Perfection.

Adult?

It's so weird to be an adult. Because I feel exactly the same. Except for the fact that when I'm out in public, I feel like people are judging more. But I'm pretty sure they're not... I'm just stupid and paranoid. :P

And it's kinda hard to enjoy your birthday when two of your really good friends aren't at school. :(

But it's easier to enjoy your birthday when one of your friends brings you brownies, you give an epic English presentation, and your parents give you an iPod 5. :)

I'm so blessed with amazing friends and family. :D

Birthday = Success

Sweaterin' It Up!

In seminary...

In the choir room...

In the hallway...

In Jive!

I ♥ Ugly Sweater Days.

Mustache Monday!

When it's Mustache Monday at school, and you realize you look like Charlie Chaplin.

The Best Date

You know you're on a good date when...

• Your date is the guy you have a huge crush on.
• Your date eats half of the macaroni casserole you made (which you doubled the recipe for).
• You show up for a play an hour before it starts because you had misinformation of when it started, and your date excitedly suggests that to kill time you should all go to his house so he can fold his laundry.
• You actually do end up going to fold his laundry and have a competition to see who can match the most pairs of socks.
• You see an incredibly hilarious play that many of your friends are in.
• While driving in the car, you and your date sing at the top of your lungs to Kelly Clarkson... and he sings it in the upper octave that Kelly Clarkson is singing in, and it actually sounds good!
• When you go back to your house for brownies, your date compliments your mom on her curtains and other various decorating techniques.
• You totally kick everyone's trash at Parcheesi, but they refuse to accept the fact and cheat to make themselves feel better.

In all honesty, that was the best date I have ever been on.  Thank you so much Maddie for owing Traegar a date!  And thank you Mike for being Traegar's good friend and therefore the obvious option for me to ask to double with Maddie and Traegar. :D

#superfunnight

#laundryisactuallyfun

#itotallybeatyouallatparcheesi

Jivvy Jive!

I miss Jive already.

I so can't wait until April.

I just wish every day could be Jive Week.

And yes.  I am aware of my day/week incongruence.

So pretty much stage makeup is super fun.

And red lipstick.
And fake eyelashes.

And yes, I may have plucked my eyebrows.

I pretty much looked like a porcelain doll.

But I'm all right with that. :)

Plus... Apparently when I was out singing my solo number Mike said that I looked "so pretty."

Yeah, I was all faked-up... but he said I looked so pretty!

It was a happy moment. :)

I ♥ Jive

The Christmas Toilet

The gift:

A Tardis.

The wrapping:

Epic.

Yes.  It's a toilet.

Yes.  I thought of it all by myself.

No.  You can't have my autograph.

.modnaR

My eyelid is chapped.
Whaaaa?  How is that possible?
I dunno, but it is.  And it hurts.


Tomorrow in English I will be wearing a golfer sweater and a Russian hat while playing the banjo.
It'll be epic.

Danny Marona

So, on Monday Mike and I went to Emilee's house to record our Danny Marona performances.  It was so fun!  I didn't do all that great on my song... but I had to leave to go home, so I couldn't re-record it.  Hopefully I get in anyway. :)  But I'm honestly not happy with my performance at all. : / The only reason I even posted the video of my performance is because the first minute makes me laugh. :)

But Emilee pretty much did awesome.  Like always.

And they had fun messing around with my camera when I was gone.  :P

I didn't even this video until today. :)  It makes me laugh.

Oh, Mike and Emilee.  You're so strange.

  And Mike totally did awesome!

I knew Mike could sing... but not like THAT!

And then Natalie went to Emilee's house on Thursday to record hers.

This makes me laugh so hard. :D

  You wish your friends were as talented as mine.

Don't deny it.

 ☺

Yes.

That awesome moment when you drop your
toast but are able to catch it between your thighs
because of your amazing cat-like reflexes.

The awkward moment when you realize that the toast

was buttered and that you now have a large butter

splotch on one side of the crotch of your pants.

Tie Tuesday!

Every Tuesday is Tie Tuesday. 

And I am proudly one of the only weekly female participants. 

#ILoveTieTuesday

#YOLO

A Day in Boise

Today for Michael Kezele's birthday,

Me, Natalie Sumsion, Maddie Quinton, and Hailey Stott took him up to Boise.

We went to the Boise temple open house.

The temple is beautiful!

(And so are my friends!)

Then we went to lunch at this one hick place, and it was delicious!

And we saw my great friend Sunny Leavitt. :)

After inhaling our food so we wouldn't be late, we hurried over to see Skyfall.

In IMAX.

On opening day.

Wow.

I loved it.

And we got free posters!

Well, they technically weren't free.

Cuz they came with the movie.

And the movie cost $15.50.

(Personally, I don't think IMAX is worth twice the cost of a regular movie, but whatever.)

And on the entire car ride back I was texting this one guy.

Not the one who I'm pretty much in love with.

But a guy who is still pretty great.

And then tonight there was a surprise birthday party for Hailey Whitehead!

Which was also great!

It was at Zulu Bagels, so we got delicious bagelly food.

And there was yummy cake.

And Just Dance 4.

It was just a really great day. :)

Oh Fabio.

So...

I bought this cardboard cut-out.

And I have been having way too much fun with it.

Maddie's ransom note to ask her boyfriend to Sadies.
And Fabio creepin' in the doorway.

Getting gas with Fabio.

Just so you know... if you take Fabio to Subway,
the awesome cashier guy will give you free cookies.

Disappointingly, we weren't able to find any romance novel covers with Fabio on them.
But we took a picture of him in the romance section anyway... just cuz.

Reading him Dr. Seuss. :)

So... long story.  We put Fabio behind this kid, and were being quiet, so the kid had no idea we were there, so Maddie walked around to take a completely inconspicuous picture, but the flash was on.  So the kid looks up, completely freaked out.  He stands up and starts to walk swiftly away, but runs into Fabio, because he didn't even know Fabio was there.  So pretty much, we traumatized this kid for life.  The end.

We went to Arctic Circle and saw people we know!
Like Amanda. :)

And Maddie's Young Women's leaders.

And I fed Fabio a milkshake.

We had a lot of fun at WalMart.
Though I'm not quite sure why we took a picture of him with a pumpkin.

Apparently, aside from Romance novels, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" is Fabio's thing.

At WalMart we found Doug.
Who is apparently a friend of Hailey and Maddie's.

Silly Fabio, you can't sleep on the couches at WalMart.

Where'd Fabio go?  We can't see him!  He must be wearing camouflage or something.

Random picture.

Fresh peanuts.

Fabio is ready for Christmas.

We stopped by Shari's and this waitress lady was in LOVE with Fabio.
Like seriously.
She is some crazy Fabio-obsessed lady.
And she kind of took Fabio and ran off  with him.
But don't worry, we got him back.

And we found Emilee at Shari's!  Yay!

So then we went to Maddie's boyfriend's house and dropped off the ransom note.
And Fabio.
We left Fabio in Bradyn's bed.
It was pretty great.

We took Bradyn's guitar for ransom.
Tomorrow we will meet Bradyn under the bridge to trade the guitar for Fabio.

But all in all... today was probably the most awesome, most awkward day of my life.

It was great.

Soundtrack to My Life

...Or at least a playlist that makes my life feel so much cooler as I listen to it.  It's like I live in a movie.  I highly suggest you listen to this music while doing your homework.  It makes it more bearable, I promise.

http://songza.com/discover/genres/film_scores/epic-film-scores-songza/

Plus, Songza in general is a super cool website to find playlists that fit with what you're doing at a certain time.

I'm in shock, look I've got a blanket.

Sherlock is so great.

No joke.

WATCH IT.

It's a British Sherlock Holmes series.

And it is perfect.

I just wish there were more than six episodes.

If you have Netflix, you can watch the first season (three, one and a half hour episodes) instantly online.  And I highly suggest that you do.

When You Go to EFY, You Meet People

So, I watched this video at the church youth website... and the strapping young lad at :38, 2:38, and 4:11 may or may not be my C.O.W. (Crush Of the Week) from EFY.  And by may or may not, I definitely mean may. :D

Soundcloud

Today I discovered Soundcloud.

I love it.

It's pretty much full of free downloads of mashups and remixes.

It's wonderful.

I just wish sound clips could be posted on my blog.

Poop.

You can't share them on Facebook either.

That's my number one wish right now.

That sound clips could be shared on Facebook and Blogger.

EFY

Another post will totes be coming, but for now I just want

to touch on the highlights of the best week of my summer.

-Meeting a French boy named (yoo'-awn) and learning how to give high-fives in France.
-Hearing Ryan laugh.
-Watching the Stadium of Fire fireworks with thousands of other EFY kids in a field.
-Having a COW who could pass as an Abercrombie model.
-Making the Variety Show after four years of trying.
-Attending the most spiritual testimony meeting ever.
-Epically photobombing every picture I saw being taken.
-Being sang to and given a yellow rose by my COW.
-Getting three hours of sleep due to letter-writing.
-Throwing soap at/getting soap thrown at me by my room mate.
-The goodbyes.

I wish it hadn't had to end.

Silly Russell

The academic banquet for school was tonight.

It was fun. :)  Russell and I made pictures with our smarties.

And our table was right next to the line to get food.

So everyone was looking at our wonderful pieces of artwork.

They were in awe.

Most definitely

(It's a whale.)

Afterwards Russell came to my house and we watched Thor and half of Captain America.

But then it was 1:30 AM, and he needed to leave.

~~~

...For some strange reason, every single time Russell comes over to my house he ends up staying into the wee hours of the night.

Like that one time he was here almost until 4.

Yeah.

Snail

I made this snail out of Hershey minis candy wrappers.

I know I'm creative.  You don't have to tell me. ;)

It was fun. :D

(Sometimes there just isn't a whole lot to do in seminary.)