Random Quoting Fun!

Alright so... My sisters Maddy, Erin, my cousin Danielle and I have this family website where we share stories, pictures, movies, activities, and such. Its really amusing! Tradition dictates that when you turn 13 you can join the website and contribute. Well as we four are the only ones above 13 so far we practically rule the roost. Since I'm the eldest cousin on my mom's side, you'd think I'd be in charge of the whole site, but my 15 year old cousin very much deserves the spot of head coordinator. She's awesome. So this post is dedicated to her. Danielle Larsen.
One of the topics on our family blog was Quotes. We had to each write a few quotes from something... Well... she out did us... as always. Here's her quote from a computer game that she loves. Monkey Island.
Murray and Guybrush's conversation:
GUYBRUSH is a pirate and MURRAY is an evil disembodied skull
Guybrush: You know, you'd look great with a melting candle on your forehead.
Murray: I'm getting the feeling that you're not taking me very seriously
Guybrush: No, I am
Murray: Really? Then let me here you scream in terror!!!
Guybrush: Well, I'm too petrified to say anything
Murray: Wahhahahahah!!!
Guybrush: Why do you villians always laugh so much?
Murray: Well, I wasn't laughing at anything in particular, somewhere there's a fish nibbling on my foot and it really tickles!
Guybrush: Was your mother's father bald too?
Murray: I'm not bald! I just have a really high widow's peak
Guybrush: Well at least you won't ever have to worry about what to wear
Murray: Well, I guess that's true
Guybrush: And excessorizing will be really easy
Murray: That's also true--and I look great in hats
Guybrush: There ya go! I'm going now

My challenge to you is to write in the comment box you're own favorite quotes! Go ahead, get started! :)

Making a Different Blog

So not that many people read this blog much or anything, but for my more interesting stories and more intriguing details in life, I've decided to write a new blog. Hopefully I'll write more in that blog about daily life. I'll continue in this blog to write about cool ideas and stuff, but my private blog will include more things about me. So if you want to read my other blog I'm starting go ahead and give me your e-mail address's. Mine is sweetrivergirl90@cox.net. E-mail me if you want to read the blog! Thanks to all you devoted fans. ;) haha

Hey - Low Leetle Keeds!

I have a few things to tell you all!

1. I use a funny accent every now and then, when I'm happy and just being myself (hence the odd looking title)

2. In choir a few years ago we sang my favorite song ever. Its called The Awakening. It's a song about a person who has a dream that there is no music in the world, that it is silent. It is a nightmare and he tries to sing out, but he can't. Finally he bursts from the dream and wakes up singing. No more will the songs go away. I love the song! And I really wish I had the version of the song we sang. But I do have a version that is really well done.

Have a listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgspgLNm4E



3. My sister and I just finished watching Prince Caspian, the credits began to roll across the screen when this song came on, and now it's one of my favorites for the time being. :)

Regina Spektor's The Call! It brings a lot of meaning to lots of different things, and could be taken in many different ways. Ah the beauty of the mind and music, what they create together is Extraordinary! Check out the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0R2Hnu5wZQ&feature=related

4. I love comments! :)

5. I have a new calling in church that I think is going to help me tremendously along with the others I'm helping but it is kinda amusing that there is such a calling. I'm in the mingles committee!

6. I love singing... I think my family's annoyed with me because I sing so much at home, while I'm doing the dishes, walking around the house, doing chores or getting ready for the day. I wonder what my roommates will think of me when they realize how much I sing. ;) Or even my future family... hmm... there Will be music in my family! Music is part of my life! (Have you noticed?)

7. I LOVE Friends! Jen, Chelsea, Becca, Amy and I have been hanging a lot lately before Becca left for Utah, Amy left for Idaho and Chels left for Jerusalem. Its been so much fun, and I've actually learned more things about myself when around them. And I hope that we stay bestest friends through college and life! That would ROCK! ;) Haha Friends inspire us, lift us up when we're feeling down, listen when we need an ear, and give advice when we feel lost.
"No Gift can Compare to a Friend Who's Always There!"

School Starts Yet Again

My parents took a picture of me every year on the first day of school. You know, the traditional picture you take five seconds before you leave out the door, with the cutest clothes you own to make a great first impression, and your backpack slung around one shoulder. I have one for every year I've been in school... until I hit College.


College is great! It's got it's perks: like your first day really lasts 2 or 3 days of school, you can choose classes, professors, no one tells you what to major in, you get to decide! You can stay near home or go far away, you can live at home, on campus, or in an apartment right outside of school. So many choices, no real demands, other than "choose your major before junior year" and "you have to do these classes to get in this major" AND You now have to pay for education. Thats all. Nothing too hard right? If you are a scholarly person you should do well without too many problems - try to have a little bit of fun though - if you're a party-er you'll definitely have fun (just don't have too much fun) and remember good grades really do help you make money in the future... And you thought grades didn't matter anymore! HA!


With every semester I attend, I find it more and more interesting. For example: This year's "first" day(s) was/were a blast just bc I got awesome teachers and have fun subjects. I'm taking Anatomy, Microbiology, Anthropology, and Ballet! Ballet? yes. I think its fun to take a random class that I'm interested. Last semester I took a Broadway class, that was fun. So my ballet teacher and I get along, she's really nice and I think I'm actually going to enjoy this class a lot! Its going to be tough bc i'm not That flexible but we shall see, so far I'm doing good, and getting an A should be easy. Score! So Anatomy is the same as always, lectures that are quite interesting, and lab that is difficult and super fun! For example, we're learning about Blood already, in lab we had to prick ourselves to find out our blood type and so on. So my TA couldn't tell if i was O+ or AB+, guess I'll never know. Man all that puncturing my skin for nothing. ;) And today I went to Sunsplash with Amy and Anatomy was so much in my head that I thought the lazy river was a bloodstream, the water obviously plasma, the red innertubes = red blood cells, and the people have to be the platelets and white blood cells. So those people who felt lke slowing down the whole stream of things were obviously the platelets bc they started clogging traffic and the other people who barged through white blood cells... ya I'm a nerd and I know it. :)
So my microbiology class... well its not going to be easy... but so far we've already looked at pond scum and started determining what the lifeforms are. Interesting, hopefully with my weekly study group we'll get A's. And my teacher... He's hallarious. When you first look at him, you thing total biology geek, you watch him for a little bit and you think... Nervous? He cannot stop Moving! whether he's banging on the desk or jumping around through the room he's crazy. he looks 20 but is really in his late 30's. He is super funny and completely obsessed with 2 things. Microbiology, and teaching. Perfect! Haha he says his class is hard but we'll actually learn something and come out of the class brighter by the end... if we work hard of course.
Anthropology is a rather boring class, even for an online class. Reading a chapter a week isn't my forte, but if I do I almost get a definite A+, So thats a good thing right? Well other than those classes I have my institute classes which I love. Brother Herbst calls himself the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher. And Brother Wold, my favorite teacher ever, is teaching us the old testament. Which is hard, when you don't exactly like the old testament but he's a really good teacherm and so far it has been very interesting.
Well other than all that, I guess the only other thing is that I have to ride the light rail between campuses. Ha, I'll have to write more about that later. I do believe i could come up with MANY stories of things that happen on the light rail. It is sooo fun to people watch! Anyway.. that is my week in a nutshell. The first week has come and gone, with no pictures. Oh well there's always next year. :)

Dedicated to MY red-headed Sis

Pictures are like memories frozen in time, they say a million words about the most random things I do. For example: I have a picture of my sister and I in a photo booth making silly faces at each other. When you look at it you may think hmm they are silly sisters, or Oh! They are soo cute! or even, I wish I had a sister with red hair. And the most random person might think to themself, I wonder if they eat tomatoes. But when I look at this picture, I remember where we were: Maddy and I wandering around Knottsberry Farm looking for a rollercoaster we can both ride that Maddy wouldn't feel like she was losing her head on, or the fact that we rode on the Mad Hat cups, Jaguar, and boat ride 10 times each.

When I think about our silly faces in the picture I think of all the many times we've died laughing on the floor about the silliest things that didn't even make sense (but no one can help laughing when you hear Maddy's laugh - She's hallarious).

And when I think of the times we've died laughing I think about the random movie sayings we quote around the house 24/7. My mom doesn't think we know how to have an intelligent conversation when we quote movies half the time.

And when I think of all the things we've quoted, I remember the time we wrote in the sand... the silliest things EVER! We had a hay day of sand quotes! Oh Joy!

And THAT's what I see when I look at a picture! Oh the joy of memories! :)

Sometimes...

A Veces... Sometimes...
Sometimes I wish you couldn't get colds from staying out in the rain.
Sometimes I wish I could be smarter.
Sometimes I wish I had the determination to get things done.
Sometimes I wish life was a musical -> I'd probably be the one singing the dramatic ballads.
Sometimes I wish I wasn't so picky.
Sometimes I wish people had the decency to just say whats bugging them and get on with it.
Sometimes I wish I listened to my own advice.
Sometimes I wish we didn't grow up, that there really was a Neverland.
Sometimes I wish people didn't change.
Sometimes I wish they did.
Sometimes I wish I could be a well-known heart surgeon saving lives right and left, and
Sometimes I wish I could curl up in a ball and hide from everyone.
Sometimes I wish that I knew everything, then I realize life wouldn't be as fun.
Sometimes I wish I could control people
Sometimes I wish people would tell me what to do so I didn't have to think.
There are a lot of "wishes" and "sometimes" in the world that Sometimes I just wish life was perfect. But perfect doesn't exist here right now so I guess I'll have to patiently persevere.

The Laundry List

Here are a few things that I need to finish in the next month...

1. Read about 5 more books to finish my 10 book goal this summer

2. Get all my books and such for school

3. Talk to my long-lost-brother. :p

4. Tell any and all males ages 21 and older that I cannot date them for the next 5 months

5. Play with Friends (this is top priority)

6. Write letters back to... hmmm.... 5 people? or more.

7. Organize my room... which is kinda important before school.

8. Finish this Nancy Drew game.

9. Get a bulleten board and put my picture colage on it. (Learn how to spell)

10. Figure out housing for winter semester... thats kinda tricky.

11. Take any random pictures with people that I can.

12. Dye my hair blue or red... I haven't decided yet... hmm...

13. Learn 5 languages... uh Rosetta Stone anyone?

14. Watch Wicked and paint my nails green and black!... oh wait... CHECK!

15. Sing Wicked songs around the house at the top of my lungs

16. Learn how to play the guitar

17. Learn how to do finances

18. Get on Broadway!

...These are beginning to sound like long term goals...

19. Graduate from College with BSN/RN --> Go Nursing!

And don't forget 20. According to my 6 year old sister - get married in the next month. I don't know how well that one will work out. But we shall see. :)

Post Script: Fulfil... LIFE!!!

Going CRAZY!

A few more friends leave, a few less continue corresponding, and it keeps getting closer.

School is drawing near and I'm in the process of getting things organized for school, WHILE I'm working at my dad's office and trying to spend more time with my family. Life can be hard to balance.

I used to think It's alright, soon it will be easier, soon I'll be able to relax more, to enjoy my time more... well, that was a ridiculous thought. I decided that obviously I have to keep working to make a better future for myself but I should spend some time to focus on myself too in the process. Balance is key! But what to balance, and how does school, church, friends and work all balance? Different measurements of each? It is terribly confusing.

Anyway, there are lots of new things that have been happening in my life. 1. I'm moving into my churches Single's Ward next week, and I'm frightfully nervous. 2. Getting into BYU for Winter semester! 3. I've Finally decided on my Major! (took me long enough) and I'm going into Nursing! How awesome? right? 4. I do believe that practically all of my friends have left on their missions who were planning on going. So now the limited few left have to stick together (which is hard when we're college students, traveling and going to different colleges). 5. I've come to know myself a LITTLE more than before. Not that I'm close to figuring out myself entirely of course. 6. And I've had quite a few experiences that are hard to believe actually happened. For one I learned something about someone I would've never guessed. And NO, I'm not telling who or what. Don't you love me? ;) Another experience came from a friend who I've lost contact with, I've learned how important it is to be there for friends, bc there may be a time you need them too. And there have been many other amazing experiences that give me more hope for the future!
Well I don't really know what else to say... I hope I've crystalized it for you. :) Keep reading, even if you don't respond I know there is someone out there reading this nonsense... even if it is just me. ;)

And now for Pictures with Maureen and Chels

So I went to Utah a few weeks ago to visit Chelsea Ellsworth and to look around BYU. It was super fun! I was able to go to some classes with Chels and we watched a million movies or so. I had a blast! Well, while we were there, we decided to take a drive to a lake, but on the way we passed Aspen grove so we decided to turn in and look at the campground where we share many memories. We drove up and took pictures, and it was so much fun to reminisce! Well here are some of the pictures we took on my camera. (her camera was WAY-cooler because it was an old fashioned camera she got from her grandfather.

After taking pictures of the mountains we went by Bridal Falls and took pictures there.(sorry its sideways)

Chelsea and her cool camera!

Following our road trip we went to a park she knew to take pictures. It was an awesome park!

This concludes our taking pictures tour. Summary is that we had a blast and I enjoyed carrying around a camera for once! (which I usually despise) It was a great trip. Thanks Chels for the fun!

Inspirational Musica!

So I wanted to share a few songs that whenever I listen to them I can't help but feel complete joy and/or peace. So I wanted to post them for you all! (since my music player is being stupid)

The first song is a guitar solo from a movie called Uncorked. I wasn't able to find the solo alone but I found a clip with the part (skip to 4:24 min if you want just the solo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YtxPhd4Ku4

The second song is "I Stand" by Idina Menzel, I tried to find a link but there wasn't a good one so you can go to this link but personally I would just listen to the music and minimize the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kO8bH0QQ8

The third song is based on a poem and is called "Human" by The Killers, I don't know why but I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVOoCKjonY

The fourth song is "If Today was Your Last Day" by Nickleback, I usually don't like songs by Nickleback but this song had a good message that I enjoyed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qejVzYDXc2A

And I like "Decode" by Paramore a lot, but that song actually doesn't make me peaceful, haha I actually get angry when I listen to it... the anger that makes you feel good to be angry for those 4 minutes when you can't be angry any other time. (hopefully that makes sense somewhat)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lpzK1GeVAI

There might be a few more but I can't think of them, so for the time being just listen to these. :)