Happy New Year, love Jude

Sorry it's been awhile, but I am back
For Christmas I got a CAMERA!!! (This only means my posts can only get better from here)

Here's a short recap from my short break in Provo

The fam and I went to Temple Square to see the Joseph Smith movie and to see all the lights. It was cold...very cold, but it was fun.

Note: I did not take this picture, but my mutha did. My batteries ran low, so I didn't get too many pictures when I was there)

Christmas Day

This is the first picture I took. Some don't believe me when I say my dad is kind of silly. That's all I will say.

New Year's Eve Eve

Because tradition says so, I went to First Night with my friends Tristan, Lauren, Brittany, and Sam (other's were invited, but chose not to come...you know who you are).

Tristan and I

Lauren and I

Brittany and Sam

New Year's Eve

I haven't been to a family New Year's Eve party in years because tradition kept on yelling at me, so I decided to go and see what it was all about. We went to my aunt's and uncle's house and had a waffle cook-off and watched a kick-A firework show put on by my dad and uncle Jonathan.

It was cold...very cold.

I am now back in Cedar City (more on that later) It is late and I am tired, but I will end by saying that I had a great time at home and I miss everyone very much

Especially these two

Um...yeah and then we danced

For lack of better words-

IT ROCKED, basically

To Whom it May Concern

Dear Mother Nature,
Um, have you been outside lately? You should probably let it snow. I think I would be more forgiving of the weather if it was cold for a reason. Last Wednesday, I was walking up to English. It was all sunny outside. I was very happy. Then I opened the door. 20 degrees? What's up with that? Then I hear it is 10 degrees with the wind. Then that night was -1? What the heck? I knew Cedar City was windy, but this is ridiculous (this cold has even impaired my spelling). I came home and laid on top of my heater because I was afraid my ears would fall off. If you would let it snow, I would be more forgiving of this coldness.

Dear Megan Spiva,
Um, have you been outside lately? You should probably turn the heaters back on. What's up with turning on the heat full blast when it's 60 degrees outside, and then turn them down when it 10 degrees?

Dear Microwave,
Tell me, what do you want? We have done everything we could to stop you from stinking! All she wanted was some popcorn. She didn't mean to put the popcorn in for 30 min instead of 3. I mean, it's not her fault your buttons are weird. We put a lemon in water for one min like Lindsey told us too, but you made our house smell like burnt popcorn and burnt lemon. Then we tried that whole vineger and water thing, ha! Like that worked. We're all sorry that you turned yellow on the inside, but come on! The home teachers came over and you made our house smell like we were smoking crack. Thanks a lot! Now, smell better!

Dear Kat,
How's your bruise? Don't you know we all know?!?! Please stop this and just delete your myspace so no more "visitors" come over.

Dear Andy the Home Teacher,
I heart you.

Dear Britney Spears,
Just a friendly reminder: You are not Paris. That is all.

Goodbye Provo!

I am leaving today. It's been real hanging with the fam, eating good turkey, and see the new James Bond look ever so good. I didn't do everything like I had planned (homework, hang out with some people, seeing everyone I wanted to at church, hiking the Y, bungee jumping off the Nu Skin building, ending world hungar, etc.) but it was fun.

I am now heading back to good ol' Cedar City on one crazy car ride through Filmore. I'll let you know how that goes...

Adios Provo! Voy a perder tú!

One and A Half

I know I promised I would talk about my roommate Shanna this post, but I found something that I couldn't pass up. Someone sent me this survey:

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

Here is goes...

Opening Credits
A Lotta Nerve- Allister
(since this song about breaking up I don't know how I feel about this being my opening credits)

Waking Up
Hide and Seek- Imogen Heap

First Day of School
Breathe [2am]- Anna Nalic


Falling in Love
Stars- Switchfoot

Fight Song
Hair- The Early November

Breaking Up
Roxanne- The Police

Prom
She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5

Life's Okay
London Bridge- Fergie

Mental Breakdown
Billy Jean- Michael Jackson

Driving
Ramalama (Bang Bang)- Roisin Murphy
(this song is probably my favorite song right now. it reminds me of benji schwimmer.

Flashback
You Can't Stop The Beat- From the muscial Hairspray

Getting Back Together
Extroadinary Machine- Fiona Apple

Birth of a Child
Sexy Back- Justin Timberlake
(this one is my favorites)

Wedding
Toxic- Britney Spears
(mark my word, this song will be on my video)

Final Battle
Nothing-Mason Jennings

Death Scene
Buenos Aires- From the musical Evita

Funeral Song
Holding Out For a Hero- Frou Frou

End Credits
Never Knew- The Rocket Summer

So, there's my soundtrack. Ummm, that is about all. I leave for home TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm just a little excited.

One

Due to complaints about my previous post
("Elisabeth, how come you dedicated that post to Carrie?" "What about me?" "It's okay, you don't have to give me that cookie because I'm pretty sure you saved it for Carrie anyway" "Elisabeth, I'm a little embarrassed about my picture on your blog" "You know what Elisabeth, I've just about had it up to here with you" "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah")

I have decided to dedicate each of my posts to a roommate, friend, neighbor, former lover, and occasionally to a random person I know.
Today's lucky winner (drum role please):

Annalie aka Cereal

(her friendship isn't cheap)

Annalie is one of my roommates (I might as well just say that she is one of my awsome roommates who I love dearly, even though I do like Carrie better jk). She is an ex-interior design major from LDS Business College but a nursing major here. Annalie is our "mother figure". Besides from making us sit in the corner and washing our mouths out with soap when we say naughty words, she takes me to Wal-mart when she has random ideas like making a chandelier out of plastic cups and beads. If time permits I would like to take a minute to mention that room C5 has the most rockin kitchen around complete with a Kick A chandelier hanging from the ceiling and Christmas lights (yeah I said whatev too) hanging around the window.

Annalie likes to eat cereal. We had to do a diet analysis in our nutrition class. Acording to what those nutritionists say, you need around 600ug of folic acid when you are pregnant or are thinking about getting pregnant. Annalie's analysis reads 1200ug of folic acid from just 2 days. I guess eating like 4-5 bowls of cereal a day will get you 200% of your folic acid intake. According to Dustin, she could probably have twins if she wanted to.

Annalie can sing a killer rendition of "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera. Really, nothing can quite match it.

I could probably say something about eggs in here, but that is just one of those inside jokes that I don't think anyone else will get and I don't think Annalie would appreciate it. Speaking of inside jokes, What did Cinderella say when she got to the ball?

Well, I am going to end my tribute to Miss Bloomquist. She could totally live in Jane Austen time because her last name fits in perfectly. I just have to say that Annalie rocks my socks. She was gone this last weekend for a funeral and she was deeply, deeply missed. I now leave you with some stats about Annalie.

Status: Single

Here for: Friends

Orientation: Straight

Hometown: Kearns, UT

Body type: 171 cm/Average

Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Religion: Mormon

Zodiac Sign: Leo
Smoke/Drink: No/No

Children: Someday
Education: In college
Occupation: Student

Stats brought to you by HeyJude-A Place For Friends

Next weeks topic: Shanna, the Cutest Carrot eVer!

Wow, it's late...

I would like to dedicate this post to my roommate Carrie who doesn't even read this, but whatev. Today was her 19th birthday. We made her a cake and decorated the kitchen in honor of her specail day. I think Carrie is one of my favorite roommates (after Brittany, Annalie, Shanna and Catherine of course. Sorry guys). Shanna invited some of Carrie's guy friends over and if Carrie is reading this, I think that Louis is pretty cute, but not really my thang...sorry. Carrie doesn't like skinny boys, she likes musicals, and she recommended that we go and see The Prestige (I smell Oscar!)

Carrie reminds me of my good friend November Guest. By the way I should mention that I miss that girl. She is in Rexburg livin it up at B to the Y to the U to the Idaho which I should mention is A to the MA to the ZING. This time next year I imagine we will be attending her bridal shower (just kidding)

I registered for next semester the other night. I went to sign up for Math 1010 but it wouldn't let me because of that lame thing kids these days call the ACT. My math score was too low. I wanted to cry. I went to sign up for the remedial math class (you know, the one where you sit at a big table and they give you different shapes and different colors of M&M's and graph paper) but the stupid (sorry Shanna) computer wouldn't let me sign up. As a result, I have to take a stupid (I really am sorry) Math Placement exam on Thursday. Moral of this story: I hate math and the ACT.

Here is my schedule thus far: ENGL 2010, EDUC 2000, ESL 3400, HIST 1700, PE 1090, and either MATH 1010 or MATH 990 (we'll see on Thursday).

I am quite happy at the fact that I will be seeing my fam in a little more than a week. I miss those crazy kids. I haven't talked to my brothers in a while and since they are so dilligent in updating their blogs, it will be nice to see them.

Well, I am going to go to bed. I have accomplished a lot tonight (to be read with sarcasm). No polka tonight, but I have held a whole conversation in Spanish. It rocked. I talked about someone who didn't know what I was saying. Ha, if only he knew...

Buenas noches lectores. Voy a cama por la noche. Adios!

And the Shirt Lives On

Meet Pam (I don't know her name, but Pam sounds like a good name for her). She works in the Cafeteria. I saw her wearing "the shirt" today.

She is giving a "W" sign that stands for Wal-Mart.

Pam says "Go Wal-Mart!"

Dear World,

I have been told that I don't blog enough. The problem is that in order to fix that problem, you need to have an exciting life and a decent camera. I could always blog about me dancing the polka to get Brittany's attention, but I think that would probably freak my mom out. So instead, I found this little survey on a website that I am not so sure I should mention from someone who probably will recongnize this and if you have read been reading my blog, you should know that I am all about the Top 10's. So world, here you freaking go.

TEN FAVORITES
1. televison show: American Idol and Gilmore Girls
02. flower: Lilies
03. color: Purple, yellow, red, and clear
04. sport: tennis
05. mall: University
06. music: that underground crap that everyone hates
07. food: cheese enchalatas and cookies n cream ice cream
08. season: summer and fall
09. animal: Joshua R. Lohner
10. city: Provo *sniff*

TEN FACTS
01. hometown: I was born in Long Beach CA (OC?) but moved to Provo
02. hair color: Ugly poo brown
03. hair length: long--thinking of going short
04. hair style: long with bangs--thinking of going short but keeping the bangs
05. eye color: blue
07. mood: confused, frustrated, tired--why the heck am I doing this?
08. orientation: straight on weekdays, swinger on the weekends
09. available?: sigh. very much so
10. lefty/righty: right

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT
01. love or money: both, in an ideal world
02. hard liquor or beer: um, Sprite
04. one night stands or relationships: I'll let you know
05. televison or internet: Internet
06. pepsi or coke: Diet Coke
07. wild night out or romantic night in: romantic
08. colored or black and white pictures: Black and White
09. phone or in person: In person
10. aim or myspace: Blogger

TEN HAVE YOU EVERS
01. have you ever been caught sneaking out: no, Elisabeth never played that way
02. have you ever skinny dipped: no
03. have you ever done something you regret: no
04. have you ever bungee jumped: It's on the list
05. have you ever been on a house boat: no, that should be on the list
06. have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker: No, I honestly never tried
07. have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt: Does Mr. Roddick count? (just kidding!)
08. have you ever thrown your phone out of anger?: No, but I threw my braclet the other day
09. have you ever lied about your age?: Once
10.THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN OMITTED

TEN EMOTIONS
01. are you missing someone right now: Try 5 little someones
02. are you happy: um, sure
03. are you talking to anyone right now: no
04. are you bored: no
05. are you hungry: freaking hungry, but more tired than hungry
06. what was the last thing that made you angry: oh man, where to start? Maybe how my freaking eye is red because I freaking pinched it when I was trying to get my freaking contact out. (maybe I should stop using the word freaking...I guess it could be worse, right?)
07. who was the last person to make you smile: My roomies
08. are you lonely: no
09. are your parents still married: yup
10. do you like someone right now: yes. end of story.

Maybe this week will be more exciting. I'll let you know later.
Love,
Me

Dear Self,

You have too many skirts. So many that they don't really fit into the closet so well and you have even more back in Provo. When did your fetish start. How did this happen? Remember back when you were in 8th grade and you used to fight with your mother over wearing skirts to school? Remember? Now look at you! 26 skirts here at Cedar City (and about 10 more back at Provo), and you want more!?!?!? That's right, 26. So you don't believe me? Here, let me show you.

Skirt 1: Plain black, A-line skirt
Skirt 2: Plain black stretchy number from Old-Navy
Skirt 3: Black, polka dot with ruffely bottom
Skirt 4: Long black with white Hawiian like flowers
Skirt 5: Wool black and white with velvet ribbon next along the bottom
Skirt 6: Wool pink skirt with pink velvet ribbon (see skirt 5)
Skirt 7: Wool brown and turquoise
Skirt 8: Wool purple and black plaid A-Line
Skirt 9: Brown and yellow pleated with beads one top
Skirt 10: Brown, fluffy, with pink blue and white stripes
Skirt 11: Silky red flowered
Skirt 12: Long red with little white polka dots
Skirt 13: Long, tan, that is all
Skirt 14: Tan with white embroidered flowers
Skirt 15: My "La Cucaracha" skirt from Tar-get
Skirt 16: Poofy brown with orange flowers and sparkly stuff
Skirt 17: Dark red A-line
Skirt 18: Pink and white number from DI-$3!
Skirt 19: Blueish flowered one with blue trimming that hits just below my knees
Skirt 20: White and tan flowered A-line
Skirt 21: White A-line with embroidered with sequens along the bottom
Skirt 22: Short denium
Skirt 23: Turquoise J-hook with turquioise embroidery (a Hillary Duff specialty)
Skirt 24: A line flowery skirt with purple and tan flowers (aka the Marilyn Monroe skirt)
Skirt 25: The classic white fall back
Skirt 26: The pleated light pink one

So you see self? What is up with this? The next time you are at Gap and see the "skirt of your dreams", don't listen to that little green monster who whispers in the back of your head. Tell him "no". Tell him that even though that the skirt may be perfect for church the next day (and yes, you have indeed bought skirts just because you wanted something new to wear to church...stop lying to yourself) you don't need it. Remember the poor purple number back home in your closet who is so sad because you would rather wear something "new". So my dear self, remember that your skirt to pants ratio is 26:7 and due to the fact that there is only harsh weather ahead, you should probably buy some pants insead.
Also, you should probably remember to floss tonight.
Love,
You

*Stay tuned for the post about how this blogger wore a skirt each day of the week*

All In Favor

Table
Store
Cultural Hall
Playground
Demonstration
Mountains
Shower
Track
High School Bathroom
McDonalds Bathroom
Ball Pit in McDonalds
Hot Tub
Morg
Hot air balloon
Hang-Gliding
Parachuting
Movie Theatre
Stage
Rain
Tanning Booth
Photo Booth
Subway (not the store)
Snow
Mount Everest
In Food
Swimming Pool
Ocean
Stars
Ferris Wheel
Elevator
Zoo
Stairs
Sand Box
Trampoline
Eifle Tower
Gondala
Field of Flowers
Alley
River Rafting
Friend's Wedding
Waterfall
Horseback Riding
Sky Diving

Elisabeth's favorites:
Ball Pit in McDonalds
Sky Diving
Trampoline
Horseback Riding
Waterfall
Tanning Booth
Ferris Wheel

What's your favorite?

I didn't know what to write about so I decided to dedicate this post to the pop culture

Top 5 Favorite Songs at this very moment
1. Ramalama (Bang Bang)-Roisin Murphy
2. Oh It Is Love-Hellogoodbye
3. Feeling Good-Michael Buble
4. Never Knew-Rocket Summer
5. When You Gonna Give It Up To Me-Sean Paul

Top 5 Movies I have watched since I have been here
1. Best In Show
2. Hero
3. You Tube Movies
4. The Producers
5. Fun With Dick and Jane

Top 5 You Tube Movies I have watched
1. Little Indian Kid (watch this kid's face!)
2. Sorority Girls From Hell (I want Irma's theme song on my phone!)
3. German Coast Guard
4. Whose Line (I've had a huge marathon!)
5. Will and Grace-Grace Sings Hey Ya

I will have more to say after I write my paper for English. I am writing about blogging oppossed to traditional journal writing. Does anyone have ideas about why in the world people wouldn't want to have a blog?

Ramalama (Bang Bang)

My Confessions

Confession 1: I miss orchestra.

I miss it like crazy. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between the hours of 8 and 1 I walk past the music building. As I walk past, I can see windows of rooms with music stands and pianos. I see those amazing orch dorks walking in and out with their instruments. Sometimes I can hear music coming from the inside. Every monday, wednesday, and friday between the hours of 8 and 1, I feel sad for myself and my poor violin.

Confession 2: I have eaten all of my pringles.

My loverly aunt and uncle came down here to Saddom and brought me a care package with all kinds of fun stuff including little individual packages of pringles. I don't really like pringles, but the other night during a "Whose Line Is It Anyway" marathon, I ate all of them. I now do Tae Bo with one of my room mates and I hate it. Ten points for Elisabeth.

Confession 3: I have fallen in love with the "Metros".

Not to be mistaken with the high class, metro life of Cedar City. I'm talking about this, this, and a little of this. Some would say I was "falling for the fem".

Confession 4: I have no real news to report.

Honestly, that's about all that's going on. There really isn't anything else. That is all.

Vat I Lub Really Much

I'm missin' these 5 crazy wahoos. Who wouldn't?

(I think Jake and I were born with perfectly photoshopped skin...well in this picture at least)

(I am proud to say that Scott really did find that. Today he finds the world's longest curly fry, tomorrow the cure for cancer)

(Cole and The Colonel share the same birthday)

(Max is lovin' school lunch and he told me 8+8=10)

(Whenever I ask Emma what she's wearing she always says "My shoes!")

Can't wait to see you guys! I lub ewe!

This is My Nutrition Teacher

This is who I caught him listening to:

This is who I imagined him listening to:

In case you were wondering...

Is Harry Potter Hotter?



How do we feel about his hair?

I should be doing my homework like Brittany, but I chose to post instead

I have officially been in school for one month. Wah-freaking-whoo! Just kidding. Let me update you on my life.

I have teacher named Jill who tells me to tell the distracting voices in my head to go. But I have to tell them nicely because they are stubborn voices they won't leave if I am mean to them. Whatev!

I drank a faux-margirita at a Luau. It rocked.

I rode a horse for the first time. (if you don't count the times I rode on a pony in a circle during Draper Days) The horse's name was Buck and I am afraid to know where he got that name from.

I got engaged to a cute guy. Engaged in service that is. I am on the freshman board for the service learning center and we were in the homecoming parade. One of SUU's themes is "Getting Engaged" so we decided to pass out ring pops. This kid named Darcy (Mr. Darcy that is JK) dressed up in a suit and practiced proposing to me. He said "Will you get engaged with me?" Not how I expected that to go, but hey...

Occasionally, my neighbor Martha will come and sleep in my bed or just chill in my bed with me because it's so freaking cold in my building. (not being kinkalishish way possible)

My roommates (minus one) went to Winger's the other day and told the waitress that it was Jessica's birthday and so we all got to share an Asphalt pie. Holy YUM!

My roommate Jo and I do Tae Bo every other night. Pretty intesnse.

I went to St. George and bought two pairs of pants for $25. Love it!

I wrote my first English paper about shopping being my leisure activity. I said it was a genetically based hobby passed from generation. I love shopping.

I went to second ever football game. I hated the first one and left early, but this one was homecoming and it basically rocked. All the roomies went together and we saw LJ and her roomies. For the first time in my life, I cheered for the T-Birds. What now P-Town. Oh yeah, we won.

Well, I am going to do my homework now. By the way, Dustin told on Tazer girl and she thinks my roommate Ryane told our RA about it. She's crazy, Tazer I mean. She had it on top of the fridge and Jane opened up the fridge and it went off on the ground. Everyone next door screamed and she just laughed. Laughed I tell you. It apparently is legal for her to have. I still don't know how I feel about it. I am also considering about cutting my hair. What do you think?

Last night my Bishop talked to me about Grinding

I had a getting to know your bishop interview last night and I decided that I really like my bishop. He told me that we need to fill the large gap between my generation and his generation. That's were the grinding came in. He told me he didn't know what it meant and all I thought was "Please don't make me explain it to him!!!". He said that he had to go home one night and call up one of his kids and ask them. Could you imagine that confersation? ("Son, what does it mean to grind?" "Well dad...") He told me this interesting story of when he went to go listen to a motivational speaker. The speaker told everyone who was born before a certain date to raise their hands. When they all raised their hands, he asked them if they had a twenty dollar bill or anything higher on them at that very moment to keep their hands in the air. When about 95% of the people still had their hands in the air, he said the reason why they have this is because they grew up during the depression and they learned to always have money on them in case anything happened. The speaker then asked the next group of people who were born before another date to stand up and whoever had a twenty dollar bill on them to keep standing. He said the reason why so many people in that particular generation had that money on them was because they had heard the stories of their parents from the depression and it became a habit for them because of their parents. He asked another group, which were a much younger group, to raise up anything worth five dollars or more and about 95% of the group held up credit cards. I don't really know what that had to do with anything, but I thought that story was good. He said that the reason why we (my generation) needs to conect with the older generation is because we all need to help each other out and be one big happy family. I like my bishop because he always says "we need to be one big happy family".

On a side note, I slept through my 9:00 class yesterday meaning I woke up at 9:30 and missed it. I made the horrible mistake of telling Dustin this and he made me a special chart. It says "Elisabeth's On-Time Chart" and it's hanging on my closet door. When I am on time to all of my classes, I get to put an X in one of the boxes, but if I'm late or miss a class I have to put a frowny face in the box. There are pictures of celebrity boys who "all girls think are hot" on the chart because "Elisabeth, everyone wants you go to class". I am very disgusted at the fact that Dustin thought I could possible think pasty Ashton Kutcher or creepy Elijah Wood were attractive. I do feel a tad bit humiliated as well...