Nerd Alert!

You know you are a nerd when you are jamming out to "Stand Out" from the Goofy movie and all you can think about is how fitting it would be for the artists of Avant Garde.....Oh man. I'm one of a kind.

Little Life Lessons...

My life lessons from the past few weeks:


- Service is good, but the only way to correctly serve others is to also remember yourself. You can't serve another when you don't want to get out bed in the morning. A good friend of mine reminded me that when Enos spent all that time praying and pouring out his soul to the Lord, he first had to ask for himself and then ask for others. He was able to do both.


- There is always someone who cares, no matter what you think you have done wrong.


- Treasure the good days. You don't know what is going to happen tomorrow.


-Laughing makes any situation better.


-An iPod is a saving grace :)


- Stuffing your face while in the company of good friends is really rather cathartic. That and exercising.


AND -Just keep moving.

O Canada!

I like the Olympics. Once in French class when we were supposed to answer which sport we would like to make us famous, I said the Olympics. Partly because I knew the translation of what I wanted to say, but also because this is so very cool! When the Olympics were in Salt Lake, I became addicted.

I liked to watch every event, but I obsessed about Pairs Figure Skating. Not really even for the Americans. My favorites were the Canadians- David Pelletier and Jamie Sale. I was completely wrapped up in the problem of whether they earned the gold medal or if it should really go to the Russians. Obsessed- like I said. I ripped their picture out of Time magazine and taped it up in my locker for the rest of the year. I bought the VHS duo of the competition and the show they put on after competition was over. It was great!
As I obsessed over the skaters, my friend Madison obsessed over Apollo Anton Ohno. We went to Apollo Burgers for her birthday that year, just because the names were the same.
So far, I think my favorites are in the earlier part of the two weeks. Curling? Could someone explain why that is exciting? How did this get to be an Olympic sport? I was watching the Men's Moguls yesterday, thinking the whole time how hard that would be. They must be really fit- think of their muscles. And I envy their ability to ski. I'm still working on that whole thing of not falling down. Yes, some of them fell, but it wasn't nearly as embarrassing. (Well, actually, probably more since the whole world is watching........) But all I know about curling is that they push a bowling ball on ice and hope that it stops at the right place. If they do, they win a gold medal. Personally, I don't think all these events are created equal. Does anybody play curling? Do you play it? or just do it? Curling is an enigma to me. And the Biathalon. I understand the skiing section, but shooting a gun? Interesting.
These next two weeks= pretty much amazingness. I don't think I will ever be an Olympic athlete. EVER---but you can bet I'll watch as much as I can. Drawing the line at Curling, of course.

Aujourd'hui....je suis tres fatigue!!!

I don't know what it is about my body but if I stay up any later than midnight, I struggle to get to sleep at all. It's like it gets recharged when it should be ready to shut off! So then I feel my body go to sleep but my mind keeps going all over the place. It is the funniest feeling. Then- all of today I feel out of it. Super!
Why you ask? Why did I do this to myself even when I know that this is what happens? Because randomly, I have a masochistic streak. I was working all day to be ahead of schedule and not procrastinate and because I was being a good little girl, I lost sleep, jeopardizing all of today. It's not like I'm not stressed enough already. Hopefully I can wake up enough to make a good impression at a job interview!
Ahhhhhhhh!