festival of colors

This weekend my sister and some friends of ours went down to Spanish Fork for the Festival of Colors. McKay had too much homework so I just left him in rexburg. I think the purpose of this festival is to celebrate spring or something (but I don't really know.) The air was so hazy with chalk it I could breath it in and taste it. Gross!

I wish I took this second picture, but I actually missed the countdown.... grrrr...

fyi-allow yourself two hours (minimum) to drive to spanish fork (from provo) or end up like me :(

Heather's pretty amazing RAINBOW face

I looked like the incredible hulk. I got a lot of comments like "Me SO ANGRY ROOOOAAAAARRRR!"

and... I got some new running shoes!!! YAY!!! Soon I will be running again, and I am counting down the days. Would anyone be interested in forming a team and running the Dam Marathon as a relay????

Lots of random things on my mind...

WARNING: I have been thinking about a lot of dumb stuff lately, so I thought I would dump all of it here to get it out of my head. So don't judge me.

Psych: Lassie looks 100 times cooler with his new gun holder thingy. And after watching the season finale I am also sensing that he and Juliet are going to have some sort of relationship in the future. But we all know Shawn and Juliet are supposed to be together, and when that day comes Lassie will be the overprotective big brother. Anyone else think so? We will see...

Spring???: I can see grass!!!!! COOL!

Flowers: I can't pass up 20 daffodils for $3 esp when its cold and dark. I could try to use my telepathic powers to try to get McKay to give them to me, but it's just much easier to buy them myself! haha!

Orthodontics: My teeth are moving! ALOT!!! AHHH! I went to the orthodontist and he said "WHOA! Yeah, we gotta do something about that!" *sigh* horrible news. His recommendation was to drill away all the sides of my bottom teeth and then put in a retainer.... No thanks. No one is drilling my teeth unless i have a cavity. I'd rather have braces again.

Working Out: I have been doing sooo good!! I have almost been working out six days a week for a whole month!!! YAY ME!! And I think I want to run a 10k this summer. I've never done one before, but it sounds good. Perhaps the Dam Marathon this June? Recently I have run into a major obstacle... runners knee. ooops! I guess my body isn't made to run 4-5 miles a day esp in shoes I have had since high school. I have been running from my apt, to the temple, to the hospital and then back to my apartment. But I always figured that my lungs and heart would fail before the rest of my body does. Wrong assumption. So my goal for this week is to figure out the things that I can do, take it easy on my knees, and eat lots of Texas sheet cake. Hopefully they will be feeling significantly better by next week. Any advice for preparing for a 10k without hurting yourself a second time?

yum!!

Rihanna: I think she is going to be the next female Lil John. Lil John has done songs too, but what he is most famous for is his random shout outs, ie: "WHHAAT?!," "YEAH!," "OHKAY!,"and "LETS GO!" Rihanna seems to be going in the same direction lately (maybe b/c she is trying to rap and not sing) and her phrases are "You know dis," "yeh yeh yeh," "boy boy boy" Maybe? Maybe not?

Utah Accent: People from the west can't hear it, but it is everywhere! Probably because it's more of a "Bubble" accent rather than just Utah. (And just so you know I'm just addressing the issue, not trying to make fun of people.) I've even noticed I've been picking up some things. It is a really difficult accent to describe or even imitate, but I am going to try.

First off, it is NOTHING like a southern accent and secondly "Warsh" is a hillbilly accent ranging all over the country. It's not THE "Utah accent." People with thick Utah accents sound like they've come straight off of the pulpit using their soft testimony bearing voices. They also have a tendency to make their voices higher, and they don't enunciate at the end of words and sentences. Here is my really bad list of commonly mispronounced words with the Utah accent translation.

Normal = Utah pronunciation

way: = wee

day: = dee

friday = fridee

Seal = sill

Sill = seal

Too= Tuh

For =Fur

(notice these changes from 3 syllables to 2 as well as the wrong pronunciations)

idea = ahy-deh

museum = muse-zim

This is funny too... ha ha!!

The flower show!

AHHhhh! one of my favorite things on campus! but this year it was not as impressive like other times. It was just junky, a lot of wilted flowers and a lot of cliche designs. But the cakes were much stronger than in other years. Here were some of the things I did like...

Like this rubber boot!

This was my favorite bouquet out of the whole show. sorry the picture is dark

This was the best cake in my opinion... maybe a little too much butterflies... but still, very cool!

The plant sale at the end... no i did not buy anything... *sigh* even though i really really really wanted to.

The whole time during the show I showed McKay all the flowers we could grow in Pomona... like this one... and this one... and this one.... and this one... He probably got really tired of it

I can dream cant i?

This last picture is for my grandma, since she always looks at my pictures, but never gets to see me. Thats probably because i'm always the one taking the pictures. HA! So here you go

yet again very bored

So I'm not a MyLifeIsAverage fan but I did spend some time reading those idiotic stories instead of applying for jobs in Pomona. I did find a couple that made me smile...

"Today I discovered that if you type in "how to find Chuck Norris" into Google and click, "I'm feeling lucky" it will say , "Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you." MLIA"

"Today, I was driving behind a very dirty van and noticed written in the muck was "I wish my wife was this dirty". I laughed, MLIA."

"Today, I was in the bathroom and I noticed white paint covering some graffiti on the stall. Most of the graffiti was done in dark permanent marker and you could still see it though the paint. One read "white paint cannot defeat the Dark Lord, foolish muggle." I have to agree. MLIA"

_____________________________

I feel like this comic a lot lately. Granted, I practically kill everything I grow but i just want to plant pretty stuff. But it is still cold and snowy... grrrrrr! I wish it would just warm up and be spring already. But I guess that is too much to ask since it doesn't turn spring in Rexburg until the last of April *sigh*

I have been imagining how much more fun gardening will be in southern california. It is probably a lot easier, I could probably get more than three tomatoes in the summer that's for sure. I could even grow something cool, like bannanas, oranges, or orchids!!!! I am sooo doing that!!!!