not to mention I've been a terrible blogger this semester. sooooorry.

but here's a very brief synopsis of all the things I'm grateful for this semester.

• my house. complete with two fridges, a pull-up bar in the hallway, really hot floors (like, they practically burn your feet), darling roommates and pre-strung Christmas lights.
• best friends who will go with you to see breaking dawn part 1 at midnight and then be disgusted with you afterwards.
• a strange newfound love of being domestic. I've seriously baked SO much this semester.
• sisters I can quote "She's the Man," strange talking cat YouTube videos and "Kid History" with aaaaaall day long.
• my job at the Daily Universe. and Wednesday mornings when we get to test our Front Row Fanatics games.
• this show. new found love. watch it. right now.
• freshman boys that came back from their missions and aren't freshman anymore.
• quaker cheddar snack mix. if you don't know what I'm talking about, look at B6 in any BYU snack vending machine. they've changed my life and I've eaten more of them this semester than probly any other snack food.
• my pilates class. sooooooooo much fun and I love feeling good.
• lots of friends from many places. as manifest at my Christmas party last weekend, I'm really really grateful for all of them.
• parachute and coldplay. I listen to their new albums on repeat basically every day.
• pinterest. nuff said. I'm addicted.
• not having Friday class. :)
• no snow yet!!!
• roommates & best friends I can laugh and cry with, I can jump on their beds (or on them, if need be), I can reminisce with, I can get a phone call from because one of them got engaged and they don't want to tell the story till I get there, I can freak out to and know me better than anyone else, I can go bridesmaid dress shopping online with and have super high hopes only to come back to square one, I can be SO excited for bachelorette parties with in Vegas... mostly just wonderful girlfriends that I hope to be friends with forever.

and I'm grateful for a million other things too. but I do have a test to take at some point today and I probly should study at some point today.

ughhhhh.

life is grand, though. seriously. <3

because really, everything that I currently love from YouTube, I watched / discovered last year.

like this


and it's original clip


and this


and don't forget this


and this entire series



.... this year - not so much. nothing cool yet.
c'mon YouTube. I'm ready. cross my heart & hope to die.

and since I'm on such a YouTube kick, here are some of my other all-time fave music videos.




and we couldn't get enough of this video over the summer.


heh. and this just makes me laugh.



share your faves?

he's awesome.



just thought you should know.

and this is the reason why.



despite your religious beliefs, you cannot argue that the LDS church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon church -- my church -- is not a Christian religion. we believe in the Savior, Lord and Redeemer of the World, Jesus Christ.

Anderson Cooper did a fabulous job of representing that. that is all.

if you have any questions, ask me. and visit mormon.org.

so yesterday, kenna & heidi & I woke up at 6am to go to the temple. only took us two hours {score one for the Provo temple}. then we came home and tried to shower... well, heidi & I did but we hated our lives because we have 1 water heater for 12 girls, and apparently everyone likes to shower at 8am on saturday mornings. aka - no hot water.

the rest of the day went much better. we went to awful waffle - it's totally false advertising, they were excellent waffles / crepes - for breakfast, took naps later that morning, and then my strange domestication began.

first of all - we found this gem a couple weeks ago when we were cleaning out our house for stuff that didn't belong to anyone.



.... I'm keeping it forever because no one's claimed it. I wore it practically all day.

then, thanks to the wonders of pinterest, I started baking. yes, it was strange. yes, I loved it.

I made a 3 layer true blue angel food cake to celebrate game day.




and I made taco salad shells.


okayyyy maybe these aren't as cool as I think, but they force me to eat salad.

I thought both were awesome :)

then we went to the game.





... and we're just going to leave it at that. we looked cute and had tons of friends. the end. we aren't talking about how sucky the actual game itself was.
but seriously, guys. the last two weekends have been jam-packed full of awesome. it helps that I live with my best friends {minus one.} I've just been super busy & distracted & excellently happy.

plans for future cooking include spinach artichoke dip, homemade pizza, chicken pockets, stir fry and navajo tacos. stay tuned.

new song on the playlist? I have lots of favorites currently. I would totally choose "someone like you" by adele, but that makes me look sad / depressed....

you know what? no. I'm gonna do it anyway. it's a seriously gorgeous song and fits life right now. so deal with it. :}

.... just remind me to put up "something to believe in" by parachute or "marching on" by one republic next week.

dear future cat/dog/turtle/rabbit,
your name will be slightly. end of story.
love, can someone please explain why am I obsessed with this??

dear body,
I love mac & cheese, milk & oreos, string cheese, ice cream, gogurts, grilled cheese, milkshakes, alfredo sauce and cereal wayyy too much...
love, I'm BEGGING you please don't be lactose intolerant!!

dear bako,
um you're hot. not in a good-lookin way.
sincerely, it's 103 out today. what did I come back to?

dear monday night,
after 120 days, I get to see my boy again.
love, ... come sooner ... please?


dear sunburnt shins and hips,
what?
sincerely, um... this is weird. and awkward looking.


dear Provo,
I miss you. and this is strange.
love, well, okay, maybe I just miss my friendlies.

okay, so only kind of. but you know how you have certain songs that instantly make you think of certain people? 

.... I may or may not feel like my entire iTunes is that way.

so. in honor of my 6 hour airplane ride home today and the extensive use my iPod will be getting because of it, here's just a few of the songs / artists that remind me of you guys!

• Chantelly = Eminem & P!nk & Closing Time
• Kenzie = J Biebs, Mike Posner and Bruno Mars
• Camille = Enrique Iglesias. before he was trashy. and George Michael. but mostly just Careless Whisper.
• Heidi = Simon & Garfunkel and Imogen Heap
• Leah = Justin Timberlake & Christina Perri & Enchanted  by T Swift
• Sean = Gary Go. and probly assorted other songs. :)
• Janet  = Backstreet Boys & Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga & Maroon 5
• Kenna  = Mika. or anything from Just Dance.
• Alyssa = Passion Pit & Kids by MGMT
• Kelsey  = In this City & The Funeral  & Walking On a Dream
• Jaime = Jack's Mannequin & Yellowcard & Don't Cry by Shiny Toy Guns & The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls
• Erin =  Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry, Please Don't Leave Me by P!nk & Josh Groban
• Lauren = *NSYNC and All American Rejects Move Along album
• Theresa = Mika
• Kjrstin = Paramore & Fiona Apple
• Lizzie - Bon Iver & super corny 90s artists like Evan & Jaron and S Club 7

so guys. what songs make you think of me? or did I forget any on this list?