A film student friend asked me if he could include me in part of his Grad project that he will be showcasing next semester. He’s doing a mockumentary of relationships and trying to capture the irony of being in a serious relationship during the least serious time of your adult life.

So my part is a far stretch of the imagination. I am to play a married student who prefers to spend time with her loved one rather than go out and party. She’s a senior with only a semester left to go in school and her husband is also a student. Her name is Kara and her description in the plot summary is “quiet, overly polite and married. Likes puppies. Almost more than her husband.” Obviously that last little bit isn’t anything like me.

I like *kittens* almost more than my husband. Duh.

Just kidding Husband! Sorta

Anyway, it’s weird that the part is so much like the real Me, since he wrote it before meeting me. As we got to know each other, he realized that we were so similar, it just made sense to cast me so I wouldn’t really be acting. It would be more natural of a response. We sat down between classes so he could hear some of my actual responses in order to give him an idea of what to script.

Danny: So Kara, how would you describe yourself?

“Kara”: Ooh that one’s hard. I guess I’d say I’m 27, married with no kids. I consider myself crafty, in the arts and crafts sense. I’m opinionated but not outwardly pushy with my beliefs. I try to remain politically correct but laugh at innapropriate times. For example, I crack up hysterically anytime I see that Corelle commercial where the models fall down on the runway. I try to assume the best in strangers but people annoy me, so there’s always a contradiction. I’m so overly friendly sometimes that it comes off fake. I’m sarcastic and stubborn yet I can be super sappy and cry at commercials. I have a strange fondness for fountain sodas and can’t eat squishy foods.

Danny: Uh…ok. What I meant was, how do you describe yourself in terms of grade level?

“Kara”: Oh. Senior.

Danny: Are all of your answers going to be this involved?

“Kara”: You have no idea.

I am a list maker. My school notebooks will have pages of class notes with random to-do lists scribbled in the margins. I write down EVERYTHING I plan on doing, even things like “go to class” just so I can cross off a lot of stuff. The only problem with to-do lists in my class notes is that I never refer to them again.

The lists I mean, not the class notes. I’m a serious studier.

Why are you laughing?

Anyway, my list for today was as follows:

- Order scrapbook paper
- Read the script of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Respond to two group members’ papers as per our peer review assignment.
- Make a get well card
- Tag ideas in magazines for baby shower invitations and favors
- Print up the outlines for a final
- Prep projects for National Scrapbook Day
- Complete cards from SCS’ monthly card kit swap
- Pay bills
- Laundry
- Find bday gifts for Jess and Sierah

Because I did not refer to my list, I instead completed:

- Updated blog
- Clipped coupons from Sunday’s paper
- Beat Eternal Sonata on XBox360
- Did peer reviews
- Looked for relatives on Facebook
- Watched American Idol
- Painted my toe nails
- Spent an hour browsing cards in the gallery of SCS
- Removed toe nail polish and painted on a different color
- Tried to teach Kittens how to fetch.
- Grumbled about their Big Fail
- Set up Windows Mail with every email address I currently use
- Messed with my hair to decide if I’d look good with bangs (I won’t)
- Messed with my hair to see if I could get it to stay curly (I couldn’t)
- Set up appointments for various school stuff
- Applied the ASU car decal I got for free
- Removed decal, cleaned my window and tried again
- Removed decal, tried to figure out if I was leaning and used a ruler to apply evenly
- Decided decals were for losers
- Wrote a to-do list for tomorrow, thus continuing the vicious cycle

I’m a romance/wedding fan. If there was a category of this on Facebook, I would totally check “like” and “become a fan.” I am also a fan of sappy moments on TV. Grey’s Anatomy is one of those shows that is guaranteed to make my cry 9.9 times out of 10. I recently stumbled across Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd’s wedding page on Theknot.com, maintained by Izzy Stevens.

Yes, I know these are not real people and are just characters on a show. As I constantly tell Dan, just because it’s on a fictional drama show, doesn’t make it untrue. He prefers to ignore my stupid moments.

Anyway, this page made me literally LOL. I even shook my head and thought “oh how true Bailey. How true.”

Maybe I have a problem.

Fans of the show should check out the page. It’s pretty funny. Seriously. Those who are not fans should just read the blurb below and look confused because you are not in on the storyline innuendos. Sad face.

“Wedding Advice From SGH

I’ve been asking everyone for wedding advice. I think Bailey will be the first to play along but I’ll post them as soon as I can get someone to answer! 

1) “The wedding’s the easy part, it’s the marriage that’s work.  Everyone says don’t go to bed angry but I think that’s crap.  Don’t do anything to make her angry, that’s the key.  Trust me on this one, Shepherd.” –Bailey

2) “I’d like to give you some advice here but… Let’s face it. I got married on a whim with an Elvis impersonator as my minister. I’m not really one to talk.” –George

3) “Champagne. Champagne is good.” –Arizona”