True Story

I just found something that's WAY better than free food and homecoming. Playing with the neighbor kids, hands down, no comparison.

I started out downstairs watching the BYU vs. U of U football game... but I got bored. Plus I kinda wanted to keep my hearing, not lose it due to my mom yelling at the TV. I went outside to take a picture of the sunset, did you see it? It was all purplish and yellow.. Oh wait. I bet you, whoever you are, had your eyes glued to the TV watching the blue v red game.

Anyway. I took the picture then looked across the street and saw the neighbor kids riding their bikes, chasing each other. I heard my name, and... well to spare the long details, I ended up hiding in a window well and under a car in hide-and-seek, dodging all these little kids in freeze tag, and basically having some of the most fun I've had in awhile.

As I was laying flat under the car in our culdesac I realized that I had quite possibly just made the Zollingers' night, not to mention my night. I had one of those 'what if' moments. 

What if I stayed in the house and watched the game... I'd be bored out of my mind.

What if I had chosen to read or do homework instead playing with these kids... Again, I'd be bored and bummed out that I didn't get asked to homecoming (I'm not by the way, bummed about homecoming I mean)

What if I hadn't helped the Zollingers' unload their stuff when they first moved in and gotten to know them since then... Uh, well, I wouldn't have been out there playing for one. And they'd just be the crazy family with a Z last name and a bunch of little kids. No, I love that family. They remind me of my family away from home.

What if their little girls knew my name... I wouldn't be Kobe's sister, just Shelby. That's boring. I like being Kobe and Kooper's sister :D

Basically I'm just really glad that I went out and played. I really do love that family. And you know what? I would trade any number of dances for an hour of fun with the Zollingers. 

True Story :D

Free Food

You can never go wrong with free food. Never. 

Today I found a coupon for a free small fry at Purple Turtle as I was checking out of work. Yeah, that and the part where I sat at a booth with a Purple Turtle's special fry sauce squirter thing... Free fries and unlimited fry sauce?? I think heck yes! 

New Hobby

You know the feeling when you have an assignment but you're just dreading it?? 2 stories.

In Sociology our homework is to go out in society and break the norm somehow, then write a paper on it. If you know me, then you know that I like to stay inconspicuous. I don't like being the center of attention and I absolutely don't break any norms, that just draws attention. This assignment is due on Thursday and I still have no idea what I'm going to do :(

Snapping a photo of a sunflower... it's not hard. So why did I procrastinate this assignment til the 2nd to last day? Well, it beats me. I went out today, took my pictures, and you know what? I totally enjoyed myself and can't wait to get more pictures. I've had a camera for a large portion of my life... who woulda thunk that a single class was all it took for me to truly love it?

My favorite

Notice the patterns on the bee's wings??

My other favorite :)

Oh, no worries. I just happened upon this giant of a spider making a web. I kid you not, it was at least an inch long. I tried to get a pic of its face... but it was kinda in the middle of something and paid me no mind.

I Said Please...

Charles Frazier... go die a hole. Oh, but before you do, would you mind ripping your book Cold Mountain to shreds then burning it? Oh, and then I want you to collect the ashes of your book and drop them in your hole. Jump in after your ashes and die. Please and thank you :D 

The Help

I saw this movie for the first time today. I haven't read the book yet, but oh my heck, it's amazing!! Totally gives a new perspective and a feel for what life was like during that time. My favorite characters were easily Minny, Skeeter (Rita Skeeter, from Harry Potter, must be the evil twin :) and Aibileen.

You is kind

You is smart

You is important

This show made me wonder

 what type of person would I have been if I lived during that period??

I hope I would have had to courage to make a stand and help out the blacks. Be their friend...

Dognap

Wow. I cannot remember the last time I took a nap. 

I guess a 2 hour nap after a 4 hour test is okay...

But still. I never take naps.

Weird.

It's totally Kobe's fault.

Kobe was laying by me, then later Kooper. Kobe fell asleep beside me and he was snoring. Yes, he's a heavy sleeper. I think he lulled me to sleep :D

The Pictures Your Pictures Could Look Like

I'm taking a photo class this semester... yes, it's great. 

One of the first assignments was making a poster, as a group. My group was made up of Tori, Jalynn, and Ami. I love those people! Anyway. We were told that only a few groups would receive the full points and the rest 80%. Some motivation, huh? Well, we decided to play off of Mr. Old Spice :D

The Pictures Your Pictures Could Look Like

Hello photographers. Look at your photo, now at mine, now back at yours, now back to my photo. sadly, it isn't mine, but if you stopped using bad technique and switched to good technique, it could look like my photo.

(The top photo is a pic of a lady falling off a horse, and the pink strip by it says 'I'm on a horse' haha)

I know it's way fuzzy and I'm sorry, that's the best I could do with my phone camera.

Now. Onto another great aspect of photography class. Homemade tin can cameras. We didn't make them, but Mr. B showed us how to use them. It's a long tin can with an itsy bitsy tiny hole poked in it with a 'shutter'. The shutter is a piece of cardboard taped to the outside of the can, that flips up. See, there's a certain type of paper that, if exposed to light in any degree, once developed, turns into a negative photograph. 

Stick some fancy photo paper inside the dark, dark camera can, lift the shutter to bring in light and...

This was the 2nd picture Megan and I took using said ingenious invention :D

The first one was just of Megan, but turned out great. I'm the one on the right, Megan is on the left. I think the reason my left arm looks non-existent, is because I was holding the shutter up. 

Hey, I think it's pretty clear... for a tin can :D Oh, and do you see the school bus inbetween the 2 of us??

"Live as if you'd drop dead in 10 seconds. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security."

Life... is unpredictable. Just go watch Soul Surfer. Sometimes things happen that make life hard. Keep going. Live as if you'd die tomorrow, or in 10 seconds. How would your life be different? What would you do or change?

Have fun and make every moment count!!