taking a break

after reading so many blogs from other people and being curiously fascinated by the whole idea, i figured that i'd try out my own. i've had this space for about two months now, but finally taking the leap to blogdom!

what am i doing? i'm taking a freakin' break. i'm working on a mass so that i can start my beethoven sonata analysis paper. haven't even taken a shower yet, but figure that since no one will see me come out of the office today, why bother?

had an interesting conversation with my sister today. we brought up the subject of married vs. singles. ever since i got married a couple years back, i've noticed an interesting behavior pattern from people. brad and i have become a part of the "married's," which also means that we are lepers. people always ask, "how's married life?" and i simply reply, "the same." which generally means, brad and i did not have a great big epiphany that we were getting married on our wedding day....i mean, for god's sake, it took a freakin' year to plan it. since we had already been together for seven years, we already made the commitment to each other a long time ago. the next question always is, "well, i mean, how has it changed you guys?" and again, i simply reply, "hasn't changed us, it's changed everyone around us." - i can talk about this subject for hours.

the next topic we brought up was the whole, guys vs. girls thing. seeing as though my sister is about 7 years younger than me, she goes through some phases in life that i've already encountered. the big question is: when you get older, why does the border between boy and girl become a big, fat, ugly, black line? when i was growing up, i tended to be a tomboy. i was a part of the "guys" and just got a long better w/them. but as i got older, a fine line was drawn between my guy friends and me. a guys night out couldn't be a guys night with nancy there because she has boobs. AND, if i was invited, all the girlfriends and wives had to come as well. defeats the pupose of 'guys night out', but i guess so does boobs. i suppose it's not so bad though because i really like the wives and girlfriends....it just took some getting used to. in the end, i pretty much gave up on this whole "idea" that guys and girls can be friends, and became a part of the social-norm. for my sister who is going through this thing, i said, "good luck." there's really nothing else to say.

us at lake tahoe. brrrrrr!