Gatsby

This is the facebook message I just sent to my BFF, Sarah.


"Also this has nothing to do with you BUT TODAY IS APPARENTLY THE LAST DAY TO SEE GATSBY IN THE REGULAR THEATER IN POCATELLO AND THERE'S NOT A DATE POSTED WHEN IT'S GOING TO THE DOLLAR THEATER AND DAMN ALL YOU IDAHOANS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT AND MAKE IT LAST MORE THAN 20 DAYS IN THE THEATER
and I miss you."


I love her. We get each other.

And seriously, WTF Idaho.

Taylor... Oh, Taylor

I'm sitting here watching the Billboard Music Awards, and T Swift just performed.... And. Well, I'll come right out and say it. I have a problem with her.

Let's step back in time for a minute, back to 2006 when I first heard her. The first song I ever heard was "I'd Lie". My dear friend Corey had me listen to it in Mr. Cramer's photo class. I loved it. I thought it was great. Then when "Tim McGraw" came out, I was hooked. I own her first CD. I think it's great.

And then.....
"Fearless" came out and I was pleasantly surprised.
"Speak Now" was pretty good as well.
And "Red" has some catchy things.



BUT.
Some of the songs are so annoying. Some of the lyrics are terrible. Taylor's voice hasn't matured, in fact, I'm pretty sure it's gotten worse. Her live performances are terrible and weird.
She got all famous and always looks SO SHOCKED when she wins awards. But when she doesn't win awards she looks PISSED and like she could kill anyone who took her award away from her.
I know I don't know her personally.... But she seems like a brat.

Don't tell me I'm jealous. I'm not.
Other than the fact that I'm pretty sure I can sing better than her and WTF is she famous?

But then a new song comes out and I learn all the lyrics and belt it out and feel so ashamed of myself but then I buy it and  I hate her more because I'm putting money in her pocket and.... It's a big nasty shame spiral.
Yep.

Also, some of her song sound like she's still in high school.
Get over that shiz.

(Epiphany: Maybe that's why she annoys me so much. She didn't exactly grow up in her music since I first heard her my senior year of high school. I grew up, went to college, got married.... And she's still singing about who knows what happened in high school.)



PS: I'd never date her (if I were a boy) because we'd break up and she'd go all crazy-town and write a song about me.

Missionaries

I haven't been waiting for a missionary for 4 years, and I've obviously never been the missionary, but it still baffles me when I hear about boys "dear janeing" the girl back home right before they get home (right before meaning 1, 2, 3 months before).

Who in their right mind would write to a girl for 23 months, and then decide to not anymore. I don't understand it. Absolutely crazy.

I mean, ok. I understand that feelings change. I understand that feelings are hurt on both sides all the times, during all stages of waiting. But who writes a girl for almost two years, saying that he loves her and wants to be with her when he gets home, and then randomly decides.... well, nevermind. Ridiculous.


That aside.

I thought about writing a post about waiting for a missionary... But that will have to wait.

Favorite Quotes

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if 
one only remembers to turn on the light."

"It is our choices who show what we truly are, 
far more than our abilities."

Both courtesy of JK Rowling via Albus Dumbledore

"Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face."

Victor Hugo

"Love wins, love always wins."

"Love is the only rational act."

Both from Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom

"A self is not something static.... It is always becoming."

Madeleine L'Engle

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. 
What is essential is invisible to the eye."

From The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness 
because it shows me the stars."

Og Mandino

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."
From the movie Dead Poets Society

"Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them for a long time makes them all the more precious when they come."

Joseph F. Smith

In Memorium

I already wrote a post about my dear cousin Katrina here.

Feel free to read it.

My beautiful cousin gave her life for her little one, and will be greatly missed.

My Life Story

My friend is doing a blog challenge during the month of May, and I thought I'd hop on board, to some extent, at least. I'm not going to post every day, and I probably won't post about every topic, but I figured it would give me some interesting topics to blog about.
I'm still debating if I'm going to do any of it on my other blog. I probably will.
Let's be honest.... There are no rules in the blogosphere.

First Day//Your Life Story in 250 Words or Less (but who's counting.....)

// Born in Clearwater, Florida, 24 years ago. 
// Parents divorced when I was a year old and Mom and I moved to Utah.
// Went to Manilla Elementary in Pleasant Grove for K-1, Wasatch Elementary in Provo for 2-6. Met my first besties, Lexi in 3rd grade and Dani in 5th.
// Went to Lakeridge Jr High for 7th, Lehi Jr High for 8th and 9th. Met my bestie Ayisha in 7th grade. My time in jr high is a blur of crushes, boy bands, and sleepovers.
// Jr high was also a time of step-family drama.
// Went to Lehi High for 10th, Mountain View High for 11th and 12th. High school was a time of boyfriends, first kisses, school dances, concerts, and dancing.
// Spent two amazing summers laying the foundation of my testimony of the LDS church.
// Moved 9 times before moving out for college.
// Went to BYU with my heart set on one boy, met a great boy my sophomore year, got engaged to that great boy my junior year, and got married the summer before my senior year. 
// Joined a group on facebook that consisted entirely of girls waiting for missionaries, and met some of my best friends there.
// Met life long friends in my single's ward, including a bishop who was like a father to me.
// Graduated from BYU with a BS in Family Life and Human Development at age 21.
// Moved to Pocatello, Idaho with my awesome husband for him to go to graduate school, and here we are!

Body Image and Exercise

I had this goal to start doing the 30 day shred this week. But you know, then that time of the month happened and that goal went out the window.

Let's talk about body image for a minute.

We're surrounded and bombarded by images of what is "pretty" and "acceptable".
I will be the first to say I've been taken in by them.

I have never really subscribed to the weight thing. I mean, I think it's important to be within a healthy weight range, but I definitely don't think that you need to be ruled by your "number".

Anywayyyyy.
I go through these phases. One when I wish I was a lot skinnier (think high school days), one when I like myself just the way I am, and a bunch of others.
The point being, I am really going to get my booty into gear and lose some weight. Ok, scratch that, lose some inches. I'm the laziest person I know (seriously) and so it's going to take a lot of motivation and grit to actually stick to a fitness plan. Believe me, I have tried and failed many times.

(OMG JENNY YOU ARE BEING SUCH A BRAT AND STOP WITH THE DARK MAKEUP)
(Sorry, quick rant, watching Gossip Girl over here...)

There is really no point to this post.
Other than I am going to stick it to the man (or rather stick it to me) so my clothes actually hang a little more like they are supposed to :)