Creighton: (can you at all tell that he is Austin's younger half?)

introduced me to Framing Hanley's remake of Lollypop. i'm obsessed. the song rocks and the music video is hot. i like remixes almost always more than the original.

yesterday i worked out 4 different things/times: cardio, then i did strength training. later i went back for power yoga- the guy was intense, it was practically yogalates. kill me. then i went to visit creighton and his next door neighbors and somewhere along the line 25 people showed up in a tiny king henry living room to do an ab workout video. i am so much more than sore.

today was a perfect day. the kind that gives you hope that winter is over and finally the best time of year in utah- spring- is finally here. (though i heard it's supposed to rain/snow thursday)  i cleaned the kitchen and lounged around picking up the apartment while listenig to my ipod on it's dock with the windows and doors open. this weather makes me want to wear a sassy apron and make hamburgers. the high was 65. it was sunny. and perfect smelling outside. my friend damon and i went for a short hike (he just had knee surgery? not sure why he decided to do this).

i can't wait to go home and see jake.

i'm going to buy salmon for the first time. i love salmon, but who actually cooks fish? me.

and finally? who else watched the bachelor finale last night? ??? ????!?!?!??!  !?! was that a freaking train wreck in slowmo or what? i've loved jason for 2 seasons now, and in 5 minutes he became a big bastard.  and melissa who was my favorite and i was SOOO happy when she won became a blubbering crazy person.  and molly who i was liking but maybe melissa was just ahead cause she's texan, became the girl who likes sloppy seconds.  seriously? break off an engagement and tell her that you're gonna go after the girl you rejected for her and then go make out with that girl 2 minutes (one commercial break) later? how unclassy of all of them. i'm never watching the show again. 

i promise next time i'll put up the cali pics. right now i have to go use the ladies room. and go buy my salmon.

i have a ticket home for Jake's 3rd birthday party. can't wait to be in texas for a few days.

i also just rented this $2200 lens for the wedding i'm shooting saturday. i can't wait to... handle it. it's so sexy, it's a beast and it takes gorgeous pictures.

every time i'm at the gym, i have to see/hear beyonce's "Single Ladies" video, they seriously play it every 12th song on all the tvs. it's the most ridiculous music video you'll ever see: 

but because of the video there are the most fabulous parodies...

and we're (almost) off

because of course i had to first buy data recovery software so i can edit those flashmob pictures and send them to austin. grr...  i hate technology- it isn't supposed to fail.

i went to work. and the grocery store. and vacuumed my car. and went to the gym. and did laundry. and took a shower. holy cow, it's been a long day, and it's gonna be such a long night...

my co-pilots:

matt

kurt and his shorts

 

hostess with he mostess (kurt's bf) haley

(they like to match)

destination:

surfing 

roller derby practice 

in-n-out

beach

pool

crazy.

"YOU CAN'T FORCE ME TO LAY DOWN!" -very angry 17 year old who manipulated her way for days to get sickbed so she could sleep all day and not follow any of her standing orders and just be a pain in the butt, but then when she got sickbed, didn't want to be on it...

"actually we can, we have straps." - maybe somebody under their breath (promise it wasn't me! she is taller. and has darker hair.)

on a kick

lately...

my church is the bomb. ok, it's not MINE... but seriously, i couldn't live without this gospel. sometimes i feel a little less active cause i can't go to church every sunday because of work, or activities at night, but i've never felt more at home anywhere or with anyone than i do within this gospel or it's followers. i made the best decision of my life over 7 years ago, i only wish it'd happened earlier! 

(cried watching this)

shout-out to elder vanchiere and elder field... and derek!

(i can't wait to get out of provo... and take pictures somewhere new...)

eff this place, i'm going to cali.

tha's right. i'm so sick of provo, i need away from here bad. i need sunshine. i need warm. i need to finally go to southern california. my little friend kurt has a little friend with a house in palm springs. so me and him and matt are driving down and getting away from the horrid girls at work and the horrid weather in utah. 

eat that. be jealous and now that i'll be having a blast on the beach and at in-n-out and in the pool and all that rad stuff. i'll think of you in between awesome activities. 

i saw an ad on craigslist for a couple wanting a surrogate mother... 15 grand, monthly stipend, living/med/legal expenses, and a paid vacay when you pop it out... sooooo tempting.  no more credit card, new car, shopping spree, a trip to south america,  getting to see what it's gonna be like to be knocked up, but not having to donate my little eggies and have a half-spawn somewhere out there.  seriously though... 

i took pics of a flashmob today organized by austin-ish for united way for a charity ball... and then my freaking card/camera/card reader/lappy promptly damaged ALL the files before i could load them. so now i have to buy a 60 dinero recovery software something-or-other.  but that's ok, cause i can foresee this happening again, even (gasp) maybe at something hugely important, like the wedding i'm shooting in 2 weeks, and i would be so devestated. blessing in disguise? such a tender mercy.

my wonderful mother sent a box of sugarcalories to me for valentines... they are looking at me RIGHT now. i will take them to cali, that's what boys are for. 

i've been so good at the gym. and working out. and even cardio, and working my upper body strength. 

i'm wired. but i should sleep. 

you can tell how bored i am with how much i post...

tonight i went over to noelle's cause today was her birthday and she had some people over for that... i'd missed her birthday dinner earlier on- the part with people i actually know.  her house.... kinda awkward cause i didn't know anybody and it was small enough that you can't get lost in a crowd.  got a chance to be graced by the presence of this douchebag though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQv_uX1EXpo

seriously?  ok, he wasn't horrible.. but he was wearing a trucker hat and a vneck shirt of the exact same variety as seen on his Survivor intro... he was pretty kinda funny, definitely a little obsessed with himself and talked nonstop about sex.  parts of him were hilarious, but i'm sure he could tell that i thought he was an idiot by how many eyerolls i gave him throughout the hour i was there. anywho...

ok, no more posts today. i hate Survivor, never have been able to get into it. 

i love the gym, yoga, my trainer... 

i have to work tomorrow. shoot me in the face.

i'm lonely.

(i have friends, but i don't see them all that much. only at monster truck rallies and restaurant groups)

... i need girlfriends again.  or a group of friends (hello, king henry days? dorms? any apartment living???) that hang out more than once a week. 

i need to go home. i'm done with provo. 

(except i have this trainer... how sad that my stupid personal trainer is the only commitment i have in utah.)