Tagged!

I've been tagged so time to share some interesting tidbits. Let's see what I've got.

How This Game Of Tag Works:

~Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
~Share seven facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird, whatever you are brave enough to share.
~Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
~Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. When I was born one of my tear ducts was closed so the doctor had to open it up. They had my dad hold me and they stuck a long thin piece of metal down my duct. Kind of gross.

2. When I was younger I was obsessed with pioneers and living off the land. I was a tomboy and spent all day outside. I read Laura Ingalls Wilder constantly, visited her home & grave in Mansfield, MO, and made my friends play pioneers with me. I was convinced I was born in the wrong century.

3. In high school I decided to not watch tv or movies for a month. It ended up turning into 9 months that I wouldn't be in a room with a tv on.

4. I've been out in Provo for almost 5 years now and I still haven't hiked the Y once. Add to that the fact that I've been out to Provo almost every year of my life... I'm not avoiding it or anything.

5. I haven't bought any of the pajama pants I own. I've either swiped them from other people or people have given them to me. This has its pros and cons.

6. I've been to more than 40 states in the US (I've forgotten the actual number), but I have yet to get off the North American continent. I'm shooting for that soon though!

7. It has taken me over 7 attempts of opening this post to complete this. I guess I learned I have a really hard time coming up with random facts about myself. This is always a disadvantage in games such as 2 truths and a lie and such. Well at least this was a learning experience. :)

I tag...
Mickelle
Jenn
Jon
Jules
Jan
Cyndi
Jason

Japan Festival

This Saturday, I went the 4th Annual Nihon Matsuri Japan Festival in Salt Lake. They had demonstrations, booths, food, tea ceremonies, and tours of the Salt Lake City Buddhist Temple. Despite the weather being a little breezy, it was nice to be out in the sun. It's was also a good change of pace to spend the day up in the city. We went to the festival, browsed around The Gateway, and went to this awesome Middle Eastern restaurant Mazza. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures and none of them had us in them but it will give you an idea of what it was like.
Kendo Demonstration

Shot from the end of the street

Salt Lake City Buddhist Temple Entrance

I'm on summer break and it's snowing...

Classes are officially over and my summer holiday started with snow. It's a bleak outlook that's for sure. Despite the poor start I am determined to make it a good one. My summer plans are still undecided but I think I really deserve to have a memorable, wonderful summer. I will still be working but as for school... who knows. Classes start next Wednesday though so I'll have to be deciding soon.
Besides those two aspects of my life I have many things I'm looking forward to this summer: concerts, catching up on my reading list, going on trips, slurpees, seeing my brother graduate and leave for a mission, camping, hiking, more trips to Salt Lake, shopping, eating countless otter pops, finding a new place to live (that's kind of a love/hate), laying out and getting tan again, Karla's wedding, art shows, spending time with my family at the Oregon coast, the 4th of July, watermelon, and many more adventures I hope. I need a vacation and I'm going to give myself one.

Bees Game

This Friday, Mickelle was able to get 4 tickets the Bees game up in Salt Lake - so we went! It was great to go to my first baseball game of the year. It brought me back to my days going to St. Louis Cardinals games and playing softball growing up. We were also lucky to have great weather that night and it was a great break before finals. On a sidenote, I couldn't get enough of the Bees mascot. He was awesome. I wondered if I asked for his autograph if he'd write "Buzzz."

Here are some pics.

me & my sister Mickelle

Life of Pi

This weekend I got together with the new book club I'm in for our first meeting. My friends from Barnes & Noble have started it and it's so nice to be back in a group. This month we read Life of Pi by Yann Martel and I loved it. For those of you who have summer reading lists you should add it, you won't be disappointed. I would try to explain what it's about but as you can tell from the following Gchat exerpt I don't know if I really get the point across.

Mickelle: oh yeah, haha
i've seen that book before
whats it about?
Me: hmm that's kind of hard to explain. It's about this kid from India and he's a Christian, a Hindu, and a Muslim and his dad's a zookeeper and they're moving to Canada and their ship sinks and he ends up stranded on the ocean with a tiger.......

Really though it's a touching story about a boy's survival. From the first page of the Prologue I fell in love with the way Martel writes. He has a great voice. So if you're interested check it out and let me know your reaction.

Happy Earth Day

In honor of it being Earth Day I thought I would post about a little Earth-friendly (in more than one way) website I love. It's called BookMooch. The site allows people to post books they have they are willing to give away and match you up with those people who have books you're looking for. Then on your end you post the books you have and other people can find ones they want. I find it much more satisfying than donating my books to DI. Plus you earn points for every swap. You can get full details on their website if you are interested. It's like Amazon except you only pay shipping. Just another little website I love. Enjoy and Happy Earth Day!

We All Need Some Apartment Therapy

After living in rentals for 5 years I finally discovered a blog that can help solve my problems - Apartment Therapy. With countless blog entries you can find answers to your questions both on function and design. Of course, usually it also just makes me feel that I need to once again find an apartment that I can live with for more than a couple months before moving again. Otherwise I have no motivation to make it look pretty. They have lots of great ideas, links to cheap decor, Q&A's, and tips for fitting more into small spaces. I love it.

They Keep Saying Welcome To The Real World

After 6 months, I once again have a phone. Yes, it's true. Some may wonder how I survived for so long, but I think in some ways I'll actually miss the freedom of just not having a cell phone. So far things have been enjoyable. I hope I can continue to be disconnected from my phone though. When I had a phone previously I probably spent 1/2 of my day with it in my hands. I'll admit I had a problem. Now I just have to keep the texting in check and we're good. :) And I just need to find my old phone with all my numbers in it... now where did that go?