Right Back Where I started

"It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you."- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

If you have not seen that movie, "Benjamin Button", I strongly suggest it. Its pretty long but it's worth it, lots of good quotes and life inspirations.

Well here I am, home town Bountiful for the holidays. In some ways it's good to be back but a lot has changed. The other day, my old job called in wondering if I could work. Well more money for me, so I said yes. Many of my co-workers were gone by now, and the ones that remain, are very different in both good and bad ways. One of my really good friends that would b

e a complete moron with me, acted like she didn't know me. It hurt, but h

ey people change. But then I saw that Benjamin Button quote, and it's very true. I've changed a lot myself. I feel more confident and I can actually drive somewhere else besides Bountiful without freaking out. Small, but I have changed, hopefully for the better.

So this holiday "weekend" has been pretty great so far. Last night I stayed at a friends house until about 2, then afterwards I went for a small drive down "memory lane." It was pretty cool, since it was so late/early, not many where out so I felt like I had the entire city to myself. I drove to the top of the mountain ("make out point") and just looked at the city. It was great, I even found a few lovely wild dandy lions. So I picked a couple, and took them to the grave of Porsha, a great friend of mine that died in a car accident in high school. It was a nice little late night drive and I loved it.

Tonight I got to spend sometime with some of the closest friends i've had since I was little. One of them, it's a love hate relationship, but we all have em, and we all love em :)

You see? You see that man I'm sitting with? Yes he ruined the picture. Terrible. Just terrible. But thank goodness we were at Coffee Garden or I would of just killed him right there.

Mmmmm I love me some Chai. Good tea this is, delicious. Tastes like candy canes at christmas

This is the Coffee Garden. MMhm. Love it love it love it love it.

Well... that's all I have for today but HAPPY THANKSGIVING! eat lots and get fat, ya'll!

Been A While.

It's been a tad busier than usual. Since 11/11 I've been pretty busy with homework and just enjoying the college life. Well, Saturday morning I drove back home so that later that night I could go to a place called Comedy Sportz with the crew. IT WAS HILARIOUS! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Comedy Sportz is an improv comedy show. 2 of the the men where HILARIOUS! Everything that came out of their mouths had my sides splitting. 2 others had great jokes here and there, but still had me laughing pretty good. The other 2 just needed help with their jokes, but cheers to them for trying, ya?

This is all of us at Comedy Sportz. Super fun.

So for a while now i've been working on this 15 page paper that I have due on Friday. AH! So stressful, i've never written a paper this long before IN MY LIF

E! It made me laugh because this 40 year old guy in my math class was complaining about having to write a 5 page paper. IF YOU ONLY KN

EW! Kills me. Well yesterday was the PERFECT relief. After raking leaves for an FHE activity, Me, Hailey and Zach decided to take a 5 hour energy drink. From past experiences, this is bad news. Sure it can really get you going for work, in fact i'v

e taken it for work and it's been a great help, but once you get in the mind set of ENERGY! you do things you might later regret. So since it wasn't the first time taking the drink, I wasn't to ba

d, but Hailey was OFF THE WALLS!

So this is just us quickly chugging the small drink down. For anyone who's had a 5 hour energy before, it's not exactly the best tasting thing in the world.

Within minutes, this was us on the couches. Obviously didn't take to long to kick in.

Hailey was probably the most energetic of all of us. As you can see, she was a little hard to control when things started to dim down. Poor Zach right?

So earlier today, we got really bored. And we remembered that we had an extra mattress (my mattress because I replaced the brick with my super comfy one.) and we decided to do this....

and this...

So all in all, after a good failed attempt at "surfing" down the stairs and a couple awkward moments on the elevator with strangers in the apartment building, it all ended in a great laugh and of course, great college memories! That's what it's all about right? Not education. HA!

11/11/11

Well yesterday was 11/11/11. Big deal, ya? Well I went to the big grand opening of the H&M store, lunch at Cheesecake Factory, but I waited all day for the 11/11/11 11:11. And guess what? I was in a movie at the time, fell asleep, and when my friend bumped me awake, I quickly looked at the time and it was... 11:13 pm. AGH! So close! I totally missed it!

So here's just a couple pics from yesterday:

This is the grand opening of H&M at the Fashion Place Mall. It was INSANE! It was black friday on steroids. The store opened at noon and I got there right at 11:58. It reminded me of New Years eve when everyone screamed "5...4...3...2...1!" It was so fun to be there and just experience it. I didn't get to go inside though, the line to get in wrapped around the front of the store, and wrapped around the outside of the mall. It would take me hours and hours to get in. But still fun

My brother, Mclayne, was lucky enough to be one of the first 500 people in line. He had been waiting since 8 that morning.

This is just the group that went with me to H&M. We took two pictures and Nate had his eyes closed in BOTH.

After watching the crazy crowd at H&M we decided to shop a little then go eat. Nate is going to be a pilot so he was determined to find a leather jacket and aviator sunglasses to go with it. I don't know why that makes you a pilot, but he was sure he needed those two items. After we shop a little we decided to treat ourselves to The Cheesecake Factory. While we were there, Nate and Zach decided to eat a slice of lemon at the same time. Zach loved it, but as you can see by Nate's face. He didn't like it so much.

Next, it was me and Hailey's turn. For those who know me, this is huge. I don't eat things that are healthy like this. Expecially sour lemons.

I basically threw up. Worst mistake ever.

Well after all that adventure, I basically went back to the apartment and played a little Super Smash Brothers with Zach until I left for home to get my car inspected and such. Then I fell asleep during a movie and missed the biggest moment of the day. Oh well, just shows how fast time goes by eh?

But pushing that aside, a month ago from yesterday was the day my cousin died. So just to honor his memory I wrote a little "spoken word" poem. And here it is:

I still remember the last day I saw you

Laying in the hospital bed, close to the end

My dad grabs your hand and slowly says

“I remember the day you came into this world

Now I’ll always remember the day you left”

I tried to understand, wrap my young mind around the scene

My aunt told me to hold his hand, his soul was now clean

I still don’t understand why God wanted you to leave

After the doctors cut off your life support that was helping you to breath

God had stolen your life away from us

Taken you to the highest points in the sky

So far up high,

I could reach but wouldn’t even try

The Sunday before my mom told me to fast

But I ignored the request

I figured it would past

And it’s not that I didn’t want to,

It’s just I couldn’t deal with the thought of you dying

I guess that’s why at the service I couldn’t stop crying

But now, 5 years later, all I can do is write

This poem is my way to say to you,

I’m sorry I didn’t want to visit you.

I know I was young then but

For years that was no excuse

I hope you forgive me

Let me tighten up the screws

Of my board that was waving in the storm of your memory

You couldn’t hide your pain behind your smile

And I guess your laughter wasn’t the best kind of medicine after all

Michael Kenneth Zoellner passed away

October 11^th, 2006

And since then I’ve felt nothing but bricks

If my words could bring you back I’d never stop writing

And if you were in the audience I’d never stop reciting

Until the room was left empty and my tears would start drying

And it was just you and me.

You lived your life off wild and recklessly

But always smiling

Though you left a thousand lives untouched

Your presence will always live on

Through us.

Love and miss ya Michael! RIP

Party in Provo

So a while back, we found this amazing park behind Wal Mart. The picture on the right is just an example of this amazing park. New photo expedition? I think yes!

So yesterday, my friend Nate was in a super great mood and decided that he wanted to treat us all to ice cream at a place called Sammy's. So we drive into a sketchy p

ar

t of Provo and find it. I'm in love. The place has that... main street fee

l to it. So, of course I needed to take some pictures, despise my roommates disagreement. So me and my friend Emilee decided to take some pict

u

res, and this is what came up. (P.S so many pict

ures can be saved with a simple Black and White):

So the first picture is just me entertaining myself. I told my friend Emilee to take a picture of me doing something in the street that most peoplewon't when a car is coming. So I decided to "breakdance" the best I could while a car not to far off waited for me to be finished. Looks pro right?

So this is all of us inside the small ice cream spot, Sammy's. Except for my roommate who was taking the picture. From left to right: Nate, Me, Emilee, Zach, and Hailey. Just one big ol' happy family.

So basically, I have this specific pose that i've always wanted to do. So I tried to do it on my own, but everyone else wanted to join. So basically this is what i'm thinking for the pose but... not really. Different angle, different (painful) pose against a wall. Basically just the neck and head on the wall, then the chest to the knees straight, kne

es bent straight to the ground. With a sunset. I tried. But it was painful.

So this is just an example to the angle i'd like to

do the pose. But this isn't the right pose. Plus less of zach's butt :) But you get the picture.

P.S my legs KILLED! We took this pose picture of all of us 50 billion times. We sat against the wall for a good 20 mins, me trying to do that impossible pose puts super pressure on my thighs! Mmmm, i got thighs of thunder from it now though.

So basically, i'm in love with the place and want to go back for some more pics. We (as in the group) decided we want to all get ugly christmas sweaters and take "family" pictures in this area, or that park for christmas cards. I personally think it's simply brilliant.

What better to end the day of photos and the blog than with a little Emilee on a pole! Happy 11/11/11!

Half way there....

So close to the weekend! In a way. Wednesday is a great example of half empty half full senario. Either you have two more days until the weekend, or you've finished the first two days of the week. It's why I like Wednesdays even though they're not very productive. Like today. Today, after a long night I woke up, went to a class that's way to easy for college, went home, watched the Mummy, went to class, went back home, watched some spongebob, visited my roommate at Red Robin, had the BEST meal i've had in a long time, I actually came back to my apartment FULL. This has never happend. It felt good. And now, i finally finished signing up for classes. This is what I have so far:

Monday

American Civilization 10:00-10:50 Roger Blomquist

World Music 12:00-12:50 Daniel Ferguson

Health 2:00-2:50 Staff

Tuesday

(Free Day)

Wednesday

American Civilization 10:00-10:50 Roger Blomquist

World Music 12:00-12:50 Daniel Ferguson

Health 2:00-2:50 Staff

Thursday

(Free Day)

Friday

American Civilization 10:00-10:50 Roger Blomquist

World Music 12:00-12:50 Daniel Ferguson

Waitlisted

MW English 2:30-3:45 Staff

TR Health 10:00-10:50

Other

Math online- Darren T. Wiberg

Fun fun fun fun. Signing up for classes can sometime be harder than it seems. You have to work out the times and the professors. www.ratemyprofessor.com saved my life. I know what professor to take from and which one will actually care about my school career. Though it makes it harder to decide on the actual classes. It's just like a puzzle. And i think i've finally got it solved for my next semester! (hopefully)

So today, in my english class I randomly had the urge to write again. I thought of a brilliant line for a new poem, out of random "God bless the ground, I shall walk softly here" eh eh? Good right? I love times like that. So i'm working on a poem, which feels great! I havent written anything for over a month. CRAZY stuff! I've been super busy with this 20 page paper I have to write for my english class. It's killing me. I've never written more than 4 (maybe).

Well that's my Wednesday and hopefully I'll have a new poem up. I'll also post some old poems i've written and also just some essay type things i've written. You know, for the whole journalism major thing i'm doing at this college.

Happy half way!

Sick :(

I sorta kinda not really like sick days. It's a beautiful excuse to sit around and not do anything at all, but it also gives me a huge excuse to munch on everything (and nothing in my apartment) even though I'm not hungry at all. It's funny because the night before I planned to wake up, shower, curl my hair, actually pick out something to wear that is acceptable to be seen in public, and.. wait for it... PUT ON MAKEUP?! Ya all of this is a first since I've moved out on my own. Well... except for the showering part. I do that once in a while. But when I woke up, I showered then laid down for a while, and I got hit with a brick. I've had this weird... ear thing/cold/throat thing going on all weekend, so it's finally going through it's last stages but... I got my roommate sick as well. Which, anyone that knows my roommate, it's not fun for her or anyone else around her. So basically since 10 this morning, i've been on the couch with my roommate on the other, watching LOST (can't complain), playing around with the wax in my roommates candle (as seen in picture) and eating everything I can find in my fridge. Hopefully tomorrow I'll try this whole getting ready thing all over again. YAY Lazy Day Tuesday!

Starting Something New

So before my sister left on her mission to the Philippines, she made me promise to make a blog and to send the pages to her. So here I am. Most of what i'm going to put on here is just my "exciting days" in college, some of my writings, and even poetry here and there. Ya? MMMhmmm. When I was trying to think of a name for the blog, it was hard to decide. Normally a blog name tells the readers what the entire blog is about. Well this is going to be so random it was almost impossible to think of one word or short name to explain the entire blog. So, like anyone else would do, I went on facebook to see if anyone would help me. Well lucky me, my good friend Meg Webb was online and she said it plain and simple. WORDS. So short and true, this blog is just my words. So here I am, we'll see how it goes.