first day of school

Enjoy.

This is kind of how may day is going... frightening and hilarious at the same time.

Have a good first day of school!

quote

For Allison:

"You just trust people with face tattoos..."

don't you love bad English translations?

quotes

From Dad:

"Of course, the person who does everything perfectly and flosses their teeth, is the person who gets hit by a bus..."

men and pigs

This is for you Dad.

*for the record, I'm not calling my Dad a pig... this is a joke that he told me*

A man was driving his new convertible with the top down. He was driving really fast enjoying the drive when a woman drove by, stuck her head out the window and yelled, "PIG!!".

He returned the compliment by yelling back "WITCH!!" (certain words have been edited for the comfort of the readers).

Then as soon as he turned the corner, he swerved to miss a lone pig standing in the middle of the road, crashed his car, and died.

Moral of the story: if only men would listen...

summer

My summer consists of two weeks.

I've left my beloved California for a while. A short while, I hope. The drive from Southern California to Salt Lake city was something that requires physical therapy and a detox afterwards (thanks to the two 5-hour energy drinks that I took after only three hours of sleep before my 12 hr drive... NEVER again!). Those drinks are Satan. Took me almost three days to recover.

But I had a nice short visit with my Aunt, who's too much fun and her daughters that are too gorgeous. Plus they live such adventurous lives. I've always felt like the ugly duckling around them. But we had fun chatting and committing to perilous activities such as coughing ourselves down the world's largest zip line at the Olympic Park in Park City Utah. I can't go into too much detail there because I have blocked most out from sheer terror but I do remember that I almost cried, I was hysterical before the release and when we stopped, I was so shaky I had to walk it off. But it was completely worth it to see what I had conquered... And also to see my cousin dangling from her seat when she forgot to take off her seatbelt before she got out! Haha! Love her.

So after my short visit to SLC, I flew to Seattle to spend time with my mother before flying to Texas next week to visit the other parents. It's so warm and green here. I forgot why I loved it here other than the people. Seattle will always be my hometown and a part of my heart will always be here but now California feels like home and I'm homesick.

I have forgotten that familiar ache in my right shoulder from carrying a camera around all day.

fact

I feel like this when I think about:

packing

moving

having to do homework again

rexburg

flying

last minute errands that I always forget

stupid mistakes I've made

dumb comments that came out wrong

having to say goodbye for a while

having to be an adult

spending money

not having money

not being able to go to Disneyland any time I want

going to the dentist

going back to school with very few friends

everyone getting married (?!)

showers (I know this sounds gross, but I'm getting tired of showering. It takes too much time and I have way too much hair now. Plus then I have to blow dry it and then I'm all hot and sweaty again... I just can't win)

and cats... I really don't like cats

oh. my. business.

I just died. I literally died. This is hilarious. This girl ALMOST has it right, but at the same time, it's totally wrong.

Watch it. Love it.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

i need

I about died when I saw this. It's a broach but I think I'd turn it into a necklace. It was shown to me by my friend on Etsy.com (click HERE). But it looks just like my Pippin!