- Ridiculous Music Obsession #419 -

Megan Bell showed me this the other day and.. well.. I can't get enough of it. Talk about KEWLEST ever. Who would have thought a teenybopper could make a song about whipping your hair back and forth sound so good.

- Blood Bank -

You know those times when it feels like the world has stopped? And you know it hasn't, but you wish it would?


My room is clean [after a few weeks of being.. well.. not.] Mmm, and it smells like Home Sweet Home. How quaint. -People keep using that word around me... I like it. I hear nothing but rain and Bon Iver on low while drinking a mug of 50% Pero, 50% Pumpkin Spice, 5% cream, 5% love. [ 110% WONDERFUL.] I've written in my journal [for the first time in ages] and the thoughts of homework/5:30 AM work have already gone to rest. Soon I'll go to bed too, at 11:00 PM. [That never happens.]

Sunday evening, thank you for visiting. You've got me looking forward to the rest of the week.

- HELP! -

I'm finally getting myself a camera that isn't super inconvenient to carry around! [I've been waiting a long time for this.] Now, the only thing between me and my purchase- is deciding what color to get.

I really like the tan one..But at the same time, getting black just seems like the right thing to do..What a ridiculous dilemma this is!

- Prime Year -

I was going to title this post 'Good Year', but then I felt like it would have to be written about tires or something so... I changed it.

Horse Feathers
is coming to concert..

For $10??

I'm ultimately excited for this! Last time they came, I bailed and went to Megan's BBQ instead. Which I don't regret, but just am a little sad about sometimes. SO, I'm way glad they're coming again! Too glad maybe!

It's been a great year of concerts!! Can my 5 followers believe the visits we've had? 50% of the best ones being free? And the other 50% being really cheap?

Mates of State [2]
Modest Mouse
Girl Talk
The New Pornographers*
The Avett Brothers*
Vampire Weekend*
fun.
Sleigh Bells**
Born Ruffians**
Sufjan Stevens [!!!]
Horse Feathers* [2]
and so many others..

SO PRIME. (:

Ps. All the girls at work are getting baby hungry and I'm having a hard time understanding it. How could working with children possibly make someone WANT one? Haa. Little terrors. I AM getting puppy hungry though. I saw the cutest Dalmatian/something mix on campus a few days ago and the only thing that stopped me from going out and buying one is my apartment contract. Maybe I'll have to buy a book about dogs for temporary treatment.

*Did not attend.
** Not allowed to attend because of age. BLECK.

- Not Much To Say -

Life:

Today I accidentally added the word 'prophile' to my computers dictionary.

My Deductive Logic professor said he wrote 'Jerk!' on a kids test once. The kid had made up 100 extra steps to a problem because he was bored and since the logic made sense our professor had to grade through each one.

I've decided wedding bouquets always look so beautiful. Speaking of weddings.. Talk about a commitment! Forever is a long, long time. Thinking about that makes me so glad I'm not already hitched and/or getting hitched anytime soon.

While I was at work yesterday a little girl got her shirt stuck on her head. It was really, really, really, rrreeeaaalllllllyyyy funny.

Last Thursday, for my Introduction to Folklore class, we went to the cemetery and looked at symbolism on gravestones.. It was really awesome to say the least. Cemeteries are really neat. If you've never lazily browsed one, I highly recommend it. Wikipedia says the Salt Lake Cemetery is the largest city owned cemetery in the United States. Cool, right?

Will someone teach me how to play marbles? I'd like to learn.

- Four Thieves Gone -

Drew that left handed. It's me [if you couldn't tell]. I tried to do a thumbs up but--- it turned into a bird..

Meh, Whatever.

- Noah and the Whale Phase -

Well if you are [what you love]
And you do [what you love]
I will always be the sun and moon to you.
And if you share [with your heart]
Yeah, you give [with your heart]
What you share with the world is what it keeps of you.

I just love that..

- Shlife -

I went into Curves a few days ago and the owner pulled me aside. She told me how a previous member had come in looking for me, wanting to know how I was doing.

"She was very anxious to see you.
... There have been a lot of ladies very anxious to see you. "

It feels so good to hear that. The friendships I have with those ladies make my minimum wage job worth it. Lacking a healthy amount of close relationships up here, I lean on them for encouragement as much as than they lean on me. It's really nice, and sometimes I wonder what I would do without them.

[PS. I've been slacking as a blogger, but it feels really good when real life prevents me from getting on here.]

- Shlove These Fools -

- Conference Weekend -

- Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit -

I wanted to post Mates of States cover of 17 Pink Sugar Elephants on here, but I couldn't find the audio anywhere but in my CD player. [Yes, CD player. (:] The cover is sooo good! Look it up on iTunes.

It's really hard to go from eating mint oreos to eating normal oreos. It's kind of like losing a best friend and buying a fish as a replacement. It just not the same.

Before this year I'd never consistently trekked up and down old main hill and I'm bittersweet about having to do it now. Those stairs are hell. There's no other way to put it. But on the other hand, I really enjoy that side of campus, the view over the hill just East of the amphitheater is so wonderful. This morning while I was walking home from class everything was just so beautiful and perfect. I really love Logan.

I've made a new friend up here. He's a grad student, working on his masters and teaching English 1010. For the past two years, I've spent all my time around the same people. I've been so anti-social. Really. And why? For one, I'm intimidated by awesome people. For two, I only like being friends with awesome people. Therein lies the issue. HA. But I'm getting over it. Hence, my friendship with Matt.

My ward is full of really great people, and I'm so thankful for that. I'm also thankful that I could get work off for FHE on Mondays so I can spend time with my ward. [I've never been able to do that, my whole college career!]

I've been working really hard for the last few months to better myself. I've decided I want to do what it takes to be reflected on as a good, positive person. Along with my no longer downloading music, I've been trying to be a better friend. I want all my relationships to be good ones, and I'm really working on that. I'm learning to say sorry. I'm learning to be productive. I've been more interactive with the real world- [ I have only pulled out my ear-buds once this whole semester!] I've decided to sacrifice my need to be a ridiculous person in able to become closer to the church and become what I'm here to be. I've been semi-diligently reading the scriptures and leaning on Heavenly Father for help. And I've been going to dance parties whenever I can- [the world would be a better place if everybody went to dance parties.]

To friends and acquaintances I've ever hurt,

I've been a vibrant music snob, a vibrant politics snob, just a vibrant snob in general. I've been negative and judgemental. I've been sarcastic. Cynical. I've made others and myself unhappy. I hope you can forgive me for all of that. I've come to the realization that we're all just dirty humans, trying to learn and do our best.

Lets go to lunch,
Mandy