the quest for PERFECTION

I love Dancing With the Stars, and can't wait until Evan wins that trophy! Everyone knows Nicole is a great dancer, but she's much too drama-queen-esque and takes everything WAY too seriously!! Anyway, last week Evan and Anna danced the Argentine Tango and got the first perfect score of the season! It was incredible.


(The actual dance starts at about 1:45, but the before stuff is good too!)

I can't stop watching this!! Is that weird? :)

In my American Heritage lab, my TA asks us random questions on quizzes sometimes just for fun. So one of them was this: "Which two men ask Elizabeth Bennett to marry them?", or something like that.

After the quiz, we got in groups to discuss the answers and correct them. You should have seen the look on one of the girls' faces in my group when I asked who Elizabeth Bennett was. It was like I just disgraced humanity. I didn't know Pride and Prejudice (I found out) was so close to some people's hearts!

But we all have our obsessions... :)

Did I Raise My Hand?

I've always hated teachers calling on me, so loved it at BYU when there are big enough classes where I never had to worry about it. I've had a few smaller classes, but not one where the teacher calls on random people too often. But right now in my Art History class of about 20 students, my teacher calls on me at least twice a day, sometimes three. He doesn't know everyone's name yet, but he sure knows mine! Luckily I can usually BS something if nothing else. I swear Art History teachers/students make WAY too much out of some works of art. I get it, can we just move on already??

Dancing With the Stars results for the semi-finals tonight! I LOVE that show. GO EVAN!!

Winter finals are over, and just as quickly spring term started! Sometimes I wish I didn't take spring, but it's good to get some of these classes out of the way, and I'm even taking gymnastics! So it should be pretty fun. I loved the short time I had at home before moving out again, and sometimes I wish I just lived at home. But I kinda like pushing myself out of my comfort zone in a weird sort of way. And although it would be much easier, less stressful, and a lot cheaper to stay at home for the summer, I realized that this is the only time of my life I'll have these kinds of opportunities, so I'd better take them!

I'm not gonna lie, it was super scary moving in without knowing any of my roommates, but the 3 that have moved in so far are super nice! I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of people, and know that if I lived at home I would meet next to no one and have basically no life. Even though it's scary I think it will definitely be worth it in the end.

Moving out this past year has made me realize how much I love my family and I love every chance I have to go home. On Sundays when I would go for dinner, most of the time I didn't want to leave! That's why I really loved the past week or so to be home. Unfortunately, my mom wasn't feeling well the whole time, and on Saturday went to the ER and got her appendix taken out. The surgeon also miraculously found an infection in her small intestine and removed that part as well. He never usually looks on that side, but thanks to the blessing my dad gave her beforehand, he did. I've been by to visit her everyday since then, and I hate seeing her like that. I know there's nothing I can do, and she has been so miserable. It's awful, but she has been very slowly getting better. I'm so grateful for the gospel and that I know the Lord is always watching over us.

I learned a lot my freshman year, but I believe the most important was the greater love and appreciation I gained for my family. Even though I could see them whenever I wanted, I was still away and really missed them. I could never ever thank my parents enough for all they do for me financially and otherwise, they're the best I could ever ask for.

I LOVE MY FAMILY!!

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I just discovered how pathetically out of shape I am. It's a pretty nice day so I decided I'd go on a nice little run to take advantage of it. Well, I don't even want to guess how long I ran for, since it's probably much less than a mile...and it almost killed me. To sum up, that [insert short distance here] run kicked my sorry butt.

Yeah I can do Jillian yoga 3 times in 4 days no problem. Just don't ask me to do anymore running. I don't know why I thought I would all the sudden like it, since I've always hated running. I only like it if there's a ball involved. Basketball, football, etc...

Maybe I'll try again some day. Maybe not.

I did the so-called impossible tonight. Yep, finished level 1 on Jillian's Yoga Meltdown! 

I owe it to huge expectations I had from my mom, dad, Amanda, and Dave who all stopped part-way through and told me I couldn't do it. Well, I did. And how do I celebrate?

A bowl of ice cream. (But probably not as much as I would normally have...)

I think I'll quote my awesome english teacher from last semester in saying:

"I'm not interested in being ripped, I'm just interested in not being fat." --the great Ryan Stewart.

Although being ripped wouldn't be all bad...but as long as I can eat what I want I'm good. :)

I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

MOVIES

It seems that so far this year, there have been a lot of good movies coming out. Keep in mind the only kind of movies I like are chick flicks...so the commonly believed "good movies" don't apply to me. Ex: Avatar (would rather be beat), Sherlock Holmes (I actually think I might like it...maybe one day), and last year's big ones such as Transformers 2 and Harry Potter (I don't understand the obsession..).

Sooo this year I've been looking forward to:

When In Rome--I'm a new Josh Duhamel fan!

Dear John--Channing Tatum anyone??

Valentine's Day--Everyone and their mom is in this one!

the Last Song--whatever you say, I really do like Miley a lot.

the Blind Side--I know it came out last year and is not exactly a chick flick...but LOVE IT.

Date Night--gotta love Steve Carell!
Backup Plan--looks perrty funny.

Unfortunately I've only seen When In Rome and the Blind Side...both in the dollar theater. Call me a cheapo but I just can't justify spending 9 bucks too see them when they come out in the normal theater. Who does that? ;-)

It's not like I'll die from a lack of seeing a movie in the couple months I have to wait.  They were well worth the wait. When in Rome was different than I expected, but still really good. It's still weird to think Josh Duhamel is married to Fergie. It's a little of a mismatch to me, but what do I know?

The Blindside was seriously one the the best movies/stories EVER. And Sandra Bullock was incredible. The Oscar couldn't have been better deserved. But with Tim McGraw, you just can't go wrong. Can't wait to see it again! 

As for the others on my list, it's only a matter of time. :)