We Are Robin Hood!

This show has officially changed my life.
BBC Robin Hood.

I'm in love.

You can expect a long long long blog post about this in a week, after the series finale.

Tank you, Andy. Tanks.

I'm thankful for the Harry Potter books, and how I feel at home when I read them.

I'm thankful for sweatshirts. I wear my Les Mis one, my KUER one, and my red one, and basically nothing else.

I'm thankful for my dad's employment. We get to do a lot of cool things.

I'm thankful when I wake up early on a Saturday morning and I get to roll over and go back to sleep.

I'm thankful for my friends. Without them, I wouldn't have any friends.

I'm thankful I can drive, and I have the means for doing so.

I'm thankful I don't have to walk two miles to get water for my family.

I'm thankful when I have a nice little surplus of money.

I'm thankful for those people that motivate me to go to school.

I'm thankful for the gospel, the Book of Mormon, and the Atonement.

I'm thankful for Nicole Darais. Without her I would probably be dead, or worse: expelled.

I'm thankful that I only have to go to approximately 50 more periods of Mr. Kurtz's class.

I'm thankful for my family. They're basically the coolest.

I'm thankful for movies. They are how I find solace.

I'm thankful for technology, but not as much as you, you see. Always and forever.

Forgive me for posting this a couple days after Thanksgiving.

But hey, we should all be thankful everyday of the year, right?

ish.

Here's what I want to do today:
Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Paint my nails
Redeem my iTunes card
Watch Robin Hood

Here's what I have to do today:
Clean my room
Write my talk
Make Kirsten's Spanish video
Do at least one Financial Literacy assignment
Write my Christmas list
Do that Biology assignment
Do my math homework

Too bad it matters.

Christmas!

27 days

13 hours

33 minutes

43 seconds

But who's counting?

Sing it, guys.

I'll be listening.

Anti-Twilight, I am.

Scene 1

CHARLIE: Happy birthday, Bella! You're 18 now, old enough to make adult decisions and choose your own path!
BELLA: Eh, I think I'll just keep doing whatever Edward wants.
CHARLIE: If I had any actual relevance in your life I'd be concerned. Anyway, here's a camera. Use it to take pictures of your friends.
BELLA: When you say "friends," do you mean "friend," and do you specifically mean Edward?
CHARLIE: Who else would I mean? The classmates you've been ignoring since you first laid eyes on Whitey von Pastyface?

If you want to read the rest of this hilarious and cynical screenplay, click here. It's definitely worth reading.

Team Weasley.

Week in Review

Leggings aren't pants
I have no self-discipline when it comes to Super Stacker 2 and a biology essay
Radio 2 DJs are capable of an INSANE game of catch phrase
Johnny Depp is, once again, sexiest man alive
Cat Stevens, Regina, and John Mayer soothe my soul
Kneader's French Toast really IS that good
Brazil has "Black Awareness Day"
I love Les Mis
Oreos do not stick to car windows in 32 degree weather
Macey's makes a mean twist cone
Ryskees Moonbeam
Chess board #4 is unlucky
Unexpected facebook messages are always welcome
MGMT is great for pre-mutual dance parties in the family room
A Weasley beats a Cullen
Emily Blunt is probably the luckiest girl ever
I know several boys that have cleaner shaven legs than I do
I love seminary
Rest in Peace, Heath
Swine flu shots = no pain whatsoever
Procrastinating financial literacy homework is my talent
I don't like getting 30 texts from Hayden Anderson during orchestra
Seeing what's left of a car accident is no bueno
I am, and always will be, a sucker for brown-eyed men
I love my friends
I'm getting progressively worse at calculus
I believe there is no such thing as a "normal day"
It was a waxing crescent, not a new moon
Ryan Moon cracks me up
Cruise control is great
Typewriters weigh more than I do
I want to be like Miss Smithson when I grow up
Lobo!
Math humor rocks (I'm "inte-girls," "Joe < Jameson")
I'm officially afraid of my A4 class
A turkey can be deep fried, but only when a ladder is involved
Incarnaciooooooon
Rockstar Diaries is sawweet
The Big Show usually makes my day
In-n-Out is open in Orem
I know someone that was born in a prison
Mr. Van Dijk experiments on animals
Canada seems like a nice place
Jack poops under leaves
I should cut the crap; eat less junk
Pink dress with peach influences arrived
Potato skins bacon and chedder aren't that good
TTB
Umami
A spiritual journal was a good idea
A cell phone can easily get stuck between the mattress and the frame of the bed
Warmer, colder
Brock Duclos is a high quality person
I love the scriptures, prayer, and feeling the spirit
20 push ups
You can only read the marquee through the biology window so many times
Brother Whimpey dominates
That one kid is a phlem nugget
"Love you, bye" is my very favorite way to end a conversation
If i get another text from the school, I will spank a kitten
Creepers ask you for pictures of yourself in the middle of the night
Adding "skees" to the end of any word makes it coolskees
Boom, SEE YA!
Silly puddy
That pink worksheet gives me the willies
Cade Wilkes drank enough water to fill a small swimming pool
"I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs"
Poison is the worst book ever
Wrigley's spearmint gum
Mr. Prestwich can see into your soul
I'm more of a nerd than I thought
Humans are bad for the environment
Rhubarb=the reaper?

This week might go down in the history books.

title

In ninth grade, I was a wee bit obsessed with those pass-along emails.

"Forward this to everyone you know and you will be kissed by your crush within 24 hours!"

I have since moved on. As I was purging my inbox of such emails, I came across one that was actually kind of funny. So, I did it.

Put your iPod on shuffle and answer each question with the title of the song that comes up.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? son of man

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL? how far we've come

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? don't charge me for the crime

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? failure by design

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? journey to the past

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT? lovely ladies

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? does your mother know?

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? interrogation

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? stay beautiful

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? the damage in your heart

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? if you believe

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? clarity

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? another story

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? with or without you

some of these turned out pretty funny.

stack successful!

I wasted a good portion of my day on this game today.

Super Stacker 2.

I beat all 40 levels.

Twice.

And it only took about 3 and a half hours.

Here is the "song-that-affected-me" of the day:
The Heart of Life
By John Mayer
It is gorgeous.
I hate to see you cry
Lying there in that position
There's things you need to hear
So turn off your tears and listen
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go away, it should
But I know the heart of life is good
You know it's nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
Then the circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go away, it should
But I know the heart of life is good
Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
But I know the heart of life is good
I know it's good
***
***
Today was not bad at all.

college.

Question: Is Georgetown an ivy league school? Because... I really want to go there.

Also, Columbia College in Chicago. Their film program is off the chain.

I think I just really want to live in a big city.

Ok, that's all.

I'm done being ungrateful for where I live.

Utah's nice.

journal.

November 17, 1998
Hi my name is Jessica. My Birthday is January 15th. I have three sisters. ther names are Kylie Kirsten and Jamie. I am 5. today i am going to school. my friends are mykel kelsey morgan jayna alisa. today I Had a great day today. We went to the library. we looked at terkeys and we pladed jaks. did you know that I ride the bus? my teachrs name is Mrs Paulson. I am in Kenrgarten. My class mates are Mykel Kelsey Morgan Jayna Kerrie Amiela Shylee Harmony Lindsey Shelby Marissa Simon Cameron Keven Jeffrey Pryce Michell Brandon Dallan Timithy Ryan Justin Alin Ryly. thats my class Mates. Its olmost thankgiving and on thankgiving me and my sisters are going to my Grandmas House. and are cusins to. we are going to sleep over. to. Its allmost kirstens Birthday! It's allmost my Birthday to! and it's almost chrismas to. I wunder what I'll get? What do think I'll get?

{excerpt from my first journal.}

I liked being 5.

Red and Black.

Les Miserables moves my soul.

Every time.

I can watch our VHS of the Les Mis dream cast over and over.

{in my life, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun....}

Respect.

I've become really burnt out on calculus as of late.

One reoccuring phrase all of a sudden just irks me.

"Differentiate the function with respect to x."

"Graphs A and B have extrema at 4 and -1, respectively."

"So, the graph has symmetry with respect to the origin."

"Find the derivative with respect to the rate."

You know what?

I have no respect for calculus at all.

Even though i google-imaged "calculus" and got that picture,

I actually know how to do that stuff.

I hate so much about the things you choose to be.

yoga? i love.

yesterday we did yoga at young womens. it sort of changed me. i felt totally refreshed. i think my body likes that.

"look forward to the future, with your feet firmly grounded in the present."

hmm, ok. i can do that.

also, i have a strange affinity for enya.

answer.

this is what happens when you ask someone to preference with paper doves and a yogurt lid:

you get a stapler in jello on your doorstep. and a note...

good one, brock. that was slightly awesome.

this is me today.

I hate it when this happens.

It happened today.

And it's a real shame I procrastinate so bad.

little letters.

dear hawaii,

you are pretty.

i'll be back soon.

dear miley,

i really like your song.

i really hate you.

dear body,

sorry i don't drink enough water.

i'm working on that.

dear paper doves,

i'm very tired of folding you.

fold yourselves from now on.

dear calculus,

i'm getting really sick of you.

please stop giving me grief.

dear mr. kurtz,

you are the creepiest man alive.

besides creed bratton.

dear throat,

why do you hurt me all day long?

what is this magic?

dear shrimp fried rice,

i've been craving you for days.

please grace me with your presence.

dear st. jeezy,

i'm excited to come visit.

see you soon.

To Nicole.

Your birthday is really soon.

P. S. This is probably my favorite photo of you.

K, bye.

Halloween 2009

Kirsten = Luna Lovegood

Jessie = Hermione Granger

Halloween = Awesome

Bangerang.

I watched Wait Until Dark. I like it. I will probably enter an Alfred Hitchcock phase very soon.

I also watched Hook. Um.. quite possibly my favorite movie.

"Don't let your arms get tired!" "I am a child." "So, Peter. You've become a pirate." "Why doesn't someone just shoot me in the head!" "I hate, I hate, I hate Peter Pan." "Good night, Neverland!" "I want a cookie, I want a party." "He said he was a window washer." "Run home Jack!" "Reach on down and touch your toes. How long since you looked at those?" "The Boo Box." "Who's the shrub?" "You're afraid of getting sucked out." "Now crack open your mouth, and drool." "There you are, Peter!" "I want I want I want, me me me, mine mine mine, now now now." "Gandhi ate more than this." "Flunk the maggot." "Substitue chemistry teacher!" "To a ten year old, I'm huge." "Yeah, he lost 'em good!" "Rufio, Rufio, Ru-Fi-Ooooooo!" "Kill the lawyer!" "You lewd, crude, rude bag of pre-chewed food dude." "I've just had an apostrophe." "Good form." "He'll fight, he'll fly, he'll crow... and then he'll die." "Bangerang!"