Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Neon Canyon
We went canyoneering down in Escalante this past weekend and it was pure awesomeness!! Here are the pictures to prove it.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pie vs. Cake
This is a big debate in my world. People think i'm crazy for loving pie so much, but i'd rather have pie anyday than cake. On my birthday i have birthday pie, on my wedding I WILL HAVE wedding pie, on any major holiday we celebrate with pie, and I could go on and on for all the occasions i'd choose pie over cake. I have nothing against cake, i'll eat it if it's given to me, but when given a choice, pie always wins out. (Except in the case of cupcakes in icecream cones, then sometimes it's a toss-up.)
Here are 10 reasons why pie is better than cake:
1. You can make cake from a box, most cakes are just mediocre, but it takes real skill to bake a pie. pie is a real test of a bakers skill.
2. Pie has crust. Flaky, bready, graham, oreo, sweet, savory, fatty and fried, light and airy... they're all yummy.
3. Pie has filling. You can fill them with Anything!
Heck, we aren't even limited to sweet things. Savory meat and/or veggie pies are satisfying in a hearty and fundamental manner. Name a tasty edible and you can make a pie out of it. You can't make a good meat cake, that just sounds nasty.
4. I submit that cheesecake is actually a pie. Which instantly gives pie like 20 bonus points. (It is shaped like a pie, and it looks like a pie, therefore it is a pie.)
5. If you put icecream on cake, it makes it mushy and soggy. If you put icecream on pie, it just adds to the delicousness.
6. Cake is just a jumble of carbs, where as pie can include your recommended amount of fruit servings for the day. Talk about healthy!
7. Nobody ever says, "My mom bakes the best apple cake in the world" it's always, "my mom bakes the best apple pie in the world." You know why? because pie is better.
8. Pizza is a type of pie. and who doesn't like pizza?
9. 3 words: Chicken Pot Pie.
10. It's named after a mathematical equation, and math makes the world go round.
Here are 10 reasons why pie is better than cake:
1. You can make cake from a box, most cakes are just mediocre, but it takes real skill to bake a pie. pie is a real test of a bakers skill.
2. Pie has crust. Flaky, bready, graham, oreo, sweet, savory, fatty and fried, light and airy... they're all yummy.
3. Pie has filling. You can fill them with Anything!
Heck, we aren't even limited to sweet things. Savory meat and/or veggie pies are satisfying in a hearty and fundamental manner. Name a tasty edible and you can make a pie out of it. You can't make a good meat cake, that just sounds nasty.
4. I submit that cheesecake is actually a pie. Which instantly gives pie like 20 bonus points. (It is shaped like a pie, and it looks like a pie, therefore it is a pie.)
5. If you put icecream on cake, it makes it mushy and soggy. If you put icecream on pie, it just adds to the delicousness.
6. Cake is just a jumble of carbs, where as pie can include your recommended amount of fruit servings for the day. Talk about healthy!
7. Nobody ever says, "My mom bakes the best apple cake in the world" it's always, "my mom bakes the best apple pie in the world." You know why? because pie is better.
8. Pizza is a type of pie. and who doesn't like pizza?
9. 3 words: Chicken Pot Pie.
10. It's named after a mathematical equation, and math makes the world go round.
Minus One Day...
Yesterday marked one month until my birthday. Which means today is only one month minus a day until my birthday! Woo hoo!!! For all you Brooke Tolman fans out there who are counting along with me, and can't wait for that wonderful day to arrive, i'll give you some hints as to what will make this day even MORE special than it already is...
PIE. Pie is the epitomy of what a birthday should be for me. None of this cake crap, I want birthday pie! (Rhubarb, Cherry, or Apple are preferable.--In that order!)
And that's it.
Counting down until my birthday is probably the most fun part about it. Usually nothing happens the day of, and that's fine, we all have busy lives. But for those of you who do wish to celebrate, I will sacrifice and pretend i'm enjoying it for your sake. I will be celebrating all week long, this is what i call my birthweek celebration, so reserve your day of celebration now, because they go quick!!
Hey everyone, guess what tomorrow is??? One month minus two days till my birthday!!
PIE. Pie is the epitomy of what a birthday should be for me. None of this cake crap, I want birthday pie! (Rhubarb, Cherry, or Apple are preferable.--In that order!)
And that's it.
Counting down until my birthday is probably the most fun part about it. Usually nothing happens the day of, and that's fine, we all have busy lives. But for those of you who do wish to celebrate, I will sacrifice and pretend i'm enjoying it for your sake. I will be celebrating all week long, this is what i call my birthweek celebration, so reserve your day of celebration now, because they go quick!!
Hey everyone, guess what tomorrow is??? One month minus two days till my birthday!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I really like this
“The Lord knows who we really are, what we really think, what we really do, and who we really are becoming.”
David A. Bednar
David A. Bednar
Saturday, September 19, 2009
I forgot to tell you..
I forgot to add on this part to the story below...
So I was in the 9 a.m. physics class and it gets to be 9:50 and i think that class should be ending (remind you I had a Linguistics class at 10 a.m. that i needed to go to so that i could add it.) and noone packs up their stuff and the professor just keeps on teaching. I hadn't remembered that physics is an hour and a half long class. So here I am, smack dab in the middle of a bunch of people, no way to get out without making a huge disturbance and so I have no other choice but to just stay. By the time class gets out, there's no point in trying to go to my linguistics class because i'd only be there for like 20 minutes. So later that day i write my Linguistics professor an email explaining to him that I wanted to add the class but i wasn't able ot make it that day and just asking if he was still taking add/drop cards. He writes me back this e-mail later that day:
Brooke,
Did you come today? I don't recall your name from class today. I added three people today and usually don't add people who aren't there on the first day, In all honestly if a student doesn't arrive on the first day of class, it makes a professor wonder if you're going to show up every day and if you'll submit things when you're supposed to. Sometimes i make exceptions however, come by my office sometime tomorrow and I'll decide if I feel like you deserve to be one of those exceptions
Professor XXXXXXX (I won't give away the name)
So i went to his office the next day and after a lecture, where he didn't even let me explain what happened (what was I going to say anyways, "I followed a cute boy to class and the class ended up being longer than i thought!"), he finally let me add the class. But he "has his eye on me."
So I was in the 9 a.m. physics class and it gets to be 9:50 and i think that class should be ending (remind you I had a Linguistics class at 10 a.m. that i needed to go to so that i could add it.) and noone packs up their stuff and the professor just keeps on teaching. I hadn't remembered that physics is an hour and a half long class. So here I am, smack dab in the middle of a bunch of people, no way to get out without making a huge disturbance and so I have no other choice but to just stay. By the time class gets out, there's no point in trying to go to my linguistics class because i'd only be there for like 20 minutes. So later that day i write my Linguistics professor an email explaining to him that I wanted to add the class but i wasn't able ot make it that day and just asking if he was still taking add/drop cards. He writes me back this e-mail later that day:
Brooke,
Did you come today? I don't recall your name from class today. I added three people today and usually don't add people who aren't there on the first day, In all honestly if a student doesn't arrive on the first day of class, it makes a professor wonder if you're going to show up every day and if you'll submit things when you're supposed to. Sometimes i make exceptions however, come by my office sometime tomorrow and I'll decide if I feel like you deserve to be one of those exceptions
Professor XXXXXXX (I won't give away the name)
So i went to his office the next day and after a lecture, where he didn't even let me explain what happened (what was I going to say anyways, "I followed a cute boy to class and the class ended up being longer than i thought!"), he finally let me add the class. But he "has his eye on me."
Friday, September 18, 2009
Story of my Life
Most everyone i know has heard this story by now, but for those select few that didn't get the chance, here is yet another story to remind you of just how smooth i am.
So, it's the first week of school and it's a Tuesday morning. I didn't have class until 10 and i hadn't bought my books yet so I thought i'd go to campus early and get my books then just hang out till class started. (A quick side note: The class I had at 10 wasn't one I had actually added yet, I was going to go to the class so that I could ask the teacher to sign my add/drop card because it was a class i really needed to take this semester) So it's around 8:30 a.m. and I'm getting all my books and the last one i had to pick up was my physics book. So here I am, staring down at the pallet full of physics books and there's like 12 different editions on the pallet and i have absolutely no clue which one i need. I'm pretty sure i stared down that pallet for a good 10 minutes. I failed to notice this boy had come over and picked up a physics book and was standing there as well until he asked me if i was taking physics that semester..Duh!, why else would i be buying the book? I didn't say that though, instead i said yes and mentioned how i was having trouble figuring out which of the many physics book i needed to buy though (at this point, i was still staring intently at the mountain of books in front of me and had yet to look up at this kid). The guy promptly started digging through the pile of books and pulled one out of the stack and handed it to me saying that it was the book i needed. I thanked him and started for the line to check-out.
He followed me and went onto introduce himself as Kyle. It wasn't until I went to introduce myself back to him that i finally glanced up and looked at him and I lost all the poise I had. He was cute, like really, really attractive and the fact that he'd been so nice to me made him even more attractive. Fumbling over words and feeling really nervous because of a guy is not in my nature, but this one was an exception. So we continued to talk while we waited in line, for another 10 minutes or so. During this time I made numerous lame jokes and the fact that he laughed at them made me even more attracted to him. We were at the front of the line now and i was next to be checked out and he asked me if i was in the 9a.m. physics class and i, without even thinking replied "Yes!" Problem with that is, i'm definitely not in the 9a.m. class, i'm definitely in the 12:30p.m., so i don't know what i was thinking. Right after i answered, it was my turn to go check out so our convrsation was left at that. And after checking out, i briefly looked around for him but didn't see him and continued on my way out.
As i was leaving the bookstore, i noticed him right in front of me and in my head i figured I had told him i was in the 9 a.m. class so i might as well go to that class today. It was about 8:45 by now and i figured he was on his way there, so i decided just to follow him. At the time i thought it was a smart plan, while i was following i decided it wasn't such a great plan, i felt like a creepster and i was close enough behind him I think he knew i was following him. So we come to the door of the building we're suppose to go into and he opens up the first set of doors and I run smack into him! i was mortified. I'm sure my face was beet red as i looked up and muttered a quick apology. He said something back to me but i don't even know what it was i was too embarrassed to even listen. We get to the second set of doors and he opens it up for me and lets me go through first. At this point i realize, we are now in the building and I'm now in front of him and I have NO idea where to go. Not the slightest clue. So i take a guess and go up some stairs and he follows luckily. I figure i can step into the restroom really quick, let him pass by, and then come back out and follow him. So i do go into the bathroom really quick and wait a minute or so and then come back out to the hallway and he had stopped to get a drink at the waterfountain right outside the bathroom i was in. So i stopped short when i realized he was right there and realized i still didn't know where to go and then just hurried around the corner because i got embarrassed again.
Luckily I ran into the professor that teaches the class and i walked back to class with him and sat in the back. After i sat down i spotted the cute boy and he looked back and made eye contact with me and then a few minutes later i saw him sort of nod his head up towards me while he was talking to his friend. He was probably explaining to his friend about the creepy stalker girl he met at the bookstore that morning. That first week of school I continued to run into that same boy at least twice a day, everyday. My initial reaction everyday was to turn in the opposite direction and run! Luckily I haven't seen him since. But good gracious, he was good looking.
So, it's the first week of school and it's a Tuesday morning. I didn't have class until 10 and i hadn't bought my books yet so I thought i'd go to campus early and get my books then just hang out till class started. (A quick side note: The class I had at 10 wasn't one I had actually added yet, I was going to go to the class so that I could ask the teacher to sign my add/drop card because it was a class i really needed to take this semester) So it's around 8:30 a.m. and I'm getting all my books and the last one i had to pick up was my physics book. So here I am, staring down at the pallet full of physics books and there's like 12 different editions on the pallet and i have absolutely no clue which one i need. I'm pretty sure i stared down that pallet for a good 10 minutes. I failed to notice this boy had come over and picked up a physics book and was standing there as well until he asked me if i was taking physics that semester..Duh!, why else would i be buying the book? I didn't say that though, instead i said yes and mentioned how i was having trouble figuring out which of the many physics book i needed to buy though (at this point, i was still staring intently at the mountain of books in front of me and had yet to look up at this kid). The guy promptly started digging through the pile of books and pulled one out of the stack and handed it to me saying that it was the book i needed. I thanked him and started for the line to check-out.
He followed me and went onto introduce himself as Kyle. It wasn't until I went to introduce myself back to him that i finally glanced up and looked at him and I lost all the poise I had. He was cute, like really, really attractive and the fact that he'd been so nice to me made him even more attractive. Fumbling over words and feeling really nervous because of a guy is not in my nature, but this one was an exception. So we continued to talk while we waited in line, for another 10 minutes or so. During this time I made numerous lame jokes and the fact that he laughed at them made me even more attracted to him. We were at the front of the line now and i was next to be checked out and he asked me if i was in the 9a.m. physics class and i, without even thinking replied "Yes!" Problem with that is, i'm definitely not in the 9a.m. class, i'm definitely in the 12:30p.m., so i don't know what i was thinking. Right after i answered, it was my turn to go check out so our convrsation was left at that. And after checking out, i briefly looked around for him but didn't see him and continued on my way out.
As i was leaving the bookstore, i noticed him right in front of me and in my head i figured I had told him i was in the 9 a.m. class so i might as well go to that class today. It was about 8:45 by now and i figured he was on his way there, so i decided just to follow him. At the time i thought it was a smart plan, while i was following i decided it wasn't such a great plan, i felt like a creepster and i was close enough behind him I think he knew i was following him. So we come to the door of the building we're suppose to go into and he opens up the first set of doors and I run smack into him! i was mortified. I'm sure my face was beet red as i looked up and muttered a quick apology. He said something back to me but i don't even know what it was i was too embarrassed to even listen. We get to the second set of doors and he opens it up for me and lets me go through first. At this point i realize, we are now in the building and I'm now in front of him and I have NO idea where to go. Not the slightest clue. So i take a guess and go up some stairs and he follows luckily. I figure i can step into the restroom really quick, let him pass by, and then come back out and follow him. So i do go into the bathroom really quick and wait a minute or so and then come back out to the hallway and he had stopped to get a drink at the waterfountain right outside the bathroom i was in. So i stopped short when i realized he was right there and realized i still didn't know where to go and then just hurried around the corner because i got embarrassed again.
Luckily I ran into the professor that teaches the class and i walked back to class with him and sat in the back. After i sat down i spotted the cute boy and he looked back and made eye contact with me and then a few minutes later i saw him sort of nod his head up towards me while he was talking to his friend. He was probably explaining to his friend about the creepy stalker girl he met at the bookstore that morning. That first week of school I continued to run into that same boy at least twice a day, everyday. My initial reaction everyday was to turn in the opposite direction and run! Luckily I haven't seen him since. But good gracious, he was good looking.
Who do you think you are??
I hate sprinklers. Every morning as i'm walking to school, it never fails, one pops out of the grass and soaks me. And even if i manage to dodge out of the way just in time, i always end up dodging into a puddle or into a muddy part of the grass, so then instead of having to walk to school in wet jeans, i have to walk to school in wet shoes. Who are these people that set their sprinklers to go off at 8 a.m.? Don't they know it's better to water your lawn before the sun comes up or even at night? Or do they set them that way on purpose and then sit at their windows while eating breakfast in the morning and watch all the kids get wet as they walk by? I bet they do. Plus don't they know it's a waste of water to water the sidewalk? Point your sprinklers in the right direction people, I shouldn't be forced to walk in the street just to stay dry.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Thursdays
Everyday this week i thought it was thursday, and everyday when i found out that it wasn't, i was really disappointed. But finally...TODAY IS THURSDAY! Yippee!!
There's tons of reasons to love Thursdays for example, it's the day before Friday and Friday marks the beginning of the weekend!
Another great reason to love Thursdays is it's fantastic array of TV show options, such as The Office, Bones and Grey's Anatomy.
Who can forget that Thursday is CHEAP GRITTY ICECREAM Day as well. (At BuyLow you can get fantastic soft serve icecream for a mere 25 cents.) Granted, Kat and I have only partaken of this offer once, however we speak of it often. It's pure heaven.
Thursdays is also the day i go teach Japanese at my cousins house, which not only provides me with a fun filled hour playing games with kids, but a delicious home cooked meal. (Lately Jas has been canning and freezing so i've been sent home with amazing things like homemade salsa, frozen corn, freezer jam of a wide variety and canned tomato sauce..I have no complaints)
Also, Thursdays i don't have class until 10 and then i have an hour and a half break before my next class which means Thursdays are usually REALLY productive for me.
i LOVE Thursdays.
There's tons of reasons to love Thursdays for example, it's the day before Friday and Friday marks the beginning of the weekend!
Another great reason to love Thursdays is it's fantastic array of TV show options, such as The Office, Bones and Grey's Anatomy.
Who can forget that Thursday is CHEAP GRITTY ICECREAM Day as well. (At BuyLow you can get fantastic soft serve icecream for a mere 25 cents.) Granted, Kat and I have only partaken of this offer once, however we speak of it often. It's pure heaven.
Thursdays is also the day i go teach Japanese at my cousins house, which not only provides me with a fun filled hour playing games with kids, but a delicious home cooked meal. (Lately Jas has been canning and freezing so i've been sent home with amazing things like homemade salsa, frozen corn, freezer jam of a wide variety and canned tomato sauce..I have no complaints)
Also, Thursdays i don't have class until 10 and then i have an hour and a half break before my next class which means Thursdays are usually REALLY productive for me.
i LOVE Thursdays.
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