Day 30: Nikkole and Drew!!!!

Day 30: A picture of someone you miss

There were two people I had to talk about , but both were a no-brainer for me. 

First, my hiking buddy, exercising buddy, talk-to-about-anything buddy, going to get our hair done together buddy, and more. I miss my friend Nikkole so much, I don't think she realizes how much I miss her. She and I literally did so many things together that I feel like I don't know who to turn to when I want to go do something spontaneous now. She's currently in California being a nanny for who knows how long, and I'm really glad she's loving it. But I truly do miss her. She and I have been friends since 4th grade, it's a pretty long time!!! I hope she comes back to Utah sometime soon, that would make me very happy! If not, that's ok, I just want her to know that I miss her!! She's a wonderful friend to have and she's been there for lots of things for me! I miss you Nikkole!! 

Next, my wonderful friend Drew! Elder Bradley is currently serving a LDS mission in Tuscon, AZ ASL speaking. He's going to be out for a year in November! Time sure flies by so fast! But this kid is one of my best friends ever! He was always there to go to the temple with or to get ice cream, or to just kick back and do nothing! I know he's doing a great job out there, but that doesn't mean I can't miss him ha. He's a great guy and I'm so glad to have him as a friend! I know he won't read this, but y'all will! 


I'm done with this 30 day picture challenge! Took me a lot longer than 30 days, but hey! It's done! Woo!!!

Day 17: Freshpeople~

Day 17: A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently

left-->right: Katie, Sara, me, Jasmin, MJ, Melanie

left-->right:Ben, Adam, Markham, Eric, Aaron

This was actually pretty hard for me to pick, because I felt like I had nothing recently impact me that big. I kept thinking and thinking and then I started wondering how far back does "recent" really go to? Is it a week? A month? A year? I thought I had that leeway in picking something "recent" and then I decided that I could use my roommates and the wonderful boys of Rogers 97!!!
First off, my roommates. It was a great year living with all of them! And I actually just watched The Roommate last night...let me just say that I'm glad we didn't have a community bathroom and that none of my roommates had schizophrenia or were bipolar; especially Sara (who roomed with me). Anyhow, I would say they impacted me in a huge way....I mean, I did live with them and all. Sara was awesome and chill enough to be able to live with me for 8 months and get used to me staying up super late and eating chips and crackers in the wee hours of the night. I'm so glad to have had someone who went to bed earlier than me to motivate me to go to bed earlier than what I probably would've ended up doing haha. Jasmin was amazing at singing and had such a sweet spirit - she and her optimism! Definitely always had a good time when I was just around her. Katie, who I still haven't seen this summer, which makes me sad, was just the best out of us all. She had the best sarcastic comebacks and she's just so tiny!!! I really wish I had her gorgeous metabolism. I can't to live with her next year again. Melanie was the youngest, so we gave her a lot of crap. But that's ok, because she was chill enough to take it all. So glad she did. And then MJ is just MJ - always brave enough to give her own opinion...especially with the boy with the crazy girlfriend, non-girlfriend, who knows what they were. So glad she was always so rebellious with me, it gave life a perk haha!!! 


Ok, so the boys of Rogers 97 were the best!!! They became our way good friends and we just felt so comfortable around them! All thanks to me and Markham, hurray! So Markham over here is my best friend since the end of last August. I met him on the basketball court and befriended him. And it all went uphill from there. He's so awesome, but way too popular for me. He's nice though and was always up to hanging out with us!...that is...if he already wasn't hanging out with other people haha. And then Eric, E-man, was black! That just automatically makes me so cool. And he dances so well, it makes me jealous. He's awesome too and super nice! And he was the one out of all those boys to come say hello to us no matter what!! Aaron is super smart, which I'm jealous about. And he's so opinionated and can go off on his opinions forever (and I honestly mean that in a good way). He was so much fun to hang out with too. Benji was super nice as well!! Always had the best jokes to tell. I loved hanging out with him too. Whenever we were going crazy and all, he just knew how to keep it under control. Oh, and he had the best job ever - being a security guard at the library, whaaat?! Preston I honestly wish I could say we hung out a lot, but we unfortunately didn't. He was pretty cool though, he was in band haha. And then there's Adam! So cool of a guy and he was super smart too. He was so nice to us and so funny as well!! He was great to hang out with as well. I'm so glad to have met all those boys at BYU


Pretty much what I'm saying is, these are the people I spent most of my time with the last 8 months of my life. I miss them all. They all made a huge impact on me and I'm glad to have met them. Bowen 17 and Rogers 97 For.ev.er. 

Day 13: Lovin' me some K-Pop (as you all should)

Day 13: A picture of your favorite band or artist

Ok, before I go off about my favorite boy band, I'm just sayin' you guys should all love K-pop music, there's quite a bit that bands have sung into English as well! It's just catchy and fun. If you ever want names hit me up; I'm willing to help spread the Korean music around to all. For now I definitely recommend these guys, Wondergirls, Super Junior, 2PM, and....2NE1. Got it? Good.


This is TVXQ (in English) or 동방신기. This is also where I'm going to start my rant about them and how much I love them. But sadly, they're not split into two groups. The three on the left are in a group now called JYJ and the two on the right are still called TVXQ. Either way, love them. Love K-Pop because seriously, I feel like it's becoming a new thing all over the world, and I love it!

Anyway, so TVXQ. Oh man, these guys are amazing! At everything they do too! And I've literally been in love with them since I first saw them. Waaay back in 2004 when they first debuted. Been a HUGE fan of them since then, and I still am even when they're split. Such a sad loss to the music world, for they were an amazing group. But like I said, I support them still, and I do love JYJ and TVXQ the same! They're popularity is internationally huge as well. Their fan club (Cassiopeia) was in the Guiness Book of World Records for being the largest organized club...or something along those lines. Legit! And they deserve that credit for the support they give. I'd be part of it officially but it costs money....something I don't have. Anyway, so these guys are awesome. You all should look them up on youtube sometime and hear them sing. Especially singing a capella. Oh man oh man, they are so good at harmonizing! They're so good looking too, which is obviously a major plus. 


They're also liked by the Asian entertainment business in general, too. Whenever they appear in a drama or TV show or anything, viewing rates go super high that week! And just a bunch of other stuff factor into their charisma. And such great personalities and mannerisms too! It's wonderful. And they're so caring for other singers and all - they aren't the type to just make sure they're number one (although they always end up being so when a new song comes out). 


I really could listen to these guys' songs all day - whether it be JYJ or TVXQ. I have almost all their songs from the time they debuted, and most of them memorized. Obsessed much? I will proudly admit it. I have never, and probably won't ever, gotten sick of listening to them or seeing them on the internet or the tele. And also, if there's one man that I've been in love with since the moment I laid eyes on him it would be the leader of the group, U-know Yunho. Well, his real name is Yunho Jung (정윤호) but whatever. You get my point....oh man...look at those pictures right below....call me crazy, I don't care; I'm going to marry this man.


That's all! 

Day 6: JIMMER!!!!

Day 6: A picture of someone who you would like to change places with for a day

Check out those arms

Ok, so I totally wouldn't mind being a man for a day if it meant I got to switch places with Jimmer Fredette for a day. I really would like to see what this guy's life is like, being super amazing at basketball, having all this fame and popularity on you wherever you go, and just recently winning every single basketball award that you could possibly win when you're in his spot. Amazing. And seeing him play basketball myself.....wow. There's no way one can disagree he's good. Like, really good. You can hate on him, but you really can't say he's not good at basketball. Anyway, all this fame and everything seems to not really phase him or get him cocky or anything, so I really would like to know what he thinks of all this and how he is reacting to it all. If I didn't switch places with him, then I would definitely like to switch places with his girlfriend. She'd have a pretty interesting popularity going on right now, too. I would like to meet Jimmer one day...one day. Too bad he can't come on campus until he's graduated. :( JIMMER FTW!!  

Have a lovely day everyone. I'm gonna study away for my calc final tonight :/ Over and out. (after a couple more pictures of Jimmer)

How do I say it all?

It's really amazing how so much can change in so little time and what you can get from it. It's been a pretty interesting semester and life is constantly full of twists and turns. Where to start?

Well first, I dyed my hair! I like it lots, but it is super red right now. But it'll fade (hopefully) and I'll eventually go back to my natural hair color and that'll be the end. And I will have long hair!! I can't wait to have it back. Then I can whip it back and forth ha. 

*I think those nerdy glasses suit me. Honestly I like wearing them. But the lighting makes my hair look darker than what it is.*

Next off, finals are coming up and then I'll be moving back home to good ol' O-town. That'll be exciting. I'm excited to see my friends again and to hang out with them. Too bad that all the guys will be gone for their missions. But some are slowly coming back! Two years has passed by sooo fast! And so much changes within those two years eh? Crazy crazy....But it's really a small world when it comes to the church-world. For example, my friend Elder Carter just got to Torreon, Mexico. So before he left I told him to find my friend Elder Alexander there; I also told Elder Alexander the same thing (vice-versa) and so I was hoping they'd meet sometime. Well...right when Elder Carter got there, they had this giant transfer meeting get-together thing and guess who he sees?! Elder Alexander! And they both told me about it and it was pretty exciting!! I think there was like...80-something missionaries in that area, too! *Elder Alexander is on the left, Elder Carter on the right!*

Also, my friend TJ left for Texas again!! I will miss that kid, it was fun hanging out with him. I met him through Michael and Ammon, and we all just had a fun time all together! He was taking online classes though, and since he could finish them up online, he agreed with his mom to go back home and finish there, as well as get a job. So he left a few days ago! Michael and Ammon will see him again over the summer; as for me, not quite so!! It was a fun time! 

Oh speaking of TJ, he took me to go see the movie Insidious the day it came out. Oh. my. gosh. The movie was made very well, I think, but the storyline and everything of it is just way too freaky for me. I mean, it's not like it gave me nightmares or anything, but it's still a freaking scary movie and I don't know why I gave in and decided to go see it. Maybe it's because I didn't have to pay and I hadn't been to the theater in such a long time. Whatever it was, it was a bittersweet movie. Definitely waaay more on the bitter side haha!

Hare Krishna!!! WOW!! Festival of Colors was amazing! And so much fun! So many people there too. And I saw Allison Boyer and everyone else she was with there; who would've thought something like that would happen? It was a very interesting experience, especially hearing the things the religion believes in. And the burning of the witch was interesting too. A handful of people came as they were high or drunk. Dumb. Can't they have fun just once being normal? Let's not ruin the fun for everyone....anyway, it was awesome, we taped my car up with a bunch of plastic bags so we wouldn't get my car colorful afterwards. It was a lot of fun and worth the time preparing my car and everything! We also made shirts that we thought were going to throw away after, but we actually ended up keeping them haha!

Well I think that about sums everything up! Man that took a while. But typing all this out and just thinking about what's happened this past semester it's been a good one! I will miss the people that I've met here, especially all those leaving on missions. Life has ups and downs and brings on unexpected things, but take them all in! Don't waste time being down on something. Lift yourself back up by thinking of all the great things in life! I guarantee you that you can think of at least three things that make life happy each day. Life's too short to be sad about it! As for me, I'm done. Over and out. This is the life of me!!!