100 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:

This was an assignment for Young Women's and it seems an appropriate thing to place on a blog.


1. Become fluent in another language.
2. Live in England.
3. See the Isle of Man.
4. See Istanbul, tour the Hagia Sophia.
5. Graduate from Brigham Young University.
6. Draw something I’m actually proud of.
7. Spend a month in a white-washed cottage in Santorini.
8.Buy my own car.
9. Begin keeping a notebook in my purse/bag to write down inspirations, thoughts, events on a regular basis.
10. Record in my journal when I do each of these items.
11. Learn to play Texas Hold ‘Em.
12. Swim in the Caribbean.
13. Go skinny dipping in a lake, river, or ocean.
14. Become friends with someone I normally wouldn’t become friends with.
15. Spend New Year’s in an exotic location.
16. Learn to drive stick.
17. Participate in a political protest.
18. Sleep under the stars.
19. Fall in love.
20. Own a really expensive pair of Jimmy Choos.
21. Go wind surfing.
22. Go white water rafting.
23. Buy my own house that I really like.
24. Plant and harvest a vegetable garden.
25. Do more family history.
26. Make a real difference in someone’s life.
27. Live abroad.
28. Travel to Jerusalem.
29. Get married in the temple.
30. Save a life.
31. Spend a day on a gondola boat in Venice.
32. Kiss in the rain.
33. Learn how to surf.
34. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
35. Take a painting class.
36. Go to a World Cup soccer game.
37. Go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter 7.
38. Cut my hair short.
39. Swim with Devynne Barret at BYU.
40. Meet the members of a band I like.
41. Go to beach while its raining.
42. Stay in a youth hostel.
43. Learn to make crème brûlée.
44. Celebrate every traditional Jewish holiday during a calendar year.
45. Take a baking class.
46. Stop criticizing my body.
47. Read my scriptures every day for a year.
48. Stay the night in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.
49. Visit a mosque.
50. Eat at a Moroccan restaurant on pillows on the floor.
51. Go to a comedy show.
52. Attend a multiple day concert festival.
53. Attend a film festival.
54. Swim in the Mediterranean Sea.
55. See “Mucho Ado About Nothing” performed.
56. Buy only dresses for a season.
57. Spend the night on the beach.
58. Get in my best physical condition.
59. Explore the Lake District, find Pemberley.
60. Learn to make really authentic and delicious tamales.
61. Live without TV and internet for a month.
62. Dye my hair red.
63. Have children.
64. Talk to people in the Balkans, visit Sarajevo, Podigorica, and Zagreb.
65. Work at a bookstore.
66. Be completely comfortable without wearing makeup.
67. Tell someone “I love you” and mean it.
68. Admire the architectural genius of Abbot Suger at the Basilica of St. Denis in Paris.
69. Dress up as a character from a movie and go to the movie’s premiere.
70. Have real Cajun cooking in Louisiana.
71. Have a picnic on the sea cliffs of Devonshire.
72. Swim in the Atlantic Ocean.
73. Go through the Chunnel.
74. Give a homeless person a meal.
75. Inspire someone to do something great.
76. Live in London.
77. Donate to Greenpeace.
78. Attend Comic-Con.
79. Serve a mission.
80. Visit the Sacred Grove.
81. Graduate from high school.
82. Read the Bible cover to cover.
83. Volunteer to help clean up after a natural disaster.
84. Go club hopping in Ibiza.
85. Relax on the beach in Cadiz, Spain.
86. Read more Charles Dickens.
87. Read the Book or Mormon chronologically, starting with the Jaredite chapters.
88. Date a someone with an accent.
89. Publish a book.
90. Take a dip in Lake Como.
91. Live on the east coast.
92. Give up fast food completely.
93. Get a master’s degree.
94. Live alone.
95. Have am orange cat named Apollo.
96. Read the Doctrine and Covenants all the way through.
97. See the “Importance of Being Earnest” performed
98. Learn how to sail.
99. Be a movie extra.
100. Hitch hike.

She & Him "In the Sun":

Yay for doppelgangers.

The Morning Benders:

Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses"

Reasons Why My Cat is Cuter Than Yours:

• She meows and runs to me when I come home.
• She waits by the door at the time I usually come home from school.
  
• She cuddles up with me at night.
• She gets angry if I stay up late doing homework instead of going to bed. She'll meow at me and run towards my room, hinting for me to follow, then if that doesn't work, she'll sit awkwardly on my lap until I give in.
• She always has to be in the same room as me.
• She follows me around.
• She comes when she is called (most of the time).
• She likes her tummy rubbed.
  
• She'll answer me with a meow when I say her name.
• She trys to make bird noises to imitate the birds outside the window.
• She is slightly overweight and her belly swings when she walks.
  

And all of this is testament that I am going to be a crazed cat lady when I'm old.

BLAZER!

Because it is 5:50 in the morning, my essay is half done, and I wanted a distraction, so I visited the creepy Ezra Koenig fan blog and found this gem:

10 Things I Like About Myself:

1. My eyes.
2. My ability to make an array of facial expressions.
3. My hair color.
4. My skin tone.
5. My ability to find humor in many things.
6. My random witty streaks.
7. My ability to excel easily at school.
8. My butt.
9. My observation skills.
10. My hand writing.

10 Things I Don't Like About Myself:

1. My really sensitive skin.
2. My inability to carry a tune.
3. My thighs.
4. My broken front tooth.
5. My inability to tell funny stories.
6. My shyness in large groups.
7. My height.
8. My acne prone skin.
9. My voice on camera.
10. My mumbling tendencies.

Giving Up the Gun Video

Joe Jonas, RZA, Jake Gyllenhall, Lil' John AND Vampire Weekend?! Yes, please.

Finest British Dramatic Costume Dramas:

So I'm a sucker for British Costume Dramas. It's a guilty pleasure, the more dramatic and romantic, the better.

Sense and Sensibility. BBC, 2008.
Because Dominic Cooper plays the perfect charismatic d-bag as Willoughby.

Pride and Prejudice. BBC, 1995.
Yes, the whole series may be five hours, but the comic timing is excellent, I laugh all the way through.

North and South. BBC, 2004.The Industrial Revolution, conflict in the Church of England, gossip and rumors, love across social divides, overcoming pride in order to allow love in, and a huge misunderstanding -- what more do you need? Plus, Richard Armitage is hot.

Little Dorrit. BBC, 2008.
Little Dorrit is as Dickens as it comes. It is raw, tragic, and complex. Luckily, even though the story goes from bad to worse to devastating, it ends pretty happy.

Cranford. BBC, 2007.
Judi Dench is amazing. And the old ladies are so cute. It's like the Golden Girls, except historical.

Northanger Abbey. iTV, 2007.
A rendition of a less known Jane Austen novel, but so good.


Far from the Maddening, 1998

One of the only Thomas Hardy novels that actually ends happily. Also, Nathaniel Parker pulls off facial so well.


Vanity Fair. BBC, 1998.

Becky Sharp is the most conniving, manipulating, heartless, and awful character ever written. You hate her, but you love her too.

Dorian Gray:

I want to see this.