just a fun list of some big pet peeves

here is a list of some of my biggest pet peeves:

- when people talk on the phone while using the bathroom. especially public bathrooms.

- when people do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. again especially public bathrooms.

- when girls walk in a way that makes their booty sway. for real? can't you just walk normal?

- girls who shriek and laugh very shrilly and loud.

- people who only talk about themselves. and who bring anything you say back to themselves.

- people who brag.

- people who bail on previous plans made.

- girls who always have to look cute. always. i mean come on! there's gotta be a day you don't wanna take 2 hours to get ready in the morning!

- girls who flirt with any and every guy.

- people who tell secrets and inside jokes around you and won't fill you in.

ummmm i'm sure there's many many more but yeah, that's it for tonight.

fill me in on some of your big pet peeves! :)

Last chance ya'll

YO YO.
This is my last week here before I come home :) :) :) :) :) :) :) can you tell I'm excited?!
So that means that this week is when I'm buying gifts!
So family (and I guess whoever wants a present who I'll be seeing over break), this is your final chance to tell me what you would like!
I know I got a lot of peoples stuff but if you wanna add something here is the chance to do it.

By the way, I'm super super super super excited to see you all!

<3
ali

An apple a day...

So today in the Wilk (Wilkinson Center) there were stands of people everywhere handing out nice shiny apples to students and wishing them good luck on their exams. I do not enjoy confrontation so I snuck on by. But later I was sitting and enjoying my lunchable and watching Dave Barnes youtube videos when a man came up and offered me a delicious-looking apple saying "Here's an apple to eat with your lunch! Good luck on your exams!" so I smiled and said "Thank you!" and he left.
This is what I was expecting:

I happily bit into my apple and noticed a little brown spot but thought to myself "I will not be picky and I will enjoy this apple" so I bit into it again. And had to spit it out because this is what I saw:


So of course my next thought is "I wonder what this says about how my exams will turn out... dang it...

A BYU Curse?

There are approximately 30 million students currently enrolled at BYU. I would say that at least 1/3 of them are either engages or married. Now you may be thinking that I'm going to talk about the curse that this is the "marriage school", FALSE.
The curse I am talking about is the one that affects pretty much all single female students here.
Scenario:
You walk into class and see an open seat by a really cute guy so you sit in it. You introduce yourself and you both start talking. He seems to be a great guy and so incredibly nice you can hardly believe it. Class ends and you are getting up to leave. That's when you notice his left hand. And the little band he has on his ring finger there. DANG IT.

This is the curse. It seems that anytime I meet or even see a cute guy I now automatically look to his left hand to see if I'm even allowed to be attracted to him. Darn you girls who got to them first.

christmas time is here

hey family,
i know it's mostly you guys who read this anyway so i'm addressing this to you.
because i am poor and i have no means of getting "real" presents, i need some ideas of things you might enjoy receiving.
maybe some pretzels? or gushers?
but just comment and throw out some things you like, whether or not i can get them for you, it'd be interesting to see!

love you all

less than three,
ali


p.s. credit given to bryan for the "less than three"

Oh the trials of life

College is much harder than I was expecting. And by "much" I mean, it's a lot harder than I was expecting. Classes are (sometimes) interesting and the professors are pretty cool but the TESTS! Oh those tests... make the whole learning experience that much harder. And the tests aren't even that long, usually 40-100 questions, but it's simply the material and the way the teachers attempt to apply that material. So extremely difficult...
BUT as quoted in Galaxy Quest: Never give up, Never surrender.
And as quoted by someone at a devotional here: Exceed your own expectations.
I have learned that while these classes and tests may be difficult and extremely stressful, it can't last forever. I know I'll benefit from them. And I have a fantastic family and great friends who help me through them :)

quick story:
the last two weeks had been very difficult for me academic-wise. i received a letter from a friend on a mission who continued to share his even harder times he was having while out there and he shared this scripture with me that helped me tons --> Alma 7:11-13 :)

(i also recommend reading the praises of david in psalms when feeling down. they're the best!)

NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK

well everyone. the time has come.
that's right, it's NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK!

and that's all i have to say about that...

FACEBOOK FAST

i admit it. i have a facebook addiction.

the reason i believe i have it is this: when i wake up in the morning, it's the first thing i open. along with my email, but facebook is always first.

i think i developed my addiction later in high school because i didn't own a cell phone and so it was my only way to communicate with my friends when we weren't all together. it became such a habit that even now, when i do have a cell phone, i still check it constantly.

and so! there is a facebook fast going on this week. from oct. 11th to the 15th. i'm only doing it from the 11th to the 13th because 5 days is too long for me... but i'm super nervous.

so any good advice is greatly appreciated! send me emails to keep me busy, call me, talk to me, anything to keep me from thinking of facebook and what i'm missing! :)

college is cool, by the way. very hard... but cool.

peace out.

<3 ali

byu provo student

today is my 3rd day of classes,
they are hard.
and have lots of homework.
but i love it.
i love feeling independent.
i love knowing that I have the decision to make it i want to do my homework or not.
or what time to go to bed.
i love my "own place".
i love walking around campus.
i love the AWESOME WEATHER here!
i love my teachers.
i love my new friends i've made, and i love my old friends that are here.

basically, college is a great and fun experience so far.

SCHEDULE!

so this is my schedule! but i'm gonna try to get a 10am chemistry class :)

AND SUMMER IS GOING GREAT!

Hour Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8:00a NDFS100 - 1 8:00a - 9:15a 456 MARB NDFS100 - 1 8:00a - 9:15a 456 MARB 9:00a 10:00a 11:00a 12:00p A HTG100 - 71 12:00p - 12:50p 140 JSB A HTG100 - 71 12:00p - 12:50p 140 JSB EXSC150 - 1 12:00p - 1:40p TBA A HTG100 - 71 12:00p - 12:50p 106 JSB 1:00p REL A121 - 43 1:00p - 1:50p 323 MARB NURS180 - 2 1:00p - 2:50p 1126 JKB REL A121 - 43 1:00p - 1:50p 323 MARB 2:00p 3:00p CHEM101 - 2 3:00p - 3:50p W111 BNSN MUSIC313R - 001 3:00p - 3:50p MRH HFAC MUSIC313R - 1 3:00p - 3:50p MRH HFAC CHEM101 - 2 3:00p - 3:50p W111 BNSN MUSIC313R - 1 3:00p - 3:50p MRH HFAC MUSIC313R - 1 3:00p - 3:50p MRH HFAC CHEM101 - 2 3:00p - 3:50p W111 BNSN MUSIC313R - 1 3:00p - 3:50p MRH HFAC 4:00p SFL210 - 4 4:00p - 5:15p B037 JFSB SFL210 - 4 4:00p - 5:15p B037 JFSB 5:00p

COLLEGE!!

sooooo figuring out what classes to take is a tad stressful!
ESPECIALLY when you see how many people already have classes you want to take but you can't even register for them for another 9 days!!!
crazy crazy.
so i can register for my remaining classes on july 13th and i have to get up at 2AM to do that, YAY ahahhaa.

classes i'm already registered for because of the "freshman mentoring program" are American Heritage (with Patterson) and Book of Mormon (with Stohlton).

a class i had my brother bryan hold for me is Preview to Nursing!! whoop whooopp!!

and the remaining classes i need to register for are as follows: Basic Vocal Skills 111 and Chemistry 101.

HOWEVER that totals to only 11 credits. and i need 12...
SOOO i'm planning on auditioning for a choir when i get out there. don't know which one yet but we'll see :)

so any suggestions on an audition piece? or classes to take?

time to wake up? NOT 6AM!!

that's right people, the graduation's have BEGUN!

tonight i graduated from seminary. what an accomplishment!
if you really think about how many hours LDS youth spend in seminary and church, it is simply astonishing.

:)

last choir concert

last night i had my very last high school concert. EVER.
after being in choir for 4 years and then being choir co-president it quite an emotional night.
to start things off, we had 3 of our guys in our jazz choir get suspended for a few days so that had to miss this concert. that right there just made things difficult but we pulled through and had a great performance!

i've a great few years at this high school and the end is coming faster than i expected but i'm pretty excited to move on with my life and face bigger things and more adventure.

what a great ending to a great few high school years!

AND it rained like crazy last night so we played in the rain as a final goodbye :)

roller coaster phobia

yes that is the true name.
i googled "what is the phobia of roller coasters" and that's what it said. so i will belive google i suppose.

this past saturday i went to hershey park for a choir competition (which we got 1st place in mixed choir, jazz swing choir, and overall high school choir. and these are against choirs from all over the east coast. PRETTY AWESOME)

so anyway, that part was really cool and done and whatnot and then comes the park. i had been to hershey park before but that was with my parents and they don't like roller coaster. and this time i was going with lots of my friends so i knew i was doomed.

so we get to the park and the first ride they want to go on is called "the great bear" which is a roller coaster where your feet dangle over. i agreed and we waited in line. what i did not expect was that we somehow ended up in the line for the very front seat. i was not happy. i actually got my arm bruised cause they were grabbing me and holding me so tight. so i ended up in the front row. i screamed the ENTIRE way. and i think i would've enjoyed it a lot better had i been somewhere in the middle. i also went on "storm runner" which launches you off super fast up a big hill and then straight down. there were some mega G's acting on my body. but i LOVED that one!!

but anyhoo, the main part of this story is this. there was a new roller coaster recently built called the "fahrenheit" which slowly takes you straight up and then comes down at a 92 degrees angle. that's just not natural. i was freaking out the entire 2 hour wait. once i got on i was freaking out so much i was silent. i didn't even scream the entire ride i was so scared. once i got off i was hyperventilating and practically in tears but i was so proud of myself for going on it! and it was kinda fun!!

so here's a note to all you roller coaster haters out there (this does not include the ones who get motion sickness cause that just stinks): JUST DO IT. YOU WILL NOT DIE. TOMORROW WILL COME.

that's the great lesson i learned this weekend at hershey park, the land of chocolate!! and to sing really well and win trophies :)

PROM 2010

prom this year was on may 8th. the only stinky thing was that mormon prom was on the 8th too! OH NOO!! well i chose the wrong and went to school prom. hehehee. but i had an AWESOME time with a great group! here are some pics:

this was my dress borrowed from a friend. altered by my fantastic mother :)

yes our group had 7 girls and one guy haha. and he's a freshman!

even though this was only the second prom i've been to, it was definitely by far the best one. and the dancing was so much better than usual!!

it was just a super duper night :)