tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42763448025626448442024-03-05T08:46:41.475-08:00angela's good timesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-75867359560781354672011-12-02T17:12:00.000-08:002011-12-02T18:11:23.818-08:00I've been terrible at blogging.I see that my last posts from blogspot are literally from a year ago, I thought I would write a nice summation of my life to catch up.<br /><br />My life has been at stand-still lately. I'm in the arduous process of figuring out what I want to do with my career and basically the rest of my life. I plan on going to Vet School, but unfortunately the deadline to apply comes only once a year. Having missed the Fall 2012 chance to apply (and hopefully get accepted); I am waiting for the next fiscal year. In the meantime I hope to save up money to go to said school. Now if only I had a high paying job relevant to my field of chemistry... I've been applying to a lot of jobs, but I have to admit I was quite disillusioned about what it would be like to get a job doing chemistry (sans a PhD). I imagined doing extordinary things, like inventing new chemicals, but in reality it is quite monotonous. I still work at the library on the U campus, and although it was a really great place to work while I was at school I grow tired of the lack of stimulation to my brain. I applied to a few dozen labs, and hopefully soon change will happen.<br /><br />I have been living with my boyfriend, Paul, for about a year and a half now and I couldn't be happier. We have a small one story house down on the west side of Salt Lake City. I wouldn't mind living in an apartment, but having a house to ourselves means that Paul and his band can make as much music as they want without having to stress about being polite to neighbors. Apart from being a musician, Paul works at <a href="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/?source=3WWRWXGT">Musician's Friend</a> selling musical instruments which is a recent development (Congrats baby on the new job!). I love being with Paul. He is clever, creative, and logical, and we often find our minds traveling on the same logic 95% of the time, and the other 5% of the time is something clever that the other hasn't thought of. He makes me laugh and smile, and I couldn't imagine my life without him. He does so much for me, and I am eternally grateful.<br /><br />At our place we aren't allowed pets and despite how much I wish I could adopt every animal I see, I can't. We do secretly own three hamsters, though. Might seem a bit excessive to a few people to have three hamsters, but we make a happy little family. (Don't worry-- you won't be getting Christmas cards with me, Paul and our hamsters anytime soon. Haha.) Living with my hamsters have made me more intuitive with animal interactions. I'm trying out some field biology on my precious little guys, and I do enjoy making toys for them.<br /><br />Every first and third Thursday, my Mom and I co-lead a Girl Scout Troop with our neighbor Jan. We are currently working on a Simple Meals badge, and by the end of the Month starting the next badge in which I am in charge of. Ideally, I wanted to do the Drawing badge, but it is approximately close to cookie sales, and so I will be doing cookie sale related badges in prep for the busy cookie season.<br /><br />Beyond that, I have been busy with general self improvement goals. Paul and I are trying to cook at eat at home more often than not, as well as trying to go to the gym everyday (but really end up going 5/7 days). My typical work out lately has been running and then weight lifting for an hour.<br />My usual mile is a 11 minute one, and I have slightly reduced my time (by like 30 seconds) since I started working out, but I find it a bit frustrating at my lack of speed improvement. I have noticed a difference with the weight I lift though, and I work doubly on my trouble areas (inner thigh, triceps, abs, etc) which are starting to get really strong. Paul though, has practically maxed out all the weights on the machines and will have to start doing free weights-- what a strong man I have!<br /><br />Anyways, that's enough for now. I will post again (hopefully) soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-70523952294582119472011-09-13T16:36:00.000-07:002011-09-13T16:38:08.500-07:00September 11th, 2001.<p>Albeit this post is a few days behind, I thought it was necessary. September 11th didn’t make the same impression to me as it did to those at ground zero. I only saw the attack on TV and it felt as real as Hollywood magic. It was hard to imagine it happening to real people and after ten years I was even more desensitized to the tragedy. Until yesterday, I only remembered the visual of plane crashes and the falling buildings. Do you remember how people jumped from the second building after the first building fell? Knowing that the building had been hit, people in the second tower rather plummet to their deaths instead of suffering the same fate as those crushed and killed from the collapse of the first building. Remember the reality and the horror of September 11th.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-73193024323800381762010-08-04T14:39:00.001-07:002010-08-04T14:39:21.455-07:00ThailandSince I hadn't updated my blog in such a long time, I thought I would use my excruciatingly slow half hour left at work.<br /><br />I head to Thailand tomorrow for my volunteer project. I was lucky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/TD5WFZ_qW0I/AAAAAAAAAHE/FY2o5w8GssE/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-07-14+at+6.24.26+PM.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/TD5WFZ_qW0I/AAAAAAAAAHE/FY2o5w8GssE/s400/Screen+shot+2010-07-14+at+6.24.26+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493923246315821890" border="0" /></a> enough to get my preferred project of enriching and improving conditions of an elephant nature park. I will be heading to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, and once I fi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/TD5V7lukhcI/AAAAAAAAAG8/eoCR6tfvx_o/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-07-14+at+6.24.43+PM.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/TD5V7lukhcI/AAAAAAAAAG8/eoCR6tfvx_o/s400/Screen+shot+2010-07-14+at+6.24.43+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493923077666670018" border="0" /></a>nish with my two weeks of volunteer work I will be traveling south to (basically) Puckett beach and to the various cities and temples along the way. I suppose what I am most excited about is that while I am working with elephants I will be staying with the Karen tribe which is known traditionally for handling and working with elephants. I will be staying in raised huts in the tribe and be a working member of the community (which includes Asian squat toilet and bucket shower). I've got all of my vaccinations covered and basically savoring every moment I have here in Salt Lake with the people I love. All I have left to do is to soak my clothing in bug repellent for 2 hours, let them dry for two hours, and then pack. Wish me luck and have a great August, everyone!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-18105663823299316612010-05-11T09:15:00.001-07:002010-05-11T09:18:01.790-07:00Things are good. Real good.Graduated May 7th. GRADUATED.<br /><img style="width: 233px; height: 350px;" alt="graduation" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmiftztaURYJwONv1hI6ALNqkg6HsMSkqLD46Inq1NajGSuzYEsC3N-aAdeHyVhmlRSnorslQnDUcvPBmPIBJBUEUCp_IeFK-AlXK2T29AJbASyVKVtiZqy8GgJ8P6X2uwCiu0h6tMZ0/s1600/graduation.jpg" align="right" /><br />I went to the general commencement and Ambassador Jon Huntsmen Jr. gave the speech. He talked about a whole bunch random things that I didn't necessarily think were relevant but overall I enjoyed his talk (but apparently I don't remember too much because I can't think of anything he said <i>specifically</i>.) I sat by my friend Ericka during the commencement and texted people. Pretty sweet.<br /><br />In the afternoon there was the College of Science commencement at Kingsbury Hall and I was surprised how many of the PHD, Masters, and Bachelors graduates I knew. My sister Andrea, Aydan, Alannah, Melissa, Elizabeth, Mom, Dad, aunt Nanette, uncle Dave, and my-Paul were at the ceremony and I was glad they didn't hesitate to yell as my name was called. The president of BYU spoke at my BS commencement and he didn't do nearly as good as Huntsmen. I heard afterward from Andrea that when she and her kids sat down, Aydan listened for about a total of 5 minutes before asking when it as over.<br /><br />After graduation we had a dinner for those who attended, played games with my nieces and nephews, ate my Mom's delicious delicious manicotti, opened gifts, and play my newly attained (via grad gifts) "Best Guess" Board game. Since graduation I have been living at Paul's house unofficially. (Unofficially because all my stuff isn't down there yet. I've been just packing bags of clothes and leaving them there...)<br /><br />Living with Paul is like a dream. Yesterday we walked to the trax station from his house, traxed to the main library downtown, picked out random cds, books, and movies. Snagged a coffee from the library cafe and lounged around outside in the grass, walked back through the City building grounds to the trax. It was idyllic. We're so good together. The things that I get fussy about are things that he doesn't care about (which means I get things my way!) and vise versa. So it all works out. I am incredibly lucky, and I realize this.<br /><br /><img alt="zig zag quilt" src="http://www.purlbee.com/storage/zigzagwhole425.jpg" align="left" height="199" width="150" />Oh, and yesterday Paul and I went to the fabric store because I am going to make a quilt. This zig-zag quilt to be exact. Instead of white we are doing brown, blue we are doing the same (but our random pattern is paisley-- yes I have a man who loves paisley!), and instead of orange we are doing a green. I bought one of those quilting cutters with a roller blade and HOLY SMOKES does it really cut! I'm gonna borrow my Mommy's sewing machine to sew and I am modifying the pattern so I can make one that isn't a baby-sized quilt (and instead make one for our bed!). I am quite excited over it! I'll show you the finished product when I get to it.<br /><br /><br />Other than that nothing too much going on. I have quite a few projects for girl scouts that I am working on. (Girl scout video-- hiiiiilarious as well as a photo keepsake book.) But Girl Scouts will be winding down come the end of May. I have also started walking with my Mom on the days that she is off. I think it will make both of us healthy in the long run, and now that I am no longer at home, walking around and talking with my Mom is a good thing. For both of us. Maybe we'll make Elizabeth come with us when she moves back to Utah.<br /><br />Last Saturday I went out to dinner with Paul's Mom since she was in town for her step-daughter's graduation (she lives in Arizona) so I got to meet her. Reports say that she and Paul's step-Dad really liked me and that she'd be willing to pay for us to fly down and visit, so we've got that to look forward to! Free trip, yippee! I also have a trip planned with Mom, Dad, and Elizabeth at the end of June not to mention my Thailand trip August. Looks like a busy summer ahead!<br /><br />Probably the last project on my list of things to do is gardening at my new home. This last winter Paul's landlord was extremely weird and decided to shovel the lawn as well as the walkways and because of that-- the whole front lawn's grass died (and is slowly being replaced with weeds). I am going to try to grow grass from seedlings sometime soon. I have no idea how to do it, but I guess that will be apart of the experience. Yay for being outside and working with the earth! We also bought a lavender plant when we were at the grocery store so we're going to plant that. Also, we bought some other plants (tomatoes, peppers, cilantro) to grow in a garden of our own making. We've gotta get on that soon if we want any peppers or tomatoes this summer.<br /><br />Basically what I'm trying to say is that I am finally living my life. It's about time. Maybe when I finish my quilt I'll start looking for a real job (Tandem labs hook-ups here I come!). I was also thinking about interning up at the Zoo-- especially after my Thailand trip since I will have experience working with elephants!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-15056418239029053482010-04-06T16:35:00.000-07:002010-04-06T16:57:19.415-07:00It's been so long since I've updated that I've forgotten how to use the computer......just kidding. I am a computer wiz, yo.<br /><br />Well... where to begin? These last few months have probably been the toughest part of my life so far and after 5 months (Has it really been that long?) of medication, psychologists, and therapy I can finally say I think things are finally getting underway--- but I am getting ahead of myself here.<br /><br />Several months ago, Parker started to date someone new. His new girlfriend lives in Oregon and when he decided to take his first plane trip (something we promised to do together) to go visit her, I started to realize that Parker and I would never resolve things and never get back together. That's when the shit hit the fan.<br /><br />In the proceeding months I started to rot in my self-loathing and depression until it was extremely black and white that I needed help. I met with my psychologist just before Thanksgiving, a time when Parker's girlfriend was visiting Salt Lake and being the first girlfriend besides myself to go to his family festivities, and I began antidepressants and talk therapy.<br /><br />I tried to remain friends with Parker, to accept that he didn't love me anymore and just be his friend, but when being around him or even speaking about him made me tear up and get upset, I decided that I needed to stop talking to him if I was ever going to get better. (Plus, it was also because I loved Parker and was trying to let him live his chosen life-- having me going into hysterics because he didn't love me every time I was with him wasn't exactly... productive).<br /><br />Since Parker was there whenever I would hang out with my friends, I stopped hanging out with them. I was depressed that whenever I tried to hang out with these friends without Parker it was always lackluster by being awkward and forced feeling, or I felt like they just didn't like me as much as they liked Parker. (Which is probably the case.) It broke my heart to know that all my friends from high school were my friends because of who I was dating but through counseling with my therapist, I have begun the process of putting myself out there to make new friends. I have been actively trying to get my life back in order and while things still seem a bit chaotic I think things are sorting itself out. I still get upset about Parker and what he did to me, but I guess now I am starting to get pass it.<br /><br />This January I started dating someone new, Paul. I met him through my friend Peter and he is the balm to my wounds. When I am with him, I feel so safe and I know that he would do everything in his power to protect me. He isn't someone I have to fear that he's lying to me, or using me for the umpteenth time but instead the most fantastically caring person. We get each other on levels that I didn't even think possible-- it's almost as if we think, feel, act the same way. We even went camping in Zions together for spring break on a whim. It was quite liberating knowing that I was going camping and I didn't know where. It was nice being not so much of a planner.<br /><br />Now that spring and summer is on it's way, I have been making plans to adopt a dog. I was going to adopt a particular dog, Biscuit, but unfortunately someone paid for her the moment I walked in the door. I have decided to wait a month until school is over so that I can really dedicate time to her versus now when I should really be cracking down for end of the semester.<br /><br />This Easter weekend I took my senior chemistry exams (American Chemical Society tests on organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biological chemistry) and I passed them! Apparently I know enough chemistry to graduate with a BS. (I bought my cap and gown!) Since I was off taking tests on a Saturday I didn't get to go on my typical Easter trip to southern Utah to visit my Grandma Jones with my extended family. Instead I went with Paul up to Park City to his family's Easter events and met his whole family (who say via Paul that they liked me and sure thought I was tough to meet all of them at once).<br /><br />I am quite optimistic about what my life can be.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-63135892549607657782009-11-02T09:28:00.000-08:002009-11-02T12:13:20.549-08:00Exciting Future Plans!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/Su8XOiuNRLI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/PoLwhJOkbBQ/s1600-h/IMG_1653.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 222px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/Su8XOiuNRLI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/PoLwhJOkbBQ/s320/IMG_1653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399560016846734514" border="0" /></a> Happy belated Halloween, guys.<br /><br />I was going to post pictures of my Halloween costume, but my Mom insisted on having far away photos (to get the "full effect" of my costume) and I think they ended up ugly, and apparently I was elusive at my parties so no photos! Oh well.<br /><br />Left is the pumpkin I carved! I tried to make it a pumpkin-carving gathering but neither Parker nor Alex wanted to, so I just carved it myself! I thought this badboy was pretty awesome, I even carved open the back of the little pumpkin so that it would light up too when I had a candle in the big one. I usually don't like to carve large pumpkins (because of how tedious it is to carve through something that thick), but this one wasn't so bad. My niece Ivy seemed like she wanted in on my carving, so she carved the tiny one. She was pretty expert at it.<br /><br />Let see what else is new to me recently. Well, last week I applied for graduation! I should be <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://foreveranoob.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/graduation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 81px; height: 74px;" src="http://foreveranoob.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/graduation.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>graduating next spring if all goes to plan (aka, if I don't fail my classes-- grr p-chem, hardest chemistry class, ever.) I recently took Advance Organic Chem Lab, which is a half semester class. My whole grade depended on how well I did the reactions. In the first week I made something, and with that product I had to make something else with it, etc, so basically if I messed up anywhere and didn't get a yield, I was screwed. In the end I had to write a paper (ended up being exactly 60 pages) which was basically my entire grade for the class. So say the least, I've been pretty busy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.isvonline.com/photos/th/projects/two.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.isvonline.com/photos/th/projects/two.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The last thing on my agenda, and probably the most exciting was that I applied a few months ago to <a href="http://www.isvonline.com/">International Student Volunteer</a> to go on a month long humanitarian trip (well, two weeks humanitarian trip, two weeks of FUN). My location choices were 1) Thailand, 2)Australia, 3) Ecuador, and I recently found out that I'm going to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thailand August 5th</span>! I haven't received my <a href="http://www.isvonline.com/thconservationprojects.html">humanitarian assignment yet</a>, but I am hoping that I will get to take care of elephants and monkeys. (YES ELEPHANTS AND MONKEYS). Then some of the <a href="http://www.isvonline.com/thadventuretour.html">fun things</a> I will get to do for my last <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.isvonline.com/photos/th/projects/three.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 150px;" src="http://www.isvonline.com/photos/th/projects/three.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>two weeks are snorkeling around Koh Phi Phi, rock climbing and cave exploration in the deep caverns in the north of Thailand, sea kayaking around the islands and hidden caves around Phang-Nga Bay, and a two day hill-tribe jungle trek which hikes to indigenous Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand.<br /><br />IT'S GONNA BE SO SWEET.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-26537258235492152662009-09-24T20:21:00.000-07:002009-09-24T20:37:08.053-07:00First exam of the semester!Today I had my inorganic chemistry exam. I didn't do as well as I had hoped. When I was doing the old exams I was getting 90-100% correct, but this exam I guess he decided to throw some curve balls and so I probably got around 80%. Which, I suppose, is fine. I just really wanted to get an A in this class because it's definitely my favorite this semester. <br /><br />I have come to find that I like classes based on two things, a) how approachable the professor is and how willing he/she will answer my questions, and b) if the class is logical. I like things to be logical but I think the approachability of my professors is directly proportional. If I think of organic chemistry, and how much I loooooooved that class I know it all winds down to my professor, Holly. Versus classes like pchem in which I feel like if I ever ask questions in class everyone will look at me as if I was being an idiot (which might be true because sometimes I just don't know what to ask, I always want to ask "what does this have to do with anything? I understand the math of it all but whats the point?" which I might just do one day when I've had enough). I just hope I can get a fairly good passing grade for pchem class and that's all I care about because I doubt that it will have large part in my life. (Maybe pchem 2 with thermodynamics but the probability of where electrons are? Little to none significance.)<br /><br />Anyways, Peter and I are going to zoo for post-exam celebration! THEY HAVE A BABY ELEPHANT NOW!<br /><br />Edit: Back from the zoo! I got pooped on by a bird in the jungle area of the snake house. But! Guess what?<br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">THEY HAVE BABY EVERYTHING!</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"></span><br /><br />Baby elephants, baby tigers, baby giraffes, baby snow leopard, baby tamerans, baby monkeys! BABY EVERYTHING!<br /><br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1204.jpg"><br />The baby elephant! She was super cute, she laid down in the mud, she played with her plastic toy balls, tried to fall asleep standing up, and only until later did I realize I had a camera. So the only one I got was with her hiding by Mom's leg!<br /><br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1214.jpg"><br />This picture is SO STINKIN' CUTE. I CAN'T GET OVER IT. <br />When Peter and I got to the giraffe house the two adult giraffes looked like they were gonna get it on, but unfortunately it led to no where. I doubt I was the only one who was unsatisfied. WINK WINK.<br /><br />Now for some other normal zoo pictures:<br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1208.jpg"><br />Trying to escape! (Then later he decided to just eat the pine tree).<br /><br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1211.jpg"><br />This one is for Devin because I know how crazy he is over red pandas.<br /><br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1210.jpg"><br />D'aw the bear. Did you know that black bears can be between black to almost white? NOW YOU DO! All the animals were so active! We decided while watching this black bear that he was trying to find a way to jump the gully and try to escape. He looked like he really wanted to at the end, but knew it was too far away!<br /><br /><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1206.jpg"><br />My only evidence that Peter was there (I couldn't pinch it's nipples AND take the picture!)</p><br /><br />P.S. My sister read my blog and she told me that they have glasses that you can wear to look at gorillas so they dont think youre challenging them with eye contact. You should <a href="http://www.alrdesign.com/blog/uploaded_images/no-eye-contact-glasses-4250-1239907127-17-790724.jpg"> check them out</a> because they look pretty hilarious.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-86300287932356866662009-09-20T12:27:00.000-07:002009-12-13T12:03:05.076-08:00First Girl Scouts of the Season!Last Friday was Girl Scouts and it was pretty good. We did Investiture in which we made my Brownies into Juniors.<br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="width: 400px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1594copy.jpg" /><br />Back Row (Left to Right): Grace, Michaela, Ivy, Me, Billye, Mom.<br />Front Row(Left to Right): Brenna, Alannah, Mary</p><br /><br />Last year I was just the Brownie leader, but this year my Brownies graduated into Juniors and I will be helping my Mom with lessons as well has planning some of my own. We are working on an arts and crafts badge and so we painted dongles (which are little pieces of wood that can be used as name tags up at camp and things). We also colored special paper in which would be transferred to melmac plates. I mostly helped with the dongles, and I was able to paint my own!<br /><p align="center"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1202copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1202copy.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />I've missed painting, and oh sweet lordy when I got out my paint brushes it was like greeting an old friend. I've wanted to paint more, I've missed the feeling of paint inked all over my hands for forever but it's always such a hassle to get everything out. I had the ambition in the summer to make a section of the garage into a painting studio, but then we used that space to help our moving neighbors and it kind of fell on it's face. I suppose I can work on that. I wonder what I should paint? Any suggestions?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-62828350072782676972009-08-05T11:05:00.001-07:002009-08-05T19:12:15.116-07:00Snake AdventureToday I was coming back from my physics final review, my mind distracted on equations, Gaussian surfaces, electromagnetic waves, and whether or not I had time to take a nap when...<br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:180%;">WHAM! MOTHER EFFING SNAKE IN MY MOTHER EFFING DRIVEWAY!!!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1136.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; height: 300px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1136.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><br /><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1137.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1137.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I always get a little creeped out by snakes when I go hiking, because I <u>never</u> see them. Peter always go "oh hey there's a snake right there" and I can only hear it slinking through the undergrowth even after Peter plain ol' points it out. I went right inside and called my Dad at work to let him know, and we called animal control. He was just lazing about in my rose bushes for quite some time, and we figured he was probably sitting digesting something he just snacked on. I decided to come back outside and check on him after we called animal control and he was on the move. He was stretched all the way out-- the full length of my driveway!<br /><br /><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1140.jpg" border="0" /></a>He headed straight for a tree in my neighbor's yard and I thought I was going to be shown a magical treat of watching a snake climb a real tree. But he wasn't having any of that so he cut diagonally across my neighbor's yard into the gutter. I was extremely grateful that he decided going into the road was a bad plan, because I didn't want to block the road while the snake finished his leisurely slink around my neighbor hood. It greatly reminded me of that movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109190/">Baby's Day Out</a> where all he wanted to do was to visit all the sights he was told about.<br /><br />I followed his path up the street, curious about why he would occasionally hiss, (maybe he was scared he was lost! poor thing!) and wondering how long it was going to take animal control to find us. It was pretty exciting following up an 8ft snake up the street, especially when people would walk past. It was pretty hilarious, this woman with her kids in the stroller started walking up the street just parallel to where the snake was making his gutter walk. I told her there was a snake up here and that she should go around, and when she walked around and saw the snake all she could say was "hell yeah there's a snake right there!" and just sit and stare with me at the snake.<br /><br />Eventually animal control showed up, and was pleasantly surprise to find out that it was indeed a python. Apparently everyone thinks "python" or "rattlesnake" are the only two options when describing a snake. What he did to capture it was to grab onto his tail so that the snake got really pissed off and curled up into a little bunch, and then he placed a blanket over it and grabbed it's head. Then, naturally, the python proceeded to wrap around his arm nice and tight. The animal control guy was extremely excited and wanted a picture of him with the snake was much as I wanted a picture for evidence of my adventure. So, we just sat around taking photos.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1147.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; height: 200px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1147.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1141.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1141.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1144.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0px 0px 0pt; cursor: pointer; height: 200px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Livejournal/IMG_1144.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />The animal control fellow told me that it was an 8ft male burmese python with a healthy girth and well taken care of. He said that if it was a female, it's girth would probably would have been double of what Mr. Snake was (so imagine the snake at Hoogle Zoo). The AC guy also said that although it was well cared for, it was probably not handled very often which is why the snake sure was grumpy when he was picked up. He said that they would probably post "found" ads online for the owner to find, and if no one claimed him the snake would go to the adoption center and maybe eventually the reptile rehabilitation station. So I'm glad to know that he's in good hands.<br /><br />I hardly felt dangerous throughout my adventure, but there is just something about seeing a huge ass snake in your front yard that makes the heart skip a beat. It sure was one adventure.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-36058902724400306352009-06-04T12:54:00.000-07:002009-06-04T21:24:28.211-07:00Getting on the ball.So I was blog hopping and I noticed that I haven't updated this thing in a bazillion years, so here I am getting on the ball.<br /><br />I am currently taking summer semester classes. I am taking Physics for Sci. & Eng. II and Quantitative Analysis. Physics is pretty straight forward what it's about, with this level of class though I get the annoying aspects of normal physics added with calculus. Not so bad so far, but I have an exam tomorrow and so we'll see how bad it really is. Quantitative Analysis (QA) is an upper divisional four-days-a-week chemistry class. Two days are dedicated to 2 hour lecture about the theory, while the other days are limited to four hour chem lab periods. The main objective of this course is to learn the ability to find an unknown substance's composition and how much of those components are present. Basically if you imagine any professional career involving chemistry, that's what we're doing, "What is in this person's blood" "What percentage of contaminates are in this water" etc. Eventually in the semester we get to pick a "special project" in which we get to pick our own subject to anaylize. I haven't picked mine yet, but I was thinking of finding out how much sugar is present in coke zero (because I sure don't believe that there is NO SUGAR in that!). I will probably pick something else because my professor said food related topics are typically hard to do, and I want to succeed in my decomposition of my project's elements. Okay, enough about geeking out... moving on..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2745/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2038088_1649100.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 304px;" src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2745/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2038088_1649100.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Last Saturday my Girl Scout Troop had it's Court of Awards and since I was the leader of the Brownies, I was the one passing out the awards! It was definitely weird giving badges instead of receiving badges (haha). I am hoping that I will be able to do girl scouts next year, but my schedule next semester is hella busy and I'm not sure if I will be able to. I definitely enjoy doing all the fun girl scout badges again, and it's surprising how much I do remember from the days I was a girl scout. Brenna and Alannah are sure fun to spend time with, especially when they want to act silly (as seen in the picture-- they wanted moustaches one day we were painting and so I gave them the obligtory handle bar and old man 'staches.) The badges we covered this year was the Journey patch (which taught the brownies how to be a leader), Friends are Fun try-it (in which we made totally awesome braclets out of cut up toliet paper rolls and yarn), two science try-its (in which we did awesome acid-base reactions, played with magnets and static electricity), and eventually a stitching try-it (where we stitched a sock creature together and did cross stitching). We also did a service project in which we tied felt blankets together and gave them to elderly individuals around the Holidays.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4722/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2288348_3956905.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4722/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2288348_3956905.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Besides work, school, and girl scouts I am have been spending as much time as possible with my<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3862/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2235844_4749183.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 204px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3862/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2235844_4749183.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> friends. My latest hobby is to go hiking, and boy do I enjoy it. I typically go a couple times a week with my friend Peter, but I do like to switch it up with a variety of friends. Peter and I are working up to the long mountain hikes by hiking along the hills while its still cool in the valley but soon enough we'll head up into the real mountains and I can really be at peace with the earth. It is so relaxing and soothing to my soul to just stop and listen to the wind through the trees and the crickets of all the bugs. Here <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs055.snc1/4499_97520026753_774426753_2568347_851176_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px;" src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs055.snc1/4499_97520026753_774426753_2568347_851176_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>are some more cute hiking photos of me and my friends. I am missing one of me and Parker up in the hills, but since it's on my camera which is at home this will have to do until I can really get on the ball and upload some new ones. That top picture of me is at Red Butte at the Living Room! It's called the living room because people moved the sandstone around to form little chairs in which you can wonder out at the landscape. The next two was a hike that I did with Peter, Sam, and Kristen and the mission of that hike was to get to these<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4452/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2348156_4889482.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; height: 204px;" src="http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v4452/44/48/677787540/n677787540_2348156_4889482.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> caves that Peter and I spotted at the Pit. Unfortunately, we didn't make it up to the top because some weren't as experienced hikers and so we just made it to the top of the ridge (which is next to Ensign peak). Someone mocked me for hiking in a skirt, but LET ME TELL YOU, hiking in a skirt is the best-- especially when you've got to go pee, haha. ***Edit! I got that picture of Parker up! There's a picture of him and his dog Maxi, she was afraid of being in the woods and was running on Parker's heels.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-28487431501774084742009-03-27T14:59:00.000-07:002009-08-06T14:34:12.299-07:00My life as of recently.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/Sc1NDtAaeaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/6UC5yyarswc/s1600-h/Watchmen-Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/Sc1NDtAaeaI/AAAAAAAAAFc/6UC5yyarswc/s200/Watchmen-Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317991461010700706" border="0" /></a>I am currently reading <i>Watchmen</i>. I decided to pick it as my book club with my sistas because none of my sisters ever been into the comic books scene and I thought it would be edgy. I was going to pick Y! The Last Man because that series is effing amazing, but I decided to pick one that I haven't read before (so I don't accidentally give away plot points from later books. Plus, Watchmen is one book and not a series). So far it is... alright. With all the hype from it I thought it would be so amazing, but so far if I didn't pick it for book club I would probably stop reading it. In addition to reading Watchmen I am also reading the second to last installment of the Outlander Series (which is a series about a WWII time traveling nurse!) and so far that one is pretty good. The way it is written seems overly wordy and elaborate on details that have no pertinence to the story, but they are entertaining enough.<br /><br />Last night I went to show featuring Peter's band, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/knife+tornado/+wiki?ver=2">Knife Tornado</a>, at Club Vegas. He's in a metal band, and although I don't mind the drums and the guitars I hate the screaming/singing. I've heard Peter play me some songs on his drums at his house but this was the first time I saw him perform (well perform non Taiko drums), and it was quite exhilarating. All of their songs were incredibly powerful and energetic and they would have been pretty cool if they would just stop screaming and sing instead! But also, last night was the first time I met pretty much all of Peter's friends. Over the years that I've known him he would always say things like "oh hey we should hang out with so-and-so" and then it just wouldn't happen. I use to feel like he didn't think I was cool enough to meet his other friends, but dunno then I got to know him better and that seemed a silly assumption. It was an odd feeling meeting his friends. He always talks about so and so and naturally I envision an idea of what they look like and what I imagined Logan (one of his friends that he talks about all the time) to look like was almost exactly as he was, whereas with Paul (another one he talks about always) was nothing at all what I thought he would look like.<br /><br />Today I had a physics exam. (I know, right? Go to a concert the night before your exam? Not the wisest. But Peter should give me super props for being so dedicated to the cause!) I think I did fairly well on the exam, there was one problem though that I thought was insanely ridiculous and I was worried that whatever way I was trying to solve it was excessive and a way round about way of solving it. I felt so bad though, on our exams we circle which TA we go to for discussion so we can get the exams returned and my TA, Rhett, is a pretty good TA but one day he was sick and this other TA, Ren, substituted for him and the way he taught was waaaay easier for me to understand than for Rhett so I decided to go to Ren's class but when I turned in my exam today Rhett was there and he was asking about how I thought I did and he freakin' knew my name. I mean, most TAs don't bother learning names and might recognize you by how you look, but sigh, he knew my name and I had an exam that the other TA's name was circled. He was like "oh, did you mean to circle me?" and I was like "Um.. no.." to say the least it was awkward and I felt bad making him feel like he wasn't a good teacher or something.<br /><br />Let's see, what else? My friend Ziv has been trying to play match maker with me. At first he wanted to set me up with one of his friends because his friend "likes big boobs" and I was like "ehhh, I don't think so." I mean, even if he was dreamy I wouldn't want someone who's criteria for dating is if you have big tatas. Then he told me his friend Feliks was interested in me, and I had anatomy with him and at the time I always thought he was kind of cute but I definitely got that vibe of "totally not into you". I've been texting him now and again, and sitting with him in bio chem 2 (in which we found out we had together) but still he gives off that "ehhh" vibe to me. So who knows where that will go, if anywhere.<br /><br />Tonight I have plans to hang out with Sam and her posse plus Peter (and maybe Paul?) and watch this movie called Southland Tales, which might I add looks completely stupid but a few of my friends have been freaking out about how awesome it is so I figured I would give it a try.<br /><br />Okay, that's my life as of <b>right. now.</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-38028364296845662432009-03-12T17:22:00.000-07:002009-03-12T17:43:53.317-07:00new computer and spring break!Spring break is next week! Yes!<br /><br />Although I will be sooooo happy for when I'm done with school I have to admit I sure am going to miss vacations like spring break and month off for Christmas holiday. It will definitely be a sad day when I only get a few days off for xmas and a even more sadder day when I might actually have to do work on my birthday. Haha.<br /><br />Ugh, my hair has soooo many split ends. Pfft, the universe is teaching me to want to straighten my hair. Do you guys have any helpful hints of getting rid of spit ends (besides cutting it) because quite honestly it drives me kind of nuts.<br /><br />I'm at work currently and I am slightly bored... okay really bored. I figured I would have physics homework that could distract myself with, but thankfully it was incredibly easy.<br /><br />School is going pretty good so far. Although I have been slightly lazy and not the best student this semester. I've done fairly well but not like 100% effort.. so I guess I better kick it into gear. I have decided though, despite my laziness this semester that I have definitely refined my study habits. When I first started college I was straight from high school where all I had to do was go to class to get an A. Plus not caring exactly what grades I got (as long as I passed) didn't help much but here at the end of my undergrad career I notice that I do spend time actually reading the text books and devoting large amount of time to finish my homework and making sure I understand it inside and out. It took me awhile to get like this but I have remembered how nice it is to get 100% on quizzes and exams and to be able to teach other people the ins and outs of school like how it was in high school. <br /><br />In other news, the other day I bought a new computer! I've been saving up for a long time since I didn't want to go further into debt and I decided on a beast of a machine: 24 inch iMac with 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, 1TB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, and my favorite: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB. It's going to be amazing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-85894519734074427062009-02-05T19:41:00.001-08:002009-02-21T10:56:36.156-08:00New Years resolutions so far.I thought I would spam out my latest update. Since I haven't really done that in ages.<br /><br />Well, to be honest things there for awhile was like a nightmare. Parker started dating someone new just when I was starting to believe that he wanted to be with me again, that he dated enough other people and realized how good we had it so that he would want to date me again. Well, guess that all changed when he started dating someone new. Things were a bit dark there, and honestly I saw my future and everything I had planned for myself crumble around me. I realized that I have been pining over Parker for the last three years, and I suppose this was the last straw so I made a new years resolution to get over Parker. Those last few years I would always say "oh I should just get over him, things would be better that way, etc etc etc" but I never really <i>meant</i> it, well until now. <br /><br />It has been about a month since my resolution, and although I know that I'm not over him yet I can feel so much better about... oh everything. I never really realized until I tried to give him up how much he was still apart of my life when he shouldn't have been. Like, for the last 9 years if I had a problem or a worry, or even just telling someone about my day, I would always go to him. I have forgotten how to cry on my own-- how to self sustain... which causes a lot of problems if the thing is bothering me is the person I'm talking to. Really, these last few years have been just bickering on top of bickering.<br /><br />I am relearning how to do things on my own. Learning to be dependent again. So far I am incredibly proud of my progress. I suppose all I really had to do was set my mind to the task. <br /><br />In other news, I started the new semester. This year's schedule is very nightmarish. With how my school schedule is set up, I go to school from 7am/8am-about 2 and then I work from 2-7. Basically I'm at the U campus for about 12 hours straight. It's been quite hellish, but it gives me time to work on my homework? I noticed though, when I get home from school and work I never want to do anything (like, finish my homework, study more, etc). Which might become more of a problem, like for instance I should be studying right now but I much rather watch The Office and update my blogs. Such a silly girl I am.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-710194045209190562009-01-11T15:58:00.000-08:002009-01-11T16:09:07.181-08:00New Phone!It has been ages since I've updated. Sorry about that.<br /><br />Last semester I passed with top marks, getting the class high in my Ochem class and getting in the top three in my calculus class.<br /><br />I'm not that excited for next semester but I calculated how much longer I have in school and only three more semesters if everything goes to plan. Then I anticipate on doing some internships living on my own for awhile, then most likely going to school out of state. I suppose I have nothing holding me back now.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; width: 300px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/phone2009.jpg" border="2px" />In other news I lost my cellphone yesterday. The first time that's ever happened. But my new phone is quite beautiful, maroon and it flips open to a keyboard. I am quite content with it. I also think the way the menus is organized is much more efficient than my old phone's menu. The only thing that is a pain is that I lost all my contacts so, PLEASE send me a text or send me a message with your number so I can add you back!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-31769287213402790472008-10-23T07:44:00.000-07:002008-10-23T07:59:20.494-07:00Necklaces and iMacs.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SQCQOolFYyI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Z7aHxFLJBbY/s1600-h/URBANiloveyou.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SQCQOolFYyI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Z7aHxFLJBbY/s200/URBANiloveyou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260362945854268194" border="0" /></a>So, I bought myself some new jewelery. Isn't it adorable? It is a envelope that has an actual removable love letter. Sooooooo cute. I can't WAIT for it to get here. Although I do kind of wish a boy would have bought it for me, but it is far too awesome for me to pass up.<br /><br />So, I have decided to save up for a new imac. I calculated that in maybe 3 paychecks I could afford it and still have money left over, but I might just wait 4 paychecks (2 months) until I buy it so I won't panic that I have no money. Also, it is almost Christmas time so probably a lot of my funds will have to go to presents. I suppose we'll see. I do tend to over estimate my spending just so I wont ever overspend.<br /><br />Speaking of paychecks, I got paid today! Yay! Halfway to my goal.<br /><br />School is going good, well maybe not Bio chem. I have an exam Nov. 3rd and I am starting to feel kind of terrified of how much I need to know for that exam. Mechanisms of like 5 proteins, kinetics of proteins, Ordered and random proteins. Just seems like so much information and probably knowing my professor he would tell us that there is all this stuff on the exam and then just do some trivial information. Argg, so frustrating.<br /><br />In other news, I am crushing hard on a certain boy. I don't really expect it to go anywhere, honestly, but it is nice to daydream and imagine myself kissing him. ;) But, I guess we'll see how it goes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-71802152150715534212008-10-03T08:37:00.001-07:002008-10-03T08:43:35.175-07:00O chem exam!So, I just realized what is one of the best feelings in the world is: getting an awesome grade on a test which is returned ON A FRIDAY.<br /><br />That's right you heard it. I got a kickin' score on my O chem test. My professor thought it was super cool to torture us by talking about how the test scores were kind of low and that now was the time to learn from the exams and do better on the next three, making all of us anxious about our test scores just to LECTURE TO US. Holy smokes, I was ready to raise my hand and tell her that she was killing us here. But I got my first exam back and I got a whole 30 points HIGHER than average! Woo! I would have got more except for I was smoking crack on one of the problems and reacted the starting materials with the products. I have no idea what I was thinking on the exam!? Man, too bad I ran out of time in the last few minutes otherwise I could have gone back and double checked my answers to verify I was acting like a total crazy. But oh well, I'm not too worried about it, maybe I will go to my teacher and like plead for some pity points (because I did do in that problem what I had been doing in the last 5 problems and I guess my mind just got stuck in a rut.)<br /><br />In about an hour I will get my other exam back and hopefully it doesn't kill my "got a good grade and it's friday" euphoria so I can have a totally awesome weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-30678735139901668272008-10-02T18:23:00.000-07:002008-10-02T18:25:53.352-07:00Girl ScoutsIn case you hadn't heard, I have decided to help my Mom out and be a a co-leader to her Girl Scout troop. I am the leader for the Brownie Troop, which is super small. In years past my Mom would have the brownies skip up a year and do Junior things, but now the GS organization is doing something different for each age groups. In my Mom's troop there is a group of Cadets, Juniors, and Brownies. My Mom's friend Stacey is working with the Cadets since her daughter is there, my Mom is working with the Juniors and as I said, I'm with the Brownies. I was actually quite timid about how it was going to work out. This new system requires a lot of writing, reading, and things that are kind of like homework that they're suppose to do with their families but I was surprised on how well everything worked out today. As far as I know, all of the groups are doing steps to becoming a better leader and they talk about different things according to their age levels. For instance, the Brownie's "keys to being a leader" is discovering, connecting, and taking action.<br /><br />Today was our first meeting, and I was actually pretty nervous on how things were going to be. The Brownie group is pretty small: Me, my niece Alannah, and another girl named Brenna. It was kind of awkward, so since Alannah goes to a different school she always gets to Girl Scouts later than Brenna and so it was like one on one for awhile but once Alannah got there things were easier, and I think everyone had a lot of fun. What our major activity was "discovering the girl scout law" in which I cut up the girl scout law into lines and I made up a scavenger hunt in which they had to figure out nature clues to find the little tokens then we pieces the girl scout law back together. The only thing I was sad about was that I wanted to use the nice weather so I hid the tokens/law scrolls outside and then some kids came over to the church and found one of them and took it away. I mean, it was a little obvious where it was hidden, but kind of frustrating that they would see that it was taped down and still take it. Oh well, I guess. Despite the missing law scroll/token the scavenger hunt was a big hit, it made me proud that Alannah and Brenna were saying things like "I bet our activity was way more fun that yours!" to the other age groups.<br /><br />Next week, our activity seems kind of lame and I wonder if they will still have fun. My Mom talked about combining girls and activities since they both kind of apply to the same kind of principles plus its UEA. So I will let you know how it goes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-47052318866495003142008-09-29T10:45:00.000-07:002008-09-29T11:06:37.463-07:00Exam woes.Whew, I had two exams today and I think I did alright. I apparently didn't study hard enough in Ochem.. or maybe didn't study it for speed but I didn't finish the last few problems on the exam which I know I would have got if I had more time. My bio chem test was so effing lame. I printed out the last 3 years of old exams and I could do every single problem on those exams and the trend was one graph in which you had to find out the velocity of the enzyme turn over rate, piece together a polypeptide and calculate the net charge on a polypeptide... so I was set I could do all of them in addition to have memorized 20 amino acids and misc. info from the lectures (i.e. bond angle of alpha helixes, etc) and my Professor was like "this is probably the easiest test I've ever written" so of course I was getting pumped about it. Get the exam-- and half of the things I studied for (enzyme rate, piecing polypeptides together) was NOT ON THE EXAM. I was freaking out and doing like 20 different problems involving it and alas! Nothing there. Instead he asked for some random information about which amino acids could do radical reactions which he did NOT talk about in class (and I think I got the right answer because of other chemistry classes I've taken-- theres only so many amino acids that can make a stable tertiary radical) but honestly amigo.<br /><br />But I think overall, I did pretty well. Not as well as I thought I would do, but definitely above average. (Knock on wood!) I just wanted to get A's on my exams like I did on my calc exam :(<br /><br />Oh, but before my Ochem class I noticed that this guy in front of me's shirt:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SOEWTsf9q2I/AAAAAAAAAEM/95YinY79IYI/s1600-h/putz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SOEWTsf9q2I/AAAAAAAAAEM/95YinY79IYI/s320/putz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251503168109259618" border="0" /></a>I thought it was pretty hilarious that this guy felt the need to advertise that he was a <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=putz">putz</a>. Oh, I guess not even a putz but <b>20 PUTZ</b>.<br /><br />So ridiculous.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-28538924403563363672008-09-26T23:35:00.000-07:002008-09-27T13:10:49.343-07:00Yearbook Yourself.<div style="text-align: center;">So, a friend of mine stumbled upon this website called "<a href="http://www.yearbookyourself.com/">Yearbook Yourself</a>" and seeing him in some 70's afro, I decided that I would do myself. So, enjoy!:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SN3YjpHs3aI/AAAAAAAAAEE/udu8hSsAmUw/s320/1.jpg" />This one actually reminds me of this photo I have of myself when I was about 4 years old. Exactly the same hair-do.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SN3YfhBZ6_I/AAAAAAAAAD8/sRQxZ0gP98s/s320/2.jpg" /><br />So, although the hair looks great in this one, the person's face shape wasn't quite the same as mine and it makes me look kind of like Sarah Jessica Parker back in the 80's.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SN3YcM9DzsI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Yz8fkl3EhuQ/s320/3.jpg" />I didn't think this one worked that well, but the hair is hilarious enough. I should really do my hair that way.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Yearbook/myYearbookPhoto7.jpg" />Haha, so hot, right? Mary Tyler Moore.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SN3YS5UxDaI/AAAAAAAAADk/HNQIIWXb1AU/s320/5.jpg" />This one cracks me up, I imagine they added this one for anyone who wasn't white who was uploading their images, so now I know what I would look like as partially black in the 80's.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Yearbook/myYearbookPhoto6.jpg" />Yes, I do look straight out of Hairspray.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Yearbook/myYearbookPhoto2.jpg" />Haha, my sister Melissa has a picture just like this!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kuc9ZSOgqeI/SN3YMc3jKjI/AAAAAAAAADc/K_Qid4QfeuI/s320/6.jpg" />This one is probably my favorite which is undoubtably because a) I look normal, b) the original photo had the same face shape as mine, and c) she has almost the same hair-do as I normally do!<br /><br />So, I had probably way too much fun doing this but I'd say it's totally worth it so go whip out your straight on images of yourself (which is a lot harder than it sounds) and dig into the past.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-44366724306778946812008-09-22T14:11:00.000-07:002008-09-22T15:05:58.058-07:00We can dance if we want to, We can leave your friends behind, 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance, Well they're no friends of mineSo, I got this from Kati and she said it was a husband quiz and she was going to do it as a boyfriend quiz...... but since I don't have a boyfriend nor a husband (and definitely not both!) I'm going to make it about my BFF:<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><b>Quiz</b>: How well do you know your <s>husband</s> <s>boyfriend</s> best male friend? Answer these questions about him and find out:<br /><br />Parker:<br /><br />1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen? <br />Well, more likely than not it's some video game since he doesn't exactly watch tv, but for whatever reason he IS watching TV (and without me? which excludes Heroes, The Office, My Name is Earl) then it's probably NOVA.<br /><br />2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? <br />Salad?! He doesn't eat salad. Ever. He told me once that when he was little he thought about eating bugs and what it would <i>feel</i> like and he said it would probably be like eating a salad.<br /><br />3. What's one food he doesn't like? Salad, tomatoes, vinegar, greasy food, probably every single uncooked vegetable (except for maybe carrots?), onions, and peppers.<br /><br />4. You go out to a bar. What does he order? Orange juice, hahaha.<br /><br />5. Where did he go to high school? Highland High!<br /><br />6. What size shoe does he wear? 11 or 11.5<br /><br />7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Well, he's kind of a pack rat. Like for instance he had a yard sale Saturday and basically didn't want to sell half of his child hood toys because he still thinks they're super awesome, (which some of them are super awesome). But besides that, I suppose he collects action figures (which is kind of like toys but for big boys!) and I guess video games?<br /><br />8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Well, if we go to a sub place he always wants meatball+ olives + parmesan cheese. But if it's a homemade sandwich he likes butter+ ham+ swiss cheese or peanut butter and jelly.<br /><br />9. What would this person eat everyday if he could? Well,since he almost does this already: cereal. Lots and lots of cereal.<br /><br />10. What is his favorite cereal? Hard one. I'd probably guess honey bunches of oats with peach slices, but if its packaged in a box and says it's cereal he probably likes it.<br /><br />11. What would he never wear? Plaid pants. Every time we go shopping together he points out how stupid they are. Oh, that and pink polo shirts with a popped collar. <br /><br />12. What is his favorite sports team? Lately it's been Desmond Miles. *WINK!*<br /><br />13. Who will he vote for? He and I both agree there is no option on who to vote for in the 2008 election. Obama - Biden all the way!<br /><br />14. Who is his best friend? Me, Graham, Alex, Sarahjane.<br /><br />15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Hmm probably want to date him? har har.<br /><br />16. How many states has he lived in? Uno.<br /><br />17.What is his heritage? British Isles mainly, one "ancestor" he's proud of is that he is related to Elvis in some way. <br /><br />18. You bake him a cake for his birthday, what kind of cake? Hmm, probably a yellow cake with fruit on it, with ice cream on the side which is the most important. He does like cake, but ice cream is his favorite!<br /><br />19. Did he play sports in high school? Gym class?<br /><br />20. What could he spend hours doing? Hmm, tinkering on his PS3, tinkering with his computer, tinkering with his music collection, and maybe drawing.<br /><br />21. Does he belong to any men's organizations? MWH: Men Without Hats..... S-S-S-A-A-A-F-F-F-E-E-E-T-T-T-Y-Y-Y SAFE, DANCE. Yes, I know this made my title soooo long.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-30118480046698856632008-09-16T08:29:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:30:23.206-07:00On second thought...I've changed my mind. I don't particularly like my biochem instructor. I mean, he's funny but the way he has his class notes set up kind of drive me nuts. So, basically he has Power Point notes divided into lectures instead of chapters or subjects like a normal human being. So, what these lecture notes entail is that if for whatever reason the next day he wants to talk about the same slide as the day before, he just includes it in the next lecture slide set. WHICH IS SO DUMB! I have like a huge bulk that is the lectures for that class, but I guess when I have the first exam I can clean out my folder. I'm kind of stressing for that class, we've been in class for a couple of weeks so far and I don't exactly know what COULD be on the exam. It's not like we've talked about much. Review of pHs, memorize 20 common occurring amino acids, beta- sheets, and alpha- helixs? Seems like so little? Definitely not enough to cover a test, because its not like we have to draw alpha-helix or even a huge oligomers and theres not enough information to fill up a test. So, Im paranoid it's going to hit me with something. I wish bio chem went more over like, what transcription actually is but I suppose we're getting there. Just have to understand the shapes of proteins for transcription, and why it unravels (which is what we just barely covered).<br /><br />Oh, but, I realized that my Calculus professor is a genius. Literally a genius. So, awhile back I noticed that he never lectures with notes or with the book or anything and yet he can cover the material so efficiently that makes perfect sense. I was later confirmed that he was indeed a genius when the second time he passed back homework that he had memorized who everyone in the class is just by passing back the homework once. I'm soooo loving that class though. I feel kind of crazy for saying I love calculus but the last time I took Calculus with psycho horrible teacher (he would do some problems, and then skip steps, and when we ask how he did a certain step he would say "just figure it out!") I was struggling and at a complete loss versus now that the two last homework assignments that I've done I got a 93/100 and a 100/100 (and they rigorously check every problem and every step you do in your homework). I feel safe again saying I actually like math. Maybe Trung teaches calc 3 as well? I wish.<br /><br />In other news, tonight is my niece Alannah's birthday party. (Oh, that reminds me I have to wrap her present! I can't go home after work and sleep a blissful hour before leaving.) My sister felt like she wanted to be a little extravagant on her birthday and has rented a limo to come pick her and her friends up and drive her to the beauty salon so that they can be pampered and have a chance to dress up in play clothes. Well, to say the least I'm excited-- I've never been in a limo myself. I mean, when my cousin got married I had the chance to look in, but never to just drive around. So I will tell you how it goes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-28679134433177385082008-09-15T13:17:00.000-07:002008-09-15T13:24:15.090-07:00Donated Blood!....<a href="http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v323/44/48/677787540/n677787540_1241050_2754.jpg" _blank=""><img style="width: 420px;" src="http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v323/44/48/677787540/n677787540_1241050_2754.jpg" alt="My Bruise!" border="0" /></a><br /><br />....and I got a huge bruise!<br /><br />The blood bank people (and every other time I've donated blood) has told me that I'm a "good bleeder" and I imagine that's why I have a huge bruise. I probably kept bleeding after they pulled out the needle, so although it looks mightily wicked it hardly hurts. WHICH ARE THE BEST KIND OF BRUISES!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-46380445446408930822008-09-13T00:06:00.000-07:002008-09-13T00:27:34.872-07:00High School MemeSiiiiince Chel tagged me, I figured I would do it:<br /><br />High School: Highland High.<br /><br />1. Did you date someone from your high school: Yep! One person, all four years. Even though when I was a freshman it was lame "only at school" dating. Which kind of not really counts.<br /><br />2. What kind of car did you drive? : I never drove to or from school. I typically got a ride from my Dad in the morning, and either walked home or bummed a ride from my friend Graham.<br /><br />3. What is your most embarrassing moment in high school? Most embarrassing moment in school? I can't even remember. I'm sure I did get embarrassed but apparently nothing traumatizing. <br /><br />4. Were you a party animal? If by party you mean ps2, then definitely. PS2 ANIMAL.<br /><br />5. Were you considered a flirt? No, not really. That's what happens when you date only one fellow.<br /><br />6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?: Nooo, (is apparently lame according to this meme). I totally took art.<br /><br />7. Were you a nerd? : Definitely a nerd. School nerd, fantasy book nerd, art nerd, general nerd. I am just a nerd.<br /><br />8. Were you on any varsity teams? : I tried out for baseball, haha. I didn't make the cut ;p<br /><br />9. Did you get suspended/expelled? : Nah, 95% of my teachers adored me-- even ones that I didn't even have.<br /><br />10. Can you still sing the fight song? : I actually can. I went to my nephew's football game and I was very much surprised that I knew all the words still. But I guess that's what you get for being in pep club for a year.<br /><br />11. Who were your favorite teachers? : Doug Tate (even if he had freaky rules about homework), Dudley, Dr. Atiya, and pretty much all my math teachers besides freshman year. Sooo.. Mrs. Vance, Corsi. Wow, so basically the science and math teachers. (NERD).<br /><br />12. Where did you sit during lunch?: If the weather was fair we'd sit outside in the middle courtyard, and when it was cold we would sit at a table fairly close to the most east side of the cafeteria. <br /><br />13. School Mascot? Rams<br /><br />14. Did you go to homecoming and with who?: Nope, I never went to dances with the exception of Halloween freshman year.<br /><br />15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? I definitely would. I heart high school. Although I probably would have done things differently, like take art and pep club jr year instead of pep club and seminary. Well, I didn't have a very good seminary experience in general. Then I would have been more willing to skip class. I like never did that, when I totally could have and still got fine grades.<br /><br />16. What do you remember most about graduation?: I remember that I had these pink high heels and I wasn't use to wearing high heels at all and my feet were killing me. Walking to the Huntsman Center and waiting to go in. Then I remember thinking the different lays were lame, like the pot leaf one? Or the candy one? Then I remember that during the actual ceremony I wouldn't have picked Abigal Adams to speak because although she is nice and smart.. she's a terrible speaker and draaaaaagged it on. Oh, and I remember screaming really really loud when Parker's name was called. So much that like everyone around me was like "sheesh angela". Haha.<br /><br />17. Where did you go senior skip day?: I'm not sure exactly. I think I slept in, went to lunch with the boys. Nothing like absolutely amazing. I was sad that our year didn't do a gotcha thing with water guns. I was looking forward to that.<br /><br />18. Were you in any clubs? : Art club and german club, but we didn't ever actually do anything. I remember for german, Herr Hardy was like "bring everyone for the year book photo, even if they're not in german. We need to beat the french class!"<br /><br />19. Have you gained weight since then?: Yarp. So saaad :(<br /><br />20. Who was your prom date?: Nooo dances. I wanted to go to a dance once, but I wanted Parker to ask me in a cutsie way, and when I hinted that I wanted to go he was like "so you want to go to dance with me?" in like "I don't really care but whatever if you want to go" tone and I said no because I was bitter!<br /><br />21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion?: Definitely, I want to check to see where everyone went. I can hardly wait.<br /><br />22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself?: Probably the same thing I would tell myself now, live your life for you and not for someone else. Oh, and value what you have because you might sorely miss it when the best thing you've ever had falls through because of your arrogance. <br /><br />Tag some people: I tag, Sarahjane, Abby, Lindsay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-24061215595982777602008-09-08T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-08T15:59:54.688-07:00Shh, silent films.You may or may not know, but I am kind of obsessed with silent films and so I thought I would help promote the Organ Loft by spamming their upcoming shows! Plus, since it's getting close to Halloween so they're showing cool ones. (Click on the image to show full sized image.)<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Silent%20Films/organloft.jpg" _blank=""><img style="width: 420px; height: 526px;" src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c85/odangausagi/Silent%20Films/organloft.jpg" alt="Organ Loft Listing" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />P.S. If you don't know what the Organ Loft is, that's okay because I'm going to tell you....NOW. It's a place that shows silent movies and has a live performance of an organist jamming out to the movie for the score. It's pretty sweet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276344802562644844.post-87955419943535050122008-08-28T15:05:00.000-07:002008-08-28T15:26:17.143-07:00I heart Chemistry, and basically school.I am pleased to announce that I am extremely enjoying school so far. It's weird, in previous semesters I would be excited for a class but soon would be disappointed and be indifferent to my classes but so far this semester I find myself becoming so enthralled in lecture, so when the professor says "well, it's time to go!" and I go "what?! time to go? it's only been 15 minutes!" only to realize that it indeed has been 50 minutes. I mean, yeah it is only the first week but I don't think I've ever felt so completely captivated by lectures as much as this year.<br /><br />Oh, and I'm loving bio chem. I feel so so so smart in that class and that's always sweet. Today was discussion and someone was like "why is it thermally unfavorable in just water?" and not only did I know the answer to his question but I can see the entire mechanics on WHY. "Well, because when the water attaches to the carbonyl group that leaves a very unstable primary ethel anion, which wouldn't happen so the water just drops off instead because it's a nice leaving group."<br /><br />Oh goodness I love chemistry.<br /><br />On another note, I'm not taking japanese. It makes me very sad, but on the campus information system there were two "third year japanese" classes and I picked the one on Tuesdays and Thursdays because the Monday, Wednesday wouldn't work on so many levels. Well, I went to class and realized that this was the 3rd year japanese class for those who lived in japan for over a year (i.e. missionaries and army folk) who have a real grip on speaking it but not so much writing it. It made me so pissed off that there wasn't any distinguishes between the name. The only way I could have known if I clicked on the info about the class, and why would I do that when I know I want to take 3rd year jap? So, that leaves me having an 17 credit hour workload reduced to a 15 credit hours. Which is fine, but I feel so lazy.<br /><br />I keep looking at what I need for graduation and it is finally starting to set in that I don't have much school left to do! Totally freaking me out, that soon I might have to be a real adult soon. I keep thinking about what I will do after school, and right now my hopes is to move to New Orleans and get some paid internships in a pharmacy and a vet, and maybe a chem lab? That might have to wait. Or maybe I will take a full time position at the Multimedia center doing graphic things that have nothing to do what I graduated in. I suppose we'll see!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4