30-Day Blog Challenge

I know, I know... everyone is doing it, but my reasoning behind doing the blog challenge is so that I will actually, you know, blog. And starting it now will leave me finishing the challenge right on New Year's. Hopefully, by then, I'll have gained a greater motivation for blogging. Anyways, here goes.

day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

1. I hate changing clothes throughout the day, and I will avoid it at almost any cost. I mostly sleep in my clothes because of this (I'll even sleep in church clothes), and I only sleep in pajamas if I shower the night before.

2. I do a crossword puzzle almost every day.

3. I'm very nostalgic. I keep a lot of random objects that remind me of times in the past.

4. I almost never pay attention to my feet when I walk, which causes me to step on and knock over all sorts of things, not to mention my own tripping.

5. I form strong opinions about inconsequential things without fully educating myself about them, and I often refuse to have my opinion swayed. (i.e. I am an avid Internet Explorer supporter just because it's what I've always used. People try to convince me it's lame to no avail.)

6. In conjunction with #5, I'm super stubborn, and I am very proud of this fact. I was locked in a bathroom for an hour and a half once in order to win stubborn battle.

7. I drink way more water than the average person, and I always have a cup or bottle full of water near me at all times.

8. I really like looking at people's hands, and I really like it when a boy has a good pair of hands.

9. I eat toast with honey every day, and I never tire of it.

10. I organize my shirts in five categories in my closet, and I wear a shirt out of each of the five categories on the weekdays. I never wear more than one shirt from a category during the week.

11. I love reading, and I'm always in the middle of a book. I stay up late reading, and I often fall asleep with a book in my bed because of this.

12. I am a human jukebox. I'll sing snippets of songs all throughout the day. My roommates and other people around me will still have the first song I sang stuck in their head, while I'll have gone through about ten songs in mine.

13. I hate wasting food. I always make sure to eat everything that I serve for myself.

14. I also love to recycle. I hate seeing recycled materials thrown away so much so that I took home bags and bags of paper from my job at Utah Idaho Supply Map World to my house to recycle.

15. I can't kill anything, not even bugs. I always take every bug I see outside. Flies are the only exception to this rule. They are just too stinking annoying for their own good and impossible to catch without death.

Stalker Stealer

So I'm a total Facebook stalker, but Facebook pratically demands its participants to stalk, so I don't feel too bad. Anyways, someone commented on one of my friend's statuses, and I really liked what they said, so I'm going to share it all with you. (These sentences are all horrible compound sentences, but oh well.)

"Life is gray, with the pitch black of sorrow and the pure, downy white of happiness occasionally perforating the gray haze. And while it is easy to focus on the black, we live always waiting for our next bright, white moment."

Hopefully the plagarism police won't come hunt me down for not giving the author credit, but I have no idea who this kid is. If you don't hear from me for a while, I'm probably rotting away in jail chained to a chalkboard writing lines. (I will not steal comments off Facebook. I will not steal comments off Facebook. I will not steal comments off Facebook...) But don't worry at least I'm not in Umbridge's office.

Also, watch and listen to this. It'll make you happy.

Katie=Awesome

This post is long overdue, but I am so happy for my friend Katie. She has been one of my very best and longest friendships. We've been friends since third grade, and I have been so blessed to have her in my life. I'm so happy that she has found someone to spend the rest of her life with, and he is so lucky to have found someone as amazing as Katie. I know that she will be such a wonderful wife and mother.

Look, here is proof! Only the elite, truly wonderful future wives and mothers could go on such a technologically advanced adventure to space.

I love you, Katie!

I miss...

the dark stumble to my tent flap and that first breath of air and light
clear moutain spring water
entertaining ourselves while we wait for the scouts to come
laughter at campfire
singing songs while serving fajitas every Tuesday
the sudden scamper of a weasel across my path
mingling with the staff at night
spending the entire day outdoors
walking the nature trail
singing hymns at night on the kitchen porch
kayaking and swimming in the frigid lake
climbing the rafters of the nature lodge
reading on my bridge
being called mom by the nature and scout skills staffs and all of their crazy antics
the smell and feel of Douglas Firs
walking at night without a flashlight because my feet know the trails
hanging out at waterfront
the rustling wind through Quaking Aspens
waking up to a black powder rifle and trumpet
random dance parties and singing along to guitars in the kitchen
spending time with troops
the strain of muscles while fixing a road or carrying a canoe
shooting a gun or firing an arrow
flicking out a knife
getting bracelets from all of my kids
identifying yarrow, silvery lupine, lodgepole pine, indian paintbrush...
a numb mouth after eating a yarrow root
the sharp contrast of red pine needles and dark soil after rain
walking past the abandoned trading post
tying knots with a bit of rope
being surrounded by mountains and trees
the gurgle of a passing stream
being alone with complete quiet
the expansive beauty of a sky filled with clouds, stars, or a setting sun

I suppose I'll do this too...

10 Things in 2010

1. Increase my spirituality.

2. Spend more time outdoors.

3. Read more! I'm losing my reading mojo.

4. Become a skilled archer. That's right Robin Hood; watch your back.

5. Start reading comic books.... no making fun of me.

6. Be healthier, eating and activity-wise

7. Watch less TV... I am addicted.

8. Meet more people and be genuine with them.

9. Put forth more effort in school.

10. Serve people more.

9 Things I enjoy

1. Singing/playing the piano

2. Hiking

3. Sleeping

4. Eating

5. Listening to music

6. Reading, especially in cool places like the mountains

7. Being crazy/laughing

8. Watching TV

9. Dancing

8 Things I do everyday

1. Eat honey

2. Sing/play the piano

3. Facebook/blogs/online TV

4. Dance party with myself

5. Read

6. Drink boatloads of water

7. Laugh and smile

8. Look in the mirror

7 Musicians I like

1. The Beatles

2. The Shins

3. Fleet Foxes

4. Bread

5. Imagine Dragons

6. Phoenix

7. America

6 Things that will always win my heart

1. Humor

2. Laughter

3. Intelligence

4. Musical talent

5. Kindness/chivalry

6. Squinty (narrow) brown eyes

5 Favorite things

Book: We all know I can't pick this.

Movie: Hook

Song: Sea Legs- The Shins

Food: Fruit (raspberries and blackberries)

Season: Autumn

4 Smells I enjoy

1. Rain

2. Fresh bread

3. Citrus

4. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner....

3 Places I want to go

1. British Isles

2. France

3. India

2 Favorite holidays

1. Christmas

2. Halloween

1 Person I would marry on the spot

1. Ron Weasley

Toad (Todd Tolensky): "Hey, if you can't be cool, be feared. My momma always told me that."

So my roommate Lacey is making me update my blog. The nerve, ha ha. Unfortunately for her, she didn't specify the topic, so I get to blog about whatever nerdy thing my heart desires! Bwa ha ha ha. And the topic is...

X-MEN

Basically all I think about right now is X-Men because of X-Men:Evolution. I used to watch that show in Junior High, and I recently watched all four seasons. It's cheesy and action-packed like Avatar, so I highly recommend it.

But seriously you guys, I now realize that I need to be a mutant or a bender of some sort. I give up. I see no point in living if I can't be a mutant. (*cough* Howl's Moving Castle reference. Hmmm, I should watch that again...)

...Anyways... since that's not likely to happen, I'm going to go for the next best thing; I'm going to become a comic book geek! Oh boy, I can just see your concerned faces, but hold the interventions. It's going to be awesome! I promise.

If this whole post wasn't convincing enough about the coolness of mutants and this show, let this picture do the rest of the convincing.

Ignore the size and just concentrate on the bad boy romance.

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