Old School Glamor

I love it. I love the red lipstick, the birdcage veils, the femininity, the hair. I could go on and on. It is excellent.

I love Katy Perry's Thinking of You. I am not a huge fan of hers, but I LOVE this music video. It embodies the glamor that I wish we could get back.



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Taxi Love

I want someone to like me this much. Any suggestions on where to find such a man?


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Pleated Pants and Greek Gods

All semester long, I have looked at one of my professors and hated his pleated pants. They are not flattering. Today he did not wear pleated pants, but flat front. Today, I thought my professor was quite cute, without realizing why. Then it hit me. I hate pleated pants more than I thought I did. You know, if he had skipped out on the pleats, I might have had a better reason to go to class. Just a thought.

One of my other professors (a German, sixty-something Classics professor) used the phrase "sexy flanks" in reference to the rape of Europa. Not once, not twice, but three times. I am still dying of laughter inside that he actually said that. Oh Zeus old boy, did you ever imagine that all fear and awe associated with you would be replaced by "sexy flanks"? Probably not, or you wouldn't have turned yourself into that white bull.
P.S. The flowers upon your head are emasculating.


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Dialogue of My Daily Life

Heather: I wanted to be the quote of the week!!!

Me: What have you said that is quote worthy this week?

Heather: Everything that comes out of my mouth is quote worthy! Just listen. You will hear something.

J.W. Waterhouse

I love Pre-Raphaelite art most of all. Which means that Waterhouse is my favorite. Let me share how awesome he is.


Ophelia of Hamlet fame
Miranda of the Tempest

The Lady of Shalott (who I am currently writing a paper about...Not this painting, but one of his other ones on her and the Tennyson poem).

Incredible, huh? I had the opportunity to see Miriamne Leaving the Judgment Seat of Herod (hooray for the BYU art museum and Victorian exhibits!) and it was breathtaking. I didn't realize how big these pictures were in real life. Ahhh...art.



(I don't remember where I picked these ones up)

Delightful Things

I wouldn't even begin to know where to look for one of these, but I want one! It reminds me of the aleitheometer in Northern Lights. Yes? Time to go to Morocco, where they apparently have such magical things lying about in shops. Must. Travel. Soon.

What's that you say? I have no need for such things? Stop being practical and pretend life is a faery tale for a moment. Alright? It will make both of us a lot happier. Trust me.




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Quote of the Week

"Thank [goodness] for books as an alternative to conversation."

W. H. Auden

Girl Crushes

Have I told you of my love for Idina Menzel yet? Not only does she get to sing amazing and get painted green, but she got to marry Taye Diggs. I want to be her. She is right next to Jennifer Nettles on my list of women that I am in love with. She might even be above Jennifer.


P.S. It is Saturday night and I am writing papers and watching Hannah Montana reruns. How pathetic am I?



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Here comes Peter Cottontail...

Easter is this weekend. My mom just sent me a lovely package filled with candies and goodies. Hurrah! I celebrated by chewing a huge piece of gum, blowing a big bubble, and popping it all over my face. I forgot how hard it is to get gum off.


By the way, have I ever told you how much I love 30 Rock? Oh my, it is too good. Here is my favorite clip that made me fall in love with it. Hahaha... Enjoy!



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Hunter, can we trade in our gazebo for this backyard?

Found. One day this will be my back yard. You can visit if you like.

P.S. This is my 200th post!


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I Want What I Want. (And I know that it's Mekinita's now. I don't care.)

This is what I was craving today. Mariposa, how I miss you. What I would give for some mole negro and some strawberry juice right now. Sigh. 3 more weeks.




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Curiosity

I want to find out where these stairs lead. Don't you?


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Finals

A few reasons why you may not hear from me for the next few weeks:

1. Humanities 201
A paper due on Petrarch, Machiavelli, or Castiglione, and a final that covers the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (music, art, and literature).

2. Humanities 250
A ten page paper due on Monday that compares two mediums of a similar subject. I chose The Lady of Shalott by Tennyson and the painting I'm Half Sick of Shadows by J.W. Waterhouse, based off of the poem. There is also a final that covers dance, film, opera, theater, and music. Did I mention that all my finals are comprehensive? So in reality, this one is covering poetry and art also.

3. Classical Civilization 110: Greek and Roman Literature
A paper due on Aristotilian ideas in Medea and final that covers Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus Colonus, Antigone, Medea, and Hippolytus. Joy.

4. Spanish 101
An oral exam and a written grammar final.

5. Student Development 2something: Finances
This is my happy class. I just have to turn in a budget and a written explanation of stocks and bonds and such.

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Very Good Line, Very Bad Ending

"I shall be better for having known you."

I forgot how Daniel Deronda ends. I know that Gwendolen is bratty at the beginning, but she learns, and she belongs with Daniel. I could have chucked Mira off that boat at the end. You know how some people are too good, so good that they annoy you? I always like people a bit better when I know they have at least one flaw. No, you cannot count Mira's ridiculous self-sacrificing goodness as a flaw. At least, not a likable one.

So once again, I am left feeling a bit shorted and a bit lonely. Darn you Daniel.

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Book/Movie of the Week

I read Daniel Deronda by George Eliot not too long ago, and then I noticed the BBC miniseries at the library this past week. And can I tell you that I just love them both? All the actors are perfect for all the characters (especially for Daniel and Gwendolen), and because the whole thing is 210 minutes, it captures everything that I love about the book. Hooray for fabulous British television! They sure know how to do it over there. All my favorite authors come from Britain: Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, Daphne du Maurier, Philip Pullman, Susan Cooper, and George Eliot, of course. Just to name a few.

Oh, and to top it all off, I can just see the girl who plays Gwendolen as Felicity from A Great and Terrible Beauty, can't you?
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Forgive me as I try out new backgrounds. I might just like simplicity, but at the moment, I am playing around with lovelies.

Guess what?

I like rock climbing! That is all.


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All the World Over

Most of me is ready to pack up and head to Amsterdam this week. Good idea, no? What's that you say? I can't miss finals? Hmmmm...Okay, how about May? I have no responsibilities in May. And I would so love a travel companion. Are you coming?


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News Items

1. My roommate hits people with her car. Remember when Michael hit Meredith on The Office? That is Heather. I still feel okay riding with her, after all, no one in the car was hurt. Just fingerprinted. (Full story here)

2. Did you know that it has kind of been snowing/cold? April and I are getting off on the wrong foot.

3. The X-Files are over. We just watched the last episode of season 9. I can't handle how sad I am about this. Why? Because I want to believe. At least there is one more movie.

4. General Conference is this weekend! Check it out, I guarantee it will be good. (Here)

5. Aliens are coming to invade the earth on December 22, 2012. Be ready.

Loves you!


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Secrets

Here are 5 about you might not have known about me:



5. I am the one that opens your medicine cabinet when I use your bathroom. Make sure it looks nice and is well-stocked with all sorts of surprises for me to discover.

4. I almost bought a lighthouse. This is for real. I saved up money for most of 2007, and I had enough to get a lighthouse. You see, the government was selling them from $30,000 dollars, because the coastguard has no need for them anymore. This means that I could have gotten a decent loan and set up a lovely Bed & Breakfast in Connecticut or Maine, where I would have met my lobsterman. Instead, I went to college. Was this a good plan? I am still not sure.

3.Even if I don't do laundry for a month, I still have a completely full closet and bureau. The only reason I ever do laundry is because I run out of decent underwear.

2. I ate rabbit food once because Matthew dared me. It tasted of apples.

1. What do you want to know about me? I am taking questions.

1. Pottery Barn
2. Destinations360
3. Dr. Katie
4. Peonies
5. Just me. Ben and Joel took it at the laundromat with Heather and Chase as my passe.