jim.

"you're looking at the master of leaving parties early. the key is you want to make a strong impression, so you need to have a picture taken. you want to say some peculiar non-sequitur that people remember. you want to note something unique, a talking point, for later. i don't mean to brag but... new year's eve? i was home by nine."

jim's an introvert. i knew it.

pic here.

birthday

the second day of february is the birthday of one of my best friends.

that's a good friend. he gets me.

i have a bunch of embarrassing videos of evan i could post on here.

but i said i wouldn't.

so just an embarrassing screenshot from one time when we skyped.

also, we looked super hot at prom last year.

another "too funny for the library" video

i was sort of a college failure yesterday. as i mentioned, my brain didn't really work. i tried to write a paper during a class break, but i just couldn't. so i watched 30 rock on my laptop in the library instead.

the beginning killed me. it was another one of those things that really is too funny to watch in a quiet library.

that show is genius.

can't...think....

you know i love maps

i got it for my birthday a few weeks ago. it goes in my room at home since it doesn't fit in my apartment...

i love it. the world is mine.

a tom hanks kind of weekend.

"This woman is the most adorable creature I've ever been in contact with. If she turns out even to be as good-looking as a mailbox, I'd be crazy not to turn my life upside down and marry her." - You've Got Mail

i also spent most of my weekend outside in a tent, but that's another story.

sundance film festival

today kylie sent me a text that said this:

Guess who I saw today? Michael Vartan, Rashida, the Arnetts, Bradley Cooper, Andrew Samberg, and Claire Danes.

that's when I almost threw up out of jealousy.

noooooooooo. are you serious!? you are the luckiest person ever.

then i sat there beating myself up for not going with her to the sundance film festival.

several minutes later...

No, I'm not serious. just wanted a reaction.

That might have been the meanest joke she has ever played on me.

trying to write good techno music

i was introduced to flula last semester. kylie and i watched this one first. but we had to stop watching it because we were laughing too hard in the library. and now, months later, his videos still make me laugh.

songs and bay 19

i was tired at work this morning. that is me with fetus face, using all my strength to keep one eye open while my show rendered. on another note, today's ipod shuffle was especially great while i was walking to physical science. i'm gonna getcha good by shania twain, at last by etta james, show me the meaning of being lonely by the backstreet boys, and hometown glory by adele. those are all songs i love to belt. i just told my self to hold it in until 3 when i was back in my soundproof editing bay. then you bet i sang those out loud.

pro

pro: i watched a really good documentary this week.

con: the store ran out of milk, so i can't eat my honeycomb right now.

pro: the homework load is much lighter this semester than last.

con: applying for my major is a little stressful and intimidating.

pro: new nail polish.

i can think of more pros than cons today.

there are more pros on most days lately.

family

i have the best family. i just felt like saying that today.

sister kirsten took these of sister kaity yesterday. and i just love them.

and p.s.- today is my amazing dad's birthday! happy birthday dad!

families rock.

lucky number

all my favorite byu guys happen to be #13 this year.

riley. for obvious reasons. remember when he high-fived the ref?

brock zylstraaaa. i picked him out last year. he's my boy.

and rob from the volleyball team.

kylie calls him handsome rob.

we like it when he gets points because he does this every time.

13. that's all.

i've posted this before

but it was a long time ago. and re-reading it made me laugh. it's one of my old journal entries.

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?

and this is what i looked like when i wrote that.

those were good days.

instead of going to work or class tomorrow, i think i'm going to look at terkeys and play jaks.

tuesday lunch and the motto of my life lately.

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