I have an Environmental Biology test coming up pretty soon. I have absolutely zero motivation to continue what little studying I've already accomplished. None. I decided to make a list of everything I would rather do than study for this test. When I run out of things, I'll start studying again. Also, I just want to say that although this post reflects negativity and frustration, life is still pretty good. I just hate this class.
I would rather:
-eat food
-go buy some new pants
-paint my fingernails/toenails
-lay in the snow in a swimming suit
-throw up
-faint at marching practice
-take a walk
-eat a hot banana
-step in dog poo
-hold a wiggly, moderately sized octopus
-go to a YSA dance with Daverl.
-have a giant hang nail
-watch a movie with Delaney's commentary
-rotate my feet 180 degrees
-rotate my finger 180 degrees
-shake 20 people with sweaty palms' hands
-get hit in the face with a tether ball/ volleyball/basketball
-get yelled at by Clif
-get sneezed on
-ride a rollercoaster without buckling up first
-get a bloody nose in the middle of a test
-eat an oyster
-do the dishes
-eat a ladybug
Sigh. This isn't really helping. I still have absolutely NO motivation, and I could probably go on with this list forever. Because frankly, I don't care about EBio at all, especially when all we talk about is soil, because my teacher majored in soil science or something lame like that. Ugh.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Another update
School is so crazy these days! I feel like I always have a paper due, and like the reading is never going to end. Sometimes it's really overwhelming, but usually I'm dealing with it okay. New Testament is still my favorite class ever; my teacher is just incredible!
So, aside from school, life is just peachy. Last Friday my roommates and I had a movie night! We watched Dear John, which is reallllllllllllllllllllly sad. I cried a LOT. But Delaney and Emma have hearts of steel or something, so they didn't cry. Also, Delaney is really bad to watch love movies with. She talks A LOT. But it's okay, because we've gotten to the point in our relationship where I can just be like, "Delaney! You are ruining this movie! Quit it!" It's nice. :) We're like kind of almost sisters now. Anyway, for movie night we made popcorn and ate cookies and about half way through we decided to make brownies, which ended up taking like 45 minutes to cook instead of 20, like they were supposed to. We eat a lot of junk in my apartment. But I don't even feel very guilty about that since I have band 6 hours a week plus games. Also, a thirty minute walk to school every day, and a thirty minute walk back. Plus, I'm eating beans and rice at least once a day. AND me and Beck did Jillian Michaels yesterday. My right bun is super sore right now. So yeah. If I WASN'T eating all of this junk, I'd probably be teaching Jillian a thing or two.
Yesterday, I had my get to know you time with the Bishop. He's the same bishop I had Winter semester! Weird, huh? I started off by telling him that I wasn't chronically depressed or anti social, like I was for pretty much all of winter semester. And instead of being like, "Oh good! What a relief, because last semester you were SUPER lame." he just apologized for the ward not putting their arm around me a little more. :') What a nice guy. But we had a great long visit and talked about school and what I like to do and how I'm pretty sure I broke my rib mountain biking with Colin that one time... don't ask me how that came up, I have no idea! But he's super duper friendly and he gave me a Snickers when we were done. I don't have a calling yet though- hopefully soon I will.
Brother Ostler is the second counselor in the bishopric. I love him and his wife so much! They're both really old and sweet and practice in choir with us. I talk to her a lot on Sundays and she always has about a million sweet things to say and is just so kind and wonderful. She makes treats for everyone after choir- one week we had cinnamon rolls. I had an interview with Bro Ostler yesterday as well so that I can go to the Brigham City Temple Dedication in about a week and a half. He said that he was talking to his wife about callings the other day and that she was very impressed with me! I wonder what that means... because I'm definitely calling-free right now. Hmmmmm...
Jamie still super attractive. Sigh. Hurry up and ask me out, boy! PS- He's a Utes fan. The game on Saturday is going to be so awesome. (Especially if he sits next to me again- I'll be 3 for 3!)
So in New Testament yesterday, we were reading around John 2. I'm pretty sure it's verse 9 that has the best punctuation EVER. Just start reading in John 2, and when you get to it, you'll know. It pretty much made my day yesterday!
Last night around 10:45 I REALLY wanted to go for a walk around Wyview and my roommates went with me so I wouldn't get raped. It was so great! We just walked around for a little while and then me and Delaney had cartwheel contests and played this awesome game where you do like a million different kinds of handstands. It was so fun! Emma doesn't really get into stuff like hand stands out in public yet... but hopefully by the end of the semester she will. :) We laid on the grass and stared up at the stars and talked about pre-Earth life and how we wonder if we knew each other up there. We talked about pretty much everything, and laughed our heads off at nothing. But it was REALLY cold last night, and Emma was wearing short sleeves, so we left and walked back. But it was so great. I'm glad that I love them, even though we DEFINITELY have our differences. And I'm also kind of glad that we don't always get along. Which is weird. But I just like it that it's okay that we don't always get along. We just talk about whatever's bugging us and move on. It's awesome.
On Sunday I went over to my neighbor's house and ate dessert with them! They are SO hilarious. I really like them. Hopefully we're best friends real soon.
I'm really super tan right now.
Mom, you know that plaid shirt that was like a million sizes too big? I washed it, and it's still to big. But I'm wearing it to school/practice today anyway, because it's really super comfy and I love it. It reminds me of shirts that you used to wear back in the day when I was little. :) I'll take a picture so you can see for yourself later.
AND, Shell and Shauna, you know that simple facewash we all love? Well, I highly recommend the exfoliating one. It's DIVINE.
You guys know how I really with I had a southern accent? Well, brother Ostler, the bishop, Delaney, AND Emma all told me yesterday that I did! Bro Ostler and the bishop just told me of their own accord, and then I asked Delaney and Emma. That makes me so happy. :'D
Life is grand! I really miss all you people back home. WRITE ME SOME LETTERS. Let me know what's up! I love you all sooooo so much! Sometimes I get really homesick still, but overall I'm extremely happy out here and I feel as though I'm growing up just a little bit. I feel more independent, I guess. My testimony of the gospel grows so much, pretty much every single day. It really is true! I think of every single one of you every single day, and I'm surprised my roommates haven't gotten sick of hearing me talk about how spectacular all of you are. Love you all!
So, aside from school, life is just peachy. Last Friday my roommates and I had a movie night! We watched Dear John, which is reallllllllllllllllllllly sad. I cried a LOT. But Delaney and Emma have hearts of steel or something, so they didn't cry. Also, Delaney is really bad to watch love movies with. She talks A LOT. But it's okay, because we've gotten to the point in our relationship where I can just be like, "Delaney! You are ruining this movie! Quit it!" It's nice. :) We're like kind of almost sisters now. Anyway, for movie night we made popcorn and ate cookies and about half way through we decided to make brownies, which ended up taking like 45 minutes to cook instead of 20, like they were supposed to. We eat a lot of junk in my apartment. But I don't even feel very guilty about that since I have band 6 hours a week plus games. Also, a thirty minute walk to school every day, and a thirty minute walk back. Plus, I'm eating beans and rice at least once a day. AND me and Beck did Jillian Michaels yesterday. My right bun is super sore right now. So yeah. If I WASN'T eating all of this junk, I'd probably be teaching Jillian a thing or two.
Yesterday, I had my get to know you time with the Bishop. He's the same bishop I had Winter semester! Weird, huh? I started off by telling him that I wasn't chronically depressed or anti social, like I was for pretty much all of winter semester. And instead of being like, "Oh good! What a relief, because last semester you were SUPER lame." he just apologized for the ward not putting their arm around me a little more. :') What a nice guy. But we had a great long visit and talked about school and what I like to do and how I'm pretty sure I broke my rib mountain biking with Colin that one time... don't ask me how that came up, I have no idea! But he's super duper friendly and he gave me a Snickers when we were done. I don't have a calling yet though- hopefully soon I will.
Brother Ostler is the second counselor in the bishopric. I love him and his wife so much! They're both really old and sweet and practice in choir with us. I talk to her a lot on Sundays and she always has about a million sweet things to say and is just so kind and wonderful. She makes treats for everyone after choir- one week we had cinnamon rolls. I had an interview with Bro Ostler yesterday as well so that I can go to the Brigham City Temple Dedication in about a week and a half. He said that he was talking to his wife about callings the other day and that she was very impressed with me! I wonder what that means... because I'm definitely calling-free right now. Hmmmmm...
Jamie still super attractive. Sigh. Hurry up and ask me out, boy! PS- He's a Utes fan. The game on Saturday is going to be so awesome. (Especially if he sits next to me again- I'll be 3 for 3!)
So in New Testament yesterday, we were reading around John 2. I'm pretty sure it's verse 9 that has the best punctuation EVER. Just start reading in John 2, and when you get to it, you'll know. It pretty much made my day yesterday!
Last night around 10:45 I REALLY wanted to go for a walk around Wyview and my roommates went with me so I wouldn't get raped. It was so great! We just walked around for a little while and then me and Delaney had cartwheel contests and played this awesome game where you do like a million different kinds of handstands. It was so fun! Emma doesn't really get into stuff like hand stands out in public yet... but hopefully by the end of the semester she will. :) We laid on the grass and stared up at the stars and talked about pre-Earth life and how we wonder if we knew each other up there. We talked about pretty much everything, and laughed our heads off at nothing. But it was REALLY cold last night, and Emma was wearing short sleeves, so we left and walked back. But it was so great. I'm glad that I love them, even though we DEFINITELY have our differences. And I'm also kind of glad that we don't always get along. Which is weird. But I just like it that it's okay that we don't always get along. We just talk about whatever's bugging us and move on. It's awesome.
On Sunday I went over to my neighbor's house and ate dessert with them! They are SO hilarious. I really like them. Hopefully we're best friends real soon.
I'm really super tan right now.
Mom, you know that plaid shirt that was like a million sizes too big? I washed it, and it's still to big. But I'm wearing it to school/practice today anyway, because it's really super comfy and I love it. It reminds me of shirts that you used to wear back in the day when I was little. :) I'll take a picture so you can see for yourself later.
AND, Shell and Shauna, you know that simple facewash we all love? Well, I highly recommend the exfoliating one. It's DIVINE.
You guys know how I really with I had a southern accent? Well, brother Ostler, the bishop, Delaney, AND Emma all told me yesterday that I did! Bro Ostler and the bishop just told me of their own accord, and then I asked Delaney and Emma. That makes me so happy. :'D
Life is grand! I really miss all you people back home. WRITE ME SOME LETTERS. Let me know what's up! I love you all sooooo so much! Sometimes I get really homesick still, but overall I'm extremely happy out here and I feel as though I'm growing up just a little bit. I feel more independent, I guess. My testimony of the gospel grows so much, pretty much every single day. It really is true! I think of every single one of you every single day, and I'm surprised my roommates haven't gotten sick of hearing me talk about how spectacular all of you are. Love you all!
Monday, September 3, 2012
First week: CHECK
The first week of class is OVER! And I am loving this break, already. :)
BREAKING NEWS: Okay, so a few minutes ago there was a knock at the door. Since my roommies are gone til later today (they're both at home because they live like 5 seconds away) I answered the door. And there was so one there! Just 6 DELICIOUS looking homemade cookies and a note that says:
Aloha Brianna, Delaney, and Emma,
Hope you all had a banging first week of school and that none of you have gotten into too much trouble yet. It's going to be a great year getting to know the most beautiful sisters at BYU! These cookies are legit, made with the spirit of love and friendship from our humble abode. Please don't thank us, thank the Lord from whom all blessings flow! We hop ethat you enjoy them and that they are just as sweet as the fruit of life. If you see us around campus or at our apartment, please come and say hi so that we can get to know each and every one of you!!!
Me ke aloha pumehana,
The BOIZ of 414
(Karl, Michael, Preston, Palakiko)
And there was a nice picture of the 4 of them.
My first reaction: I laughed my head off for like 20 minutes. Only at BYU would you EVER get a note like that. HA! I've met Karl, Michael and Palakiko. Palakiko is from Hawaii is super cool and hilarious. And Karl and Michael collected my fast offerings yesterday. Michael is on the drumline, which makes him super
attractive. Plus, all of them were at choir yesterday, which makes them all amazing anyway.
Second reaction: I love all of them. Me and my roommies WILL go over there one day and ask all of them to play volleyball or something. It was so sweet of them to do that!
These cookies ARE legit. Soooo good.
A close up so you guys can tell me which one to marry. L to R: Karl, Michael, Preston, Palakiko.
The awesome cookies they left!!!!!! Minus one, that I just ate.
Anyway...
So classes were pretty good. I'm taking Western humanities, Physical Science, Environmental Biology, New Testament, and Writing & Rhetoric. And Marching Band, 3 times a week plus games. I'd say I've got a pretty good load of stuff. Humanities is reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally really really really really boring. But I'll get an A anyway, just because I refuse to get anything less. I'm getting all A's guys. The end. All my other ones are great. I LOOOOOVE my New Testament teacher, Tyler Griffin. He's so nice and sweet and excited about the gospel. Every class I just want to bawl my eyes out.
I really love BYU. For real, guys. I was a little nervous before I came out here for Round 2. But it has been so good. Band is wonderful. I love everything about it. We had a marching band fireside the day after band camp. Because we're all mormons. And it was soooo cool! I've never really felt so close to another group of people besides my own family. But now the band (especially the trumpet section- the ENTIRE thing) is like my new family. I love them all so much! There's such a feeling of unity and love that I've gotten from everyone I've met here, and I absolutely love love love love love it. It's so nice guys. Everyone should come to BYU. I bet I could just walk up to a stranger in my ward and be like hey can I sleep in your apartment tonight? And they'd say yes and we'd have a slumber party and they would feed me great food and it would just be so nice. I just feel like being really nice to EVERYONE here, all the time!
I had my first game! I forgot to take pictures though... whoopsies. Next time. Sorry ma. But it was good! I sat next to Jamie the whole time. <3 It was nice. It was kind of a boring game, though. But we won! I think it was like 30-6 or something. I messed up about a billion times, but it's okay because apparently the band wasn't even on tv at all. Lame. But I WAS on the giant screen in the stadium! I was jammin to the fight song while we were waiting on the sidelines to go onto the field for halftime. And then I looked up, and there I was! I looked really weird though, I had to move around a little just to verify that it was me. But once I was certain, I'm pretty sure my eyes got reallllly big, and I looked right into the GIANT camera that the guy was holding and waved. It was great. I'm famous. I'll be sure to get you all an autograph.
Also, Beck and Ben came to the game! It was SO good to see them there! They screamed my name and I saw them and freaked out. It was great! Thanks SOOOOO much for coming guys!
Well, I've got a paper to write for tomorrow. About how I think immodesty is the worst fad today. SO much fun.
Also, I'd recommend listening to "At Last" by Etta James. That woman has got more soul in her pinky than the entire white population.
The end. Love you all! Write me! Here's my address!
2114 N. 170 W. #244
Provo, UT 84604
BREAKING NEWS: Okay, so a few minutes ago there was a knock at the door. Since my roommies are gone til later today (they're both at home because they live like 5 seconds away) I answered the door. And there was so one there! Just 6 DELICIOUS looking homemade cookies and a note that says:
Aloha Brianna, Delaney, and Emma,
Hope you all had a banging first week of school and that none of you have gotten into too much trouble yet. It's going to be a great year getting to know the most beautiful sisters at BYU! These cookies are legit, made with the spirit of love and friendship from our humble abode. Please don't thank us, thank the Lord from whom all blessings flow! We hop ethat you enjoy them and that they are just as sweet as the fruit of life. If you see us around campus or at our apartment, please come and say hi so that we can get to know each and every one of you!!!
Me ke aloha pumehana,
The BOIZ of 414
(Karl, Michael, Preston, Palakiko)
And there was a nice picture of the 4 of them.
My first reaction: I laughed my head off for like 20 minutes. Only at BYU would you EVER get a note like that. HA! I've met Karl, Michael and Palakiko. Palakiko is from Hawaii is super cool and hilarious. And Karl and Michael collected my fast offerings yesterday. Michael is on the drumline, which makes him super
attractive. Plus, all of them were at choir yesterday, which makes them all amazing anyway.
Second reaction: I love all of them. Me and my roommies WILL go over there one day and ask all of them to play volleyball or something. It was so sweet of them to do that!
These cookies ARE legit. Soooo good.
Anyway...
So classes were pretty good. I'm taking Western humanities, Physical Science, Environmental Biology, New Testament, and Writing & Rhetoric. And Marching Band, 3 times a week plus games. I'd say I've got a pretty good load of stuff. Humanities is reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally really really really really boring. But I'll get an A anyway, just because I refuse to get anything less. I'm getting all A's guys. The end. All my other ones are great. I LOOOOOVE my New Testament teacher, Tyler Griffin. He's so nice and sweet and excited about the gospel. Every class I just want to bawl my eyes out.
I really love BYU. For real, guys. I was a little nervous before I came out here for Round 2. But it has been so good. Band is wonderful. I love everything about it. We had a marching band fireside the day after band camp. Because we're all mormons. And it was soooo cool! I've never really felt so close to another group of people besides my own family. But now the band (especially the trumpet section- the ENTIRE thing) is like my new family. I love them all so much! There's such a feeling of unity and love that I've gotten from everyone I've met here, and I absolutely love love love love love it. It's so nice guys. Everyone should come to BYU. I bet I could just walk up to a stranger in my ward and be like hey can I sleep in your apartment tonight? And they'd say yes and we'd have a slumber party and they would feed me great food and it would just be so nice. I just feel like being really nice to EVERYONE here, all the time!
I had my first game! I forgot to take pictures though... whoopsies. Next time. Sorry ma. But it was good! I sat next to Jamie the whole time. <3 It was nice. It was kind of a boring game, though. But we won! I think it was like 30-6 or something. I messed up about a billion times, but it's okay because apparently the band wasn't even on tv at all. Lame. But I WAS on the giant screen in the stadium! I was jammin to the fight song while we were waiting on the sidelines to go onto the field for halftime. And then I looked up, and there I was! I looked really weird though, I had to move around a little just to verify that it was me. But once I was certain, I'm pretty sure my eyes got reallllly big, and I looked right into the GIANT camera that the guy was holding and waved. It was great. I'm famous. I'll be sure to get you all an autograph.
Also, Beck and Ben came to the game! It was SO good to see them there! They screamed my name and I saw them and freaked out. It was great! Thanks SOOOOO much for coming guys!
Well, I've got a paper to write for tomorrow. About how I think immodesty is the worst fad today. SO much fun.
Also, I'd recommend listening to "At Last" by Etta James. That woman has got more soul in her pinky than the entire white population.
The end. Love you all! Write me! Here's my address!
2114 N. 170 W. #244
Provo, UT 84604
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Band Camp is OVER!!! Plus, random thoughts.
I have very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it was so fun! There are so many awesome people in my section! I love them so much! (Especially Jamie- the RM I stand next to during like all of pregame. He went to Argentina on his mission. And he's single. And he added me on Facebook. To quote the famous Trace Adkins: "Oowee, shut my mouth, slap your grandma!" That's what I feel like. In other words, it's love. BAHAHA.) And all of them are really nice and awesome. Also, I'm pretty sure I've lost like 50 pounds this week, which is just groovy.
But on the other hand, I was so tired yesterday! And my tan lines are SOOOO bad. I'll have to take a picture today before they go away. Also, my arms are getting realllllllly strong from holding up my trumpet for forever. You might think this is a good thing, but my arms are pretty much man arms now. With tan lines on them. So this is not a good thing.
So yeah. Mixed emotions about it being over. but we still have 3 practices a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) for like 2 hours each or something. And that makes me happy. :)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Our first football game is on Thursday. That's right. This Thursday. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TV! ESPN, baby. We will be the first nationally televised game of the entire football season! I'm going to be on TV! It's especially awesome because I'm at the front for like almost all of everything. How spectacular.
ALSO IMPORTANT: If we win 6 games this season, we're all going to San Diego for the Poinsetta Bowl on Ryan's birthday! (12/20, for those of you who can't remember.) I'm sad that it's on Ryan's bday, but SO happy that I will be able to be home for Christmas. And to go to San Diego!
Random things that I want you all to know, in no particular order:
My section leader is Clifton Hargus; we call him Clif. He was in the Marines for 15 years and he's 37 with 3 kids. And he kind of scares me. He's been playing for longer than I've been alive, so he's SUUUUPER good. He can play for SOOO long and SOOO high and SOOOOO stinkin loud! If I were him, I think I would die from over-awesomeness. This is his first year as section leader, and I think he's pretty good about knowing what he's doing, but he's not very personal/cuddly/a get-to-know-you-on-a-personal-level kind of guy. I think he's been trying though. I think he thinks that I'm more fragile than everybody else or something... because when I'm a quarter step out of the line, he just tells me. With everyone else, he's like, "LOOK AT THIS LINE! YOU ARE A MILE AWAY FROM THE FORM, GO CHOKE YOURSELF!" He says go choke yourself a lot. Which is dogey of him. But yeah. With me, he's just like, Brianna, go forward just a skosh. And when I get it right, he tells me good job. I guess I'm just the favorite.
There's a guy in the baritone section that talks just like Kevin from The Office. His name is Brian though.
Some people in life are just extremely funny to me. Even when they're not saying anything funny. And there's TWO of them in the trumpet section. Aaron Vaughn and Devon something. When they're just having a normal conversation with me, I always just start laughing reeeeally hard and I can't stop. It's so embarrassing. Especially with Aaron. Because Devin almost always starts laughing just as hard as me, and so we just laugh at nothing together. But Aaron is just kind of like... not laughing. And it's awkward and embarrassing and makes me feel like a terrible person.
The dress I'm wearing right now is a maternity dress. But you can't even tell, so it's okay.
We got our uniforms yesterday! I'm pretty sure my pants are too big, but I'd much rather have too big than too small. So I guess it's okay.
There's only like 5 girls in the entire trumpet section (32 trumpets). It's really weird. I'm used to it being like half and half. But all of us are real good friends now. Their names are: Jessica, Alynne, Julie, Melissa... and I think that's it. It's so weird.
Church doesn't start until 12:20, and it's right next to my house!!!!!!!!! I am SO happy about that.
Whenever I run for more than 30 second straight up here, my lungs dry out and I start coughing a lot. Sigh. It's kind of really annoying. But at least I don't have nosebleeds everyday anymore. But I'm thirsty ALL the time.
Emma is my roommate. She's a molecular biology major, for the moment. She says she's probably going to take chemistry and hate it and change it though. :) She had a legitimately crazy chem teacher in high school. She's super good at talking and telling stories and she has the most beautiful skin tone in the universe. It looks like Ms. Neufeldt's skin (my AP Gov and Econ teacher) and makes me really jealous. I really like her though. She's great friend material.
Delaney:
She's a dancer. She's trying out for the folk dance team on Wednesday. She likes to talk a lot. And she collects shiny things she finds on the ground. Her favorite color is yellow, and she's super funny. But she never gets tired, so me and Emma always have to kick her out of our room so we can sleep. :) I really like her too though.
Emma and I:
ps- i don't actually weigh 100000000 lbs, as this picture would suggest. it's just kind of unflattering.
This is a picture of all of us before we left for church today. We's cutie pies.
AND... my neck tan line. Thank you band camp.
It's time for choir practice. And then a band fireside. And then ward prayer. So I've got to go. Love you all!!!!!
But on the other hand, I was so tired yesterday! And my tan lines are SOOOO bad. I'll have to take a picture today before they go away. Also, my arms are getting realllllllly strong from holding up my trumpet for forever. You might think this is a good thing, but my arms are pretty much man arms now. With tan lines on them. So this is not a good thing.
So yeah. Mixed emotions about it being over. but we still have 3 practices a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) for like 2 hours each or something. And that makes me happy. :)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Our first football game is on Thursday. That's right. This Thursday. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TV! ESPN, baby. We will be the first nationally televised game of the entire football season! I'm going to be on TV! It's especially awesome because I'm at the front for like almost all of everything. How spectacular.
ALSO IMPORTANT: If we win 6 games this season, we're all going to San Diego for the Poinsetta Bowl on Ryan's birthday! (12/20, for those of you who can't remember.) I'm sad that it's on Ryan's bday, but SO happy that I will be able to be home for Christmas. And to go to San Diego!
Random things that I want you all to know, in no particular order:
My section leader is Clifton Hargus; we call him Clif. He was in the Marines for 15 years and he's 37 with 3 kids. And he kind of scares me. He's been playing for longer than I've been alive, so he's SUUUUPER good. He can play for SOOO long and SOOO high and SOOOOO stinkin loud! If I were him, I think I would die from over-awesomeness. This is his first year as section leader, and I think he's pretty good about knowing what he's doing, but he's not very personal/cuddly/a get-to-know-you-on-a-personal-level kind of guy. I think he's been trying though. I think he thinks that I'm more fragile than everybody else or something... because when I'm a quarter step out of the line, he just tells me. With everyone else, he's like, "LOOK AT THIS LINE! YOU ARE A MILE AWAY FROM THE FORM, GO CHOKE YOURSELF!" He says go choke yourself a lot. Which is dogey of him. But yeah. With me, he's just like, Brianna, go forward just a skosh. And when I get it right, he tells me good job. I guess I'm just the favorite.
There's a guy in the baritone section that talks just like Kevin from The Office. His name is Brian though.
Some people in life are just extremely funny to me. Even when they're not saying anything funny. And there's TWO of them in the trumpet section. Aaron Vaughn and Devon something. When they're just having a normal conversation with me, I always just start laughing reeeeally hard and I can't stop. It's so embarrassing. Especially with Aaron. Because Devin almost always starts laughing just as hard as me, and so we just laugh at nothing together. But Aaron is just kind of like... not laughing. And it's awkward and embarrassing and makes me feel like a terrible person.
The dress I'm wearing right now is a maternity dress. But you can't even tell, so it's okay.
We got our uniforms yesterday! I'm pretty sure my pants are too big, but I'd much rather have too big than too small. So I guess it's okay.
There's only like 5 girls in the entire trumpet section (32 trumpets). It's really weird. I'm used to it being like half and half. But all of us are real good friends now. Their names are: Jessica, Alynne, Julie, Melissa... and I think that's it. It's so weird.
Church doesn't start until 12:20, and it's right next to my house!!!!!!!!! I am SO happy about that.
Whenever I run for more than 30 second straight up here, my lungs dry out and I start coughing a lot. Sigh. It's kind of really annoying. But at least I don't have nosebleeds everyday anymore. But I'm thirsty ALL the time.
Emma is my roommate. She's a molecular biology major, for the moment. She says she's probably going to take chemistry and hate it and change it though. :) She had a legitimately crazy chem teacher in high school. She's super good at talking and telling stories and she has the most beautiful skin tone in the universe. It looks like Ms. Neufeldt's skin (my AP Gov and Econ teacher) and makes me really jealous. I really like her though. She's great friend material.
Delaney:
She's a dancer. She's trying out for the folk dance team on Wednesday. She likes to talk a lot. And she collects shiny things she finds on the ground. Her favorite color is yellow, and she's super funny. But she never gets tired, so me and Emma always have to kick her out of our room so we can sleep. :) I really like her too though.
Emma and I:
This is a picture of all of us before we left for church today. We's cutie pies.
AND... my neck tan line. Thank you band camp.
It's time for choir practice. And then a band fireside. And then ward prayer. So I've got to go. Love you all!!!!!
Friday, August 17, 2012
My apartment!!!
Hello everyone! I've made it to Provo safely, and managed to move all of my stuff in! (Except for my dishes... I just realized about an hour ago that they're all at Michelle and Nate's house.) I thought I would put up pictures of what my living quarters look like now:
This is my room! There's a closet in the wall off to the left that you can't see. I'm SOOOO happy that I got the bottom bunk. I had the top last time, and it was awful. It gets REEEALLY hot and it's always stuffy up there. It's just no fun. Maybe I'll switch with my roommate (Emma) next semester if she hates it as much as I did. Also, there's a TON of storage space underneath my bed that now has 3 giant suitcases and 2 banana boxes under it.
This is my closet! It's full of extremely cute clothes that I got right before I left! I probably haven't worn half of the clothes in there. I'm really excited for school to start so that I can model them for the world. :)
This is the hall. My room is at the very end on the left. There's a bathroom kind of in the middle on \the right side, and a single room for Delaney on the end right. Plus, there's 2 closets in it.
This is my bathroom. I'm currently missing a shower curtain, but they give them to you for free at the Wyview housing office, which is just grand! And yes, that is a potty plunger in the top picture. It's in the trash can right now, because I haven't moved it yet.
The living room! The door is right beside the long couch. I really like the big window!
The kitchen! It's really nice. The microwave has the power of an atomic bomb. It is sooo powerful.
This is the window in front of those chairs in the other picture. I really like the tree! But the kitchen gets REALLY hot when the sun sets right in front of it. It's pretty though.
And this is the door. It's pink.
That's my new apartment! Right now it's a little lonely because I'm the only one in my whole building that's here. But I'm super stoked to meet both of my roommates and to start band camp ON MONDAY and to browse the bookstore (hopefully without having to take a potty break) and walk around campus and find my classes and make stellar grades and have a GINORMOUS group of totally rad friends. This year is going to be so awesome. So, so awesome. I'm looking forward to EVERYTHING, pretty much. Except for the testing center. But I'm even kind of excited about that because I'm going to make such incredible grades.
Oh my goodness guys! It just hit me that I haven't told some of you my plans for the rest of my life, as far as school goes. I'm majoring in biology, and I'm going to get my bachelor's degree here at BYU. THEN, I'm hopefully going to transfer to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and get my masters in Physical Therapy. And then I'll be a physical therapist and marry a nice man with a Southern accent and live on like a billion acres of land and have a giant cherry orchard. Except I don't know if cherries grow in GA, so that part is subject to change.
Anyway, I'm really excited. I have no doubt at all that this semester is going to be infinitely better than the last! I think that I've changed quite a bit since last January, and now I'm more ready for a big, serious university like this.
It feels REALLY good outside so I'm going for a walk around my block now. Call me! Oh, also, next I'll post my schedule for this semester. Stay tuned! Love you all!!!!!
Love,
Bri
PS- I went to the creamery today to get some milk, and both boys were blonde with blue eyes. Surprise, surprise.
That's my new apartment! Right now it's a little lonely because I'm the only one in my whole building that's here. But I'm super stoked to meet both of my roommates and to start band camp ON MONDAY and to browse the bookstore (hopefully without having to take a potty break) and walk around campus and find my classes and make stellar grades and have a GINORMOUS group of totally rad friends. This year is going to be so awesome. So, so awesome. I'm looking forward to EVERYTHING, pretty much. Except for the testing center. But I'm even kind of excited about that because I'm going to make such incredible grades.
Oh my goodness guys! It just hit me that I haven't told some of you my plans for the rest of my life, as far as school goes. I'm majoring in biology, and I'm going to get my bachelor's degree here at BYU. THEN, I'm hopefully going to transfer to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and get my masters in Physical Therapy. And then I'll be a physical therapist and marry a nice man with a Southern accent and live on like a billion acres of land and have a giant cherry orchard. Except I don't know if cherries grow in GA, so that part is subject to change.
Anyway, I'm really excited. I have no doubt at all that this semester is going to be infinitely better than the last! I think that I've changed quite a bit since last January, and now I'm more ready for a big, serious university like this.
It feels REALLY good outside so I'm going for a walk around my block now. Call me! Oh, also, next I'll post my schedule for this semester. Stay tuned! Love you all!!!!!
Love,
Bri
PS- I went to the creamery today to get some milk, and both boys were blonde with blue eyes. Surprise, surprise.
Monday, January 23, 2012
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