Thursday, February 26, 2009

I used to and still do

So since my "i used to" post, I've made a special effort to do those things that I used to do. I'm not even gonna lie, my life is so busy and full that when I picked up this stuff my studies and classes definitely took a back seat, I did however manage to still turn my English paper in on time so I didn't do to bad right? Any way let me explain. So I decided that I really love to read! I was tempted to start reading an old favorite like Goose Girl or Ella Enchanted, but I decided I was determined to read something new. Since my post last week I've actually read and fiished two books and I've started a third. The first I read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which was interesting and entertaining. I really enjoyed her writing style however the book was more than a little disturbing and really kind of a downer. It's the first book in what is to be a series and even though she is a great writer and I enjoyed the story, I'm determined no to get sucked in to a series that is just depressing.

The second book was Freefall by Traci Huner Abramson an LDS author that writes LDS fiction (I needed a pick me up book after The Hunger Games). So I started this book yesterday at work and finished it early this morning. I was dying in the first fifty or so pages. The romance that the author had set up was so cliche and I would actually stop reading look up and think, she can't really be writing this. However I pushed through her awkward lines having nothing better to do at work. I kept thinking, what is she going to have go on in the next 100 pages. I felt like the main conflict was finished by the first half of the book, but very creatively she created one conflict after another that seemed plausible. By the end of the book I had a little more respect for her literary capabilites. I also had a soft spot for her main character who is a twenty two year old, six foot tall, basketball playing BYU grad. And I'll give it to her. I liked that the love story didn't blossom over night. She added layer by layer on to their relationship so that by the end you knew it wasn't love at first sight or something silly, she writes it to make it seem real. The problem I have however is that when I start a book I can hardly put it down. I love that feeling and hate it at the same time. My mom and my sister can read at least three times as fast as me so when it takes my mom three hours to read a book it takes me close to nine... not even kidding. So I loose a lot of time when I pick up a book. I need to find a happy medium between reading and still living my own life.

I've also made a significant effort to listen to more music and happily, music welcomed me back without any apologies and we are once again close friends. If I'm inside, my lap top is playing music from my friends blog or my own, if I'm in my car I'm listening to some old favorite play list like Goo Goo Dolls or some good country mix. Some new favorites are Austin *click here* by Blake Shelton and the new Bella's Lullaby *click here* which I've discovered is not actually Bella's Lullaby at all but the song "River Flows In You" by Yiruma Ha. I have to learn how to play this song! If I can learn If you could Hie to Kolob and The Tales of Baracoff, I can and will learn this song. One of my favorites on the piano! Check em out! Click on

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Introducing Skarlette


Meet Skarlette. She is the adorable kitten that appeared on our porch early this Sunday morning. She meowed for a long time before my little sisters convinced my mother to give her a can of tuna, which she scarfed. We left a bowl of water out before going to church and then left the remainder of the can of tuna as well. The little girls we're so afraid that she wasn't going to be there when we got back but I was quite indifferent. I figured she would leave after we didn't come out to see her for an hour or two, but to my astonishment there she sat at the top of the stairs two hours later when I came home from church. I went out and after she got over the shock of the sliding door came over and into my lap. I sat out on the porch with her for a half an hour and after that I was a goner. She is the most playful, friendly, and sweet cat I've ever met. My little sisters spent most of the evening going in and out of the back door to play with "our" new kitten. Of course my mom loves her, but my dad needed some convincing. However, by the end of the evening, she was allowed to stay. Moriya went outside to say goodnight and noticed that the poor cat was shaking from the cold and decided that she could absolutely not stay outside for the night. So after clearing it with my mom she ran down to our neighbors house, borrowed a litter box and a can of cat food and is now hiding Skarlette in her room. I promised my mom I would make fliers tomorrow to put up around the neighborhood, but she's so sweet that I'm dreading having someone take her away, but I'll do it anyway. Who would of thought we would have ever gotten a pet so quickly? Even if it is only for a few days.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

i used to...

what can i say. time seems to continue to go by without even asking. we only have ten days left in february and then we're in march, march!? my day to day life style hasn't changed one bit in the past two months and yet there are things i noticed i don't do anymore. i used to listen to music. all the time. now i don't seem to listen to it unless i make the time to listen to music, i don't just put it on anymore. i wonder what that means. in a past post i even wrote about how much music meant to me. now it seems like its just another thing in the past. i don't know why i don't listen to it anymore. music is good stuff. i'll have to ponder on it some more. i don't swing on swings anymore. i used to go to crestview all the time, even when i didn't live at home and i'd just visit i would go. i haven't been on a swing in a long time. i don't watch movies like i used to. in fact, i can't remember the last movie i watched on a dvd. i don't write anymore. i used to write, whether it was on my blog or just writing a story, i used to love to write and escape. i don't read for fun anymore. anything i read is for school. the last book i read for fun was peter pan and as good as it was i just couldn't get the desire to read it. i've become a more boring, yet more responsible version of me. at this rate who knows how dull i'll be in just a few short years. goodness i need to move get out and get that crazy sister back in my life before it turns to black and white.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Anxiety

Today I decided that I was actually going to start to catch up on all that procrastinated reading for all my classes and I realized that after procrastinating all of it for a month that there is a TON of it! I spent over two hours on homework this evening and I haven't begun to put a dent into how much I have left. How did I let it get so out of hand? Even now as we speak I putting off writing an English paper that was due 5 days ago. I'm just hoping that I wont have any repercussions for turning it in late... considering I haven't actually been to class in the last week. I spent the last week sitting on my couch trying not to be completely miserable while trying to get over the worst cold of my life. Now I'm wishing I had done some reading on that couch, all though that would have really sucked, but I should have done it anyway. My online computer class is giving me some serious stress. I kind of have no idea what I'm doing. And then there is the whole issue that I'm in debt up to my eye balls and I just spent a week off of work for some crappy terrible illness. I worked my blood pressure up just trying to catch up on some of my work today. This kind of life style is just not healthy. No wonder so many kids drop out of college. It is definitely not for the faint of heart. Well, here goes my attempt at a catch up week.