this week the trend...

i can't believe its monday already...these last week has flown by. i am going to be honest and let you know i didn't do so well at smiling at strangers last week. it was one of those weeks were i was constantely going and sometimes didn't feel like smiling...

but this week goal is to:

Catch up on Life

summer has been an extremely crazy time for me. but with september coming i actually have a lot of empty days in my planner... it is so weird! so this week is to the week to play as much catch up on things i have wanted to get done this summer but haven't had time. a few of them include reading my books, buying some new music, finish painting my shelf for my bathroom, and organize, organize, organize.

have a good week!

p.s. I am going to see Quietdrive tonight at Utah State. super excited!

Photographer

i think i found my future wedding photographer... check her out: Ashley Madsen Photography. she lives in Arizona but supposably she comes to Utah to do shoots...i love her work!

this week the trend...

to smile at as many strangers as possible... (preferably good lookin single boys =) )

not sure why i am choosing this as this weeks trend but i am doing it.
last week was good. i focused my mind away from the events that were distracting and it was amazing how much i improved last week. wahoo!

Chromeo - Ooo Oh

last thursday's Twlight concert was Chromeo. i love Chromeo and have for a couple years so i was so excited when i heard they were playing. so we went thursday and it was pure awesome. Chromeo is 2 guys...see below.. and their music is very electronic and the best to dance too. i think i may have a crush on the singer (the tall skinny guy)...he is kind of sexy and sings good and gots moves...what more can ya ask for? we got to be pretty close to the stage too but as the show went on it got a little crowded and these young boys (probably like 16) starting smoking weed next to us so we went to the back for the last couple songs. the show was awesome...kids these days are dumb. i hope they come back to utah again!!

i dragged heather & kate with me... not sure how much they loved it but i don't have to many concert going friends anymore so they get the pleasure of joining me.


it was a fun night. Big Boi (rapper from Outkast) was the 2nd act and he took forever to take the stage. so we were just standing there chillin and these random guys came up to us and started talking to us. first they told me they thought i was about 18 or 19 ...=) and than they told kate her hair looked faked and started tugging on it to see if it was real... than one kid told me your index finger is suppose to be larger than your ring finger. mine isn't. which according to him means i had a lot of testosterone when i was young resulting in making me feisty. i am kind of thinking this is true because i can get pretty feisty sometimes... i than realized my mom has the same fingers, so i know where i got it from.


ok the next picture is a little revealing...sexy sexy ;) but i wanted to share my pain. on saturday me and kate went and spent the late morning/early afternoon at the beach at pineview dam... this is the result of falling asleep... it hurts real bad...

The Shell

check out this super cute video my friend Kate shared with me... i love it

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

this week the trend...

so i was driving in my car this weekend with my ipod on shuffle and Relient K's song 'this week the trend' came on . i felt inspired to start a weekly blog post called 'this week the trend'. the song talks about different things he wants to do every week...some stuff good, some not so good...but things to help figure out life and try new stuff. so i am going to try out that exact thing! so for this week...

FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!

I have had a couple things happen last week that have caused me to loose focus and mess up my emotions a little (no, my period was not one of them..can't use that excuse this time!). i have some things i am trying to work on and improve on and these events have just thrown it off. the events were nice but i can't loose focus.. if you would like to join me this week, feel free and FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!

Also found a great quote to go with it:
“We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the ‘thick of thin things.’ In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes.”
Thomas S. Monson

Music & Book Update

I totally just realized that it has been 2 months since i have last done this. i try to do it monthly but as most of you know...summer is crazy!! so anyways its time for my favorite time...

Music:

New Young Pony Club - The Optimist
so my friend Lindsay that i work with introduced me to these wonderful people. they are definitely not american but i am not sure what they are...some kind of european band. their music is very poppy and just makes you wanna dance. check out their music video's on You Tube...you will laugh at their styles. my favorite songs are Lost a Girl, We Want To, & Oh Cherie.

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)
remember a few months ago when i mentioned i was going out on a limb with a album that was a little weird? well here they are again! i love it...what can i say. i have to listen to Crystal Castles when i run...it makes me feel like i am alive =) if you You Tube any of the music videos do not judge the music by the video's...they are kind of crazy. but i guess the music is too. oh well.. my favorite songs on this are Pap Smear (i know, weird song name) & Baptism.

Cartel - Cycles
Cartel has always been one of my favorite bands. the singer...Will...has an amazing voice. i would marry him for his voice...his looks aren't to bad either, actually they are amazing also =). this album definitely isn't my favorite but it's growing on me. my favorite songs are Deep South & 27 Steps. The Perfect Mistake is also a good one, you have probably heard it if you listen to the radio at all. Will looks so much like my ex in the music video...weird.


Books

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer
most of you Twilight fans have probably already read this right? if you haven't you should. i really really enjoyed it. it makes you seriously love Bree. its kind of hard reading it because you know the outcome from the Eclipse book...but the whole time you are wishing it will end different. stephanie meyer is a wonderful writer.

City of Ashes/City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
these are the 2nd & 3rd books to the City of Bones series. i love these books. the second was a little harder for me to get into but the 3rd was really really good and it ended so wonderful...i like that. i mentioned in my last post that these are about shadowhunters, demons, vampires, werewolves...the whole works. its a whole different world but definitely one to explore.

Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
ok, old book i know! i have always wanted to read the Jane Austen books especially after i watched the movie Jane Austen Book Club. so i bought them all. this was the first one. I am not going to lie, they were very difficult to get through. i struggle with that style of writing. i was definitely meant to be born in this day and age. I could never image dating like that either. having to be so formal with everything...eww. not me. but anyways the book itself was really good, i probably didn't get the full effect of it cause i didn't know what a lot of the stuff meant! but i will read the others...maybe a while but i will.


and last but not least...MockingJay by Suzanne Collins comes out the 24th. wahoo! I am so freakin excited. are you a fan?
Go Team Gale!

Cheese

smile big for the camera...

friday the 13th was maegan's b-day. she turned 27..aahh! that night we went to the Union Grill for dinner. it is so so good. i love their tortellini, it's amazing. my dad suggested we take a picture of maeg on her birthday...these are the results...

Last monday me and maegan took pake & garet to Lagoon. it was definitely what fun is. those boys are so funny. pake has only been once and garet has never been so it was great to see their faces on the rides..they weren't so sure about some. =)

i love getting shots like this:

and last but not least...this is my tribute to Sooner. my dad sold this wonderful dog the other day. i am not going to lie, i am pretty sad about it. i never took care of the dog much but he was so good. so obeying, and we all really loved him. i was so surprised when my dad said he was going to sell him. he got a new dog that kind of replaced him. =( we miss ya Sooner!

the temper trap

ok. i am slowly but surely catching up on my posts..
like i mentioned earlier i went to The Temper Trap concert on wednesday evening. it was really good. my sister is the one who told me about this band so with tomorrow being her birthday i brought her along with me for a good birthday present (i am such a nice sister huh?!) i didn't have my camera so these pictures are from my phone. they are very crappy.. i apologize. but it helped me post them faster cause i didn't have to load them from my camera, thats a plus. but this is them (if you can tell).. as i mentioned before they are Australian. the singer (who is the one that talked the most) did not have a strong accent which thoroughly disappointed me...grr.


the opening band was called Butterfly Bones. they were a very extreme electronic/dance band. they had some pretty awesome beats and pretty entertaining to watch. my sister doesn't do very well with electronic music so she got to a point where she wasn't sure she could listen anymore... so don't check them out if you can't handle it!

awww...how i love a good show. next months show is Phoenix..as Usher would say..Yeah! (still haven't found a date to take...any ideas??)

Forgiveness

i strongly encourage you to watch this if you haven't. but be prepared to cry..
it makes me so happy to know that even though the world is full of nasty things there a lot of amazing people out there.

New Posts...Where are you?

I know...I am asking myself the same question! I am making no promises but I am hoping to get some up towards the end of the week. Until than I wanted to share with you the highlight of my upcoming week. I am going to The Temper Trap concert on Weds...here is a video (oh by the way they are Australian.. I not only get to here some good music, but some good accents =) )

PS... I keep getting really random comments from people that are just chinese characters, anyone out there has this same problem?? I have NO idea what they say and don't know why I keep getting them!