Sorcerer's Stone & a smoothie

Yesterday's post came very late, so today's is coming to you very early. Well, not very early but earlier than normal. I'm currently finishing my breakfast of Cheerios and a banana. Boring? Yes. Delicious? Oh most definitely.

Last night started out pretty boring. I was hanging out w/ Mckenna, keeping her company while she packed. The night took a turn for the better as soon as we decided to watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. But who are we kidding? No movie night is complete without snacks. So we raided her freezer for whatever we could find. Since she's moving and also going on a trip next week, she figured it was best to get rid of some stuff; that stuff being frozen fruit. The only logical concoction of frozen fruit? Smoothies. They were delicious and tart and fruity and freezing cold. Perfect.

So we ate/drank those delectable smoothies (I've never been able to figure out what you do w/ smoothies: eat or drink them. It's kind of a combination of the two) and enjoyed a flashback to our childhoods. Mckenna and I both found a love for Harry Potter very early on when the first few books came out in the US. It was great reminiscing on what our lives were like back when this first movie originally was made. It came out in 2001. We were both 10 years old. We're both now 21. Times change but they also don't. Harry Potter will never change for us.

We marveled at the special effects, which were not all that special compared to what they are now in 2012. We gawked at the cute little tiny humans, who are barely older than us, who play The Trio and other characters. But what seemed to happen most often was exclaiming how ridiculously good-looking many of the actors became as they grew older. It was a marvelous time.

Photo proof of our fun

Today should prove to be exciting as well. Life is changing quickly now. But that's a good thing. Today is the first day of the rest of my life, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Last YouTube video I watched: Alex Day - She Walks Right Through Me

Taking a break

I've been studying for a good part of the afternoon and feel the need for a little break, even though after church, Becca and Trent came over and we had sweet potato fries and pancakes for lunch. It's a winning combination, I know. We've had lunch together a number of times this semester and it's great fun.

I only have two actual finals; one is tomorrow and the other is on Tuesday. I alternate studying for them so I don't get worn out on one subject. Later tonight as I study I will probably focus solely on my history final, though. I'm quite excited to be done with this semester, even though I will be staying spring and taking a few classes. I've been assured that spring is much more chill than other semesters so I'm not worried.

Perhaps the most exciting part of spring will be leaves returning to trees. I've never been in Utah in spring and I hear it's pretty nice, though I doubt anything can rival the actual forested and not desert land of the Midwest. Nevertheless, it should still be a nice little experience.

In other fun news, I hit my head on a cupboard door today; rather a cupboard door hit my head as I opened it. There's a pretty nice bump there now. And right after this head-knocking I knocked off the counter a bowl filled with pasta, which was a shame because that pasta was going to be delicious.

While I'm writing this I've got The Office going on in the background. No matter how many times I see these episodes they are still hilarious. Right now I'm going through season four and am currently watching "Launch Party," an episode I quite like because of Jim and Pam pretending to be the computer and messing with Dwight. Brilliant. I'm looking forward to watching the "Dinner Party" episode very soon as well. I'm sure tomorrow in the library I'll get to it.

Time to get back to studying, though.

Last YouTube video I watched: Dawes - When My Time Comes, Live from Coachella

I got a package!

And before you lot get all excited: No, it was not from Scotland like the previous package was. (Though I was hoping for a letter today, this kind of makes up for it.)

Instead, I got a little something special from my friend Matt. No, not my best friend Matthew from freshman year. This is BooShoe37 Matt. He designed t-shirts and I ordered one! It came today, along with a Harry Potter silly band. And a cute little note!

Becca already thinks I'm crazy but watch the video of me opening the package and tell me Matt and I aren't real friends. You can't fake excitement like that.

Last YouTube video I watched: Blue Skies - Bar on A (Greg Holden)

I ate some cereal and cake

It's time for me to take a break from studying and blog it up.

I'm currently watching Bones w/ good ol' Becca whilst studying for my history final. Once this is over we'll be watching the always awesome movie "Tangled."

So, uh, yeah. Today was really boring. I woke up. I watched some YouTube. I ate Reese's Puffs, which is probably my favorite unhealthy cereal. Then I headed off to campus for some quality studying time with, you guessed it, Jim Halpert. In the last two days I believe I've gotten through about 4 discs of The Office on DVD, plus the latest episodes of The Office, 30 Rock, and Community. Not to mention I'm now re-watching all of 30 Rock on Netflix.

The only other exciting thing I've done today is help my roommate Lorraine decorate a cake for her math TA social. So remember the cake she made me for my birthday? Well, it's basically just like that except she won't be throwing it on the ground and instead the design on it is what's known as a fractal. Google it, you'll be impressed. I'll post a picture tomorrow of how awesome and nerdy it looks.

And suddenly I got really tired. I wish these were more exciting. But I have nothing going on in my life except studying. Seriously. Exams suck.

Oh! But last night I did go to the tumbling gym. It was amazing and epic. Trampolines and foam pits are awesome but do you know what's even better? A rock wall that you climb up. Once you get to the top make sure no one is below you in the foam pit. And then you just drop. You fall straight back. It's the most amazing feeling in the world and I don't think there's anything like it. You're just falling and you have no idea when you're going to hit the foam. It's the craziest thing. Right before you drop you freak out for a second or two. But then you just do it and it's wonderful.

Last YouTube video I watched: Ugly Frisbee Golf