Some Crazy

um....yeah. that's all I got.

Jobs I've held:
1. Tutor at Westridge Elementary
2. Stan's Diner
3. Video Consultant in the TLL at BYU
4. Baker at Shirley's Bakery

Movies I can watch over and over and over:
1. The Family Stone
2. Notting Hill
3. The Whole Nine Yards
4. Beaty and the Beast
5. The Little Mermaid

Places I have lived:
1. Provo - 6 locations
2. Eagle Mountain

Shows I enjoy:
1. The Office
2. Friends
3. Seinfeld
4. Gilmore Girls
5. America's Next Top Model

Places I have been on Vacation:
1. Alaska /Canada
2. Disney Land
3. Disney World
4. New York
5. Mexico

Favorite Food:
1. Mashed Potatoes
2. Biscuits and Gravy
3. Meatball Sub
4. Debbie's Bean Dip - yum
5. my Dad's creme brulee

Websites I visit daily or frequently:
1. Hotmail
2. Facebook
3. uvsc.edu
4. uccu.com

Body parts I have injured:
1. Kidney
2. Right foot
3. Right arm
4. Right shin bone
5. Eye

Nicknames I have been called:
1. Ali (which technically is a nickname if you think about it)
2. Alpo
3. Al
4. Moo
5. Sally

I choose Belle

But why can't I be a princess?

I have decided that i want to be a princess. I want to be beautiful and graceful and have a prince fall madly in love me. Is that too much to ask? Apparently so, but I can still dream. but which one should I be? I have done a little research on the topic.


Cinderella

She may have a lot of chores to do, but she's got small feet and she gets to dance with everyone watching. She also has a fairy godmother who gives her pretty dresses. The Prince isn't really my type, but he does know how to search for and find his girl.

Aurora

Now, she seems quite the keeper. She gets to sleep for a long time and gets awoken by a handsome prince kissing her. I don't know if you can get better than that. And Phillip is pretty dang good looking. However, she does prick her finger, and I don't like needles, so that may pose a problem.


Belle
















I don't know if there is any competition with Belle. She has an amazing voice, two admirerers, and true love - unexpected but wonderful true love, at that. The best part is that the beast turns into a human in the end, albiet an odd looking one, but you can't have everything.



Ariel















Now, as much as swimming in the ocean scares me, I've always wanted to be a mermaid. Even better to be one who gets legs in the end. And a handsome prince. However, he is name is Eric, and that's my dad's name. So that's a little wierd. But he does "kiss the girl" and loves her despite her inability to speak.



Well, I was going to tell you who I choose now, but I think I will save that for my next post. Which means that I leave it up to you to tell me which princess fits me best.

Summer FunFun

Nik and Deb on their awesome bunk bed.

I very much enjoy both of their faces.

Up close and personal with Nikki.

Pirate?...Crazy person?...no no. it's Amber

Does this look like one of those pictures that

is in the picture frame when you buy it?

mmmm yummy chocolate lava cake. Isn't it pretty?

Conference Center....or at least pictures of Nikki and I inside

Sweeper of the Mines

Yes, my friends, that is correct. The time has finally come. After many many painstaking months in front of the computer, I have finally been given the opportunity to view this:



sunglass-wearing happy face and all. I have won the other, smaller ones many times, but this was my very first time winning "expert". Sinse I failed at capturing this award-deserving moment, I decided to recapture my reaction and give you step-by-step thoughts from my head so that you can all see it.

Step 1
hot dog! i won! i don't believe it! woohoo!











Step 2
yes! my minesweeper skills are amazing










Step 3
good job me!



















......clearly i need to find better things to do with my time

you want some funny? too bad

so, uh, these are some amazings. take a gander.












quite frankly, i was going to just have this picture as my blog, but i don't think debbie would approve. it may be the best picture I have ever seen. i am at this moment laughing (much harder than you would think-tears are involved) at the wonder that is debbie's facial expression. it's even more funny because she was actually in the process of making a very funny face. fortunately, i was too quick.










This is Brett playing Nintendo. isn't he just so cute?











So, one snowy morning I walked out of my apartment to find this message on my car. Brett called me right when I saw it - yeah, weird timing. anyway, i thought it was pretty cute.










And this is me a couple years ago with my adorable cousin who is now walking and talking. I looked pretty good back then. I'm not sure what happened. haha.

I'm sorry for the lackingness of the blog, i really will try to come up with something interesting in my life. I like oranges.

just look at these hotties

We're Having a Baby

...my family that is (almost got ya there hu?).

Yes, it's true, my brother Josh and his wife Amber are pregnant. I'm going to be an aunt! Not until August...but still.

Probably the funniest part about it is, is that they have had a bet going about who was going to be the first to have kids. Well, everyone thought it would be me (haha - but so did I...). Josh made sure I knew that I lost and he won. Which I am very glad about. there needs to be a child running around my parents house - there are far too many old people.

I wish you guys knew them and could understand the craziness of them having a baby is going to be. they are so cool. and they're going to be parents. my parents are going to be grandparents! wowzer.

Anyway, I guess this is really only exciting for me, but that is why I shared it. and dang am I excited.

in yo' face

Just look how we've grown...or something...

I'm not quite sure what I want to blog about, so I have collected some random pictures from a while ago that I thought would be fun to look at.

Man, my hair is so long and curly. and Nikki and Trisha's hair is short. We are much young.
I can't believe this was almost a year ago. or that I wore that. or that Danielle is quite pregnant in this picture. That is one random Christmas tree.
Here is my mom and I - she is clearly more excited about this photograph being taken than I am. I really miss that brown jacket; I seem to have misplaced it. sad.
Aw, we're so cute. This was like year and a half ago at Trevor's farewell. That is crazy. but our hairs are very good looking.

Well, I think it is acceptable to conclude that my friends are awesome and we have been together for quite some time. I'm impressed.

And it was amazing

I just wrote a whole paper on this painting. I saw it at the Church's Museum of Art a couple months ago. It was pretty much amazing and definitely so much better in person. It is a really good painting with some pretty excellent stories behind it. Like that a lot of the figures were modeled after homeless people; and that the model for Christ at first refused to model, but later agreed; and that all the white is actually the canvas, not paint; and that when the lights shining on the picture fade, Judas (far left) fades away and Christ is emphasized.

But anyway, this is all I've got that is remotely blog-worthy. So enjoy.

erm...

I'm not qute sure what to say.

Classes are going pretty okay. I am learning how to beat boys up, so that is always fun.

I almost got to go on a date with Tim (yes, the Tim); but alas, it will be Zach instead.

I almost dated a 27 year old. But don't worry, I am still single. Which is a good thing?

The new roomates are pretty cool. Definitely no stinkers in this apartment.

I though this shoe was pretty amazing and thought I should share it with everyone.

So yes, I guess that is all.

Trading Down?

Yes folks, that is right, I have officially been accepting into UVSC. Not that it's hard or anything; I mean, I was accepted 5 seconds after I applied. But still...

The reason for this sudden change of schools is because I have decided to go into their Culinary Arts program. I figure, why go to a very expensive Culinary School in another state when I can go to UVSC, pay way less, and get the same education.

However, money has definitely been a stress. While UVSC is slightly cheaper than BYU, there are several fees to take cooking classes. Let's ring up some of the expenses:

For each 4.5 credits of cooking class, you have to pay $250 - and there are usually 2 classes a semester;
Tool kits, which are required, are $515;
uniforms, also required, are $50 dollars a set and they recommend 3 sets (I don't know how I feel about spending $150 dollars for crazy black and white checkered pants).

So, all in all, that is about $1165, on top of normal tuition, that I will have to hand over by Winter semester (which is when I will actually start into the program). I don't know about you, but that is a lot of money that I don't have. It may be better than if I went to a prestigious Culinary School, but still.

But a good thing is that my parents have been incredibly supportive - which is kind of surprising. Not with my mom (she is always supportive), but my dad didn't have any complaints when I told him. I guess he has realized that I'm really not going to carry on the tradition of being a physicist. He seems to be all for the plan. So that is definitely a big plus (like this +).

The good thing is that I will be done in 2 years. The sad thing is that I will only be getting my Associates Degree. The scary thing is that my mom wants me to get a bachelors - I mean, I'm all about more schooling, but I don't know if I could handle 4 more years.

Anyway, aside from the stress, I am dang excited. I will be cooking all day and working all night, with room for homework in there somewhere, but it will be so worth it. Anyway, fun stuff.

And I just thought I would take this amazing opportunity to say: The Painters are In...literally

Mystery of the EXPO Revealed

Look, just look at this beautiful creation


















What kind of car is it, you may ask? It is a Mitsubishi Expo. And it is my car - only mine is in a light blue.

But what is it really? Well frankly, I haven't a clue. It's sort of a mix between a car, and a van, and a sport vehicle. I have decided that it's about time I get down and dirty with the origin of my car and clarify what, in fact, it really is. So, let's begin:

Here is a Honda Odyssey:














My car is somewhat shaped like a van. It seats seven; but really only 4 comfortably. You see, it is very compact "van" - Micquel can barely fit in the very back, and that is saying something.

This is a Volvo Station Wagon











Mostly I just think it's behind looks a lot like mine.

And this here is a Nissan Sentra:







I think the front is similar - the hood is very small.

This is a Jeep Sport, but it only looks similar from certain angles, namely this one:









From the profile view, it looks very similar.


Well, there you go. For the sake of getting this darn post posted, I will let you decide for yourself what my car is. All I know is that I like it just the way it is.