oh the college life

Guess what, I haven't posted in 4EVER...

are you surprised???  Good, I didn't expect you to be.

So here's how it goes

Book of Mormon test. Piece. Of. Cake.

French test. Will. Be. The. Death. Of. Me.

Sociology test. ummmm.... you may or may not kill me.

American Heritage test. I'll tackle you next week.

Red dress, you're getting tackled this friday :D

Monday was a great day. 3 different people drove my car (2 of which were boys) so guess what?!?!?! I'm making man friends!!

my home teachers also apparently exist. they brought me cookies! which were surprisingly good. (who knew men could make cookies? I sure didn't)

despite the male friends.... no dates yet :( come on BYU, I thought this was supposed to be a marriage palooza.

where are the men these days? sheesh.

The College Movie Collection

now consists of...

•  Alfred Hitchcock movie collection
• Arsenic and Old lace
• Australia
• Chocolat 
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Fountain 
• Gattaca
• Hercules
• How to Train your Dragon
• The Invisible
• The Italian Job
• John Tucker must die 
• A Knight's Tale
• Meet Joe Black 

• Mentalist (seasons 1 & 2 & soon 3)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith 
• October Sky 
• Panique Au Village
• Patch Adams
• The Prestige
• Rain Man
• 17 again
• She's the man
• Space Cowboys
• Sydney White
• The Tenth Circle 
• 13 going on 30
• Van Helsing
• Young Frankenstein 

all in all, I'd say that's a pretty awesome list.

The Picture

*Kari Kane does not post an awkward picture of Lindsey Liechty*

I hope you know this took every fiber of my being. 

appreciate the love, appreciate it.

oh the cute men

Wanna know the epidomy of a perfect day?

Waking up at 7:45 (which is sleeping in as compared to the rest of the week)

and going for a 30 min jog. Exercise always makes you feel awesome.

Brownie points for reducing the amount of fat people in this country.

Then, after 30 min jog, feeling accomplished by taking out the trash for the first time in my life. Making breakfast on top of that. (if you consider delicious yogurt and granola making yourself breakfast. I do. It's advanced for me)

Heading off to school after getting ready for the day.

Having a parking spot open up just for me at the most difficult time of day to find one.

Being in a small class where I know half the people, feel comfortable stating my opinion, defend the genius of Lady Gaga against 20 other studets, and have a T.A. that is super cute.

After American Heritage going to Western Humanities and discussing the Illiad.

I seemed to be the only one giving answers to the T.A.'s questions, which gave me a smarty pants boost.

Score.

but the BIGGEST score is what comes next.

A boy.

Ya, you know how I've been freaking out about meeting people in college and making friends?

okay maybe you don't, but I have been.

any who, that's not important.

What IS important is that this boy is cute and that we exchanged numbers.

Granted it was for a study group containing one other person

and I'm having a great hair day (my hair smells delicious from this coconutty spray stuff)

and I was overly outgoing today

but these things pushed aside,

he still asked me for my number.

score #2

I now have a prospective man friend at college?

side note: Is it good if a guy tells you you're an intellectual stud? hmm

food for thought I suppose.

Now i'm off to my favorite class, sociology, where the professor is also cute.

So many cute men!

I guess this means the recipe for a really good day is

a pinch of exercise

a dash of great hair

a slice of delicious pizza

and a generous sprinkling of good looking men.

yep. that is the epitome of a great day :D

Oh! and just incase you didn't know, this is also the first day I've seen cute men at BYU.

I was in denial that they existed here.

Feeling Brainy

Throughout my first week of college, I've noticed all these intriguing little phrases and ideas from my textbooks. It makes my day. Seriously. Who knew textbooks could be so enlightening? I've never actually read one cover to cover...

Call me a nerd, but I think I'm falling in love with that idea.

I'm sitting here reading the Illiad and the banter between Acheilles and Agamemnon over the subject of Chryseis is just hilarious.

"She's no worse than her when it comes to looks, body, mind, or ability. Still, I'll give her back, if that's what's best." 

Ehem, notice how looks and body are prioritized over mind and ability. For over 2000 years this typical male thought process has only had one major change.

Chryseis became Angelina Jolie.

Yes ladies, men have been and will always be men.

(quoted from the Illiad)

On another note, I'm also loving all the religious talks that fit in with the subjects i'm studying. The gospel hand in hand with secular education truly makes SUCH a different. I practically feel brilliant.

practically.

"I'm reaching that age, as Elder Maxwell said, where I can't hide my own Easter eggs."