THE LIST

Add my dear friend KAT FRANCIS to the engaged to be married list. TO MYLES TURK!!! so happy for them. Life's great. Let's go!

Freak Accomplishment

I just did something so cool, that only two people saw.
We were trying to get a dodgeball into a basketball hoop with either our feet or heads for like 40 mins after FHE tonight at the Hiatts. And then more than half of the group bailed so it was three of us left. We were floppin around with it, not making much progress and then... it was like time slowed down. Derek set me up with the perfect opportunity, the stars aligned, Hercules overcame death, and i head-butted that dodge ball into a perfect arch, and it sank. Right into the net, with the satisfying swoosh followed by me yelling "WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" as I ran a victory sprint over to the bishop and his talking-posse. I was elated. Ecstatic. EXXREMELY HAPPY, dos equis for affect. I was proudful of my small accomplishment.
I just did something so cool, that only two people saw. But two people is two more than zero, so I'll take it. Boo ya. Thank you, Universe.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We're going to our Richardson Reunion tomorrow. Bomb sauce? Yes. 5 days of dirt and tents and family and rain. I'm ready.

Here I Am.

You know, some people use their blogs as journal type things, to talk about their days, to talk about their lovers, to talk about what they like to do, and sometimes I find myself wanting to use it as that kind of medium too, but I realized I have commitment issues. I don't want to put stuff down on the internet that I'll have to look back on and feel stupid about. I have no problem with being silly stupid, but when it comes to looking stupid because of real life things, I can't commit to it. I hate putting myself out there where my emotions are so raw and real and everyone can see them and its scary because I might get cut down, and I don't want people to know that I'm weak and vulnerable sometimes, and if I put it out here, or put myself out in life, its dark, and it feels like I'm standing on glass- its transparent and its fragile and I like having control and being stable. And I know that sometimes the glass is going to break, and I am going to fall and look absolutely stupid, sad, or pathetic. Because it's happened before and I beat myself up about it afterward. I'm coming to a point in my life, however, that I can't really be safe anymore. Not if I want to truly live. It's difficult moving out onto the glass of relationships and uncertain futures but I guess it's worth it. Millions of others have done it before me and made it out alright. I guess it's time to grow out. Branch up. Wish me luck.

H3LP

Why am I on here?
Why are you reading this?
Why do we spend ridiculous amounts of time on the internet?
It's because we'd rather be anywhere but here. Where we are. So we use the internet to escape, because by getting on FB we are now suddenly connected with our 1,936 friends, or at least the ones who are looking for an escape as well. Suddenly we are in the exact same place as a lot of other people, where we can look at others' lives and wish we were in California too, or wish we were in a relationship with johnny, or wish we were attending The Last Airbender midnight showing. We become so dissatisfied with sitting at our home (and maybe thats justifiable, maybe you have a really boring home) so we jump into cyberspace and occupy ourselves with everything else everyone else is doing.

THE LAST AIRBENDER IS COMING!

That is all.

5 weddings, and a wedding..

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING MARRIED!
or have gotten married recently.
brianna whaley (now yardley)
kristen porter (now pear)
talia ta'ase (now halm)
laura (agh i dont know how to spell her last name...) (now emery)
mandy merkley (now charlton)
chelsea goodman (soon to be... McShane)
jay ann (soon to be palmer)
tara porter (now brough)
lynzi richardson (soon to be carr... oh wait. sorry i started dreaming for a second..)
tara schlappi (now bodrero)
ashley davis (soon to be.. well his first name is micah..)
brittany stapley (soon to be call)
kelsey woods (soon to be jackson)

and im just waiting to put some more of my friends on here, because they all left to byu!! money on val, steph, and rachel in the fall, because those girls are some mighty fine catches! byu boys better watch out, they're gonna knock your socks off :)

Cold As Ice

I hate the Ice Age movies. I hate them. I hate the animation, especially of the sloth and squirrel. Especially the squirrel. He is disgusting, he is crazy, his stupid nose is way too long and he cannot speak, although all the rest of the characters can. His bulging eyes and scrawny neck make me want to gouge out those eyes and wring that neck. 

The sloth is stupid and ugly as well. His lisp is endearing to some, and i dont think any less of you if you are a Sid fan, but I personally hate it. I think the Ice Age movies are poorly animated and humourless. (english version of humour for snob effect) I think the ugly characters are supposed to add to the humour, perhaps because it is not funny enough already, so they had to make the characters as ugly as all get out to add to the slap stick humour.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not always opposed to slap stick, but i just found myself hating this cartoon. Which is weird. I'm a cartoon lover. I love animated movies, way more than the next guy. But this one is just a barf fest for me. And they made THREE OF THEM! THREE! It's like they thought, "Ok, the first one was alright, but we can make the next two worse. Let's do it. Jimmy, get your smelly self back into character! It's Sid time." Ugh. 

I also hate Enya. Sorry.

BABIES AHOY!

I was sitting in the drive through line at sonic, when I looked in front of me and saw one of those little yellow warning signs that say, "Baby on Board," stuck to the vans rear window. And no offense to anyone who has one of those on your car, but they are kinda dumb.

Because what are they for? Is it a super bragging device? Good for you, you have a baby. Now hurry up and stop ordering a boat load of food from Sonic. You aren't eating for two anymore.

Or if it is to make people drive more carefully, that's a dumb reason, too. Because by the time the insane driver reads your "BABY ON BOARD" sign, he's already too close and he's gonna crash into you and your baby anyway.

So pointless, right? But I guess I'd rather look at that sign, than some sticker of a devious boy relieving himself, while waiting in line at Sonic.

Picdate = Picture update.

YESSSS! THIS GIRL, RIGHT HERE, is one of my favorite people of all time. She's amazing and funny and I had the GRANDEST AND PRIVILEGED experience being able to choreograph Lion King with her. Awesome.

THIS GUY, RIGHT HERE, was an AMAZING prom date. Wowzas he's such a gentleman and is so much fun to be with, plussss he's super cute! he's also good at jam sessions with friends. Love love!

THIS STEEPLE, RIGHT HERE, is the coolest, newest steeple to be up on top of a temple, and it's in mi madre's hometown of PIMATHATCHERSAFFORD!! breathtaking. absolute.

Gavin, ever since he was small, collected stickers of all sorts. Even the stickers off of bananas and apples and halloween stuff. And then he would stick them on this cupboard in our kitchen. Then one day I said they had to go. He only cried a little bit. I was proud of him. So i put all of those stickers in some paper and called it his "sticker book." Boo ya. It was an absolute pain trying to take them off, though. Whatever. Worth it.

I graduated. (a faint "yikes" is heard in the background)

My friends rule.