There is not much to report this week. I only have five weeks until this semester ends and I cannot wait! Although I do have to say that I have a TON of work to do that I have only partially started. This next week is spring break for BYU-I so it should fly by. We have classes Monday through Wednesday and then get the rest of the week off. It's a short break but at least it is longer than last year's. Last year our spring break consisted of getting a Friday off. I don't really have any plans for this weekend...But I am hoping to finish a huge chunk of my homework so I don't have to worry about it later. Wish me luck!
As far as this week went...I did the class thing and the test thing. My back has been killing me all week. It has been so bad that I have had more trouble sleeping than usual. Granted, getting to sleep has always been a problem for me...But it seems worse when you can't sleep and you are in pain. I finally broke down and bought some pain killers. Hopefully they help. So tonight my roommates and I went and saw "The Chronicles of Narnia." I have seen it before, only once I think, and while I remember that I liked it...I didn't remember how much I liked it. This film was robbed of a special effects Oscar. I am sure King Kong is great and all...But this movie was made incredibly well. That's about it for this week...Next week's post will probably be short. Have a great week everyone!
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Only Six Weeks Left!!!
Let's see...What did I do this week? Well, I got to talk to three of my friends from high school the other day. We all happened to be on IM at the same time (what are the odds?)! It was cool to catch up and see what people have been up to. Although I read Liz's blog, and talk to her now and then, so I have a general idea of how she is doing. I have not heard from Mike since graduation, and I haven't talked to Dana since 2002. So, it was nice to catch up on their lives...I still don't have one.
On Thursday I went to Idaho Falls with Audra for her dress fitting...It took about 15 minutes and then we went to a couple fabric stores (She's in a sewing class). We got a nice snowstorm the other day that took away all our pretty green plants. Then that melted and then we got another one, but the snow didn't stick. I basically just went to class this week. Not much exciting happened.
Although I did manage to get into a car accident on Saturday. Two of my roommates and I went to the store and then as we were leaving we started to go through this intersection. Our light was green and we were going straight. Across from us these two guys were in the turning lane. They also had a green light, but they had a sign that told them to yield when making a left-hand turn. The first guy hurried to turn before we got into the intersection. The second guy tried to do the same thing but he didn't have enough time. We nailed him. We got him right in the passenger side of his car. I doubt he can even get that door open anymore. My roommates car (she was driving) faired much better. It just looks like a really bad scratch on her front bumper. With as hard as we hit, it should have been worse. The guy admitted it was his fault and he exchanged info with Kristen. We were all fine, just a little shaken. Actually, I think we all handled in very well. When we hit Audra screamed a little and Kristen swore...I'm not sure what I did, I think I just held on for dear life. We were all wearing our seatbelts, so that was good.
It was kind of weird when it happened. It was like happening in slow motion. I knew that we were going to hit the guy long before it happened, and I sort of just watched it happen. Kristen didn't have time to do anything...She braked as hard as she could...The whole thing could have been a lot worse. So, that was my week in a nutshell.
On Thursday I went to Idaho Falls with Audra for her dress fitting...It took about 15 minutes and then we went to a couple fabric stores (She's in a sewing class). We got a nice snowstorm the other day that took away all our pretty green plants. Then that melted and then we got another one, but the snow didn't stick. I basically just went to class this week. Not much exciting happened.
Although I did manage to get into a car accident on Saturday. Two of my roommates and I went to the store and then as we were leaving we started to go through this intersection. Our light was green and we were going straight. Across from us these two guys were in the turning lane. They also had a green light, but they had a sign that told them to yield when making a left-hand turn. The first guy hurried to turn before we got into the intersection. The second guy tried to do the same thing but he didn't have enough time. We nailed him. We got him right in the passenger side of his car. I doubt he can even get that door open anymore. My roommates car (she was driving) faired much better. It just looks like a really bad scratch on her front bumper. With as hard as we hit, it should have been worse. The guy admitted it was his fault and he exchanged info with Kristen. We were all fine, just a little shaken. Actually, I think we all handled in very well. When we hit Audra screamed a little and Kristen swore...I'm not sure what I did, I think I just held on for dear life. We were all wearing our seatbelts, so that was good.
It was kind of weird when it happened. It was like happening in slow motion. I knew that we were going to hit the guy long before it happened, and I sort of just watched it happen. Kristen didn't have time to do anything...She braked as hard as she could...The whole thing could have been a lot worse. So, that was my week in a nutshell.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
For the Love!
So it decided to snow again today. I am so not happy. I thought we were reaching the end of the horrible weather here but nooooo! It had to get cold, windy, and snowy. It was practically a white out. It is supposed to snow again tomorrow! Grrrrr!!!! Here are some quizzes:
find your element
at mutedfaith.com.
find your element
at mutedfaith.com.
| Arty Kid |
 Whether you were a drama freak or an emo poet, you definitely were expressive and unique. You're probably a little less weird these days - but even more talented! |
| You Passed the US Citizenship Test |
 Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct! |
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Another Month Down...
February finally ended...Now to make it through March. I think that this is going to be the longest month by far. It has 31 days and no breaks. Actually that's not entirely true...Our spring break is the last two days of March, but I'm not going anywhere so it will probably be boring. I don't have a ton of news to report this week.
Keri's friends Shiabon (pronounced Shove-on)is staying with us for nine days. Her and Keri have been friends since they were eleven (they are both from Kansas). Shiabon is going to be baptized next week. When Keri heard the news she started crying. We are all very happy for both of them. Shiabon is great. I really like her. She is very funny, serious, deep, and friendly. She has investigated a half a dozen different religions and she says she feels like her questions were answered when she started investigating our religion. She has got some very in-depth questions. We try to answer them the best that we can, but we are also taking her to all of our religion courses next week so she can ask the teachers as well.
Audra and Richard took their engagement pictures this morning. They turned out really well. Although Audra won't tell you that. She's too critical. They are very cute. We haven't done much this week. Just classes and stuff like that. If I remember anything interesting that we did I will post again soon. Take care everyone!
Keri's friends Shiabon (pronounced Shove-on)is staying with us for nine days. Her and Keri have been friends since they were eleven (they are both from Kansas). Shiabon is going to be baptized next week. When Keri heard the news she started crying. We are all very happy for both of them. Shiabon is great. I really like her. She is very funny, serious, deep, and friendly. She has investigated a half a dozen different religions and she says she feels like her questions were answered when she started investigating our religion. She has got some very in-depth questions. We try to answer them the best that we can, but we are also taking her to all of our religion courses next week so she can ask the teachers as well.
Audra and Richard took their engagement pictures this morning. They turned out really well. Although Audra won't tell you that. She's too critical. They are very cute. We haven't done much this week. Just classes and stuff like that. If I remember anything interesting that we did I will post again soon. Take care everyone!
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Hang Up the Stupid Phone Already!!!
It occurs to me now that I forgot to tell everyone about a movie that I saw a few weeks ago. I don't know how I forgot...It was a very memorable experience. So, is everyone ready to hear about the most spectacular display of cinematography ever created?!?! I hope not, because that is not what I got, so it's not what you are going to get either.
My roommate Mels and I decided to go and see "When a Stranger Calls." We had seen some previews and it looked like it was a good movie...Boy were we wrong! From start to finish, that had to be the worst movie EVER!! Bethany, this may even beat out "The Man Who Knew Too Little" for the title! The whole film was filled with "scary music" even when nothing suspensful was happening. Oooh, the girl is running laps at her high school...Scary! ;) There was very little character development, I didn't feel like I could relate to anyone in the movie at all.
We quickly learn that the main character has to skip her high school party and babysit because she went over the minutes on her cell phone. She gets to the house. It is huge, has a ton of weird artwork (one statue in particular made me mad, because they didn't end up breaking it...Even though they showed it a half a dozen times!), there were also these weird lights that didn't turn on until someone entered the room. So the girl gets there, the parents leave, the girl discovers that she can't watch TV because the remote control is too complicated for her, then she proceeds to go to the parent's bedroom. Up until this point I am still in shock because this girl, wonderful babysitter that she is, has not even bothered to go and see the children yet! I mean the mother did say that they were sleeping, but when I babysat the first thing I do is go and see the kids! But no!! This girl decides to go to the parent's bedroom and try on all of the mother's jewelry and clothing!
All through this the "scary music" is playing. Finally, the phone starts ringing. It took them long enough to get to that point!! Yet now, looking back, I almost wish that the stupid phone had never started ringing. For the first few rings it was okay...Just some guy saying things like "have you checked the children"...Which makes her go and check on them. Then the phone calls get annoying...They never stop! Usually the gut doesn't even say anything...He just breaths.
Without ruining the pointless ending for you I will just sum it up. Too many phone calls, no character development, dumb subplots, a couple people die, the phone is still ringing, she calls the cops, they trace the call, oh no the call is coming from inside the house, where did that stupid housekeeper go?, check the children again, they are not there, find them in some sort of toy chest, finally see the bad guy (good, at least that means he is not going to call anymore!), running, running with kids, hide kids hide, ewwww she's wet and surrounded by fish!, yeah! We trapped him, run kids run, oh no! I see birds! That means he got out, kids go outside...blah, blah, blah...I won't ruin the ending for you. But the only good thing that came of this film was the world's longest run-on sentence that I managed to create!
In other news, I have a couple tests I need to be studying for. I am going to Salt Lake in April. I can't wait for the semester to be over. I hope I can find a good job when I get home! Oh, and my old high school swim Coach passed away on Wednesday. I just found out yesterday. His name was Coach Doug Fair, and I hope his family is coping alright. R.I.P. That's all for now. I hope everyone has a great week! As for the rating I was going to give the movie I saw, I don't even think it's worth rating.
My roommate Mels and I decided to go and see "When a Stranger Calls." We had seen some previews and it looked like it was a good movie...Boy were we wrong! From start to finish, that had to be the worst movie EVER!! Bethany, this may even beat out "The Man Who Knew Too Little" for the title! The whole film was filled with "scary music" even when nothing suspensful was happening. Oooh, the girl is running laps at her high school...Scary! ;) There was very little character development, I didn't feel like I could relate to anyone in the movie at all.
We quickly learn that the main character has to skip her high school party and babysit because she went over the minutes on her cell phone. She gets to the house. It is huge, has a ton of weird artwork (one statue in particular made me mad, because they didn't end up breaking it...Even though they showed it a half a dozen times!), there were also these weird lights that didn't turn on until someone entered the room. So the girl gets there, the parents leave, the girl discovers that she can't watch TV because the remote control is too complicated for her, then she proceeds to go to the parent's bedroom. Up until this point I am still in shock because this girl, wonderful babysitter that she is, has not even bothered to go and see the children yet! I mean the mother did say that they were sleeping, but when I babysat the first thing I do is go and see the kids! But no!! This girl decides to go to the parent's bedroom and try on all of the mother's jewelry and clothing!
All through this the "scary music" is playing. Finally, the phone starts ringing. It took them long enough to get to that point!! Yet now, looking back, I almost wish that the stupid phone had never started ringing. For the first few rings it was okay...Just some guy saying things like "have you checked the children"...Which makes her go and check on them. Then the phone calls get annoying...They never stop! Usually the gut doesn't even say anything...He just breaths.
Without ruining the pointless ending for you I will just sum it up. Too many phone calls, no character development, dumb subplots, a couple people die, the phone is still ringing, she calls the cops, they trace the call, oh no the call is coming from inside the house, where did that stupid housekeeper go?, check the children again, they are not there, find them in some sort of toy chest, finally see the bad guy (good, at least that means he is not going to call anymore!), running, running with kids, hide kids hide, ewwww she's wet and surrounded by fish!, yeah! We trapped him, run kids run, oh no! I see birds! That means he got out, kids go outside...blah, blah, blah...I won't ruin the ending for you. But the only good thing that came of this film was the world's longest run-on sentence that I managed to create!
In other news, I have a couple tests I need to be studying for. I am going to Salt Lake in April. I can't wait for the semester to be over. I hope I can find a good job when I get home! Oh, and my old high school swim Coach passed away on Wednesday. I just found out yesterday. His name was Coach Doug Fair, and I hope his family is coping alright. R.I.P. That's all for now. I hope everyone has a great week! As for the rating I was going to give the movie I saw, I don't even think it's worth rating.
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