Three films

My all-time favorite movie is Ferris Bueller's Day Off, to which most people say, "Really?" Yes, really. I wish I remembered the first time I ever saw it, but alas. All I  know is that my dad, my brother and I all watched it together. Everyone always quotes "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" but that's not even a quote I use from the movie. I realize every time I watch it how some of my mannerisms and sayings actually came from it as well. The number of times I've said to someone Ferris Bueller you're my hero? Countless. The number of times I've called someone a heartless wench? Too many.

Another movie I'm rather fond of is Toy Story. I remember seeing the 1st two in theatres with my family. And I saw the third one w/ Margaret right after she graduated from high school. When that third one ended, a part of my childhood ended as well, though officially I say my childhood ended when the last Harry Potter movie came out because I don't think anything else affected me more growing up than that boy wizard. I think what I love most about Toy Story is the fact that it's still funny even now that I'm, well, an adult. There are jokes in those movies for adults, which seems to happen with Pixar movies especially. If my love of those films is ever in doubt, I'll just show people how happy I look wearing a Buzz Lightyear hoodie.

So my third film to share is called Hottie Boomba Lottie. The Lava Lounge introduced my roommates and I to this hilarious, awkward romantic comedy. Since the beginning of the school year, I've seen this movie five times. School has only been in session for about eight weeks. And this coming week I'm sure to see it again, I can just tell. My roommates and I quote it every single day and hum/sing/whistle songs from the soundtrack all the time. It's not even an easy movie to explain, mostly because it's not particularly good; it's just incredibly great for quoting. Basically, there's a boy who likes a popular girl and another normal/nice girl who likes him. That makes it sound like a typical romantic comedy but it is anything but. I suggest you all check it out on Netflix Instant Streaming. I can't guarantee you'll find it as funny as we do but hopefully you find something in it to laugh at.

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Two songs

I have been a terrible blogger as of late, especially in regard to finishing posts I've started. School and fun have both gotten the better of me.

I figured for my two songs I would share one recent love and then my all-time favorite song.

So for my recent love I present "Addicted" by Morgan Page. This is going to come across as incredibly hipster but this song really is, well, mainstream. (I know certain people in my life will be rolling their eyes and groaning as they read the word "mainstream," so I'm sorry friends. You know who you are.) I have listened to this song a great number of times this semester. It's not even the type of song I would usually even like, but for some reason I do. In the last two or so years I've really gotten into what I like to call indie folk music, stuff that's really chill and often has banjo, guitar, mandolin and ukulele. And this song is definitely not anything like indie folk music.



But my all-time favorite song . . . It's a Ben Folds slice of loveliness. "The Luckiest." I've been enthralled with this song for literally years. Everything about it is wonderful.



So there you have it. Two songs. Next up I believe is three films. Hopefully I write about those in a quicker fashion than I did these two songs. Life itself sometimes gets in the way of recording it, not that it's necessarily a bad thing. As of late I've been focused on midterms and other school related projects like that, not that I'm not focused on school projects otherwise. Like I mentioned at the beginning, fun stuff has been getting in the way of blogging as well. I promise posts full of epic stories in the very near future though!

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Ten things I'm excited about for spring semester

1) Zumba class with Becca. We both signed up for this 0.5 credit aerobics class that's twice a week from 9-10:15. I'm stoked. I've always wanted to try zumba and now I get to. For class credit too!

2) Gettin' biceps & abs with Lorraine. This morning as I ate my breakfast/lunch, Lorraine and I were talking. And she said she wants to start lifting weights in spring. Every since ShayCarl lost his 100 lbs. and Colette started working out with him, I have been inspired by her biceps. Seriously. She's way fit. My goal is to have legit biceps and arm muscle. Lorraine also wants some nice abs so I figure I might as well join her on that. I'm fairly certain I'll somehow end up running a 5K too.

3) Jordan & Matt coming home. I don't know the exact date but Jordan will be home in May. I haven't seen him since April of 2010. Well, except in a few pictures. He's my musical soulmate, basically. And we most definitely have lots of music and stories to share. Matthew gets back in June some time, right before I fly home.

4) Camping trips. My neighbor/friend Bethany is from pretty nearby and has lots of camping stuff and we are most definitely in need of some spring adventures down to southern Utah. I haven't been hiking or camping in forever. It will also give me a chance to use my headlamp. I'm pretty darn excited about that, which is probably kind of sad.

5) Imagine Dragons. May 1st in Salt Lake City. 'Nough said.

6) Legitimately learning to play a Julia Nunes song on ukulele and then recording a cover with Becca singing. We've been talking about this for a while and I'm sure in spring we'll actually have the time to. Becca's voice is perfect for Julia songs.

7) More tennis and racquetball. Becca and I began playing racquetball pretty regularly a few weeks ago and that'll continue in spring. And now that it's warm again, outside tennis is a possibility more often.

8) Time to read the next Game of Thrones book. I've been far too busy to read this semester and this series is ridiculously good. I'm so happy to be able to read again.

9) Frisbee. I love ultimate and I'm sure plenty of people will be up for playing. Barefoot frisbee will be especially lovely. Basically, anything barefoot.

10) Starting my Chacos tanlines. Yep, I'm going to be one of those people who gets awesome tanlines on their feet.

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