When Darkness Falls

Okay, so it's been FOREVER I know, but I shall finally get around to blogging about last Friday, aka MY VERY FIRST DATE! It was fo sho completely awesome. Totally off the hook. Yo.
I went to the Halloween Dance at BHS (When Darkness Falls -insert creepy music- OOO EEEE OOOH!). It was a total blast. I went with Jake Simpson (he's the studly guy standing next to me in the photos. . . ) And yes, he is a sophomore. Let's just get that over with. But he was a total gentleman and was a way fun date! We went with Chandler and Spencer and Nicole and Mco, and we all dressed in 50s attire, which was way fun. We went to Chan's house for dinner, then to the dance, and finally ended the night at TIffany's for a scary movie [We watched The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on ClearPlay, so it was forty minutes long and made no sense at all. Fun, right?] But it was definitely a stellar night!




In other news, I went and saw "Noises Off" with the BHS Drama Dept. Um, to sum it all up, it was HILARIOUS. I literally almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and would definitely recommend the show to anyone who is considering attending. Um, yeah. It will rock your socks. I went with the beautiful TJ Smith and we had a total blast.

Today I felt like I should blog, but now I cannot think of ONE SINGLE THING to blog about. So, I thought I'd share some inspirational poetry with you. Are you ready? Here we go kids.

ROSES ARE RED
Roses are red
Violets are blue
At times when I'm blind
I can only see you.

LIMERICK
There once was a kid named Ben
Who accidentally dropped his pen.
He looked and he searched
While on a tree branch he perched.
Which is why he's the Little Red Hen.

AND NOW A SLEW OF ANTI-CILANTRO HAIKUS
I hate you green leaf
You ruined my yummy salsa
For that, you must die.

Creepy little weed,
Stay out of my food for life
Or I will hurt you

No more cilantro
I said NO MORE CILANTRO
No more, please, no more.

Cilantro is wrath
Waiting to destroy your day
Eat at own risk sir.

Confused? Me too. I wish I could take credit for all this creative genius, but alas, they are all products of the internet. You may be wondering why I posted all about weird poetry. Well, here's the real question: Why did you just waste four minutes of your life reading it??

Lion and Tigers and Tamers - OH MY!

The other day in U.S. History, we had to write down three occupations we are interested in hearing more about at the Career Fair. I wrote down Child Psychologist and Elementary School Teacher and then I was stumped. What in the heck do I want to be when I grow up? Here's the answer: No idea. So I wrote down something random.

I wrote down. . . . . {insert drum roll} . . . . . . LION TAMER.

Now that's a profession!! But then I realized that I have no knowledge about the respectable career of a lion tamer {and I'm assuming they won't provide a lion tamer at the Career Fair} so I turned to my good old friend Wikipedia for a few answers. Here's the sage advice he provided me with:

"Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly, entertainment, particularly in the circus. The term is also often used for the taming and display of other big cats such as tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and pumas. Lion taming is used as a stereotypical dangerous occupation due to the obvious risks of toying with powerful instinctive carnivores.

Lion taming is performed in zoos across the world, to enable less dangerous feeding and to bring more profit by holding programmes like cub petting.

In recent years the "taming" of wild animals for performance purposes has drawn accusations of cruelty. ^[1].

Note that taming an individual lion is not the same as domestication of a species."

Informative, eh?

Insane Rantings

So it's U.E.A. weekend and like the totally cool party animal I am, I have done NOTHING cool at all. Basically I've watched a couple really stupid movies, did Tae Bo a few times, did my laundry and finished my homework. LOOK OUT. REBEL ON THE LOOSE.

And now, I sit at home, alone because Melissa went to the cabin, Mom's at work, Dad's attending to his bishoply duties, Thomas ran off with Travis, and my remaining siblings {Clarke, Katherine, Amy and Garrett} do not live in Bountiful. To add to my complete boredom, Tiffany is in Tuacahn and Chandler is in Las Vegas. This means that every stinkin' person is off having adventures while Emily is stuck at home, working on Driver's Ed.

But, alas, since I am home alone, I get to do whatever I want. WHICH MEANS: I listened to the same song like forty times in a row because no one told me to change the doggone song already, I sang at the top of my lungs because no one could hear, and I indulged in a little Facebook Stalking. {Insert some creepy fact about Parker Lemon that I should not know, but alas I do.}

RANDOM TANGENT: I know I've mentioned this briefly before, but seriously: MY SISTER AMY BETH REGIS IS GETTING MARRIED!!! That is so flicking weird. Who told her that was okay?? Oh, wait, my parents did. And her fiancee. Weird. It's been like a month since they got engaged, but every time I think about it, I get all freaked out. My sister is not going to be able to have sleepovers with me because she'll have a HUSBAND. Her name is going to be MRS. O'BRIEN. What the HECK. And come February, her life will revolve around diapers, coupon clipping, and green jello. But for real, Garrett is definitely the coolest guy in the world {Never mind his odd fascination with Canada}. If you want to read more about their fairy tale, you can click this link:

http://lovealwaysamybeth.blogspot.com/2010/10/someday-is-not-day-of-week-its-now.html

and if that doesn't work, just copy and paste it into little address bar thingy. It's a super cute story and they're a super cute couple. Here's my big question: AMY BETH, {if you're reading this which I don't believe you are} WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED, CAN WE STILL TALK ABOUT BOYS?? OR IS THAT WEIRD FOR GARRETT??

Well, that's about all I had to say. Toodle-Oo

This just sort of reminded me of Parker Lemon. I miss that boy. . . man. . . elder??

Futbol Americanos and Queen of the Prom

So yesterday I decided that I love football games. I only got to go to the last half because I was painting sets for the first part, but it was definitely awesome. We creamed Stansbury 42-7. It was pretty great. There's just something about the bright lights, the noise, the cold night air, and being crammed into the student section with your friends that makes for good entertainment. I don't always understand what's going on, but luckily I have pretty sweet friends who are willing to explain it all to me.

*these pics were taken at the Homecoming game, but they're all I have :)*




I would also like to announce to the world that I am QUEEN OF THE PROM!!! After the football game, I went to Steph Jensen's house and we played my new favorite game: The Barbie Board Game.
It was most definitely made in the 60's and it's basically hilarious. In order to win, you have to "go steady" with your boyfriend, buy a prom dress, and be the president of a school club. It teaches young girls great values, such as if you don't have a boyfriend, you must pay for your own ice cream sundae and if your boyfriend criticizes your haircut, you must run to the beauty salon and change yourself. It's pretty great stuff.
But never fear, I definitely won. I bought the cutest dress (the "Let's Dance!" dress), I was president of the coolest club (The Music Club) and I had the hottest boyfriend (the studly Ken) and then I was the first person to Prom.
Steph wore the Spotlight Solo dress, was president of the Drama Club and had the second cutest boyfriend, Bob. (Hayden refused to play because he doesn't like shopping for dresses or going on dates with boys. Go figure.) It was definitely a funny night. Glad my friends are super cool.

*pics supplied by Google - and yes that boy's name is Poindexter*

Dear Mindy Gledhill,

I love your music. Like seriously. My sister has only just recently introduced me to your genius and now I am thoroughly an addict. You are an inspired master. And now my friend Jessica informs me that you also sing LDS music? Ahem, could you get any perfecter? Actually, I don't know anything about you except that you have the voice of an angel and write the cutest songs known to man. And woman. Thank you for your amazing contribution to this world. It is greatly appreciated.

xoxo,
Emily

On My Mind

So basically right now my mind is filled with lots of really random thoughts. I thought I'd share.

#1 My sister is getting married. WEIRD. I'm going to have a brother-in-law. Good thing he's pretty cool.

#2 I love my job :) For real. The kids are cute and I pretty much get paid to eat animal crackers and make finger painted spiders.

#3 I'll never be a very good singer, but that's okay. My shower head hasn't started complaining yet.

#4 Fruit snacks are most definitely the best finger food.

#5 My sister has a fish. His name is Charzard. He's a little bit boring, regardless of what his name might imply.

#6 Boys are dumb.

#7 It makes me feel real weird when someone says "Hey! A bunch of us were talking about you in Biology today!" Even if they were saying good things, it sorta makes me feel itchy.

#8 Yeah, it's a little pathetic when your parents have to drive you to and from a high school dance because you're not licensed, but hopefully my date will still want to go with me.

#9 At first, I really didn't like Justin Bieber. I just listened to him because I felt bad that everyone didn't like his music, but now I'm hooked. BIEBER FEVER.

#10 Sometimes I'm a little afraid that I'm quirky or odd, but most of the time I'm a lot afraid that I'm not. I don't want to be just like everybody else, but I'm afraid that just makes me more like everybody else.

#11 Boys are still dumb.

#12 If a genie appeared to me and told me that I had three wishes, I'd probably waste them all and then totally regret it later.

#13 The only nickname I've ever had that has stuck is Helen Keller. This worries me on occasion.

#14 I secretly worry that I'm not funny. People like people who are funny.

#15 Boys = Dumb

#16 I have conversations with Future Emily. I like to talk to me in the future and see if Future Emily has any good advice. It usually works.

#17 Sometimes I forget how to spell really simple words and then I freak out because I think that I have Early Onset Dementia.

#18 My sister Melissa is the prettiest, funniest, nicest, most perfect person I know.

#19 I feel guilty every time I squash a spider because I wonder if his family misses him.

#20 Did I mention boys are dumb?

#21 It's October which means there are only 8 1/2 months until my birthday.

#22 Ice Cream Trucks bring the world joy.

#23 My mom is completely amazing.

#24 I'm super immature so I try to act older than I am, and still come out appearing immature.

#25 I always think that I want a hot dog, and then I take one bite and don't want it anymore.

#26 Blogging is a lot harder than it looks. I'm sorry if you don't really care what my thoughts are.




These are my toes. One glitter toe got ripped off so I painted it pink.

K-R-A-Z-Y For You!!

Wow! It's been forever since I blogged! I really need to keep up on my blogging. So basically my favorite thing in the world is musical. I just got back from rehearsal and I love it! Singing and acting and stuff is fun, but the real fun part is all the super awesome kids there. For real. They're super fun! I am always laughing my head off with them and I totally love spending time with them. One of my Yella Fella friends told me that being in musical is an excuse to be socially awkward. This made me laugh super hard because it's so true!! Everyone there is so strange in their own way, yet everyone is accepting and awesome. It definitely is so super fun to go to musical. Love it :)
Here's a few pics of a few of my musical friends.