Deep Thoughts

Episode iv: A New Post

2011-05-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. I'm posting again with a few new things that entertain me.

#1: New Projects

This is my old/new entertainment center. I got it on KSL after a chain of events that landed me with a new big tv, which no longer fit in my old entertainment center. The left is what it looked like when I got it and the right is after spray painting it. I really like it.

My next project has to do with my old entertainment center. We were going to yard sale it, but when I was clearing it off to haul it upstairs I was all bummed out because it fits really well right in this area of the living room that is kinda narrow and weird. I've always wanted to put a desk there and as I was looking at it....inspriation came.

This is the entertainment center (or the paint version) that is now too small. And this is what I plan to do with it...

Steve took it apart last night for me and the desk is the perfect size and height for my office chair and that little weird area in the living room. I'm going to paint it green and white, I think. The bottom section I might paint and put in my room for my record player and booket, etc. We'll see.

#2: The DRIVE-IN!!!!

http://www.redwooddrive-in.com/#/movies/

Yeah, I like movies, but unless I'm with Cleo I don't go to the theater that often. The drive-in is totally different though. I would go every night if we had one closer, but I plan on going to the one linked to above every chance I get this summer. Tuesday is Rango and Thor!

#3: Kid History

Internet Explorer keeps shutting down on me so I'm going to wrap this up event though more things entertain me. But watch kid history, quote it to friends, etc.

Laters!

8

2011-02-16T05:43:00.000-08:00

Day 8: A song to match your mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfrn1oGdB6o

Its early...this is kinda chill. I like it.

Also this video is hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVnn29d1v0

Bubble Girl

2011-01-25T04:55:00.000-08:00

I'm taking a brief break from the 30 posts thing to bring you this awesomeness....

You're welcome.

Day 7

2010-12-17T13:38:00.000-08:00

Day 7: Your Dream Wedding

Well someone...actually many people now, stole my dream wedding. I came up with it way before any of them and somehow they stole it from my mind. Idea thiefs.

http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog/carnival-chic-wedding-theme-wedding-big-on-fun/

Maybe it was like in inception....

Day 6

2010-12-16T06:35:00.000-08:00

Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.

I love bengal tigers...a lot. While I appreciate that BYU has a wild cat as a mascot, I secretly wish I could go to a school that had the bengal tiger instead. They are HUGE and awesome. Of course if I had one as a pet, in a perfect world, it would like me and only attack my enemies....it may also stay a cub forever...I can't decide if I'd like that or not cause the big ones look cool too.

Oh...I was supposed to be realistic? Well then I would like to have this little guy as a pet:

Day 5

2010-12-11T15:43:00.000-08:00

Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.

So that's me around two years ago.

Things that are different:
-I no longer have brown hair
-Mary Nelson no longer works at the pool so we don't disguise the baby to throw off the guards anymore...lame.
-I now wear a black shirt to work...

Things that are the same:
-I work at the pool again
-I still own and wear those jeans and that jacket

Yup, that is about it. amen.

Day 4

2010-12-04T14:01:00.000-08:00

Day 4- Your favorite photograph of your best friend

I feel like I have a best friend from each different life segment. My friend Katie from when I was little, Rachel Janette and Amanda from high school, Brittany from college, Morgan from Disney, etc. Can I just post lots of pictures?? ok cool. :P

Not as much hair anymore, but that's how I'll always remember Chris. :P

Seducing the corn dog man at Disney. Awe...miss you guys!

Bahahaha!

Laughed so hard making this "Princess Cake" with Brittany!

Sorry Brittany, but I love this picture of you.

Day 3

2010-12-02T05:34:00.000-08:00

Day 3- Your idea of the perfect first date:

I've been considering this question for about 30 seconds now and, as usual, am making it way more complicated than it needs to be.

At first I thought skydiving...but that is just something I want to do no matter the occasion. Also...thinking back on some of my first dates...yeah, lets just say no thanks.

Another thing to consider- how long have I known this person? If its a blind date situation I think the perfect date would be one where you and your mystery man sit on opposite sides of a movie theater and see something awesome...like The A Team or Repunzel (check it out! It is awesome!).
On the other hand, if I've known this person for a while, I would probably suggest a movie in the park that we both love and have seen a bunch (Princess Bride or something romantic and adventurous too). That way its all sentimental and awesome, but you've seen it so you can talk and such too.

Lastly, am I excited about going on a date with said person? If not, I'd revert back to the opposite sides of the theater idea. If I was excited that would be different.

Hm hm hm...a cooking class. Yep. I've decided. A cooking class has the best of everything. You're around other people, but can chat if you want to. You'd have something to keep you busy so it would be less likely to get awkward. Teamwork towards a common goal would provide a bonding experience and I think you'd learn a lot about each other. Also, the food portion of the date is taken care of and now more meaningful cause you made it together. And lastly, it would take long enough that it could be the only thing you do on the date. Or, if things go well, you could extend the date to include dessert, a movie, a walk, whatever, etc.

Numbah #2!

2010-11-28T22:33:00.000-08:00

This might actually get done in 30 days cause I'm going to be procrastinating like a champ this week and next. Aka...final projects/papers due AND then finals.

Day 2 – A photo of something you ate recently.

I didn't actually take a picture of it at the time, but a little over a week ago I went to Tucanos for a friend's Birthday Lunch and she made us all (except Ashley, who I am shaking my fist at right now) eat one. Yes...they are chicken hearts. They were tiny, yes, but gross cause I knew what it was and kept thinking of a baby chickie with a single little tear rolling down its face. ..like this.

Anyways, I will try almost anything once so I don't regret it...but will never eat one again. Poor chickie. :(

In more tasty news, I have rediscovered my love for Chick-fil-a. Delish. Also, the kids meal comic books are hilarious. So far I've read "Cold Cuts" and "The Grissle Missle". Both winners, if you couldn't tell that from the names already.

Peace out!

30 Days Spin Off

2010-11-27T13:04:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine at the pool is doing the "30 days" blogging goal, but switching things up to be more realistic. She's doing 30 blogs in 30 months. I like the idea, but don't like the commitment, however realistic it may be. So I'm going to do 30 blogs in an undefined amount of time. :D

Here is the list:
Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your month was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate recently.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days.

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your month was.

Photo of me ^

This month has been...good. Still staying really busy. Lots of school projects due and lots to come here in the next week.
Cleo moved here (yay!) about a week ago now.
Earlier in the month we had my mom's side family reunion. My cousin Cindy planned it and it was pretty spectacular, if I do say so myself. I missed having them in the church gyms. It was fun to be able to play basketball an such.
Throughout the month I've also been planning the Legacy Aquatic Center Holiday Dive-In Movie. EVERYONE COME!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=539946872011&set=a.535699134511.2049747.203002233#!/event.php?eid=170093816343053
Fer serious guys. It will be so fun.
That is all I really remember except for Thanksgiving, which happened a couple days ago. It was grand. I got really full and failed to make butter.
The end.

Latest Contest

2010-10-01T23:12:00.000-07:00

The latest photo contest right here:

http://pgmaceysphoto.blogspot.com/2010/10/september-photo-contest.html

Number 4 is mine. :) What you think?

What's Going Down?!

2010-09-11T18:39:00.000-07:00

Title inspired by my new daily planner. I probably needed one yesterday, considering all the different things going on with school and work and everyday life. I designed it myself on snapfish.com which is an awesome website where you upload photos and can either order cheap prints or design your own fun little projects and gifts like this. If you don't have an account with them yet, let me know and I'll send you a link so you can get 50 4x6 prints for freeee!

Anywho, I posted this link on facebook, but I entered a local photo contest this month and I'd really appreciate it if you would vote for me on this site by commenting:

http://pgmaceysphoto.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-photo-entries.html

My photo is number 4. The theme was texture. :)

Peace out boy scout.

Insert clever song lyrics here about how I'm back.

2010-08-25T00:16:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have returned from California. Yes, I lived in CA for almost 8 months. No, don't feel bad if you didn't know. According to the activity levels on this blog I could have been dead. Anywho, I am very much still living and decided to bring this thing back to life after reading my old pal Janette's cute little couple blog. This endevor may be slightly disappointing seeing as I am not a cute little couple and don't know what in the world I'll end up posting about.

To start off I think I will just post pictures of friends which amuse me and tell a little memory gem about them.

Mandi "From Sandy" West

West side walk it out!
Mandi was my room-roomate in CA. We had some good times. We arranged to room together before arriving to the Disney College Program through a facebook group. I knew we'd get along just dandily when I saw this picture:

Yep, my friends. She is on the far right. Presh in't she? One of my particular favorite past times with Mandi was sitting across the room from each other in our apt on facebook chatting and laughing. Also, taking videos of her when she did not want to be filmed....which was pretty much always.

My favorite story with Mandi was when we were all busily preparing for Christmas in July. AKA, I was creating a facebook event at 1am. I needed to find a really dynomite event photo to represent just how epic this Christmas celebreation spectacular would be. The pressure was on. Now some may say the timing of this story (1am+) may have played a role in how humorus we both found this ordeal to be, but I assure you good reader .....(dramatic pause)...it did not. Google searching like a mad christmas elf, I found this:

Funny/random enough right? Wrong. I had a brilliant inspired artistic moment and told Mandi I would improve the photo to awesome proportions. She was impatient of course, but I prevailed and in a couple minutes saw my masterpiece come alive. Check this suckah out foo:

Yes dear readers, a true Christmas Miracle of hilarity. We laughed sooooo hard. I still can't look at it without busting up. She then proceeded to write a blog post about it entitled "Meowy Christmas" (found here: http://westsides-story.blogspot.com/2010/07/merry-christmas.html ) which then sent me into another fit of lawling.

Cheers to Mandi for making my Disney experience magical and hilarious at the same time. I'd cry if you'd have stayed in CA and left me to go back to Utah all by my lonesome. Can't wait for the She and Him concert yo!

My favorite things...

2009-12-19T08:45:00.000-08:00

Language warning on this one:

Horrible....

Chinese food is yummy...

2009-12-12T16:34:00.000-08:00

...but I'm stuffed. I couldn't finish my food from rice king (I think) today. Hyrum and I ordered delivery to the pool. I'm glad. I was getting hungry and its my long day at work. It was pretty good food. Also, Kaden brought me some chocolate from Las Vegas. How nice right?

So today playlist.com has been my best friend, although someone introduced me to a site called grooveshark.com , which is like an online itunes kind of. I like it a lot, but I accidently added like ALL of nora jones music...and she's cool, but I really only wanted one song at the time. :P Well I tried to delete them all from my library, but they just keep reappearing so we'll see how it works out. Maybe I'm stupid and am missing something. But yes, check it out.

uhm....I am tired....VERY tired. Oh! mylifeisaverage.com is hilarious. Visit that site too. :)

hola

2009-10-08T16:48:00.000-07:00

Hey I almost forgot about this. Since I've last posted...

-My brother left on his mission

-I went to Disneyland

-I got glasses

Uhm I know more happened, but I'm blanking here... I've been trying to pick up some more hours at work and will probably grab a seasonal job if I can to help the school fund out while I have the semester off. We'll see how that goes.

Oh! I've also discovered netflix, which is probably not news to anyone who reads this, but hello! Why have I not joined before?! Actually, I know why. They used to just rent out movies by mail, which kinda sucks if you want to watch something new RIGHT NOW. So...they added the watch instantly online option for some movies and tv shows. Its great cause while I wait for movies to come by mail, I can still see certain movies and can watch pretty much any season of the office that I want. :P woo! I also figured out how to hook up my computer to my tv so I don't have to buy an xbox 360 or little cable box-type thing that will stream the movies from my computer to the tv.

Speaking of my computer, its on its death bed as we speak. :( Its been pretty good the past 3 1/2 years, but has been going down hill fast. Hopefully I can get all my stuff off it before it completely bites the dust. When I fully realized how bad it was getting (the screen was shorting out so bad, I could only use it when it decided to work and it only did that if I angled the screen to this one little spot....but even then sometimes it wouldn't work.

Well, the day I realized that my computer didn't really work and couldn't be fixed, I happened to get an email from hp which informed me they were having their laptop clearance. So I looked around at what they had the the reviews and I ordered this one:

From what my computer literate friends/family have said, it was a pretty good deal. It had a lot of free upgrades and was pretty affordable, as far as computers go, before the discounts. Frankly, compared to my dying laptop's 80gb hard drive, anything would probably impress me. :P But seriously, I am excited to get it.

And now some comedy from this guy:

Crayons

2009-06-19T17:59:00.001-07:00

(I wrote this on the 19th and obviously never posted it because of lack of pictures.)

I've been doing much better at work thanks to Hyrum and Heather who got some crayons arranged for me last ....Friday I'm going to say. Yes, it was friday. When I am stressed out what really helps me is coloring and then I'm fine.

Last weekend was our family reunion, which was pretty fun... even though it rained every time we decided it was time to eat. It has been good to see the family more lately with dev's farewell, my Grandma and uncle Cliff visiting, and the host of relatives they attracted to visit our house as well. I'm excited to help with our winter reunion (Mom-if you need anymore help planning, I'm willing).

There are a few other things I could blog about, like the family pictures we had done this past week or devin going to the mtc, but I don't really like talking about subjects and not having a picture to go with it...which is the case for the past couple of topics I've covered...So I'm going to try to get some pictures off of my phone to post here and talk about.

CPR Recerts....DEATH!

2009-06-11T18:19:00.000-07:00

So last month at work for our in-service training I thought it would be a good idea to do CPR recertification tests in order to avoid highschool lifeguards coming into the office every hour, on the hour with the following conversation taking place:

Lifeguard: (while avoiding eye contact and playing nervously with pens in cup on the desk) "Hey um....I had a question...

Me: .....yes? (said in dead tone while waiting for the question I know they will ask)

Lifeguard: yeah, uh I need my uh.....uhm...my CPR renewed....Could uhhh....could I do that?

Me: Did you go to in-service last month?

Lifeguard:
version 1-Well....I uh kinda forgot about it until the next day...
version 2- Well I didn't pass those tests
version 3- well....huh?

Me: You need to find an instructor who will recertify you. (sure as heck won't be me)

Lifeguard: oh...so you are an instructor and uhm...hyrum, uh erin, Suzanne, and uhmmmm.....

Me: ................Teralyn.....?

Lifeguard: oh...uh yeah. (guard then turns to look at manager schedule) Hyrum works tomorrow....do you think if I came in that he would be ready to test me right then?

Me: (complete with "are you kidding me??" look) No. He will be working then....

Lifeguard: Oh....yeah....(continues staring at schedule)

Me: (GIANT EYE ROLL) Can you come in at 4 tomorrow?

Lifeguard: .......9am-11pm????

Me: Can you come in to test at 4 tomorrow or not?

Lifeguard: oh...um...maybe....

Okay I can't continue explaining this conversation anymore. I love my job, but seriously...it seems like we go through phases of stupidity with these guards!!! I can't come in for each one whenever they want to have them just fail the tests cause they have no idea what the heck they are doing in the first place because they don't study or practice. GAH!!! Its bad, but I want someone to actually NEED CPR here so they will realize its not a joke and that they are being idiots. as'gweilof oR?KIew'weew iee <---me pounding on keyboard.

That is all.

Been a while!

2009-06-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged for almost two months. Yeah, I kind of forgot about this thing. :P

Summer is finally feeling like its here and I'm very excited. I really like my summer clothes a lot more than winter. Also, I dyed my hair lighter, but if you read this you probably already know that.

We did a big cleaning of the house before devin's mission talk in church/luncheon afterwards. We now have a fridge downstairs and a working couch and rug. I need to get more of my disney stuff out for the family room decorations. The other day Steve and I went to the DI to find disney stuff and I found a movie poster puzzle of the original beauty and the beast poster.

I started on it, but had to go to work meetings so Devin finished it. It has TWO pieces missing. TWO!! I realised there was a big risk of that since I did buy it at the DI, but come on! Its sooo perfect. Gah. I might just be creative with some cardboard and make my own pieces, but jeeze.

It was beauty and the beast day apparently because we also found a beauty and the beast teapot. You would expect Mrs. Pots right? Nope. This one looks like a large figurine of belle standing in front of the beast. The glass is fused together so they are essentially one connected unit. The beast has his hand on her hip I think and his other hand raised with a rose in it. Yeah...and in the raised hand there is a hole (the spout), his arm on her hip makes the handle loop, and his head comes completely off (the lid). How amusing is that?! I had to buy it of course. Sadly, I cannot find a picture of one online to post here. Maybe when I get home I will add one. It really is that hilarious.

Next I think I need to get something to represent Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Those are also favorites of mine. Oh! and if anyone wants to help out on my peter pan puzzle, you're more than welcome to. In fact, I might even provide food to those who do since I am horrible at puzzles, but really would like this one done. :P

Back to the topic I was going to talk about, Devin's talk in church went really well. Good job Dev! Also it was really a lot of fun to see all of our friends and family who could make it. It made me really excited for our Hanson family reunion this summer and the Durtschi one that I think is happening this fall?

Yesterday my mom and I went to Color Me Mine....FINALLY! For my mom's birthday/mother's day gift back in 2008, I told her I'd take her. Well, scheduling never worked out and yesterday when I asked her what her plans were, she said the day was fairly open. Whatdoyahknow, mine was too so we decided to go. I went with a big bowl and my mom painted these three square plates that had kinda wavey edges. They are going to be so cute. Saturday I'll probably go pick them up.

Well, that is all from me today I think. Tomorrow I will try my hand at REAL golf for the first time EVER. I have some plaid pants, but am considering getting a hat to match. You know, the kind with the pom pom on top. :P ha yeah right.

more spring cleaning of the itunes

2009-04-11T02:18:00.000-07:00

This one is going to be about little gems I've found in my music that I think are amazing and had forgotten about until just now...when I almost deleted the said song. :P

Song: Hands Open
Artist: Snow Patrol
Album: Eyes Open

This was my favorite song on their latest(?) album. Chasing Cars got a TON of play on the radio and was the most popular of the album, but really...I thought that song was kinda meh and made me think of crazy spaz dogs. Sorry folks, Hands Open is soooo much better. The End...

Song: Funky Dudley
Artist: Dudley Perkins
Album: Expressions (2012 A.U.)

Woah, woah, woah woah. This song is fun. Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.* I think I picked this one up in a free itunes sampler download back in the day where they would give out free music codes to their facebook groupies. I suggest this code thing returns. People need to hear songs like Funky Dudley....serious.

Song: Young Pilgrams
Artist: The Shins
Album: Shutes Too Narrow

For whatever reason, when I listen to The Shins, I think of riding one of those old fashioned bikes down some dirt farming time road in the summer. I think it might be because I started listening to them while I lived in Idaho....and frequently rode a bike down dirt farming roads....in the summer....maybe. Anyways, good times and really chill music. Give it a listen and try out my favorite of theirs (New Slang) while you are at it.

Song: The Way I Are (Feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)
Artist: Timbaland
Album: Presents: Shock Value

Okay. So I'm kind of embarassed....but I loved this song when it came out and I probably love it more today. Timbaland is amazing and this is one of the first songs I remember hearing of his. Its all poppy and that, but to me it really is a genuine sappy song. Sorry, I'll move on now.

Song: Another One Goes By
Artist: The Walkmen
Album: A Hundred Miles Off

Ok, another one I found from the facebook free itunes samplers. I later downloaded the entire album (see itunes? More freebies=more money). This is ....how to explain it....it reminds me a lot of a song called Postcards From Italy. Kind of an older feel with a folky twist? But not hick folky....more euro folky. That makes no sense, does it? ah well. I tried.

Song: For Us
Artist: Pete Yorn
Album: Nightcrawler (Bonus Track)

I first heard this song...well...when I saw the video on vh1's super late music video set. I was working graveyards and had access to a TV while I did my work. I think the video had some bird in it that fell in love with the singer or something. I remember thinking how weird it was, but then when I heard the song without having to stare at the video at the same time, I decided it was actually really good.

Thats all for tonight!

*Listen to song on playlist or something and you will understand. ;)

...Just Kidding!

2009-03-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

I've been cleaning out my itunes today because I realized that my hard drive consists of 99% music. I started looking through all the songs I had and re-realized that I have a lot of really good music. So here are some reviews of both artists I am clearing out/why and the ones I'm rediscovering are amazing.

Hayley Westenra

I got rid of about half of her album (Odyssey). Amazing voice, but I'm not really feeling it when she gets folky/slightly countryish. Her classical-type stuff is great though.

Personal favorite track: Never Saw Blue

Michael Buble

Okay, this is a tough one. Again, great voice, but when I first heard of him I got a TON of his music and, in turn, got sick of it really fast. Most of his stuff is also very similar so I would deem it all generally good background music. Its so hard to delete cause he's like the modern frank sinatra. Also, his christmas album is THE BEST. In the end, I deleted more than half of what I originally had, but I still have about 20ish songs of his.

Personal favorite track: You Belong to Me

The Strokes: First Impressions Of Earth

Now I loved these guys in highschool. This album that hit about the time I graduated was a let down though. :( None of it is really that bad, but the songs failed to really stick out to me that much like the previous albums had. So overall, I had high expectations that weren't met, but it was ok.

Personal favorite track: Heart in a Cage

To be continued...

The Features

2009-03-11T18:08:00.000-07:00

Oh yes, I am about to go all indie blogger up in here. :P I promise it will not happen regularly, but this band is awesome. They are called The Features and have been around for a while, but have yet to become as popular as they deserve. I just ordered their most recent album online (sadly, I missed out on the vinyl :'( sad day!)
Here is one of my favorite songs:

Other songs I like right now include...
-Sweet about me (Gabriella Cilmi)
-Beating my heart (Jon McLaughlin)
-She don't use jelly (Flamming Lips)
-Welcome to the world (Kevin Rudolf)
-15 Step (Radiohead)
-Twilight omens (Franz Ferdinand) I'm going to their concert! Wewt!

Ideas for my blog...

2009-02-25T18:58:00.000-08:00

Lately as I have been driving to and from school and/or work, I've been thinking about things and then thinking "Oh! I should blog about that!"
But really, all my ideas to blog about are either things that freak me out, gross me out, or annoy me and I don't want to be looked on as "that creepy angry blogger" so I think I'll just stick to the funny videos and pics.
Today's video is sponsored by the Emmys.

Next time be prepared for some hilarious twilight memes. :D

The Morning Zoo

2009-02-04T21:00:00.000-08:00

So basically, if this was not on the radio every morning...I don't think I would go to school. Well, maybe that's a lie. I for sure wouldn't be as happy on my drive anyways.
They are HILARIOUS. I was going to say Jessica is my favorite...but then there is Danger Boy... and then I like Frankie too. They are all great.
Everyone in Utah should listen to them in the mornings and if you don't live here, listen online. Its fantastic.

http://www.971zht.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=morningzooshow.xml

PS-

This is awesome. I'm in here laughing by myself, trying not to seem crazy to any of the lifeguards.
http://www.971zht.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=121024

Wait....whut??

2009-01-24T14:14:00.000-08:00

I opened this to make a post about youtube videos I like, but right as I did Mary said this:

"Gonna kick this cold's butt in the face!!!!"

*Silence as we both looked at each other*

And then I laughed till my eyes starting tearring up.

So youtube videos....

I like this one primarily because of the teeth brushing part and a certain swim lesson coordinators connection to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-YZGv6oP18 (wouldn't let me embed this one...sorry.)

Another Saturday at the Pool

2009-01-17T16:12:00.001-08:00

This is Mary showing me something that Korbin has been doing lately or something. I don't really know, her face distracted me from what she was actually saying. Can you blame me? I think its my new favorite picture of all time.

School has started and while I could blog about that, I don't think I will right now. I'll just leave it with this picture for today. lqtm.

Things I've Decided are Wrong/Weird

2009-01-02T11:07:00.001-08:00

#1: When guys touch their chest. It's not really even that simple. If a guy is in good shape, some flat palmed touching is ok as long as it doesn't last more than like two seconds. Not in good shape=no touching whatsoever. And finally, NO touching if you are going to "cup" the hand. EW. I've been noticing guys (both shirtless and....shirted? Is shirted a word?) doing this lately. Today there was a prolonged not inshape cupping going on for like 30 seconds and it seriously grossed me out.
Men, PLEASE never ever do this. Thank you.

#2:Pretzels with nacho cheese from you know where. I keep seeing repeat customers for these things and I cannot wrap my mind around why. I'm just baffled...

#3: There is something that is beeping about every five minutes in the office. I cannot figure out what it is cause there is at least five minutes between each beep and I forget to stare in the direction it is coming from and listen closely between beeps. Its a weird beep too...it sounds high pitched at the start of the beep, but then like dies in the middle and goes all low. Weird.

#4:Putting your hand in your armpit while folding your arms across the chest. Even worse (oh yes, there is worse), hand #1 in armpit and hand #2 eating an apple very slurpily. In fact any kinda of slurping in general. Yuck.

5#: TBA later on in the day as I find more things that are wrong/weird. There seem to be a lot at pools...

Oh, and by the way, today I will have something like 15 hours of work. Its not bad so far.

I'm the motha' flippin!

2008-12-27T11:58:00.000-08:00

I love this video and have watched like five times in a row now. Enjoy.

Long Days

2008-12-26T19:17:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday I worked a LONG day, which is good because I need the hours, but it was still long. I came in and covered for a head guard at 6:45am and left the building at 11:15pm. I planned on making an hour by hour blog entry of the day, but it was forgotten somewhere along the way. However, here are some highlights:

6:45am- I came in and probably looked half dead. If you want confirmation of that, ask Jared. Luckily for me, there was one diet coke left in the fridge which I drank and then Jared got me a little cup of candy from somewhere. I didn't ask questions as it contained sugar, which was greatly needed. I forgot to say, I only had like 3 hours sleep tops the night before. Moving on...

The 8 o'clock hour- Bailey came in and Jared left me. I was freezing on deck, but discovered that I had a towel here and that our new drier was hooked up in the guard room. I'm so brilliant, I put my towel in there for a few minutes and then wrapped myself in it. It felt AMAZING. I proceeded to do this every hour or so for the rest of the day. One problem that plauged me about the towel/drier brillancy was the fact that every time I went to start the thing, I forgot you had to push and HOLD the start button down. Every time I went to start it and it wouldn't go, I'd panic and press the button a few more times.

11am- The guards and I started making a festive holiday chain.

12pm- Backstory to this hour: I had been debating in my head most of the day what I was going to get for lunch when Mary got here to head guard and when I felt tired or depressed about how many hours I had left, I would think "It's ok. Everything will be alright. Mary is going to be here at 1." and I felt better. BUT!, at about 12:30 I realized that 1 was when I normally came in and that Mary would actually not be here until 3pm. Those were the dark hours.

I sat by Hunter and worked on the chain some more and every few seconds I'd just turn to him and say "I'm so depressed...." and then after a while, he started telling me that "if I would focus on trying to make the chain faster, I wouldn't feel so depressed." Yeah....Thanks for the support towel boy....not.

3pm- Mary arrived and there was much rejoycing. I then ran to panda and got my delish lunch.

The rest of the day was kind of a blur that I don't remember much of. There was a party and Mary went insane at some point too.

Christmas eve was good too, except I had issues like an hour into the shift and was in mucho pain-o. I went home after, took advil, and proceeded to sleep for a couple hours.

Our breakfast was fun though. I enjoyed it and the people who were working.

Today I was going to come in at 9am, but again had issues and came in at like 11am. Still a good long shift, but I'm starting to feel these longer hours. There is only so much I can do here and so after all that's done...the time drags quite a bit.

Christmas was good. I got some really awesome and thoughtful gifts. I hope my family liked theirs too.

This is the camera santa brought me. It is not fisher price. It is real and medium format. I'm excited to take some pictures with it.

http://www.supermo.com/gallery/photos.php?Qwd=./holga&Qif=801.jpg&Qiv=thumbs&Qis=M

Those are some pictures taken with this kind of camera. I really like the style.

Also, I got set of these products from my parents and I LOVE them:

http://essenceoftwilight.blogspot.com/

Well that is all for now. This is random, but some people's attitudes just totally rub me the wrong way. I REALLY don't like it when it happens at work and I can't really avoid it. Blah. Two more hours. Two more hours.

Yes, I'm a mature adult....why do you ask?

2008-12-08T14:04:00.000-08:00

I was trying to clear off some space on my phone and sent these pictures to my computer. Being the considerate and nice person that I am, I thought I'd share them with you as well.

This is Ryan at walmart trying on a santa hat. I think someone in my family told him to make that face...or at least I hope so.

The early stages of construction.

Ryan at thanksgiving point after playing in the fountains.

A rainbow of whistles. Sadly, they are all gone now. But I took this picture to make my non-lehi lifeguard friends jealous. Pool dork, I know.

I don't remember any background story to this at all so I'm going to just pretend we dressed him up as a muslim woman.

I think this was the first day Mary and I did shawdows at the pool. Doesn't our drowing baby look realistic?

Isn't she just glowing?A preview of what is to come maybe??? haha.

Ryan as a cowboy at our family's halloween party.

Devin in what may possibly be the coolest costume ever, ace ventura.

Snow from back in October or something.

Skiball at classic skating. He does this excited happy dance after he throws the ball up there. About half the time, the ball doesn't make it over the little hill and rolls back. Other times, it just barely does roll into the zero points area. Nevertheless, he dances everytime.

No idea when this was, but it is his "smile for the camera" pose.

One of the many hilarious lifeguards, Hunter. This picture has a long backstory I just don't care to write at the moment. Instead of explaining I will lqtm.

Again, lqtm.

Saturday rotation portraits by yours truely.

I think Kaden's is the most accurate.

The Utah Bang Bubble brought to you by Devon(....heaven help us) and Sara as the stylist.

Me, little sister, and mom out for icecream a while back.

"OMG A PUMPKIN!!!!!11!!"

About ten minutes into hiking the G. It looks so nice right? It all fun and games until you get lost, it gets dark, and come within an inch of touching a tarantula.

I like crazy pool signs and my friend brittany found this one and took a picture for me. I can't believe they makes these...

Idaho Falls

Spud day and the love of my life, cotton candy.

Evan (one of my first lifeguard students at lehi) after he saved the baby (in previous pictures) from almost certain death. Sadly (?), after he jumped in and got it, this was our only dry towel left. He did know how to work it though.

So this is Brittany's birthday princess barbie cake project. Sadly we had to lose the lower half of her body.

The delicious and strongly improvised final result. I plan to submit it to http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Halloween Costume

2008-10-22T17:24:00.000-07:00

A while back I decided I wanted to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast for halloween. I thought I was being so on top of things as I looked for costumes online. I found one I liked, bought it, got it in the mail, decided it was crap, and have now begun the process of making my own in two days. Fantastic right? I should take some pictures of the process, but I think that memory could be on the block list here soon. Hopefully it will turn out alright. If it does not, however, I will be able to start up my own 70's wedding decor company. Those ruffley backgrounds in satin are basically what my skirt looks like now. I think I will drown in ruffles.

PS: The header of this blog was inspired by the great Jack Handey. http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/