Gooooooooal!!!

I love the World Cup. Seriously.



I've loved cheering the USA team on.  I'm so psyched that they came out first at the top of their division. Not so psyched that we got knocked out right after that.  But there is something special about sitting and cheering with family/friends for united cause.  And those players are just so darn good!  As a soccer girl, I basically watch every game in a permanent freak-out mode because even the bad players are really talented.  Oh, and the good players!  Sigh.... they basically cause me to melt into a little puddle on the floor.  And I'm not even talking about looks (though, as far as looks go, soccer boys are by FAR my favorite!  It has NOT been hard to watch World Cup haha :P)

My favorite player?  Kaká.  Read about him.  He's a Brazilian player, who is a pretty awesome guy on and off the field.

I found this quote and I thought it summed up my feelings pretty well: "Soccer is the ballet of the masses."  Passionate, beautiful, and powerful.  Done.

Hellllooooooooo!!!!

I'm back!  (Think that in an Arnold-Terminator voice, please and thank you!)

After months of blogging inactivity, I've decided to try again :)  I'm in the middle of updating my blog's look (which is not easy when you're.... well, ME haha!) and decided to take a break to reassure all of my avid readers (:P) that I am alive, kicking (it IS World Cup season after all), and itching to write about life!

Just FYI-- I'm still in Provo.  However, I'm going to drive (yes, you heard me right) back to Connecticut this Friday.

Stay tuned for updates :)

Nicole and I at BYU's Annual Hunger Banquet.

Roller-skating with some friends.

I'm basically a pro.

With some cute roommates at the annual Hare Krishna Color Festival.

It's called the Color Festival for a reason!

Easter egg hunt in our apartment!

Intramural soccer team :)

Going to a camo party.

They had a climbing wall there.  I climbed it.  No biggie :)

Going to the kick-off party for the new Suburbia exhibit at BYU's Museum of Art (aka the MOA).

I made cupcakes for David's 24th birthday.

Which we subsequently snuck into the movie theater (at the midnight premiere of Iron Man 2) to celebrate!  We know how to party :P

Nicole graduated!!

And we ran into some old friends.

Jefferson came to visit-- we went to karaoke, concerts, soccer games, had game nights, watched movies, and ate lots of food :D

Mika and I started a band!  Music to come soon :)

Have You Got Talent?

My work put on a talent show tonight.  Interesting talents included peeling a banana with toes, Nepalese music, a salsa cook-off, folk dancing, a film, and many more!!  Brittany (the other secretary) and I wrote up a funny skit last night and performed it at the talent show.

We won most creative.  Boo-yah!

Our skit was an exaggerated day in the life of a secretary, including enthusiasm for menial tasks, long trips to deliver supplies, and creepy knowledge about all the other employees.  It was pretty funny!  (Ferreals!  People actually laughed!!)  We ended it out with a superbly choreographed dance (no exaggeration whatsoever... maybe) to The Secretary Song by Sawyer Brown.  It might be the funniest song I've heard in awhile-- some of the lyrics include:

"You were made just to be a secretary

You were made for love."

I have to wonder-- is that actually a compliment to tell someone they were made JUST to be a secretary?  Also, what the heck does that have to do with being made for love?  I suggest checking the song out-- it's good for a laugh :P

I also got an amazing "statue" (aka a full Mrs. Butterworth syrup bottle spray painted gold).  Might be one of the best things I've ever won!  (Hey-- I AM a poor, starving college student, remember?!)

The talent show overall was quite the success.  It was fun to see my co-workers doing something other than working.  I also got to know some of them a little better, which was nice because I'm usually so far removed from them in my office.

So A+ to everyone.

Snapshot of America

I feel like a good citizen.  Our apartment received our census form:

We promptly filled it out...

And sent it back to the census people.

Go us!... I mean, America!!!

(O')Crash Crew

I went to BYU's Best Dance Crew tonight.  This was a contest for the dance clubs at BYU; every piece was choreographed and performed by amateurs who do it all on their own time.  So, kudos to everyone who participated :)  My old friend, Vinny, was a contestant, participating with the breakdancing club.

His group, Crash Crew, came in second!  However, my favorite crew (sorry Vinny!), the Equalizer Crew, won :)  They were a hip-hop dance group who had an awesome routine with unity, acrobatics, and just plain amazingness!  It was trick-nasty :P

Crash Crew:



Equalizer Crew:



Also, in accordance with my part Irish heritage, happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Sunday is a Happy Day

My roommate, Jamie, and I whipped up some last-minute pasta salad for our ward's Break-the-Fast dinner.  Not bad for our first (and rushed) pasta salad, huh?

Ingredients include: pasta, yellow squash, diced tomatoes (Italian style), chopped onion, green pepper, and homemade balsamic vinaigrette (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, garlic powder, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper)

It was delicious!  We almost regretted sharing it, but I think everyone else liked it too, as it was gone within minutes!  Yay for experimentation!

Tonight, with some friends, I watched the lovely movie "Les Choristes".  Here are a couple of the beautiful songs and moments from the movie (à la YouTube):

Vois sur ton chemin

La nuit

Caresse sur l'océan

It's a touching story, with beautiful, soul-lifting music, and I highly recommend it :)

Good night!

Pictures ARE worth a thousand words, right?