No Subject

Well, it has been a while, but I am updating now. Here is the DL: I was dating someone, but now I am not. No big deal, it just happened. I enjoyed the month of October, but it was so busy I wanted to faint! Still, overall it went pretty well. The other day in my Humanities class we talked briefly about journal writing. It was funny becasue this one guy in my class said that he sugar-coated everything, even his journal. My professor said that when his kids are reading it in the future, they are going to feel like bad people and want to go kill themselves because dad is so composed all the time and they feel like emotional wrecks. I laughed a little...well, a lot. Then I recalled my last journal entry...
Dear Journal,
Good day. That is all.
Love,
Amy
Well, maybe my berevity will prevent my children from feeling like emotional wrecks. Who knows?

Nothing to Say

I am avoiding Homework, but am almost done anyways so it is not tha big of a deal. Things are pretty busy lately. If I can get a full nights sleep and still be sane I count it as a great day. Wish I had something better to say, but alas, I am thoughtless. I am mostly writing because Brianon wanted me to do so. I like her, so I did it. Well, back to Naked Economics.

His Dark Materials

So I find myself reading, which is not that common for me. Since Winter semester ended I have read at least eleven books, and I am in the middle of three more! I have enjoyed every book I have picked up this summer, but my favorites are the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. This trilogy includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. They are of the Fantasy genre. I don't want to write too much about them for fear of giving the plot away to unsuspecting readers, but these books are simply amazing. The Golden Compass took my breath away. It was so exotic and exciting that the entire time I was reading I was wishing I could just live it! The Sublte Knife was, at least for me, a much slower and harder read simply because it did not keep the same pace as its predecesor, but it was the perfect prelude to The Amber Spyglass. This final book stole my heart. This final book brings the story to a very gratifying close. The entire trilogy was simply breathtaking. I loved the setting(s), the characters, the symbolism behind the characters, the idea of a physical manifestation of a soul (called a daemon), the inner and outer conflict between good and evil, and basically everything there is to love about a book. It was a long journey through this trilogy, but there is no doubt that it was an adventure that was worth adventuring. Everyone should read these books.

The Cave

So, as most of you know my family is moving this summer. Well, we officially have to be out of our old house now, but we can not move into our new house for a few weeks because they are still finishing contruction on it. As a result, we are currently residing in what has lovingly been dubbed "the Cave." I have no major complaints about the Cave - it is great... except that the pink paint is peeling off of the bathroom walls and falling to the blue sticky nastiness that stubornly insists on inhabiting the floor, there is practically no lighting at all, I share a bedroom (and a bed) with my messy, snoring teenage sister and the toilet sprays out at me when I try to flush it (that last one is the most exciting). My bedroom is painted a splendid, splotchy yellow. My makeshift desk is a dollhouse table that is about a foot and a half tall, and the chair is eight inches. Quite the adventure, that's for sure. On the up side, my bedroom is much bigger than the one in my apartment and my little sister is out of town for the next two weeks so I get to sit around and play my keyboard and guitar as much as I want. Very bohemian, isn't it Brianon?

Wicked!

There is nothing in the world like seeing Wicked on the third row! I can honestly say I couldn't be happier! I had almost forgotten that my previous obsession with Wicked was totally justified! Luckily, I have learned the error of my ways and am re-wickidified. This is a picture of Me, Stacy, Alison and Megan Hilty (Glinda) She was absolutely amazing!

Good news!

So in the past couple months I have oficially lost 10 pounds! Congrats to me! As a reward to myself I bought myself the first season of the series Dead like Me. Oops! I can't wait to get it and watch it!

Dead Like Me

Morbid title, but don't get any ideas. I have recently discovered the most amazing TV series ever. It is on SciFi. I don't really have anyone to tell about it, so I thought I would post a blog about the amazingness that it embodies. The show follows a girl named Georgia. She was 19 years old when she died, and now she is a grim reaper. She lives in the real world and has a real job and everything, except she also...how shall we say it?...reaps people. She has a whole bunch of really quirky and funny reaper friends and lives just as if she were alive, but shes not. It is totally cool and fun to watch.

Summer Vacation Starts!

Last Satruday I officially started my summer vacation! I went to the Salt Lake City Art Festival with Rebecca, Bart, Heather, Charles, Sam and Dalin. I had a great time and I am looking forward to an amazing summer!

Just Stuff...

Well, I am still at school. After this semester it will have been an entire year...without stopping. I thought it would be fun to stay for Spring Term, and it sould be. I have amazing roommates and a totally fun ward. But it is not fun. I am sure things will get better, but it has been hard. Really hard. Nobody knows, and even though I am writing this on a public blog, no one is going to read it so they still won't know. No good. Just no good. There is one up side to right now though. I am watching James Bond. Anyone who knows me probably knows that I usually watch James Bond when I feel upset or alone. Defense mechanism. Works most of the time. But not lately. I don't want to do anything lately. I am sick of sculpture, absolutely regreting my guitar class, and would rather die than play another game of racquetball. I guess everyone has to feel bad sometimes. Hope I get over it before too long.

Baby Einstein

There really is only so much baby television one can take without going totally insane. I fear I am about to reach that limit. We shall see if I survive.

Commando!

This is the night that Eric broke his foot and Brianon broke her arm. Sounds safe, doesn't it?

Red Meat

Jeralee Johnson just got a whole bunch of meat from the cow her family slaughtered not too long ago, and she let me cook it. I just had the biggest, juiciest filet mignon that I have ever had. Thanks Jeralee.

Yeah...

Well, it is Saturday, an I am hoping to procrastinate studying for my Biblical Hebrew midterm just one day more. As of right now, I have no plans for today but I am sure that whatever I do it will be with Brianon, and it will be AMAZING!

Scholarship

Just wanted everyone to knowthat I have a scholarship for spring term, and I am so excited! It pays for my tuition, so it is pretty good!

Martha Party!

This past Friday my Roommate Becca and I decided to throw a Martha Stewart Party. It was utterly fantastic. I found a white sheet in a DI bin and washed it so I could use it as a table cloth. We used all of the flowers we got for Valentines day along with a few candles for the table settings. We dined on Herbed pork and Baked Broccoli and Apples with rolls. We even balled a cantelope and put toothpicks through the balls to put in the Martinellis. It really was amazing. Stefanie and Becca are in the top picture and Alison and I are in the bottom one.

Quarantine!

This is the cake I made jsut after Valentines day. It is for Andrea.

Bread

So I am so glad that Rebecca posted the Bread recipe on the family website, becuase now I make bread ALL THE TIME! It pretty much rocks.

Backwards Pants

Wow! look at those beautiful toes in the bottom right corner...

Old Pic, New Twist

So this is a picture of when i went paintballing last semester with Skippy, David, Dae Mook, Bart and Becca. It was pretty cool. Honestly, I think Skippy overemphasized his skilz, but lets just humor him...

I was told by my roommate that I should post more on my blog, so that is what I am doing. I don't really have much to say, so I guess that is it. If Ruth dies, I get her credit hours.