Monday, August 29, 2011

School started!? Where did summer go?



Hello fellow Americans. And others -- but I'm pretty sure you're all Americans. Come on, show some pride in your country. Sheesh.

Today I started school. It was not as bad as I was anticipating. I'm excited. But, it required the effort of getting out of bed, and sitting for five hours in a classroom, and paying attention ... three things I've been enjoying not having to do. Alas, I did it anyways. Because despite my life long dream of working in a high end dog salon, I also have the life long dream of teaching. So, gotsta get in them classes, gotsta got my degree. Stay tuned though for another 8 months of whining about class n getting so smart I can't even handle it. I know you're all super pumped for that.

Alright. Down to the gritty and the nitty. I did some craftiness this week! And Cortney was like, Oh! Take photos for your blog! Woman! So, that's just what I did. Here's what we done:

Step 1:

Hot glue crayons in a row on a big ol' poster board, or
some such surface. Pick out the colors ya want! I choose all greens and blues. As pictured here.
















Step 2:


Begin blowdrying the crayons. Gotta get up close. Gotta get hot. Gotta really step up and stay committed.









Step 3:

I told you to be committed to that blowdrying! I meant it! Just keep hitting those crayons with that sweetly machine generated warm air. It's gonna get purdy real quick at this point. Melt crayons! Melt! Mwahahahaha! Melt I say!








Step the end:

Well, we finished the blues and greens, and decided to get even more creative. ... ... creativer, if you want to use correct grammar here. And you know I do. We decided to melt red and orange also. And look how fantastic it turned out!! Now, to just clear up some art space. Seriously.... my walls can't take any more!



Oh, and one final step hurr:

Just peel off the crayons, and trim down your poster board to the desired size. I haven't exactly finished that thurr step just yet. I'm busy alright? Get off me back.


Ok, see ya!



Friday, August 12, 2011

A week of nothing AND THEN something....

I couldn't figure out what to write on my blog (of glory) this week. So I said to Hilary, "What shall I write on my blog." And she replied, "Don't ask me, I haven't written on my blog in years." Pause in the conversation while we both pondered. "I will write on my blog when I am debt free. And that it what I shall write: I am debt free." Thank you Hilary, here is my blog post:


I am debt free! But, then again, I have always been debt free. So, that's nothing new. Today is Friday. It is my third day in a row of not having to work. My friend Josh says I have to call that a super sunday. But it's not sunday, it's friday....so I'm not calling it that. It's a friday, and I have no work, and life is grand.



Blah blah blah. I wrote that last Friday. Now it is Thursday....so really I am on top of things. That was boring anyways, you've all heard it before. This is NOT SO boring. I went to another concert! This one was one of my favorite concerts yet. First of all, I went with my love: Cassie. Secondly I saw a band that I love: Ghostland Observatory. Thirdly: read this shindig.....

Cass and I drove up to SLC super early, to ensure being able to be close to the band. When we got there, we sat in the shade for awhile, and then headed into the not so impressive crowed. We were probably like 6-7 people back from the stage. We bounced around through the first band - Phantogram. They were pretty great, and we were standing next to a pretty chill group of people who respected our space and we respected theirs. People were still relatively sober, and the crowd was still relatively small. BUT seeing as it was a free concert, in SLC, it became the place where the drunk, sober, high, homeless, young, employed, old, rich, and poor all came together. It was one hot mess. The first band ended, and we began to be pushed and shoved and touched as people tried to work their way past us to the stage. It wasn't that fun, but no complaints -- because then Ghostland came on. HOLY EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. It was one giant dance party. By this point the entire park was full, and EVERYONE was dancing. We were still pretty close to the stage, and so things were insane. We were just boxed in touching other people on all sides. The guy next to me kept putting his hand on the top of my head (he was pretty tall) and yelling, "come on girl, dance!" Uhhh, I am dancing! Please stop touching my head! Please oh please! And the guy behind me kept using my shoulders to help boost himself higher while he jumped. And the guy next to us tried to crowd surf, tried being the key word. And I swear the other kids behind us were about ten years old. And the other two guys kind of infront of us kept making butterflies with their hands, and watching them above their heads while they exclaimed, "This music is so good. It's like a mix between Enya and Coldplay." "Yeah, Enya and Coldplay." "Yeah, Enya. OOOH AND HIPHOP!" "Oh yeah! Like hiphop, Enya, and Coldplay -- all together" And then don't even get me started on the girl right behind Cassie. She was just out of control all around. We couldn't see a thing on the stage, because they didn't have any stage lights. Instead the band puts on an epic laser light show, complete with strobe lights. So, they would start a song, we would dance around, and then they would turn the strobe lights on and people would go crazy. It was so much fun!!! We were all just dancing our hearts out. Everyone was a sweaty mess. There was no personal space. But no one even cared. We were UNITED as a crowd. Ugh, heaven. Cassie and I LOVED it. We then realized we lost our keys, so we pushed our way out of the crowd to try and look for them where we had been sitting - psh yeah right. We watched the rest of the show from the back of the crowd, and that was fun too because there were some boundaries, and I could actually see a little of what was happening on stage - the singer Aaron Behrens dances like no bodies business. It was so fun to watch him dance around that stage. He must LOVE his life! Such power over so many people, and such joy. I mean we ALL were just loving it, and uniting with our neighbors, although we were all complete strangers. The guy right in front of me at that point kept just turning around and screaming at me, out of pure joy, I would scream right back, we would dance together for a minute, and then he would turn back around. He was cracking me up. Neither of us could dance though, so I think we were a pretty good pair.

ANYWAYS. Concert ended. The crowds left the park. We searched and searched for the keys, then ended up calling in backup to come retrieve us. Then a WONDERFUL security guard found the keys, and we headed home. I am sick. I am covered in beer. I smell horrible. And I am dead tired. But man, that was one fantastic night. Ghostland Observatory, you are my idols. Don't stop. Keep making me dance.

Work in the AM. As usual if you're in the Orem area come and visit me. Next week: Lupe Fiasco. Ah, to be young.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Our Seattle Movie of Glory


Julie, Cortney, and I made this video so that you can all see the shenanigans we got in while we were up in Seattle.

We chose this song before we went on the trip - to be our trip theme. The entire time we were up there, it just kept showing up on EVERY radio station, in EVERY store...it was always on our mind!

We had a small video camera with us the entire trip. We took so much footage, it was absolutely ridiculous. But we had so much fun doing it, that we decided to take our footage and put it with some music. I know it won't mean as much to all of you, since the memories are ours. But, it makes us all tear up every time we watch it -- and believe you me, we've watched it quuuuuite a few times.

Here are some things to watch out for during the movie/some explanation as to what's going on:

-The random green blob, seen while we're filming while driving, is Julie sleeping in the backseat. That was what she did for the majority of the car ride there, and back again.
-The burger I am snarfing down was a Salmon burger. When visiting the Pacific Northwest, I allow myself to be a pescetarian one time a year.
-Sadly I did not get the man with the glorious mustache on film -- my bad.
-The darker footage is us on an underground tour. It's all below the original buildings of Seattle. And a quick shot of our super crazy tour guide.
-Then we went up the Space Needle. Julie hates heights, she needs a shirt to commemorate her bravery as we flew up in that elevator.
-When we were at our fancy dinner, Julie kept filming. We were slightly embarassed (although we deny it) that Julie was just filming this shnazzy joint. Hence Cortney doing her secret "shhhhh" to the camera.
-Julie and Cortney "flying" is my favorite part of the video.
-The castle like school at the end is Stadium High School, as seen on 10 Things I Hate About You.

We all hope you enjoyed our video as much as we do. Friends make my life such an amazing place, and I love these girls so much. Gotta do the things you love, and stand up for what you believe in -- otherwise, well it's just not worth it.



Jen, out.