Won't You Be My Neighbor

This weekend I moved into a townhouse just south of campus. On my many trips of unloading things from my car, I happened to notice this...

It looks like just a regular POS van parked on the street, but I noticed that this van has an AC unit attached on the back of it, which can be seen better on this picture.

It became very apparent that people actually live in this van.

Most people move in and have neighbors that live across the street in a house, I have that too, I just also have a set of neighbors that live right across the street in a blue van...

Not quite the neighbors I imagined, but I am sure that this will make this summer much more interesting.

I aint freakin' I aint faking this...

So I made it to the Ting Tings this week with mills and liz. Here are the hot, hot pics!

oops I did it again...

I had another Frosty...but it was not from the same Wendy's location and it was vanilla. Those were all chocies made in an effort to protect myself, haha!

I think I'm Gonna Be Sick!

Last night on our way home from classic skating, which turned out to be classic scooting for us (and was amazing by the way!), we stopped by Wendy's for a celebratory frosty because my friend Kandis got her mission call. I waited to enjoy mine upon our return home. As I was sitting there indulging myself, my friend Emily made a comment on how this was the best frosty that she had ever had and I agreed with her. This particular frosty had been quite good...

I was one one of my last bites when I felt something thicker than frosty in my mouth. I pulled out the spoon, to find a very thick, clearish substance on my spoon. I immediately freaked out and started feeling sick just thinking of all the things that it could possibly be. Mills and Kandis took it over to the sink to investigate. They rinsed the frosty part away to find a Vaseline-like substance still on my spoon. By this time I was feeling pretty ill, but I had to know what it was that I had put in my mouth. I rubbed it between my fingers and found that it had a very Vaseline feel to it, greasy and gooey. That is what put me over the edge and I got very nauseous and ran back to the bathroom. Round two of the frosty was the most disgusting part. I have realized that it was most likely this grease that they use to lubricate the frosty machine and my co-worker informed me that it is edible, so that calms my nerves a little bit. But it seriously is one of the most disgusting things that I have ever gone through. Just rehashing the details makes me feel sick to my stomach. I am so over the Wendy's frosty.






*Thanks to mills for the pics of the event so that I could blog about it.

Your true friends are the ones not holding back your hair while you throw up, but are the ones taking the pictures so that you have photographic evidence of your ridiculous life.

The Twilight Zone

This particular blog post is unique and calls for a different kind of introduction...

(insert The Twilight Zone theme music here)

This weekend, I felt like I was in the 5th dimension. A last minute trip to Disneyland/California was planned by a friend and naturally I was all about going.



This was my second trip ever to the most magical place in the world, my first time being over ten years ago. Naturally I was very excited to go, but going back was quite interesting after such a long hiatus.







As a child, I remember thinking how overwhelming the whole Disneyland thing is. It seemed so much bigger and busier than it does now...But one thing that hasn't changed was the feeling of excitement that I have when I am there. It was great going back and seeing my old favorites (Pirates, Mr. Toad, and Splash Mountain to name a few) as well as all kinds of new rides that have been added since my last trip. I was a little sad that the Haunted Mansion was closed because they are re-setting it up after Christmas.









This trip marked my first time in the California Adventure Park.


The Tower of Terror was an instant favorite for me. I could have gone on that ride over and over again. It was also the inspiration for the title of this blog post.


I also loved Soaring Over California as well as California Screamin'. Everything was perfect. The weather was nice and the lines weren't too long, overall a very fabulous trip.

On Sunday, we went down to LA for the beach and temple. We also hit up Newport Beach and Balboa.








It was a whirlwind trip, but it did not disappoint.

more additions

Naturally my friend Mills and I have found even more commonalities between us...
38. Our favorite flavor of gum is trident original
39. We are the eldest grandchild on our mother's side of the family
40. We both love tapioca pudding

Christmas Wishes...

So this year (as with every year) my mom asked me what I would like for christmas. As usual, I can think of a billion things that I want during the year, but as soon as my mother asks me what I would like, I have no clue what I want. I think that this has to do with the fact that I am a very indecisive person.

But this year was different, I knew what I wanted when my mom asked me and I told her that I wanted one of these.




(The last little guy looks just like the minature version of our family dog.)

My mom just looked at me and laughed. She knew that I was serious, but also knows that it is just not practial for me to have a puppy right now. Obviously at this point, I knew that it wasn't going to happen and dropped it from my wishlist.

But upon my return home for the holidays, I found out that my youngest brother got a puppy for his girlfriend for Christmas. And as if that were not enough, my aunt and uncle also got their children a puppy for Christmas. So basically, everyone in my family, except for me, will be getting a puppy this Christmas.

Ever since I watched Lady and The Tramp as a child, it has been a dream of mine to get a puppy for Christmas.



Sadly this year I will not have this dream come true, which is probably for the best, seeing as how I live in an apartment that doesn't allow pets. But one day my dream will come true and I will get my little lady...