Hare krishna.

Last weekend = one of the best weekends in a while.

I went home for the Festival of Colors which automatically makes it a solid weekend. Standing in the middle of hundreds of people covered in chalk and sweat, getting crushed by crowd surfers, not being able to breathe, dancing to hippie music, chanting Hare Krishna, and coughing up chalk dust for days afterward has never been more fun.

Before...

This would be the "not being able to breathe" part.

Add to that: visiting City Creek mall, eating cheesecake, practically losing my vision after getting something in my eye while driving, playing Uno, riding Trax, seeing my best friend's wedding dress, catching up, playing Draw Something, and of course watching Indiana Jones, and you have the recipe for a perfect weekend.

Also, if you're looking for an update on the prank war, here it is. This happened a few weeks ago but I forgot to mention it.

These would be all the calls I received when this ad went up on KSL:

Yep, that is my car. And this is the conversation that I had with Ogden, UT at 11:43 am.

• Me: "Hello?"
• Ogden: "What's wrong with your car?"
• Me: "Umm... nothing? I don't know?"
• Him: "Then why is it on here for $500?"
• Me: "What?"
• Him: "Is there something wrong with it? Why are you selling it for so cheap?"
• Me: "I think you have the wrong number..."
• Him: "Is your number xxx-xxxx?"
• Me: "Yes..."
• Him: "Your car is for sale on KSL."
• Me: "Oh..."
• Him: "You might want to take it off before you get any more calls."

Watch your back, Ty.

Collage.

Spring Break 2012: Las Vegas Edition was a success. Here is a collage of lists and pictures that, combined, will tell this epic tale.

People who attended:

• Marissa
• Tyler
• Jennifer
• Brayden
• Chaura
• Momma B

Restaurants we ate at:

• In N Out (x2)
• Panda Express
• Wingstop
• McDonald's

A few places we visited:

New York New York

Caesar's Palace

Hoover Dam

Fremont Street

Ways I continued to embarrass myself:

• Saying "haha" out loud in a HeyTell message
• Falling off a stool
• Tripping numerous times
• Running into a glass door

Truth or Dare:

"Suck a finger of the player 3 steps to your right."

"Dance a slow dance with the player 3 steps to your left."
Also, "Switch clothes with another player."

"Drink water upside down."

"Drink something out of the belly button of another player."

Other highlights:

• Sneaking into the pool
• Mustang rides on the strip
• Poolside barbecue

• New York New York rollercoaster
• Tyler's midnight laugh attack
• Flying water at the dam

• Welcome hour (free pink lemonade!)
• Man dancing on Fremont Street

• Queen tribute
• Treading water competition
• Fortune teller at the Native American store

All in all, it was one fantastic trip. Definitely one for the books.

Also, one last shout out to Momma B for hooking us up with a sweet hotel room and other amazing opportunities! Couldn't have done anything without you!

Self realization.

Things I have learned about myself since Spring Break started yesterday:

1. I should never wear headphones in public. I have already caught myself singing out loud while walking through the gym, and screaming at my dog that he is being an idiot while a ton of people passed by me at Draper Park. I only realized the latter after some lady tapped my shoulder to ask me for directions. Embarrassing.
2. If I was caught in the zombie apocalypse, I would die. I have this new app on my phone called "Zombies, Run!" that simulates zombies chasing you while you work out! It's very effective in getting me to exercise. But thanks to my dog being dumb when I took him running today, I got killed by the zombies. Thus the reason for yelling at him at the park.
3. I have an unhealthy addiction to both Cadbury eggs and Chinese food. That's not really new, though.
4. I can't go to Urban Outfitters and not buy things. It is a serious issue. But, on the bright side, my boring Saturday nights in the future are about to get a lot less boring now that I have a book entitled "Truth or Dare: The Party Game".
5. I am so glad to be done with high school. Seeing a million kids at PF Chang's on their way to prom definitely did not make me miss awkward dates, school lunches, drama, high school boys, or staying home on those nights when I didn't get asked to dances. Not that my prom was awkward; it was perfect. I'm just saying, I'm content that it's all in the past.

Anyway, between this blog post and my recent Facebook statuses about Star Trek and eating expired macaroni, I am making myself look super cool. Please date me.

The latest.

It's been a few days, but honestly, I don't really have much to say.

Highlights of the last couple weeks include:

• Skiing at Brian Head. The creep on the right is Tyler...

• Allred and J.Wride concerts.
• Taking lots of pictures for my photography class. Landscapes were last week's assignment, which are not my favorite, but I did end up with a couple that I liked. Portraits are up and coming.

• Playing guitar in my ward's talent show and the latest open mic night. Maybe I'll make a YouTube video or something.
• And that's pretty much it. Not the most exciting time.

In other news, I feel like my blog is just a play by play of my life and it gets boring. So I'm going to try to change that. I don't have anything cool to talk about today though, so I'm already off to a bad start.

Also, I want to publicly apologize to anyone I may have offended in the past week! I don't know if I did, I just know it wasn't the best week for me. Sometimes school, drama, rumors, stress, and lack of sleep all hit you in the face at once. I already am not one to have a lot of girl friends, or get along well with girls, for who knows what reason. It's something I am always working on. So, if I have seemed insolent, I'm sorry! Don't take it personally.

Anyway, I'll talk to you all again when I come up with something interesting. Have a good week! Only five days until Spring Break!

Three months.

Over the last few days I have been just overcome with excitement because of this fact: I am going to be in France for the entire month of May on a study abroad.

And I've recently realized that is only three months away. Ahhhh. So close, but yet so far!

Not only that, but while I'm there I am going to a play, a ballet in the same building that Phantom of the Opera happened/was inspired in, and a Coeur de Pirate concert! First of all, a French play is awesome. Second, Phantom of the Opera is up there when it comes to my favorite movies, and a French ballet has got to be way sweet. Third, Coeur de Pirate is probably my favorite ever and this is like a dream coming true. Please go listen to some of her music.

Basically, I've been spending all my time daydreaming about France and the last time I was in Paris.

I was only there for like three days, rushing around to different tourist attractions. I can't wait to go back and experience everything and take pictures and speak French and eat crepes and buy clothes and make friends. I'll be in Paris for three weeks and Nice for one week. I honestly can't even believe I'm doing it.

Other things I can't wait for:

• Spring break. Even though I have no idea what I'm going to do.
• Spring, in general.
• Festival of Colors.
• Soccer intramurals. Even though we will probably lose.
• Summer.
• Next semester and living with my best friends Marissa, Dylan, and Katey.
• Life!

I used to be a party animal and stay up until like three every night, and now it's only 12:30 and my eyes are begging for sleep. I'm trying to be a good friend though, and stay up until Tyler finds the prank I just played on him so I can help him clean it up. He did help me with the newspaper, after all. But I'm going to fall asleep soon and then he is going to be SOL! Curse him and his classless Tuesdays/Thursdays that give him an excuse to stay up late.

Oh, this is what I did:

That would be two giant boxes of Cheerios emptied between the mattress and the fitted sheet on his bed. I know the picture doesn't look like a lot, but trust me, there are mountains of healthy cereal in there. That should make for a good night's sleep tonight! And a hearty breakfast tomorrow!

Now I have to wait until tomorrow to actually publish this post since I just revealed all my secrets. So, as you're reading it, just remember I wrote it at night and it will all make sense.

Tyler still hasn't found it though, and judging from the fact that he is playing Call of Duty and not picking up on my subliminal (or actually, somewhat blatant) Facebook chat messages that he should get in bed, it's not going to happen anytime soon. So I guess he's on his own with this one, because I am hitting the hay!

Goodnight blogworld.

Best of days.

Okay. I always thought having my birthday and Valentine's Day so close together was a curse. But it turns out it just makes for a really great week!

You already heard about Sunday and Monday with me getting pranked and my mail and whatnot, so fast forward to Tuesday - Valentine's Day.

Tyler took me on a way sweet date! We doubled with Daniel and Sarah and began our evening with Texas Roadhouse and eating way too much food, as always. At least Tyler ate more than me this time and it didn't even include a salad! Then we went mini-golfing at Fiesta Fun, and I'm pretty sure their course is rigged because I didn't get a single hole-in-one. We made a bet, so whichever couple lost had to jump in the freezing cold pool at Daniel's uncle's house. Of course Tyler and I won, but then all four of us ended up jumping in the pool anyway. So that was pointless. We also went in the hot tub for a while before getting shakes at Iceberg and then watching Star Trek. As far as Valentine's Days go, it was the best one I've ever experienced!

Wednesday and Thursday I didn't do much, other than watch Footloose on Thursday night at the school. Marissa whispering "Take your shirt off" to the main character was probably the best part.

Friday was also a fantastic day. My awesome friends threw me a little party down in St. George at Dylan's grandma's house. We ate dinner and went to Dixie Rock with the cake, where I had a lot of random people telling me happy birthday and singing. Then we went swimming and played "PEAS" and went hot tubbing and made s'mores and roasted starbursts. We finished it all off with a quite hilarious game of Truth or Dare, my favorite.

Saturday we just slept and relaxed all day, until going to Panda for dinner. Dylan and I went to a littlebigheart concert that night, where of course Lance had to sing me happy birthday in front of everyone. Loved that! We came back and made some hot chocolate and watched Lost to end one of the best weeks I've had in a long time.

Basically, the moral of the story is, I have the greatest friends ever. Thank you guys so much for everything, I don't know where I would be without you! I love you!

Sardines.

Things that have made me oh so happy as of late:

• GHA Reunion. Friday night Mike and I headed out to Jared's house in Enoch to reunite with our old friends from the summer of 2010. Not that we don't already see most of them most of the time because we all go to school here, but it was way fun to sit down and have a conversation! It's a luxury that is not often available in the busy student life. Also, a game of Apples to Apples was in order. Even though I had zero good cards and had to play "baked beans" for "refreshing".

• A short trip home for the weekend. I made my way up to Sandy on Saturday morning and as soon as I arrived, I went out on an extravagant birthday shopping trip with my mom, which included lunch with my grandma and stops everywhere from H&M to Barnes & Noble. Then my family treated me to a dinner at my favorite restaurant, Asian Star. I can never get sick of that place! I just relaxed on Sunday until I made the treacherous drive home last night. But, I'm alive, so I can't complain.

• Pranks. I love when I risk my life on I-15 and then walk in my door, exhausted, to find this:

All I have to say about that is - It's on, Tyler (and Marissa).

• Mail. Today was the greatest day ever when it came to receiving mail. I got an email during English telling me that I had a package, and I had no idea what it could be! Upon picking it up, it was from Cort! And upon opening it, I found it contained Easy Mac, vienna sausages, spam, sardines, and a Virginia Tech snuggie complete with Cort's face glued onto the box. I don't think I could have ever gotten a better present. Or one that would describe Cortland so well.

• Mail continued. I didn't think it could get any better, but I checked my actual mailbox before going to institute, and lo and behold I had a valentine from my dog! He is so thoughtful.

It's been a great start to this week if I do say so myself. And my birthday is on Saturday! Even better.