I was going through trying to find some old pictures that I might want to put up as facebook profile pics. (It feels weird mixing my blogging and facebooking worlds, but here it is) These are some that didn't make the cut, but that I liked anyways. Also, I realized as I've loaded them onto this post, that it is a semi-shout out to Tim. And therefore it is a shout-out to Holly. You know what, I'll just put a real shout-out. BOOMSHADOW ETERNAL!

French Date

Amanda planned an amazing evening for last night, and finally peer pressured me into going. As you can see, I went with John Deere. We decorated the apartment all fancy, had delicious crepes, and watched Ratetouille. It was a real fun evening, and not to toot my own horn, but the crepes I made were the best looking and prolly the best tasting. =)

In other news, I spent all day yesterday with my fun sister Holly, and we had a Cosmo encounter, watched and loved High School Musical 3, ate delicious food, and laughed our heads off. Thanks for the great day Hollikins!!!

PS: I tried calling all of my family members in California, but I guess you all don't like me anymore because none of you picked up. waa guys, waa.

Apartment Adventures

Once upon a time, Amanda and Miriam came to visit me in my bedroom. There was a bunch of stuff on my bed, so we sat on Leesa's. Then we got cozy, and Leesa eventually walked in on us cuddling on her bed. It was pretty awesome. Then the camera came out and such beauties as this...

came to be. Then Leesa jumped on, and all 4 of us had a party. It was great, and I love random fun roommate time. Oh the memories...

Last night we went on an apartment group date to go see "Savior of the World" in Salt Lake. It's a musical about the birth and death of Christ, and it is absolutely amazing. On the drive up, Brandon, Amy, and I played a sweet game. I had to fulfill many different kinds of tasks (give someone a wet willy, turn my head 360 degrees, successfully point out a temple to John Deere) to earn points. When I reached 15 points, I could gain the precious knowledge of Amy's middle name. It took the whole ride, but I did it! =)

There was a great big fun bunch of people. In this picture is Leesa, Matt, Amy, Steven, and me (don't mind my crazy face).

Here there is Garrett, Amanda, Camen, Miriam, Brandon (who was trying his best to hide from the camera) and me (who was trying my best to make him visible).

Here is the failed attempt at a picture of John Deere and me. He was being a little punk!

But then I threatened enough and he gave in. Maybe I like the first one better. ;)

During the show, I was all trying to feel the spirit, and all Brandon wanted to know was when the laser show was going to start. He was saying the funniest things, and I couldn't help but laugh a lot of the time. All in all, it was a really fun time! After the show, Leesa took us backstage for a tour, and we got to walk around on the stage and the catwalk and meet some of the actors and play London bridges in the hallway! I've never felt so in with the in-crowd!

Afterwards, we all went to Burger King and had some dinner. When you look at the picture below, you realize the moral of the story is to never give a camera to a bunch of clowns! We had a great time eating and laughing and talking to this crazy old guy who seemed to have an unseen connection to Brandon.

Anywho, the last event of the night was a lovely romp around a small park that overlooked Salt Lake. It was fun and really beautiful, but bum-clenchingly cold! I made a wish on a dandelion, admired the capitol building, and hurt my ankle while jumping off the swings. (don't worry, it isn't bad enough to stop me from having gone running tonight)

The ride home was nice and snug with four people in the back seat. Even with all the body warmth, it was hard to get warm. But that's OK. Getting frost bite was worth all the wonderful memories and experiences I got to build with some of my closest friends. Special shout out to Leesa for scoring those tickets, and to Brandon for coming with me, and to the academy for the emmy. Cheers!

Thanksgiving Day Traditions

I got to give a talk on Sunday to the Juvinile detention center kids on Thanksgiving, and it was way fun. It got me thinking of past Thanksgivings and all the fun we've had as a family. Lawrence Lee and I were swaping traditions, and I told him and his roommates about watching the dog show. Let me just say, I was thouroughly judged for it, but those poodles and beagles will live on in my heart forever. If you agree that watching the dog show is one of the best things to do on a Thanksgiving day, please give me a comment shout out. What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions?

In other news, FHE last night roller skating was totally fun, and my family of geeks won the costume contest!

Leesa got free tickets to Savior of the World for Thursday, so we're going on an apartment group date. I'm going with John Deere, and it's going to be way fun!

I got my midterm back for Geography, and I got a 92%! Hooray!!!

yeah Halloween/roomies!

What can I say about these hot girls besides they are the greatest roommates a girl could ask for?! Yesterday we had a fun time getting ready for church. We all wore someone esles clothing (I have a compilation of Miriam and Amanda's things on). We decided that we looked so hot we would take a picture, so we did. =)

Here is a sample of what my hair looked like on Halloween. I was kind of disapointed the coolaide streaks washed out of my hair the next day, but it looked really cool in the mohawk! I won the prize for scariest hair at our ward halloween party. Booya succa!

Our Compassionate Service committee secretly decorated this apartment the night before hallowween. They left it all up for the whole day, and it totally warmed my heart! I have the best girls on the committee, and the best girls in the ward!!!!

All in all, things are going really great! It's Leesa's birthday today, and we've already had some great adventures, and the day is still young! We've planned something pretty great. I'll write about it later when it isn't a huge HUGE secet anymore. ;)

And Mom, I dedicate this picture to YOU!

I Voted (red checkmark symbol)!!!

I finally got my ballot all filled out, and have completed my first voting experience!!! Dawn asked if I'd taken pictures with it, and I thought it was the best idea. Unfortunately this is the best picture, mug shot style. But still, it's pretty dang cool!

This is a picture of John Deere and the infamous phone call with Mommy. Aparently he's camera shy or something. =)

We crashed the 84th ward Halloween party, and here are a few classic shots of my roomies and I from that night.

Dear Pirates:

To answer the comments on my last blog...
BS, you stink. If your name is BS, then YOU need to find a new way to name things!
And Scott, here is the story of Boom Shadow.
My friend in high school was trying to get into film school, so he had to make a movie. He had all the fancy equipment, the location, the script, and all he needed were some actors. I volunteered, and had a wonderful time filming. One day during shooting, the boom mike's shadow fell into the shot, so my friend turned off the camera and said, in a very monotonous voice,"boom shadow." My fellow actor friend turned to me and asked, "Is that a good thing?" So after every successful take of a scene, he would go "BOOMSHADOW!" in celebration. I thought it was so hilarious, I adopted it as my own exclamatory phrase. To this very day, when something is truly praiseworthy, I will shout boomshadow. If that won't even cut it, I'll have to add a "boomshadow eternal!" The end.

And to the rest of the world: BS= Brandon Michael Smith= John Deere, one of the Pirates

OK, today was such a funny day, but different than I had planned it. I got up "early" to get a jump on my day, did some laundry, and got my books out to study. It was a beautiful day, so I went on the stoop around 10 to eat breakfast and read. BUT THEN, John Deere came over to talk to me, and he just stayed. I told him that I didn't have a sense of smell and he didn't believe me. So I handed him my phone and said, "just call my mom and ask her." Then he actually did it! They talked for like an hour, it was so funny! So I spent all day outside with John Deere and a mixture of other people coming and going. Like really all day, from 10 to about 5. It was so so fun, but I got zero homework done. Brandon threatened to find my blog, so if you've found it... bon traville.

Hope everyone's having a fantastic day!!!

Leesa's hard day

When Leesa was having a hard day due to boy issues, I decided to mourn with her, in the form of watching movies, eating food, and cuddlin' up with her. Have you ever seen the Mormon Pride and Prejudice. The picture below is an undoctored photo, which exactly resembles a scene from that movie. Shades down, jammies on, cookie dough in hand. Beautiful!
Then to make her feel better, all the roommates wrote love/hate letters to our own person of choice, went behind Matt's house, and burned them.
It was actually very clensing.
This is just a picture of the pumpkin I carved. It's shriveled here. When I did it, it didn't look so Nightmare before Christmas. But I still like it.

Random fun pics!

Date night Fall Festival style


Random friend pics

Miriam's birthday celebration

Roommate temple trip

Fort night
Conference


Lot's of cool stuff happened lately, right! I pretty much am living the life. I love my friends, and I'm thankful they worship me! (just kidding Kellie!)

Secret Night

I went to a Postsecret night at Holly's house, and it was so totally fun. It was my best secret night, too. They were good ideas, they looked very postsecrety, I made a lot of them, and I had fun doing it. I put up some of them, and I hope you like them all. I feel just like Frank, if he were to only put up his own.

Mom, I hope you're crying right now. =) And I hope you don't mind that it's pictures of a little boy, instead of a girl.

Also, shout out to Shelley: I miss you!!!

The First Day of School...

Was Awesome!!! Actually, nothing really extraordinary happened, but there were no calamities either. I went to work, then classes and studying on campus, came home to watch an episode of "Numb3rs" with the roomies, went to class again, and came home. I got some school supplies, ate dinner, and avoided doing my homework by writing this post. I finally loaded my pictures from my camera, and I shall now put up the highlights, at least in my eyes. Fine, Blogger, I won't. It's not letting me do pictures or spell check right now, so I'm sorry for the non-excitement and the misspellings.
PS: I got a birthday present form Elliot Claire, and I almost cried it was so wonderful. He sent me a CD with voice recordings of him singing me a really sweet happy birthday, then he told me about the first time we met and other memories of our knowing each other. He said some really sweet things and bore his testimony. Then he put on this song by someone (I can't tell who) and it was such a cute song. OH, he is so great!!! Now I have to think of something equally as awesome to get him. He'll be up here in the MTC in ten days, so I think I'll wait til he's in, then make it all flowery and heart-y, with delicious smelling body spray on it or something. Elliot! Love!