Pants Shmants

Random Lisa Quote of the day:

Lisa: ew, who is ryan who commented on your fuzzy friend’s myspace?
Lisa: he should wear more pants

Thank you Lisa, Jen, and Ryan for making this possible He he he

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Oooh I have done so much since I last posted.. first of all I FINALLY applied to the U. I have needed to do that for a long time and I finally did yesterday. I talked to a counsler and she said that most of my photo credit should transfer which is a HUGE relief. I am so excited to go there. Last Friday my friends and I went to the Gallery Stroll which is this Really cool thing in Salt Lake every third Friday. All of these galleries stay open super late (until like nine..which is late for galleries) and you can go around and check out different artists and such. I went with Sarah, Jen and Ryan(My newest employee) and we had a blast! We visited 3 galleries and it was really refreshing. I really need to do more “art” type things.. it makes me a happier person.. Anyways.. While we were out strolling we went to a gallery called the New Visions Gallery which is currently calling for submissions. So I have decided to submit. I am really excited about it, even if i don’t get accepted, It feels really good to try and do something professionally with my photography. I’ve decided on 10 pictures, most of them have been posted on this site at one time or another.. but if anyone is interested in seeing them let me know.. It makes me feel special when people do… hee. in the last few weeks I have also learned how to drive a manual transmission! I am super excited.. next saturday I am going to go test drive the bmw and then hopefully that wednesday or thursday I am FINALLY going to purchase it. I am really looking forward to having a car thats door opens from both the inside and the outside.. I am also excited about keeping the rain OUTSIDE of the car.. My brothers still aren’t too happy about me deciding to purchase the car, but oh well.. I have researched it so much and i feel really good about it. Man, so much has happened since I last posted and I can’t even think about what to write.. OH!! I saw Ben Lee (If I were you, I would click his name) last tuesday and oh. my. gosh. It was really amazing. I haven’t been to such a good concert in a really long time. It was really refreshing to go to a small venue and not see some halfass punk band playing the same power chord over and over again. For those of you who don’t know who Ben Lee is, he is a singer/songwriter from Australia, he is most commonly known for his work that he did with Ben Folds (another amazing artist). They were in a short lived band called The Bens (Ben Kweller was also in the bens) and only released like 5 or so songs. but back to the concert, everything was jsut really fun. The venue was really dumpy, but still fun. It was basically a big black room with a big wooden 12×72x120 box (the stage). There wasn’t very many people there, so the crowd mentality wasnt that of KILL EVERYONE SO I CAN BE IN FRONT!! which was so refreshing I can’t even begin to talk about it. Sarah and I were probably 2 or 3 rows of people from the front, but we still had ample personal space. Finally, Mr. Ben Lee himself was amazing. His music is really fun, and different. His band was super swanky and all were dressed casual. the whole setting was really intimate and casual which is why I think i liked it so much. They played most of the songs from Awake is the New Sleep (good cd) and some of his older songs as well. He was very personable, he would forget words or randomly stop playing a song just “because”. It was really REALLY fun. Hmm This is a really long entry.. Well I had better go, For tomorrow is easter and I am not at home. Its really strange not being at home on a holiday… Easter just doesn’t seem to be my holiday.. (last year at this time I was moving) okay well kids, Have a good’un!

NODOZE!!!!!!

Hi Friends! I am doing so well keeping up to date. I am super proud of myself. Anyways… This weekend has been super fun again. I think I already posted about Stoneground.. ITS SO YUMMY AND COOL AND I LOVE IT!!! I was also introduced to the Ho Ho Gourmet this weekend.. Yummy as well. Mmm food. Well The Christmas season is here and guess who has like NO Christmas shopping done? ME!!! I have no clue what to get Jen, my mom, my UPS guy, and my little brother. Its super depressing. People have been telling me that I am hard to shop for.. So I thought I’d give a short list of what I want.. Just to stimulate everybody’s thinking caps..
I would like…
-Gift Cards (particularly to Picutreline, and PJ’s college book store, or Barnes and Noble)
-DVDs- Garden State (that’s probably more for my birthday.. I think it comes out on the 28th of Dec.), Napoleon Dynamite, anything to do with Buffy the Vampire slayer
-CD’s- The New A perfect circle cd, since I seem to have misplaced mine.., anything to do with the Smashing pumpkins (except their greatest hits or whatever), Frou Frou, etc you all know what I listen to I talk about it non-stop
-Video Games- I REALLY want a super Nintendo.. Or a regular Nintendo.. I also want metroid or whatever that halo-esque game is for the gamecube.. I also want paper Mario…Mario tennis, anything Mario!!! And the Buffy game for the xbox.. Not the chaos bleeds one.. But the other one.. I also love games that have to do with cartoons (spongebob, fairly odd parents) or cartoonish games (crash bandicoot, sypro etc) My little brother has like every system known to man.. So yeah
-fashion accessories- Purses, scarves, jewelry, or just clothes.. Ooh there is a power rangers jacket at hot topic that I want super bad..
Okay I think that’s enough.. I am going to go see THE MACHINIST in a few minutes with Jen and Ryan.. So I better get ready.. You may not hear from me for awhile as it is SUPER CRAZY at work and I will be putting in bookoo ( I so spelled that wrong) hours at The UPS Store.. It shall be fun though.. Okay well have a good’un

FINALS ARE NEARLY OVER!

Hey kids! So get this, Jen has been commenting on my blogs and I feel so special you have no idea, until like two seconds ago I didn’t think I had any comments and I feel uber special right now. I am happy. So how are you all? I am really quite good. I have gotten so much done this week and it feels really good to have it all done. I turned in my final project for photo and I got an A yay go me. I was so worried about it.. If I ever get around to scanning it I am going to put them on the internet somewhere and maybe you can go see it. I also finished up my stupid online learning class which was a complete and utter waste of my time.. I think I am going to get a really bad grade in that class but oh well. Anyways.. I am totally stoked that the semester is almost over and I can finally relax and kick it with some friends. (yes.. I just said “kick it with some friends”) For the first time in awhile I am sincerely content with things. I love the way my friends, family, work and school are right now. I have been hanging out with Jen and her friends a lot lately and they are really a ton of fun. Last weekend we went shopping and then to the arts center and it was just a lot of fun. I dunno..Its just fun.. I seem to be laughing a lot.. And laughing is fun. Okay I sound really stupid. Oooh other good news! Sarah and her buddy are moving back to slc so now I will have multiple friends.. Its exciting. This hasn’t happened to me since like high school (STOP LAUGHING AT ME IM A LOSER AND I KNOW IT STOP LAUGHING) Anyways I better get going I want to check out some new cars.. Did I tell you that I want to get a new car? Because I do.. I am thinking a Toyota.. But I am not sure.. Anyways have a good’un

The more you change the less you feel

Hey kids! How was your thanksgiving? Mine was Okay, our sink contracted a un-clearable clog and left my family sinkless.. That was interesting, but besides that it was okay. It was really strange not having my dad there. Usually on Thanksgiving I would always help him make the mashed potatoes and he would always teach me how to carve a turkey. (he’s taught me like fifteen times but I still don’t know how to). I think it was strange too because we didn’t have a huge crowd like we usually do.. But it was still enjoyable. It just didn’t feel like Thanksgiving, If that makes any sense. Well finals are coming up and I am totally swamped with work. I have to shoot a 10 image series on the city and I am not liking anything that I am coming up with but I went shooting today and hopefully I will get something good out of it. Speaking of Photo I ran into Simon yesterday at pictureline. Even though we didn’t talk a lot it was good to see him, it kind of reminded me why I decided to go into photography I’m thinking more and more about going to UVSC in a year or so, I just don’t want to live in Orem. Jen’s dad commutes to Orem every day.. So I was thinking maybe I could too. I dunno. Anyways, This weekend has been way fun. On Friday I worked with my little brother and Sarah which was fun even though it was busy. I am totally excited for this holiday season, I just hope I can lighten up so everybody doesn’t end up hating me…. Moving on.. On Saturday I spent the majority of the day with Jen just wandering aimlessly around downtown Salt Lake city. We went to the Gateway and then to lunch. We went to the California Pizza Kitchen. It was super Yummy. You should try it if you haven’t already. After lunch we went to a couple more stores and decided to go to a movie. We met up with our other friend and decided to go see a movie. It was so much fun. It was fun because these girls were my best friends in high school so it was kind of like visiting a memory all night. We even spent a lot of time in Taylorsville (where I used to live) It was really cool. We went to see Return to Neverland. It was really good. It really depressed me though.. Which I think it was just because of my dad still. Its so strange to me that I am still dwelling on this so much. I think I never realized what was going on while he was still alive, I just ignored it all, and pretended like nothing was happening.. That everything was okay. I hate it that I can’t get over this. I am always cranky and angry at work and I am so incredibly fake at school. I think all of my friends are getting really irritated with me. I just don’t know what is wrong with me. I just want it all to end already. I mean things can’t be like this forever… Right? Anyways I better get going.. Oh by the way, The song of the day is Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins.. Most of you probably already know it.. But if you don’t ask me for a copy of it. Its really good… So good I thought I’d let you all read the lyrics.
Have a good’un

Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you’re not stuck in vain
We’re not the same, we’re different tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight
And you know you’re never sure
But your sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there’s not a chance tonight