What the Olympics did to me

First off, Amy I apologize for not doing the tagged thing. My computer has come up with some crazy virus. Now that that's out of the way...

I want to go to china. I must, I need.

This desire started about 4 months ago and has only intensified with time. I don't know why, I don't know when, I'm not even sure what China is like, but I must go there sometime in the future or I think I will sit in my apartment until the day I die thinking about it. I have never felt so strongly about something like this in my entire life. It's weird and frightening and exciting. I literally ache for China.

Isn't is odd that we only experience a tiny teensy weensy portion of this HUGE planet we call home?? How are we not breaking out of this BOX we're in and just experiencing the world??? I want to help people, I want to contribute to the world, I want to be a FORCE and not merely something that sits and is selfish and sucks in my own needs and leaves the world as it is.

If anyone is going, count me in.

This is all I do.

This show is genius. I'm so attached. I realize I missed the boat when it was actually on television, but my roomie has all the DVDs and I AM SO in love. Please don't spoil it for me. Will Luke and Lorelai get back together? it's killing me. Watch it. SOOOOOOOOOO good.

If you didn't like it, you're probably lying.

Midnight showing of HSM3 (as we true fans like to call it)= BEST. night of my. LIFE.

OK, let's stop for a minute. I know I don't seem like a Disney Channel Movie kind of girl. Or maybe I do. BUT this whole post is absolutely genuine. This was, perhaps; scratch that, definitely, the best night of my existence. We got there 2 hours early, and were literally jumping up and down for joy in line. (as Wes and Staish rolled there eyes at us--they came because they knew it meant so much to us, bless their souls). Mindy took it upon herself to politely body check other fans out of the way to score us prime seating, and in the first 10 seconds when Zac Efron's 15 foot face filled the screen, I screamed like a little fourteen year old girl (which is what the majority of the audience was). This movie is beyond cheesy. For example, celings open up to reveal stars at romantic moments, boy appear in trees out of nowhere in tuxs, cars come to life, rain falls on the two lovers when seconds before it was a nice sunny day, Gabriella refers to Troy lovingly as "Wildcat," and there is a legit carbon-copy Footloose scene. I guess Troy's inner turmoil just had to be released via song and dance in the abandoned school at midnight. And the junk yard scene? Don't even get me started. I apologize, I'm ruining it for you. But, if you will only have the faith necessary to fork out the measely $8 (trust me for what you're getting that's measley) you will never regret it. You will find a new obsession. You will laugh your face off. Mindy admits she cried more this night than when Thomas left. I repeat, you will laugh your face off. People, as the girl's in the row in front of us said, this movie is a gift! Let's not be ungrateful. Also, if nothing else persuades you to see this ridiculous G-rated cheese-fest, Zac Efron could be the best looking individual on the planet. It's sort of freaky how good looking actually. If you have eyes I'm sure you have already noticed that. So go see it! Then call me and you can come over and watch YouTube videos of Zac with Mindy, Kellie and I. No need to make an appointment, nightly at 8:00 P.M. loves.

Today I am grateful for:

• Taco soup
• Laundry=done
• Kellie Wentz thinking I'm funny
• Gilmore Girls
• My fluffy hair
• Busy schedule
• Physiology. interesting stuff
• Tights under my pants to keep me warm
• the gospel
• FHE
• mission prep class
• Brother Bott
• Elder Titensor
• Mom
• Matt (hermano)
• Halloween season
• my coat
• Camden
• The season's changing
• My bed
• The office
• You, blog
• Memories, especially recorded ones
• Lon's BBQ
• Being single. Learning how to do that.
• School

Amen. And that only took about 2 minutes. I recommend it to all.

Books?

I just recently read this book:

and it was fantastic. A.J. Jacob's first book, "The Know-it-All" is one of my favorites--it's about his quest to read the entire encyclopedia. Anyways, this book isn't quite as good as his first one, but nontheless he's hilarious and you would love him. I'm real proud of myself, I haven't read a novel since high school (and that was usually just for a class) and now I actually finished a novel! Gold star for me. The REAL reason for this post is that I am now bookless because of aforementioned (is that a word?) finishing of this book, so....what should I read? What's your favorite book? Suggestions are required. If you don't, then you will have bad luck for the next 22 years and a boils on your feet for a lifetime. In other words, please?

Here's to the mailman

This man made my week. Six weeks later, I got a letter and gratefully Matt still exists. I promised myself I wouldn't be a letter-waiter, or cheesy and say stuff like "I love my missionary!" but y'know what

I LOVE MY MISSIONARY

and I sprinted across campus to get it, and if that makes me very zoobie BYUish, then so be it. I embrace my lonely missionary widower tendencies.

Sad songs should be banned

I used to think I was original. That stereotypical chick flicks and sappy books about love such as "Charly" would never get to me. (Just so you know, Charly didn't). I'm a Twilight book-hater, and an anti-country music person, for example, because of both of their just ridiculous BLATANT unoriginality on the topic of love and reality. But, friends, big news. I'm a girl, and I'm freaking emotional as of late. I was listening to a microbiology podcast on iTunes, and right as it finished, the next song in my library started playing. Which, incidentally was Landslide by Fleetwood Mac. Have you ever listened to it? Or even read the words? If not, indulge now. Lyrics follow:

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Well, I've been afraid of changing
cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
and I'm getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down

Wow, right? okay, maybe not for you, but I was near tears after it was over. A combination of the crappiness that is hard college classes, the beautiful tone of Stevie Nicks' voice, and just every sad thing in my life that this song made me think of has made me an emotional child. And nothing in my life is particularly sad at the moment. Damn that Stevie Nicks.
And it's not just this song, mind you. After it was over I decided (foolishly) to go on a sad song binge and listen to every song that has ever had any meaning to me in my entire lame little emotional wreck life, and 1 hour later I tore off my headphones in disgust and started to write this post. Now I think I'm no better then those girls who break up with there boyfriends because their love isn't as real as Edward's and whats-her-face's and think that A Walk to Remember is the most profound and inspirational film every created. Kill me.