God bless the person that invented the mp3 player! I don't think I've taken mine out of my ear once today, and I don't regret it at all. On that subject, I am so freakin' excited for the new Kelly Clarkson album to come out!!!! I cant remember the last time that I was this excited for a new album. March 17th...I'm buying it as an early birthday present for myself, and I think that it's completely justified. Thank heavens that they released her first single because I've been itching for something new from her that wasn't dark and dismal. I just love that bubble gum pop :) My life would suCK without that song!
Remember the show "Van Helsing"? I saw it a few times about...sheesh...4ish years ago and loved it! I saw that it was on TV and couldn't have been happier to see it again, however, I am sadly disappointed. It's not what I remember at all, and I'm so bummed! Has that ever happened to anyone else? You fall in love with a movie, then revisit a few years later and wonder what you were thinking?
Does anyone else think that cingular commercials are so annoying? It makes me want to change my cell phone provider...
School this semester has been kinda weird. It's been keeping me super busy, but it doesn't feel like school at all. It feels more like a party every day, and it's not that it's a bad thing or anything, but I'm spending my money on education, and I'm not feeling very educated. This contemplation made me realize that maybe, just maybe...I want to change my major. I saw a show called "Chess" the other day, and it made me realize how much I miss doing shows. Maybe if I did shows for school, I could audition for one and be able to justify it in my schedule. Maybe, just maybe...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Never said too much, words could never take his place
Today I got news. Who's to say if it's good or bad, but I think it might not be preferable.
An email was waiting for me today at work, the subject line- TRANSFER
Aw, crap. I'm not ready yet for a transfer! I put in my papers for the transfer to a management position, but with an astrict clearly stating that I needed to finish up school. I decided to face the inevitable, thinking that I would have to choose between school and my possible career. Nope...it might be worse.
Yes, I might transfer....to the OREM STORE!!! BAAAHH!! NOOOO!!! It's the worst store in all of Utah! They want me there so that I can continue to go to school and work there because its so close. Dang it...so, I have to choose. I don't know what to do.
Next big news- my friend joined the army awhile ago, and his ship out date was June 10th, but they just bumped it up to (gulp) Feb. 3rd!!! It practically gives me no time to be with him before he leaves, and I still cant believe that he's really leaving. Our relationship is unique. We tried dating, but it was too weird for me, so I ended it. We've remained pretty good friends, but he's always the guy to challenge me and keep me on my toes. I must say that I do love him (no, not in THAT way!), but I really do appreciate him and would be devastated if anything happened to him. In working full time and attending school full time this semester, I have no time to be with him and that dampers my spirits. I guess that adds another person on my list to write to.
I think I need to make a "to do" list...
An email was waiting for me today at work, the subject line- TRANSFER
Aw, crap. I'm not ready yet for a transfer! I put in my papers for the transfer to a management position, but with an astrict clearly stating that I needed to finish up school. I decided to face the inevitable, thinking that I would have to choose between school and my possible career. Nope...it might be worse.
Yes, I might transfer....to the OREM STORE!!! BAAAHH!! NOOOO!!! It's the worst store in all of Utah! They want me there so that I can continue to go to school and work there because its so close. Dang it...so, I have to choose. I don't know what to do.
Next big news- my friend joined the army awhile ago, and his ship out date was June 10th, but they just bumped it up to (gulp) Feb. 3rd!!! It practically gives me no time to be with him before he leaves, and I still cant believe that he's really leaving. Our relationship is unique. We tried dating, but it was too weird for me, so I ended it. We've remained pretty good friends, but he's always the guy to challenge me and keep me on my toes. I must say that I do love him (no, not in THAT way!), but I really do appreciate him and would be devastated if anything happened to him. In working full time and attending school full time this semester, I have no time to be with him and that dampers my spirits. I guess that adds another person on my list to write to.
I think I need to make a "to do" list...
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Right, left, right, uppercut!!
Dear Facebook-
Blarg....you and your nosey inhabitants annoy me.
Sincerely yours
~Lauren
I don't need another social networking site to let burned bridges and old "friends" keep tabs on me at all times. There have been so many friend requests from bad relationships in the past come up on my profile that I can't believe it! I sent out a huge message to everyone (sorry if you were one of the people that got it too) that has tried, in some way, to communicate with me over facebook. It really isn't me. Honestly, I prefer face to face or an endearing note (oh! Name the movie, name the movie!). My days with a facebook profile with my name on it may be numbered...
Goodness, I wish I had a brain...and tact. To further elaborate- I decided to work on my physical appearance and get some whitestrips for my teeth. How bad can it be? Those people in the commercials look like they are having so much fun! Just as much fun as the guys jumping in the swimming pool that looks like a basketball court after drinking Sprite! I thought that I could handle that endeavour and went to my dentist and got some whitestrips that he recommended. So, we've all seen the commercials...the girl puts them in, jumps in bed, falls asleep (smiling, of course) and wakes up with a beautiful, healthy, white smile. I went through the exact routine, with the exception of doing the Toyota jump right before getting into bed (why not?). However, it was not a pleasant night....
I awoke the next morning it complete pain!! No man on the face of this earth has felt this kind of pain before. This wasn't the kind of pain as if someone had punched me in the face, although, now I wish it was that kind of pain. No...this is the pain that aches, that no amount of ibuprofen can fix. Every time I open my mouth, mere air hurts! Eating and drinking bring severe pain, even speaking is unbearable. What have I done?!?!?!
Oh My Goodness, I'm blind with pain!!! I stumble into my bathroom to look at the instructions on the box. I'm reading...."Congratulations on your next step to a beautiful smile"...yadda yadda yadda...."10 strips are enclosed in this box"....yadda yadda yadda...."thrity minutes once a day"....oops. That caught my attention. These strips are supposedly the "most intense and most effective" that you can get and I just butched it. On top of that, I decided to read the "danger" portion, and in reading, I discover that if you swallow too much of the gel on the strips it could be potentially dangerous to your health. I am blind with pain and in complete panic now! Potentially dangerous?? I don't know what they really mean by that...potentially dangerous as in, "oh, your tummy might hurt a little bit, but you'll be okay" or "Oh no!!! Get to the hospital, get your stomach pumped and pray that you are a lucky one!" Panic isn't even a good word for what I was feeling. That was one of those moments that I just checked out of life and thought that death was knockin' on my door . I was asleep for 8 hours with those whitestrips in my mouth! 30 minutes once a day?!?!?! My teeth are a shade of white that I didn't know existed, like a fluorescent white, and I might die due to poisoned gel. What would Chuck Norris do?
I call the dentist and after a painful explanation ( did I mention that talking hurts like the dickens?!) he calmly tells me to drink lots of water, lay down, and if I feel intense pains to call the hospital. I'm trying to remain calm myself, but he reassures me that all will be well and to call him the next day. I think in the next 5 minutes I drank at least 3 gallons of water. It hurt, I think that was the closest experience to death that I have faced, but its over...whew.
I'm not dead yet! I learned my lesson...those people in the commercials cant be as happy as they look...oh yeah, and always read the instructions. Tee he he...at least I still have my teeth :)
Blarg....you and your nosey inhabitants annoy me.
Sincerely yours
~Lauren
I don't need another social networking site to let burned bridges and old "friends" keep tabs on me at all times. There have been so many friend requests from bad relationships in the past come up on my profile that I can't believe it! I sent out a huge message to everyone (sorry if you were one of the people that got it too) that has tried, in some way, to communicate with me over facebook. It really isn't me. Honestly, I prefer face to face or an endearing note (oh! Name the movie, name the movie!). My days with a facebook profile with my name on it may be numbered...
Goodness, I wish I had a brain...and tact. To further elaborate- I decided to work on my physical appearance and get some whitestrips for my teeth. How bad can it be? Those people in the commercials look like they are having so much fun! Just as much fun as the guys jumping in the swimming pool that looks like a basketball court after drinking Sprite! I thought that I could handle that endeavour and went to my dentist and got some whitestrips that he recommended. So, we've all seen the commercials...the girl puts them in, jumps in bed, falls asleep (smiling, of course) and wakes up with a beautiful, healthy, white smile. I went through the exact routine, with the exception of doing the Toyota jump right before getting into bed (why not?). However, it was not a pleasant night....
I awoke the next morning it complete pain!! No man on the face of this earth has felt this kind of pain before. This wasn't the kind of pain as if someone had punched me in the face, although, now I wish it was that kind of pain. No...this is the pain that aches, that no amount of ibuprofen can fix. Every time I open my mouth, mere air hurts! Eating and drinking bring severe pain, even speaking is unbearable. What have I done?!?!?!
Oh My Goodness, I'm blind with pain!!! I stumble into my bathroom to look at the instructions on the box. I'm reading...."Congratulations on your next step to a beautiful smile"...yadda yadda yadda...."10 strips are enclosed in this box"....yadda yadda yadda...."thrity minutes once a day"....oops. That caught my attention. These strips are supposedly the "most intense and most effective" that you can get and I just butched it. On top of that, I decided to read the "danger" portion, and in reading, I discover that if you swallow too much of the gel on the strips it could be potentially dangerous to your health. I am blind with pain and in complete panic now! Potentially dangerous?? I don't know what they really mean by that...potentially dangerous as in, "oh, your tummy might hurt a little bit, but you'll be okay" or "Oh no!!! Get to the hospital, get your stomach pumped and pray that you are a lucky one!" Panic isn't even a good word for what I was feeling. That was one of those moments that I just checked out of life and thought that death was knockin' on my door . I was asleep for 8 hours with those whitestrips in my mouth! 30 minutes once a day?!?!?! My teeth are a shade of white that I didn't know existed, like a fluorescent white, and I might die due to poisoned gel. What would Chuck Norris do?
I call the dentist and after a painful explanation ( did I mention that talking hurts like the dickens?!) he calmly tells me to drink lots of water, lay down, and if I feel intense pains to call the hospital. I'm trying to remain calm myself, but he reassures me that all will be well and to call him the next day. I think in the next 5 minutes I drank at least 3 gallons of water. It hurt, I think that was the closest experience to death that I have faced, but its over...whew.
I'm not dead yet! I learned my lesson...those people in the commercials cant be as happy as they look...oh yeah, and always read the instructions. Tee he he...at least I still have my teeth :)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Its Either Sadness or Euphoria
I don't know what to say...I guess I should start out with a big sorry. Sorry to Alex, Ben, Ben, Tysen and Brad. You know why.
Whats changed since my last blog? Um, nothing. Oh, I did get a job promotion at Old Navy, and realizing that I can be successful If I really want to. Our district manager is preparing me for TAPS (or in other words, the head honchos of Old Navy sit in a panel and grill me on everything about the store), so within a month, I could be moving to another store...in another state and all that fun stuff. I cant leave just quite yet though, I still have a few commitments here, so in May, well...we'll see what happens.
Sometimes I feel so sad. Its an inconsolable darkness. I am the worst person in the world at defining the emotion of sadness! Last night I took a long look at what I have thought has made me so sad, and realize that its a choice, but I've made choices to only encourage and ensure that there would be sadness in my life. I decided at about midnight last night to make my New Years Resolution list to ease my sadness and guilt. In the spirit of the season, or at least, the season that I feel should be kept all through out the year, here are a few of my resolutions-
* Forgive and Forget
* eat 50bazillion calories every day (...maybe not THAT much)
* get up the courage to tell people what's really on my mind
* be less cynical and bitter
* go to Disneyworld
* make a new, close friend
* to make a snow cave
* to watch "Enchanted" on Blu Ray ( *hopeful look* :) )
I think that's all I want to share with those of you that read this. If you want to read whats REALLY on my mind, you will just have to tune into my secret blog, and if you don't know that address, you should bribe me with something to let you into the secret (Jeremy, you really do have wonderful ideas!).
Sometimes things happen to me that make me wonder if I am really living the life I am. Meaning, sometimes I wonder if I am the next contestant on "The Truman Show". Case and point- the strangest, weirdest things always happen to me. Things that would NEVER happen to anyone else. I was driving down the road, on my merry way home, and had some good song blasting through my car ( I wish I could remember what it was), and OF COURSE I get pulled over. I wasn't speeding, I didn't have any drugs, I was pretty sure all my lights were working...so the guy gets out of his car, I roll down my window, and he starts laughing at me! He's laughing at me!! He says he was watching me dance in my car as I was going down the road and thought it was so funny that he wanted to pull me over and tell me that it made him laugh. Then he gave me a gift card to Wendy's and went back on his way. Does that really happen to people?? Well, at least I know that I have mastered the art of driving and dancing at the same time. Can you say...New Reality TV Show?? 101 ways to freak people out!
Another thing, I love Summer Highland Falls! Billy said it best when he sung " For we are always what our situation hands us, it's either sadness or euphoria". That is the song of my life right now. Okay, time to go to work. It feels good to write again, hopefully I have time to do it again one day.
Whats changed since my last blog? Um, nothing. Oh, I did get a job promotion at Old Navy, and realizing that I can be successful If I really want to. Our district manager is preparing me for TAPS (or in other words, the head honchos of Old Navy sit in a panel and grill me on everything about the store), so within a month, I could be moving to another store...in another state and all that fun stuff. I cant leave just quite yet though, I still have a few commitments here, so in May, well...we'll see what happens.
Sometimes I feel so sad. Its an inconsolable darkness. I am the worst person in the world at defining the emotion of sadness! Last night I took a long look at what I have thought has made me so sad, and realize that its a choice, but I've made choices to only encourage and ensure that there would be sadness in my life. I decided at about midnight last night to make my New Years Resolution list to ease my sadness and guilt. In the spirit of the season, or at least, the season that I feel should be kept all through out the year, here are a few of my resolutions-
* Forgive and Forget
* eat 50bazillion calories every day (...maybe not THAT much)
* get up the courage to tell people what's really on my mind
* be less cynical and bitter
* go to Disneyworld
* make a new, close friend
* to make a snow cave
* to watch "Enchanted" on Blu Ray ( *hopeful look* :) )
I think that's all I want to share with those of you that read this. If you want to read whats REALLY on my mind, you will just have to tune into my secret blog, and if you don't know that address, you should bribe me with something to let you into the secret (Jeremy, you really do have wonderful ideas!).
Sometimes things happen to me that make me wonder if I am really living the life I am. Meaning, sometimes I wonder if I am the next contestant on "The Truman Show". Case and point- the strangest, weirdest things always happen to me. Things that would NEVER happen to anyone else. I was driving down the road, on my merry way home, and had some good song blasting through my car ( I wish I could remember what it was), and OF COURSE I get pulled over. I wasn't speeding, I didn't have any drugs, I was pretty sure all my lights were working...so the guy gets out of his car, I roll down my window, and he starts laughing at me! He's laughing at me!! He says he was watching me dance in my car as I was going down the road and thought it was so funny that he wanted to pull me over and tell me that it made him laugh. Then he gave me a gift card to Wendy's and went back on his way. Does that really happen to people?? Well, at least I know that I have mastered the art of driving and dancing at the same time. Can you say...New Reality TV Show?? 101 ways to freak people out!
Another thing, I love Summer Highland Falls! Billy said it best when he sung " For we are always what our situation hands us, it's either sadness or euphoria". That is the song of my life right now. Okay, time to go to work. It feels good to write again, hopefully I have time to do it again one day.
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