massive catch-up post numba 2.

remember that time i was doing a 30 day challenge? cool.

day 17 - someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

kristen wiig. she is so so so fantastic and being on snl is something i have always thought would be THE COOLEST THING EVER.

day 18 - plans/dreams/goals you have

summer bucket list:

it's still in the works...

-wawa and cream valley asap when i get home

-super special secret photoshoot in new york city

lauren, i'll tell you when i get home! be excited.

-go to the met and find pieces i've studied in art history

-reread the entire harry potter series

-chaperone youth conference in my stake

-see harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 at midnight or on opening day

-philly cheesesteaks and the art museum

-beach trips as much as possible

-may day with becca and the wanlass fam

-lauren, wanna camp in the backyard one night like old times??

-make one new recipe per week

-tie-dye sesh with lauren

-get back in shape....ahhh the good old days before the cannon center

day 19 - nicknames you have and why you have them

i never used to have very many nicknames, but since there are five girls in my ward here named emily/ee, i got quite a few of them this year.

everyone in my fam has always called me em, and cat calls me emmy a lot. the girls in my hall always call me vandy or sometimes vans or vander. caro occassionally calls me more ridiculous things...like darth vander or baby v. [which always makes me think of the intro tothis song. ahaha.] and sometimes she sings the aaron carter song "i want candy" but changes the words so it's "i want vandy." it's pretty great.

day 20 - someone you love

my little sister, lauren.

she is always so happy and positive. she makes me laugh every day. she's such a great friend to everyone she knows. plus she's adorable and super stylin.

day 21 - a picture of something that makes you happy

hey cat and liz...remember how all the greatest drawings and games of MASH happen on plane rides? we're def playing MASH on our flight on thursday. just you wait.

day 22 - what makes you different from everyone else

okay this is random because i feel like there are actually lots of things that make me different from others, but one thing i never realized about myself until i came to college is my memory for movie quotes. that's so random, but it's what i'm best known for in my hall. i can quote almost any movie or youtube video i've ever seen and i remember the quotes and i'm pretty good at the impressions or accents and the girls in my hall never get over it. they think it's so impressive and their reactions are what i think is so funny. they force me to quote movies all the time and they make me act out all the quotes on the quote wall in our hall. i don't mind though. i love quoting movies. liz and i basically speak in movie quotes.

day 23 - something you crave for a lot

ice cream. curse you, byu creamery/taylor hall vending machines. it's a love/hate relationship.

day 24 - your last five facebook statuses

[looking back at them, i realized about 50% of my facebook statuses from the past several months are byu basketball-related. this makes me proud.]

finals schminals.

being done with classes would be exciting if it didn't mean now i get to study for my six final exams.

jimmer, i love you forever.

florida's about to get jimmered. ELITE EIGHT, BABY.

[if only...]

is in the library. the closing music tonight is none other than friday by rebecca black. ahahahahaha

day 25 - what one would find in your bag

cell phone, keys, money, id card, lip gloss and chapstick, sunglasses, pink ipod nano, and sunscreen.

day 26 - what you think about your friends

i love and miss my friends from back home. as for my friends from freshman year here at byu, i'm so happy and grateful i got to know them. i'm going to miss them so much and i can't wait for our movie nights and reunions all the time in the fall. i feel like i've adopted everyone's different catchphrases, i'm going to miss all their quotes on our quote wall, and i love different things about each of them. i know that they have each really helped my testimony grow and i can definitely see their influences in my life. i love them all a whole lot.

day 27 - why you are doing this 30 day challenge

some friends of mine did it, and i thought it would be fun.

day 28 - a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

i feel like i've changed a lot since i came to college. i'm much more independent, i think i've gained a greater desire to be positive in my attitude and thinking, i definitely have a stronger testimony, and i think i've learned a lot about being a friend.

day 29 - what you have learned in this past month

i'm really great at 30 day challenges...

day 30 - your favorite song

i can never pick one favorite, but these are two of my faves.

day sixteen.

another picture of yourself

awkward turtle.

sometimes my sister takes weird pictures of me while

i'm helping with her italian projects. you know.

day fifteen.

put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

1. glass of water — coldplay

2. never know — jack johnson

3. i love you always forever — donna lewis

4. anything i'm not — lenka

5. only hope — switchfoot

6. don't forget — demi lovato

7. homeopaths — pushing daisies soundtrack

8. burnin' up — jonas brothers

9. distant lives — becoming jane soundtrack

10. signed sealed delivered i'm yours — stevie wonder

massive catch-up post.

day 7 - a picture of someone/something that has had the biggest impact on you

brigham young university.

being here has been an incredible experience for me. i've grown spiritually and emotionally, learned lots from my classes and lots from mistakes, realized a lot about life, and made so many new friends. i feel so different from where i was a year ago. i can't wait for another year of this!

day 8 - your short term goals for this month

1. study hard and do well on my finals

2. spend more time with my friends

3. look for a job for when i get back fall semester

day 9 - something you're proud of in the past few days

i've actually been eating pretty healthily and exercising a lot lately [well compared to how i've been eating/exercising...] and i can feel the difference. yay for nutrients and endorphins!

day 10 - songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

happy

put your arms around me—natasha bedingfield

you make my dreams come true—hall & oates

p.s. check out the music video the girls from the 1200 hall did to this song. it's SWEET.

haven't met you yet—michael bublé

you and i—ingrid michaelson

sad

fix you—coldplay

if this was a movie—tswift

happier—a fine frenzy

that should be me—jbiebs

bored

in the sun—she & him

by the way, click the link and watch that music video. it's my fave. i'm obsessed.

strawberry swing—coldplay

okay watch that music video too. it's my other fave.

1901—phoenix

american boy—estelle feat. kanye west

hyped

friday—rebecca black [duhhh]

i wanna dance with somebody—whitney houston

shark in the water—v.v. brown

jump (for my love)—pointer sisters

mad

i am not a robot—marina and the diamonds

king of anything—sara bareilles

forget you—glee cast feat. gwyneth paltrow

any tswift break-up song

day 11 - another picture of you and your friends

day 12 - how you found out about blogger and why you have one

blame it on liz. my sister's had the coolest blog for years. you should check it out. i've wanted one ever since reading hers.

day 13 - a letter to someone

dear jimmer,

you're my hero.

dear girl who gave me her extra bluebook 2 minutes before my test in art history today,

thank you from the bottom of my heart. you pretty much saved my life.

dear rebecca black,

i will never be able to eat cereal or get in a car again without thinking of you. thank you so very much.

dear lauren,

i miss you! see you in a month!

day 14 - a picture of you and your family

this is me with liz, lauren, and my mom when they were taking me and liz out to school in august.

here's the whole fam. funny story about this picture:

it was taken at our family reunion this past summer...i wasn't there. liz photoshopped me in later [burn victim shoes, bandages, and all]. and so, this picture cracks me up every time i see it.

day six.

your favorite superhero and why

BATMAN ALL THE WAY.

here's why:

1. he's the coolest and he doesn't even have supernatural powers.

2. he fights for safety and justice, not just to win some superhero/supervillain rivalry.

3. the batmobile. the outfit. the coolest gadgets. plus alfred.

4. christian bale. need i say more?

day five.

a picture of somewhere you've been to

philadelphia.

though i love living so close to new york city and it's probably my favorite city, philadelphia's a close second. i often lovingly refer to philly as "my hometown," which my friends make fun of me for. but that's okay. i miss living so very near to this wonderful city and all of my favorite things in it. philly is so rich with history and i love its ties to the days of america's founding fathers. plus i love the art museum and pulling a rocky while i'm running up the steps. rest assured, when i get home i will be headed straight to philly for a trip to the art museum and one of my favorite cheesesteaks.

p.s. pretend i posted this on sunday and i'm not already behind on this challenge thing.

day four.

a habit that you wish you didn’t have

procrastination.

i have such a hard time focusing on assignments unless they have impending due dates. but i'm working on it.

day three.

a picture of you and your friends

these are my church friends from home [dressed as the disney princesses for probably my all-time favorite girls camp skit]. i miss them mucho. young women's with these pretty ladies was the best and i'm so excited that i get to be a chaperone for them at youth conference this year!

these are my best friends from high school. they are currently attending reed, ramapo, and randolph-macon and i miss them lots but know they are doing well and loving life!

these are the lovely ladies of taylor 1100. i'm so grateful and blessed to share a hall with them and to have gotten to know each of them this year. they are so fun and happy and sweet, and they all have such strong testimonies. living with these girls makes me strive to be better every day.

these are, of course, my sisters. they are pretty much my favorite people in the world and no one understands me like they do. they are so supportive and loving and crazy and fun and i'm happy to be the middle sister in between these two cuties/crazies.

oh wait i can't forget my basketball BFFs, jimmer and jackson. okay i'm just dreaming here. but good luck in march madness, buddies. i love ya.

day two.

the meaning behind your blog name

i write this blog for pretty much two reasons.

1. as kind of a journal of my experiences, thoughts, etc. here at college.

2. so my family back home can see what i'm up to and keep in touch.

i picked this blog name after lots of brainstorming for mainly three reasons.

1. i like alliteration.

2. it went really well with liz's picture of the rosebushes that i wanted for the banner.

3. i think it describes me and this blog pretty accurately.

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that's all.

day one.

a recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

1. i got bangs yesterday, which means i've crossed 2 items off my birthday list so far.

2. i quote movies like it's my job. just ask the girls in my hall. or my sisters.

3. peanut butter with oreos is my favorite snack. yup. like on the parent trap.

4. sometimes i can't stop listening to kanye west.

5. as a child i would go through phases of super-obsession about certain topics. like elephants, the titanic, frogs, the ancient egyptian culture, astronomy, the pioneers, and more.... it's embarrassing. and hilarious.

6. i love drawing. i used to sketch every day, a habit i'm trying to get back into.

7. i am currently listening to the newsies soundtrack. this is not unusual for me.

8. when i was younger, my parents taught me to answer the phone by saying "hello, may i help you?" which was, as a child, endearing, but i did it for years and years until i realized it was extremely dorky sometime in middle school.

9. i'm dying to go to europe and see all the art i've studied for years.

10. these words by natasha bedingfield is probably my jam of all time.

11. my newest obsessions: the buried life and kid history.

12. i work on a farm. it's misery but i get free produce and a hefty paycheck.

13. i really miss being able to bake and cook and i'm excited to live in an apartment next year.

14. i'm just a big dork in about a million ways. exhibit a: i spend almost every night in the library.

15. i love to laugh. even though people make fun of my real true laugh because it sounds a little bit like i'm choking.