Our Prophet Dear

The prophet Moroni declared, “In the gift of his Son hath God prepared a more excellent way." You have the witness of that faith. You have the testimony of that faith. You have the example of that faith. Let us all try to stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better. Make the extra effort. You will be happier. You will know a new satisfaction, a new gladness in your heart.

Gordon B. Hinckley
23 June 1910 -- 27 January 2008


Now, as we separate for a season, God bless you, my beloved associates. I so pray, as I say good-bye, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Future Genius

Topics I Will Write About Someday Shortly
Ridiculousness of "celebrity" status
Friendship
Best-Friendship
Ghosts
Personal Catch Phrases
Boys in my German Class
Self-Esteem Boosters, like cute underwear
Humor, and people who aren't actually funny
Buying water
Nicknames
Appropriate and Inappropriate Flirting
Journaling and Hard-Copy Photographs
Asian Food
Picture Frames and Cork Boards
The First Time I Forgot to Do My Homework
Nail Polish
Pretty Smells
Grudges (not the movie)
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Will & Grace


Expect masterpieces, guys.

Just have to wonder

I'd like to conduct an experiment. I would print off an obscure piece of Ray Bradury or some other equally brilliant writer only I wouldn't include the writer's name, then I would give it to my creative writing class to critique.

Do you think they would tear it apart quite so specifically as they did my writing today?

It won't be long

It's frustrating when you really want to hate a person, but you can't hate them. So instead, you hate the fact that you can't hate them.

My heart hurts a little bit. And I don't mean heartburn!

My hair

Last night I dyed my hair "Chocolate Cherry," though I prefer to call it "Cherry Coke" because it's more red (or burgundy) than brown. It's freaking hot, you guys. So I'm going to get my hair cut to match.

I think I'm going to do this while my hair is still above my shoulders:
Obviously I'm not going to be white-blonde.

But then I'm growing it out long again and I want it too look like this:

Joo like? I like.

Rooney

I. Love. This. Band.


The. End.

My Boyfriends

~dedicated to alli e~

Hal Sparks
Joel McHale
Jason Schwartzman
Robert Schwartzman
Gene Kelly (no one said they still had to be alive!)
Shia Labeouf
Eric Stoltz
Jonathan Rhys Myers
Owen Wilson
Jimmy Fallon
Zach Braff
Lee Pace
Ben Lee
Zac Efron
Justin Timberlake
Bret Harrison
Johnny Depp
Elijah Wood
Jesse Bradford
Joaquin Phoenix
Leonardo DiCaprio
Christian Campbell
Robert Cummings (no one said they still had to be alive!)
Topher Grace
BJ Novak
John Krasinski
Cillian Murphy
Christian Bale
Bryce Avery
Roger Bart
Sufjan Stevens
Jonathan Crombie
Apolo Anton Ohno
Jason Mraz
Will Friedle
Matt Dillon
Sean Hayes
Eric McCormick
Dick Van Dyke circa 1964
John Travolta circa 1976
Josh Groban
Jared Leto
Adam Pascal
Jim Sturgess
Joe Anderson
T. R. Knight
Sean Astin
Martin Freeman (Tim on the British The Office)
George Harrison
Tom Hanks (What? He is.)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jason Bateman
Michael Cera
Mika
Joshua Radin
Neil Haskell
Dominic Sandoval
Shawn McDonald
John Mayer
Andy Samberg
Kevin Bacon
Gary Sinise
Patrick Swayze
Ken Burns
Michael J. Fox
Cary Elwes
Jim Carrey
Heath Ledger
Harrison Ford circa 1977
Jesse L. Martin
Christopher Gorham
Michael Urie
Andrew Knott


Okay that's enough for now. Obviously I have a lot of boyfriends, and I could come up with more if I cared to. As always, this post is subject to revision.

Twist and Shout

celebrate - infatuate

Oh, I swear, I know, I believe it, oh
I can't stop hearing all the singing, oh
My soul has never had this feeling
And it feels like gold

Ring Out, Wild Bells

Here it is, 1 January 2008. I'm sure there are any number of parties I could be livening at the moment, but instead I'm home writing a blog-- because I am just that awesome. To celebrate the new year, I'm going to IKEA in the morning and then plan to rock out on Guitar Hero all day. I know GHIII just came out but man, I'm determined to beat Less Talk More Rokk to my satisfaction.

Anyway, like so many others, I'd like to do a little recap of the highlights of 2007.

--Kiss Me Kate
--Making dozens of new friends
--Guitar Hero
--Moving away from home again
--Two good roles.
--Navy blue nail polish
--The Rocket Summer concert!!!
--Cutting off my hair
--Hitchcock nights at Jeremy's house
--Lying in the bowl of Rock Canyon Park, talking till all hours of the summer morning
--Greg coming home
--Dressing up to see Belthazaar's Feast
--Kyle's basement
--Cheering on the Colony's softball team
--Guru's
--Memorial Day with Chris, and at the zoo
--Zupas with Ashley practically every day
--My weekend in Maine-- not nearly long enough
--Getting to know my great-grandparents through their letters
--Into the Woods 2002 reunion party
--Most Haunted with Katie, and sleeping over because we were scared
--DISTURBIAAAAAAAAAAAAA
--Kelly FREAKING OUT during Disturbia
--Hot tubbing at Tim's
--Ditching class to talk to Sage on the lawn next to the MARB
--Will & Grace on DVD
--Getting a signed copy of Rooney's Calling the World in the mail
--Everything about Spring Term, including how hot it was in my apartment all the time
--Clue, literally 8 billion times.
--Shopping with Kelly or Ashley
--Antics and sleepovers in Liz's basement
--Watching Digging for the Truth with my roommates
--Ben Lee concert with my sister
--Meeting Ben Lee
--My Taming of the Shrew paper
--Denny's.
--Talking to Amber late into the night
--"Helping" Ashley stay awake to study all night
--Late-night trips to Smith's, 7-11, and/or Del Taco with Ashley
--98% on a paper for my British Renaissance Literature class
--The Rocket Summer's new album, Do You Feel?
--Size 8 jeans again!!!
--Text messaging like a fiend
--Ashley and ELIZA coming to see my play:D
--The Christmas Dance with Bonny one last time


Things I Loved
Movies-- Disturbia, Across the Universe, The Darjeeling Limited, Reefer Madness
Books-- The Devil in the White City, Switching Time, Perfume
TV-- The Office, Pushing Daisies, Ugly Betty, The Tudors, So You Think You Can Dance
Music-- The Rocket Summer, Rooney, Mika, Young Love, Imogen Heap, Ben Lee, Backstreet Boys
Show Music-- Young Frankenstein, Little Women, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray
Food-- Zupas, Guru's, Pudding on the Rice, Happy Sumo, Shoots
Poetry-- Neutral Tones (Thomas Hardy), Redemption (George Herbert)
Websites-- ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com, glennbeck.com, newyorker.com
Clothes-- wedge heels (Target), retro wool coat (Target), music shoes (Forever Young)
People I Don't Know-- Megan Mullally, Mia Michaels, Mindy Kaling, BJ Novak, Bryce Avery


Things I Look Forward to in 2008
She Loves Me and working with Dave Tinney
Study abroad in London/Scotland
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones 4
More missionaries coming home
The Writer's Strike ENDING ALREADY
Living with Julie
The Drowsy Chaperone coming to SLC-- and meeting Jonathan Crombie!!!!!
The Rocket Summer in May
Pursuing acting/performing and writing more seriously