Mid-Winter of Discontent Evaluation:

Number of weeks until departing for Utah: 5 (yes!)
Number of pounds gained while home: 4 (eh... could be worse)
Number of thoughts of self-pity while being home: 15,000 (very bad)
Number of times felt lucky to escape Provo and therefore learn truth about certain friends and have opportunity to reevaluate my life: 233 (good!)
Number of days since last shaving my legs: 16 (excellent)
Number of books read: 12 (not great)
Number of TV shows watched: Too gross to admit. (sickening)
Number of positive thoughts: -63 (bad!)
Number of terms/semesters to go at BYU: 4 (excited)
Number of things to look forward to: 8,000,000 (very excited)

Ben Whishaw:

How can one man have such great hair?

It must be fake.

Things I Am Thinking About Today:

1. My first impressions of people are usually right. Sometimes down the road, I deceive myself and convince my excellent judge of character that, for better or for worse, I'm wrong. But then the truth comes out and I learn that they are just who I first made them out to be.
2. You're a douche. 3. Emily Whittle is the love of my life.
4. I am probably going to die alone.
5. I'm really not very funny. Only I am. To myself.
6. I don't believe much in second chances. Except that I give them.
7. Only six more weeks of hell being at home!
8. Kroll.

When the WB Still Existed:

I've been re-watching Smallville season one the past week. I know, I'm awesome. You don't have to remind me. It was so innocent and whimsical in the beginning! I had forgotten. I don't know where it ended up because I stopped watching around season three, although it looked like it got pretty dark and weird. But, oh! Smallville in the beginning. So cute.

Now all I want to do is pretend I'm nine years-old again and watch Gilmore Girls too! Ahhh, early 2000s teen dramas. Nothing is better than Dido and Three Doors Down soundtracks, flare jeans with gaudy belts, and minimal use of cell phones. Oh and then two years later, The OC comes on the scene. Here's to living in the past.

On Getting a Life:

It's decided. I'm running away and living in sin with this man.

I'm thinking the Isle of Man would be a good place to cohabit. After, my love is finished filming in New Zealand, of course. Maybe I'll meet Alan Davies there! Dream come trueeeee!

What's 21 years and 14 inches between us when it's true love?

T Minus 7.5 Weeks!

That's right people, only a couple months to go of my personal "winter of discontent." Okay, it's really not as bad as that, lots of you would be jealous of my current state of leisure and lethargy. However, that doesn't mean that I am not counting down the days until my return to the zoo. Idleness makes me quite restless and "nutty," as my mom says. I cannot stand not having things to do, places to be, people to see, schedules to keep! I cannot wait to hit the ground running and push through in order to graduate next spring. This girl is ready to move on and become a real big person. Well, minus the big part. Fingers crossed that the allusion my doctor made today about the biopsy he took not looking so great was just a really poorly tasted joke.

Ten Things That Need To Be In My Closet Now:

1. Tall, slender black boots.
2. Black fitted leggings.
3. 3" Chino Shorts from J. Crew, any bright color. (I guess the knock-offs from Delias would be okay too.)
4. Denim short-alls, either from H&M or Anthro.
5. Purple or blue, Vince Camuto Korsi pumps.
6. New dark wash jeans.
7. Hot pink, highlighter nail polish.
8. Feminine, 60s, pinkish mini dress.
9. Knee-length, wool, plaid skirt.
10. Tortoise, rounded sunglasses.

An Epic Movie about Esther?

Why did I not know about this? It's probably pretty dumb; the title alone is bad. But stilllllll, this is like top 10 best Biblical stories ever. Plus, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif are reunited in it? omg.must.be.watched.

Well I saw that one coming from like a mile away. Actually, since September.