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1.31.2010

there's no people like show people...

...they smile when they are low. 

awkward elephant



a little while ago i commented on facebook that i felt like i was turning into an elephant because i was always starving.  now, i have become the [awkward] elephant in the room.  and the worst part about it is, i think i feel ok about it. . .

1.30.2010

dayton


that's right.  going to idaho today. 
couldn't beat the ice fishing adventure.
but it shall be fun with kara and rebecccca! 

:)  

1.29.2010

i've got you

found this song yesterday. in love:

1.27.2010

relish life

i love learning in institute on tuesday nights.
i love going to bed early every night, especially tuesdays. 
i love being awake early every morning, especially wednesdays. 
i love riding the bus when it's not so silly and crowded.
i love walking to work on quiet wednesday mornings.
i love seeing campus so still, so peaceful, so open.
i love hearing no sounds, just footsteps and the fog. 
i love watching the sunrise hit the glorious old main.
i love sitting in my computer lab with no one to help.
i love enjoying alone time to the hum of the hard drives.
i love reading with my family in the morning, over the phone.
i love listening to sweet disposition non stop this week. 
i love having a thousand things to do today and time to do them. 
i love preparing for choir valentines concert, and the creation.
i love looking forward to tomorrow, for so many, many reasons. 

"let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with our friends and family"  --thomas s. monson

one prayer



"one prayer answered changed the world"





1.26.2010

happy tuesday


today was a really good day.
i mean really good.
and i don't even like tuesdays.
good night moon!

"it's going really well, but definitely not facebook-add-worthy yet."



1.25.2010

turkey!


if you want to see the funniest thing, please visit here:
and i thought seeing a horse and its rider cross the street
was the end all... ha ha.  only in logan.  only in logan.

40 - good

this is a first in a long time:


1.24.2010

ice fishing!

i have a bucket list. there are lots of exciting things on my bucket list, one of which is to go fishing.  yesterday i did it!  not only fishing, but ice fishing.  i was a little skeptical about it, but luckily wesley and andrew are fishing experts and they were the perfect people to go with on my first fishing expedition!  we went to hyrum reservoir which was gorgeous!  windy, but gorgeous!  here's our adventure, start to finish: 




clockwise: our holes, digging the hole in the ice, sarah fassmann gets the first catch of the day, and the gorgeous sky at hyrum reservoir!



this is my first fish i've ever caught (i know it's small but i was so excited anyway!) and this is me eating that fish... not tasty.  i don't like fish.  but cool experience.



clockwise: before we cooked it (disgusting), wesley in his lovely camo outfit, the fish remains (even more disgusting than the meat), and sarah preparing it.  

all in all, definitely a day to remember! 
thanks, wesley :)  



1.23.2010

love


angels and airwaves are releasing a new album on valentine's day.
it's FREE!!  here's a sneak preview... new favorite song...


1.22.2010

she is 14


today is my darling little sister hannah's birthday.
happy #14, babe!  I LOVE YOU!



1.21.2010

makeover. again.


alright, maybe i'm a bit
bipolar, but i think this
layout's here to stay...
for a while anyway... ;)

stop sign on the corner

 this morning it snowed. and snowed. and snowed.
the bus was 15 minutes late.  as we stood there
waiting for it, this car swerved and knocked
over the stop sign.  it was sad but the best
part about it was, he got out of the car laughing
his head off.  it made me feel better about it.
then he drove away.  turns out the lady at the
bus stop with me lives in that house on the corner.

oops....

1.20.2010

jerry and janet.


pretty sure i've met the coolest man in logan.  his name is
jerry and i sit next to him in choir.  jerry is 74 years old and
still works because he wants to, because otherwise he would
get bored.  jerry makes funny comments all through choir
that keep me laughing and awake for the 2.5 hour rehearsals.
jerry offers to give me rides whenever i want... even to salt
lake!  jerry met his wife in high school, 1956, it was "love at
first sight" as he said, and they went on their first date (a blind
date...) to a dance at saltaire (typical, love it!).  he graduated
and waited 2 years for her to graduate, in the meantime going
to all the high school dances though he was too old.  then
they got married 30 days after she was graduated... she was
barely 18 and he 20.  they had kids right off the bat and he
never got to go to college because he had to work.  he told me
all about his kids and his job and his life, and i love it.  i'm glad
to be sitting by the most hilarious 74 year old i've ever met.
he's like a second grandpa, which is what you need when you're
away at school.  (i already have lots at home :))

then there's janet.  she sits on the other side of me.  janet was a
theater major, but really just wanted to sing for her whole life.
janet has children too, some far away, some close.  she tends
her darling grandchildren quite a bit, and spoils them rotten,
like any good grandparent should do.  janet gives me a ride
home from choir every week because she refuses to let me
walk home at 9:45 in the dark.  bless her heart.  she looks out
for me in so many ways... she even took my the creation book
and had it bound all nice so i wouldn't have to carry my folder
in the concert.  what a sweetheart.  she's got quite the attitude,
too!  between janet and jerry, there is never a dull moment in
choir, especially because janet always has something to say
about an outfit someone is wearing, or the way the two ladies
in front of us bob and sway when we sing, or the way lanae
always steals my cell phone and sometimes forgets to give it
back.  needless to say, i love these people.  and i'm glad i've
met them.  i like to consider them my logan grandparents :)

i think it makes my mom feel better too, knowing there's someone watching out for me always!

yay for old people, gosh i just love 'em!

1.19.2010

zip a dee doo dah!

oh man.  today was just a funny day.  observe:

1. bus ride to school:  driver gets on the intercom and says, "i have good news and bad news.  the good news is it isn't monday!  the bad news is it's tuesday and you have to go to class.  have a great day."  i have honestly come to love riding the bus.  you never know what to expect.

2. work: trying to figure out the new computer system... not too bad, but slightly funny how many problems we were having...

3. after work: literally running across campus to be on time to ballroom class... slipping on ice...

4. ballroom class: (favorite!) it's so entertaining to me to compare how good or bad different boys are at leading and dancing.  haaa.  my new friend jason and i were having loads of fun today (he's really really good at leading!  love it!)

5. tai chi.  funniest class ever.  my thighs KILL from it, but today we were doing this pose and i swear we looked like zombies then dead birds, i couldn't help but giggle.  travis and i had a blast in there today.  best choice class ever.

6. walking to the library i came upon, get this, 5 chinese people at one parking meter trying to figure out how it worked.  i shouldn't have laughed, but the dad was yelling at the kids who were all simultaneously trying to put coins into the slots and hitting each other while the mom held screaming baby and pulled at the husband to let them figure it out.  i love chinese.  seriously.  so much.

7. art class: learning i have to do my art project (that took me 3 hours) all over again because i did it wrong.  oh.  not funny.

8. getting an e-mail from julia.  she spells things so funny!  i love it.  such as, "did you watch american idle?!"

9. walking to the library again: this girl i know named tammy was walking ahead of me.  she has the most bubbly personality of anyone i've ever met and walks with this darling little bounce in her step.  she was saying "good afternoon" and "why hello!" to EVERYONE she saw.  it made me giggle and completely made my day.  why can't more people be so friendly.

10.  watching tammy: reminded me of the other night in choir when dr. jessop said, "dance with me" like he usually does, to get us into the music more... and tammy stands up in the aisle and starts full on dancing, which she was terrible at, i might add... we all got a good laugh and it turned into a small dance party for a minute... with a bunch of 50+ year olds.  choir is the highlight of my week.

11. tatum told me i've been talking in my sleep a lot.  the other night i sat up and said something like, "announcing sara sue, aka sara!  that's it." then i laughed at myself (which i also periodically do in my sleep, wa ha ha, and went back to sleep.  and this story has nothing to do with today, but i just thought of it.  ha ha ha.

12. ringa ringa - by a.r. rahman - new favorite song.

13. coming out of the parking garage after institute, emily and i were having problems with the machine... then the guys in front of us decided not to pay and drove up really close to the bar so when we paid they would go through... so she made me get out and put coins in, which it wouldn't take for like 10 minutes, then she sped away under the arm thing that almost totaled her car.  institute.  good times.  

here's to a chuckling sort of day!  the kind where you can't open your mouth without a song jumping right out of it!

1.18.2010

margarita


today
i
really
miss
my
mom.



1.17.2010

silly blake.


today in church i sat next to a boy named blake, who oddly enough goes to byu-idaho.  he was visiting our high councilman who was his uncle, and speaking in church today.  blake kept making comments all through sacrament meeting and it kept making me giggle.  hard.  i was a little embarrassed... but he was funny... [ until he started bashing usu and comparing it to byu.  not ok.  he didn't even go to real byu, he went to sellout byu where all the people that couldn't get into real byu go.  (no offense linds, becca, and alex!) ] anyway, after the ward choir got up and sang, he said to me, "i've decided pretty much the only reason church exists in college is to flirt..."  then thought for a minute and went on... "i mean, like ward choir and linger longers and ward prayer and fhe and stuff. yeah.  why else would they exist?  seriously."  i started laughing because it's a bit true... most singles ward activities turn into flirt fests.  but it's understandable because most people's goal right now is to meet people and marry, or at least figure out what you would want to marry, right? besides, we're all young single adults.  who can blame us?  but i couldn't help but think in my head, "debatably the only reason byu exists is for that very same reason... but to a heightened, intensified level." but i couldn't get the courage, for i knew if i said it i would lose it and have to leave.  too much laughing isn't appropriate for sacrament meeting.  isn't it terrible that we get the worst laugh attacks at the most inconvenient moments?  ha ha ha ha. silly blake.

breathtaking joy.


"god the father watches over us, fills our hearts with
breathtaking joy, brightens our darkest hours with
blessed peace, distills upon our minds 
precious truths, shepherds us through 
times of distress, rejoices when  we rejoice, 
and answers our righteous petitions."


  --president uchtdorf, oct 09


1.15.2010

business.


next time i go to college i'm going
be a business major.  that's where
all the attractive men reside.

1.14.2010

best. semester. ever.

managing organizations and people: a business class, absolutely love it.  it has a LEAP feel, the professor is one of the best i've ever had, and i'm already learning a lot.  and hey, teaching a class is just like managing a business, right?  i'm having fun discovering how...
art in the elementary school: i've never had a true art class, but i'm loving this one so far!!  we have a project every week.  it's distance ed, so kind of weird watching half the class on the TV all over utah, hah, and the delay in sound.  best.  
PE in the elementary school: i love how hands-on everything elementary education related is!  we get to play the games, and go out and practice teaching them.  don't even worry, our first assignment is blowing our whistle correctly.  whoot.
american festival chorus: took this last semester too... with all the adorable old community members of logan.  already made some good friends from last semester, it's fun to be with them again.  and of course singing with dr. craig jessop is the most amazing experience ever!!  this semester, we have a music is for lovers concert for valentines and then performing haydn's the creation in march.
ballroom dance: today was the first day and i love it so much already!!  reminds me of dancing on the kitchen floor with my daddy, but this time i'll actually know what i'm doing.  one guy was making fun of me today because i subconsciously try to lead... hah, oops.  today we did the foxtrot.  loved it.  and, it's with cassie!  so excited to have a class with her :)
tai chi chuan: that's right, ladies and gentlemen.  i'm taking tai chi.  not sure what to expect, today was my first day in that as well.  the professor is so good!  though it's a lot harder than i thought it would be, i'm really excited!
doctrines of the gospel part 2: having taken part 1 first semester, kellen and i thought it only appropriate to take part 2 this one.  brother jacobs is the best teacher i've ever had at usu.  i learn so much from his class, and also laugh a lot too!

i thought last semester would be my favorite schedule so far, but honestly i'm already enjoying this one a ton too, it might be my favorite, and if not, definitely a close second!  it's so easy... no pressure... lots of fun classes... and nothing that i don't want to take!  plus, there are actually boys in the classes, unlike all the eled ones, ha ha ha.  to make things even BETTER (if you didn't think it was possible, it is.)  i FINALLY have a job and am loving it already!  though i feel a little dumb sometimes because i don't know everything and often tell people the wrong answer to their questions, i'm learning so much and having a great time.  the people i work with are amazing, and though people aren't always happy to come into a testing center, we try and make them smile.  and, who wouldn't want a job where making people smile was a job description?  besides that, IWA is almost over!  don't get me wrong, i've loved it, but i'm ready to be done.  i'm sure i'll miss it once it's over.  it's been good to me.  but, definitely ready to be done.  march 31st.  holding on.  and to make matters even better... this is the semester i've been looking forward to since feb 2008.  though at the time it was an eternity away, everyday i wake up sooo excited that feb 24th is approaching, sooner than i probably realize. heee

1.11.2010

zero degrees. mmmm.

today it was zero degrees.
way to go, logan, that's
a good accomplishment.
but.  my legs and ears
don't appreciate you.

my dad called to say all
the cow methane was
going to freeze in the
air.  when tate and i
went to work out we
definitely smelt it, frozen.

bbrrrrr.

on a brighter, less chilly note,
the first day of school = success!
this semester's gonna be rockin'!
different than semesters past, but
definitely rockin'!

43 days, friends.  43. days.

1.10.2010

come along, afterthought.

3 best best friends.  
one afterthought.  
and they wonder 
why i don't enjoy 
hanging out with 
them.  but alas, i 
chose these people. 
i chose this place.
i let them read this 
blog.  i try to be a 
good roommate 
but usually fail. 
i try to be patient 
but it's surely not 
my strongest trait.  
i try to stay out of 
the way, and it 
works,  but i fear 
they take it the 
wrong way.  but 
who wants to be 
a fourth wheel?  
three is a crowd. 
and i'm number 4.


just call me 
afterthought.
don't worry.  
i choose to be.  

1.09.2010

in the meantime

"'i'll see you then.  
and i'll write in the meantime,' 
i say. 'yes,' she says without 
turning around, her voice thick, 
'i'll write you too.' 

it is saying these things that 
keep us from falling apart.  
and maybe by imagining these 
futures we can make them real, 
and maybe not, but either way 
we must imagine them. 
 the light rushes out and floods in."


- john green

1.08.2010

change

 
"the message of the restored 
gospel of Jesus Christ
is that we can and must 
expect to become better 
as long as we live."  

"when you choose to 
follow Christ, 
you choose to 
be changed."  

1.07.2010

circles

another day
another sunrise
another factory call
another night
another sunset
another freefall.

another day
another lifetime
another engine stalls
another line
another freeway
another freefall.

i'm spinning out in circles.

1.05.2010

coughing for 2 weeks.


too bad i have to leave all my best friends and
go back to school tomorrow.
maybe all my roommates will catch
this ghastly cough.  hah

- - - - -


yesterday katie and i went to cabana!
i hadn't been since august.  it was lovely.
then we went to this crazy restaurant called
the wing coop.  my tongue doesn't have
much spice tolerance.  it was hot,
and i got the least spiciest wings.
they definitely love the spice up there.
love the restaurant, but there are some real
sketchy people that work there.  he he.
katie is great. and has a secret i can't
wait to tell people when it is official :)

julia and i made a movie last night.
and ran some errands.  have i ever said how much
i absolutely love running errands?  that's definitely
a mom thing to say.  but honestly.  i love it.

then whitney ward and i discussed something i'm
completely excited about for the coming semester,
i realized my dear friend emily is coming back to
school this semester, and my other dear friend
emily started a photo blog that i already love.
monday was the greatest day even though
i'm going through annie withdrawals.  

- - - - - -

today i convinced my mom to go to walmart,
which she doesn't enjoy.  that was entertaining.
then we went to franklin covey where i won
 the bet that they would remember us from coming
 in 2 weeks ago.  what a great business.

today i also had a grand adventure with allie.
first we waited for david in the draper temple
forEVER but it was gorgeous so it was ok :)
then we dined at my new favorite restaurant,
zupas!  there were lots of fine men there and a
delicious chocolate covered strawberry.  definitely
a charming restaurant and made me want to go to
lunaberry, which i told allie would be our next feat.

anyway. then we traveled all over the city in search
of her textbooks.  i got a complete tour of 3 of the
slcc campuses.  they were a lot nicer than i thought.
and i guess i never realized how big slcc has gotten.
and much more modern than what i'm used to at usu.
but, that's one thing i absolutely adore about usu.
the old buildings are so authentic, and when
i look at them i know there is so much history
behind them.  pioneer history.  modern history.
all kinds of history.  sorry guys, but usu is
the best school out there!  allie is great.

when i got home, my friend jake had added me on fb.
i didn't realize he was home from his mission.
this alone could've easily made my day.

tonight, parker and laci took me to 500 days of summer.
it was sad.  but i didn't cry.  but i liked it because
it was a lot more like real life than any chick flick
i've seen in a lon... actually, ever!  it definitely held my
attention, and i truly ached for the poor boy.  do guys
really get wrapped up in relationships like that?
parker also taught us what a real avatar means,
and i realized joyce has one.  so does dwight.

the music choices in the movie were excellent.

also, the fire alarm went off during the movie.
everyone looked around, then didn't move.
so we sat there with it ringing for 5 minutes.
a few old people got up.  it stopped soon.
pretty funny.  good thing it wasn't a real fire.

it's been a good week and it's only tuesday.

salt lake, you are good to me.  i will miss thee. 

1.04.2010

frigid, frigid logan.


i for sure have the best room in our house.
it's nice and cool (sometimes too cold!) in summer,
and in winter, so warm that i can actually get out
of bed with a short sleeve shirt on and not freeze
to death.  and actually so warm that sometimes
i have to put a pillow on the vent so i don't
burn up.  needless to say, i'm pretty much
dreading going back to the frozen tundra of the
north.  in fact, just thinking about it makes
me completely shiver.  logan, why do you
have to be so frigid in the winter??!!

1.03.2010

dead to me.

i just have to say...
it's always a little awkward
when someone you dated
gets married... the end.
also, married people are
dead to me. (except parker
and laci, of course!)
i hope i'm not
a lame married person.

do it.

Melissa K. Condie posted this on Facebook today. I really, really like it:

Do it.

Take a skinny dip into hope-

strip off your worries
and beat up your fears

as you

bask in new stories
with exhilarant cheers.

No lookin’ back.
Don’tcha dare hesitate.
Run into those waters,
There’s no need to wait.

No need to convince your brain it is false.
Just splash into hope and let your dreams waltz.

Do not test the water,
Don’t be weary or slow.
Set your mind to the task
And just simply GO.

rip off your regrets
and drop off your aches

as you

hop into
skip into
jump into
burst into

the Lake of all lakes.

Hope.

--Take a skinny dip into hope--

gpa on fb

my grandpa got facebook over the break.
pretty sure that qualifies him for the
coolest grandpa ever!


1.02.2010

sme.365

i'm pleased and excited
to announce a new project:
go here to check it out!
cheers! happy 010.

1.01.2010

resolution conqueror

i don't know why i have this feeling that 2010 is going to be such a great year, but i do. i was just listening to a song by the goo goo dolls. it says "tonight's the night the world begins again". though i normally relate and found this song fitting to the night michael left for the mission (because we listened to it like 18 times, ha) today i also feel it is a fitting way to start the new year. my grandpa says the way to achieve your new years resolutions is to discard the idea that there is some magic about a new year, or january, that suddenly causes an abrupt change of behavior. while i believe this is true, i also believe that there is a strong motivation that comes with a new year. more people join gyms in january than any other month. and i hear temple attendance in january also skyrockets across the globe in january. as i've said previous, i love that we can wake up everyday with a fresh start to change or improve. i feel this way especially about the new year. not only is it a new day, but a new month, and a new year! after the lazy holiday season of eating 40 pounds of junk food and sleeping in and sitting around all day, january is a great time to recommit to things we want to change or improve in the coming year. however, by january 31, 90% of people have abandoned all their resolutions they made just 30 days prior. so there's our challenge - to break the trend and make our resolutions and dreams a reality.

new years resolutions were supposedly started way back in 153 BC with a mythical king of rome named janus. he is often depicted with two faces and one head. the one face is looking backward to see what he would like to change in the new year. the other face symbolizes his looking forward to visualize what things would be like with his changes accomplished and mastered. the romans conveniently named january after janus, thus why we identify resolutions with the first month of the year.

so, my challenge to myself this year is to be like this janus. consistently looking back and identifying areas of change, and becoming a resolution conqueror by looking forward with confidence that i can, and will change. may 2010 be the best year yet!