Hot Dogs

Can I just say, hot dogs are amazing??? A friend and I were talking about hot dogs the other day, and how much we love them but haven't had them in forever. Then we found out, they sell them in the Cougareat for $.99!!! I was so excited! So we both got one for lunch today, and it was wonderful! Some people don't like hot dogs, and I don't understand it! They remind me so much of baseball too. I think hot dogs are a comfort food for me. I grew up on a baseball field, and what do you eat at baseball games? Hot dogs. So they remind me of my childhood and baseball and wonderful times, and they just warm the soul. Hot dogs are amazing!!

Some Cool Pics

Picture 1: Can you find the mountain??
Picture 2: A storm coming or going: either way, it looks pretty awesome!


Picture 3: Those are windows in the ground! The library is underneath them!
Picture 4: Another view, but with some patriotism involved!!

Find it...

Can you find the Y?

Some people are actually requesting these!!

Sorry, but these really make me laugh, and some people are really requesting them! Ah, I should be doing homework.... Oh well.

1. Jack Bauer knows where Carmen San Diego is.
2. Jack Bauer doesn't breathe. The air hides in his lungs for protection.
3. Jack Bauer's house has an alarm system -- not to warn Jack of intruders, but to warn the intruders of Jack.
4. Jack Bauer doesn't lie. He tortures the truth until it admits it is wrong.
5. Jack Bauer can sneeze with his eyes open.
6. Jack Bauer can order a Big Mac at Burger King.
7. If you spell Jack Bauer in a Scrabble game, you win. Forever.
8. Don't ask what Jack Bauer would do for a Klondike bar...
9. Jack Bauer saved money on his car insurance by torturing the gecko.
10. When Jack Bauer was a baby, he took candy from adults.
11. Jack Bauer shops at Costco... without membership.
12. Most children slept with a teddy bear and blanket when they were young, Jack Bauer did the same thing but with a real bear.
13. Jack Bauer never needs to wear a raincoat. Rain knows better than to fall on Jack Bauer.
14. Jack Bauer doesn't aim. He tells bullets where to go.
15. If you run away from Jack Bauer, you're just gonna die tired.

I hope you all enjoy them!! Tune in soon for the next edition!! :)

US Navy Dream

Ok, as most of you know, growing up I had an obsession with the US Navy, specifically Naval Aviation. The Aviation dream I had to give up because of eyesight: it's not good enough. And, I sort of stopped talking about the Navy as I was going to school and got really involved in theatre and stuff. But, it was a dream that never really died. Well, again, as most of you know, as a freshman in college, for a semester I did the Army ROTC: a ton of fun, but not really my thing. It wasn't the Navy. For some reason, the Navy offers an appeal to me like no other branch of the military.
Well, the other day I walked out of the HFAC after class, and lo and behold, there was this huge Navy truck sitting there!! I immediately veered off my course to the library to this amazing sight: my heart was going "pitter-patter" the whole time. It was a simulation: like the Star Wars ride at Disneyland. It was a race car one, which really has nothing to do with the Navy, but it was still fun. Later this week they're going to have an F-18 simulation, and I'm really excited.
With this reemergence of Navy personnel on campus, my love of the Navy fired up again. And I started thinking about it and different opportunities available to me. I love my country and I am a patriot. And one of my greatest dreams is to serve my country. But I don't feel justified for myself dedicating all my time to that job, because there are other things I want to do, and other things I feel I'm meant to do. But, options are opening up for me to do both. We'll see what happens in the future. But I love the Navy; I really do. And one day, I hope I can be a sailor and proudly salute my nation's flag. Hopefully, in uniform on an aircraft carrier. But, one day. The dream is still very much alive....

Desire

I was reading this book and something it was talking about totally got me thinking. The book is called The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister. It's an amazing book. Anyway, he was talking about gifts of the Spirit and attaining them, and that in order to really attain them, the first thing you need is a strong desire. Well, what he was saying relates to all aspects of life: you can get and accomplish anything if you desire it enough. So he briefly told this story to illustrate his point:

"It reminds one of the students who had graduated number one in his class from a leading university. There were others with higher I.Q.'s, others with greater creative genius. Asked why he excelled them all, he replied, "As for the others I cannot say, I only know that I cared like blazes." Somewhere, sometime, that level of caring must surface. Pure obedience and silent endurance are not enough. There must be a burning desire, a reaching out, a seeking, in short, and exhaustive exercise of our combined spiritual, intellectual, and emotional energies, all focused on obtaining these divine gifts."

I just that was really impressive, and something I know I don't use enough: pure desire. If you want to achieve something, you have to put every energy you have towards achieving it: you have to care like the blazes. I think that's really good insight.

Noises Off

Ok, so had anyone seen a film called Noises Off? It's a farce with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. I had never even heard of it before. But we watched it in my film class the other day, and I have to say, it was the funniest film I have ever seen in my entire life!! Honestly!! I started laughing at the beginning, and never stopped till the end!! Usually in a comedy, you know, you laugh every couple minutes and maybe laugh really hard once or twice through out the two hours. This is not like this. The entire class never stopped laughing really hard!!! I loved it!!
But, as a precautionary, there is one f-bomb, and one of the girls spends the entire movie basically in her underwear. But other than that it's good. And, like I said, just absolutely hilarious. And Christopher Reeve's character is really great!!!

Valentine's Day: also known as Single's Awareness Day

Yes, Valentine's Day does have an alternative name: Singles Awareness Day. It takes on a whole new meaning when you're in college, and constantly surrounded and bombarded with couples. Honestly, Valentine's Day has never been a point of stress for me: I don't really care at this point that I'm single. It just means I have a good reason to eat a lot of chocolate on that day. Think of it as another Halloween. Sounds good to me.
But, there are many who do not feel the same. So, two of my roommates, also single, decided they were going to carry on the tradition of the Love Suck's party. Previous, a guy in our ward had done it for the past three years, but he's no longer in the ward. So, they got flowers a couple days before the party and let them wilt, and then hung them all over the kitchen and family room. Then they got bad love quotes from movies and stuff and put them all over the walls, had music playing, had cool black lights, and a lot of really good food. It was a lot of fun. So, although not the tradition Valentine's Day full of giving little cards and candy to your sweetheart, it was still a blast to celebrate Single's Awareness Day.