venturesomeness

so remember that blog about the whole asking a boy out and if it's okay or not? well, Heavenly Father granted me a little bit of courage yesterday annnnd I finally sucked it up and just plain old asked him! I thought I was going to pass out! But, it wasn't reallllly all that bad. Because.... he said yes! :-) I'm not even sure if he knows I intend for this to be a date, but I guess I really don't care because I will be spending the entire evening with this boy. And I'm sure you're alllll itchin as to how things went down, so here's the story:

Okay so I have two classes with this boy (one at 745 and one at 10) so I'm usually pretty excited to wake up at 630 so I can get all fixed up for class at 745 (weird I know). Well yesterday, I actually woke up at 10. on. the. dot. My alarm did not go off! And what's worse is I had a test in my 10 o' clock class! I don't think I've ever gotten ready so fast in my life. My lovely roommate Melanie took me to class thankfully, otherwise I would've been in so much trouble. The downside of being on time, was that I looked pretty awful. No shower. Luckily, I practically threw on makeup so I could look halfway decent. Anyway, class was good. Afterward though, I went home so I could actually get ready like I had originally planned at 630, so I could go back to campus and get stuff done, but also so I could hopefully run into this kid and redeem myself from the disaster I was earlier. Ha. I looked pretty good too. Just sayin. So I went to get lunch in the school cafeteria--no luck there--but I did see my sweet friend Jessica so that was good :-) I decided to go to the library cuz I needed to do some homework, where I ran into my friends Brady, Steffen, and Drew. Funny dudes. Anyway, I had class at 430 and around 420 I headed over there and on the way I sort of said a silent prayer? (If you wanna call it that anyway) Saying basically that if I saw him before class (it was really my last chance before class on wednesday) that I would ask him out. I walked into my class, put my stuff down, but walked back out with the intent on using the restroom. And lo and behold there he was. Like 30 feet from my class. Word. So I took my chance (I was really fidgety and shaky the whole time haha). I went down to talk to him and then just before I left I said "hey I'm going to the haunted mill tomorrow with Stephanie, would you like to come with me?" Annnnd he said he would! In my head I did one of those fist pumps. Haha. 

So there it is ladies (I'm pretty sure no men read my blog). My epic tale of courage. I'm so nervous though! I haven't been on a first date in a lonnng time, let alone with someone I really really like. It's ridiculous--he's completely thrown me off my game (whatever my game is). I've been battling all day (so far) trying not to over-analyze and reminding myself just to have fun. That I'm a fun girl. Plus I personally think a haunted house is a great way to get close to someone. Seriously. I'm kind of banking on that tonight. 

Wish me luck!

Let Them Eat CAKE.

I really want cake right now. I'm sitting in the library and this huge huge craving hit me. Of warm chocolaty moist goodness in my mouth. Fresh out of the oven. I'm basically starving right now, even though I ate lunch. I blame it on my new friend, Jayme, who made cake last night. I had two huge pieces. But I probably could've eaten the whole cake!

Everything In Transit

I AM SO ECSTATIC RIGHT NOW! 

I just received an email from the Jack's Mannequin mailing list. This is what it said:

Jack's Mannequin has just announced that on December 7th, they will be rereleasing their debut album, Everything In Transit, on vinyl! This will be the first time the album has been reissued since its original August 2005 release. The reissued vinyl will include new artwork and sequencing, and will feature two new songs — an a cappella version of "Holiday" and "La La Lie (West Coast Winter version)". 


Be sure to pre-order your copy starting TODAY October 7th! All pre-orders will be signed by Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon. The pre-order begins at online vinyl retailer BecauseSoundMatters; with albums arriving on street date -- December 7th.


And guess who just preordered it!?! YEAH that would be ME! :)

I absolutely cannot wait for this package to come in the mail. This is the BEST DAY EVER! 

What does sunshine sound like?

For whatever reason... my left leg aches! it's very uncomfortable... grr.

Anyway, that's not the reason I'm posting! I have a question!

Is there anything wrong with asking a boy out on date? Obviously I have a point to this... tee hee.

You see... there is a boy. in two of my classes. who I happen to be verry interested in..., I'm in this basic skills class for recreation management, and we went on a trip last week up in the Tetons. I made a joke about me being single on the way up to the trailhead, and from there it escalated into trying to get me and this kid to go on a date. I didn't want it to be awkward or anything, so I kind of...backed off a little bit? Anyway, now I'm genuinely interested, but I don't think he knows that I am. Especially since I backed off from before. So now, everyone in my class knows, but not him. And I reeallly wanna ask him on a date. I've always been pretty old-fashioned, and I still consider myself to be, but I've also never had to ask a dude on a date (I have always wanted to, but I've chickened out every time!). I have some people telling me it's not a good idea, which is fine, but I think in today's world, it's really anybody's game. Right? And another thing... is it too soon? I mean, on this trip, our group spent like...every hour together. Sorta. So I think it's an adequate amount of time before you go on a date with someone. The real question is: How in the world do I do this?

Shoot me a comment if you agree with me and/or have suggestions. Haha.

PS--I'm obsessed with this song. :-)

octubre

I think coming up with blog titles are the hardest part about blogging. Okay maybe not. But it's usually what discourages me from blogging. Just sayin.

Okay so it's October. I think this is like my 3rd favorite month of the year. Other than December, May, annnnd yeah that's about it.

I love Halloween. It's my favorite. I love dressing up. In high school I always did makeup for theater and stuff. It was one of the best parts about being in plays and whatever. I could literally do whatever I wanted. And Halloween lets me continue that.

2 years ago I was She-Hulk:

And then last year I was a ref. and Amelia Earhart (so fun!):

This year... I was trying to decide between Hayley Williams (Paramore), Wonder Woman, or a peacock. And at some point I will be each of those. But instead, I chose something (or someone) entirely different!:

Yup. That's right. Imma be Mystique this year. Don't worry Mom, or anyone else for that matter, cuz I'm not going to be naked like she is. For several reasons (one, it's going to be freezing!). I got a full body unitard (it's hilarious looking right now, because I bought it white, and I'm planning on dying it), cat eye contacts, and I have a reddish colored wig. It's gonna be legit, I'm telling you. It better be anyway, cuz I'm investing a lot into this! Haha. I'll let you know what the finished product will look like.

Easy A.

Well. Obviously, since you're seeing this picture it means I probably just saw the movie. Well. That is true. I saw it last night annnnd it was SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD! Ohmygoodness I absolutely loved it! It was definitely not what I expected at all, and everyone in it did fantastic. I really would see it again. and maybe even again after that. This movie was really the highlight of my weekend. Butttttt lucky for you guys, my life isn't all that boring and I do have other stories for you...

I'm gonna tell you about the boring stuff first though because I know some of you are wondering about my schooling and everything. WELL. It's realllly hard. But I'm surviving! Which is always comforting. And my current definition of surviving is that I am completing all my assignments, doing as much of the reading I can handle, and I'm NOT texting in class! (I know... seriously a miracle.) Oh and in my Recreation Leadership class on friday, this REAL LIFE mountain came into my class! He really is a mountain man. I feel bad, cuz he gave a really great speech, but I don't remember his name. But he had a really crazy beard, a hat, a bandana, all these crazy tools, a vest, I mean.... he was legit. It was rad. Okay so now that the school part is over....

Some of you know (but others don't, mostly because they would fear for my safety), I just bought a longboard. I know. Crazy. Sorta. I've never actually "skated" a day in my life, until maybe march? A friend of mine taught me to longboard. I've always wanted to learn how, and I finally did! And then a couple weeks ago, I had a short-lived addiction to ebay, and I decided I would buy a longboard. Because, let's be honest, I wouldn't get better any other way! It's sat against my wall for a little over a week now, and I kept looking at it thinking "hey i should prolly take her out and try riding..." but then I wouldn't. Well. I finally did. And those of you who know me well, know that I don't always have the greatest coordination and balance. Haha. Yesterday (saturday), I rode my longboard to the gas station to get one of those cheap 44 oz drinks (Horkleys!). I don't even think I thought about how I would get back with it...But, I'm sitting here now, and I can honestly tell you, I am uninjured. Aside from a couple of scrapes on my ankles where in between riding and walking, the board hit them and stuff. Ohhh... and. This is really sad guys. On a portion of my journey back (I made it to the gas station with no problem at all!), I sorta slipped at little tiny bit and I dropped my coke. Ughhhh!! It was so awful. Coke was alllll over the sidewalk. And people were up ahead and saw it, so when I rode up their direction they all said stuff like "hey sorry about your coke" and "smooth move" and stuff. Ha. So embarrassing. Whatever. I'm getting better.

What else. OH! So guessss what. Our school brought this pseudo-ABBA band here to put on a concert! And me and Melanie went! AHHH! It was sooooooooooooo MUCH FUN! I loveloveloved it! We danced in the aisles and danced in our seats and sang all the songs! It was so great! I lost my voice actually. Haha. 

Welll... that was pretty much my weekend. Except for the part where I watched the Broncos KILL the Seahawks today. AMAZING. Hopefully my fantasy team did well. Haha. 

TGIF.

It's finally friday! And what a lonnnng and borrrring day it was! I had class at 745 and then again at 9. And then I didn't have another class till 430. What did I do in between? I took a nap! Especially because I went to bed at 1 am and then had to be up by like 645 at least, so I could make it to class on time. What a joke.

Anyway, my 745 class was recreation leadership. It was okay. There were a lot of people talking loudly, which really bothers me when the teacher is trying to do his thing. And there were these girls next to me who were not only contributing to this talking nonsense, but one of them smashed my toe (which I had already busted up about a week ago) with her chair. It was an accident, and she didn't even know she did it, but I was already really annoyed with her and her friend, so it was just not a happy moment. Definitely won't be sitting next to her any time soon. Ha.

Chemistry went all right today. I made a new friend. She has really cool hair. And then my 430 class is huge. There's like 90 people in there. Which is nothing to some universities, but here it's probably the largest some classes get. Crazy. But my teacher is pretty interesting--he's older. and super tall and lanky. So it's kind of entertaining. And he is suuuuper random! Ah! He'll make all these jokes, or spit out these weird interjections, and noooobody knows what he's talking about. Haha. But at least he teaches well. I guess.

This cool new place just opened up here in our little town of Rexburg. Sammys. There's one in Provo I guess, and it's pretty hip there, so of course there were tons of people there tonight. Anyway, some friends of mine were playing there tonight. Truman. If you haven't heard of them, look em up. They're amazing! I'd never heard them play before, so it was fun. And I even got to be a merch girl and sell their cds. I love those boys.

Welllll...until next time. Who knows when that'll be. Ha. Peace out homeboys.