change.

I got my bangs cut real short today!

It's been a while since I've had bangs this short. I'm getting used to the new look, but I like the change.

Had a chance to spend a day out in atlanta with my parents today. It was nice to talk and share our differences as we agreed to disagree on most of the topics we discussed. haha! :) Nothing major...however during our conversations I began to realize just how vastly different my parents mindset is from mine. It's amazing. My first instinct was to automatically think how unfortunate and horrible the differences are, but I decided to take a positive approach and think how fortunate I am to grow amongst different ideas and perceptions. Of course, my parents are way wiser and more experienced in life so I can never say my opinions are far better and "sophisticated" because in truth, I may be more western or modern in my thought processes, but my lack of life experience make my arguments and opinions rather weak. So for now, I will gladly respect and accept my parents advice. Even later I will continue to respect my parents advice and opinions of course, but I hope my parents will give me the respect I deserve in return. Hmm....I'm not sure if I got my point across...but do you at least get the idea? :)

On a complete different train of thought...

I met up with a friend at starbucks tonight. I gotta say...I felt like tonight was the one of the first times we agreed on most everything! We don't have a dysfunctional friendship or anything, but it just felt good being in agreement. ha ha!

As our conversations most always do...it took a turn and we started discussing about relationships again. Maybe it's because we are both not in one and have been in similar relationships...or had similar experiences, but we always seem to have many insights to share, which is great because I've learned so much from sharing. Several facts stood out about relationships during our conversation tonight.....

1. best friends never seem to take each other's advice when it comes to relationships. (talking about myself here)

2. one will never see the big picture until the person steps out of the picture. (i mean, duh, but they'll argue that they see the big picture when in reality they are still blind.)

3. most people will learn it the hard way.

4. most people will finally achieve that "balance" in a relationship once they've both experienced the opposite extremes. (it really doesn't have to be this way, but sadly it most always is.)

5. there has to be another word for love. love is skewed. love is associated with blind. it shouldn't be.

6. if the relationship isn't going anywhere, doesn't have a future-get out quick!!

After the green tea latte+red velvet cupcake and our short conversation we said goodbye, and my parents and I stuffed our faces with jjajangmyun, jjamppong, and mushroom tangsooyook. I'm feeling a good kind of pain in my stomach right now.... thank God for Martin Luther King, I get to sleep in tomorrow morning and won't have to suffer the consequences of looking puffy out in public. haha!

good night!