Itsy bitsy spider with a Very Important Lesson to Teach Us

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I saved a spider.For this story to be wondrous, let me say that I don't like spiders. At all. I'm not as bad as my sister Spitfire, who possibly has an actual phobia and runs away screaming if she sees one at the other end of the room, or my sister Savvymom, who yells for her husband to kill the spider lest it find a way into Savvy's crib where it will devour her slowly. But I'm still really bad.For the past few days I've noticed a tiny spider in my shower--really tiny. If it were bigger, I would not be telling this story. Instead, I would be telling the story of the Huge Fatty Spider that I Bludgeoned to Death with a Costco-sized Bottle of Conditioner. That first day, I figured the spray from the shower would quickly send the thing down the drain,...

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I went camping. I am One Who Camps.

Honestly, I don't know why everyone acts so shocked when I tell them I went camping last night. I'm not averse to camping. I just don't want to do it if it will cause me to be lost, cold, or eaten by wild animals.Last night's camping adventure had none of those things, which makes it a success in my book. Also AA lent me this great REI sleeping bag. Turns out the expensive ones are better than the cheap purple thing I've been using since I was 9.We almost didn't find a campsite because everyone else in Utah decided to head up to American Fork Canyon and do some camping too. Everything was full. In the end we snuck into someplace called Mutual Dell, which was against my principles because I like to follow The Rules. Only when the caretaker noticed us he said it was okay because it was after...

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Wow! I'm a GENIUS!

Check out my first edited picture!Cheers!...

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My Metal CD collection.

Well, here's my puny Metal CD collection. I'm buying Cruelty And The Beast and Love Metal soon enough....

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Decks galore and some fans.

I was playing with my webcam out of utter boredom and took some pictures of my deck collection and some flourishes here and there. So here's it. :) The fugly green deck armspread is badly done, anyhow, it's sort o f my own creation, it's called Whirlpool II. :)BOREDOM!Oh yes, my class has successfully driven Mr Mok out of the class. Here's the story behind all these crazed frenzy. Mr Mok asked the class if we needed a break or not. We all said in unison, 'Yes!" Then, Mr Mok said, "If you want to rest, go out and rest.', in a semi-joking tone. Then, Nicholas Tan and Luthur rebuked him, 'This is our class. It's you who should get out. Not us.',...

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Reading lists, yay!

Yes, I know, I'm a complete dork. But my school sent me an email with all this fun induction information, including a recommended "Background Reading List."Any of the following items will provide useful background reading. We recommend that you read two or three of them before joining the programme.Black, Alistair, 2000. The public library in Britain, 1914-2000. London: British Library. ISBN 0712346856Borgman, Christine, 2000. From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure: access to information in the networked world. MIT Press. ISBN 026202473XCharlton, Janet & Rosalind Johnson, 2001. National information policy. London : Library Information Technology Centre. Library & information briefings; 103.Dimbleby, Richard & Graeme Burton, 1998. More than words : an introduction...

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Just a few pictures.

Here's a few pictures from a few movies that I really enjoyed watching.Enjoy...

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Countcher many blessings

So I realize that for the past few days my tone may have been somewhat . . . acerbic. I'm sure if you've read what I wrote, however, then you know that it wasn't my fault and was simply a case of freakish people driving me past the point of reason or sanity.Also there's this very tedious work project (with a deadline) that is causing my eyeballs to bleed. To top it off, people keep walking up to me and asking me to take on all these other projects as well. This makes me want to bellow in the manner of a moose that has been set on fire. Granted, I have never actually seen a moose on fire, but I'm sure the noise would be horrific.However, I wouldn't...

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Excerpt from Post Secret.

Here's it.Read from left to right. :)Enjoy more by clicking on the link on the bar on the right....

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Because I'm a cranky old lady

If you ever find yourself wondering why I do or say certain things, that will usually be the answer. It's been coming on gradually, but I feel like I'm thisclose to being the old lady on the porch who screeches at the neighborhood kids while throwing beer bottles at their heads.Here are just a few cranky old lady thoughts I've had in the last few days: What is with those people at church who study voice or whatever and decide to start singing their own higher descant during the hymns? You know who I'm talking about, especially if you attend a BYU ward. I mean, I could see this being a beautiful and enriching thing as part of a choir number where there were other sopranos besides just them doing it. Otherwise it's about as appropriate as me whipping out a pan flute and going to town during...

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Enough with the Pioneers already

I realize that I should be okay with this. The backlash and subsequent nightmares from the 1997 Pioneer Sesquecentennial have finally died down, and I'm sleeping again at night. I should have been able to take it.But today is Pioneer Day, and I just can't stand all the dead frozen baby stories.Could there be a worse thing to keep telling stories about? "So this one time there was a dead frozen pioneer baby and the wolves ate it." "And this other time there was a dead frozen pioneer baby, and everyone was so sad that they froze and died too. Also they didn't have arms anymore, because they froze off. So you need to be nice about the pioneers." Seriously, how is this helpful?Maybe my problem is that I don't have any dead frozen babies in my ancestry. My parents are converts to the LDS Church....

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You may have noticed . . .

. . . that the place looks a little different.I was all excited about my Voice of Reason 2.0 and spent hours and hours modifying a new template--changing colors, fonts, importing graphics, IMing Cicada to ask for her opinion on things, etc. It was going to be this gorgeous and daring yet tasteful expression of my personality. It was going to have welcoming fonts and pleasing color combinations with custom-made backgrounds.In short, it was going to be perfect.Only the more I worked on it the less I liked it. Suddenly it was too bright, too loud, to difficult to read. The little flaws that seemed unimportant when I was still in the "let's just see" phase became glaring and horrible as I approached the "let's take this out and show people" phase. Last night I stared at it, imagining my friends...

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Had fun with my brother.

Haha, what a rarity!I had a hearty time watching Tv with my brother. We both laughed like nuts at some pathetic woman on Tv, which happens to be Variety Big Brother. Cranky people in that crappy show. I like.I just realised I have a rather hunky guy for a brother. He's starting to become tanned and toned, and he's starting to syle his hair and his image. Cool! Just that he has to go out for an eye-opener instead of rotting at home gaming and to read more. He's rather funny too, he will integrate chim chinese cheng yu(s) to suan people very very very very badly, and all those yan yu(s) too. In all, he's growing into a fine man. Good. :)Oh yes, I'm delving deeper into reading again! Hooray! My old pastime before the manifestation of magic and flourishing which has took up so much of my time...

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In England

It's 73 degrees. Or at least it will be tomorrow. I could really go for some of that, you know?I just went to www.weatherchannel.com so that I could point out the difference between 73 degrees and the version of scorched-over hell I'm currently living in. This site informs me that it's 83 degrees in Provo. But that it only feels like 81.Wow.So even though I just drove to the DMV and almost swerved into oncoming traffic at the sight of my bright red sweaty face in the vanity mirror, it's only 83 degrees? Good to know it's all in my head.Nevermind that I unbuttoned my shirt and blew frantically down my own cleavage while waiting for the air conditioning to kick in.Or that I had to peel myself out of the car and felt every layer of my clothing unstick from my body in the manner of an oozing...

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Captive Audience

So I went to the state prison last night--the really scary one up at Point of the Mountain. What can I say? True love makes you do crazy things.Only I just remembered that one day my dad might read this and I really don't want him calling me up to ask me what the crap I'm thinking of, so let's just clarify that I did not visit the Utah State Correctional Facility to pick up guys.I went to be part of the Healing Power of Music.My roommate AA's grandparents are serving a mission up there at the prison. They work in the family history center, which I think is a great idea. Let's just put all the inmates to work in family history centers! Then they can do my family history for me, because let's face it, I have a job and they don't.The family history center is in the Chapel building, and they...

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Luggage Part II

So remember how I picked out that handsome new Samsonite Spinner a few weeks ago? Now I've found him a little sister and she is a cutie. This makes me have yet another thing in common with Angelina Jolie.Please say hello to my new Atlantic Citrus Cherry Two-Piece Luggage Set. It comes with this funky-looking "sling bag" that I will probably never use. Also, you should know that the cherry red color is darker than this picture makes it look.I think this means I have officially Arrived. Gone are the days of the military-issue green duffel bag, held together with safety pins and duct tape. Banished are the black suitcase sets purchased at Shopko,...

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A little about my school life.

Hey this post is going to be related to my school life, obviously.Well, I'm having some intense fun with a strangely enough girl named Tan Yee Shin aka Tan Eat Shit aka Tan Gu Gu (wait long long in hokkein) aka Mrs. Chew aka Boonie Shin and the list goes on. I have declared that I'm her stead on Wednesday when me and her wanted to go to Compass Point for a Rotiboy feast. Upon hearing the declaration, Jiao Bin aka JelpFINE became so traumatised, that SHE grabbed my arm and said ,"Yee Shin is MINE! Don't take her away from me! I very scared leh!' Anyways, I'm female one, because I'm shorter. Then she abruptly abandoned me, just because of that Wendy and some other girl. Sigh I guess the Boy have to wait. Before parting ways, I broke off with Yee Shin. That's a very romantic relationship indeed.Yee...

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I'm getting lighter!

I have lost 2 kg without me even noticing it. Wow.Maybe it's because of my school canteen's lousy offer of food that encouraged me to go hungry. That's definitely the reason.So, yeah, my BMI index has reduced from a 19.3 to 18.4. Almost a whole number!I guess, now I can indulge myself more since I've lost some weight....

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Muscles

Hee. This is me and my brothers after church. Check out how cut we are. Army Brother (on the right) is showing me all these cool new push-ups to do. So in a couple of weeks I'll have arms just like Angela Bassett...

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Flirt Skirt

First, I must report that I bought myself a cute skirt today at Gap. Rejoice with me. Mine is camel-colored and very cute. It's odd how I never find anything at Gap in Provo, but when I'm in Alaska I always end up with some great sale item--and I don't have to pay tax. Sweet.Alaska, it must be said, is a strange place. I am not an Alaskan. My parents are becoming Alaskan, and my younger brothers pretty much are, but I'm not. No doubt this (among other things) is disappointing to young men I meet. They automatically think that I must be some kind of great gal who just loves a good 20-mile trek through the mosquito- and bear-infested tundra.Sorry,...

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Stupid Kenai

So the stupid Kenai peninsula decided to catch itself on fire, and all the smoke decided to head on up to Anchorage and Eagle River (where my parents live) yesterday. The morning dawned with a clear blue sky, but within a few hours it was like living on the set of "Backdraft" or something ridiculous.Here's the thing--you get clear sunny days around here so infrequently that they're like this precious, precious gift. And everyone starts calling in sick to work and putting on short shorts to showcase their halibut-white legs. So to receive a gorgeous day like that and then to have it thwarted by smoke so thick that you can't even see your neighbor's house just not fair.Some people still tried to make the best of it. The Eagle River Bear Paw Festival is going on this weekend and I saw a bunch...

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Home Sweet Alaska . . .

. . . where it's sunny and 70 degrees, which is quite the contrast to Provo, which is an eye-ball frying 104 degrees.Suckers.Also, just found out my Mom reads this blog now, so we'd best watch ourselves. Only I won't actually tell her who any of you are, so you're still safe. It's a good visit so far--only tense moment was when she saw me applying Clinique foundation in the car instead of Mary Kay. I thought she might pull the Suburban over right there and kill me.Kidding, Mom! Love you the most!So here are some of my Alaska highlights so far:--Napped on the plane instead of watching Miss Congeniality 2, because that mess looked stupid--Brought the usual box of Krispy Kreme donuts home with me, which cemented my status as Favorite Daughter. Who needs to go on a mission or produce the heir...

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Bizarro Rocks!

Bizarro rocks! Long live alternative humo...

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Spitfire

I have another little sister who is not Savvymom. I've decided that her blogger-world name should be Spitfire, unless she wants something else. It fits her, though. The girl is 21, 4'11", gorgeous, and will go toe-to-toe with pretty much anyone. A few months ago she hauled off and smacked a guy who made "unwelcome advances." She even chewed out her oral surgeon, and he totally caved! I admire this, because, as we all know, dental care providers tend to shake me off my groove.Spitfire graduated from Utah State this spring, and has been trying to figure out what to do ever since. Last night, she made the final decision to serve a mission. We've all thought that she would be a great missionary, and figured she would be the one to go, so this isn't really a shock. But still, it's a hard choice...

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Freak of Nature

Saturday night was the date w/the Utah Symphony up at Sundance. Beautiful music, beautiful setting, all that great stuff. Here's the playlist.Shostakovich: Festive OvertureBrahms: Symphony No. 4 (mv't 1)Haydn: Farewell Symphony; FinaleOffenbach: Can-Can from Orpheus in the UnderworldCopland: Hoe down from RodeoDvorak: Serenade, op 22; (mv't 1)Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, op. 64K (mv't 2)Gershwin: An American In ParisThe guy (Guy #3) who took me was very gentlemanly and considerate and asked me about my hobbies. We had a nice time. And the next morning when I was teaching Sunday School I called him by the wrong name, twice. Someone should really stop me from talking. I mean, the guy is totally rebounding and I'm pretty sure I'm not interested in him, but could I have been a bigger jerk in...

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Presenting Babylon AD video.

As you have noticed, there's now a video streaming.Well, that's Cradle of Filth's mega Damnation and A Day's Babylon AD (So Glad For The Madness).Well, on lookers, enjoy this visua; insanity flung at your bestial eyes. \m/And, don't pick up unindenifited objects such as cameras on toilet sea...

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London

Not that London needs my words of sympathy, but I'm so sad about what happened this morning. I was impressed by Tony Blair's statement, which said "We will show by our spirit and dignity and by a quiet and true strength that there is in the British people, that our values will long outlast theirs." It's that quiet strength that is so impressive to me. These terrorists may have struck a blow, but Londoners have overcome much worse than this.I think our New Yorkers have a similar strength and solidarity, and we've seen that shine through during some horrific circumstances. It's comforting somehow, that at the same time we are confronted with the absolute worst in human nature, we can also see the absolute best.I overheard a man in my office tell someone on the phone that "The Muslims are at...

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What is this feeling?

I'm not normally a violent person. Usually. Let's just clear that right up. But I have to say that this morning I would have liked nothing more than to pick up a real heavy paperweight and beat in someone's head. Of course, I'm not allowed to have a paperweight on my desk. So my laptop will have to do. And believe me, after carrying that thing around in airports for the last two years I now walk with a slump in the manner of a chimpanzee, so I know exactly how heavy it is. But I digress.I have a coworker, whom I will call Methodical Bob. Bob is a soft-spoken, patient, very nice guy. About 18 years ago he and his wife decided to have another child.They shouldn't have.The son, whom I will call Punk-@$$ Brat, has been coming into the office these past few days, and spends that time 1) hitting...

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If I had a chance...

If I had a chance to learn some extra languages, I would surely choose German and Norwegian.Reasons being, for German :Rammstein being my hot favourite band, so I wan to cover their songs one day with ease and emotions instead of just mouthing the sounds. Rammstein is good!Adolf Hilter, enough said.I find German very intriguing, and an almost brutish sound but they still sound so majestic and full of meanings. It's intricate.I want to learn German!Norwegian:Dimmu Borgir, a true blue Norwegian band, has some briliant songs that were sang in beautiful sounding Norwegian. I want to cover them with ease and mastery as well.Norway, being the ''Fatherland'' of Metal Music. Enough said.Norwegian, just fantastic sounding. Enough movitation to spur me to learn Norwegian.Ah wells, these are just my...

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Row! Row!

I went down to Cicada's place of employment today to drop off some things from my office. Friends, when she tells you that it's crowded in there, she does not exaggerate. Those poor people looked like a bunch of slaves lashed to the oars of some Viking craft.I tried to show her a formatting problem I'm having with Voice of Reason 2.0, (coming soon to a screen near you) and there was absolutely nowhere to sit or stand. Rather than prop my armpit on the head of the tall boy sitting next to her, I had to sit in Cicada's lap so that we could both look at her computer screen. Only then I thought that not might set the right sort of office tone, so I had to get up.Then I slipped into another friend's cubicle and we had a nice long juicy chat about life, love, degredation, official reprimands, and...

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In the words of Bridget . . .

. . . Am wanton sex goddess! Hurrah!(Would like to clarify, though, for friends and family that am not actually participating in such behaviors.)Turns out that being a substitute teacher in Sunday School last week did all kinds of good for me. The teacher of the other class didn't show up, so I had pretty much every guy in the ward held absolutely captive by the honeyed music that is my voice. Also, having the entire ward sitting there made me nervous, which caused me inject humor in the lesson as some adrenaline-fueled survival tactic. So now they all think I'm great fun, rather than what I actually am (a nervous idiot who jabbers away in an incomprehensible garble).Point is, I'm now a dating machine. Here's what happened this weekend:Guy #1 - Nice young man, victim of the stupid misunderstanding...

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Soon enough... I will be a female vocalist in a Black Metal Band. \m/

Woot!Soon enough... I shall own a band, a black metal band, with heavy influences of the newly born genre Love Metal.That means, my band will be covering extensively on HIM, Cradle of Filth (my chance to shriek like Dani with unbridled ferocity!) and maybe a little of Dimmu Borgir and Hammerfall.Gosh! This is TOO good to be true.Ok, I shall go think of a good and impactful name with loads of meanings to it.Hereby, I sign a pact to Metal Music....

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I got it!

Woot!I got hold of my first even metal gig tickets -- Slipknot's 'The Subliminal Verses World Tour 2005' Live in Singapore, Fort Canning Green.Joey and Corey, here I come!Oh yes, second thing, I have no idea but I feel so bored and emotionless about magic and even flourishes nowadays. Maybe it's the peak of it, now is the maximum curve, going downwards...Ack, anyways, it's about time for me to get serious about my much yearned fantasy of being a vocalist in a metal music band! It's time.The dream of being a vocalist has been ingrained in me for close to 4 years. So it's about time. =) Maybe I can try asking Joesph if I could join his band or not. Woot!Anyways, they got a record label deal already. Their debut album is called Unnatural Forces. \m/Yup, the more I think about it, the more I...

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Declaration of Independence

Last year the Beautiful and Talented Abby got me started on my now-favorite 4th of July tradition. She sent me to NPRs website, where you can listen to their yearly broadcast of the Declaration of Independence being read aloud.I listened on my headphones at work, and by the end I was wiping my eyes and sniffling at my desk. I'd never heard the entire text before, and it hit me with a lot more force than I'd felt when I memorized the first paragraph back in the 8th grade.I can't find the 2005 edition on their website yet, but you can get the 2004 one here. (Click on the Multimediat Slide Show.) Now I'm off to check out the Provo Freedom Festival and to have a picnic at my sister's house. Am very excited about the menu:Sub sandwiches (possibly Philly cheese steaks in honor of the day and everything)Pasta...

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My baggage

Say hello, everyone. This is my new suitcase. Only mine is blue. I haven't decided on a name, yet. I had to put a lot of thought into this, since it involves money. That automatically makes it a life-or-death decision that must be researched fully and experts should be brought in and maybe I'd better just not spend any money at all. I'm the same way when it comes to buying a 50-cent candy bar at the check-out stand. The other reason why it's such a momentous decision is that I'm packing it for England, so there are serious questions to ask here.1. Will it be big enough for all my stuff?2. Will it be cool enough for the kind of first impression...

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