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Mother Nature

I have decided that part of being a woman is having mood swings. It doesn't matter what my hormones are doing, my mood seems totally separate. For example. The other day I was walking home in the bitter, bitter cold (I never get used to winter. It's so cold!). I had reached the point of numbness where even my brain was numb and was repeating an endless loop of "I hate the freakin' cold. I hate the freakin' cold." I was angry it was cold. I don't know about you, but I find that strange. It's not like Mother Nature had a personal vendetta against me. She isn't sitting up in her little rainbow cloud rubbing her hands together saying "ooo, look, there's a college student. Let's see if I can drop the temperature and make it even windier so she'll be frozen stiff when she gets home. That sounds like fun!"
I think not.
I expect that if Mother Nature were real she would be much more like the friendly, bouncy woman in that old Christmas movie with Rudolph and such characters. You know the one, every one's seen those old puppet movies.

But then a few days later I was practically dancing as I walked home. Actually, I think I did dance a bit. It's not like spring suddenly appeared or I won the lottery. I was randomly jovial. I have no explanation except for hormones. I hadn't changed any part of my daily routine, I hadn't gotten more sleep or eaten healthier. It's a mystery.
I've also decided spell check is a very good thing. I'm not the strongest speller so it's a life saver. And wearing all black doesn't automatically make you look cool. Or ninja like. In any way. I actually looked at myself in a mirror while wearing my work uniform (fast food. gross.) and I was unable to control the grimace that followed. I had always been so good at not looking in the full-length mirror in the locker room. Unfortunately my eye slipped and I saw the atrocity that was my clothing. I think it goes without saying that I walked away very quickly. Very quickly.

Finish

I am on cloud nine. After a very hard semester I am having a wonderful couple of weeks. Finals are over. I don't work for three weeks. I made it into the studio art program. I had pizza and m&m's last night (if you have never tried this, it's so worth it. It's best with cheese or pepperoni pizza). And my first ever pie shake earlier this week. It was heavenly.
The other day at work was momentous. You have to understand a couple of things about the pizza store I work in. It is a small store and so we tend to get creative with storage. We keep our extra dipping sauce on top of the ovens to keep it warm. One of my co-workers put a box of sauce on top, not realizing that there was a box on the other side. The box on the other side tips off and all the cups of sauce splatter everywhere. I mean everywhere. It was on the menu sign, the ovens, my shoes, her shoes, inside her hat, on her glasses, on the warmer. Everywhere. All four of us in the store freeze in shock for a split second before we all start laughing. We continue to laugh as we clean it up. And the next day. If I'd had a camera I would have documented the moment and this would make more sense and sound less crazy. I have come to realize that with moments like that there are two choices: get mad, or laugh. We choose to laugh.
Detour! So pie shakes. Please, try one. They are worth every cent. My roommates and I went to a little place to celebrate the semester together. One of my roommates is going on an Latter-Day Saint mission next semester so we won't see her for 18 months. We are all very excited for her (she's going to Germany!) but sad to lose her. Thus the pie shakes. I have pictures, but I'm too lazy to hook up my camera to the computer and download them. I just finished finals. And I have to go pick up my laundry.
Merry Christmas!

In honor of the end (of the semester)

It's the end of the semester. You know what that means? Quotes! Unfortunately, they aren't as good this semester as they have been in the past. This is only partially my fault. I kept forgetting, but I also didn't have professors that were throwing out quotes worthy phrases on a regular basis. So most of these quotes are from my roommates. Thus it is.

“I aspire to be heartless”

“I don’t like your eyebrows."

“I’m the Krispy Kreme all the way through.”

"We have poetry. And camels."

"Jack Sparrow and Sherlock Holmes are drunk on a ship!"

"I would spent money on Pagoravich any day."
"... That sounds like a drug..."
"He plays like he's on drugs!"

"Guys, I still think we should put the snot on the wall.

"Ouch! Right in the feelings!"

"I can't hear you, the toilet is singing to me."

"We'll have sexy face practice."

"He has cute cheeks... he does!"
"Well that's really wrong."
"K----!"*

"How do you play with trees?"
"You hug them."

"Ponies fly actively through portal doors."

"It's like a double wedding, but of the funeral variety."

"Get your vulnerability off me!"

"Our relationship could be a baby!"

"Uneducated, uncivilized, uncultured swine! I'm sure they're good people though."

"I want to take my clothes off."

"I accidentally murdered K--- in the hallway. Twice."

"Today, I bought a head."

"I really don't like clothes."

"I'm a seductive beast."

"I haven't sniffed you yet."

"I don't like you."
"I don't like you either."
"I didn't like you first."
"You sing good."

"My bones were being fat."

"You guys are making me lose all my snot."

"Say no to cannibalism."

"I 'm very attached to my decapitated people."

"I'm not sure it's ethical, but I have to do it. It's like testing rats."

"Just because I kicked you in the face doesn't mean I don't love you!"


*I bleeped out names for the sake of privacy.

Good luck with finals everyone! And if you no longer take finals, count your blessings

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The Keys incident

The other day I was walking home from school. This is a fairly regular thing for me to do, especially since I have moved my bike for the winter. Anyways, I was walking home and noticed these three guys who were picking up soaking wet leaves of the even wetter grass and putting them in bags. Knowing college boys, it was totally for a prank. As I watched one boy threw the keys to the other. In a gliding, very high arc they aimed directly for the second boy. And then, because nothing ever goes smoothly, they got stuck in the tree. All four of us stared in a moment of dumbfounded amazement. How had this happened? The probability was so small.
The guy who threw the keys noticed me. I smiled and waved.
"Good luck!"
The friends turned and noticed me. I kept walking. I was cold, and I wanted my hot chocolate. And in my boots there was no way I could help them get the keys anyways. I'd be more of a hinder than a help, especially since the keys were not even remotely close to the trunk. There was no hope of simply climbing the tree and grabbing them.
My only regret is that I did not stay to watch. I am curious as to how they got their keys out of the tree.

My Weekend

I am King. I rule the pizza making world. I worked myself sick. To all of those who did Dance Sport, or the Boy Scouts Pow-Wow, or came to campus as part of their college football watching experience, you are welcome. I made you pizzas, calzones, and sides at an incredible pace in my tiny little store. At least 300 pizzas and calzones. And then sides several times. My coworker casheried like a crazy woman and I ran around our little 6x24 (I'm totally guessing) store like there was no tomorrow.
And now I am sick. Hopefully no one gets sick from me. It's not a cold, more a I-feel-really-gross-and-have-a-stupid-headache kind of sick. So I think my pizza lovin' friends are safe. Now I just have to get better. The semester is so close to being over I can taste it. I would really like to finish in one piece.

A beautiful day

Yesterday we celebrated my roommates birthday by going to her favorite restaurant. It's this little family owned Vietnamese place. We all got pho which is this delicious soup with rice noodles and your choice of meat. If you have never had pho before, please go try to find some. It was amazing. We tried bubble drinks too which are these fruit drinks with tapioca balls in it. It was so fun to try new food and it all tasted great. Neither of these photos are from our trip but they look almost exactly like what we had.

To top it off that night a roommate and I made homemade pizza. We've done this several times before but this was our best one yet. Mozzarella, spinach, olives, onion, fresh tomatoes and fetta. It was fantastic, and so healthy! I love it when healthy things taste really yummy too. Of course we counteracted all the healthiness by making cookies to eat while we watched a movie. But that's besides the point. It was a great Saturday. I was productive all morning and had fun all night. Not every Saturday is so balanced.