Post-wedding procession. Those were paper-candle lanterns. Quite a few caught on fire, too 

This was part of the post-wedding procession. There were these huge larger than life size puppet dolls of the bride and groom, a live band, dancers, and even fireworks in the middle of the street 

These Asian ladies came by the wedding party and started taking pictures with everyone. It was like they'd never seen an American before 

Water straight from the well...mmmmmm yummy... 

Jenn and I before the wedding 

You can't really tell, but we were at the highest peak in Monte Alban when we took this 

Everyone trying to get down those foot high steps. Miss one and it's a doozy going down 

My mom and dad at the ruins in Monte Alban 

I've just got two things to say about this - first, these are roasted grasshoppers. And that's just nasty 

Viva Mexico!!

My family and I just got back from a trip to Mexico, and oh how I wish we were still there. We went for our cousin's wedding, which was in Oaxaca, some little historic town near the southern tip of Mexico. Besides a couple people of the wedding party getting sick (as in nausea, puking, and diarrhea), it was an awesome wedding. The Friday before the wedding they had a dinner where everyone had to dress in white, which was a really neat idea. Saturday anyone who wasn't hung over went to visit these ancient ruins. If everyone was short way back then, I don't understand why they built steps a foot high like they did. I had trouble scaling them, and I've got long legs. They must've crawled up then or something. Anyways, Saturday night was the wedding, and as I've never been to a Mexican Catholic wedding before, it was rather quite an experience. Last time I checked, it's not safe to light fireworks and keep holding them while they go off. Ask me about it and I'll fill you in on more. I'll post pictures of all this real soon too.

After the wedding we went to a resort in Huatulco, where we did nothing but bake in the sun all day. Well maybe we didn't just bake, but we did do that an awful lot*

At the all-white dinner party

Panoramic of the ruins

Some of the steps we had to climb at the ruins in Monte Alban

The Nikitczuk's with Nerine and JC, the bride and groom

The church where the service was held.

After the wedding ceremony we paraded through the streets to the reception following huge puppets and holding these paper lanterns

The reception hall. The lights changed colors throughout the night, which made everyone take on a green or red or blue hue

Pan of the lagoon the resort was at 

View from the resort in Huatulco 

Ahhhh summer!!

I love summer. There's nothing like sitting outside and roasting until your skin starts to sizzle.

MCAT scores get posted in a couple days. This could make or break the rest of the summer, but I'm still keeping my hopes up :) I'm going all out in celebrating Friday night if I do good!

Killer bike

My bike tried to kill me yesterday. Three times too. It just flung me off like a catapult. And on the way down, time really does go in slow motion -- usually. There were times when everything was happening so quick that I didn't know which way was up or down and it was all a blur until I found myself in the dirt with the bike triumphantly entangled on top of me. I must've been quite a sight.

I thought this writer stated it good: 'a new tool quickly removes red-eye, the byproduct of flash photography that makes adorable children look like crimson-pupiled spawn of the Devil.' Case in point: 

r.i.p.

The following is what happens to a fish when it gets stuck inside a log and dies. The whole piece of wood that we had inside the tank reeked for who knows how long, but we couldn't find anything inside it. I even took a powerhose to it, and nada. Then finally, after 2 months of letting the thing sit outside, the dry crusty remains get shaken out of it.

Poor fish

Poison ivy

So I went riding through the woods the other day, nothing new -- didn't stop anywhere, just kinda kept on going -- and somehow this time I got poison ivy...on the inside of my leg. How the heck is that supposed to make sense?

He's a funny guy

There's a commercial that always makes me laugh - that CapitalOne one, with the huge dude chasing after the intern. The poor guy's scream is priceless...all shrilly and girlie. I started literally laughing out loud in the student center when I saw it. haha it's great

Weird hat ladies

If you happened to catch this weekend's royal wedding, you probably caught the lovely fashion craze that's going on across the Atlantic. What in the world was up with those hats?? One girl looked like she took a dead bird and stuck it on her head, and another one was being eaten head first by an overpowering pink plant. I mean come on, do they actually think that looks good?? I'll be darned if that trend makes its way over here.

More static

More static

Major static

My cousin emily got some major static while playing with some balloons

Do the elephant walk

Wouldn't it be great if we could walk like kids walk and not be looked at weird? There was this little girl on campus, couldn't have been more than 5, who was doing a sort of swaying elephant walk. She would take a step and swing her arms waaaaaay over to one side, then take another step and sway 'em waaaay over to the other side, occasionally throwing in a full spin or two here and there. It's almost sad how static older people walk, with no extraneous movement whatsoever...quite boring. Oh to be young again *

NYC

I got to go to New York for my birthday...well kinda for my birthday, we really went the day after but it was in celebration of me getting old. I got to go to the top of the Empire State Building for the first time ever, which was pretty neat. It was a really clear night, and the view from up there was spectacular! I was having a ball taking pictures. We went to Little Italy to eat and were seranaded by some Italian guy who, poor thing, couldn't sing for the life of him. All in all it was a very good day \.

Photo of Downtown NYC

Downtown NYC from the Empire State Building

View from ESB

View from the Empire State Building

Leaky faucet fixed

Hooray! I'm not sick anymore! Just in time for spring break :) I've been sick for the past few days now, mainly with a runny nose that dripped like a leaky faucet and a little cough. Lots of tea and TLC helped fix me all up. I have an entire week ahead of me to do whatever I want -- well, almost whatever I want. I do have to go over a bunch of stuff for the MCAT's yet, but luckily for me it'll only take a couple of hours each day.
There's only four more days left for me to be a 'teen.' I turn 20 this Thursday =) yey for me! I've heard that snow is in the forecast for Thursday, which means lots of sledding, snowangels and snowmen -- followed by marshmallows and a movie by the fire! And if it doesn't snow, maybe I'll spend the day in the city...
As for now, it's back to doing wonderful nothing for the rest of the day*

Cameron

This one's of Cameron...she was being really happy and smily this morning