Vortexia's Secret

so why do my linky buds get little blog stickers saying "i made some science" for filling out the MIT blog survey when i didn't? i was one of the few who was emailed specifically about it, and i was never offered a cute little linky button. i guess i should stop whining, though, because i may or may not have taken the time to alter my template to add in the button. but just as another reminder, i did make some science last month even if i have not button to prove it.

speaking of altering my template, i want to create a different background. something with a picture. no, of course it won't be of me, but of something i really like which is still to be determined since i don't even know how to do it. is it a simple process or super complicated? if it's too complicated, i'll never end up doing it. but if it's not too bad, then i'll try it once i find a picture i really like (that i think i can legally use since i "borrow" pictures i really like that aren't mine from other people for personal use as backgrounds and so forth from time to time. i've been doing that much less now, though, because so many people are figuring out how to do that annoying code to prevent you from right clicking an image. they should realize that i'm much too lazy to actually print the picture or publish it as my own. the extent of it for me is to save it in my computer as part of my photo album, especially if it is a pic of family or friends.

so just as a warning, whenever i do get engaged (which has not happened yet, to clear up rumors), i will probably make all of you nauseous talking about it. not that i want to, not that i want to be a "bridezilla," but simply because the boy and i made the mistake of discussing when we would like to get married long before it was actually feasible, and now that time is chipping away at all of our deadlines without an engagement, i'm going to be really overwhelmed getting everything done (mostly by myself or with him) to pull the thing off in time once we can actually start planning. wow what a long sentence. of course i need to wait and see what it will actually be like. we could make up a guest list and realize we only have 30 people we really want to attend, so everything becomes much simpler. we could discover that we have connections we didn't even know we had who can make life easier. bottom line, we'll have to figure it out once we can officially start looking at that stuff. i now wish i hadn't written any of that. not engaged. not planning yet. everything is still TBD (to be determined). i guess it was just on my mind lately because i had always been told that it takes about a year to plan a wedding and many venues book up 1 to 2 years in advance. well, we don't have that kind of time.

seriously, i want to purge all of that, but am restraining my delete finger. blah, there it is.