I am obsessed. For the past three days, I have been obsessively keeping track of the scores and checking my bracket. And guess what. I am still tied for first place in my brother's bracket group. And day four is over. And I'm still on top. I am the master at March Madness.
I took a lot of hits, though. BYU. Kansas. Villanova. Georgetown. So much loss, misery, and pain. My potential score is super low now. Upsets. WHY, oh why!??! And poor BYU. I wish we wouldn't have lost. They would have played in Salt Lake last week. That would have been AMAZING. And poor Jimmer. Broken nose. That beautiful face, marred.
I LOVE MARCH MADNESS. And I want to win. But I just don't know if that is still possible.
Also, the round one BYU game was on Thursday morning, and I was at work. So.... I watched it in my office, on my computer, on a live feed. With head phones. And I switched the windows back and forth when people walked by, so I wouldn't get in trouble. These are the sorts of sacrifice a BYU/basketball/march madness fan must make. Risky business. Would have been awful to lose my job. AND, I had just recently asked my boss for a letter of recommendation...
Anyway
I am just really excited that I will be at BYU for another year, will be able to buy another year's worth of a sport's pass, and go to football and basketball games for another year. New quarterback. More Jimmer. What could possibly be better? I have no clue. I love BYU sports. LOVE them.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I want to Blog.
Let's talk about the uncertainty of the future.
Or about how much I don't want to do assignments for my English classes.
Or about how I wish I could just be taking Greek History, and that's all. Because I love it.
Or about how I can't decide how I feel about change.
Random.
1. I am brutally honest. Major. Sometimes I say mean things on accident. So, sorry in advance.
2. I want a bike. A yellow one. And I'm going to call it Lightening Thief. Or Mr. Thief for short.
3. Duckie from "Pretty in Pink" is my secret crush. Favorite movie character ever. By far.
4. Paul got a blog. socalrpm.wordpress.com. Check it out.
5. I want to go to Washington again. I daydream about it every day. All day.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Recently.
1. I bought the Adam Lambert CD. A little sketch, but SO WORTH the $7.99 on iTunes.
2. I've been eating a lot of brownies for lunch.
3. BYU beat #1 ranked Pepperdine in men's volleyball yesterday. woot woot.
4. I want to go shopping. A lot. But I don't have any money.
5. I have to read "Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones" for my Adolescent Lit class. It's about a 16 year old girl who gets pregnant and then she marries the father- Bo Jo- who's 17. Kind of horrible and kind of fascinating. It was published in 1967, so don't worry, no dirty stuff. Plus, it's required reading.
6. I slept in until 11:30 today. Nice.
7. I dream of not waking up for church tomorrow- accidentally- and then driving to Temple Square and absorbing the North Visitor's Center instead.
8. I want sunshine. boo snow.
9. I have eaten at In 'N Out twice in the last 3 days. YUM.
10. Me and Audrey finally went to see "Percy Jackson." I actually liked it. For a book turned movie deal. The two of us actually didn't remember the book that well, so it would've been hard to be disappointed.
11. When I took a nap the other day, I noticed the roof on my apartment building (I could see it out the window). There are big wooden slats that are SO long, three of them overlap somehow before one of them ends.
12. We added a new quote to the quote wall in our apartment. It's from me: "I live inside a build-a-bear world." You know, because everything is happy and you leave with something to snuggle with.
13. Michael Jackson still makes me very happy. I listened and sang to Dirty Diana the other day- best 3 minutes of the last 3 days of my life.
14. I like going to the gym. But it makes me tired.
15. Evan Lysacek is my hero. Such an attractive ice-skater man.
16. American Idol. Why don't I like you that much this year?! Something is wrong with me. But I'm working on it. And Ellen is not even funny on it. Rude.
17. WHY DOESN'T BYU HAVE SPRING BREAK?
Anyway, sorry about the "I didn't blog for a whole month" thing. But have a lovely day.
2. I've been eating a lot of brownies for lunch.
3. BYU beat #1 ranked Pepperdine in men's volleyball yesterday. woot woot.
4. I want to go shopping. A lot. But I don't have any money.
5. I have to read "Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones" for my Adolescent Lit class. It's about a 16 year old girl who gets pregnant and then she marries the father- Bo Jo- who's 17. Kind of horrible and kind of fascinating. It was published in 1967, so don't worry, no dirty stuff. Plus, it's required reading.
6. I slept in until 11:30 today. Nice.
7. I dream of not waking up for church tomorrow- accidentally- and then driving to Temple Square and absorbing the North Visitor's Center instead.
8. I want sunshine. boo snow.
9. I have eaten at In 'N Out twice in the last 3 days. YUM.
10. Me and Audrey finally went to see "Percy Jackson." I actually liked it. For a book turned movie deal. The two of us actually didn't remember the book that well, so it would've been hard to be disappointed.
11. When I took a nap the other day, I noticed the roof on my apartment building (I could see it out the window). There are big wooden slats that are SO long, three of them overlap somehow before one of them ends.
12. We added a new quote to the quote wall in our apartment. It's from me: "I live inside a build-a-bear world." You know, because everything is happy and you leave with something to snuggle with.
13. Michael Jackson still makes me very happy. I listened and sang to Dirty Diana the other day- best 3 minutes of the last 3 days of my life.
14. I like going to the gym. But it makes me tired.
15. Evan Lysacek is my hero. Such an attractive ice-skater man.
16. American Idol. Why don't I like you that much this year?! Something is wrong with me. But I'm working on it. And Ellen is not even funny on it. Rude.
17. WHY DOESN'T BYU HAVE SPRING BREAK?
Anyway, sorry about the "I didn't blog for a whole month" thing. But have a lovely day.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Blogging Block. So. Life.
Warning: This post is super boring. It doesn't even have a point. So you don't have to read it.
So. Blogging. This is only my second post this month. Which is weird, because I usually have at least a weekly post, or if happens to be December 2009, somehow I manage to post 11 times. Don't know how that happened. But now, I don't even know what to write about. And it's not that my last couple of weeks haven't been awesome and exciting and great, I just don't have anything to say. Which is weird for me, because I always have loads of things to say. In fact, most of the time, I have WAY TOO MUCH to say, and that leads to really, extra long posts that nobody but me wants to read. Yes, I do go back and read old posts quite often. Rachelle thinks that's weird.
So. School. Love/hate relationship. I came into this semester thinking that I was going to love my classes more than ever before. But honestly, it's really hard to love your classes when you a) don't do your homework, b) don't listen in class, c) don't do the assigned reading (most of the time) and d) do kind of poorly on 50% of the quizzes that you take. It's a problem. But not an unsolveable one. I've just been... distracted. That's all. I'll get back on the good student train soon, I think. Starting with tonight. It is a Friday night, and you know what I'm doing? Staying in and doing my homework. Or blogging, whichever one seems most important (you can see that my blog is winning that battle...).
So. Work. Love/hate relationship. I really do love my job. Promise. But lately, I've just been getting bored and so excited to get out of there at the end of the day. I think it's because I'm nearing the end of the first stage of a big project, and I'm a little uncertain about what is going to come next, how time consuming it will be, and how difficult and challenging it will be. Just a little nervous, and just a little bit lazy. Such is life. But Nellie Gubler and the St. George stuff is coming along quite nicely. Love the old wedding announcements. And the LOVE LETTERS. I've been reading love letters for the last 2 weeks, and they are super fun. Most are just normal and cute at the end, but some are SUPER SUPER SAPPY, and it's hilarious- I actually felt bad for the guy writing the sappiness. So fun to read, though.
Aaaandnnddd... I just want to read good books and hang out with people all the time. That's all I want! I don't want to read stupid online articles from the English Journal for all my English teaching classes. They are boring and pointless, and let's face it, the goal isn't to teach English ANYWAY! I'm just so annoyed about having to buy textbooks and then only using them for 1/4 of the class reading assignments. HEY. English teaching department. FIX THIS.
I am wanting to be a teacher less and less. Mostly I just want to be a wife and PTA mom. But I still want to go to library school and be an archivist. I would just love doing that for my life- after my kids (whenever they and a husband choose to come along--obviously in reverse order) are grown up and everything and I get bored with cleaning, scrapbooking, shopping, playing kid games, blogging and cooking all day.
So that's it. A boring post. Hopefully this will get me thinking about blogging again, and the good idea train will come back around the bend. But if not, this was at least an update on my life.
And by the way, Percy Jackson comes out soon. February 5.
So. Blogging. This is only my second post this month. Which is weird, because I usually have at least a weekly post, or if happens to be December 2009, somehow I manage to post 11 times. Don't know how that happened. But now, I don't even know what to write about. And it's not that my last couple of weeks haven't been awesome and exciting and great, I just don't have anything to say. Which is weird for me, because I always have loads of things to say. In fact, most of the time, I have WAY TOO MUCH to say, and that leads to really, extra long posts that nobody but me wants to read. Yes, I do go back and read old posts quite often. Rachelle thinks that's weird.
So. School. Love/hate relationship. I came into this semester thinking that I was going to love my classes more than ever before. But honestly, it's really hard to love your classes when you a) don't do your homework, b) don't listen in class, c) don't do the assigned reading (most of the time) and d) do kind of poorly on 50% of the quizzes that you take. It's a problem. But not an unsolveable one. I've just been... distracted. That's all. I'll get back on the good student train soon, I think. Starting with tonight. It is a Friday night, and you know what I'm doing? Staying in and doing my homework. Or blogging, whichever one seems most important (you can see that my blog is winning that battle...).
So. Work. Love/hate relationship. I really do love my job. Promise. But lately, I've just been getting bored and so excited to get out of there at the end of the day. I think it's because I'm nearing the end of the first stage of a big project, and I'm a little uncertain about what is going to come next, how time consuming it will be, and how difficult and challenging it will be. Just a little nervous, and just a little bit lazy. Such is life. But Nellie Gubler and the St. George stuff is coming along quite nicely. Love the old wedding announcements. And the LOVE LETTERS. I've been reading love letters for the last 2 weeks, and they are super fun. Most are just normal and cute at the end, but some are SUPER SUPER SAPPY, and it's hilarious- I actually felt bad for the guy writing the sappiness. So fun to read, though.
Aaaandnnddd... I just want to read good books and hang out with people all the time. That's all I want! I don't want to read stupid online articles from the English Journal for all my English teaching classes. They are boring and pointless, and let's face it, the goal isn't to teach English ANYWAY! I'm just so annoyed about having to buy textbooks and then only using them for 1/4 of the class reading assignments. HEY. English teaching department. FIX THIS.
I am wanting to be a teacher less and less. Mostly I just want to be a wife and PTA mom. But I still want to go to library school and be an archivist. I would just love doing that for my life- after my kids (whenever they and a husband choose to come along--obviously in reverse order) are grown up and everything and I get bored with cleaning, scrapbooking, shopping, playing kid games, blogging and cooking all day.
So that's it. A boring post. Hopefully this will get me thinking about blogging again, and the good idea train will come back around the bend. But if not, this was at least an update on my life.
And by the way, Percy Jackson comes out soon. February 5.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
My Current Playlist
So, for the past two years, my music listening has been devoted almost entirely to Michael Jackson. There have been some obsessive peaks and some lulls, but most of the time, the song I want to listen to when I get on the computer or need to pick some laundry-folding music was written and/or recorded by the one and only. I had a Beat It phase, a phase of the whole Bad album, a Dangerous phase, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Earth Song, Jackson 5 phase, The Jacksons phase, a phase of collaborations with people like Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney-- I even had phases for similar types of music that didn't feature Michael- like Prince, Janet Jackson and other Motown artists like Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Temptations, Smokey, and Stevie. It has just been never ending.
BUT, I am currently in a lull. Michael has been gone for six months now, and I am slowly moving on. Don't think I'm forgetting about him, though. I'm still the number one fan in Provo. And I'm still going to buy the DVD of "This Is It" at midnight when it comes out on January 26.
But there is proof of this movement in my current playlist of "have to listen to all the time" songs. I mean, check out the variety!!! This is totally a new thing for me.
They are as follows (keep in mind, I would definitely recommend any of these. But you may have to find the clean version)
1. Bigger, The Backstreet Boys
2. Shattered, The Backstreet Boys
3. Cold Case Love, Rihanna
4. Firebomb, Rihanna
5. Crawl, Chris Brown
6. So Cold, Chris Brown
7. Time for Miracles, Adam Lambert
8. Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (look for the clean one)
9. Call the Man, Celine Dion (an old classic!)
10. He Could Be The One, Hannah Montana
11. Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus (It's taken a long time for this one to get old!)
12. Wait For You, Elliot Yamin
13. Fifteen, Taylor Swift (yeah, I NEVER thought she would be on my playlist, but I kind of think this girl is AWESOME.)
14. Unbelievable, Craig David
15. Touch My Hand, David Archuleta
16. Down, Jay Sean
17. Whatcha Say, Jason DeRulo
18. Knocks You Down, Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye (get the clean one!)
19. Run This Town, Jay-Z feat. Kanye and Rihanna (it's this one, specifically, that requires a clean version. Be careful.)
Below is a phase of songs I JUST RECENTLY got over. This marks the end of all the phases I'm talking about above.
1. Purple Rain, Prince
2. When Doves Cry, Prince
3. Escapade, Janet Jackson (LOVED THIS SONG.)
4. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
5. Blame it on the Boogie, The Jacksons
6. Cheater, Michael Jackson
7. This Place Hotel, The Jacksons
8. The entirety of the "Off the Wall" album, Michael Jackson- particularly the song, "Girlfriend" (written by Paul McCartney for Michael) This album literally got me through finals. We made it through some tough times together...
9. This Is It, Michael Jackson. (So emotional!!)
You can all now clap your hands for me. I'm expanding my music-listening. It's great news, really. Just don't think that I like Michael any less, because that kind of betrayal is NOT going to happen. But seriously, good good songs on this list. Look them up. I'm particularly into the new Rihanna ones at the top. And the new Backstreet Boys CD. I love those guys.
By the way, Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy back to school, and everything like that. I've been MIA for a while, but I'm back on the blog. YAY.
BUT, I am currently in a lull. Michael has been gone for six months now, and I am slowly moving on. Don't think I'm forgetting about him, though. I'm still the number one fan in Provo. And I'm still going to buy the DVD of "This Is It" at midnight when it comes out on January 26.
But there is proof of this movement in my current playlist of "have to listen to all the time" songs. I mean, check out the variety!!! This is totally a new thing for me.
They are as follows (keep in mind, I would definitely recommend any of these. But you may have to find the clean version)
1. Bigger, The Backstreet Boys
2. Shattered, The Backstreet Boys
3. Cold Case Love, Rihanna
4. Firebomb, Rihanna
5. Crawl, Chris Brown
6. So Cold, Chris Brown
7. Time for Miracles, Adam Lambert
8. Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (look for the clean one)
9. Call the Man, Celine Dion (an old classic!)
10. He Could Be The One, Hannah Montana
11. Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus (It's taken a long time for this one to get old!)
12. Wait For You, Elliot Yamin
13. Fifteen, Taylor Swift (yeah, I NEVER thought she would be on my playlist, but I kind of think this girl is AWESOME.)
14. Unbelievable, Craig David
15. Touch My Hand, David Archuleta
16. Down, Jay Sean
17. Whatcha Say, Jason DeRulo
18. Knocks You Down, Keri Hilson feat. Ne-Yo and Kanye (get the clean one!)
19. Run This Town, Jay-Z feat. Kanye and Rihanna (it's this one, specifically, that requires a clean version. Be careful.)
Below is a phase of songs I JUST RECENTLY got over. This marks the end of all the phases I'm talking about above.
1. Purple Rain, Prince
2. When Doves Cry, Prince
3. Escapade, Janet Jackson (LOVED THIS SONG.)
4. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
5. Blame it on the Boogie, The Jacksons
6. Cheater, Michael Jackson
7. This Place Hotel, The Jacksons
8. The entirety of the "Off the Wall" album, Michael Jackson- particularly the song, "Girlfriend" (written by Paul McCartney for Michael) This album literally got me through finals. We made it through some tough times together...
9. This Is It, Michael Jackson. (So emotional!!)
You can all now clap your hands for me. I'm expanding my music-listening. It's great news, really. Just don't think that I like Michael any less, because that kind of betrayal is NOT going to happen. But seriously, good good songs on this list. Look them up. I'm particularly into the new Rihanna ones at the top. And the new Backstreet Boys CD. I love those guys.
By the way, Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy back to school, and everything like that. I've been MIA for a while, but I'm back on the blog. YAY.
Friday, December 25, 2009
That's better.
Click on this LINK.
Maybe I just need to move to the UK.
Notice that Meyer woman at #23. JKR is #1. Yep.
And notice JRR Tolkien. #25. Still at the top after all these years. Shakespeare, Dickens, and Dr. Seuss are on there too.
This website places Harry on the list, and NOT Twilight. I like them.
This one includes HBP (Half-Blood Prince), and not ONE of the Twilight books. It is a list of best books of the last 20 years, and they were voted on by ACADEMICS.
Sorry I suddenly got so fierce about this. That's all.
Maybe I just need to move to the UK.
Notice that Meyer woman at #23. JKR is #1. Yep.
And notice JRR Tolkien. #25. Still at the top after all these years. Shakespeare, Dickens, and Dr. Seuss are on there too.
This website places Harry on the list, and NOT Twilight. I like them.
This one includes HBP (Half-Blood Prince), and not ONE of the Twilight books. It is a list of best books of the last 20 years, and they were voted on by ACADEMICS.
Sorry I suddenly got so fierce about this. That's all.
ATROCITY.
So mad right now. Are they serious? Twilight before Harry Potter??!?! I can't even speak.
I just don't understand.
There is not a single person in the world that can claim that Twilight is better literature than Harry Potter. THERE ARE FREAKING TYPOS IN THAT MEYER WOMAN'S BOOKS!! (and I don't use that word!)
Click on the link above if you are confused. And then scroll down to the list of "top 10 books of the 2000s."
And I know that some of my readers with laugh at this. But let me make myself clear: THIS IS NOT FUNNY.
I just don't understand.
There is not a single person in the world that can claim that Twilight is better literature than Harry Potter. THERE ARE FREAKING TYPOS IN THAT MEYER WOMAN'S BOOKS!! (and I don't use that word!)
Click on the link above if you are confused. And then scroll down to the list of "top 10 books of the 2000s."
And I know that some of my readers with laugh at this. But let me make myself clear: THIS IS NOT FUNNY.
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