Monday, June 28, 2010

Dear DC Library, Thanks For Having My Back

Really, I love tv. I’m not ashamed to admit it. When has tv ever turned any of you down as a loyal companion?It makes us laugh, it makes us cry, and it teaches us new things every time we watch it. Ok, I’ll stop.

When I came to terms that I was never going to be able to watch tv this summer, I got excited because I figured that I would just be substituting tv time for awesome things instead. But when there’s a thunder storm going on, or I’m feeling sick, or when it feels like a 105 degree sauna outside, or it’s 3 am and I can’t sleep, I just want a little bit of tv in my life. This is when I thank God everyday for guiding me to the building that is the DC Public Library.

The DC Public Library is amazing you guys. It’s not like the Provo Library, which offers movies like The Grapes of Wrath and books like The Grapes of Wrath. It is filled with wonderful tv shows on dvd that could potentially waste my entire summer. But I won’t do that, I promise (I hope).

A couple weeks ago I got the first and only season of Freaks and Geeks (which I had never seen) and have been watching it in my spare time. I finally finished it and I feel like I’m losing a great group of friends. And yes, it made me laugh, it made me cry, and it taught me some new things:

Like the fact that Jason Segel used to be really adorable:






It also taught me how to dance. I think we could all learn a thing or two from Bill:


Sunday, June 27, 2010

It's Playlist Time: The Hot Fun in the Summa Time Edition


It’s officially the first week of summer yall! Here are some feel good jams to listen to on a lazy summer day lounging around the poolside while you try to get brown but only end up with tender pink skin at best.


+ Ring Ring – Sleigh Bells

+ Lazy Eye- Silversun Pickups

+ In the Sun - She & Him

+ Pass the Dutchie – Musical Youth

+ Swing Tree – Discovery

+ Giving Up the Gun – Vampire Weekend

+ My Drive Thru- Pharrel, Julian Casablancas, & Santogold

+ Good Time – Brazilian Girls

+ Carry Around - Annuals

+ 7/4 Shoreline- Broken Social Scene

+ In the Hot Hot Rays – Fleet Foxes

+ Let’s Call It Off- Peter Bjorn and John (Girl Talk remix)

+ On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz

+ The Reeling – Passion Pit

+ The Summer - Coconut Records

+I’ll Try Anything Once – The Strokes

+By Your Side - Beachwood Sparks

One last thing- I was on my mom’s Facebook page today and and immediately took notice of her favorite music. Check it out. Out of control:

Mormon Tabs, Radiohead, Martina McBride, Diamond Rio, Arcade Fire, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, Backstreet Boys, Wesley Willis, Nickel Creek, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

What a well rounded woman!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Update: I am alive


I am also doing well for that matter. The current residence is D.C. It is so dreamy.


And now a D.C. related rant:


+My apartment is of epic proportions.

+ There is no internet or tv in the apartment, though. I am trying to decide if this is a good or bad thing.

+ I have a balcony overlooking downtown Arlington and eat my breakfast out there every morning.

+ Humidity will be the death of me. I have sworn off makeup and my straightener because they are no longer of any practical use to me and just waste my time. Hello curly hair and freckles.

+ I am in the most powerful city in the entire world. A few of the memorials have made me cry. Note: I am getting old and lame.

+ Ben’s Chili Bowl is around the corner from my work and it will also be the death of me.

+ The Pentagon is my across the street neighbor.

+ Someday I will own a colorful townhome in Georgetown.

+ Eating at Georgetown Cupcake after eating at Ben’s Chili Bowl while in the humidity will again be the death of me.

+ I wish Georgetown had a grad program for me. There are gargoyles, you guys. GARGOYLES!

+ The metro stations look like the area where you wait in line for Space Mountain. They’re the epitome of the 80s futuristic feel. I feel like Captain EO is gonna show up.

+ My roommates Meg and Erma are the coolest chicks this side of the Mississippi. We have a secret that will bind us together for life. You will never know what it is.

+ I cannot wait to buy a Howard Diva shirt as probably my only souvenir.

+ I am one of four white people at my work place. There are at least 100 people total. This is refreshing and gives me an idea of how the four black people at BYU feel.

+ I choose to refrain from taking the Lord’s name in vain on most occasions, but the terms “Lord Jesus” and “Good God Almighty” are constantly on repeat in my head. That’s what inner city schools do to you.

+ I’m scared I’m not going to be able to see all the museums that I want to see. This is probably because I spend approximately 4 hours in each one I visit.

That is all for now. More pics to come. Please visit. And send cookies.

Love you all.



*ps- late birthday shout out to drew in afghanistan. we miss you!