Crepe Roses

Recently, I've learned how to make roses from paper swirls.  They aren't the most brilliant roses in the world, but they are fun little flowers.

Today I was eating crepes, and I made a rose with my last crepe.  It was so fun!  I would have taken a picture...but I was hungry.  Ha ha.  I'll make crepes another time though, so I'll just try to remember this little trick for making something cute out of something delicious.

Is That Not A Scoreboard?

Click HERE to see the Scoreboard Cheer.

I Believe That We Will Win!

I went to several Aggie basketball games this week, and it was a BLAST!  The student section is the best place to watch the game from, especially if you are right behind the band or on the front rows, because there are pep squads to keep your energy levels up!

We started doing a new cheer in the minute before the game begins, and it's amazing when everyone's doing it:
I
I believe
I believe that we
[now we start bouncing while chanting:] I believe that we will win!

Also, there's the scoreboard cheer.  It got on ESPN (along with Bill, the chunky gross guy who distracts our opponents during free-throws), and the commentators said "That's loud." "Yeah, I just think that's special." "They've got more choreography than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir." (...the MTC doesn't choreograph, so that wasn't the smartest comment to make, but still funny.)

I just love the games.  I wish I could shout like that all the time.  I wish when someone fouled me in real life, everyone would shout and point at that person and call them "Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid."

Logan is such a great atmosphere to raise a child in.  :)

Michael Buble

Dearest Dearest Michael Buble,

Thank you so much for the beauty you have brought into the world, for the many ways in which you lift my soul. Your music has helped me on many days when not much else has seemed to go right.

Mr. Buble, I want to tell you before you get married to anyone that I love you with every ounce of me.  Granted, I don't know you that well, but what I do know about you, I love.  What I hear and see of you is all good in my eyes.

So, I might not be able to shout that I object at your wedding, and that's why I'm writing this post.  Because I do object.  And I'm sure that many other women in the world object along with me, so just make sure you pick a good one, one that's worth breaking hearts around the world.

Because I love you.  And I know there are many more where I come from.

Forever yours,
Brittany

Nyquil, Food, and Love

On this Valentine's Day, I have been thankful for many things in my life.  For starters, Nyquil.  Nyquil has made this day bearable (I've got a cold, I'm not taking it just because).  Also, dairy products, because dairy products make life so much better, and I wish I could have a big glass of milk and some of the Brady's cheesy bread right now.  And some dear people brought me treats today.  Yummy!  Thanks guys!

Also, I am thankful for love!

I love SO many people.  I was trying to list them off, but there's just too many!  I've never been a hater of single's awareness day.  It's never been my favorite holiday, but I don't despise it like a lot of singles do.  It's a holiday to celebrate love, and I love the family and friends I have been blessed to have in my life.  Thanks for being such great friends to me, everyone.  And thanks for sharing yourselves with me.  You are all THE BEST!  Be my Valentine?  : )

Purple

Here's a cute quiz.  Everyone who I know has taken it has questioned the color the quiz provides, but they've agreed with the personality description.  I'm purple, which says:

Spontaneity is the key to your existence.  Quick-witted with a flair for originality, you enjoy situations that allow you to explore your creativity.  Comparatively conservative, you appreciate beautiful surroundings, especially if they're found in nature.  Your relaxed and self-assured personality allows you to work well with others.  Surprisingly enough, your unique and unusual tastes don't prevent you from being comfortable among your more conservative peers.

So...take it if you want to.  I just did it because I saw it on another blog.

Good News

I can watch Sabrina without even putting it in the TV.  That's right.  I might not have memorized the script, but I know the general dialog, and I've got the scenes down.

So why is that good news?

Duh!  I can watch it while I'm trying to fall asleep.

Isn't that great?!

Go Audrey and Humphrey!

Failing Popcorn Woman

So humans are supposed to do things right? Well  I can count everything I did yesterday on one hand.  Not that I'm going to do it, but I could if I wanted to. So since I didn't do much yesterday, I felt like I failed at life yesterday. I didn't really have an excuse.  I had time.  I had effort.  I just wasn't all there yesterday.  It was a definite Off day.  I just didn't know why I was so off.

Then I woke up this morning.

You know how the roof of your mouth feels after you eat popcorn?  One of my dear friends pointed out this feeling to me yesterday, and it doesn't feel that great.  Just makes your mouth taste weird and feel gross.

That's how my whole body feels today.  And if that feeling had a scent, that's what I feel like I'm smelling.  If that feeling had a sound, that's what I feel like I'm hearing. I'm just a failing popcorn woman.

Hopefully Survivor will cheer me up.  Heroes v Villains.  It's gonna be big.  Especially because of who's on there this season.  I've already picked my favorites for both teams: Rupert the Hero, and Russell the Villain (though he's not evil, he's just brilliant).

Version 2.Stu.P; ID: 4U-OK?

I hate updates.

I just spend 2.5 hours fixing an inherit problem with an update with software.  I even got an email from the software company saying they were sorry for the bugs the last software created.  Not virus bugs.  Just pesky bugs that ruin everything in your life!

Okay, so maybe that's being a little dramatic...

But I'm getting to bed at 1:30.  I still need to read scriptures.  Not that reading scriptures is a bad thing.  I'm just really tired and I need to get to the good stuff in the D&C.  Not saying there's bad stuff in D&C.  There's just stuff that doesn't really grab my attention at this point in my life.

Don't update anything.  That's my advice to anyone who cares to listen.

Smell Like Lettuce

Let me tell you a story.  Once upon a time, there were three little girls.  Their names were Brittany, Mackenzie, and Misty Jo.  One night as the girls were sitting at the kitchen table, Mackenzie decided to pinch the straw coming out of her water bottle.  Much to everyone's surprise, water shot from the water bottle into the air.  Mackenzie laughed, Misty went wide-eyed, and Brittany reached for the bottle to try squeezing it, too.  Mackenzie snatched back the water bottle and squirted Brittany before running out of the room.

Brittany rushed to the fridge for a pitcher of cold water.  Sadly, the pitcher had lots of lettuce in it, so it wouldn't be ideal for soaking someone.  So Brittany poured some of the water into a cup conveniently located on the table.  Misty went wide-eyed once again, so Brittany almost second-guessed herself, but it was too late.  Just as Mackenzie rounded the corner to re-enter the kitchen, Brittany threw the water RIGHT IN HER FACE.

Mackenzie was soaked.  Brittany had to make a trip to the bathroom because she was laughing so hard.  When she came out, she was wary of Mackenzie, because she might want revenge, but all seemed well, so she sat down at the kitchen table again.  Mackenzie called from her bathroom saying that she was soaking, and Brittany laughed some more before going to check on Mackenzie and give her a hug, because the hug would make Brittany wet, too, so then everything would be even.

But OH NO!

Mackenzie had anticipated Brittany's arrival and soaked her with another cup of water.  Brittany replied "I was coming to give you a hug!"  Misty Jo heard that from the kitchen and fell TO THE GROUND in laughter.  Brittany went back to the kitchen and found a full cup of water on the counter.  So she threw it at Mackenzie.  Mackenzie looked confused for a moment before shouting

"MISTY!"

Then Brittany realized that Misty was supposed to use that cup of water that was so strategically placed on the counter to get Brittany even wetter.  So Brittany filled the cup again and threw it at Misty.  Misty and Brittany fought at the sink for a while before the battle ended, with Brittany as the apparent victor.

Later that night, Mackenzie made two remarks:

"I smell like lettuce..."

"WHY the LETTUCE water?"

And they were giggling ever after. The end.

That Assignment

Here are pictures of that assignment I mentioned (...I took pictures of an assignment? weirdo).

Above: Front

Below: Back

Oh yeah, and I blurred the actual text.  I just want to show the layout, not the details. 

Creative Papers

I have a short paper due on Thursday.  Short means one page, front and back.  It's supposed to be about me, about all of the cultures/subcultures that influence me.  So yeah, the topic is pretty general, and I'm going to keep this assignment pretty general, too--nothing specific or too detailed.

My instructor (whom is awesome!) encouraged us to be as creative with it as we possibly could.  She even requires us to use images with our text (which means at least two images, because the word is plural).

But lo and behold, my excitement for this project was short-lived.  As it turns out, creative assignments aren't the happiest thing for me.  Why?

Because when I think creative, I think paper.  I'm pretty much scrapbooking this assignment.

Oh, the love/hate relationship I have with paper right now.