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Nicole brought to my attention today an article on MSN called "A Guy's Guide to Proposing." What you will see now is the abbreviated and editorialized version of the article. (My comments in parentheses.) What fun! For some, a public display of affection is the ultimate intimate gesture. (Umm okay sure or uhh no, isn't public and intimate almost opposite of each other?) Most movie theaters will let you buy a slide that plays onscreen before the feature. You can design your own and watch as the entire theater strains to see the lucky proposee's astonished expression. (Yes which is great except if you're dating me, I'll be looking around too to see what rube decided that buying AD SPACE in front of a movie was the best way to propose. Nevermind the fact that I'm almost always the only Azina in the room.) Have your proposal painted on a billboard en route to her office. Park beneath it or await their arrival at work, armed with champagne ready for toa...

Wow, I can hardly even begin to explain how much fun I had this weekend. Thanks to all of you who helped me celebrate whether near or far away. I felt so much love this weekend & that fills my heart. Sunday at Red Robin was so delightful. 13 people were there. Nicole bought me a tiara and a pink & white feather boa. I felt kinda silly but it was also fun. I'll have to post pictures after I finish this roll of film. Yes yes, again I continue to find myself technologically stagnant. But lack of sufficient funds necessitates remaining in the 20th century. Monday night was of course karaoke. A good group of people showed up. I was this close to singing (imagine me holding my fingers quite close together), but I kinda chickened out. Maybe next week . . . Sean & Benn sang Piano Man, it was amazing. And of course there was Nate's rousing rendition of Livin' La Vida Loca. Good times. Sad that the weekend had to end, but I get to look forward to my parents b...

Delicious chocolate chip cookies from my sister! Girls' day out with Nicole, Jodi & Rachel! I had so much fun going shopping, to Color Me Mine ( watch this video ), to Panera, and to Barnes & Noble. Mmm. :) Coming home to find fun birthday greetings, including this one from my friend Nate who had left this comment this morning, "Happy Azinamas Eve! Have fun shopping." aww, how nice :) I also had this message from Yahoo, which is my homepage, "Happy Birthday, Azina! " It's silly I know, but I liked it & the little cake is a nice touch. It has been a marvelous weekend so far & tomorrow is Red Robin! Hazaa!

I'm not a particularly superstitious person, so when I woke up yesterday morning and saw that it was Monday the 13th (which should seem more ominous than a good ole Friday) I quickly dismissed the thought that something strange or bad would happen. I'm not blaming it on the day, but such a thing did happen last night. I received a call from a friend and he told me he'd been in a pretty bad accident earlier in the day and he felt fine but his mom really wanted him to go to the hospital and get checked out so he wanted to know if I would take him. Of course in complete disregard to our "no hospital" policy I said yes. Thankfully aside from some soreness and pain he is fine. Still when I got home and thought about posting the Valentine's stats as I had intended to do, I thought how could I post something so ridiculous when something so serious had just happened? But this is the kind of friend that heartily embraces such things as made up statistics and he w...

If you're stuck for ideas for Valentine's day, check this out. I completely love the idea. :) I talked to Ravi yesterday, tickets for the Red Sox vs. Angels coming up in Anaheim in 6 months and 16 days should be on sale soon. Woo! And from what he tells me I should be able to afford some rockin' good seats for us. Ravi-o visiting + baseball + Red Sox = more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Literally. There have been tests done proving such. My parents booked their flight today! They're coming out the first week of March & I'm taking time off to hang out with them. I can't wait! :)

GREAT game today, go Steelers! Woo! I also found out tonight that my parents are planning on coming out here for my birthday! I'm very excited about that. :)

Welcome to my favorite month of the year. :) Well it's really tied with December for #1, which I realize is silly, making 2 months stand at the top of the gold medal platform together, but it's just too close to call. There's all the Christmas goodness December has to offer. And then there are all these wonderful thing in February: ~ Groundhog Day, good times full of complete hooey but amusing just the same ;) ~ Valentine's Day, which isn't really a favorite holiday of mine for various reasons including the one wherein it just seems a day on which to relegate romance & to give chicks an excuse to freak out if their guy forgets or doesn't live up to all the crazy things in their heads that they never even mentioned to the guy, but this year it is a Tuesday which is full of goodness and it will bring the return of my bogus Valentine's Statistics. I know I failed you on this one last year, but I will make up for it this year. ~ it's unique in it...