The Music Continues :)

Hey everyone!

My Halloween playlist was such a hit that I decided to share my Christmas playlist with all of you dear readers!  Enjoy!

The Day Has Come...

For those trying to figure out what grade they need on their final to pass or get a certain grade in the class (cough me cough cough), use this nifty tool I found today:

Dead Day Calculator

Enjoy?  (aka GOOD LUCK!)

Finals

'Nuff said.

"Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day." -Robert Caspar Lintner

David Seth (my brother here at school with me) and I went to California again this year for Thanksgiving.  Good thing we did, too, since there was a giant blizzard in the Utah area and we would've been stranded had we tried to go anywhere north of Provo.

It was so fun!

Breaking bread for the stuffing.

Our beautiful, yet easy to clean up Thanksgiving table.

The turkey!  Are you a dark or white meat person?  I favor white meat :)

The Connecticut group.

Monkey bread.  I seriously gained 5 pounds over break because we ate so much delicious food!

The beach :)  (A necessity in California.)

I couldn't really play volleyball (due to my ankle) so I took over as photographer.

BFFLs.

(Using that term makes me relevant and cool, thank you very much... not a loser?  Haha.)

Bonfire!  We roasted marshmallows and sang songs.

We played the Blanket Game (a classic).  The object of the game is to hide people under blankets and get the other team to guess the wrong number of people hiding under the blankets.

The aftermath.

We also got to play with the Xbox Kinect.  It's like the Wii, but without controllers and it was so entertaining (especially when you watched the participants haha).  Here is a video of me "boxing."

I love California.

Now on to Christmas!!!

Ouch...

I might've had a little accident at my friend's house two Fridays ago.  At least I went out with style... I was jumping on a trampoline :P

Gross ankle!  Heeeeey.

(I don't know if you can see it, but there is bruising almost up to my knee.)

And my ankle = really fat.

I went to the doctor, who initially thought it was broken, but after x-rays, it turns out I gave myself a Type II-III (severe) sprain.  Awesome.  It is sprained on both sides and halfway up my leg.  I'm not allowed to exercise on it for another two and a half weeks, which is good, since I still need a brace to walk around.  For all of you shuddering, it's not that big or bruised anymore, although it still is kind of unpleasant to look at :P

I accept flowers, letters, and hugs as ways to express your sympathy :D

"RUFIO! RUFIO! RUFIO!"

My friends and I had a Peter Pan's Lost Boys party the other week:

We dressed up as Lost Boys.

I was Nibs.

Made colorful "imaginary" food.

Such delicacies included colorful pancakes, mac'n'cheese, chicken nuggets, and dirt pudding.  Mmmm.  Nutritious!

We ate with our hands after insulting each other (Example: "You're a boil-dripping, beef, fart-sniffing, bubble butt!"  "BANGARANG!")

Some got in a food fight.

Wrestled.

Built a fort and watched the movie Hook.

We finished off the AWESOME night by jumping on the trampoline (to simulate flying) and drinking hot chocolate.

Moral of the story?  Use your imagination!  It's fun :)

"If you're gonna build a time machine... why not do it with some style?"

I was recently part of a commercial shoot for an entry to the the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" contest.  Basically, people can enter videos; the top three will be shown in the Super Bowl.  Students in the AdLab pitched ideas and we picked our favorite three to produce.

See if you can spot me in this funny commercial!

Thought for the Day

I totally stole this from a friend's Facebook page.  Oh well...

"I am a princess.  All girls are.  Even if they live in tiny, old attics; even if the dress in rags; even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young.  They're still princesses.  All of us.  Didn't your father ever tell you that?  Didn't he?"
-Sara Crewe, The Little Princess

(Warning!  Soapbox alert!)  This is kind of a big deal to me.  I think it is so important that girls (and guys!) realize their true divine worth.  It's an interesting thought because, number-wise, we're only one of billions.  However, we are each special, important, and the world to the people around us and to our Heavenly Father.  It is so important for our emotional and spiritual health to realize that we are special.  I'm not talking about being full of yourself or prideful.  I'm talking about realizing your self-worth, which leads to self-confidence and decreased self-criticism.  This is so important for healthy relationships with family, significant others, pretty much everyone, and yourself.  I want whoever is reading this to know that you are precious.  You are special and loved.  You have the ability and potential to make a positive contribution to someone else's life.  You may not be perfect, but the quirks that make you YOU are important.  You are lovely!

All Hallow's Eve

Here is what I did for my Halloween celebrations this year!

I went on a triple date with my brother, roommate, and friends.  We carved pumpkins and made s'mores.

Whose pumpkin rocked the house?  Oh that's right- ours.  Notice my awesome bat sitting on the tombstone.

It was a(n) (insert scary adjective of your choice here) start to Halloween.

For Saturday night, I came up with an awesome, easy costume.  Can you guess who I am?

Uncanny, right? :P

I went dancing with friends... and won a donut-eating contest :D  All in all, it was spooktacular.  (Yes.  I went there.)

'Cuz This Is Thriller!

I've decided to continue with the theme of Halloween week and make an awesome Halloween playlist for all of you.  This playlist of about 60 songs would be perfect for a fun Halloween party.

Enjoy!

Die Zauberflöte

I went and saw "The Magic Flute" last night.  It was AMAZING!!

I had never seen a live opera before.  This one was put on by BYU's School of Music and I was so impressed by the level of musicality and performance.  I ended up going by myself, which really should put me in the lame category of socially awkward people, but I honestly didn't mind.  Sure, it would have been nice to have someone to gush to, but I really just loved the opportunity of being there.  I was in the second row and I'm pretty sure I was sitting on the edge of my seat with my mouth open most of the time :P  The show itself is pretty funny, yet wonderful to listen to, so I recommend it to any looking for an introduction to opera!  (Just FYI- The songs are all in German, with translations up on a screen.  The speaking parts are English.)

Here is a sample of one of the songs from the opera.  This, done by a professional, is probably one of the most famous songs from the show (the girl I saw did a pretty bang up job, though!):

BOO!!!

Last night, my friend Rori and I watched a scary movie in preparation for Halloween.  (Can I just say I love Halloween?  The colors, the costumes, the treats!  It's so.... just plain FUN!)

Anyways, I thought I would share with you all a list of my favorite scary movies to get you in the Halloween spirit (slight pun intended :P).  Now, let me just precede this by saying that I can count the number of scary movies I've watched on one hand.  But I think the ones I have watched are pretty quality-- suspenseful, non-gory, and non-Satanic.

(Click on the pictures for a link to their Netflix page.)

Enjoy!!

This is the French movie I watched last night.  Think "Obsessed" (with Beyonce), to a new, creepy level.

The first scary movie I ever saw.  You'll probably cover your eyes but peek through your fingers.

Spanish suspense that will make you squirm in your seat.

Surprise twist.  Pretty famous, so you should know what I'm talking about, but it is a classic worth revisiting.

Finally, I saw this movie for the first time last year.  And I LOVED it.  Hitchcock really is the master of suspense!!

Other Halloween go-to's include:

-Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow (edited), Beetlejuice etc.)

-The Phantom of the Opera

-Ghostbusters

-The Addams Family

Do any of you have great scary movie suggestions?

P.S. Like my Halloween themed page?  It will be up this Halloween week only, so enjoy my Freshman year costume :)