wait, so you both speak english?

I think it is really funny when old mission companions (foreign speaking) run into each other on campus. Two things happen. First, they greet each other and start a conversation in the language used on their mission. Second, their volume level increases... no matter how many people are around.

really?

Whenever I find myself the viewer of such scenes I have to reach for my phone and pretend that I'm reading a really funny text... otherwise they might think I'm laughing at them.

bohemian brown

After Jordan Dixon steered me in the direction of Canon cameras I found one I liked! I bought this, and was able to find a pretty sweet deal :D

I bought the "bohemian brown" one. I think they were trying to make it sound cooler by modifying the color with the word "bohemian"... but if they really wanted to be cool they should have called it "hipster brown."

But then I guess you lose the whole alliteration effect...

look towards the heavens

So Alli invited me to go to the planetarium here at BYU. They gave a presentation on Charles Messier and his 110 astronomical objects. It was pretty interesting.

Why this matters to you?

You can find these objects throughout the year with your basic/small telescope. March 31st is especially significant because it is the only night this year that you can see all 110 on the same night!!!

I'm not recommending that you go out Monday night and try to find all 110 because honestly that sounds tedious and stressful... but why not take a look and find some of the cooler ones :) you could always do it for FHE

k i take it back

I am going to continue to blog... although it may be too late and I may have stopped all of my readers from coming.

please forgive me.

i've made a decision

I've realized that my life really is not all that interesting at the moment. I go to class, flirt with guys, talk with friends, watch movies, eat good food (because I have dinning plus), stress out, put off homework, stay up late, make fun of Mormon culture, take tests, hate chemistry, consider new majors, listen to music, enjoy Bryan and Lindsey's car, go dancing, think about boys, text a lot.... and that's my life

nothing exciting really happens... every once in awhile I get rilled up about some political topic--but I've learned that I can't get on a soapbox because I really don't know enough to present a worthwhile argument...

and I don't have a camera so I can't make my blog visually entertaining.

so I've made a decision. I'm not going to blog for a couple months until my life is slightly more interesting. I'll still blog if there are any extraordinary events that happen to me but I just wanted to give you a heads up that you don't need to check in here very often... but please do start reading again in mid May :p

Bolivia- two months to go!

I'm going to Bolivia to work for an NGO (non governmental organization/ non profit) this summer and I'm way excited.

Well today I bought my ticket :D :D I'm leaving Denver May 12th, have a horrendous 9 hour layover in Miami, and arrive in La Paz at 5:30 am on the 13th.

In early August I'm leaving Bolivia and going to Peru for a few days. I leave Lima on Aug 12th... have a bunch of connections and get home late Aug 13th

...I got a sweet deal though because if I had stayed one day longer my flight cost would have practically doubled (because after 3 months you can't get a round trip discount), so I'm pleased with the fact that I'm staying there as long as possible to the day

:D :D :D

sadly my bank account has just been cut in half... but one of my friends said, "What's the point of having money if all you do is save it?"

byu's way of doing things

BYU doesn't have a spring break. Part of it is nice because my last class is April 19th and my latest possible final is the 23rd ... but I'm so burned out!

5 weeks is SO LONG arrrgghhhh

But at least it is sunny :D :D maybe that's why it's so hard to go to class, it's just too beautiful outside (funny how you can always blame the weather: rain, snow, and sun)

kind of annoying

I got some blood taken today and the girl who took it wasn't very good --granted I may have been a little dehydrated-- but it was still pretty bad. After she stuck me she had to fish around for a good 15 seconds (which is a long time to have someone moving a needle around in your arm!)... and now I'm really bruised and it kills for me to bend my arm...ugh