Good Heavens

Cocktail Attire.
How in the world am I supposed to know what that means?
My friend Kyle invited me to his sister's fashion show tonight, and this is the official "dress code" for the event.
I'm like, I'm Mormon! I don't drink cocktails! I don't know what one wears for that!
I asked Blake, my consultant on all things classy/legit/out of my realm.
He told me:
- Guys - business casual.
- Girls - cocktail dress.
What the heck is a cocktail dress?! That just compounds the problem!
Am I freaking out too much? Probably. Sigh.
Well. Maybe I'll just say I DO WHAT I WANT and everyone can just deal with it.
All the same, I'll probably wear a classy skirt.
I guess I could always wear my classy pink forties dress! Ha, way too much, that would be legitimate overkill.

Triumph!

Another life-long goal fulfilled!
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to be in photos for promotional material for EAC!!!
Can I just say, I've wanted to do this my entire life! Well, I guess mostly just the part of my life since I've been at this college.
Revised statement: I've wanted to do this for the last 10% of my life!!
And now it has been done!
I'm so happy!
So keep an eye out for me on college stuff! Ha!

A List

In no particular order or coherence
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
- The Thatch group of RM's, including T Stevens, Nicholas Barney, Brandon Kartchner, Morgan Hooper, and Cheston Thatcher
- The St. Johns girls, aka Kelly B, Lora Patterson, and Marisa Brown
- sketchy people wearing Skechers
- Carleigh and I throwing Skechers at said sketchsters
- Scorpions
- The Chronicles of Narnia, all seven books
- My astronomical overdue fines at the EAC library
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Spring Break in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- What's Up, Doc? Starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
- Tally Hall
- The Format
- Mt. Graham
- Veronica Mars
- Convertible cars
- Unintentional rhyming
- xkcd
That will be all.

Couples!

Working at a hearing aid place, I get to experience one of the greatest things ever: incredible couples that have been together just so long.
Today - A couple that has been together 58 years. He was telling me all about how she chased him around til she caught him, 58 years ago. She told me "Don't you listen to him. Come on, dear, it's time to go now!"
I love couples.

Another Lifelong Dream

This past Saturday, I legitimately stood on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.
And yes. It WAS such a fine sight to see.

The Theatre: A Night Of Brilliance

Remember how last week, I said I was trying to figure out a way to go to the school's production of The Importance of Being Earnest? All I wanted was to get everything done so I could go see that on Wednesday night.
Carleigh and I had made plans to go that night, because she knows I have class Thursdays and I would be gone Friday and Saturday. However, she completely lost her head when a cute boy asked her on a date for Wednesday night. Thus, I was left on my own to attend the play!
No way was that going down. Immediately to my mind came the name "Aaron Hatch". I haven't seen Aaron in quite a while, I said to myself. Perhaps he'd like to accompany me to this play!
We arranged to go, and I said "Aaron, please can we play the game of 'dressing up super classy to go to a low-key event'?", thinking we would wear church clothes. You know, just dressing up a tad.
At that point, Aaron said, "Yes! Let's do it! Will you wear your classy pink dress?"
With that, the dress up night was up and away!
My pink dress is a classy little forties number that makes me look like Rita Hayworth. No joke! Also, it takes two of my roommates to zip me into it. But once I'm in, I am not even mad, and I never ever want to take that dress off! To top off this classiness, I did my hair up and wore Carleigh's pearl necklace and earrings. Of course I borrowed her little silver clutch and found a scarf that was hastily turned into an evening wrap!
When Aaron showed up at my door, I was astounded to see this classy boy! In a legitimate tuxedo, with the crowning glory: a top hat and white gloves!
Off we went, to "The Theatre" (say it with a British accent.) Everyone was amazed to see us in all our class and shine!
Of course we carried it off with straight faces.
I'm chalking this one up to a lifelong dream fulfilled. Thanks to Aaron!

Alter The Ending

The new Dashboard album. And when I say new, I mean "most recent". I think it was released last November. However, because I am sadly behind in my musical listening/only get new music when I go home and visit Jeremiah, I have only this past week started extensively listening to this album. And when I say "extensively", I mean "exclusively".
Conclusion drawn: This album is the sole reason I am so happy lately. By all logical thinking, I should be stressed out and Jenkinsy and crazy pants and not happy. BUT Dashboard has worked their magic to make my week AWESOME!! And 60% less crazy than it should be.
Favorite songs:
- Track 2, Until Morning
- Track 6, Alter The Ending
- Track 9, The Motions
Simply brilliant.

Hey, Remember That Time?

So remember last post when I was freaking out about my Calc test? Got it back yesterday. Scored a 62%. Now I am seriously wondering if I am going to pass Calculus, but get this: I don't want to go in and ask what my grade is because I'm scared to find out that I'm literally failing! How awful is that?! What kind of person am I?! A cowardly one, that's what. I should be going around singing "If I was King of the Forest. . . . "
Sigh.

Bah

Ok. Add one more to the list of great things going on tonight: Aaron's birthday party! Which he says will be "latin themed."
CURSE MY PROCRASTINATION!!!! If only blah blah blah, everything would be done and I would be going to eight parties tonight.
Sigh. I have diminished my homework load by two sections. Even with that, I have a feeling I am going to be flying in the dark (whilst whistling in the dark? . . . . ) during my test tomorrow. Maybe if I don't think about it, it won't come. Right? Of course right!

No Way!

I just scheduled a Safford Prison inmate for a hearing test at my work. AWESOME!
My busy-ness/freak-out radar has just increased. On the agenda: balancing my Tuesday night. Tonight is Relief Society Meeting, but a group of friends is going bowling (Safford bowling alley, $1 bowling night!) and I also have a meeting with my bishop, but I HAVE to do my Calculus homework before tomorrow!
BAH!!!!!

As The End Approaches

Good heavens. How many weeks of school left? Three? REALLY?! Only three?! That can't be right.
Let the freak out begin.
Just a sample of my freaking out-ness:
- Calculus test on Wednesday. All the homework for the chapter will be due. Eight sections. How many have a done? I think about three. So. Today, somewhere, I have to find time to do five sections of Calc homework.
- Intro to Education. So many things due. Well, technically, they were due weeks ago. Yeah, yeah, so I procrastinate! Whatever! The fact remains that I have to finish/B.S. some assignments in order to finish this class with a decent grade.
- Tomorrow night, trying to juggle my schedule to get to both Ward Mission Correlation and also go to see The Importance of Being Ernest. I must see this play! And tomorrow night's the only night to go!
- Getting everything ready for my trip HOME this weekend! Which, why won't my mom call me back? I have things to discuss with her!
Ok, so when you write it down, it really doesn't seem like that much that I have to do. But just trying to think about it is exhausting me!
Plus, graduation in a month? That one snuck up!
Bah. Off I go. To do some Calculus homework. Wish me luck.

While Living . . .

I burnt my arm on the frying pan, cooking potatoes this Sunday.

EAC! aka Extra Awesome Cool! (Probably)

Roommate awesomeness of Saturday night - all went down to the clock tower, with our TV and VCR/DVD player, and plugged them into the OUTLETS on the clock tower, and proceeded to watch Flushed Away. The night proceeded with great hilarity, as we discovered the clock tower is home to numerous baby cockroaches. Yep. Blind little gross little cockroaches. Katie could not stand it. She went home, got our bug spray, came back and sprayed the entire circle of brick around the tower. That happened.
Quite a successful weekend.

This Will Be Happening

Yes, it's probably true. I am going to post more than once a day. But probably only on Tuesdays. Work days, don't you know.
Hopefully this blog will be frappin hilarious! And grammatically correct.
Or at least spelled correctly.
But I'm thinking, from my earlier successes with random people reading my JOURNALS over my shoulder, this should work out. Just as long as I don't publish anything embarrassing about my friends.
-Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible for anything I say/write/do under the influence of SPRING FEVER.-
Last night, I had a meltdown. Quite literally. Not only in the emotional sense, in the literal physical sense, because it was blazing hot in our house!
And I scalded my finger while doing the dishes.

This Is It, Kids

Quite literally, insane. (Pronounced with a British accent.)
THE FEVER mixed with the incessant wind! Mixed with an early onset case of THE JENKINS! Mixed with procrastination. What does that give you?
Insanity. Pure and simple.