shout out.

I would just like to give a shout out to cable TV because if it weren't for cable than I wouldn't be able to watch my beloved suns play the lakers tonight!

GO SUNS :)

family time.

tonight for FHE, we did a picture scavenger hunt! it was so fun and we got some great pictures. i'll only share a few...but maybe don't tell my "sons" and "daughters" (i'm the FHE mom in my singles ward) because they may not like that i posted these online.

picture 1: give someone an eskimo kiss.
picture 2: hold hands with a stranger.
picture 3: dancing on a stage in the HFAC
picture 4: picture with someone with a mustache (look carefully and you will see that the stuffed animal does indeed have a mustache)

*these are just a few of the fun pictures we took. it was a fun night! my team won, by the way :)

reality check

I love reality shows. They are my guilty pleasure. My two favorites are Survivor--I think I've watched all 20 seasons (don't judge)--and The Bachelor/Bachelorette. Fortunately, the timing of these shows is quite convenient. Season 20 of Survivor ended on Sunday night. I was semi-disappointed with the result, but I guess when it comes down to it, Sandra did outwit, outlast, and outplay the other 20 contestants. I still wish Jerri had won though...
Anyways, like I said, Survivor ended on Sunday and I was afraid I was going to go through reality show withdrawals because the Bachelor/Bachelorette have not started yet. FORTUNATELY, I found out a few days ago that the Bachelorette will be starting next Monday! So I only have to go a week without a reality show in my life. I think I will survive :)

Now, I do not think I'm the most persuasive poster so most of you won't start watching the Bachelorette on Monday just because I say I like it, BUT if you do, I would just like to express to you all what my mom has said to me many a time after I tell her about my love for the Bachelorette: "That's not reality. That's not how love really happens."

Yes mom, you're right. But it's still fun to watch!

Crashed.

My computer has been down for about a week now. The last time I had it on, all these virus warnings came up and I have been too busy to deal with it so I have just been using my roommates' computers or computers on campus. It's amazing how much more time I have to do productive things--as opposed to checking facebook--when I have a limited amount of time on the computer each day! As productive as I've been, though, I still want my computer back! Hopefully I'll find some time to have it looked at soon...

emotions

it's crazy to me how one small exposure to the media can affect our emotions.

The media can make us laugh.
Exhibit A: (i'm not sure why i found this commercial so hilarious but i did)



The media can make us cry.
Exhibit A: watched Pearl Harbor with the roommates on saturday night. every single one of them cried when danny died (i would have cried too if i was a crier...but i struggle with that emotion)

The media can make our day.
Exhibit A: one new text message from __________
Exhibit B: one new facebook notification
Exhibit C: one new blog comment
Exhibit D: you've got mail!

the list really could go on and on....

bookworm

in my last post i discussed favorite music and favorite movies and now i have an assignment to discuss my favorite books.
once again, picking a favorite is pretty much impossible. there are just too many choices. i mean seriously, have you been in a library before? books everywhere! how's a girl to choose?
but i guess if i had to pick a favorite, i could narrow it down to a series. namely, The Children of the Promise books by Dean Hughes. these books are LDS novels written about a fictional family that lived during WWII.
i read these books when i was about 16 and they have remained my favorite books ever since then. i attribute it to the fact that i am fascinated with learning about World War II. add that to the fact that i love LDS novels, and we have ourselves a winner i suppose. i would highly recommend these books to anyone :)

now readers, what is YOUR favorite book? and if you can't narrow it down like i had trouble doing, favorite series? or genre even? i'm always looking for book recommendations so let me know!

getting to know you

i met someone new today. we talked for a while, getting to know the basics: name, where you're from, major, family info.
but right after we discussed these things, his next question was: "so what's your favorite movie?" followed soon after by the question "what kind of music do you like?"

this got me thinking about how much the media we expose ourselves to can say about a us. if it wasn't such telling information, these questions would not be so high on the "getting to know you" question list. right?

it also got me thinking about how difficult these questions are for me to answer. i'm not sure i have a favorite movie. i like most movies that i see. so when asked what my favorite movie is, i usually just refer to the last movie i watched. using this strategy, my favorite movie right now is "Confessions of a Shopaholic."
one word: hilarious. the dancing scene is probably my favorite. and i do a pretty great imitation of it too. just sayin.

as for favorite music. that is probably an even harder question for me to answer because i usually just let my friends decide what i like. i give them my ipod, they fill it up with their favorite songs, and pretty soon those songs become my favorites too. it's a pretty good system, i think. it introduces me to music that i would never just pick out to listen to but i find out later that i actually really like.

exhibit a: i was running today with my ipod on shuffle. a techno song came on. i thought i hated techno music. i was wrong. turns out, techno is great running music. who would've guessed it? not me.


*if you don't like techno, please don't judge.

sleeping beauty

sleeping is one of my talents. i am proud of it. i can sleep in nearly any circumstance: lights on, lights off, in a bed, on the floor, with covers, without covers, with five pillows, with no pillows, right side up, upside down, etc. etc. (if you don't believe me, ask my roommates or my mom. they can confirm this) until thursday night, i thought there was NOTHING that could prevent me from sleeping. turns out, i was wrong. there is one thing that can hamper my ability to sleep. namely, music. i never realized how impossible it made sleeping until my new roommate moved in. she likes to listen to music as she falls asleep. and it's not like she is listening to rock or rap music. it's calm, peaceful, beautiful music that i would suppose calms most people. however, for me, there was nothing more distracting. i laid in bed for two hours unsuccessfully trying to fall asleep and that rarely, if ever, happens. i don't know why it made sleeping so impossible. it is quite strange to me especially since nothing else seems to prevent me from sleeping. i can sleep through movies and other noises. there is just something about music that makes sleeping difficult. and i can't figure out what it is...

on another sleeping note:
yahoo is my home page. usually i don't pay much attention to the articles that make the web page, but on friday morning, after my restless night, this article popped up and i was intrigued. so i read it--take a look if you're interested. it's an article called "what does your sleep position reveal about your personality?"
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/what-does-your-sleep-position-reveal-about-your-personality-1338293/

what sleep position am i??? well, according to the last three night's of sleep, i am part of the 5% that changes positions from night to night. i like to switch it up :) unfortunately, there were no explanations regarding this rare 5% and their personalities. maybe that means my personality isn't consistent either. i don't really know. all i know is that i like sleep. and i'm fascinated with what the media has revealed to me about my sleeping habits over the last few days. who would've thought that even the sleeping mind could be affected by the media?!