Something Weird About Me.

Something weird about me is that until about 3 years ago I used to want to be 50 years old. Not because I particularly love having wrinkly skin but because I always dreamed my life would have steady direction and purpose by then. The good news is I didn't have to wait that long.

When Angela and I have kids its going to be hard for me not to tell them how happy I am to not be them. Growing up I always hated it when adults told me how easy it was to be a kid and to be without responsibility. Maybe I just had a horrible worry filled childhood. But I think what a lot of us adults forget is when we have a steady job and are established there is a lot less to worry about. I feel so much better being able to live free with money my wife and I make. It is so much better to have someone you can trust to be there, someone your not afraid to crunch some egg shells next to. The only reason I would wish to be younger is to be able to spend more time with my amazing and lovely wife. I don't worry when I'm with her because she simply fills me with a cute gentle guiding light.

After Angela and I got back from vacation last week we have been playing catch up with all the many things we've put off. I finally feel like we can get back into the groove of things. On Saturday, we had our mini girls night. Girls night is such a breath of fresh air. I am so thankful for our good supportive friends that show up to just relax and chit chat with just the girls. Angela and I had a good time being pampered by foot soaks and eating various cute foods.

On Thursday I took Angela to Rifftrax Live: Godzilla. It was fun to see a new MST3K. Its was the only time to see MST3K quip the 1998 Godzilla movie. It was so much fun! Almost as much fun as the Lord of the Rings Rifftrax.

It was fun to see a new MST3K movie because a lot more of the references are current.

Healing Hearts and Poison Water

 
Its amazing how in love Angela and I are. Okay sorry I just had to say it, please don't gag, but our symbiosis is a miracle. Everyday I wake up with hope that our love will last forever. When I met Angela I told myself to hang on to my heart because my past was one big Admiral Akbar telling me it was a trap. But then I thought to myself shes wonderful so far, and I have been a fool for much lesser things. So I opened up and gave her my heart and it was the best decision of my life. Angela is so good to me and we love to play together. Thursday night the 31st of July we embarked on our journey to the Redwoods.

Road trips are a lot of fun for us in fact one of our many passions is to travel. We have big dreams of traveling the world someday. When we went on vacation, we looked forward to another small step in our grand adventure together. We held hands and pulled our car out form our little apartment parking spot to travel the big world of open roads.

 Our fist destination was this cabin in the middle of nowhere, Orick, CA. This was a good opportunity to be one with nature as we took many lovely trails. Our diet consisted mostly of delicious gluten free PB&J sandwiches. We saw the majestic animals like this one. 

We couldn't believe some of the stuff we saw...

We also saw animals that we didn't know what they were doing...

But overall we loved being in nature and soaking up the beautiful scenery together.

We even saw a lighthouse.

We had so much fun on our vacation I can't put it all in here but the one thing that matters most is we did it together I had been here as a child but it was not anywhere near as fun without my love to share it with.

The Importance of Romance

I get enthralled in the intricate perplexities and seemingly endless labyrinths of love. One such perplexity is romance. Without romance its hard to smooth out the edges of everyday interaction in a loving relationship. I have met a lot of women that say they don't believe in romance but still indulge in a romantic movie or book without reservation. When asked about this paradox they say real life is different, and you have to have more sense than sensibilities.

OK girls, first of all... really? Don't be foolin', I know you have a wedding board on Pinterest with your romantic hopes and dreams you wish would come true. When I whisper something like "My heart is perfect because... you're inside it" to my wife, we both appreciate the romantic sentiment. Being sensitive is a beautiful thing, it allows one to see with a higher form of sight. Romance is a powerful force that softly caresses your senses and comforts you. Something worthy of being cherished. It's too bad that most guys I talk to will use romance as a tool to get in to a girls pants or for someone not to be mad when they are a jerk.

Its true the "real world" is full of its pit falls and traps of sensibilities. People say most guys are more logical than emotional and relying on them to give a fictional standard of romance will be depressing. But girls, you're letting guys get away with too much. They are more capable than they are letting on. There are guys that downplay romance because it is easier. Those same guys will buy flowers for their girl when she gets mad because they secretly know there is value in it. This is because the only time for them to have romance is when its easier than to have her mad. I ask the ladies do you want to be easy? Do you want to be around simply because the other girls around you would be too much of a bother for your man? That would make me feel worthless.

To me romance is classy, refined, tactful, and downright caring. People say chivalry is dead but the near fact that it existed demands that it should still. We need to not allow this emotional barbarism because of the false idea men are incapable. You will be doing your man a favor by getting them to tap into something so emotionally fulfilling.

"The Perfect Anniversary Gift"

It is unbelievable how time flies. Angela and I had our 1st wedding anniversary yesterday. One year ago yesterday we made our unstoppable team official. That day my best decision of my life was realized. I give my last name to my intelligent, beautiful, and capable wife Angela. I wanted to make our anniversary something special to commemorate our time together and show her how much I look forward to our years to come. So yesterday I surprised Angela by not telling her what I had planned for us all day. When we woke up I painted her nails into space nails. I used a black nail polish and on top I used a polish with sparkly dots that look like stars. Then we drove down to the temple where we got married. One of the missionaries at the Visitor's Center was nice enough to offer to take our photo in front of the Christus statue.

It was a wonderful day! There were scattered clouds and it even rained a little on us, and we love rain!

After our short time at the temple we made our way to the Griffith Observatory where Angela's space nails started to make sense.

We ate Milky Way chocolate bars. And played with all the space scales. And soon it became sunset.

After the sun set I presented Angela with her anniversary gift. First I gave her a star necklace.

 

I told her "I named it our Love Star after our star in the sky." Angela was confused that I said this because she knew of no such star. I just smiled and handed her this framed star certificate of our officially named love star in the Andromeda galaxy.

She told me it was "the perfect anniversary gift" and we spent the rest of our time just cuddling and looking up at the stars. And then to we took our drive home. When we got home we had our traditional leftover cake from our wedding. We cut it together hand in hand just as we did on our wedding day one year ago. 

It was a wonderful day and I know we will have many more wonderful days to come.

OK Go

Angela and I had a really fun night last night. I took Angela on a date to the Troubadour in West Hollywood to see the band OK Go. The last time we were there was a little over a year ago to see Rachael Yamagata. We really like the Troubadour because we like to get there a little early and get seats on the balcony to lazily enjoy the show in a seat pretty close to the band.

 I've always heard that OK Go puts on a good show and they did not disappoint. For those of you who don't know who OK Go is they are the treadmill people. You can watch them here.

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OK Go always has little gimmicks when they play their songs.  One of their gimmicks this time was a confetti shooter. Angela lit up every time the confetti blew everywhere. I'm surprised she didn't burst into confetti herself because of how happy she looked. There was so much confetti you couldn't see two feet in front of you. They shot this much confetti a bunch of times throughout the show. At the end we were practically swimming in it. It was so much fun! We were able to snap a cell phone pic of the confetti coming at us in waves.

It was fun to go to a concert but truthfully it would not have been as fun without Angela. Her excitement about the small things makes everything that much better.

Love is in the little things

 The other day I had an eye opening experience that shows how much people pay attention to one another. Someone that I work with approached me to tell me about something a stranger observed. They said, "Those girls downstairs asked me if I worked with you and your wife. When I told them yes you should have seen those girls, they smiled so big! They told me, 'They are so cute! We work right by a window that looks out to the parking lot and we see every time without fail he opens the car door for her.'" I am so glad that he told me what those girls said. It was something I didn't ever really notice, I mean what's a couple of seconds when getting in and out of our car? But that it was such a big deal that they would tell someone and then that person would tell me makes me feel really good.

The little things really are so important in our relationship. Those little acts of kindness like telling her I love her often, holding her hand while we're at the grocery store or in the car, or when I notice that some aspect of her looks are particularly nice that day, and then letting her know I noticed. Specific compliments go a long way. Today I noticed that Angela is wearing the necklace I made for her at Heather's craft night. It makes me so happy to know she likes it.

It's these little things that really count. Even those with a lack of imagination can throw enough money at something to show off how romantic they supposedly are, but it is more important to treat your significant other with love and respect at all times, even when you don't think anyone is watching. I can't always do grand romantic gestures for my wife, but I strive to win her heart a little more every day.

Our Special Place

I teared up a little today thinking about how Angela and I love each other more every day. When I was younger I thought people just said that as a romantic sentiment or platitude. But it’s real.  I noticed today that Angela and I have a very special place. This place didn’t start special at first, but after Angela and I have taken a short walk every day for the past 6 months, this place has become sacred.  During these walks we talk about the day so far, what we have done, and what our plans will be for the day ahead. At the farthest part of our walk before we loop back around we pass by a movie theater. After we walk past the main entrance, we go down an outdoor hallway before turning around and taking our short journey back to our car.

 

The first few times down this hallway we noticed the pleasant scent of movie popcorn. Soon after we noticed they always play movie soundtracks overhead, a lot of times Disney soundtracks.  We found ourselves dancing hand in hand with my hand on her waist and her's on my shoulder. Lively and playful on the fast songs and tender and graceful on the slow songs, but always very loving with kisses throughout. We are only there for maybe a minute at most. We just smile and stare into one another’s eyes and continue our walk.

I should have noticed sooner but it wasn’t all at once. Just as that walk has gotten more beautiful as time has gone by, every aspect of our relationship has grown. Our hearts have grown with every experience we share together.  As inseparable as we were yesterday, I know as we share our hearts today; tomorrow our love will grow.