I have to be a grown-up

I came to the realization the other day that I'm getting married in less than three months.
More specifically, in 82 days.
What freaked me out the most was realizing that once I get married, I'm basically old... A big grown-up. I'll probably have to learn how to cook, take better care of my home, probably join some type of book club and learn how to knit.
Yes, I realize that may be a little off, but Keith and I were talking about this the other day: Once I find out that someone in college is married, I instantly feel as if they have so much more life experience than me. And the more planning and organizing I'm having to do for my own wedding, the more respect I have for others who have done all this while still in school.

Most blogs tend to have a theme... And I honestly don't know if I have one. So, I've decided one of the things I'll write about: engagement and married-people things. The closer I get to the date of our wedding, the more I realize I have no idea what it's like to be a grown-up, or even a wife. So perhaps you fine people who read this can offer some advice.

Another freak out I've had is realizing that in 82 days, I have to look super hot. 200+ people will be staring at me for the majority of the evening. Those of you who know me well know that I have no issues being up in front of a lot of people. But when the focus becomes how pretty I look, it terrifies me.

Anyway, I've started a work-out plan. So far (a whole four days...) it's been working pretty well. And it helps that the weather's been decent lately. Like many Oregonians, my productivity is highly dependent on the weather.

Here's my plan so far:
Monday: Run 3 miles, do 30 min of exercises, Yoga
Tuesday: Run 3 miles, do 30 min of exercises
Wednesday: Yoga, climbing
Thursday: 30 min of exercises
Friday: Run 3 miles
Saturday: Time permitting, do something...
Sunday: Take the day off

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Helpful hints?

Stop looking at my public posts...

This term I'm taking a class on Media Ethics, one of the required classes for my major.

Every Thursday, we talk about ethical cases in media that have raised a lot of "hoopla" in the past.

One topic that we keep coming back to is the issue of privacy, and what our rights should be.

We watched this video by Clay Shirkey (a name I have used in a game of Family before), about Facebook privacy and how employers now use your profiles and posts as part of the interview process.

In this article, they say that around 40% of current employers will look at your profile, and 80% consider it in the hiring process.

What I find crazy is how people totally freak out about this. "How dare they look at my Facebook." "That's private! That's my life!"

Yes, it is your life.  But it's not private. You chose to put that info on Facebook. In fact, you chose to have a Facebook in the first place. And if you're doing things that you don't want your future or current employer to know, perhaps you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

All I have to say is this-- if you're ashamed of what's going on in your life, private, public, or in a social medium, it's your job to fix it. Don't claim your rights are being violated if you choose to involve yourself in yahoo-ish behavior in the first place.