my fair share of damsels

wow..
I feel like I'm desecrating my blog by posting such girly lyrics D:
Even Dorothy was surprised when I sent her the link to the video

"I just want to keep the disclaimer that Taylor Swift and everything about her still makes my insides shrivel up and die and crumble into some kind of inedible toxic ash"
"Ohh, okay, good! I was like--wha..she HATES **bleep* like this!"

lol @@ This is for meh aunt dern it.
Since she'll probably be put to work practicing this same song
All car ride day long..again
Hopefully we're not too sick of it by the SD drive
since she just printed out the lyrics so she can follow along this time xD
Ahaha, I heart her <3
She also has issues with talking about being a boy
But we're working on her too..
one random girly song at a time D:
**dies a lil on the inside*
(the video for it was kinda like the signs one tho! =x )

It's been fun getting to hang out with family and stuff again =].

Family breakfasts are on and off, but they happen < 3 . And I finally kept my promise to go to the gym with my lil brother, which turned out as hilariously horrible as I thought it would.

**on ellipticals*
"Why are you burning 2 more calories than me when I've been on it for two more whole seconds?!"
"Ahaha~ Hmm..actually I think it was set on fat burn so I wonder if the machine is just messing with my mind...--What are you doing?"
". . .**turns the machine up, then starts running as ridiculously fast as he can*"
"....D:! You're gonna break it!!"
"....**pant pant pant* HAH! **screen now shows him as 3 calories burned ahead*"
"...EFFER."

"Hua! Hyah! AAAAHHHH!!"
"Are you gonna keep making a sound effect every time I lift it?"

"Okay, here, we'll start you off at 30."
"....**15 seconds of me sitting there trying to lift it*"
"...Like I said, we'll start you off at 20."


"Aliii, my arms hurt!"
"...Ate Hannah, this is an ab work out machine. What are you DOING?"

"Okay so its best to finish doing repetitions of like 25 per side.."
**leaves and does his, finishes, and comes back*
"Do you want it to switch it?"
"...I'm not done yet."
"What number are you on?"
"...Four."
"....D:"

"They need to make toilets out of these..."

"Don't you know that the first thing a girl feels when you carry them princess style is your biceps?!"
"..How do you know?"
"I've carried my fair share of damsels, yeah."


It was really fun talking to him about stuff on the car ride back too =]. We were both laughing too much while trying to do stuff, so it was even. I told him I didn't wanna hold him back so I'd just do whatever he was doing. Which, if you can't tell, ended up mostly being weights and stuff. It's really cool to be able to like..hang out and get along with him now. He's a lot funnier than I remember xD.

**Ali dipping his fries in ranch*
"Don't put so much, Ali, ranch is really fatty remember."
"......**looks at the ranch container then pretends to check and read the label on it*
'Warning: May cause sister to be naggy.' ...Ohh."
"D:!"

My sister's really funny too..in a just as ridiculous way, especially since she's so put together and like, the drill sergeant-ly efficient (in)sane perfectionist one of the family otherwise. I blame the puppies. Any time she talks to them I can't take her seriously. It's really fun, and she and I have been able to have serious convos too =]. I dunno, she's just really nice now. And we're able to get along and kinda just...get each other.

"Sassyyy! You're going to live to be 100 years old, okay? Coz when I die, I want you to be right here next to me so I can pet you, and love you, and say goodbye to you. You can die at 100, because then Hannah can take care of you. Alison, I don't really trust so much.."
"..So have you ever seen the dog on Scrubs? =D"
"....Like I said, you can die at 99 years old, and you can even die WITH me! We'll make a nice little hole right next to my grave!"


I've also slowly gotten more and more appreciation for my parents over the years. The way they interact and just their individual personalities. No matter how bad times get, which they really can..and no matter how much disagreement or dysfunction there is in the family as a whole, I'm always amazed feel incredibly blessed. Blessed that at the end of the day things still come together and everyone still laughs together, is ridiculous together, and can put so many things aside for the sake of enjoying each other.

**phonecall from mom* (translated to english!)
"Is your Daddy home?"
"He's outsiiide."
"What?? But there's a storm! What's he doing??"
"Yeahh, he was watering the grass and wanted to finish."
"..It's raining! That's what a storm is! Tell him to come inside!
The wind is blowing really hard! What if he gets blown away?"
(sis: "pstt, tell her he's kapit kapit (holding onto) the guava tree--its her favorite outside! look what she does!")
"It's okay! He's holding onto the treees~"
"...Not the guava tree is he?"
"He's probably been blown all the way to California by noww..look he's calling me from Davis!"
"...TELL HIM TO BRING THE GUAVA TREE BACK."


They're funnier than I remember too xD.
Or maybe they're the same and I just appreciate their humor more?
Just this morning my dad was showing me his address book on his phone...and it's ridiculous xD. It started cuz his phone was ringing and my sister and I looked at it..and the name for the caller was 'wag na wag' which is a tagalog expression equivalent to..."Don't you dare." And we're like..WHat? And apparently he's labeled all these random numbers he doesn't wanna and makes sure he doesn't ever pick up on xD. Things like "No" and "No No" and filipino words meaning things like "dont" or "not home" or "i dont wanna D:". xD So funny. We make fun of my mom a lot too < 3 . Like how she's had a hard time answering questions on the permit test or learning how to drive but for some reason she remembers all the stuff in the guidebook that has to do with money or fees xD.


Ahh sleepy @@.
I dunno what deh eff happened that the clock somehow read 5 am before I knew it last night. But at the same time I can't help but still feel really grateful. Just..being directed back to God, and needing to answer and in a way own up to what He's been teaching me as well as any of my own shortcomings along the way. Conversations that keep me appreciating my family, and reminding me why I do. Conversations that bring up the questions we're supposed to be asking, and the nature of God we're supposed to be reaching out to to try to get to know. Even just seeing how God is working in everyone's lives is really encouraging =].

I feel a lot more comfortable with where I am, even though I know it still needs some work. I still don't agree about dealing with a lot or anything, since I'm sure I'm doing whatever the average person is doing too..just..what they can, with what they're given, yeah? Hmm..But it's nice. It's just..refreshing, I guess. Remembering that you don't have to be doing these things on your own, and realizing (even if only little by little) the extent of what that means to be loved so much that you're not ever left on your own.


Note: I ended up being too repulsed to post a pasted copy of the lyrics to Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me" afterall D: