One step closer

Well the day has come, the day where I start to reach celeb status amoung my peers. I really never did think that this day would ever arrive but last weekend it finally did.

Last Saturday was Mom's day so of course my mom was in town and we were about to head to our day's festivities when she asked the dreaded question..."Now Madison, what are you going to wear?" For some reason this thought had never occured to me as I was laying around just wanting to wear my pj's. Now don't get me wrong, I have a lot to wear. I have my favorite dresses that I seem to wear to every event and then those I've shoved to the back of my closet. Like any girl, I'm not wanting to wear the exact same thing I have any other year, yet I also want to wear something I'll enjoy and be comfortable in. So finally I decide on the dress that I wore for New Year's Eve this past year. "What are the odds of someone else wearing the exact same dress?" I think to myself. Well apparently the odds were 100% because I walk in and the first thing I hear is "Omg you and Emily Herrera have on the exact same dress! That's so cute!" Great...

So I make my way over to Emily and we start the circling around each other like cobras about to strike. Who wants to show up to an event in a dress that another girl also has on? Then it hits me, I could be in the who wore it better section in an Us Weekly. Oh.Em.Gee. I have never been so excited in my whole life to match someone. Now folks, this is where you come in handy...

Take a look over both of us. I chose to pair my dress with a black belt, animal print bracelets, and giraffe pumps. Hair is an non-issue for me as I just straightened it and wore it down. Now, Emily decided to go in a different direction: Black flats, full pearl bracelet, with a styled chin length bob. It's now up to you to decide who wore it better. I want you to be completely honest with me and if you think Emily wore it better VOTE FOR HER! This is one small step in the right direction for me so just being voted for is such an honor. Oh and Us Weekly, if you see this, please put me in your mag. I'm your biggest fan!

Liv and Gage

Liv woke up that morning just like she did every morning. Her alarm clock went off at 8:30, she turned on her tv to catch her morning shows, and then walked to the kitchen to start the always needed pot of coffee. As she waited to pour her first cup it suddenly hit her, “Gage was so mad at me last night before we went to sleep.” She had totally forgotten that they had a fight but it all hit her as soon as she had time to actually open her eyes. Like any normal college girl in a relationship, Liv hated fighting with her boyfriend. It was always over something stupid, at least according to him. “It’s funny how he always thinks it’s not a big deal, when really I’m over here losing sleep over it,” Liv thought to herself.

Liv and Gage had been together for awhile now and the fights had been happening more frequently lately. It was both of their senior years after all and seeing as though it was February, decisions needed to start happening. You see, Liv was from Oklahoma and Gage was from South Carolina. He had come to school because he wanted something different and Oklahoma seemed like just the place for that. The hadn’t wanted to face the reality that they were from totally different parts of the country but now that graduation was a mere 3 months away, reality seemed inevitable. It was never talked about, never mentioned, never dealt with…until last night.

After going to dinner together and heading back to her place, Gage had said the words that Liv was dreading hearing, “I think we should talk about what we’re going to do next year.” As soon as Gage said those words Liv had lost it. She loved him, she really did and she didn’t want to lose him. Walking back to her bedroom, trying to control the tears, Liv was a mess of confusion and mixed emotions. She had always planned on trying to find a job close and getting her feet on the ground before moving off somewhere. She didn’t necessarily want to live at home, but having her parents close by seemed like a good option at this point in her life especially because she still wasn’t entirely sure what she wanted to do. Gage was the same way, except for the fact that home for him was on the East Coast, not the Midwest.

The discussion had started at 9:00 pm with the fight starting promptly at 9:13 pm. Both Liv and Gage had tempers that battled each other, neither one wanting to back down. Gage was proposing the idea that she move out to South Carolina with him. She could easily get a job out there, get her own apartment, and start a new life for herself. And then, when the time was right, they would get married and start their new life together. While this all sounded good to her, Liv wasn’t sure she wanted to leave the comfort of a life she had known for 22 years behind. To her, this statement meant that she needed time to think and discuss this before making an actual decision. To Gage, this meant that she didn’t love him and wasn’t going to do it. The fight had gone on like this for three hours and finally Liv had just told him that if he wasn’t going to calm down and listen to her reasoning, he could just go. So, there she was in her kitchen at 8:39 on Monday morning. Alone and waiting for the coffee pot to fill.

What awoke Liv from reliving last night’s events more than the silence of the coffee finished brewing was the distant sound of her cell phone. Gage’s ringtone sounded through the house as she ran back to room to grab the phone before it went to voicemail. “Hello?” Liv said breathlessly as she pressed the green phone on her keyboard. “Liv I am so sorry. I hate that we fought and didn’t sleep at all last night. We’re going to work everything out. We have three months and more than two options to work with here. Please can we just forget that last night even happened?” Gage was good. He always did this. Pushing things that couldn’t be pushed away under the rug. More than anything she wanted to forget that last night happened but for how long could they just ignore the inevitable? “Sure babe, everything is fine. I overreacted and shouldn’t have. We’re fine though.” Liv knew things weren’t fine but more than making things fine she wanted them to have a good day and a good rest of the semester. They had to treasure every moment they had with each other and if that meant moving past discussions and decisions that needed to happen, then that was how it was going to be. “Have a good day today,” Liv said, “we’ll talk on my lunch break. I love you.” After they hung up, Liv finished getting ready for her long day she had ahead of her and walked out the door. The feeling in the pit of her stomach had not gone away though. And she had a feeling, it was going to be about three months before it did.

People annoy me

So there we are, my whole fam (which only consists of 3 members besides myself) in the car on the way back from Lufkin and my dad says "I think I'm gonna start a blog," to which my brother replies "What would the title be? I hate stupid people and other things I disagree with?" That's when I realized how alike my dad and I are. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I really cannot stand idiots. People with no common sense, much less any sense at all, are just the one thing I cannot stand. My dad always makes jokes about how he doesn't know how he even has friends at all and I am the same way. I've had people tell me, "Madison, sometimes you come off as rude when you talk to people." I prefer the word truthful. Same diff.

Now to my point, I have made it a habit about once a semester to go through my friends on facebook and delete the ones I either don't know, haven't talked to in over 6 months, and my most recent qualification: have stupid married stati. When I sit down to check my facebook, I find it a quite enjoyable moment in my life. As pathetic as it sounds I really do like knowing what's going on in people's lives. This is why I joined twitter and have a subscription to 3 mags. I believe that people put things on their profiles that they want everyone to know and if they didn't want the entire cyberworld to have access to it, they shouldn't put it on there to begin with. So as I sit down with my diet coke and pretzels for my afternoon creep session, I expect to see any excited news from my friends or those I have class with. Recently however, people have apparently been under the assumption that exciting news refers to what they will be cooking for their husband's dinner, or the diet he will be going on, or what they did until they went to bed at 9 on a Saturday night. Newsflash: no one cares, especially your single friends. In case you don't know exactly what I am talking about, here are some actual examples I've taken from my "friends" stati (names will not be given in case they have senestive feelers):

1. ______ "is sooooo excited for her hubby to get home!! I made a tasty lasagna for us and it's his favorite food! Hurry home sweetie!!!"
2. ______ "the husband is not excited to be on the new diet I planned out for him. He doesn't realize how it will benefit us both in the long run ;)"
3. ______ "going to take the dogs for a walk! Gotta stay in shape for my man. I love him soooooo much and knows he loves me too!!!!!!"

*sidenote: why do all these people think that more punctuation = me being more excited for them? I feel like I'm getting screamed at geez.

You wanna know what happend as soon as I read these? Deleted. Sorry I'm not gonna let you ruin something I find pleasure in just because your husband is losing weight. Do you really think that I care? Please, make your status a quote, saying, how you did on your test, plans you have for the weekend, anything but what you're husbands bathroom habits are like. I don't even care what my bathroom habits are like so please spare me the details of your hubs. My new rule is that if I read a status that has anything stupid on it I delete it. I believe that since this rule has been put into play, I've lost about 26 friends. Oh, and here's a piece of advice: If you find that we aren't friends and we used to be, do not add me again! Are you kidding me? I deleted you because you are an idiot to begin so don't make the same mistake twice.

Now don't get me wrong, I am friends with plenty of happily married couples, two of which I mentioned in my last post. But these girls are very smart. I enjoy looking at their stati and it actually keeps me informed about what is going on in their life. Just today Erin posted pics from her wedding and I loved that she posted this for everyone to see. I only believe that defriendedness should be bestowed upon those who are stupid. Sorry if that hurts your feelings, and if it does, I probably already deleted you. Sorrrrrrrrrry.

How to lose a guy in 10...weddings

Over Spring Break I went to two different weddings in less than 24 hours. They were in two different states and my wonderful family drove us to both despite not attending the second one. Friday I drove from Stillwater to Chickasha then my entire fam drove from Chick to Lufkin Texas. After being there for roughly 30 hours we packed up and drove to Tulsa and back to Chick on Sunday. Total time in the car = 16.5 hours, total miles driven = 1001, total number of McDonald's trips = 3. I'd say it was a pretty successful trip. Because the two weddings I attended meant more to me than any celeb wedding ever could I wanted to share with you a little bit about them.

My cousin Kim got married on March 13 in Lufkin, Texas. Her and her new hubby Drew have been together for about 9 years so it was about time they got hitched. I was so excited to be a part of their special day because Kim is the first member (besides Aunts) to get married where I was actually alive and she's also an amazing cousin. And ps she is the most chill bride ever! I walk in expecting things to be crazy and what is everyone doing? Playing words with friends. It was seriously the best thing ever. I loved that we could all just enjoy time together while we got ready and of course Kim looked AMAZING! Everything went smoothly and according to plan and I got to show off my cake cutting skills as well as program passing out skills. My favorite thing that they had at their reception was a mashed potato bar. Mashed potatoes+martini glasses+endless amount of toppings=happy Madison. They went to Belize for their honeymoon and are living in Houston now. Congrats Cousin!

Next wedding on the agenda was my little Erin Wagner. I have three littles and love them all like they really are my little sisters. Her wedding was literally the next day 23 hours after my cousins start time to start time and was at Dresser Mansion in Tulsa. I got there a few hours early because I had been in the car for 7 hours and needed to little break and some time to chill and get ready. Luckily the weather held off for Erin and Brian (who are seriously the most attractive couple ever) and they had a beautiful ceremony outside. They wrote their own vows which made me, Miss never-cries-at-anything, tear up. It was wonderful and the reception was so pretty. I had the pleasure of cutting cake once again with my other two littles and then caught the bouquet! My new goal is to catch Kali and Kelsey's at their weddings as well. Erin and Brian then went to Ireland for their honeymoon and will be living in Tulsa. Congrats little!

So after these two weddings and the countless number of save the dates on my fridge I have set a new goal for myself: Take a different date to every wedding I have for the rest of the year. Think How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days except I'm not Kate Hudson. I went by myself to these two and while I would have NEVER put a boy through 16.5 hours in the car with my family I wouldn't have minding making a boy go get my cake for me. So next wedding on the agenda in on April 17, Emily Gregory. I need to start looking for a date now and I will be blogging about each wedding as well as the date I take. I have 6 weddings from now until January 1 so that's 6 dates I have to come up with. I think I can do it. So be on the lookout b's and g's. This should be fun.

A view from Liv

Okay so this is a continuation from my character Liv I wrote about a few weeks ago. I had to write from the narrative point of view so I wrote from the main character's of course. And to my dad: THIS IS NOT BASED ON A TRUE STORY! So don't freak out at the end.

Time had been going by unbearably slow today and Liv couldn’t stand it anymore. “Please just get me out of here, I have so much to do,” she kept thinking over and over. With 30 minutes still left in class, she decided her time would be better spent making a list of all the things she had to do this afternoon. Liv loved a list and in fact had gotten a book about list making for Christmas and had luckily remembered to grab it off her shelf before she walked to campus that day. As she pulled her book out and grabbed a pen to get started on her list her phone vibrated. “Gosh just what I need right now,” she thought as she picked it up to see what who it was. “Will you be home after class? Need to talk. Bad day” was all it read. It was from her best friend Kate who had been having boy drama lately. While Liv cared for Kate more than anyone else sometimes she was a bit much to handle. It seemed as though the whole revolved around her and Liv sometimes got tired of her always having to be the mentor Kate needed. “Yeah stop by and I’ll make mac and cheese,” Live responded with a feeling in the pit of her stomach like something wasn’t right this time. She pushed the thought out of her mind and for the rest of class continued making her list of things to do.
Liv rushed home as soon as class was over to meet Kate who was already at her house. Since Liv shared a house with three other girls there was always someone there and they had an open door policy for any one of their friends. It was obvious that Kate had been crying all day and as Liv put water on to boil and opened two cans of Diet Coke, she turned to her, “Ok, so tell me everything.” As Kate began to explain the boy drama of the day, Liv couldn’t help but have her mind elsewhere. She really didn’t have time for this today and just wanted to get started on her list of things to do. You see, Liv had a boyfriend and he was the love of her life. They had met the year before after they both had attended a career fair. She had noticed him from across the room but didn’t think anything of it, she noticed guys all the time. The guys she attracted where never the type of guy she could actually see herself with. Sure, they were fun for awhile but after that she just moved on. But Gage was different. Every time her phone went off she got butterflies when she noticed it was him. When they would make plans she changed her outfit four times because even after a year, she still wanted to impress him. Gage was The One, she just hadn’t accepted it yet.
As she got deeper into her thoughts, she realized that someone was saying her name, “Liv, LIV! Are you listening?” Crap, she’d totally blocked out Kate as she had gotten used to doing these days. She didn’t have the energy to hear the story again so she told Kate “I’m sure everything will work out like it usually does. You always freak out over nothing.” She saw the hurt in Kate’s eyes as she said this. She knew that she had messed up this time. What had she missed while she was thinking about Gage. Think Olivia, think. What had Kate said to her? Then it hit her like a ton of bricks, “Oh, my gosh. Did you just tell me you think you’re pregnant?” And before Kate could respond they were both in tears at the kitchen table and Liv was wondering how in the world they were going to get through is.

Thank you Hayley!

First of all I am horrible for waiting almost 2 weeks between posts. I felt as though I needed to take some time off and get back in the blogging mood. I was kind of getting down about it and think I'm ready to get back into it. My bestie Hayley inspired me by giving me this little award! Now I'm supposed to pass it on to other bloggers who I find worthy... so in order not to repeat the same people honored by Hayley I'll choose other friends that we both might have in common (while I think her choices are outstanding). Sydney of A Bare Spool, Amanda D. at Amanda Daniels Photography, Amanda H. of This is the Day, and Stephen's Make Noise, Boys.

Upon receiving this award- post it on your blog, pass it on to other bloggers and then post 7 random things about yourself. So B's and G's here you go:

1. Gilmore Girls is my favorite show of all time. I plan on naming my first daughter Arora and calling her Rori for short. Dear furture daughter: I'm sorry. Love, Mom
2. I caught my first bouquet at my little Erin's wedding last Sunday and it totally made my day. I plan on catching both Kali and Kelsey's when they get married someday.
3. I get my sense of humor from my father. We count it as a blessing, the rest of the family is still trying to figure it out. Ex: I got him a pooping Santa for Christmas. Hayley was confused, my dad put it on his desk at work.
4. I love nothing more than to hear a good song and sing it as loud as I can in the car...if for no other reason than to make the other people in the car laugh.
5. As much as I hated moving to Chickasha 3 1/2 years ago, it is one of the best things my parents have done for my family. My brother and I have made some of our best friends here.
6. I love when it snows.
7. If given the choice between facebook and twitter...I would now choose twitter in a heartbeat. Thank you @hfwood for making me a twitter lover.

And just for an added bonus, here is my fav VMA performance thus far in my life. I hope you all enjoy and please remember, Lil Wayne is in jail right now. All condolences can be sent straight to me, as I will soon become his assistant. First item on my agenda: Inform Lil Wayne I am his assistant. Whoopsie.

Random thoughts

I do not like that I am having to wait so long between posts but such is my life. Over the past week I have been working hard with my other three group members to get a major conceptual unit for our methods classes done and we have 2/3 phases complete! So I hope that over the next couple of weeks I can be better for ya'll. Now, let's get down to business.

There are been many things I have thought about over the past few days that I've wanted to fill you in on; however, I don't feel as though I can fill a whole post up with them. So, I'm gonna give you a shapshot on what has been going on.

1. Lil Wayne escapes jail...again. Apparently there was a small fire in the courtroom where his case was supposed to take place. Ironic that he escapes jail for the second time, although I can't say that I'm disappointed about that at all. Love you Weezy.
2. Kate Gosselin joins that cast of DWTS as well as Pam Anderson. Idk where the employees that picked these people get hired but I'm pretty sure that I could do a better job. They also hired the gold medal figure skater (whose name I cannot remember, nor do I care to learn) and the head Pussycat Doll. Hmmmm wonder who will win.
3. Not only do I not watch the Bachelor but I do not care who won. I honestly didn't even know it was the finale until that night and everyone's status was about it. At least with quality shows like Rock of Love and Shot at Love, it's supposed to fail. The bachelor acts like this is something that is really going to last and happen?? Come on, you are no better than the Vh1 shows and are way less fun.
4. The '90s are coming back! I am personally so excited that I didn't get rid of my light wash jeans and my token jean jacket because get ready, it's back in style. Lucky for those who still wear scrunchies and clogs you stayed out of style long enough that it actually came back around.
5. Scott Disick is still a loser.
6. Chelsea Handler turned 35 last week! I love her to death but she def is aging fast. Some say it's her lifestyle but you would probably look older than you were if you grew up in New Jersey.
7. Kim Kardashian comes out with her own iPhone app so her fans can keep up with her. Apparently a show titled Keeping Up with the Kardashians wasn't enough. Get over yourself. And ps-still no engagement for her.
8. Mtv's True Life is coming back with all new docs. I am personally so excited and think these are some of the best things that Mtv comes out with. If we're lucky they'll have a whole day marathon leading up to the season premiere. Also look for Gossip Girl to start back on Monday the 8th for more omg moments.

Well kids, that was my Hollywood wrap up Madison style. Stay tuned th rest of the week for "Babies of Hollywood. From tots to teens shouldn't mean playpens to playboy." It's gonna be a winner and is a good excuse for me to holler at my girl Suri. Ttys b's and g's.