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the uhaul experience

2009-03-23T16:28:00.004-06:00

what are the chances? i blog about my moving experiences and the next day a friend posts pics of the awful moving experience where the uhaul engine caught on fire! or maybe emily c reads my blog and i didn't even know it! either way, here are 2 pics from "the uhaul experience"! the treacherous adventure involved an ambulance, a firetruck, and a tow truck!!

moving day

2009-03-23T01:51:00.008-06:00

after living with dave and deborah for the last year (thank you, thank you, thank you!), i decided it was time to move out! my months of student teaching are finally over and i am now making some money, so it was time to find a place. i found a great friend to move out with...abby...and found a fabulous apartment in orem.

(did i mention that i absolutely hate moving? 2 years ago while moving, the uhaul truck i was driving caught on fire while i was driving on the freeway!! then, 1 year ago when i moved down to utah, we drove through the craziest snow storm i have ever seen! 18 hours of driving through blizzard conditions in a uhaul while towing a car is no bueno! thanks to dad for all of the help--he did most of the driving.)
anyways, i hate moving, but i love our place. luckily, this move went smoothly and culminated in a little housewarming party last night. here are some pics of the new place and the party!

sundance film fest '09

2009-03-23T01:30:00.005-06:00

well, i should've written about this much sooner, but you know how i roll! too busy to blog. this year i decided not just to go to sundance films, but to actually volunteer at the festival. so, i sold my soul to sundance from january 16-25. in addition to working around 50 hours/week at work, i volunteered more than 35 hours within that timeframe. needless to say, i was exhausted, but it was totally worth it! i met a few celebrities and ended up seeing 17 films!

here is the list of films:

Prom in Mississippi *
Lymelife
Nollywood Babylon
Barking Water
It Might Get Loud *
Taking Chance *
KimJongilia
500 Days of Summer *
Glass House
Good Hair *
We Live in Public
Manure
Sin Nombre *
Cold Souls
Shrink
Helen
Push: A Novel by Sapphire *

(i put *'s by the ones i liked best!)

consistently inconsistent

2009-03-23T01:22:00.003-06:00

hmmm....ok....where do you start when you haven't blogged in months?!

well, here's a video about being consistently inconsistent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3mnst40_9c&feature=related

and one more quickie...

2008-10-29T23:23:00.003-06:00

i just had to add this pic, too!

just another little joke we played on rob! i have to give joanne all the credit on this one!

w.w.b.

2008-10-29T23:10:00.003-06:00

that stands for world's worst blogger.
i know it. you know it. i'm trying to change it, but obviously that hasn't happened yet.

i wanted to post today b/c this is the cutest video ever. i showed it to my history students b/c we're studying politics and the election...oh yeah, and b/c these kids in the video are pretty much the cutest things EVER!

obama on the left, mccain on the right! you can vote however you like!!

when i do finally catch up w/ this blog, here's what you get to hear about:
1.mexico...yeah, it was way back in august, but i'm the w.w.b., so of course it's not on here yet.
2. my school and classroom...i've got pics--get excited! nothing more exciting than a school. but, my school rocks, so it is kinda cool!
3. dew tour...yes, i'm 32 and went to the dew tour skate competition!
4. my b-day...sweet 16 x 2. (yes, that equals 32!)
5. my fun trip to seattle
6. by the time i finally post, halloween will for sure be over, so i'll post pics from the adventures i encounter on the 31st!

excuses, excuses

2008-08-28T23:26:00.006-06:00

remember my first post when i made no promises of being consistent with this blog??!!
ok, just making sure! things have been crazy busy this summer. so, in typical bev fashion, i'll go weeks with zero posts, then add a couple at a time. here's number 2 of the night. then i'm going to bed and will try to post more this weekend.

so, i've got some excuses as to why i haven't blogged lately. i decided to find a good quote on excuses and found this one (and when i say good, i mean lame!):

"People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses." Laura Schlessinger

i knew i hated that crazy right-wing judgmental dr. laura for a reason!

on to my lack of integrity, also known as a list of excuses (haha!):

1-i took 20 credits summer term ( i just finished last week, taking 3 finals the week before school started) and let me tell you, i am so happy to be done w/ macroeconomics!

2-which leads to the next excuse, i started student teaching on monday (8/25). i'm technically student teaching, but i'm actually teaching 3 classes--i have 4 junior high u.s. history classes, a pre-algebra class, and sociology. it has been so much work trying to prepare for 3 different areas of study! this week i was at school 14 hours monday, 13 on tuesday, 14 on wednesday, and only 10 today! remember, i am not getting paid, as this is student teaching. actually, i'm paying for it, since i'm paying for the credits to student teach!! but i absolutely love the school i'm teaching at! LOVE! it's the walden school of liberal arts in provo. http://web.mac.com/dianamadsen/Walden_Webpage/Home_Page.html yeah, it's too bad it's in provo b/c i wanted to live in SLC, but the school, the director, the teachers, the parents, and the students are all amazing! i am SO happy to be here and feel SO lucky/blessed!! which leads to excuse number...

3-i went to mexico for a week (8/11-8/16) with our junior high students, 2 other teachers, and 5 parents. we worked at an orphanage for a week! it was so great! many pictures to come!

so, those are the main excuses why i haven't been blogging lately. mainly b/c studying and school have taken up most of my time. and there have also been several random crazy dates. boys in utah are weird/crazy/psycho!!!! i never know who's reading this, so those stories will have to be told on a person by person basis!

so, goodnight...more posts and pics later!

xoxo

rainbow power

2008-08-28T23:22:00.002-06:00

let's say you have a friend who is pretty homophobic (rob).

well, this is the magnet you might stick on his passenger car door when he's not looking (during a movie).

sadly, he found it only hours after i placed it on his door. i was hoping it would be days before he found it and that he would get a lot of propositions! haha!

30 really is the new 20...

2008-07-22T14:16:00.002-06:00

my vitamin water today even said so!

it said "30 may be the new 20, but green is definitely the new black. recycle".

i've gotta agree with that, too! i am from oregon, you know?! yeah, maybe a little bit of a treehugger!

"30’s the new 20, n****, I’m so hot still"

2008-07-16T15:19:00.007-06:00

this is my new theme song! haha! i've been lovin it lately, plus i love jay-z!!

i guess it's k-fed's theme song, too, since he did play it at his 30th birthday party...yes, i was there! it was in march at pure in vegas!

here are the pics to prove it!

my super cute nephew!

2008-06-30T01:47:00.002-06:00

last post, i promise! i had to make up for all of my time off!

one of the greatest things about living in utah is living close to my brother and sister and their spouses. i have the greatest family ever!

this includes my adorable nephew truman, who is 5 months old! i love this kid SO much!

me and truman on saturday!

donut falls

2008-06-30T01:28:00.006-06:00

janae (my old seattle roommate) was in town from seattle this week, so we hung out a couple of times! it was a lot of fun! we went out to eat tuesday, hiked donut falls on thursday night, then hiked ferguson canyon friday morning! i love living in utah because people always come visit friends/family here and i get to see them! darren will be here next week!
so, i looked up some pics of donut falls before we went and it looked super cool. example:

but, when we got there, the water was so high that we couldn't hike all the way to the falls and had to hike up above, therefore my picture (and the falls) looked like this, nothing like the beautiful one above:

donut falls

not the cutest picture of me...not even kind of cute, but i had to include one of me and janae!

uncle leo strikes again!

2008-06-30T01:09:00.003-06:00

last weekend cathy was in town visiting from seattle. unfortunately i don't have pictures from any of the times we hung out, but i do have a good story.
on saturday night, ryan, cathy, audrey, rob (aka uncle leo), and i all met up for dinner at red rock brewery in downtown slc. rob was busy on a date or something, so he was running late. we sat around telling audrey about our favorite rob stories, since she had never met him. ryan and rob were roommates years ago in utah and cathy and i became friends with rob in seattle. well, ryan had some good stories to share, including one where rob died his hair (back before he buzzed his head) a blue/black shade back and it turned out more blue than black! there were a few other classic rob stories told before rob showed up.
we ate dinner, then decided we needed to go back to ryan's place to see some pics and videos of rob with blue hair! so, i rode with ryan since we're neighbors right now (i'm housesitting in sugarhouse), cathy and audrey rode together and told rob they'd follow him.
ryan and i got back to his house and a bit later cathy called asking for directions because rob was a punk and ditched them. they had been following him and then he started speeding and turning and swerving to lose them. so, a few minutes later rob walks in the door with a kind of worried look on his face. he said, "does audrey drive a white jeep?" me: "i don't know, why?" rob: "well, there was this white jeep following me down all the streets. i got a little bit worried, so i started turning. they kept following me, so i just raced off and lost the jeep." me (rolling on the floor laughing): "rob! i'm sure it was them, they said they were going to follow you here." rob: "oh, i didn't know that. i just got freaked out."
classic rob!
and then, in walk audrey and cathy. upon hearing the story, cathy said, "rob, you just one-upped yourself."

and since every story needs a visual, here is the caricature that rob got drawn of himself the next day at the gateway. (ok, maybe ryan and i convinced him to get it, but he still forked over $12 for it!)

moab

2008-06-30T00:43:00.004-06:00

delicate arch.

us under delicate arch.

some of the girls.

it was a little windy and our tent blew over!

liz. me. liz. chelsea.

"He felt the urge to go out into the desert to see if its silence held the answers to his questions."
from The Alchemist

"era ora"

2008-06-30T00:25:00.002-06:00

that means "it's about time" in italian!
it's been awhile since i posted, but that's no surprise since i knew i would not be a frequent blogger. i mean, i am unemployed at the time, but that doesn't mean i have time to blog! haha! i'm too busy going to hot yoga and laying out to blog! haha! oh, yeah, and i'm taking 4 classes (20 credits), so i'm a little busy with that, too! and then i'll be student teaching in the fall and i just found out that i'll actually be teaching (not just observing) and need to come up with curriculum for U.S. History, Pre-Algebra (i know, what are they thinking?!), and Sociology! it's going to be a crazy, busy school year, but i'm way excited!
so, i think i'll just add a couple of photo posts to explain what i've been up to the last little while.
and don't worry, there's an "uncle leo" story on it's way!

"in the hot, hot rays. in the hot, hot rays. in the hot rays i get old." -fleet foxes

uncle leo

2008-06-06T12:22:00.003-06:00

(first pic= betsey johnson--you'll read why later! second pic=whistler trip, rob is in the front.)

for those of you who know rob leonard noble (aka uncle leo), you know that he is full of great quotes such as, "Paris is the most romantic country ever!".

so, it comes as little surprise that i would get three priceless gems out of him at lunch yesterday...

1. "girls always have 'alternative' motives!"

2. me: "rob, how's your dating life?"
rob: "it's kinda like a round robin tournament."

3. rob: "your hair looks like betsey johnson's."
me: "how do you know what betsey johnson's hair looks like?"
rob: "i've seen a picture of her before. she's ugly."
me: "thank you very much, rob!"

(p.s. i do have bangs, like betsey johnson, and we're both blonde, but i don't see any other similarities! i like to say i have heidi klum hair!)

i'm a proud auntie!

2008-06-04T01:32:00.002-06:00

just in case you didn't believe me when i said i have the cutest nephew ever, i have pictures to prove it! (thanks em/joel for the pic!)

birth of a blog

2008-06-01T21:47:00.003-06:00

"into the caverns of tomorrow, with just our flashlights and our love, we must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge" -bright eyes

so, it's true...i joined the blogging world--finally! it's june 1...that's a good day for the birth of a blog, right? i guess it's a gemini!

after spending time with several friends this week, all of them bloggers, i decided to switch over to the darkside and join the crazy world of blogs. i don't feel like i'm funny enough or witty enough to have a blog, but i've seen some dull blogs out there, so i guess i'll take a shot at it. i do have an exciting and eventful life, so if nothing else, i'll start taking pics of my random adventures!

i suck at writing in a journal, so i don't know if i'll have much more success at a blog. but, i'll set my blogging goals low, so i can be sure to succeed! that means, expect little from me and i'll be sure to deliver!

as many people know, i recently moved to utah from beautiful seattle--yep, i'm back in zion! haha! and i'm actually quite happy about the move. my brother and his wife live in provo. my sister, her husband, and their cute little baby boy live in north salt lake. (yes, i'm a proud auntie of the cutest nephew ever!) so, it's nice to be close to family. although i miss the beautiful city of seattle and all of my absolutely amazing friends there; i do love the sun, mountains, snow, family, and friends that i have here in utah.

i had a really great past week! i spent memorial day weekend in seattle visiting my awesome friends and going to sasquatch music festival--stephanie and i saw the cure, death cab, tegan and sara, michael franti, presidents, and some other random bands! robert smith is soooo old, yet his voice is still the same sexy voice of the 80's! when i got back to utah, i was lucky enough to see another old band--the breeders! my friend renee was in town from canada and hooked me up with a ticket (thanks, renee and sam!). we rocked out in the front row. kim and kelly deal both look like moms--especially with their mom jeans, but they can still jam! what an amazing show! it was fun to have renee in town--we also got to visit bess and jenny! i have the greatest friends ever. this weekend made me so grateful for the friends who bless my life, which segues into the fact that i also got to see the Sex and the City movie this weekend with some good friends! great movie, even better friends!

"no matter who broke your heart or how long it takes to heal, you’ll never get through it without your friends."--carrie bradshaw