week. I just didn't follow through with those intentions.

And I will be here at the 459 studying until they close at three o'clock. And then I will find refuge elsewhere and continue my torture.

The sad thing is, I will not learn from this, just like I didn't learn from any of my past procrastination consequences. The only difference between this procrastination and past ones is that now I have a blog to complain to.



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And to top it all off, I can't breathe through my nose. So not only do I feel stupid, I look stupid because I am a pathetic mouth breather.

*cue tiny violin*

Five Guys

Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened their 1st Baton Rouge location today.



I went, I dined, and then I squealed. Because Five Guys has the best cheeseburger known to man.

I used to get Five Guys only once every couple of years went my family visited my grandmother. Now I can get it as often as I want!

Major Monday Win.



Now go and get your own taste of Five Guys and their meaty goodness.

But not in a sexual way....

Something Blue

This wedding cake makes me smile. If you've seen Disney/Pixar's movie "Wall-E," it will make you smile too.



I found this picture on the Disney Wedding's Facebook page. It's so perfectly adorable.

On a side note, I'm watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition. It always mamages to make me cry within the first 3 minutes. This episode especially becuase it focuses on a pair of siblings raising their 6 other adopted siblings with Downs Syndrome after their adoptive parents passed away. It hits close to home because I have a young cousin living with Downs. He's the happiest little kid I know and is one of the reasons I am studying communications disorders. But despite how happy he is, it's just not fair that he will never live the kind of life he deserves to.

But he is happy and he is loved. What I would give to be as happy as he is...

Sunday Secrets

This week, I had two favorite secrets.

I thought this first one was very relevant to the events of this past week. #ItGetsBetter


It's always interesting to see what Frank names the image files for the secrets. This secret is titled "onback.iwouldnotbeherewithoutyou.jpg." It's like finding a PostSecret Easter Egg.




Ironically enough, all of the stories on that secret are the first stories that I would read in the magazine. Sure, I read the stories that don't have anything to do with men as well. But I can't be the only woman who feels an incredible sense of empowerment knowing that she is able to please a man. I mean *really* please a man.

If you want to see more secrets from this week and maybe even discover a secret of your own, go to www.postsecret.com. You can also follow PostSecret on Facebook and Twitter.

Hug List

You know those celebrities and public figures that you want to meet just so you can give them a hug? Because they look like they would give good hugs?

Well, I would like to hug:
-Ellen Degeneres
-Queen Latifah
-Morgan Freeman
-Betty White
-Colin Firth

Some day...

Ellen Says It Best

Five teenagers committed suicide this week because of bullying over their perceived sexual orientation.

I don't even know what to say. I don't understand how people can harbor so much hate for people that they don't know, people that they don't even give themselves the chance to know. It's 2010. It's about time that people accepted that we are not a homogeneous species.



A list of organizations and resources to stop bullying can be found at http://ellen.warnerbros.com/.

#ItGetsBetter. We have to believe that it will or nothing will ever change.