the after party party

Levi is practically spiderman. The Luxor did not know what hit it and the police were too slow to catch him. Happy day after New years where everything is closed except for the pizza shop in the NY, NY that sells a small soda for $4.
sorry i didnt rotate the movie, but i figured you all can rotate your computers or your heads. It is so amazing that it is worth a little rotation.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

saying "2007 is the new 2006" is the new "Happy New Year!!!"
I love fireworks!

I could never complain...

I have to say that I have an amazing life. I am very grateful. I love people watching, especially because it helps me realize that people need help and that's why we are all here together, to help each other. Life really would be no fun. In Jonathan Safran Foer's book 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,' Oskar, the main character has this idea that we should just have limousines that were so incredibly long they would start at your mom's womb and end at your mausoleum, it would be as long as your life...I thought about just walking through a limo alone and am even more grateful for people who make life so interesting!! PS its a really amazing book!! get it, read it!
Christmas was extraordinary! I made all my presents! And I think I received a grand total of 5 presents. I think it was the best Christmas ever. My parents have helped me so much this year, I told them not to buy me anything and the other small things from my siblings were things I really needed and appreciated ('Everything is Illuminated'-the book, a bell for my bike, a pair of shoes I picked out at Thanksgiving, a battery for my car clicker) Then my parents planned this big service project where they wrapped up all the supplies for hygiene kits and we all assembled them. It was a great Christmas activity!!!
Plus we started Christmas off with a, hopefully, new tradition...the morning jog. I kind of wanted to open presents, fresh outta bed, just because I am accustomed to that, but it was fun to go for a family jog and then open presents. The family that sweats together, stays together. Heres a photo from the jogging: Merry Christmas from the VANS!!

Provo, nice knowing you...

Well, I did my time. I packed up my car today and drove away. woah. It's a surreal cinematic feeling. I wish there would have been some sappy song as I looked over my shoulder at my living room, scanning for any last forgotten items, and then leaving my keys on the kitchen counter. I'm outta there!!! Now onto the next step of life. I told my mom that I want to set up a studio in our house. maybe the garage? Then as I checked out the christmas tree, I noted aloud that there weren't any presents big enough to be a wheel. I guess that will come out of my first paycheck. I already have a kiln and ceramist friends here in vegas. I have a feeling that things will be ok. maybe even great. so far, adulthood is great. ps. I have a celebrity crush on Chevy Chase, well just the character he plays in Foul Play.

wow...

It just hit me at the end of my hometeacher's lesson that I am moving from Provo. I will miss it a lot. I even shed a couple of tears. Surely, my hometeacher thought he had said something amazingly inspired, "little did he know" (I love "Stranger than Fiction") that I wasn't paying attention and was thinking of how that would be my last time being hometaught at my Provo abode.
Trying to figure out how to be an adult is confusing. I want to do something hard or challenging and have amazing experiences. So I am weighing my options. I don't want to take the easy way out of things, so thats why I decided to move home. ha. There I go embracing the future, branching out, and having an adventure.
You all have a place to stay if you are going through vegas. my house of course, not the ten-ga-jillion hotels/casinos. Unless you would rather stay there. But the continental breakfast at my parents house is much yummier.
Thanks Provo!

step teams

I was talking to my friend yesterday about step teams. He didn't know what they were. I think this was the best part of my highschool career. I had a friend whose Dad was a baptist minister and they had a step team as part of their church service. They team would come down the isle before the preaching. Well here's an example and there are tons more on Youtube if you search "step team." its pretty awesome!!!

bands and comments

well here are some bands that hillary, amy and heather should like. I dont even care if they read this. I am a hard core web logger, doing it for the love of it. I like Lali Puna. I like The Blow. I like Ms John Soda. Comment now if you want. Maybe I will care. Yes! my comments work now!! Coming soon....the results of my scientific experiment about Blondes vs. Brunettes.

thanks everyone

My show was great. I had such a fun time seeing all my wonderful friends. I just want to say thanks for all the support. My parents and sister came up from Vegas, my cousins and aunts and uncles came from all over the valley and it was really amazing to be able to see everyone together in one place. Heres me and my favorite friends ever! thanks tigerfire. you play well. Little A, you are the best.

yes, I will be giving autographs on friday...

Yesterday this reporter called me and said she really loved my BFA show and wanted to write an article about it for the Daily Universe. She interviewed me, asking me questions about my inspirations and ideas. Then she also interviewed my professor, Von, and some gallery personnel. Then this morning, as I ran to campus, I grabbed some newspapers at the bottom of the hill. I AM FAMOUS! The article is pretty awesome and I am excited to finally be able to say that I have been in a newspaper. I am published. Even if it is only the Daily Universe...that still deserves a couple of thumbs up. PS Lauren and I decided it would be funny to get a bunch of copies and have them at my show and sign them all. I love being an artist!!!

out of this world

Don't you wish you could watch "Out of This World" again. I do. I really loved that show when I was little and my default song was "would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar..." I was searching the whole world wide web to find it on dvd and I found this website petitioning Fox to make it into a dvd. I agree. So I signed. If you want to see it again Please sign petition titled Put "Out of this World" on DVD hosted with free Petitions hosting site.
Also you can see some clips on YouTube that will wet your appetite for more. I wish I could freeze time like Evie.

My BFA Final Show

I guess if I post all these pictures people will think they don't need to come to my final show in the HFAC Dec 1- 15th. But thats not the case. You all need to come. Especially to the artist's reception on Dec 8th 6-9pm. Come on and see!!1

thanksgiving shamanksgiving

Me sleeping, thats all I want to do....

I went home last weekend and I got the stomach flu from my little niece. I came back to school with one day to do a lot of things before I went to Phoenix for Thanksgiving break and instead of being able to do all the stuff I had to do I got really sick and threw up all the time and just wanted to sleep a lot. After about 1/2 a day throwing up I stopped, then I just didn't eat the rest of the day. I had to take a test, photograph all my ceramic pieces for my show, and pack and get ready.
I guess it's good that food makes me sick because usually people gain ten pounds during Thanksgiving and I am prolly gonna lose ten. I don't feel like eating anything still. Hopefully I will be able to choke down a festive piece of pumpkin pie and say my thanks for the season of giving.

Halloween revisited

I decided to post pictures of halloween. I had a great time as Lady Godiva.

ROCK & ROLL

Heres us as rock stars. Aaron date we decided was Scary Spice, Hillary as Bjork, Me as Alanis Morisette, Aaron as Chris Carraba, Amy as Lisa Loeb, and Emily as a member of the Bangles.

one more funny/tragic thing...hearts dont end like sentences

So heres a funny story that happened tonight. Or perhaps its tragic, the story of my life, a tragicomedia. I met this guy this summer...had a little crush, nothing happened, he was out of country for a while, came back, I thought there could be something, he asked my roomate out that very week. So I must have been wrong about there being something. Then I met this other guy. Everytime we saw each other we laughed and talked, thought there could be something there, flirted, no response. Then that guy asked my OTHER roomate out. Turns out they are going to double. So tonight as I was waiting for my saturday night plans to come to pass, my roomates are getting ready and my two ex-crushes come to the door and they have to wait in the living room with me while my roomates primp. Asi es la vida. I think thats the moment where you just give up and move to spain. "You tried your best and you failed miserably. Lesson is never try"

the new me

So it all started when we were going to this ROCK STAR party and I decided that I had a full nude suit from halloween and I should be Alanis Morrisette. Why not? I just need to dye my hair dark. So I had been thinking about doing that for a while and this just gave me a great reason to. Welp, there you have it. I have dark hair. Its permanent and its awesome. I keep pulling on it because it looks like a wig. nope. still real.

peace and pictures

I feel great today!! I finished two midterms today and feel free. No more worrying. I was telling Bryn that I feel like it is the last day of senior year of highschool. So I will prolly do something like I did the last day of highschool today...hmmmmm maybe toilet paper some cute boys house, have a slumber party or watch Clueless. sounds good. At least until tomorrow I don't have to think about school. YES!!! Well heres the pictures of the fishing trip. I loved it.



Here's what the deer see when they are hunting us....





Mister Beaver, hibernating. Thats weird he didnt want to hibernate inside his little house.




Here's all of us. It was the first day of hunting, so we all had to wear bright orange so as not to be shot...and also it was really cold. You can't tell from the photo. But it was up in the mountains and there was snow.





So I caught my line on some branches going for this really great hole...Aaron built a bridge from big rocks and hopped across the river to rescue the blue fox lure that Tom lent me. He looked just like spiderman.

its official...

So I bought Mac Daddy a cover the other day from the Apple store. Now he can really go EVERYWHERE with me!! I walked in and James was there with a friend. He helped me decide which case was better. I told him the requirements like this, "You see since Mac Daddy and I are life-long companions now, getting married soon, its official, I need a soft case, cuz he will be sleeping with me now and..." And basically I guess that was the only requirement.
So this weekend Mac Daddy went with me to gallery stroll up in SLC (he stayed in the car while I went to the galleries), he met my sister (we watched "13 going on 30"--I love that movie and it really deserves its own blog) and he went fishing with Tom, Tom's Dad, Bryn, Aaron and I. I LOVE FISHING and so does Mac Daddy. We were a little sad that we didn't catch any fish, but we hiked around up in the Uintas, saw a dead beaver, there was snow and it was the first day of hunting season so we had to wear bright orange.
I will post pictures later because I got some good ones. I loved the trip, listening to Greg Brown sing about fishing and joking about putting the hook in the beavers mouth to pretend like we fished it out of the river. But then we decided to leave him alone, because maybe he was just hibernating and not dead at all. He would be really mad if he woke up with a hook in his mouth. I mean, I would be.

please for the love of life, wear a helmet.

Today as I rode my bike to school I witnessed an accident. I think I went into shock even though I was a whole car lane away. Here's the scoop. I was in the bike lane...looking behind to see if there were cars so I could cross and go up the hill to campus...well there was a silver truck so I let them pass. When I looked forward the truck had gone to make a left turn and hit a motorcycle that was going straight. The motorcyclist flew off the bike and hit the truck, the ground and eventually ended up wedged into the side of the truck. He was just like a rag doll flopping around and then finally landed and started screaming from the pain and shock. I just went to class. There was really nothing I could do but watch and wait for the ambulance and as I rode away I heard the sirens. It was a surreal experience and has helped me be a very cautious driver all of today and I hope for all of the rest of my life. I hate car accidents...they are always a unwelcome surprise that cause soooo many problems.
On a better note, I think I joined a discussion group where we talk about things. Tonight was the first night and I loved it. We discussed some questions that this Protestant minister had put on a questionnaire that he had taken to Mormons and Baptists all over the country. It was very interesting. We all wrote manifestos. I liked this one guys about renouncing being a homo-sapien...instead he said we should be eco-sapiens. well, ok.

Missed me, missed me, now you gotta....

This is me looking at my new mac. It really has nothing to do with the subject heading but the subject heading has to do with the fact that I miss my awesome friends. Last night I went to a show for Golden Shoulders...just minutes before I found out that Camille and Micah were playing. They are my favorite band ever!!! I think I am their biggest fan ever and also I can't wait until their cd comes out, I would listen to it all the time. We just talked and talked and loved and loved. I loved especially when we talked about the dinners we used to make together. We agreed that we want Cami to make us dinner again. Also I thought a lot about how I used to play the guitar and Camille would play and harmonize with me...ahhh the good old days. I am glad she married Micah because we wouldn't have ever made it to stardom with our Indigo Girls covers.
Then my friend Nate and Tom came over and we were playing the guitar and banjo and I got to harmonize and sing along. A couple of weeks ago I started playing the guitar again (I really havent play for a year or so) and just the other night, Bryn was playing the banjo and I was just playing some easy chords and singing random words that happened to rhyme and she said, "what song is that you are playing," "Oh just one I am making up" "hey thats awesome" "welp, I better write it down." So I wrote it down and we have been playing it over and over again. yes yes yes. I love life.