HOLY DANG!

Holy Dang!!! I can't wait. Starts tonight. Yes. :)

Karl's Clone

So, I had this guy as my Sunday school teacher when I was about 13. He is about 6'6", large build, talks like Karl, laughs like Karl, and jokes like Karl. It is so weird! I stumbled upon his wife today, and did some ultimate creeping, and here it is. Amber and I have talked about it before. It's really, really strange.

Here's one of Karl just for some comparison. I tried to find one that looked a ton like Joe, but I just don't have many pictures of Karl.

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. :)

That's Right, Sisters Rule!

As you go to the BYU homepage, they always have a few articles that are showcased. These are typically about new findings that some BYU people found, and a lot of them are actually really interesting. I liked this one in particular, especially as I am a sister to 5 spectacular people. So, to all 5 of you, yes, you are welcome! :) Haha, and I suppose I should thank you too. :) Oh, you guys rock.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-08-01-sisters01_ST_N.htm

Movies

This post is gonna be about some good, and some not-so-good movies that I've seen lately. Best ones first!

How to Tame Your Dragon. Oh my goodness, this was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I really really liked it. It had suspense, fantasy, vikings, dragons, and a little bit of romance. The flying scenes were really well done, it made you feel like you were almost there flying with them. Dang, I want a dragon so bad now! You all need to see it. I might even buy it, it was sooo. Oh. I loved it. :)

Inception.....this was just...interesting. It was made very well. And really was extremely interesting, you were sucked into the story right away. Instantly having to think and keep up with the story, there was not a moment you could sit back like, "Huh. That's weird." Which sounds stressful, but was actually really fun. I really enjoyed the intricate story and complicated idea. I think I need to watch it again to really decide if I liked it though, which I probably will. Let's be real, I like most movies.

And lastly, Letters to Juliet. It was really fun, just like all typical chick flicks. :) It was dorky, overly cheesy, and the ending...oh my, oh my. :) But I liked it, it was fun.

Africa

I want to go there. Badly.

Life

School! That has been mostly what I have been doing lately....or at least what I've been trying to do. Summer is quite an exciting place here in Provo. I've kinda decided I'm not going to do this again, summer classes are not so fun.

I love Provo in the summer, everyone just plays and does exciting things, and everything is warm and beautiful! I've decided I definitely like heat over cold. Summer can stay forever as far as I'm concerned. Do you hear that world? Winter is not allowed to come this year. Now that we have that settled....

I've been going to FHE this summer, which I've actually never really done before. But when your roommate is the mother and your group is actually pretty cool, you find yourself wanting to go. It's been a ton of fun actually, I have loved it! We played soccer last week, which I actually enjoyed. I wasn't expecting that! But I was somewhat decent for it being the first time playing soccer since the sixth grade! I didn't completely suck at frisbee either when we played that. :) Fun times. I've decided at our family reunion we are going to have to do these fun things...preferably on a beach.