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girleffect.org

once upon a time...

there was a really awesome girl named sara.

who suffered from short term memory.

one day she signed up for an independent study class.

and then forgot about it.

until one day she received an email reminding her that the coursework was due.

in three weeks.

and then she remembered.

and cursed her over-achieving-january-beginning-of-a-new-year-i-am-going-to -be-so- accomplished-self.

once the class is done, and my bfa review portfolio is turned in, and the salt water taffy stash is replenished i will write an awesome post about all of the wonderful things that have happened in the last month.

until then, long live wikipedia and mrs. shelton for teaching me how to speed read.

anticipation

remember just a few posts ago when jess and ryan got engaged? well, in typical utah fashion, their wedding is in just a few weeks (in their defense, jen is leaving on her mission 5 days after they get married so they do have a reason) and wedding-ness has begun! and it is going to be lovely. just check out these bridals, and her invitations.

isn't she pretty? and doesn't it explain a lot of my personality defects? it's hard growing up with a gorgeous older sister who also happens to be photogenic. because i am the antithesis of photogenic. example a:

anyways. i am very excited for march 26th. (anyone want to coach me on how to take normal pictures before then?)

one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

hooray! mike was accepted into the advertising program! which means we are a little bit closer to that ever elusive graduation... but it's nice to be able to give a definite answer when people ask what our majors are. now if only we could answer the follow up question, "so when will you graduate?" honestly? we have no clue. i've been saying a year and a half for the past two years... so... april 2012? (cringe. that means i will have been in college for six years... oi.) cheers for being in the longest undergrad program at BYU!

a little shameless self promotion

Save The Date is being featured on Simply Utah today which means... you should check it out!

cause that's how we do it in provo.

hidden talents we've discovered while living in wymount:

1 - mike can strain green beans and / or olives through the cheese grater. since we don't have dishwasher, i'd say this qualifies as genius.

2 - i can drink two gallons of milk a week. by myself. no sweat. only 26 more to go before we get our free half gallon of creamery ice cream!

3 - i never scrape my windshield in the morning. i prefer to hit the washer fluid for five minutes straight. works like a charm.

4 - we have re-memorized the opening songs to saved by the bell and power rangers. thank you, cougar cable.

5 - we are picking up el portugues through osmosis. or very thin walls.

6 - we've met a lot of new people. unfortunately they are in the stock photos in our empty picture frames. we've just grown too fond of them to replace them all now... but they are great conversation pieces. ("who's this?" "beats me." or "what a beautiful couple!" "yeah we don't know them.")

lessons learned january 22 - 29

drench water, despite it's lovely packaging, tastes like watered down sprite. bleh.

dutch executives can be funny. then mean. then funny. then say the f-word.

i have the same jeans as a boy in my illustration class. wonder what size he wears...

my new typography teacher has designed for... anthropologie. squeal!

strange voices have the ability to enter our living room through the ps3... and it's completely freaky. (right ang??)

sometimes when people say mean things to you it still makes you cry, even if you don't want to.

haagen dazs amaretto almond crunch is a blessing directly from heaven.

i have an attitude problem. apparently.

it is never a good idea to make peanut butter toast without checking to see if you have milk first.

there is a fine line between a co-worker and friend. it's best not to confuse the two.

family first. always.

life moves fast. really fast.

i am happy with who i am. and i know that i'm not perfect. but i'm still becoming.

the obama / pelosi combo makes me a little nauseous.

and finally, for your viewing pleasure, a charming photo of myself frisbee golfing: