Last night, I woke myself up at midnight to register for classes. Why they make us do it at midnight and punish the good students who actually get to bed on time, I have no idea, but it is what it is. I have a rather limited schedule due to the fact that I'm stupid and didn't pay attention and didn't apply to the teaching program this past September. Which means that I can't apply till January, which means that I can't start the program till next fall! I have one more general ed requirement. I went to my advisor and she gave me a list of classes to take, two of which are filled. I am not the kind of person who can deal mentally with showing up on the first day and hoping that someone drops, I need a plan!
So, I will be taking creative writing and american lit history for my major. History 202 - 1500 to present day for my last general ed. Old Testament, because I have to take a religion class (and I like it anyway). That is 11 credits and I need 12 to be a full time student. There are no other english classes available. NOT OK BYU!!! So I thought about it, I considered taking German again, but then I thought...dance. Tomorrow I will be taking a placement class and hopefully I will be able to enroll in a fun dance class or two. I have also enrolled in another religion class, Mission prep, because even though I won't be going on a mission until I turn 21, it can't hurt to take that class now.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Last Switch
I have officially gotten out all my winter clothes except my big ski jacket (I refuse to get that out until I actually see snow - I'm hopeful that it might not come this year). I love the snow and gloomy weather, but not since I have become such a cold person and not since I walk 15 minutes to school in the increasingly dark mornings. I also love winter clothes :)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Twilight nostalgia
So I was finally able to be social tonight and Kaylee came over and we watched a lot of "The Office" and I made cookies for my class tomorrow. It was lots of fun. About halfway through, Kaylee showed me this trailer for Harry Potter which led us to this. It made me think of all our good Twilight Tuesdays and BSE Forks and TwiCon. Oh, good times good times.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Loving New Foods
As many of you know, I have changed a lot of my eating habits over the last few months, the biggest of which is that I mostly eat fruits and veggies. The thing is that after a while, all your old methods of cooking them up get really old and your favorites get just as old too, so you have to try new things. I have found so many new loves!!!
My newest love is yams. I'm not talking some yam with my marshmallows, I mean straight up yams. Last night I peeled and cut up a yam and threw it in a pan with some water and let it just simmer till the water was gone and they were tender. Then I put just a pinch of salt and cloves and nutmeg on them and it was so delicious. I can't wait for leftovers tonight!
I have also somehow gotten over my aversion to green beans. For the longest time I would keep trying green beans, hoping to one day find that I actually liked them. I wanted to so much, but it never happened. Then one day, I thought "wow, this would go great with some green beans". I was SHOCKED!!! Was that really my thought?
My mother and I tried out Himalayan food while she was here and we discovered that we love it. I tried real sushi last time I was home and that is fabulous too. Oh and I tried some Polish cuisine when I visited the Jagards, loved it!
Any other suggestions? Keep in mind that I do live in Provo where 95% of all restaurants are either Italian or chains (Applebees, Chili's, Sizzler, cpk, pf changs, etc). But I'm willing to cook if you have a recipe. What do you like to eat?
My newest love is yams. I'm not talking some yam with my marshmallows, I mean straight up yams. Last night I peeled and cut up a yam and threw it in a pan with some water and let it just simmer till the water was gone and they were tender. Then I put just a pinch of salt and cloves and nutmeg on them and it was so delicious. I can't wait for leftovers tonight!
I have also somehow gotten over my aversion to green beans. For the longest time I would keep trying green beans, hoping to one day find that I actually liked them. I wanted to so much, but it never happened. Then one day, I thought "wow, this would go great with some green beans". I was SHOCKED!!! Was that really my thought?
My mother and I tried out Himalayan food while she was here and we discovered that we love it. I tried real sushi last time I was home and that is fabulous too. Oh and I tried some Polish cuisine when I visited the Jagards, loved it!
Any other suggestions? Keep in mind that I do live in Provo where 95% of all restaurants are either Italian or chains (Applebees, Chili's, Sizzler, cpk, pf changs, etc). But I'm willing to cook if you have a recipe. What do you like to eat?
Monday, October 18, 2010
Halloween Challenge
Alrighty all, I have a challenge for you, take it or leave it.
A few times in the last few weeks some random strangers have said something to me in passing that just made my day wonderful. I didn't realize how much I needed those uplifting comments until now and I want to pay it forward. For family home evening tonight, I had everyone make tootsie roll pop ghosts and pumpkins and told them to go out and say/do something nice for a stranger on campus and give them a ghost to brighten their day.
Instructions:
1. You will need: tootsie roll pops (or any lollipop that doesn't have the extra froof on top like blow pops), tissues (also colored napkins or tissue paper works), ribbon/string, markers.
2. Cover the pop in the tissue and tie with a ribbon around the base.
3. DECORATE!!! Get creative...see I even made little pumpkin ones and a creepy harry potter one.
But really anything will do or you can just skip the ghost part. Just keep in mind that there are people around you and it's the simple things that count. It's so easy to get wrapped up in our own little worlds, but easier still to think of someone else.
Wow, I promise my next post won't be all "save the world with small actions".
A few times in the last few weeks some random strangers have said something to me in passing that just made my day wonderful. I didn't realize how much I needed those uplifting comments until now and I want to pay it forward. For family home evening tonight, I had everyone make tootsie roll pop ghosts and pumpkins and told them to go out and say/do something nice for a stranger on campus and give them a ghost to brighten their day.
Instructions:
1. You will need: tootsie roll pops (or any lollipop that doesn't have the extra froof on top like blow pops), tissues (also colored napkins or tissue paper works), ribbon/string, markers.
2. Cover the pop in the tissue and tie with a ribbon around the base.
3. DECORATE!!! Get creative...see I even made little pumpkin ones and a creepy harry potter one.
But really anything will do or you can just skip the ghost part. Just keep in mind that there are people around you and it's the simple things that count. It's so easy to get wrapped up in our own little worlds, but easier still to think of someone else.
Wow, I promise my next post won't be all "save the world with small actions".
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Nanoose would not approve
First of all, Nanoose(one O or two?) was what we called my grandmother on my mom's side. She saved EVERYTHING!!! It was quite annoying. But I was always amazed that she could find some way to make it all useful and she never left anything on her plate other than cleaned rib bones. She would be absolutely appalled at this.
I work at Campus Catering and we do a lot of events, but the biggest is football games. We cater a few different events that night and one is the Legacy Tent, where I work. We get a few hundred people in every game day and feed them an awesome buffet, and put coolers filled with goodies at their seats in the stadium. We have hot dogs/brats and popcorn and even more dessert at halftime. And we give them even more dessert during the second half and after the game. It's a fun event and there is a lot of food.
I am amazed at the waste that comes out of this event. Even though we get to eat the leftovers, even we can't finish it all and they still throw away so much. Because we aren't allowed to take the leftovers home, what we don't eat gets tossed. The other day I was cleaning up from an event and we had to get rid of enough breakfast quiche to feed at least over a hundred people, probably way more - just tossed in the trash. And every time I have to do something like that, I think of the people who are always standing at Walmart asking for some help in that department and I think of Nanoose.
We use real plates except at the dessert station, so we aren't throwing away plastic plates. Most of the waste doesn't come from us though, it comes from people who load up their plates and don't finish. I have had to dispose of (we do recycle thank goodness! now I just need to get my apartment complex on board) water bottles or cans of soda that have a few sips taken out of them, cookies with only one bite gone, hunks of meat and just plane trash. It disgusts me.
Come on, America, get it together. Where does all this trash go? I was watching "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" the other day and they just launch all the excess food into a big pile that ends up almost killing everyone in the end. WE ARE GOING TO SUFFOCATE IN OUR OWN REFUSE!!! Now I'm not saying that we need to give up on modern conveniences like disposable diapers, but just that we need to be a little more aware. There is a reason movies like "Wall-e" are coming out.
So next time you are at a buffet, make sure to get what you want and no more, seconds are always available. And when you reach for that plastic sandwich baggie, consider Tupperware instead. If you have a bunch of food leftover, maybe you should go find one of those people that needs it before letting it rot in your fridge for a week. But most of all...remember your grandmother!
I work at Campus Catering and we do a lot of events, but the biggest is football games. We cater a few different events that night and one is the Legacy Tent, where I work. We get a few hundred people in every game day and feed them an awesome buffet, and put coolers filled with goodies at their seats in the stadium. We have hot dogs/brats and popcorn and even more dessert at halftime. And we give them even more dessert during the second half and after the game. It's a fun event and there is a lot of food.
I am amazed at the waste that comes out of this event. Even though we get to eat the leftovers, even we can't finish it all and they still throw away so much. Because we aren't allowed to take the leftovers home, what we don't eat gets tossed. The other day I was cleaning up from an event and we had to get rid of enough breakfast quiche to feed at least over a hundred people, probably way more - just tossed in the trash. And every time I have to do something like that, I think of the people who are always standing at Walmart asking for some help in that department and I think of Nanoose.
We use real plates except at the dessert station, so we aren't throwing away plastic plates. Most of the waste doesn't come from us though, it comes from people who load up their plates and don't finish. I have had to dispose of (we do recycle thank goodness! now I just need to get my apartment complex on board) water bottles or cans of soda that have a few sips taken out of them, cookies with only one bite gone, hunks of meat and just plane trash. It disgusts me.
Come on, America, get it together. Where does all this trash go? I was watching "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" the other day and they just launch all the excess food into a big pile that ends up almost killing everyone in the end. WE ARE GOING TO SUFFOCATE IN OUR OWN REFUSE!!! Now I'm not saying that we need to give up on modern conveniences like disposable diapers, but just that we need to be a little more aware. There is a reason movies like "Wall-e" are coming out.
So next time you are at a buffet, make sure to get what you want and no more, seconds are always available. And when you reach for that plastic sandwich baggie, consider Tupperware instead. If you have a bunch of food leftover, maybe you should go find one of those people that needs it before letting it rot in your fridge for a week. But most of all...remember your grandmother!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Most Satisfying
The most satisfying thing in the world is printing out that huge paper that has taken over your life for the last two weeks. I have written just about 4,350 words on George Herbert and I will be so glad to be rid of him. 19 pages including annotated bibliography and abstract making for a final word count of...6,043! I have never written that much. If I had all the time in the world, there are a few things I would change and smooth out, but there is a certain point when you just have to say "this is good enough" and hopefully that point is before you go completely insane.
The good news is that I only have one other long paper to write this semester and its only 10 pages and it's Shakespeare who is much more interesting.
This semester is really crazy and I will never overwork myself like this again. I have no life and spend so much time reading that I am losing connection with humanity.
Registration for winter semester is coming up and I am going to be much more careful in my choices. Actually, I went to my guidance counselor and she planned out my life for me so it's all good. She upbraided me for taking four lit classes. *sheepish smile*
ps I love that the date post got so many comments hahahaha I can tell what you all are interested in.
The good news is that I only have one other long paper to write this semester and its only 10 pages and it's Shakespeare who is much more interesting.
This semester is really crazy and I will never overwork myself like this again. I have no life and spend so much time reading that I am losing connection with humanity.
Registration for winter semester is coming up and I am going to be much more careful in my choices. Actually, I went to my guidance counselor and she planned out my life for me so it's all good. She upbraided me for taking four lit classes. *sheepish smile*
ps I love that the date post got so many comments hahahaha I can tell what you all are interested in.
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