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Hypothetically Speaking

Let's say you were hung up on a guy for over a year. Let's also say that he treated you like dog crap for most of that time (everyone else coming first, flaking out, never calling, ignoring your calls, etc.). Let's say you repeatedly threw your heart at this imbecile. Let's say that he repeatedly made the choice to put you last, to put himself first, and to never give you anything in return for your love and devotion. Let's say he basically did everything in his power to push you away and make you feel unappreciated and unloved. Now let's say he has a best friend. This best friend may also be very attractive. Motivated. Happy. Sensitive. Thoughtful. ... And very sweet, and basically everything opposite of your ex. Let's say he has awesome taste in music and movies (and cars). This friend openly recognizes that his friend was a total moron who took you for granted and insists that his friend was so lucky to have you. We'll say that t

Potato Bugs

I wrote this in ten minutes in class tonight. The prompt was to write a bug story... ---- When I moved up here to Utah from California, I heard natives talk about potato bugs. I was always concerned that potato bugs were up here in Utah, and this is why... My first encounter with a potato bug was when I was seventeen in my senior calculus class in southern California early in the morning. There was a lot of commotion around my friend Becca's desk. She got up and started shrieking with a drama akin to the female victims in slasher films. Naturally, everyone wanted to see why. I had just gotten glasses a few days before then, but I didn't have them on. So when I walked over to see why she was flipping out, all I could see under her chair was a flesh colored, bulbous, motionless blob. This, I found out, was a potato bug. All of the "big men" classmates decided they would rescue us from this hideous thing. They got it into a plastic cup and took it outside.

Boot Camp

So I blogged before about how I was doing a boot camp. Things came up in February that sort of mangled my schedule up as far as exercising was concerned. But I soldiered on. I completed four weeks of the BCx Boot Camp program through fitstudio.com. And I felt like a total badass. You wouldn't believe the push that these workouts required of me--some of them taking me about an hour and a half when all was said and done. I don't regret it in the least. I was able to see what my body could do. My biceps are freaking AMAZING right now. Actually just my arms in general look awesome. I felt so much strength and gained so much energy. It really was a great experience. I had a friend say I looked like I lost weight. And another teacher asked a friend of mine how much weight I had lost. In actuality, I didn't lose any weight (I wasn't really trying to, in my defense). But I am guessing my appearance is more fit. It was really hard on my knees. I've had seve

Utah Drivers

I don't think I need to even make this into a long story or go off about why I was so upset. I was traveling west on 5400 south this morning, like I do every morning. Off to the right there was a side street, where someone was trying to turn east onto 5400 south, and someone trying to turn west onto 5400 south. Idiot turning west decided that since the east-bound car was in his way, he would just PULL OUT! I was going 40 miles per hour and had to slam violently on my brakes (great, they'll need another replacement before I know it). I laid on my horn. The person almost stopped as I was slamming on my brakes and then just kept going. It wouldn't have mattered at that point, I would've hit him on his rear drivers side back door. My legs were complete jelly. Fortunately I only had about 4 more minutes till I arrived at work. I just couldn't believe that. It could've been really bad.

Unspeakable Joy

Yesterday was pretty good until after I got home from work. I decided not to go to the gym because I was running on three hours of sleep thanks to an angel who stayed up talking to me (mostly listening, actually), walking me through some crazy emotions I was having. I had a feeling I should make myself go to the gym anyway, but I ignored it. So I sit down to write a couple of freelance articles instead (might as well be productive), and go to open the template I am supposed to use, and it tells me that the file is not found. At the bottom right corner of my screen, I can see Dropbox struggling to sync. For those of you who don't know what Dropbox is, it's basically like a web-based hard drive. But you can also install it as a regular folder on your computer. So I have it installed at home. When I save a document like I normally would on the computer, it syncs to the online database. Then I have it installed at work as well, so whatever I did at home shows up at work.

Ignoring

I like how I do a good job of not talking to somebody for almost three weeks. Which, by the way, has taken a lot of mental and emotional energy. Serious brain power committed to not giving in to the temptation of contacting this person. Then out of nowhere, that person just up and texts me one day. Out of the blue. Thanks for totally voiding all my progress because of your stupid whims. Oh, and by the way I hate you.

A Wise Steward

I keep up with the posts on Freebies 2 Deals . I have yet to take full advantage of the Wal-Mart posts that she does where deals and coupons are matched up to make free shopping trips for customers. Today I pulled my Red Plum coupons out of the mail, dated them, and set them aside. I proceeded to scour the grocery store circulars for a good half hour, taking notes on the best deals. As I said in my last post, I paid $10 for $20 worth of groceries at Ream's, so I wanted to be sure what the deals were to take advantage before shopping anywhere else to keep my costs at a minimum. Folks, let me just say that this whole blog is going to be full of fantastic deals that I got tonight. I am so proud of myself about my haul. At Ream's, I paid an extra 37 cents. But what did I get for my $20 redemption? Bread, milk, cereal, Dole salads, yogurt, granola bars, gum, two Nissin Chow Mein meals, and more. I didn't get a receipt because it was a redemption thing I guess. - I spent $

The Lord Doth Provide

Alright, time to recount some blessings. Elder Eyring says to keep a journal so that we can more readily recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives. I do try to do this but don’t always do so consistently. To get straight to it, this month is really rough. It’s March 6. I was paid ONE week ago. I now have $141 in my bank account. I still have to pay: -           My electric bill (hopefully $20 or less) -     My gas bill ($35) -           My Comcast (internet/TV) bill ($43) -           My gym membership ($22) -           My Netflix bill ($9) I also have not gotten groceries, and have only filled up on gas once. That leaves me with about $47 for gas and groceries this month. Needless to say, it was pretty difficult to hand over my tithing and fast offering on Sunday. I did it, because I always do, and the Lord has always provided. I am trusting that He will continue to do so. This struggle is here because of $428 worth of four new tires I had to buy

Naked Men Everywhere

So, can I ask? What is the deal with guys taking pictures of themselves shirtless in the mirror? I mean. Pictures in the mirror? Guilty. Right here. Easy to get a good angle on myself and know the picture will be decent. But shirtless? OK, so I’m sure lots of guys do this. Probably most of them do at some point, actually. The problem is what they do with these pictures. The other day I was texting a guy I had met online. He only had one picture that showed his face very unclearly and at an odd angle. The other two pictures were of his body (one was of him leaping up above the shoreline at the beach, how very sly of him). While we texted, he asked for some pictures. I sent him two of my face that I had left in my phone (I went on a deleting spree a couple of weeks ago). I asked him for some in return because I couldn’t tell what he looked like in his pictures. He sent one normal one. Then he sent one of his shirtless self from his neck down to his w