I think I'm turning Japanese.

i rearry think so.

It's funny because it's racist. So Siobhan and I have hopefully found a renewed motivation to write on our blog regularly again; we want to include this in a hardbound photo book that we are going to make for our one year anniversary. When I logged in today I found several drafts of old blog posts that I've written over the past few months that never made it on here. Now that nobody reads any of this anymore, I'm glad that we have found another excuse to write drafts of posts that will never make it on here.

A few days ago we celebrated our 6 month anniversary. Not that we'll ever celebrate anniversaries biannually again, but this being our first year of marriage we couldn't help ourselves. And we've been looking for an excuse to learn how to make sushi. Despite being told that it was really hard to make good sushi your first time, we managed to make something good and edible:

Bam, sushi. The California roll (the one with the rice on the outside) was fairly difficult. The rice sticks to everything, so you have to be really careful when handling and cutting it. Other than that, it's not too bad. We had fun making it, too. Our next challenge is to do it tempura.

Later that evening we bought our favorite candy and watched Shutter Island. Great movie. Got us psyched for Halloween. On a side note, we love Halloween. In fact we are going to a haunted corn maze tonight, it's going to be awesome!

That was our 6 month anniversary! Here's us making/enjoying the sushi:

herro.

Arcade Fire + html5 = a pretty cool music video. I don't like how you can see the Google Earth logo on some of the shots, and there was a weird CGI guy running around in a window at the end, but it was cool to see what html5 can do.

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

"Don't Have Kids With Your First Wife"

^This is what my friend's dad told him. It's funny in that way that most funny things are really horrible.

My parents are getting divorced. I won't say it never crossed my mind that it could happen. But I never really thought it would. I definitely didn't think it would happen the same year I got married.

For the most part, I think it's the best decision for them in their circumstances. But part of me (which I've been in denial about for the past couple of months) doesn't want this to happen. I want us to be happy again-- all of us.

I don't know what else to say about that.

I bought a car when I was 18 and for the past year it's been sitting in the driveway. My dad fixed it up and now we will be reunited. I'm flying to Kansas City this Sunday night and driving back to Knoxville with it early the next morning.

Imagine this 13 years crappier.

But I love it!

The best part about it is that it will end our chronic arguments about whether mopeds or motorcycles are better second forms of transportation.

(See, trying to avoid divorce at all costs.)

Mormons Don't Hate Gay People

This isn't really about that ^, I just wanted to say it.

So, it's been a while since we've blogged. The only news is that we drove three days from Rexburg to Knoxville, are living in Scott's parents' basement (this is much better than it sounds), went on vacation with the fam to Hilton Head, working and saving money, I'm pregnant.
JUST KIDDING.

Anyway, I don't have much, so here is a picture:

New Bangs!

Momma Barnes cut them. The rest of it's just pulled back, don't freak out. Dumb smile. Okaybye.

Sad Sappy Survey

I stole this from my sister-in-law's sister, whom I've never met. Because I'm a stalker.

1. What are your middle names? His is Douglas-- he hates it. I don't have one (apparently my parents thought Siobhan was torture enough) but I'm thinking of changing mine to Douglas so that Scott doesn't feel so bad.

2. How long have you been together? Dating since May of 09, married since April 2010. So, 14 months total, 3 months as murrieds.

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating? Uhh like a few weeks. But Scott wanted me pretty much instantly. (Even though he didn't know how to pronounce my name for like a month.)

4. Who asked who out? Well, we kept saying we wanted to "hang out" under the pretense of swapping music, but I really made the move when he told me he lost his flash drive and I said, "Dang... I was really looking forward to hanging out with you..." We ended up watching Arrested Development and he put his arm around me. *sigh*

5. Who made the first move? Well, I sent the aforementioned flirty text. But he initiated the first smooch.

6. How old are each of you? I'm 24 (as of June), Scott will be 23 as of July... so right now I'm the cougar with the 22-year-old husband.

7. Did you go to the same school? Right now, since we're both still in school, yes.

8. Are you from the same home town? Not even close. He's from Tennessee and I'm from Kansas. God had to bring us both to Seattle to get us to meet.

9. Who is the smartest? Scott wins more games but I read more books. It's hard to tell.

10. Who majored in what? He's graphic design, I'm professional writing. We plan on being starving artists.

11. Who is the most sensitive? I think I'm more sensitive to life's knocks but we're both pretty sensitive when it comes to each other.

12. Where do you eat out most as a couple? Cheap Mexican places around town. The teriyaki trailer. And if we really feel like a special evening, the local Thai restaurant.

13. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? We went together to visit my family last February in Kansas City.

14. Who has the worst temper? Eh, we're both pretty fiery.

15. How many children do you want? Siobhan = 4 Scott = 2. (But it will be 4.)

16. Who does the cooking? Me mostly but often Scott helps and sometimes he cooks for us.

17. Who is more social? Probably me, I need people around.

18. Who is the neat-freak? I get more stressed out about things being clean normally but Scott is always really good about making the place look nice if we're going to have company.

19. Who is the most stubborn? Ooh both.

20. Who wakes up earlier? Depends. Usually me, out of necessity.

21. Where was your first date? Our first real, real date was at a Thai restaurant in Seattle on the beach. It was beautiful.

22. Who has the bigger family? Scott's.

23. Do you get flowers often? Often, no. BUT. One day while Scott was at work I texted him to let him know I was having a crap day and was super grumpy so that he wouldn't be caught off-guard to come home to a total beast, and he showed up after work with a bouquet of flowers and my favorite ice cream (Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby!).

24. How do you spend the holidays? With family.

25. Who is more jealous? Definitely me! I'm married to a super model.

26. How long did it take to get serious? We spent every second together from the start but didn't tell each other we loved each other till July, and then didn't talk about marriage until October.

27. Who eats more? Scott. His stomach is 50% larger than mine.

28. What do you do for a living? School. Which is not a job. Scott works at a call center.

29. Who does/did the laundry? We take turns.

30. Who’s better with the computer? Scott.

31. Who drives when you are together? Scott because I, erm, lost my license... (I really did, I hated the picture so I took it out of my wallet and lost it. All because of vanity...)

32. What is "your" song? "Stand Inside Your Love" by Smashing Pumpkins. It was both of our favorite SP songs and no one either of us had dated ever appreciated its beauty until we met each other!

The end.

4 Signs You're More Than Just Friends

Scott and Siobhan found this website and were wondering if they had any of the signs.

Siobhan: Okay, number one. "Your friends start making very obvious comments."
Scott: Well, people keep saying stuff like, "Where's your wife, Siobhan..." That could count.
Siobhan: Yeah, maybe. Number two: "You find yourself making or receiving a daily call, often right before bedtime." Well sometimes I call if I'm like, at the grocery store and need to find out if we're out of eggs...
Scott: Yeah I wouldn't call you right before bed, I'd just roll over and talk to you. I don't think that's what it means.
Siobhan: All right, forget that one. Number three: "Unplanned, you find you have developed pet names for each other."
Scott: Like "Mrs. Barnes"...
Siobhan: Yeah, where did that come from?
Scott: Read the last one.
Siobhan: Number four: "Pats on the back become arm and hand intertwinings."
Scott: I think a pat on the bottom has a much more significant effect than that.
Siobhan: Yeah but that's not what it's asking.
Scott: I guess... I guess we're just friends then.

Coming Soon...

...as soon as the new power cable for Scott's Mac arrives...

Pictures from Siobhan's birthday and the weekend Siobhan's dad came to visit!

In other news...

• Rexburg has an obnoxious extreme in temperatures. Scott handles this just fine but Siobhan is cursed with voluminous sweating which makes her kind of crabby.

• We received some sad news recently but it made us appreciate each other and the Gospel very much.

• We're preparing our trip to Knoxville in 3 weeks!!! Tips for how to stay sane during a three day road trip?
  

• An Indian man died of a heart attack when he saw his own cremation receipt by accident.

That is all.