A Dose of Happiness

I have found it really important lately to find simple joys in life, like Coke Zero and YouTube videos.

These are a couple of videos that I found that make me laugh, cry, and just make me happy!

  

Ben Rector singing I wanna dance with somebody, oh not only singing, but playing the piano, guitar, drums, back-ups vocals, etc.. Amazing. Genius. Fun. You better believe I am going to try and learn this version on the guitar...

I think Kristen Wiig is probably one of the funniest women on the planet. This is one of my favorites.

Lamp

My good friend, Audrey Bandley, has come out with a new single and a music video to go along with it. It makes me so happy to see my friends doing great things and inspiring people to be themselves. Way to go Audrey!

Beautiful You

My two favorite people collaborating on one of my favorite songs... Yes! Sometimes I pretend that everyone on my iPod knows each other and are friends.. This gives me hope that I'm not completely crazy.. PS Jon McLaughlin is coming to town anyone want to come with me?

Take these with Coke Zero and call me in the morning.. 

If these things don't bring a little happiness into your life then I don't know what will...

A New Home, A Burpee, And A Breakdown in an Applebees...

Oh hello there...

Right now I'm sitting in a bus that has a bomb strapped to it and will kill us all if we slow down... Oh wait.. that was Speed with Keanu Reeves, some times I get my life mixed up with his... Anyway, I am actually sitting in my basement with the sunset streaming through my bedroom window. It's quite nice. You should join me except by the time you read this, I will be asleep and if you know me at all.. I don't fool around when it comes to sleep.

A lot has been going on lately and I thought I would start at the top and work my way down to the bottom because that seems to parallel the turn of events that have taken place. I think there comes a time in everyones life, even Keanu's, where you may feel complacent, stuck, between a rock and a hard place, etc. and I have felt this way before, but never to this extent. I woke up one morning and said to myself, "I'm hungry.." and then I said to myself, "I need to change." The only problem is that no one told me that change kinda sucks. I went about my day and realized it was time for me to move on.

Sometimes I feel like I'm looked at like I shanked a baby, being 28 and single in a Christian community. Hide yo kids hide yo wife! OR I am dying of a wicked flesh eating disease..

Stranger: "So, you married?"

Me: "No... but..."

Stranger: Pity head tilt...

I understand where they are coming from, they just want me to be happy, but the pity-head-tilt doesn't make me happy. Therefore, I decided to buy a house, (I know sometimes, I just work in extremes I can't help it..) only that has turned out to be incredibly overwhelming, which doesn't make me happy. It only made me realize how poor I am and then that made me want to quit my job... Are you seeing the downward spiral?

In the middle of it all I decided to join the CrossFit Games. I'm the "fittest on earth," right? Wrong. The first challenge was as many Burpees as possible in 7 minutes. If you thought to yourself, "Easy..." I may have to open hand slap you in the face because it ain't, y'all. (Sometimes I slip into a southern/country accent to make a not-so-funny statement, funny..) I ended up doing 70 burpees in 7 minutes, which isn't that great.. I was hoping for more, but I have 5 more challenges, every Friday, to train for so, I was trying not to stress out about it.

But I did.

Then I found myself in an Applebees eating my uschz (usual) Fiesta Lime Chicken and I look around to find that I may have stepped into a Sizzler without knowing it. Have you been in an Applebees lately? Seriously, it's like stepping into a rest home. And then I broke down.

It's always the weirdest things that set off a breakdown or maybe I need professional help, the jury's still out on that, but I saw all those oldies and I saw my life flash before my eyes and it was boring and black and white. There wasn't anything Fiesta Lime about it, STILL. Even after I had committed myself to changing and moving onward and upward, I found myself lower than I ever have been. Eating alone, in an Applebees, with people who had lived there lives. blah blah blah..

This is real life people. You may not find yourself in the place where you thought you'd be in life. Or maybe you are beyond where you thought you'd be and I am happy for you.. really... I just don't know how to express that on my face yet.. I'm working on it. I am also working on being happy with any situation I find myself. I am usually pretty good at this, but when it comes to life changes, I tend to be chronically grouchy.

Needless to say, I haven't gone into an Applebees for awhile now and it is probably all for the best, more Fiesta Lime Chicken for the rest of the world! Breakdowns are good for the soul. They are wake-up calls that punch you right in the throat and now I am ready to make some pretty big changes this year. Now I have to go do a push-up or something so, I don't look like a fool again this Friday... I'm sure Keanu is doing them right now, too.

The State Fair: A Tale of Warning and Joy

The year was 2010 and sometime in September. I had never been to the state fair in all my life, but that was about to change. I'll be real with you, all I really wanted to do was have five servings of funnel cake, watch the stupid tigers and maybe have a corndog or three, but the state fair had something else in store for me that changed my life forever...  (Not really, I rarely think about it, but writing this post has made me relive the horror..)

First I learned that there are 3 C's to Kite Safety.. I am such an idiot! I always thought there were 4..





I learned that the creepier the exhibit, the more likely to recieve a blue ribbon.

Could you imagine these all over your room? Those eyes staring at you... I hate it.

I also learned that all the evidence I have of me at the state fair were in these cardboard cutout things like this...

happy carrots!

And apparently I got really sad about this...

Sad apples..

Then if doll-face pillows weren't scary enough, we went where no one wanted to go... the tent of crazy crap. (I'm not sure if that was the correct name of the tent..)

The images you are about to see are disturbing.. brace yourself. If I saw this crap, you have to see it, too..

I will start easy with the freakish starfish. Not impressed?

Well take a look at this! It's REAL!

It's STRANGE!

And Holy Moly, indeed! (You don't want to know what's in the jars..)

Just be thankful I was too scared to take any pictures of Tracy Tripod and the Chupacabra... 

Fear and disgust brought us together that night and we couldn't wipe these looks off our faces..

After the nightmare was over we decided to go back to the original plan of eating, ending our visit to the state fair on a happy note. The state fair taught me a valuable lesson that day, that the state fair isn't that great, though I would go again to have funnel cake and a corndog in a heartbeat.. 

Put. A. Bird. On. It.

My sister-in-law introduced me to this treasure..

Put a bird on it.

The funny thing is... I just bought this for myself.. with two birds on it...

Ha! It's always good to laugh at yourself, right!?

Great Expectations

There once was a kid.
This kid told a tiny fib.
A fib to another kid, to simply keep up.
To keep up to a pup who had great expectations.
(Are you following me?)

These great expectations conjured up speculation
and even a little mild flirtation.
A flirtation and speculation that was never meant to increase this expectation.
More expectation lead to frustration and complication.
(Raise your hand if you are lost...)

Why must we have such great expectations?
I expect an explanation....
Can't we have just a little flirtation without defining a relation?
I am drowning in great expectations...
(That was a little more straight forward, did you get it?)

There once was a kid.
A kid who has learned not to fib.
(This is the moral of my poem/rhyme aka take home message)

Isn't it annoying when you read something and you understand nothing about what you read?
I know how you feel, but this one is up for interpretation. What does it mean to you? Ready... go!

PS Catchy post title... they should make a book about it...

Nu Thang!

You might ask yourself, "Who is doin' a new THANG?" Well, this video will tell you who is doin' it and He is doin' it In. Our. Liiiiiiiives! Trust me, you will be humming this song to yourself all day. I think this is how our testimony meetings should be.

NU THANG!

The Ugly Truth

I am addicted to Netflix... there I said it. It has supplied me with additional tv-show-watching that I don't need and it is becoming a problem... I watched all four, that's right four, seasons of Ugly Betty in less than 3 weeks. I watched the last season of Lost in less than that. I watched all seasons of Pushing Daisies, Veronica Mars and now in my cue sits Scrubs just whispering my name... Steven! Alright, well, maybe that was a little dramatic, but still I need intervention and/or I need to get rid of Netflix... what a dilemma.

This weekend my allergies have been slowly killing me or maybe I just have pink-eye, I'm not sure, but I didn't let that stop me from watching the final episodes of Ugly Betty with one eye shut and covered with my cold soda in an attempt to reduce the swelling. Seriously, I think I need an eye-patch. Not to mention, something is wrong with my skin and I look like I have flesh-eating disease along with my bloodshot eyes. In conclusion, I am hideous... and if you don't get a call from me in a while it is either because I am watching Netflix with an eye-patch or I am sparing you from gazing on my ugly face... Oh crap, is that a hump? I am a monster!

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da!!

This seriously makes me happy and jealous that I was not there for this.. I love it!

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da Life Goes On!

I dare you not to smile while watching this...

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Birdemic: Shock And Terror Official Theatrical Trailer from Severin Films on Vimeo.

I couldn't even believe the birds were computerized. They were SO life-like and the acting was better than that in The Kings Speech... sarcasm. This movie was so bad that it was hilarious. Every minute of it was filled with something so awkward that you couldn't help, but laugh. The special features really gave us a good laugh as well. Anyway, I can't even explain to you how horribly, great this movie was.

This is now going to be my St. Patty's tradition, watching a horribly lame movie with great friends while eating pizza and treats. Thank Heavens they are coming out with a Birdemic II (called Birdemic: Resurrection, the birds never died in the first movie so, not sure why they would be calling it that, but whatever...) because that way at least my tradition can make it for another St. Patty's day. Who's with me!?

Random Pictures...

I have the cutest niece ever, Allie.

One of my best friends (Elaine) was one of my other best friends (Jodee)"Maid of Honor" or something like that.... Looking good Elaine!

Did I mention my niece is the cutest thing on this planet and is growing in a fang rather than her two front teeth? Little hillbilly!

JoDee got married and I could not be happier for one of the coolest people on this planet! Love ya!

Buble, Graduation, Cancun, and the Biggest Sandwich Ever...

This is a fast summary of the craziness of the past couple of months... enjoy.

This is fake Buble...

This is real Buble... real close... very cool.

I am officially a college graduate from the University of Utah... I am moving up.

Daily View #1

Daily View #2

Daily View #3...bliss.

Biggest sandwich ever and it was delicious... if you want one let me know I will go with you because you will have to share it anyway:)

Engrish...

So in light of Katherine's post about our experience at Charlie Chows I found some other translation blunders on www.engrish.com and I think they are freaking funny! Some of them I don't even know what they are trying to say, but they are really funny... PS it is more funny if you say it with a slight accent...
Obsessive compulsive garden...
Spling comes after Wintel, very few people know that...
Fishes need a little variety too! I don't even want to see what it looks like!
Fight fire with fire!
I don't know whether to be scared or happy... where's the heart again?
Easier said than done:)
The Grinch lives in Japan not Whoville...
Keep me away from it!

Uhhh.. Did you want to know the answer?

I am sorry there friends! With finals and such I haven't had much time to do my bloggin'! So, the answer to the Test Your Noggin question is OXYGEN! I spelled his last name wrong, but he is still the guy who realized that it was oxygen we were breathing! Isn't that amazing and only ONE person got that question right... most of you said Mercury, which is a good guess, but nonetheless the wrong one:) Well, try the new question on for size and see how you do! Fun and educational, who woulda thought?

Test Your Noggin!

I will be posting trivia questions randomly to test your random knowledge! This one is a doozy! (I am not sure if that is a real word, but you get the idea..) Make your best educated guess without GOOGLING it! Isn't my blog getting more fun?