we've moved! (ok so i'm not a business, but you get the idea...)

if you haven't seen already, i have a new (and better) blog...check it out if you feel so inclined:
amy-rees.blogspot.com

ten things that have made me happy this week:
1. driving down the freeway with the windows down and my music up (and not getting hypothermia from it).
2. making my niece giggle
3. dinner with my fam
4. sunsets
5. pilates. and not being able to walk the day after
6. letters :)
7. only 3 days left of finals
8. hot tubbing
9. going to a movie theater and seeing a children's movie...with 5 other 21 year old boys (and not being embarrassed to admit it)
10. itunes shuffle playing songs that fit my mood perfectly..
..you can't honestly tell me that you looked at any one of these ten things, and didn't automatically smile when you thought of it..

i'm not a fan of chauvinism, but...i laughed out loud at this one..

found this somewhere...and i liked it..

My bible.

The explanation of why I don’t go out every night fully equipped with my beer, boys, and bad decisions. Why I’m not the loudest, least covered, blondest, biggest chested girl at the party (okay, okay sometimes the blondest). Explanation of why I know there is much more to life than happy hour at my local strip club and of why I choose to keep my top on when someone asks for a photo. Why I know how to strive for my goals, but understand my limits.

Explanation of why I choose to be, and am, a lady.

I know I don’t know it all and I’m ready to learn more. All in time for my 21st birthday. I think this is a monumental time in my life. I didn’t view 20 as adulthood. I viewed it as the second year of my 19th birthday. By 21, I’ll be ready to do it right and as always, do it classy.

“A girl should be two things, classy and fabulous.” —Coco Chanel.

i live in never-never land...

i'm not entirely sure why this happens, but there seems to be a ridiculous phenomenon that occurs in college: people actually LOSE maturity and intelligence...i don't know if it's because some people don't have their mothers around to tell them "you know, i'm not sure that's really a good idea" anymore, but they start to act like toddlers, and age becomes hopelessly irrelevant..for example, the brilliant ones that feel like, since the law says cars are to yield to pedestrians, they are allowed to randomly run out into the middle of the road to cross the street (never mind that the crosswalk is less than 50 yards away), and that cars will magically stop for them...HELLO people, i'm not a magician when i drive..if i can't see you until i'm less than 3 feet away from you, my car will win (ending with you in the hospital)..then there's the activities that young people decide to participate in..for example, pillow fights and blanket forts...what, did we not ever leave the 3rd grade?
and then, my favorite thing is when you pair an extremely childish male with an equally childish female, and the whole level of child-like behavior is taken to a mind-numbing, brain-cell-killing level...without exception, these amazing relationship specimens immediately revert to baby talk..for example, "ohhh baby..wemme see what happened to your eensy weensy wittle toe..does i need to kiss it bettew?" it's all i can do to be in the same room with these people without vomiting..i would be much more happy if peter pan came and took these people to the place where they actually belong..the problem then becomes repopulating provo...

12 things of winter that make me want to scream...

here is my own personal spin on the 12 days of christmas...only i'm changing it somewhat: i LOVE christmas, it's just winter i have a problem with...here are the main 12 reasons that i am totally a summer girl, regardless of how long i've live in utah...
#12: wet hair freezes...up-does freeze your ears..so even though you don't WANT to get out of your warm bed earlier, comfort and survival necessitate actually doing your hair..
#11: mass boredom..there are only so many activites that can be done indoors, and only a certain amount of time outdoor activities remain fun/safe..after watching a movie every night for 2 months, cabin fever WILL ensue..
#10: windshield wipers that don't work..driving with a pile of snow on top of your car is scary enough..it gets exponentially more scary when there's snow sliping down your windshield, and the wipers are out on holiday..
#9: ice..i trip enough without having to make the sidewalk a slip 'n slide..winter just increases the already high probability that i will end up on my butt somewhere on byu's campus more than once a day..
#8: wet floors (see #9)
#7: too many temperature extremes...outside, it's 4 degrees, and some places you go inside, it's 89 degrees..my body can't deal with that many bipolar temperature fluctuations..it gets confused...then i have to deal with putting on a coat, then taking it off 3 minutes later because i walked inside, then quickly pulling it back on 5 minutes later because i'm back outside..
#6:there is no sun..and if there is, it just blinds you because it reflects off of all the snow...and, it doesn't do anything for your skin...which leads me to #5..
#5: pale skin..winter only perpetuates pale skin(and a LOT of acne, which the summer sun seems to miraculously cure), which has been overcome somewhat with summer...winter just sets you back at square one for having any skin pigmentation ..
#4: shaving...it's so pointless to shave your legs in the winter...i mean, you shave, and almost instantaneously get goosebumps, so your just-finished shaving has become completely useless..and if you're lucky enough to make it through a shower without goosebumps, your luck runs out as soon as you open the front door..and then men complain that girls never bother to shave their legs in the winter..excuse me for being economical with my time!
#3: scraping my car windows..it messes with my personal routine..my schedule for getting to school on time is based on precision...through trial and error over the years, i have calculated the exact number of minutes it takes me to get ready and get to school on time so that i can sleep in as long as possible before i have to wake up and get ready...when winter hits, i forget that i have to add a good 5 minutes for scraping my windows, and it throws everything out of whack..
#2: snow somehow inspires people to park like morons. i can understand not being able to see the parking stalls, but that is no excuse to park completely horizontal to everybody else..
#1: wet pant legs..like i've said before, wet pant legs are the most irritating and frustrating thing about the winter season..it's not like you did anything to deserve wet pants: you didn't pee yourself or fall in a puddle, you simply did the unavoidable, which everyone who has walked outside can sympathize with...you have to have at least 2 pairs of pants to make it through the day, or else your legs are soggy and you are miserable the entire day.

dumb? maybe..classless? no..

ok, so i don't get what everyone is so angry at max hall for...yeah, so he wasn't tactful after the byu/utah game...but what adrenaline-pumped football player isn't? especially when his family was doused with alcoholic beverages the previous year at the opposing team's home field..not that i'm saying i agree with everything he said, but..give the guy a break..EVERY athlete trash-talks after they beat their rival school...especially when it's a major NCAA in-state rivalry like byu and utah..he was just dumb enough to say it on national television..max was probably especially emotional because it was his last home game, and, let's face it, he was trying to compensate for a not-so-stellar game last year..that combination would point to overstating his emotions..yes, he overgeneralized when he said that utah is classless..but personally, i have seen a severe lack of class from both fans and players from utah (not ALL, but many)..there were HOW many late hits that went unflagged in that game? not that i'm saying byu doesn't have its share of ignorant fans and players..i sat behind some of the least classy byu fans i've ever heard of at the game...irregardless of how blanket of a statement it was that was made by mr. hall, the fact remains that is was his own personal opinion, which everybody is entitled to per the 1st Amendment...again, not that i agree with everything he said, but..if my family had beer dumped on them at a football game and were verbally abused the entire time, you can bet i'd have more than just a few choice words directed towards that school...everyone needs to just CALM DOWN..