this year i am going to knit my valentine a smitten. knitting is a new found talent of mine, my friend ash taught me how, and i just know valentine will love it. what man wouldn't?

"I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." 

-Augusten Burroughs

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way i see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it."

-The Lion King

did you see when bachelor jake sent two girls home monday and then dun dun dun... tossed the rose into the burning fire? i am not a tv watcher. other than greys anatomy, i  haven't sat down to watch the tele in over three years. but i have met my match- i can not get enough of this show. the girls are hilarious! and he is just the king of cheesy comments. a very sexy king but there are moments where i feel so awkward for them i have to just close my eyes and not watch! all the decisions are so dramatic and unpredictable and they all happen with the nice touch of various levels of high and low intensity background music. really what more can you ask for in a show? my mom and i have weekly chats after each episode and pick our favorites. tenley and corrie are mine. is anyone else loving this? favorites? and you don't think vienna has extensions do you? please nominate me next season.

once i was dating a great guy. he was honestly great. super genuine, really sweet, and liked me a lot. i liked him too. one night he was just being so nice and was trying to tell me how special i was. so... he said, 
"aubrey i have never met anyone like you. ever. i mean, think about it- what are there, like a billion people in this world? out of ALL of those people, there are probably only like (thinking...) a thousand girls like you"
(insert a couple seconds of silence) 
"a thousand?" 
he immediately realized his mistake
"NO! i was trying to say you're different.... ya know... bla bla" 
"my parents always told me i was special. that i was ONE of a kind!"
"..." loss of words
i guess a thousand out of a billion isn't all that bad?