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camilles is: in love an artist a friend a sister a daughter a daughter-in-law shy an introvert dorky silly cool i took a break in november 05 nothing in june 06 too busy in september 06 december was busy, too february? forget about it got lazy in may |
 c o n g r a t s , g i n a & r o b e r t ! not-your-average-wedding, for not-your-average-couple (and click the photo for a better look. sorry it was fuzzy. i had to zoom in from kind of far away.). we were blessed to be able to witness their big day, yesterday, and they did not disappoint. it was a lovely ceremony, and the reception was a hoot. we unfortunately left a little early, since jeff was feeling pretty sick, but we were glad to have had a chance to share in as much of the festivities as we were able to. they are off to europe today. a mediterranean cruise. outstanding.
 the weather was nuts today. i can't remember heat like this in a long time. apparently it was hot over the weekend we were in korea, but not THIS hot. some reports said 101. others said 97. either way, it was hot, hot, hot. after doing some extremely overdue chores, we ventured out to have the stink blown off us. i'd been craving a little retail therapy, and managed to finally spend the rest of the gift card my parents had given me to costco for my birthday last year. as required, i bought only totally unnecessary items with it, including: mario kart for our wii, a smashbox cosmetics set (eye shadow, mascara, mascara primer, lip gloss, all-over face highlighter), a gigantic box of reeses peanut butter cups for work, and a 12 pack of altoids. i've discovered that reeses peanut butter cups and an ice cold tecate are extremely tasty together. finally...on a not-so-happy note, and more of a rant than anything... an acquaintance of ours recently decided to make an attempt at suicide, and broadcast it on the message board (the message board that bryan started years ago, through which i met ben and a bunch of other people that i've had the pleasure to meet and spend time with over the years). this particular acquaintance lives in australia, and several years ago came to visit us in the united states. i'm pretty sure he had even stayed with bryan and me for a night or two. anyway, through some sort of luck, everyone who was awake and witnessing what was going on that morning managed to put together enough personal information (name, phone numbers, po boxes, city, contact info for friends of this guy IN australia), to notify emergency services and get him admitted into the hospital. and now, a few days later, we have learned that he's been released and is expected to make a full recovery. through that whole debacle, i stayed quiet. and while i'm thankful that he is ok, and really feel fortunate to be in with a group of people that obviously care a lot for their fellow man (in spite of them not being scientologists, ha ha), i can't help but be pretty annoyed and disgusted by that whole situation. in fact, i find it downright offensive that this acquaintance of ours would do that kind of thing...try to make every one of us who has extended kind words, and shared jokes, and spent time, and offered advice over all these years, be potentially a helpless witness to him ending his life. so now we get to just hope that the only reason he let everyone know what he had just done was because he really didn't want to go through with it in the first place. and i pray that he gets the help that he needs. personally, i think suicide is one of the most terrible and powerful tools for destroying other peoples' lives that each one of us carries the responsibility for. and i'm sure almost every one out there has been affected by it in one way or another. i don't have a whole lot else to say on the subject. camilles (7:03pm, 4.27.08)
 t w o t h u m b s u p ! while we were at a giant mall in seoul, we passed by a "jackie's kitchen" with a painting of jackie chan in the window. it said two thumbs up! in a little cartoon bubble, like it was jackie was saying it. but he only had one thumb up. :) i'm still coughing, but i can breathe and my eyes weren't crusted shut when i woke up this morning. much better. it's been an interesting week, and i am absolutely dying for it to be the weekend. camilles (10:26pm, 4.24.08)
 l o t s o f p i c s ! fyi, you can click on that photo for the full size version, and you should to experience the t-shirt in all of its strange asian/english glory. obviously, some of the fun of being in asia was seeing all the funny english. from hats that make no sense to unintentially hilarious store names, there is a vast wonderland to be discovered throughout korea and japan. obviously, the one thing i was able to accomplish tonight, in addition to 3 loads of laundry, was loading up all of the photos from our trip to Seoul and Tokyo! jet lag update...i'm still feeling a little goofy. my left ear is all plugged up, too, so i'm loading up on the decongestants and praying that it doesn't get infected. in other news, my new drivers license showed up, complete with me pictured as a blonde (i had taken my picture back in september when i had last renewed my motorcycle permit) and featuring the fresh, new motorcycle endorsement i worked so hard for. now to try to get a good night's sleep so i can be a little more productive at work tomorrow. camilles (10:27pm, 4.21.08)
 w e a r e h o m e ! plenty more photos to come, but since i've only had about 4 hours of sleep in the last 30 hours or so, i'm just not in the right state of mind to be messing with photo galleries. korea and japan were awesome. more specifically, seoul and tokyo. we flew out on the morning 4/11, arrived in seoul the evening of 4/12. spent the next several days cruising around seoul and even up to the DMZ.
 ben made an excellent traveling buddy, which worked out perfect since jeff was working regular work hours during the week. you wouldn't BELIEVE how much stuff we crammed into the time we were out there. in seoul, we had the benefit of being show around by one of jeff's coworkers, simon, who not only took us to an awesome bbq dinner (that he said he wouldn't normally take coworkers to because of the less-than-hygenic outer appearances...but since he considers us friends, he wanted to share it with us), but showed us the spa bar, where you drink your drinks while you soak your feet in a hot tub!
 ben and i were pretty much left to our own devices in tokyo, and we have the sore joints and feet to prove it. we were catching just the tail end of the cherry blossoms blooming.
 just way too many new and exciting experiences to relay here right now, but we capped off our last night in tokyo with a baseball game. see the woman behind me eating ramen? the stadium has vending machines that dispense bowls of ramen. just the baseball game experience alone deserves it's own entry. from the passion of the fans to the hot sake guy to the ebi-katsu dog. we spent the entire week eating a lot. shopping a little. cramming as many new sights and trying as many new things as we could possibly cram in. just a really amazing experience. only bummer is i seem to have picked up a cold along the way, so my night at the baseball game was a little yucky, and i still feel kind of like poop. i'm just happy my guys tolerated my grumpiness (but who is really feeling all that happy and cheery when they've got a fever and it hurts when they swallow?). more to come...later. until then, YAAAAAYYYYY for being home. camilles (9:02pm, 4.20.08)
ok, maybe i'm being a little dramatic...but i am freaking exhausted. the house is a mess. i feel like a wreck. i'm lonely. i had made plans to make some tasty dinner for my friend len tonight, but by 2pm i was feeling so worn out, i bailed. yes, it would have helped with the loneliness, but i just am too tired to even mess with picking up and cooking and junk. we've just been too busy. i've only seen my husband a handful of hours in the past week. when he gets home this time, i'll probably be asleep, and then we've got one afternoon/evening to pack for our trip. it's chaos. tomorrow will be the first morning i get to sleep past 6am in days. between all the travel last week and the classes over the weekend, i was waking up anywhere between 3:30am (that's nashville time, which still felt like 1:30am to me) and 5:30am (when i got to "sleep in"). my body is just totally worn out. the good thing is i passed my motorcycle class, so i'll be an officially endorsed motorcycle rider as soon as i get the paperwork in the mail. i also had a nice visit with jesse in LA. have you ever had something on your mind that wouldn't go away until you said something to somebody about it? between moments of sleepiness and thoughts of how i could have done my road course better, i started worrying about one of my more unusual, but extremely valued friendships. just silly worry, it turns out, and i guess i should know by now that there are certain friends that maybe understand me more/better/?? than i realize. which makes it kind of awesome. alright. i think i'm actually going to climb into bed. before 9:30pm. because i can. because i'm totally wiped. camilles (9:11pm, 4.7.08)
 h e y k i d s ! put me in your enemies! that is what my shirt says today. i wore it to work, but i wore a zipped up sweater over it, so all you could really see is the twinkle in stabby mcknife's eye. i'm home! and i actually made it home a day early, due to a mixup in the communication of my last business trip. it cost me an extra $100 to make the change to my flight, but came out ahead considering an extra hotel night was well over that. which meant i got to go into the office today. but that's ok. i generally like going into the office, and today was no exception. there really isn't much excitement in store for me tonight. got to pick up some drinks and snacks. thinking about ordering thai food, including my favorite sticky rice w/mango. i rented a few movies yesterday, so maybe i'll curl up with an adult beverage and partake. my favorite thai place is a little bit of a drive. maybe i'll be wild and crazy and try to find something a little closer. tomorrow i get to ride motorcycles around in a circle. and then i'm heading up to LA to see my favorite jesse. and sunday morning i get to ride motorcycles around in a circle again. there is a lot of traveling this month, and into next month. first it was nashville. jeff has camping and portland. then we (including ben) go to korea and japan. and then i'm going back to nashville and NOW memphis. i need to buy a backpack for my laptop. i hurt my arm carrying that stupid dell laptop case over the past few days. i finally put up pictures of our trip to vegas and my folks' for easter, as well as helen's visit from last weekend. (and, yes, i'm aware that both of those batches of pictures say february 08 instead of march 08, but i'm lazy, and i'm not changing it.)enjoy. um...happy friday! camilles (5:48pm, 4.4.08)
it's april fools day, but my day saw zero tricks. surprising when you consider my boss is the king of practical jokes and we are on a trip together right now. but, he did only get a few hours of sleep last night, thanks to travel delays. i also only got a few hours of sleep last night, thanks to my motorcycle classroom class, having to pack, and then get up early to catch my flight. is it 10:30pm right now? or 8:30pm? it feels late to me, so i really don't care what my body clock might be trying to tell me. we've been super busy as of late, which is why the slacking off on any new pictures or fun stories here. they'll come eventually. maybe on sunday. *sigh* i haven't even been gone very long, and i'm already missing home. camilles (10:25pm, 4.1.08)
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