Quoted

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."-Kurt Cobain

I've been pondering this lately. Thanks Kurt.

"A" Positive

I was in kind of a bad mood this morning. My roommate's alarm kept going off and I was kind of feeling sorry for myself for various reasons. Then it came time for me to donate blood at work. I went, I pumped, I gave. It took me a long time, 14 minutes. I'm not really sure what type my blood is but I think I am A positive. The phlebotemists kept messing with the needle, adjusting it so my blood would come out faster. Then my hand went numb. But that was just because the blood pressure cuff was too tight. Now I have a cool pink bandage around my arm. I saved three lives, possibly more depending on what kinds of experiments they do with my blood. And I felt better about myself and am in a much better mood because I helped someone out who will need my blood someday. I am "positve" (ha ha, blood pun).

Which brings me to my other thought for today. Organ donation. I am a big supporter of it. I don't have a family member that's needed one or some sad story like that, I just think it's a good idea. If there ever comes a time where I die, I'm not going to need those body parts anymore. So if they're still good, why not let someone else have them? In Washington you can choose to be an organ donor when you get your driver's license, they put a little red heart on it. I've got one on my license. Organs donated can include kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas and intestines. It's awesome. If you watch 30 Rock--Kidney Now!

Victory against The Man

I was bored today at work so I decided to check out my booklist for the upcoming semester. I had two books, one $105 and another $197 for a total of $302. That was outrageous. So I checked on amazon and half.com to see what they had. I ended up buying them for $21.50 and $93.93 including shipping, for a total of $115.43. Savings =$186.57.



I know the BYU bookstore is only a company trying to make a profit, but seriously? I always try to buy books online because they are usually cheaper. Sometimes it doesn't work as well because if you drop a class, you can't return it. Or you have to wait for it to come in the mail. But I've got three(ish) weeks until school, and I'm definitely keeping these two classes so it works great. I feel like I've won a battle against The Man.

Didgeridoo

I just like that word. It's fun to say. (Ha ha, that reminds me of the movie "ELF," Francisco!).

Let's start today with a joke.

Q: What did the breakfast lover say to the kidnappers who tried to take his pregnant wife?
A: Leggo my Preggo! (I just made that up myself).

I made pizza last night and it is GOOD.

Lately I've been getting a lot of questions as to my future plans after I graduate this December. I honestly don't know. I could move to Arkansas or something (I hope not). But I have a few ideas in case I don't get a job...

1. Become a ski bum
2. Work at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter-see this

3. Go to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC, Canada
4. Become a nomad

Any other ideas? My long term goal is to move between all my friends houses and stay there for free while I babysit their kids, but my friends have neither houses (except Jenna) nor kids so this plan is on hold.

Kind of starting to freak out about this graduating thing. I guess it really happens.

Happyness

I just read a story about the movie "Singin' in the Rain." When writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green showed the famous Gene Kelly dance to Leonard Bernstein he stated, "That scene is an affirmation of life."



Don't you just want to sing along? Gotta love Gene Kelly.

Cosmic Craziness

I played this game last night called "cosmic keep away." It's just "keep away" but more fun. The ball is electronic and you wear these things around your palm that have sensors in them. They are all a different color and when you catch the ball, it can tell which color touched it. When you start the game it tells you who is on which team by calling out the colors. There are also variations of the game. One is where you have to just keep it away from the other team for as many passes as possible within a certain amount of time. Another is the first team to get to 20 passes wins. Therefore the goal of the game is to steal the ball from the other team and make more passes before they do. The only downside is that there are only enough sensors for six players. I can see this game getting really rough so we shall limit the number of boys who get to play at one time. I also think this would be really fun to play in the pool. You can find it at Walmart for $25 by Nerf or Hasbro. They are both pretty much the same. I highly recommend this new game.

July 20th, 1969

40 years later and I am still awed that man walked on the moon. I think space is so facinating to learn about. Trivia: Who was the third man on the Apollo 11 mission?



Answer: Michael Collins. Everyone forgets him. They usually remember Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Man this makes me want to watch Apollo 13. Kevin Bacon. YES.