Pink Lemonade

Saturday, September 30, 2006

♦ 9/30/2006 09:55:00 PM 1 comments

Ok. So I've been on two official dates now and we're going to Conference tomorrow morning. After telling more than one person this, I'm begining to get predictions on when he'll kiss me/ a proposal. Personally, I'm playing it closer to the vest and am refusing to anticipate any of these options (not that they wouldn't be welcome! Au contraire!) So, I'm taking all predictions, bets, etc. What do you think?

And... what happens if I do fall in love?

Behold, the Muse

Labels: relationships

♦ 9/30/2006 07:53:00 AM 2 comments

After years of detesting Vegas, I suddenly find that I have a strange new love for that place. Huh.

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Labels: Odds and Ends

Cars

♦ 9/30/2006 12:51:00 AM 2 comments

So, I just got back about half an hour ago from seeing Cars for the very first time. (It's at the dollar theater.) Good movie indeed! Probably the best one I've seen for a long time (but this could be a biased opinion based on the company I was with tonight).

In the morning I'm headed up to Park City to spend a few quality hours with the fam. Dad had a conference or something today so that's why they're up here. I'll be back in the evening so that J-Dawg can pick me up Sunday morning (we're going to the Conference Center- oh boy! No sarcasm in that statement, either, I swear!)

Conference in the morning at 10 Mountain daylight time! Don't forget!

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Labels: Entertainment, Religion

Perks of the job

Thursday, September 28, 2006

♦ 9/28/2006 10:16:00 PM 0 comments

Perks of being a TA at the same time I'm taking the class:
1) I don't have to take the quizes. Any of them. I get an automatic 100%.
2) I get payed for going to lecture
3) I get payed for going to lab
4) I get to pick the flowers I want before any other student (well, excepting the other T.A.s)
5) I am HEAD TA

Perks of being a TA for this class:
1) I can still do OneStop winter semester because labs won't have started yet
2) Free flowers.

Downfalls of the job:
1) I think I'm developing allergies
2) Bruises from the cooler. Yeah, that thing is dangerous.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: work

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

♦ 9/27/2006 10:27:00 PM 2 comments

So, I'm guessing it's a pretty safe bet to say a guy likes a girl when he asks her on a date two weeks in a row, right? And then asks her to conference, too?

Yeah, I still want to know.

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Labels: relationships

Conference is coming

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

♦ 9/26/2006 05:19:00 PM 2 comments

I'm going to a session of Conference! Sunday morning. I'm so excited.

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Labels: Religion

Promise

Monday, September 25, 2006

♦ 9/25/2006 05:26:00 PM 0 comments

My Dove Dark Chocolate Promises really want me to know that "Life is a painting" and to "fill the entire canvas."

I get to visit with my former bishop on Wednesday. I can hardly wait!

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Labels: food

Late Svithe- not a Sonnet

♦ 9/25/2006 12:52:00 AM 0 comments

Highlights (literally if you look in my text book) from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's "The PEaceable Things of the Kingdom" conference report given in October, 1996. See Ensign, Nov. 1996, 82-84.

"Peace and good tidings [are] solutions to personal struggles and human sinfulness, a source of strength for days of weariness and hours of genuine despair.

"Ultimately it is Christ who is beautiful upon the mountain. And it is His merciful promise of 'peace in this world,' His good tidings of 'eternal life in the world to come' that make us fall at His feet and call His name blessed and give thanks for the restoration of His true and living Church." (see Mosiah 15:18)

"There are times in all of our lives when deep sorrow or suffering or fear or loneliness makes us cry out for the peace which only God Himself can bring. These are times of piercing spiritual hunger when even the dearest friends cannot fully come to our aid.

"Yes, peace is a very precious commodity, a truly heartfelt need, and there are many things we can do to achieve it. But- for whatever reason- life has its moments when uninterrupted peace may seam to elude us for a season. We may wonder why there are such times in life, particularly when we may be trying harder than we have ever tried to live worthy of God's blessings and obtain His help. When problems or sorrows or sadness come and they don't seem to be our fault, what are we to make of their unwelcome appearance?

"... Such problems in life do come for a purpose, if only to allow the one who faces such despair to be convinced that he really does need divine strength beyond himself, that she really does need the offer of heaven's hand.

"A life without problems or limitations or challenges... would paradoxically but in very fact be less rewarding and less ennobling than one which confronts... difficulty and disappointment and sorrow.

"Praying for peace, pleading for peace, seeking peace in any way taht would not compromise union, Abraham Lincoln said in those dar, dark days of his First Inaugural: 'Though passion may have strained, it must not break our nonds of affection. The mustic chords of memory will yet swell... when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'"

Behold, the Muse

Labels: Religion, Svithe

Half a Half a Svithe (maybe)

Sunday, September 24, 2006

♦ 9/24/2006 10:06:00 PM 0 comments

So I've been working on this Svithe that is going to double as an assignment for Creative Writing for a few hours now. I've only got three lines left (it's a sonnet, curse the word) and it's due tomorrow, but I'm not seeing a completion before morning as of yet. Especially since I still have to do my Religion reading because we have a quiz tomorrow. And I'd kind of like to take a nice, long, warm shower to wind down from the day's stresses.

Ever since I moved, Sunday has been a day of stress for me. This should not be, I know! Sunday should be a day of rest (which sort of rhymes with stress), but I have yet to have a restful Sunday in this my new ward (unless you count regional conference, but that wasn't with my ward, so I don't.)

I am trying REALLY hard to like it here. My problem is that it is not the same as it was two years ago, and it's not the same as my last ward. I've found this move to be the hardest of all moves; harder than my FIRST move away from home, even. You see, when I first moved here two years ago, my roommates (all three of them) liked me just because they had no reason not to. I know I got on their nerves, but they were considerate, kind, and offered me the support I needed when I really, really needed it. But with this move back, the roommates aren't very considerate (just look in the cupboards or the fridge and you'll see what I mean), one of them is rarely kind (she was civil to me last time I saw her, though, which is an improvement), and I don't think any of them would support me the way Emm or Kalierly did. They'd probably just tell me I'm stupid and to get over myself. Perhaps I'm not being very fair, but that's how I perceive things. Granted, there has been some improvement. K now speaks to me and smiles at me, and, like I said, Jadis (Ice Queen, but Jadis is shorter) has now been civil with me once, but I still don't feel like they accept me. Noted, that's only two of the three roommates, and I can honestly say that I think Beccers likes me. Or she at least pretends to.

Then there's the ward. I've noticed that the vast majority of the female population in this complex act much the same way towards me as Jadis. I haven't talked to all of them yet (I don't think) but they've got their niches and you'd be daft to try to squeeze into one for even a second. And I shouldn't rag on the bishopric, but they're just not the same as my last bishopric. I don't feel the same love radiating from them, nor the same listening ears. And so tonight, as I skipped out on my own ward prayer in favor of being a visitor at my old ward prayer, I asked my previous Bishop if I could pop into his office sometime and tell him what's going on. Because I really just need someone who will listen to me and give me a chance to explain things the way I see them and not judge me on that. We're thinking tomorrow, but I may have a meeting with my supervisor and the T.A.s under me after class, so I might have to bump my popping to Thursday after lab or, heaven forbid, Friday.

Anyway, this is life. I should expect ups and downs. And I have had a good handful of compensating ups lately, which I may be eternally grateful for! So I say "Thank you" to J-Dawg for the best Friday ever, the same to NTH for hiring me and making me head TA and paying me $8.00 an hour, and "Thank you" to BYU's football team for winning the game. Even if a fight did break out just after half-time.

And, if I get my sonnet done before I go to bed, maybe I'll post it and create a real Svithe.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: people, relationships, Religion, School, Svithe

Here, Fishy fishy

♦ 9/24/2006 06:08:00 PM 0 comments

Swedish Fish really do get their name from Sweden! Wow!

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Labels: food

Sleep or shop?

Thursday, September 21, 2006

♦ 9/21/2006 12:28:00 AM 1 comments

I just bought this. Just barely. I mean like... five minutes ago tops (yeah, ok, I should be sleeping, not shopping). Man, I am so excited!

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Labels: Entertainment

Poetry Unit

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

♦ 9/20/2006 09:42:00 PM 0 comments

Know of any good poems, specifically Sonnets (please, no Shakespeare- don't like him) that are well written and by someone famous? I'm supposed to read two a night five out of seven nights of the week and write what I think about them. Currently I'm into Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but I'm afraid I'll need more variety soon. Specific poems are well appreciated as well.

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Labels: School

Unemployed.... No more!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

♦ 9/19/2006 05:50:00 PM 4 comments

Welp, that period of unemployment didn't last very long.

I'm going to be a TA!

!

And I'm soon to be declaring my minor as landscaping. How awesome is that?
Behold, the Muse

Labels: work

Inventory, listed alphabetically *Updated 02/27/09*

♦ 9/19/2006 12:15:00 PM 4 comments

Labels: Entertainment, lists

Stop no more

Monday, September 18, 2006

♦ 9/18/2006 07:42:00 PM 1 comments

One Stop has ended. Goodbye breakfasts of candy, goodbye students who woke up on the wrong side of the bed, goodbye mornings of money. I shall miss you. And I'm not even lying.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: work

Svithe: Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda

Sunday, September 17, 2006

♦ 9/17/2006 07:56:00 PM 0 comments

Behold, the Lord.
The man in his bed of thirty-eight years,
The hypocrites, children, and mothers,
But will He see me?
I am but a man of small infirmities.
My sandals are worn,
My fingers the same.
I lack the courage to say
Here I am!
Wilt thou make me whole again?
And so I watch in the shadows*
Of the hypocrites who murmur
(This is the Sabbath!
Shall a man be made to break the law?
To carry his bed on such a holy day?)
And yearn for the voice
And the healing touch
Of the Man they call Savior
And King.

*Bonus Points for finding this man in the picture!

Behold, the Muse

Labels: Religion, Svithe

Signature Card

Thursday, September 14, 2006

♦ 9/14/2006 11:47:00 PM 0 comments

Someday I would like too meet Joe Student. You know, just for fun. And maybe swipe his card. (Not STEAL it, silly!)

Behold, the Muse

Labels: School

Roommates

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

♦ 9/13/2006 06:35:00 PM 2 comments

It's official. I'm going to go off my rocker. I'm going to quack. Within the next eight months I will move forever more to the State Hospital. And the best part of that? They'll have to put me in solitude because I'll be so crazy and I won't have to deal with The Roommates.

Either Ice Queen or K decided to put half of everything that was mine in the kitchen on my bedroom floor. Along with their garbage. I do not know why. All I know is I came home and all was well (first time ever!), hope was growing, then I left for half an hour and came back to... THAT.

Please, just shoot me. Give me freedom from the Females. I hate living with them and am eternally grateful I'm not expected to marry one. I'd rather die.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: people

Remembering

Monday, September 11, 2006

♦ 9/11/2006 10:17:00 PM 0 comments

Five years ago this morning I was sitting in first period- Journalism. School had just started when a classmate walked in late with a portable radio and told us all what had just happened. I remember every detail, yet it's all a blur. I was shocked, devastated, in a state of unbelief. Class was basically cancelled and most of the student population just sat in front of the television all day. Then, when I got home, I turned on the TV and watched it played over and over again- people crying, screaming, jumping out of windows. Heroes that gave their lives and heroes that lived to see another day.

Rest in Peace and may God Bless.

Jack Bauer died today. He swam over the edge and was washed down the drain. I mourn for him, too, but welcome Jack Jr. into the Circle of Fish. (I'm not even joking about this. I am sad! And so is Chant, he just doesn't know it.)

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Labels: animals, dates

Tuberculosis

Friday, September 08, 2006

♦ 9/08/2006 09:07:00 PM 5 comments

I've been trying to log in for ages and ages now. But Blogger wouldn't let me. Stupid Blogger.

And everyone needs to get the beta so I can comment on your blogs! Gosh!

Anywho, so I was at work yesterday and this cute little Asian girl came in. I recongnized her from Tuesday when she came in for her TB test. Well, yesterday she says, "TB tests?"
"Er, she won't be here again until Friday," says I.
CLA got this mighty panicky look in her eyes and pointed to her arm- where the bubble still existed. Then she asked me something, but I couldn't understand her, so I sent her to General Advisement in the other room. I hope she's OK, though. I felt really sorry for her.

And then J-Dawg sort of weirded me out (but in a good way, mind) both yesterday and today when he came to find me because he was bored and didn't feel like going to class (a bad sign when it's still the first week!). Entertainment ensued, and few people noticed that they weren't really getting their cards swiped. I laughed. And giggled. And snickered. And ate way more sugar than any one person should eat when they haven't had breakfast yet.

Calling all fish!!

That's right. I still need your help. However, I tried out Chrestomanci for a day and it just wasn't working for either one of us (no matter how much I love the character and the books), so that's been knocked off the list as well as a few others. Therefore you have the following to choose from. Please note that Kuzco is NOT there. So, anyway, pick your top three from my list (not yours, please), and post them in the comments section. (Thanks, Kim!)

Bartimaeous*
~~Boo Radley~~
Chant*
~~Chrestomanci~~
~~Chum~~
Dart*
~~Howl~~
Jack Sparrow**
Jem
Jin*
~~Kazul~~
Lazuli
Mr. Fish*
~~Mr. Limpet~~
Nyoko*
Toiti

*New!
**My friends named their fish Jack Bauer, so please take that into consideration, even though I heart Jack Sparrow.

Also, I've noted that my fish likes to look at himself. Seriously. My roommate put one of my hand mirrors on my bookcase last night and he sat in front of it, just staring, for a while. So I gave him a mirror. He doesn't attack it or anything like that as most Betta fish would, just stares at himeslf.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: animals, health

Blue Betta

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

♦ 9/06/2006 08:01:00 PM 2 comments

Help me name my fish! Unless, of course, I decide on a name before anyone comments. Below is an opal that actually sort of looks the same color as Fish:

Fish is a Male Betta that I got from Petsmart today for just over $3.00. He seems to like to swim around the edges of the bowl a lot, and he fought the pull of gravity as hard as he could as I was pouring him out of his little travel "bowl." He chews his food and tends to spit bits of it out as he chews, but he does like to eat. I think. I also think I gave him too much food. And, oh yeah, he lives on my bookcase at eye level.

Here are your options for names. Please list your top five in preference order:
Boo Radley
Chrestomanci
Chum
Howl
Jack Sparrow*
Jem
Kazul
Lazuli
Mr. Limpet
Toiti

*My friends named their fish Jack Bauer, so please take that into consideration, even though I heart Jack Sparrow.

P.S. He tastes the air sometimes a lot, too.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: animals, names

Eye Party

Monday, September 04, 2006

♦ 9/04/2006 08:38:00 PM 3 comments

The blog party was pretty much awesome. I'm sort of sad that I had to leave so early, but what can one do when one has other commitments?

So, see that picture? The one with the eye? I want to draw that or paint that for my portfolio. What do you think? Think I could do it? I just thought it would be cool, and it really caught my attention when I saw it on Epson's ink page.

I bought a printer today for $80 at the Bookstore. It has a copier and a scanner in it. It is cool. I like it.

Tomorrow I only have Floral Design, but then I have work right after. There will be much running going on for the next two weeks. I hope that it's busy but not overwhelmingly so at work. A steady stream would be good.

And I can't figure Ice Queen out. She was pretty kind last night, but then today she won't speak to me again. Girls are so stupid! I am so glad that I don't have to marry one. I would be celibate for life if I did. That's how stupid I think girls are (and, of course, I include myself in that group).

And... that's all I have to say right now.

Behold, the Muse

Labels: people, School

Crikey!

♦ 9/04/2006 04:38:00 PM 0 comments

So, I know the rest of the whole world is covering it, but hey. I wanted to be in on it, too!

I actually found out around midnight earlier.. umm.. today? But my computer was being slow, so I didn't blog about it then and, anyway, the Associated Press wasn't even positive it was Steve Irwin at that time. But now I guess they are. It's still hard for me to grasp it as a truth, as weird as that is, but I guess we all die eventually.

CBS
Discovery Channel

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Labels: people

Pink Sea Cucumbers

Saturday, September 02, 2006

♦ 9/02/2006 09:19:00 PM 0 comments

Sometimes I think I'm a little pink sea cucumber stuck on the bottom of this ocean floor we call (fill in the blank)

Tomorrow will be my first time in my new old ward. I don't think there are many people left that I still know. Shy Guy, Happy... Umm... Please bless not K, but maybe he still is here, too.... The end. I'm sort of nervous. I don't really do that well with meeting new people. I get nervous and run out of things to say real quick.

And that is why I'll never get married.

I got a free windbraker from work today. We're supposed to wear them on Tuesday. I hope this means they'll keep the room(s) cold, because we shall all die of heat if they do not. And that would be bad. I don't want to die yet. Anyway, this windbraker: it's kind of.... I dunno. I feel traitorous wearing it because it's mostly RED. HELLO! Who designed a BYU jacket red? Are you stupid? Sure, there's navy blue at the bottom, but it actually looks black rather than blue. J-Dawg (co-worker) was like, "I feel all patriotic" when he got his because there is also a strip of white seperating the red from the supposed blue. I got home tonight and was sort of looking at it and I'm like, "Yeah, guess I can see patriotism out of that... But it's still black." I don't know that I'd dare wear it to a football game. I might get murdered in the bleachers. And, like I said, I don't want to die yet.

I think I'm sick. My back hurts, my chest hurts, my ear has a lot of pressure behind it, I've been coughing and sneezing a lot (although that might have something to do with all that moving I've been doing... Who knew things could get so dusty so quick?) and my nose is either stuff, runny, or feeling like I've got a big something hanging out. TMI, eh...

I am exhausted! Six hours of smiling does that to a person.... No, really.

P.S. Do you like the new divider? I didn't like how the other one was animated. It's either this or a row of little pink cherries....
Behold, the Muse

Job day 3

Friday, September 01, 2006

♦ 9/01/2006 08:15:00 PM 2 comments

I only saw one person I know today at work: Dingbat's old roommate. It was kind of weird because I didn't recognize him at first, and then he started talking to me and I'm like, "Oh! You're Shy Guy!" (to myself, you know, not outloud). Shy Guy used to never talk to me because I was too intimidating. I think he had his girlfriend with him, though, and that's why he wasn't afraid of me anymore. And he still lives here at TSBitBoM, so we'll be in the same ward. This may actually be a little awkward, but I hope not. I hope even more that K (one of Dingbat's other two roommates) has moved out. He sort of weirded me out. Ok, not sort of. He really did. A Lot. He'd just sit there on the couch and listen to the two of us bicker. And He liked to stare at me, like I was some strange creature from a distant land called Female that he didn't understand, couldn'r figure out, and would rather just survey and not get involved with. Strange guy.

Tomorrow I work for 6 whopping hours! I hope that it's busy, because I'll be bored out of my mind if it is not.

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