Bouquet of Sharpened Pencils

School has started...again. I just counted out of curiosity, and this is the 19th time that new classes have started in my life. I suppose it should be boring by now, but it's still a bit exciting going back to school at the end of summer with lots of new people, classes, and teachers. Don't you love (Provo) in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would buy you a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. That is basically how I feel about fall. I. Love. It. :) It is just better than spring. I'm excited for the mountains to be covered in reds and yellows, for sophisticated peacoats and pretty scarves. And Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are coming up. Winter semester is full of snow and death. Bleh. But fall? :) Love, love, love.

As for my classes, they are good, though they are going to be a ton of work. Which I knew, so definitely no surprise there. I wasn't planning on taking any dance classes, but it actually worked out, so I'm taking 2. I was just going to take 1, but I couldn't decide which one to do. And I'm auditing them (meaning I don't get a grade, I'm just allowed to attend), so it double doesn't matter. I'm taking Beginning Jazz and Beginning Contemporary. I love them both, but my Contemporary teacher is really good, and that kind of dance is so different than anything else I've done it'll be really fun. For those that don't know, which I assume are most of you, contemporary is more "dance what you feel", though it still is structured. We've been learning about how to move your body and all that. The first day of dancing we started out by walking in random directions around the room (to music) and then she called out a body part and we had to "explore" how to move it. Sounds weird, but it was fun and I'm excited to get out of my comfort zone for this class. And I'm taking Jazz with Jen so that'll be fun.

So I saw Eclipse for the first time on Friday, cause it's finally in the dollar theater here. That's the only way to watch movies in Provo, who pays the $10 when you can pay $1.50? Seriously. There's not any question there, of course you wait for the cheap one. Anyhow, I actually liked it. They included most of the important information, which is nice to see finally. The acting was tons better as well, so you weren't distracted by any of Bella's weird breathy stammering, or Edward's awkward expressions. (Though he still walks weird, haha.) Anyhow, Provo was the place to watch it, the best thing about the movie was possibly sitting with the audience. We all laughed at the same things (even if it wasn't meant to be funny). The best time, though, was when Edward way saying that he wanted to wait till marriage and that it's not the most modern idea. Bella then says, "Yeah, it's ancient." A guy in the audience then yelled out, "It's eternal!" Ha! It was sooo funny, the entire audience was laughing for a while over that one. Gosh, I just love Provo. Where else would that happen?

Also, I saw Slumdog Millionaire on Saturday morning. Before y'all start judging, it was edited. They have an International Cinema here on campus, they show international movies weekly. Anyhow, this one was soooo good. Sad it was rated R, they only edited one tiny part (that wasn't even necessary!) and bad language. So dumb. But the story was excellent. If y'all ever come across an edited version of that movie, I would suggest it. :)