List #2 My Life's Soundtrack

To continue my annoying habit of lists I thought I would make a collection of songs that have been a part of my life…good and bad times. Of course I'll think of more and I'll add them to the list but this is what I've come up with so far. I’ve tried keeping these in chronological order, the problem with that is I still listen to a lot of these songs.
Head Over Feet- Alanis Morissette
You Learn- Alanis Morissette
I love that I started listening to her when I was about 7 and she's still one of my favorite singers. Correct me if I'm wrong but she has been getting prettier with age.
I Want It That Way-Backstreet Boys
I Want You Back- Nsync
Shameful enough I still listen to a song or two from these guys. Remember how everyone was in love with Lance Bass? Look where that got us girls!
U Can't Touch This- MC Hammer
I've never been a big fan of this song because it gets stuck in your head and you sing it at all the wrong times. But it's a classic.
Wannabe- Spice Girls
There are some memories concerning this song that I would rather have erased from my memory but again, a part of my life. How many girls watched their movie? That’s a shameful yes from me.
All I Wanna Do- Sheryl Crow
I Don't Want to Wait- Paula Cole
More songs that gets stuck in your head quite easily…Did I just get them in your head? Good.
Waterfalls- TLC
This song has been sung by teenage girls everywhere, this and No Scrubs.
Lump- Presidents of the United States of America
I have no idea who introduced me to this song but I swear I will get revenge.
Inside Out- Eve 6
Love Love Love this song, but I have no idea why
Crash into Me- Dave Mathews Band
Reason- Hoobastank
Every time I hear these songs I think of this mix CD an ex gave me. This is lame because otherwise these would be good songs. Guys, FYI, girls don’t want to hear a song about how you’re not perfect. We know this!
Then I did- Rascal Flatts
This reminds me of those many flights to and from Dallas.
What Hurts the Most- Rascal Flatts
I'm Movin' On- Rascal Flatts
I went on a big Rascal Flatts kick in high school. I would still be a huge fan but these songs are tainted with an ex too. Who by the way I hear has a new fiancé and a baby on the way, which leads me to the next set of songs.
New Strings- Miranda Lambert
So Close Now- Eli Young Band
Picture to Burn- Taylor Swift
Over You- Daughtry
I love emo songs, even the country ones.
I’ll put some more current songs up; these are just songs up to now.

Three Day Weekends Must End

As I sit in my office at 8 am this morning, I realize the full impact of my amazing 3 day weekend coming to a close. This next week is going to be killer but my brilliant beyond brilliant plan is to make next weekend just as fabulous. To recap this weekend: Friday I have no classes but this Friday I also didn’t have work since I worked last weekend. BONUS! What I should have been doing was a paper due this week but of course I wasn’t. Instead I was chatting on Facebook, until about noon…yes I wasted away a couple of hours to chatting and surfing the web. At noon I went and bought some camping gear and Friday night had a blast up at Strawberry Reservoir. (Note: bring warmer camping gear.) I got very little sleep since my sleeping bag was literally frozen but I had a blast. Did I just say blast twice? When I came home around noon on Saturday I should have gone straight to bed…of course I didn’t. I don’t exactly remember what I did until 6, but at 6 I was at the broadcast. Saturday night I went country swing dancing…which, I will admit, was the best part of the whole weekend. Guys, if you want to know a way to a girls heart, know how to dance or at the very least be willing to go dancing. By the time Sunday rolled around I was dead on my feet, but did I take a nap? ...Heck no! Sunday night I got to that point where everyone loves to play gestures with me. Whit, do you know what I’m talking about? Hmmmm? Well, this weekend was fun. Any suggestions for next weekend?

List #1 Pet Peeves

Back in high school I had this counselor who thought it would be a bright idea for me to make lists in order to calm myself. Little did he know I’m a tad on the OCD side and that I try to avoid lists to calm myself. I must have flipped a lid because I’ve decided that lists aren’t so bad. List #1…
Pet Peeves:

People who didn’t learn to walk on the right side of the sidewalk or walk in the right door. We did learn this in 1st grade right? And for those who walk on the left and refuse to move for those of us who did learn this concept forcing us off the sidewalk is just plain rude!

Being corrected. This should actually be number one. I’m not saying I can’t take criticism; I strongly believe that you learn through criticism. But when it comes to stupid things like who is getting money back from the government you might as well shoot me if you plan on correcting me. Did I really care you weren’t getting money and I was? P.S. I didn’t, I miss filed. HA!

Talking at the movies. I understand that theaters are a social gathering place and talking before the previews begin helps pass the time. When the lights dim so should your mouth. This doesn’t just apply to the theater. When I’m watching a movie at home the same rule applies. I like to pay attention to movies.

Picking up other’s commonly used phrases. I am guilty of this one. “I know, right?” Comes from my mom. And I have picked several more up from you Whitney.

Guys wearing girly jeans. Correction, guys wearing the most awkward jeans possible. I don’t know why we say “I hate it when guys where girls’ jeans” because we wouldn’t wear those either!

Like. I hate people overusing it and I hate that I count how many times a sacrament speaker uses it rather than paying attention to the spiritual lesson they are no doubt sending my way.

Every movie that has come out in the past year or two that could be remotely interesting on a higher thinking level is R. I do love a good chick flick or comedy but does every movie based on a historical scope have to have the hot guy's blood and guts spilling out all over the screen?

The large amount of phone calls I’ve been getting from numbers that don’t exist or have been disconnected. I normally leave these alone but sometimes I feel like a good yell. And then I call and there’s no one there to yell at.

Why have I forgotten politics? Oh yes, because I hate arguing politics with people who don’t know what they are saying. Or better yet those who in the end agree with you but who are still arguing.

And of course, being pulled over for no reason. It has happened twice now in the past year. How many of you really think the police are doing a great job of spending your hard earned money on pulling over me?

Wyoming shut out

I also went to the BYU/Wyoming game this weekend. Watching them at home, sitting on my couch just isn't the same. I realized that after this season I only have one left before I graduate and I am going to try to make it to as many as I can. Here are some pictures from the game.

Bad Day...Everyone has them.

Nothing too terribly exciting has happened since my last post. But if you have a few minutes to waste I’ll fill you in. I only have a car charger for my cell, and I use it as an alarm so I sometimes find that I have to charge it for an hour or two before I go to bed to make sure it makes it until morning. One day last week I had one of those nights. I had classes until 6:30 and when I came home all I wanted to do was be lazy. So I was. Around 10 pm I took my phone out to my car and let it charge. When I came back in I noticed this little piece of paper. The one that says “get your driving record to us or else.” I panicked for a moment and went straight to ordering it online. Of course the website I chose happened to be very confusing but it’s 10:30 by now and no one is available to help me over the phone. If you didn’t know, I worry, a lot. Knowing I wouldn’t get any sleep over this I decided to get my phone to call my mom. Yes, I still have times where I need my mommy. On my way out the back door (the one with stairs) I fell. Big time, and just as I am falling someone pulled into the parking lot and just sat there…watching me. Despite the many choice words I wanted to scream at this time, I got up and got my phone and rushed (as quickly and gimply) as possible back into the house where I preceded to call my mom and cry over the day I had. And yes, it’s midnight in Texas. Just remember when you are having a bad day and are looking for that excuse to cry and let it all out…stop looking…you end up curled up in a parking lot with a skinned up knee.

Life Can Be Deceiving

You know that song by Jack Johnson "Better Together"? Look it up if you haven't. There's the part that says, "Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart, like Why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it's so hard? It’s not always easy and sometimes life can be deceiving I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together."
Is love really the answer to all the questions in my heart? It's has taken me a while to be able to answer that with a yes. It's a somewhat weak yes but it's there. You see, we all are looking for someone to love us, we're American, it's in our blood. But we often forget that more importantly we need to love ourselves. Not in the "O my heck, I'm so hot" sort of way, but more of an appreciation for what we have been given. I guess the things they say in church are true (go figure) you do have to look at things on an eternal perspective. Anyway, this is going to be a relatively short blog since it's my epiphany...an epiphany many of you probably had years ago.

I have no stones to cast...

First off I'd like to say that I have a LOT more research to do on the upcoming election before I decide which is the lesser of the two evils to vote for. But I had a lengthy discussion on the topic of the republican choice for VP and the "scandal" as they are calling it. First off I'd like to say, what scandal? These things do happen do they not? Yes, republicans are all about the family, but when your child comes to you with something that hard to deal with you don't shun them or send them into hiding...that's only going to make it harder. No it's not right to involve children in your political campaign; I will be the first to agree to that. But when she found out she was pregnant, when she decided to keep the baby and marry the father she is no longer a child...those are some very responsible ADULT decisions she is making. And how do we know if she did or did not want to be front page on all the best selling newspapers. Maybe as an adult she decided instead of hiding she would just face the press and not have this very private situation even more of a topic of gossip later when, let's say, Palin becomes a grandmother. Yes, I know, that I'm probably missing a lot of what's going on with anything in the political world, but before we go accusing people of the horrible sins they have can we take a step back and see if we really can cast that first stone. We're not perfect but we have the good fortune of not having our lives displayed before the whole world. These are politicians and they know that the press is always looking for a story but can we sit back for a second and realize that these are people too.

I don't know maybe I just felt a little sorry for Bristol. I'm glad she's taking responsibility for what happened and I'm glad she was brave enough to face the press. At least she's not terminating the pregnancy, that I would be mad about.

Read up on it, you can tell me what you think if you really want. I don't care.

http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1220356829225330.xml&coll=1

Rainy Day

So, second blog started. Let's see if I can keep up with this one. Probably not, I'm not going to lie and get your hopes up. So I've moved into a new house...love it! Except for the fact that my roommates for the past 2 years are married...or close to it. Oh well, I'm supposed to be able to deal with change right? Right. The new roommates are great though, I really can't complain. There's definitely a need for a quote board already. For example, in trying to comfort my roommate last night I might have accidentally dissed her as well. What do you think? "Don't worry he'll talk to you again...He'll talk to anything that breathes." Yes...I did. Well thankfully we're still cool.

It's raining today, hence the sudden need to start a new blog. I'm sitting in my living room thinking wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to work today at the Latinoamericano Festival, but really...what else would I do? I even started reading my textbooks.

I have this appreciation for Baptist church signs. When your day is shot and you just need a good laugh...go find a Baptist church sign. I'm sure you all have seen the email going around with some good ones but in my home town of Bastrop the Baptist church is next to Dairy Queen and their sign said, "Our Sunday's are better than DQ's." I'd like to argue their point, but to tell you the truth...I don't think I can.

Well that's about all for now. I have this strong want to go read another textbook.