Stripping In Vegas

Sarah and I went to the strip today and did all the classic touristy things. Aside from a few too many poke-her jokes and being offered a million cards with naked women on them, we had a blast.

We took so many pictures though...so I put them in a photobucket album. Please take a look it will be way worth your while!!

http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii317/tarzanschicca/Vegas/?albumview=slideshow

Slurpy Lurky Turkey

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!

I know you all are just dying to see pictures of our magnificent feast so here we go...

(The pie we made this morning. We had hoped that adding shortening and water would help the rolling out process but it didn't.)

( This is our Tom pre-cooked. Please note the disgusting tube-ish thing in his chest cavity. I accidentally grabbed it in the thawing process and threw up a little in my mouth.)

(Sarah broke skin on the potato peeler and I burned myself (surprise) on Tom's pan.)

(Can you say YUM!!)

(Yes, Sarah made sure that our feast was aesthetically pleasing.)

(Home made rolls, mashed potatoes not from a box, real live vegetables!)

(It was like my birthday in November. Don't you love our wannabe champagne (best if pronounced sham-pog-nay)? Martenelli's is so much better!)

(Yeah we did)

Silly Town Pie

Last night was super fun! Not only did I get to see Twilight but I went to a casino for the very first time! Edward by the way is so unattractive that I laughed when he was shown for the first time.

(Our movie theater/casino)

When Sarah got home from work today we went to Town Square, an outdoor mall, with some of her roomies. It had been rainy all day and was still drizzling but it was still fun. given that it is nearly Christmas time, all the palm tress were decked out in Christmas lights.

(Sorry if this picture makes you dizzy but I love it!)

(Decorated palm trees, silly and yet elegant)

Our second adventure of the night was pie making. I think I probably made the crust wrong, because it just would not roll out. Or maybe it was the fact that it was 10 at night. Long story short we could not get a good top rolled out so we did strips, and it looks delicious!

(Oh, did I forget to mention Sarah's beautiful counters didn't help either?)

(My expert trimming skills, and our expert pie)

Grand Twilight Indeed

I thought that I would give you a grand tour of Sarah's place. It is indeed grand.

Sarah's bedroom (minus her desk and compy). Yes, the two of us have been sleeping on that bed. I think we're awesome or something.

Sarah's huge kitchen. Well, it's huge compared to mine. everything is really nice...Sarah loves the cupboards.

The living room is fab. Two couches, one love sac, a tv, and Edward (a rediculously huge teddy bear next to one of the couches) what more can a girl ask for?!?

When Sarah showed me her backyard I laughed. Now you can too.

Tonight we plan to go see Twilight when Sarah gets off work and then go play volleyball with all her peeps. Tomorrow we get to make pies...and vegetable dip...only the beginnings of our masterful feast!

Alone Nothing Burger

Dear Diary,
Today Emily did nothing. And God saw that it was good.

Really though I spent my whole day hanging around at Sarah's apartment waiting for her to get home from work. she did eventually, then we went to purchase our Thanksgiving feast and I went to In-and-Out Burger for the very first time!

We watched Home Alone 1 and 2 last night and tonight. I had forgotten how funny they were. Good clean humor.

"Keep the change you filthy animal..."

Love it.

Spoon Casino News

Emily's bits of Good News:

- Alex Johnson was a girl

- She didn't die in the car with a 17 year old driving for 8 hours

- She managed to direct Sarah to a random Pachangas in St. George

- They found a Spoon Me in St. George before departing

- She is now in Lost Wages, more commonly known as Las Vegas

Vegas is so different from anywhere I have been and remember being before. We came in on I-15 and coming out of the mountains this is what we saw.

The sea of lights. Well, my camera's beast attempt at replicating it. It was amazing. We drove right by the Mirage, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, and about a million other Casinos. And I saw real live palm trees. Simply incredible.

Breakifying Trip Gender

Well, I'm all ready to go and I'm just waiting for the driver whose gender is still unknown. Correction, unknown to me, I'm sure they know.

I just finished breakifying our apartment. Breakifying? Why, what does that entail oh wise Emily?

Breakifying your apartment:
- Before each roommate leaves make sure they wash all of their dishes. (Tiff did leave one cookie sheet unwashed)
- Remove as much garbage as possible. (I definitely just walked out to the dumpsters with 5 plastic grocery bags and one kitchen bag full of garbage and one empty milk carton)
- Lock all windows...well the ones that have locks on them. (Yes, I discovered that the locking devices on the windows in our bedrooms is extremely inadequate. Perhaps the disgusting state of the glass will deter anyone thinking of snooping)
- Make sure the heat is off.
- Leave one light on in the middle of the apartment (to trick people into thinking someone is home!)

Road trip here we come!!

Good luck at the open house today Mom and everyone else!!

Thankful Lappy Pirates

Did anyone else not realize that there were still people in the world who call themselves pirates and do "pirat-ish" things?

(This is a ship that is "in the hands of Somali Pirates" Guard your vessels!)

I saw on Google News yesterday the following headline "Islamic militants join hunt for pirates in Somalia." Pirates?!? Really?!? Anyhow, along with the price of gas, the war in Iraq, and who can marry who, I now will worry about pirate attacks. Thanks Google News for feeding my paranoia, thanks.

In better news I am leaving tomorrow morning for St George, Utah! There I will meet up with the intelligent and beautiful sister of mine, and drive to VEGAS! It is so much fun telling people where I am going for Thanksgiving.

Them: "So what are you doing for Thanksgiving?"
Me: "Going to Vegas."
Them: "Oh, I see"
Me: "To visit my sister."
Them: "OH! I see!"

I really am way excited. Cooking turkey, eating to our hearts content, watching ridiculous amounts of Law and Order, being with someone who knows who Boney Legs is, and laughing a lot. That will be my week. Have no fear, you will not be left in the dark, Lappy shall be accompanying me on this journey (as well as one Alex Johnson)!!

The Uncomfortable Coolness

My presentation went amazing today! I was really sad that my professor sent a stand in for class though. She was at some convention in San Diego. Everything went as planned and the class really got into it with us! Woot!

I have for you today another list...be excited its a good one.

Things That Make Emily Uncomfortable:
- IBC guys on campus telling her about their carriage ride business, just as she is exiting the restroom.
- Having people she doesn't know very well touch her.
- Minor wardrobe malfunctions in public places.
- Watching other people eat.
- When she's talking out loud and her voice goes all weird.
- Unbreakable silences
- Seeing her professors outside of class.
- Being expected to give a compliment.
- Being present when either a guy or girl is flirting with someone who is clueless of their endeavors.
- Writing a list of things that make her uncomfortable.

Guess what...I'm...

Interesting Dinner Indicators

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX AND BEN!!

My big presentation is tomorrow morning and I should be sleeping right now and I'm not. I'm procrastinating the inevitable. No really, I should sleep.

I spent all day today trying to finish this research paper on the impact of Freud's sexual theories, but I only sort of finished it. It's a good thing we can revise it and turn it in again at the end of the semester. As of right now my paper isn't really all that great. It needs some serious work.

I had dinner tonight with Scott, Cassie , Dan , and Heather which was way fun. It was a pleasant mid week surprise! Dinner was also more than welcomed into my digestive system given that it had had nothing to munch on since 9 this morning. Thanks for dinner you guys!!

I noticed today that I can see little marks on some of the keys on my computer. I'm thinking those are the keys I use the most. If my assumption is correct then I use most often a,s,e,r,t,f,g,h,b,n,i,o,., and the space bar. Interesting. Did you notice that all the letters in the word "interesting" are on that list...interesting...

Okay, I'm going to sleep now.

Ending Fed Extra

So after putting in all that work last night on my presentation, I got up at 7am only to get my professors email saying that class today day was optional and that she was not going to make it. What are the chances!!

(One of the amazing slides from my part of the presentation.)

Yesterday, the Fed Ex guy knocks on our door and has in his hand this package for one of my roommates. This package was seriously mangled. It was nearly covered in tape trying to hold what was left of the box together, and I could see inside. The package was her new phone. The screen was broken and Fed Ex will be paying for the second new one!

We have a meeting for white gloves tonight, which is pretty indicative of the end of the semester drawing nearer and nearer. Our apartment is pretty clean but still...lots of work to do! Professors are starting to give out take home finals and we are reading the last few chapters in our texts. While it is such a feeling of relief at the same time it makes me anxious and nervous and busier than ever!

Insane Presentation Maan

The week before Thanksgiving break = Insane amounts of work

But I suppose it is all worth it...for an entire week of freedom!

Today I spent an insane number of hours working on a presentation for communications tomorrow on communications climates. I think it is going to be the most amazing presentation in the entire world. 45 min of pure intelligence, charisma, and verbose recitations of every definition in chapter 10.

Definite winna maan!!

Funny Brother Mail

This is an email conversation I had with my wonderful 10 year old brother a few months back, and I thought I would share it with you as it is hilarious. I didn't change the spelling or fix any grammar, I copied and pasted straight from my email. I wonder if he even remembers this...or realizes why it is so funny...

Jeff to Me:
"hey waze up i want to tell you that there will be a delay on the pic's"

Me to Jeff:
"not acceptable i must have the pictures and i must have them now. what are these pics of again....oh wait....the ones of the the doors?!? btw who wrote this bec or jeff? and why dont you two email or call me?!??!? Love ya, ek"

Jeff to Me:
"the ones of my leg and stiches"

Me to Jeff:
"I highly suggest that you consider using more words in your emails. A seven word email is not acceptable. You need to kick becky or alex or ben off the computer and tell them that you are trying to write a lovingly long email to your long lost sister. Hoping to talk to you soon...ek"

Jeff to Me:
"okay"

(The culprit aka the cutest kid in the world!!)

Oh, Ant Rings

I have discussed previously our ant issues. But today they got a little more interesting.

Yesterday afternoon, old Maintenance Guy, came and brought us nifty little ant baits. They sit the corners and the ants come and eat their delicious poison and bring it back to their colony and they all die. We were excited to finally have a solution. This morning when I woke up I decided to check on them...this is what I found.

(The bait is a caramel color so yes those are all ants in there. The black speckles seen along the baseboard are also ants...YUM)

There are four of these in our apartment. One behind our toilet, by the bathroom garbage, behind the kitchen garbage, and under the lamp table in our living room. All of them are covered in ants, and now nearly all the bait is gone in all of them, and there are still ants crawling around...alive. Now what oh wise Maintenance Guy?!?

The Lord of the Rings Marathon was so fun!! I got to spend all day with the coolest people in all of Rexburg! I also rediscovered my love for Smeagol, but only in the second movie, and pretzels. But now I am pretty exhausted.

Friday Marathon Headache

IT'S FRIDAY!!

Wow can you believe it?!? Another week has come and gone. I am so not ready for finals.

I had the worst headache all day today. It was one of those monthly headaches I get that doesn't go away with pill popping either. Men have it so easy. Even though it hurt so bad it was making me nauseous, I still spent all day writing another note sheet for a psych test today, and then taking that psychology test (I got an 83% on the multiple choice). My attempted power nap trying to rid myself of my pain, was foiled by not only the pain itself, but also the fly stuck between my window and blinds and the ant I found crawling in my bed.

Yes, my head is still throbbing, but I think at this point I'm just getting used to it. I hope it stops hurting by tomorrow though. Scott and Cassie are going to be hosting the long awaited Lord of The Rings marathon at their apartment. We are going to start at 9am and end whenever!! I am way excited. I even bought pretzel sticks for us to munch on!!

Well, I shall now try to sleep. I think the fly may have either given up its plight or died, and I know that ant is dead, so we will see how it goes!

Love Albeit Verification

Today I learned, the hard way, what the word "albeit" really means. I had thought, up until a few minutes ago, that it meant except or unless. BUT it really means although. Yes, quite the opposite. So in my teachers syllabus when he said, "Annotations not meeting the 500 word minimum (albeit just one word short) will automatically be deducted 10 points," he meant that even if it was just 499 words you would still get the 10 points deducted. I wrote a perfect annotation, but it was 499 words not 500. Bummer.

I've been keeping track recently of the weird things that "word verification's" have made me spell. There is one that really sticks out to me. I was having a particularly rough day and while commenting on someones blog, the verification word was "dying". I guess every once and a while it spits out real words. Here are some others I have had:

Craziest Things Word Verification's has Made me Spell:
- dying
- valley
- crops
- clanface
- gently
- mysit
- slayin
- lance

Today is the second annual To Write Love on Her Arm Event, to promote awareness of teen suicide, self injury, and depression. To find out more visit www.twloha.com. This hits a little close to home, and so I am joining in the festivities.

(Taking this picture has made me acutely aware of how much I dislike my arms)
(click on the picture for a better view of my arm hair)

Minor Morning Mush

I was up until 1am last night fighting over classes with every other sophomore. I was mostly successful. As of right now these are the classes I will be taking...

- Advanced Research and Literature
- Old Testament (Part 1)
- Natural Disasters
- Geology Lab
- Sensation and Perception
- FA 100 (no credits a waste of time, but required to graduate)
**Hoping to add: Research Methods (currently on the waiting list) or Old Testament (Part 2)

I am pretty excited about these classes even though it is only 13 credits, and if I get into the Research Methods class I will be even more excited!! I cannot wait until I have enough credits under my belt that I am the first one to sign up for classes, and can take the ones that I really want to take.

Anniversary Money Saver

HAPPY 28th ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!!

On such a glorious day as today I thought I would share another list with you. This one however needs to be added to, so I'm looking for a little help here...

Emily's Fool Proof Ways to Save Time and Money:
- Pee in the shower. (Saves on water, toilet paper, and the few second it takes you to pop a squat)
- Acquire a taste for leaves, grass, bugs, and snow, enabling me to eat meals on the way to class. (Saves on cost of food, time is takes to eat and prepare a meal, as well as time of bowel movements as they will be moving faster)
- Install bars of soap between my thighs creating an impromptu shower on the way to class. (Saves on water and shower time)
- Rub pine needles under my arms instead of deodorant. (Saves money and time as it now can be applied on the way to class as well)
- Live off condiments from McDonald's or Domino's or Burger King. (Saves money and tastes yummy!)

Add to my list!

Disgusting Evidence of Complaints

I complain a lot about my roommates, and their inherent messiness. But really I think that I have good reason to complain. Here is some pictorial evidence to show you just how gross it can be to live with them.

1. Never rinsing out their dishes before putting them in the sink. We don't have a garbage disposal, so this lettuce will sit in our pipes until it (and who knows what else) back s up enough in our pipes that our apartment explodes into gooey grossness.
2. Toothpaste spatter on the mirror. This is probably one of those things I could deal with, if I wasn't the only one who ever cleaned the mirror. It is gross and disgusting and I make sure to always use the other sink.
3. Hair in the shower. I do not know how this possibly happens without one simply smearing their hair on the walls, but every time I get in the shower I spend the first 2 or 3 minutes plashing water on the walls to get rid of the nasty hairs.

Please note that these pictures were not staged, I walked around my apartment this morning and took them. I think perhaps I need to live alone, to postpone any development of a more severe form of OCD.

Sunday Full Pricelessness

I really love my Sunday posts. Most days I'm too busy to think before hand about what I'm going to write, but Sundays I have all the time in the world.

I realized from some of the recent comments that I got so caught up inn reporting news about Danie and I hanging out, that I forgot to mention finding a ride down to Vegas! Well first here is a more detailed outline of my aforementioned plan B...

Emily's Plan B:
1. Take a shuttle down to Salt Lake- $42 each way
2. Take TRAX down to Murray- $5 each way
4. Meet another shuttle that will take me to St. George- $45 each way
5. Meet Sarah in St. George and drive to Vegas- $0 (for me)
6. Spend time in Vegas with Sarah- priceless

Emily's Plan A:
1. Drive down to St. George with one, Alex Johnson, who I believe is a female- $30 round trip
2. Meet up with Sarah in St. George and drive to Vegas- $0 (for me)

Plan A is my personal favorite as long as it doesn't fall through like the last one did. Oh, and it's a little easier on the pocket!

This week is going to be extremely full of school for me. I have three test to take this week and I need to get started on my research paper that is due before Thanksgiving break. ::sigh:: I can't wait for Christmas.

Long Driving Hindquarters

I spent from 8am to 5pm in a car today. It was at least a nice car, but still my hindquarters are yelling at me.

So Danie was heading home this morning, and I joined her, Arli, and Jake on the 4 hour drive down to the airport in Salt Lake. We drove down in his parents Escalade. I wanted to make the trip in one of the two gorgeous corvettes also at his home, but we decided we might be a little too cramped. On the way home Arli missed the signs to stay on 15 North, so we ended up on 84 East.
You can see on the map where the high way splits at Tremonton, and how if you take 84 up to 86 and then over to Rexburg, you've gone quite out of your way! Instead of getting back into Rexburg at around 3pm we got in a little before 5pm.

It was a fun trip nontheless, this whole week has been fun. It went way to fast. I can't believe there are only 5 weeks until I'm home for Christmas!

Bitter Sweet Dreams

Some of My Weirdest Dreams:
- Having a pet brontosaurus and taking it to the beach with me and all the kids thinking I was way cool. (Re-occurring when I was younger)
- Forgetting my shoes at home on my way to Kindergarten and Mrs. Pron yelling at me. (Still have it sometimes)
- Smoking in the church parking lot with Mr. Walton, a music teacher at my high school.
- My dad driving our old station wagon all the way through our garage.
- My pedophile freshman year science teacher, chasing me around the hallways of my high school asking me for a picture to put on his stupid board.
- Getting dressed, eating breakfast, finishing up homework, and going to class. (worst part about these dreams is waking up to realize it didn't really happen. he best thing is already knowing what you're going to wear that day

I read chapter 5 of Freud's "The interpretation of Dreams" today, and it made me a little reminiscent. Maybe I'll have an interesting one again tonight!

Two good friends of mine are getting kicked out of school. As in they are leaving today and I'll probably never see them again. I know, I know, you're thinking if they're getting kicked out then they shouldn't be your friends anyway. But really they were the only people that I felt I could really talk to. And they didn't mind that I tended not to talk either. I'm going to miss them. They also gave me their weights in text books to sell back for them, they were both taking 21 credits this semester....that equals a lot of books. I just hope I don't forget to!

Early Acai Christmas Scam

Today I saved April from potential and certain death. Okay really I just informed her that the diet pills she ordered were from a very shady company.

I felt bad though because she was so excited about getting them. Everyday she would re explain the Acai Berry Supreme's Magic way of knocking off the pounds. She kept telling me to look up the website and see for myself. When I typed "acai berry diet pills" into Google, I got a smattering of "Acai Berry Diet Pill Scam", "Read this before ordering from that unethical site"....

Long story short she tried calling the company to cancel her "free-trial" and no one answered. So she called her bank and they are sending her a new debit card. And they will soon have no way of charging her $80 a month for not canceling. I think she'll be a little more careful before ordering things online!!

Danielle and I cooked dinner at Arli and Suzy's apartment tonight. We made some extremely delicious Chicken Enchiladas. Oh man they were good. Leftover from our meal was one onion and a tomato, which most definitely came home with me!!

They were also putting up a Christmas tree in Broulim's today, I think they forgot that Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet!!

Busy Beany Goodness

Wow, today was a busy day!

Danielle cooked breakfast for me which was amazing!! I went to classes and left Danie at home to be bored out of her mind! Then after my Statistics class I decided to show her just how long my walk to Broulim's is. It was exceptionally cold today though, which made this walk even more uncomfortable! I did however buy some dried pinto beans and a can of tomatoes so that I can make some sort of beany goodness someday. I forgot to buy an onion so that "goodness" will have to wait.

Tonight Danie and I are going to hang out with some of my friends and then I have to sleep because I have a super early class in the morning. Sorry about the lack of pictures today...I will have some for you tomorrow!!

The Arrival Of The Birthday Oops

So I stayed up super late last night to put up the decorations for Tiffany's birthday. Can you tell that it was about 2 am when I made this one?


This one turned out better though!

(Yes folks that is real live bubble gum taped to the wall!!)

It also decided today to be approximately 10 degrees colder than it has been all month. And just in time for Danie to come to visit too! Here is proof Mommy Thorne that your little girl is safe and sound!(Don't we look hott!)

Plan B: Cheesecake

What Emily ate today:
- a bowl of cinnamon toasters with milk
- rolls with cream of mushroom soup and cheese on top
- a bowl of warm milk with raw oatmeal stirred in
- smarties
- a jaw breaker
- sweet tarts


It's Tiffany's birthday tomorrow so I am going to decorate the apartment in birthday wonderfulness. Her mom sent her a mix for little cheesecake cups and just looking at the picture on the box made me drool!! Really though I hope she has a wonderful day and that my decorations will make up for the fact that we don't really talk!

I figured out a plan B for getting down to Vegas for Thanksgiving. It is however way more expensive than my hoped plan A. We'll have to wait and see how it all works out! Speaking of visiting, Danielle is coming tomorrow and I just can't wait!!! She is going to freeze her tush off out here!!!

Fried What If

I am excited for fried rice tonight. A perfect meal I think to follow a long fast. Or what I think would be better termed a long "slow".

I got bored today (surprise) so I decided to play a game with myself. It's a simple game, all you need is time and an imagination. Here is how you play:

Step 1: Think of the most ridiculous what if statement ever.
Step 2: Picture it.
Step 3: Laugh.

Some of my personal best:
- What if yams really were hairless rodents?
- What if I was featured in a Mad Tv skit?
- What if I could turn anything I touched into ice cream?

Okay so they're not really very creative, can you do better?

Learned Weekend Wonderlings

Things Emily Learned/Realized Today:
- Marilyn Manson is not Marylin Monroe and is certainly not a girl.
- Talking on the phone straight for almost 2 1/2 hours while walking 4 miles uses up the battery in her phone.
- Grocery stores sell corn husks.
- Log Cabin Syrup is not made from Log Cabins.
- Yams very closely resemble hairless rodents with their legs cut off.

(It's not just me is it?)

Things Emily Wondered Today:
- Do they make snow tires for mopeds?
- Do people say they inherited something just to cover up the fact that they stole or took it?
(example: Where did you get that awesome hat? "Oh, I inherited it.")
- What kind of drunk would she be? (willing to remain curious on this one)
- Would it be fun to take a bath in a tub of fast food restaurant left over grease?


I had a fun day...even including my 4 mile walk. It was the perfect day to walk to the middle of nowhere and back! Can it be the weekend forever?!?