Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Words of Wisdom

[I told myself I have time to blog this today because I FINALLY figured out a way to listen to class recordings at increased speed. Holla. A huge victory. Income tax at 186% speed, here I come!]

I was chatting with a dear friend today when for some reason I remembered a humorous incident from our freshman year. But I only remembered the first half. She was there to inspire me with a reminder of the rest of the story. It went a little something like this...

One cold winter night, Rachel and I had nothing to do. Our roommates must have had dates or mono or something and we were trying to find friends to hang out with. But for some reason or another, it seemed like no one was around the dorms that evening. Even our old reliables, the Taylor club, did not come to their window when beckoned. There were several inches of fresh snow, so we stomped out our loneliness in the snow on the bball court outside their window... in the shape of a broken heart, naturally.

~~Before I continue, here's something you should know: we are ridiculous. And overdramatic. Especially when feeding off one another. Sometimes people take us serious when they shouldn't.~~

Enter returned missionary, living in the dorms.

RMLITD: Is that a Pacman?
R: It's a broken heart. No one wants to hang out with us.
J: The boys in our ward think we're ugly!!! (translation: we're bored)
RMLITD (waxing wise*): Someday they'll grow up and realize you're really what they want.
R and J (trying very hard to suppress our "WT?" faces): Um, thanks.

Well, that's more or less how it went.
His kind words of encouragement, however, did not help us find anyone to play with.
And the next morning, our friends also thought it was a Pacman outside their window.
Epic failure.
Yet classic memory.




*His wisdom is in question, because he did, in fact, return to live in the dorms post-mission. Maybe he was an RA. That would be more acceptable.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

"cute companion and it'll protect my house"

Logan gchatted me this today:

Logan: I spent all morning on The Ultimate Goat Fansite. i hope you appreciate the kind of restraint I have shown today by not emailing you every five seconds
I realize some people might tire of goat pictures

One of the favorites he did send me...Enjoy. (thank goodness youtube is allowed on campus now.)

And that is why we are friends.

I guess this means I'll never be on her "Favorite Things" episode...

I don't even watch Oprah and I feel a little empty inside at this news.
That's how big of a deal this is.
She's been on the air longer than I've been on the earth.

I don't believe she'll really be gone though. People like her never really leave us.

I just got weirdly sentimental and wanted to read all the books on her Book Club list...but maybe that's just because I'd love to read anything besides Fundamental Principles of Family Law in Utah (smelly, smelly book) and Secured Transactions (boring book)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Two posts from me in one week! This is a record.


This is for you Cindy. So a week or two ago I cut and died my hair. It's really not that dramatic, but I told Cindy I would get her some visuals so here they are. It's like 5 inches shorter, blonder and includes bangs. It's fine.


We got Micah to be in the pics with me as his way of sending his love to Korea as well so I hope you enjoy.



P.S. Happy Birthday Darren. To many more years of fatty foods, golf, TV, and baseball.


Monday, October 26, 2009

Joyful, Joyful

So I was having a hard time getting going this morning and needed some music to help me along, but couldn't decide what I wanted to listen to, (because I can't really function at all before 7 AM) so I put the Ipod on shuffle and the treasures that greeted me today were something else. I mean we had some Mandy, Sinead O' Connor, Newsies and then Sister Act II, yes I do have some Sister Act II on my Ipod and in fact I used to own the cassette tape. Anyways, as I am sitting here at work, trying desperately to find something else to do besides study or make any large life decisions I decided to share this with you all, because it makes me happy.



Also, a shout to Megan Shirk here who left me with a VHS of this movie when she left and I am telling you it has come in handy. Remember how Lauren Hill totally got her start here? And how she hates white people? I still love you in this movie Lauren, and I always will. Here's one more just because I couldn't leave this post without it.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Flesh all amesh and rocky road...it's about desire.

Sometimes I get cravings that just don't go away.
Like the desire to watch Step Up. That one was recently satisfied.
Or the desire to eat biscuits and gravy. Still waiting for that one.
Or the desire to wear camo. This one struck almost a month ago, and still has not been adequately addressed.
But it did remind me of that one time when my dad and I went to Cabella's.
We got some funny looks. Probably they just didn't understand what he was taking pictures of, since I obviously blended in seamlessly.
But just in case...
Invisible face for extra precaution.

Also, remember how it's Columbus Day? No wonder school was such a strug today. We shouldn't have been there at all.
But apparently Columbus' big day was on October 12 on the Julian calendar, but October 21 on the Gregorian calendar, or so wikipedia tells me. I don't know the difference between the Julian and the Gregorian calendars because I don't have time to click on the links today, but I do know that since I missed today, I will have to make it up with two days off, probably October 22-23. Who's with me?

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Somebody in Korea loves us...or at least reads our blog.

I've just been so entertained by Cindy's flood of posts about Korea I just haven't had time to post anything of my own. But per your request, Cindy, here is a new post to celebrate the month of October...and you.
Reasons we're for Cindy:
1. She is so great at untangling knotted masses of yarn.
2. She was one of our most faithful softball fans, even on nights when games conflicted with SYTYCD. And she wore the yarmulke I made her.2a. And she for sure made the best signs.
3. Ford sounds like Fort.
4. Tattoos. 'Nuff said.
5. She knows who she is...and that's freedom.