Quotes of Epicness

So as some of you may know, I have a rather large quote wall in my apartment. If you are a frequenter of my place, you may even be fortunate enough to have one of your quotes featured there. I have heard from more than one source that this quote wall of ours happens to be, hands down, the most epic quote wall that any person has ever seen. No one has ever refuted that fact. I love our quote wall. It provides many a good giggle, and functions as a fabulous conversation starter, as well as helps to keep many memories alive. Now--- because the school year is ending, the quote wall will have to be taken down. This is a tragedy in my mind. However - I would like the quote wall to live on. So here, on this very blog, shall be documented some of the epic, and not so epic moments in our apartment. Keep in mind that these come in no apparent order, and more than likely a few wonderful moments will be missing. Enjoy at your leisure, and please feel free to tell me which is your favorite.

"If you are going to do the dishes naked at least shut the blinds." -Sharlee

"He can go sit on a log for all I care... and the red ants can eat his butt." -Aly

"The personal bubble ends at the teeth." -Dora

"I'm so brilliant sometimes it hurts." -Krystal

"You can test him... like Potiphar's wife." -Belle

"Krystal is the most righteous person I know." -Dora
"Not after tonight..." -Sharlee

"I don't wanna be annoying like a pomegranate...." -Krystal
"I don't want to be soft and easy to peel..." -Dora

"I slept with that pumpkin!" -Dora
"Then it got sick and died." -Riley

"Sometimes I wonder what is compelling me to do such a horrific act of weirdness." -Dora

"...hopefully making out with a hot specimen of man-flesh." -Krystal
"Yes." -Sharlee

"Don't mind me, I'm just getting dressed in front of you." -Dora
"Whatever." -Jacob

"I'm going to say a prayer... to myself." -Dora
"Ah... religion 101: You aren't God." -Krystal

"What happened to your nose?" -Sharlee
"You hit it with your head." -Krystal

"Sharlee has too much hair, and Dora has too much face." -Dalon

"I think he should smurf in Camille's specific vicinity." -Camille


"Are you picky about lips?" -Dora
"Well I guess that depends on how they taste." -Dalon


"And that's when I realized... I'm a wuss!" -Krystal

"But I'm a single pumpkin... so it's ok." -Krystal

"I got TP stuck in my eye so I went to grab it and I accidentally pinched my eyeball! It's true!" -Sharlee

"They went to Heaven." -Jacob
"That's only if they're good." -Krystal

"Krystal has made herself the queen of awkward." -Dalon

"I live for awkwardness." -Krystal

"Who can I cheat on Dora with so that she will like me better?" -Krystal
"I can relate to that." -Riley

"Kiss me. I'm pregnant." -Paul

"Brian, I am not your future child." -Krystal

"What do you look so scared about?" -Krystal
"I dunno. I'm just trying to cry." -Jacob

"You can come hunt me down and shoot me." -Riley
"And then you can play with him." -Carrie

"I can't date him, I need someone I can be naughty with." -Krystal

"Oh I see... you  just want to be naughty." -Camille

"Krystal's not mischievous, she's just naughty." -Kelden

"I wish my spit tasted that good." -Krystal
"Well ________ probably thought so." -Dora

"He needs to learn to talk better." -Krystal
"Well, we can invite him over and break him." -Sharlee

"Imagine you have nostrils at the bottom of your feet." -Yoga Video

"Krystal! I don't think you're a control freak. Let's just establish that." -Brian

"What if a boy falls in love with me and I don't want him to?" -Krystal
"Kick him and say, 'Stop it.'" -Dora

"Make something really beautiful, like my face." -Camille

"You could elope. I'm pretty sure that's a good spring break activity." -Krystal

"Maybe you are having cuddle withdrawals and the only thing you've got is the wall." -Dora

"Look. I'm delusional." -Jacob

"Pumpkins are seasonal." -Grocery Man
"What about all the other fruits and vegetables?" -Sharlee

"I just thought you were having momentary problems, that's all." -Dora
"No! I'm dancing!" -Krystal

"I'd better get dressed." -Sharlee
"I'd better blow out the candles... we don't want to send the wrong message." -Krystal

"I'll pretend that I'm a hot man for a minute." -Sharlee

"He's not fun to talk to. Only about." -Camille

"Cameron, do you think you're too good for Krystal?" -Aly
"Could you ask a more awkward question?" -Krystal
"Cameron, do you think you're too good for Carrie?" -Aly

"My lips are wussy. They aren't as strong as they used to be." -Krystal


"Krystal crawled through the wrong window and was beat to death by a walker." -Dalon

"The Stake President told us to stay away from people like you." -Krystal
"Why?" -Riley
"Because we are supposed to avoid temptation." -Krystal

"I refuse to be involved in the putting of them together." -Camille

"Tell them about the prostitutes..." -Dalon
"They were supposed to stay in the car." -Riley

"What's the point of winning if Krystal wins too?" -David

"What do you want me to say? I'm sorry that all these men are interested in you? I'm sorry!!" -Krystal

"What am I? I am the tub that holds everything together!!" -David

"I diffuse the awkwardness as I create it." -Krystal

"Have you ever licked me?" -Riley
"You mean while you were awake?" -Paul

"I think at this point in my life love is nonexistent compared to chacos." -Brian

"People get drunk before noon all the time." -Brian

"I don't want to be gotten by that!" -Krystal

"It's not because I have mercy... it's in the rulebook." -David

"Why thank you Camille, you are a test of my patience." -Brian

"Summer is like the quiver of an eyelid twitch before it twitches." -Krystal (with the aid of Carrie and Camille)

"Krystal, don't make me hold your hand." -Brian

"Becoming a True Aggie does not make you CPR certified." -Cameron

Graduation

Yeah. That's me on there... crazy sauce right?

This lovely announcement is courtesy of of the brilliant Dora Poon.

Fender

Sharlee's boyfriend is cool. He got me a fish. Seeing as I've managed to kill 4 goldfish this semester... he was smart and got me a sturdier specimen.

Meet Fender:

Yes, he is named after the guitar brand.

He may be an ornery and temperamental Betta, but he's very pretty, and he hasn't died yet.

Hooray for keeping fish alive!

Twitterpation is in the air

The online urban dictionary defines twitterpated as: "an enjoyable disorder characterized by feelings of excitement, anticipation, high hopes, recent memories of interludes, giddiness, and physical overstimulation which occur simultaneously when experiencing a new love. These feelings take over without warning, usually at odd times (such as at a check-out line), with or without the partner present, and make it difficult to concentrate on anything but romance. They interfere with work and safe driving, but should be experienced at least once in every person's lifetime."

Fabulous definition right?

Lately it seems that everyone (excepting for myself of course) has caught this bug. And in a way I'm supremely glad that I don't have to deal with it... but in another way I'm kind of jealous. Only slightly though. It's kinda fun to be able to walk into a room and see them sitting there, grinning like a fool as they go about whatever task they happen to be engaged in. The teasing that is associated with twitterpation is a lot of fun too. But I don't envy the stress and worry that comes with it. At all.

Also: being a third wheel can get old quick. And being a 5th wheel is about eight and a half times worse than being a 3rd wheel.

But golly, spring is coming, and I can tell. It's great :)

"I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day..."

I know, I know, two posts in one day is a lot... but I wanted to talk ok? Plus it's my blog and I can do what I want with it, so there.

This afternoon I found myself leaving my apartment in a a hurry... for I knew that I was going to be late to class. As I scurried up the street I looked up to see a gentleman from my ward (who happens to be an extremely attractive specimen of man-flesh, just so you know.) I was approaching the street that he was crossing, and as I noticed him he turned his head towards me. I thought I was too far away for him to recognize me... but then he kept looking. And looking. And looking. For a very much longer-than-normal sort of time. And so finally I raised my hand in a timid wave, (thinking to myself as I did so that he was probably looking at something or someone other than myself,) and to my genuine surprise, he waved back! I like to imagine that he smiled as he waved, but alas, I was too far away to tell.

So then, I turned the corner and hurriedly began the steep ascent against the general flow of traffic, all the while marveling to myself that I could be so lucky as to have such a dashing young man notice me. When out of the blue I hear an excited "Krystal!" and look up to see two beautiful Camilles smiling and waving at me. I responded in like, and before the smile even had time to fade from my mouth, I was punched playfully in the arm by another wonderful girl named Leisl.

Before I had made it halfway to class I saw no fewer than seven people who all know my name. And it's only a 12 minute walk for me to get to my class! I felt so loved. When I contrast the creature who bounced up the hill today, saying hello to friends as she hurried along her merry way, with the the solitary mouse who walked the same sidewalk with a very different attitude two years ago, I can't help but be amazed. Two years ago the girl walking to class viewed her world as lonely and constricted. But the girl who walked up the hill today, thoroughly grateful for the wonderful friend network she has, was not the same girl. They may look very similar. They may even share the same name, but they are definitely not the same girl. And I am grateful for that.

I heard once that the most beautiful word in any language is one's own name. I wholeheartedly believe that. I love hearing my name come out of other people's mouths, especially when it is said in a tone of excitement or tenderness. So hearing my own name so many times in so short a walk, was music to my ears. People shouldn't wear headphones as they walk around campus, because they are missing the opportunity to listen to the ring of their own name as it comes off of other's lips. I have the greatest friends. Oh golly. I love my life!

Proper Tea Party

Last night the Avocet 4 girls (that's me and my apartment) set up a magical tea party. We built a fort in the front room, and got little tea cups. We had herbal tea packets and frosted cupcakes and sent out invitations. It turned out to be lots and lots of fun.




I highly recommend it. If you want a good evening just throw a little tea party. And make sure you dress up :)

Gen-Ed Blues

Do you even know how ridiculous it feels to go back to gen-ed courses when you are used to being in a program and specialization where your largest class contains no more than 40 people, and your smallest is only 15? Where every single one of your professors knows you by name... and where you refer to each of your class's not by their title, (because you don't know the title), but by the Professor's first name? (i.e. Scott's class, and Trina's class, etc...) Where you work your tail off, every day, but you don't mind so much because you enjoy what you are studying and you know it's going to get you somewhere...

Yeah, it's nice to go back to the squishy-easy-autopilot mode sometimes... but I'm finding that gen-ed bugs me a whole lot more than I remember it bothering me.

Oh well. Life could be worse right?

Tonight for my "Dress and Humanity" class we had a talent show. I made a dress out of blue and purple bandanas, it was actually pretty cool if I do say so myself (both the show and my dress). I enjoyed the project; I do not enjoy going to that class. It's RIDICULOUS. Easy yes, but ridiculous nonetheless. Just so you know. If you decide to take it don't you dare say you weren't warned.

Yeah. For all you out there who are getting ready to start your program, I am so excited for you. It's so cool to get out of gen-ed. Just don't be dumb like me and decide to go back for seconds once you get out.

Ok. Gen-ed isn't all that bad. I actually like my Anthropology class, not gonna lie. It's just pathetically easy. But I shouldn't complain about that I guess. Haha. I'm feeling so fickle tonight.

I am completely caught up on homework...

It's 11:45 on Labor day morning.

I have zero plans for the rest of the day.


What to do? What to do?

Last night was so much fun!

Wanna hear some of the crazy things that were said?

"Have you ever licked me?" -Riley
"You mean while you were awake?" -Paul

"Tell them about the prostitutes..." -Dalon
"They were supposed to stay in the car." -Riley

and...

"I'm supposed to stay away from people like you." -Krystal
"Why?" -Riley
"Because the Stake President told us to avoid temptation." -Krystal


Common thread... yeah. Hehe. It was a wonderful night. Riley is definitely good to have around if you want a chuckle or two.

Quirky Quotes!

These are my favorite quotes from the quote wall in my apartment... bear in mind most of them have a bizarre context, and were said very late at night :D

"Does this shirt match my spatula?" -Alan

'Carston! You are comparing us to something that kills people...' -Krystal
"Well they don't try to kill people... it just happens!" -Carston

"You could fit a baby in there!" -Dora
"You steal babies now?" -Krystal

"Do you want us to... umm... help make you cry?" -Riley

"Offering the dice to the sun gods...?" -Dalon

"My wings are sore!" -Krystal

"Well I wouldn't mind mating... I MEAN DATING!" -Dora

"It's wrong to lick your roommate. Especially when it's me." -Riley

"I was operating under the asumption that I wouldn't lose my VL's to a man... or a dog." -Kevin

"That wasn't a date, that was a frontal assault!" -Cami

"I don't think you are talking to me... so I'm just going to hang up now." -Krystal

"If this pumpkin were a man, he'd be perfect." -Dora

"They come over, and drop dead on our floor... We have to do SOMETHING with them!" -Krystal
"So you incorporate them into your art." -Nephi

"Oh no Krystal! Your knight in shining armour is in competition with the perfect man!" -Lyndsay

"I just thought you were having momentary problems, that's all." -Dora
"NO! I was DANCING!" -Krystal

"Satan! Stop talking to him!!!" -Dora

"No wonder we can't attract boys!" -Krystal
"We're too problematic!" -Dora

"I wonder what it would feel like to kiss Paul..." -Riley

"What's wrong with me?" -Krystal
"Everything" -Dora

and I think one of my very most favorites:

"Sorry, you have defective eyebags." -Cami

Which is your favorite?

Rough outline for today:

1. Brush my teeth and... well yeah
2. Stumble through my math lesson at 7:30 am
3. Eat breakfast and brush my teeth again
4. Pack lunch
5. Stare at the couch longingly and wish that I had time for a nap...
6. Observe 1st grade classroom
7. Do FBA observation
8. Go to work
9. Stay alert and take informal data during work... ummm... yes
10. Shove food into my mouth while walking to class
11. Sleep through class (alternative: play games through class)
12. Walk home
13. Make something random for dinner
14. Do some homework, but not really
15. Go to institute
16. Walk home, crash on the couch, and chastise myself for not going to the gym after institute
17. Finish up lesson plan for tomorrow and the homework that I was supposed to do earlier
18. Brush my teeth; debate between a morning and evening shower...
19. Stay up way too late again talking to my roommates...
20. Get into bed and thank heaven that tomorrow is friday

Anyone else's day sound like this?

And I wonder why I usually don't look forward to thursdays....

Grumpy

I am grumpy about life.

Yes I will freely admit it.

Despite my efforts to 'look for silver linings' and 'count all my blessings'... I just can't seem to find the satisfaction that I am looking for.

I am barely managing to keep on top of things. I know that everyone says this... but really, I feel like I am walking on the tip of a knife blade, and I'm just about to fall off the edge. Mostly because I am sick and tired of trying to keep everything balanced.

I am sorry for anyone reading this, you should probably just stop because I am in a complaining mood.

Last night I about had a melt down... between school, work, lack of a social life, my body breaking down on me, no time... it just kinda got to me. Then I woke up this morning determined to have a good day. And I was doing a pretty good job of it... until I got a grade back (at 8:30 this morning), bemoaned the fact that I am going to FAIL my teaching mathematics course, and then was sickened by the fact that conslation a friend gave me, citing that I only have to get a C to pass, was actually slightly comforting.

Can I please drop out of school?

I know I won't be happy if I do... so I will keep plugging away.... but....

will someone please speed up this semester? Either that, or fit three more hours into every day so that I can actually get enough sleep? I can't handle it anymore.

It is finished...

THE SEMESTER IS OVER!

I took my last final this afternoon, and I think I did pretty well.

I currently have two final grades posted... they are both A's.

And I am very very happy about it all :D

You know you have just about lost it...

when you find yourself composing the following paragraph just because you and your study buddies think that it is completely hilarious:

"In the beginning, Dr. Higbee planned for generalization. And he organized data, and he saw that it was good. And he found classroom space, and said, let us plan our time to teach of Operant Conditioning. And students came to him to learn to do as he did. And he explained that behavior is a function of it's consequences, and he showed them how to take data and plan treatments. And he gave them orange flash cards, and they were grateful.
And Dr. Higbee positively reinforced the generalization of their graphing behavior contingent on their accurate respones. So they wrote a behavioral definition of hydration which stated, "the act of pouring liquid into the oral cavity, and then using the muscles in the esophagus to swallow the aforementioned liquid." And they calculated the time he talked and the number of drinks he took. And they collaborated with IOA, and they saw that they were accurate. And they graphed the respones, and they said, "Let us go down to the front of the room, for there is space there to present our data to him, and that will give Dr. Higbee an Establishing Operation for giving us A's." And so they presented their data to him, and he saw that it was good, and he was happy."

Sickening huh?

We're giving it to him tomorrow with our graphs... hehehe.

Riley... 100% attendance.... here we come!

Remember a few weeks ago -- I made a bargain with the ward mission leader. He said he would become a 100% attendee of FHE if I found someone for the missionaries to teach.

Well last night I was on my way to ward volleyball when I met my non-member neighbor friend outside. I invited him to come with me to play, and he came along eagerly. On the way home I asked him if he'd like to come again next week, and he said he'd like to, and then asked if he would need to 'enroll' or 'sign-up.' I kind of chuckled at the perfect opportunity- and then explained how ward volleyball was set up. This led to a discussion about the church, which led to a discussion about what I believe, which led to a dicussion about he belives, which led to talking about the missionaries and church, which led to talking about the Bible and Book of Mormon, which led to giving him a Book of Mormon and bearing my testimony, which led to him expressing interest in learning more.

So either he really is interested... was just being super nice, or the third option is that perhaps he didn't quite understand everything I said: which is possible considering that he's from India. I'm hoping it's the first one.

Sharing the gosple with him made me so excited and so happy! I was on such a spiritual high last night. God really does help us acheive the rightous desires of our hearts! My testimony of this has been strengthened so much. He also gives us amazing opportunities to share the gosple when we pray for them, even when we weren't sure at all about how we were going to find someone to share the truth with.

So I am so stoked... and I will be so excited if we are able to get my friend an appointment to meet with the missionaries!

Especially since this will doom Riley to keeping his end of the deal for sure :D

I have 5 straight hours of testing scheduled tomorrow...

and guess how much I studied today?

Probably a grand total of... umm... 30 minutes. This would be when my roommate sat down and quizzed me on my flashcards.

I am such a slacker.

Luckily!! I only have to take tests for three hours... then I get to give a beast of a test for two hours. Poor kid.

However- on the bright side: I got in a very good 45 minute workout, took a nap, went to FHE and didn't eat any junkfood today!

I ate a hot dog tonight....

and actually enjoyed it.

Yes ladies and gentlmen... I enjoyed a hot dog.

This is kind of a huge deal for me, as anyone who has ever heard my discourse on the evil's of hotdogs can tell you. Basically I have always believed that eating a hot dog is about as close as you can get to eating warm rubber. Therefore I only eat them when no other options are available. And I NEVER eat them when they aren't roasted or grilled. Another must... a bun and condiments.

So I was kind of surprised when I took a bite tonight and liked it.

I must really be a starving college student...

"Sorry Grandma!"

Riley Bradshaw completely made my night when he looked at me with a very guilty expression and uttered these two words. He neglected to attend family home evening... and was unforunate enough to run into me and the rest of the FHE group on his way home from campus tonight.

I will admit... I am having a lot of fun being the 'Grandma' of the ward. There is something mischeviously fun about being allowed to be obnoxiously encouraging about coming to family night. Tonight as I tried fulfill my calling and 'commit' Riley to come in the future, I found myself on the brunt end of him trying to fulfill his. Because he is the ward mission leader... I ended up striking a bargain with him. He becomes a 100% attender of FHE... and I find someone for the Elder's to teach.

I think we were both surprised at how readily I agreed to his proposed deal.

I have never approached a non-member friend about the gosple before. Mostly this is because all of my friends that I spend time with are members. The church is generally the network that I use to meet people, which makes finding investigators a bit more difficult. However I did make a committment to him, and I'm going to pray that the Lord will help me to fulfill it. I want to be a member missionary! The prospect is scary and exciting all at the same time.

So I am going to open my eyes and start looking in ernest. And as a result I get Riley to come to FHE every single monday night! Woot... I think I'm getting the better end of the deal here...

I wonder how many more crazy deals I'll have to strike to get people to come every week....

School Starts Again...

So I moved back to Logan- and although I had a rough time leaving home, I am glad to be back. I didn't realize how many people I had up here to miss. I keep bumping into old friends and it's been fun to catch up with people.

I am happy to report that it was a lot easier for me to move up this year. I only had one breakdown... and that was about an hour and a half prior to driving off. I finished packing, and then wound up on my bed reading old journal entries from last year. I ended up sitting on my bed and just crying- I think because I quit moving and doing and starting thinking about who I am going to miss while I am at college. Combine that with the fact that I was starting to feel like nobody cared I was leaving-- (I had two of my good buddies blow off seeing me before I left, and narrowly missed not being able to say goodbye to another good friend) -- yeah, I had a meltdown. But now that I'm up here and staying busy I am doing great. Thankfully.

Our ward is different than last year. I'm no longer in the amazingly awesome 34th ward- instead they realigned stake boundaries and I am now in the 7th ward- which I'm hoping will be just as fun as my ward last year. I spent some time yesterday catching up with Cami Webb (I adore that girl) and spent some time today catching up with Hyrum - I'd forgotten how much fun I have when he's around.

My classes are going to be crazy busy I think- but I think I'll enjoy the content because they are all going to be very relevant to getting my teaching license. I am a bit nervous about school- especially since I think I'm revamping my plan so that I can go more towards the Occupational Therapy side of life. Ahh! I really hate the first day of school because they dump an entire semester/schoolyear/lifetime on you and it's kind of stressful to think about....

But anyways--

I feel like I am rambling about general news, which is ok- but probably not very interesting to read about.

Done!!

As of this afternoon I am done with finals!!!!!

I feel so great right now :) Although I do sympathize with all those who are still plugging away at it.

Just thought ya'll would like to know =D