Fact:

I am a Cougar.
Jimmer all the way people.

It's Coming.

That's right. The most terrible time of the year is coming quickly; the most dreaded day will be here soon.
Valentine's Day.
Oh yes. The day made just to torture me and other single females all over the world. Where the heck did this day come from anyway? Well, I've been doing some research, and to the best of my knowledge (and feel free to correct me on any of the following information), no one really evens knows who the original "St. Valentine" was...it seems there were a few Christian martyrs named Valentine, so Pope Gelasius I established St. Valentine's Day on February 14. Where did the torturous lovey-dovey, romantic part of it come from then? Well, it seems when my good friend Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Parlement of Foules he decided to throw in a little line about Valentine's Day being the day "when every bird cometh there to choose his mate," and thus came forth the idea that Valentine's Day was for lovers. Shakespeare grabbed the idea a few hundred years later and romanticized it, and then it just got commercialized and you have all these girls getting flowers and chocolates and cards...
Sigh.
If you want me during the next week, I'll be in my room with ice cream and a good romance novel. Or perhaps watching a chick flick. Or maybe burning my Chaucer bobblehead...

Happy New Year!

This year, I will not be doing new year resolutions. They appear to me to be a good way to look back and say, "Wow, I failed." I know that's a negative attitude, but I didn't really have any good ideas for resolutions anyway :)

However, there are several things I'm looking forward to in 2011!
-Participating in All-Northwest Choir in Bellevue, Washington
-Traveling with my choir and orchestra to Seattle, WA
-GRADUATING!!! This is a big one :)
-Going to England with my father
-Turning 18! Also pretty awesome :)
-Getting a job...I'm not really looking forward to this one, besides the paycheck, but it is part of my 2011 to-do list...
-Last but definitely not least, starting college! I'll Hopefully get accepted to BYU in the next couple months...if not, it's USU or BYU-I for me.

Happy new year to any and all readers I have :D I'll hopefully update more in 2011 (it's not a resolution...I don't promise anything)
Good luck in 2011!

Life...over

No. Seriously. I have nothing to do. I thought that once my play was over, it wouldn't be a big deal; I have finals to worry about, football to play over Thanksgiving break, and presents to plan for birthdays and Christmas. And what happens? No school...the entire week...due to the weather and the regularly scheduled Thanksgiving break. So, no finals till next week and it's Freezing outside. Which means I have spent all of today watching movies and browsing thinkgeek.com and Amazon. Oh, and quoting entire scenes from Singing in the Rain. Yes, I'm pathetic. Yes, I'm falling apart. Yes, I have nothing better to do right now than write an incoherent blog post.

*Yawn*

I sit here at the computer, waiting for it to be an acceptable hour to wake my mother up. Why am I waking her up? I need help with my hair. Why do I need help with my hair? The musical my friends, the musical. Yes indeed, the time is come for performing Singing in the Rain! I was at a dress rehearsal very late last night, have a matinee this afternoon, and opening night is tomorrow! Which reminds me...COME SEE IT! November 18, 19, 20, and 22! 7:00 at the new Madison High School! Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students and children. And yes, I do have that whole spiel memorized perfectly.

Insights

I forgot one thing that happened in September that was actually pretty cool.
I had a dream that I thought was really interesting.
I dreamed that I was feeling very anxious and stressed about life, so I decided to go for a drive. I drove around in my van for hours, not noticing the storm clouds and fog that were coming in everywhere. I suddenly stopped my van in the middle of nowhere, looked at the dense fog in every direction, and realized I was completely lost. In front of me was a large, black mountain with storm clouds around it. To my left and right there was just thick, white fog covering everything. I turned around and there, sitting on top of the hill, was the Rexburg temple. It was glowing brightly through the storm clouds and fog, and using it as my guide I was able to find my way home.

Boggling blogging?

Say it ten times fast. I dare you.

Important events throughout the lovely month of September:
First of all, we finally had summer. And that was nice. Because I despise cold.
We also had Homecoming week. I didn't participate as much as I probably should have, considering it's my senior year, but I did attend Powderpuff,

the bonfire,

Homecoming game (we failed...miserably),

and, most important of all, the Homecoming Dance! :D
I went with the most studly and awesome Jaron Judkins.
We had a HUGE group,

but our individual pictures, done by David Hinck, turned out really cute...

...despite any awkwardness...

It was an incredibly fun date. Jaron is a fantastic and hilarious stud :D



My last big September event was my sister finally getting home from her mission!!! Brooke was serving in Louisiana for the last year and a half, and I missed her profusely :) She's very happy to be home and somewhat baffled at the change in Rexburg - and the world in general.

Ending, mini-update: Musical rehearsals have been going well, I got a 30 on the ACT, and school is tolerable :)