tag, you're it!

so i think i was really out of it on my last post about who i was going to tag. thank you to those who have already done so. i have enjoyed reading your lists. they're all great and so informative. i feel so close to you all now, we could be siamese...if you please...

i want these people to do the "8 things..." list, since ikumi, sarah m., and suzy either do not have blogs or was the one who had originally tagged me. yeah, duh amanda.

1. spencer and breckan
2. elizabeth
3. brigham

are you on?

crazy 8's

after jumping on my friend suzy's blog, i decided i wanted to make my own list. 2008 is fast approaching, and this will be a good way for me see what changes or stays the same in one year. none of this is in order of importance. enjoy...or not.

8 Things I am passionate about
1. my family
2. church
3. my friends
4. good sleep
5. good food
6. being a good example
7. education
8. reading all of your blogs and stalking people who i find bizarrely interesting/apalling

8 Things I want to do before I die
1. do my geneaology for my parents' families (mostly non-members)
2. serve a mission with my husband
3. have 4-5 children
4. travel to europe and asia with my family
5. knit a sweater (i'm an awesome scarf knitter, but let's move on!)
6. build houses for deserving families
7. complete my master's degree
8. own an alpaca llama

8 Books I have read recently
1. What is the What (this book is so amazing, despite how arrogant i think eggers is)
2. Book of Mormon
3. Softies
4. Water for Elephants
5. Systems Approach to Course Design (for my class)
6. Goose Girl
7. the Girls who Went Away (i didn't like this one, even though people told me it was good)
8. Deceptively Delicious

8 Things I often say
1. Cryminitley
2. What the...?
3. Chunky, get down!
4. Hi Bunny.
5. I'm hungry.
6. Don't fart towards me. Fart away from me. (ah, the joys of a flatulent husband)
7. Ugh, my nose. (response to my allergies)
8. Bye bunny.

8 Things that attract me to friends
1. good sense of humor
2. trustworthy
3. not full of drama
4. likes food as much as i do
5. doesn't mind my eccentricities
6. good hygiene (this is really important to me)
7. are genuinely good people
8. thinks Evil Dead II is funny

8 Songs and Albums I could listen to over and over again
1. anything by Sam Beam
2. anything by the Smiths
3. the lullaby album of the Cure, but also the original Cure
4. Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
5. the Meow Mix jingle
6. How it Ends by Devotchka
7. Get it Together by Beastie Boys/Q-Tip
8. Who's Lovin You by the Jackson 5

8 Things I learned this year
1. maturity does not begin at any specific age. it is a learned skill.
2. i love heritage 1981
3. friendship and business do not mix
4. i need to visit my city more
5. my thumb is not green
6. you can't buy a good papaya in minnesota
7. japan is not what i always imagined
8. get some sleep, cuz it will not always be available when you want/need it

8 Random things about me
1. i've eaten blood stew, pig brains, and the infamous balut or fetal duck/chicken egg (duh, i'm half filipino)
2. i love extreme makeover home edition, and i always cry when i watch it
3. i probably almost died on a hollywood street with sarah d.
4. i had sushi a few tables down from salma hayek with sarah d.
5. i was put in in-school suspension once for dressing "inappropriately" to school (in my defense, i was not dressed inappropriately. my school was a fascist regime. you couldn't even wear flip-flops, because they said it distracted others.)
6. i used to think mormons were like amish people before i joined the church
7. i hate worms, clowns, marionettes/puppets, and roaches
8. i' not a good swimmer

8 People I tag
1. sarah b. (formerly d)
2. fritzes
3. veeda
4. eva
5. ikumi
6. sarah m.
7. suzy
8. cindy (she is so gracious to let me)

sometimes i wish i didn't have a nose

i've mentioned before that i have a sensitive nose, and i can pick up odors that others either cannot or just tend to disregard.

anyway, there were 2 people that i was around tonight that were pretty smelly. one person just smelled like stale cigarettes, old sweat, and (no joke) a walking fart. the person was nice, but that did not keep my nose from crinkling and me attempting to breath thru my mouth.

the next person had extreme body odor. i mean, the kind that burns and you would think you would get from doing vigorous exercise. this young lady, i'm sure, had not done any exercise that day...so i was confused. i tried to ignore that part of her "essence," until she got really close to my face and had major halitosis. i felt so bad, because the first thought that came into my mind was "how are you engaged when you often smell like this?"

that is why i wish i didn't have a nose. then, i wouldn't be so judgmental.

it's about time

so after 2 months of searching, being very picky, turned down a few times, offered a few times (by my last resorts) and then refusing those offers...i have landed myself a new job!

i will be the merchandise presentation associate at regis corporation under the mastercuts/supercuts retail division. i know, i know. sounds long, but it's pretty much part of what i did at borders when i was a manager there but on a corporate level. which means, no more nights and weekends. i am getting paid more, never have to take my work home (big bonus), and i can do my temple work and some volunteering/teaching for experience towards my master's degree.

basically, i feel like laura linney did in "love actually" when the guy she's had a crush on kisses her at her door and decides to stay...and then she tells him to wait a moment and she does this cute lil' dance on the stairs...but without the sex stuff later.

really boring christmas list, part deux

here are some other things i want. since i am still at borders part-time, i get an amazing discount to splurge on myself. it only means that the rest of the family will probably get books for christmas too. thankfully, they don't mind.


i want the book below, because there is a pattern for a "poo" plush. when i visited sarah and justin in japan this year, i learned that poo is cute. the dairy queen style poo, though. there were no splats or logs.


this book is supposed to be quite good too. i want to start sewing or learning how to sew, and what better way than to do it with lil' monsters. i mean, if i screwed it up i could feign that it was on purpose. right?


duh. i think i am the only person in the world that does not have this yet. i don't love video games, per se, but this console is super cute and has some games i think i would really like. plus, some of the games require you to stand up and do some physical action rather than sit and wiggle your thumbs back and forth which is much better for you. am i reaching?


pete and i want a camcorder, but i don't know what's good. i've never had one before, and this one was just priced low and compact. that is always a bonus in my book. does anyone know if this is worth the cash? sarah, miss consumer reports?

don't want to do the dishes yet

Which Office Character Are You?
	You are Ryan. You are extremely smart and perceptive, and it irritates you to no end when inferior people try to tell you what to do. Sometimes, though, your critical eye makes you come off as aloof and bitter to others, and it may take awhile for people to get to know you.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

i sort of figured, but i just wanted to make sure. i'm only bummed that ryan is not always in every episode now.

really boring christmas list, part 1

so...you know you are getting older and less tolerant of allergens and pollutants when this is what you put on your christmas list first. the itchy ear feeling and stuffy nose plus having cats that shed way too much is really one of the reasons, but i think these are cool. so. what?

anyway, have one of these or something like these (air filter and roomba-robot vacuums)? i want some feedback, before i decide which one will be best. oh, and red is not a must. it was just pretty.