I do. Media.

So is a wedding considered media? It is sending a message from one party to other parties, so I'm going to say yes. My two best friends got married last week! To each other! Yay!

When I was seven, my brother's best friend (my surrogate brother) brought his little sister Melanie to play with me. We became good friends and went through elementary school , junior high, and high school together and became best friends in 10th grade. I love Melanie to pieces. She is so different from me, but we really think each other are interesting. It's great.

When I was eight, Adam's family moved into my ward and I totally had a crush on him. It didn't last long, which is good seeing as he and Melanie started "dating" in 9th grade and have been in love ever since! I'm in love with them as a couple. If that's even possible...

I guess the main message that I got from their wedding is that marriage is ordained of God and we should support it. I'm glad to have such great examples of love and sacrifice in my life, like Mel and Adam. Maybe someday I'll want to get married too. We'll see.

Wuthering Heights

I saw a beautiful adaptation this week of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I thought it was very well done, except for the last half where Heathcliff seemed to have lost all redeemable qualities. I haven't read the book and there are too many books I want to read, so I figure that is one I probably won't get to in this life. If any of you have read it, would you let me know if he Heathcliff actually turns evil, or if he just wasn't played right? I really want to like him, but I am struggling...

There Was Water On the Stage.

Last week my roommates and I made an impromptu trip to Saint George and saw Aida at the Tuacahn Theatre. It was a great performance and I loved seeing that show set in the natural red rock. It really worked well. It isn't my favorite show and the actors weren't perfect, but there were two flash floods ending with water covering the stage, fireworks, horses, a huge camel, pigs, goats, chickens, beautiful dresses, belly dancing, and incredible abs!

The things you find out on facebook...

So I was just on facebook with my cousin and she showed me a picture of the guy she is dating. Cool. Turns out I met him at the pool about a year ago and he got my number and asked me out. It didn't ever work for us to go out, which is a pretty good thing (all things considered). Anyway, if there wasn't such thing as facebook, we would have saved this discovery for another time. And it would have been in person, which could have been great! And perhaps slightly awkward, which can be great too!I'd say he has pretty good taste. Wouldn't you?

Hooked on Pan door ah

I recently rediscovered Pandora. Free music. I love it! It's so user friendly and it's good at exposing me to songs I haven't heard. I don't love the ads on it, but the other day it played an ad promoting MARRIAGE! How cool is that? And kinda random. Anyway, one thing has been bugging me about Pandora. Sometimes a song comes on and I don't appreciate the language or subject, but I love the feel and sound. So I wish there was a button for me to push that says, "Hey Pandora, I like this type of song a lot, but just don't play me any songs with swear words or about losing virginity. Thanks!" At first it shocked me that I couldn't request that, but then I realized that I had forgotten how I live in a bubble called Provo:) Maybe there is a way to fix my settings like this, so if anyone knows about it...let me know please!

Left to Tell

My favorite book I’ve read recently is Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza. This autobiography is about Immaculée’s experience in the Rwandan holocaust in the 1994. She hid in a bathroom with 7+ other women and children for three months while her family and most of the people she knew (who were of the Tootsie tribe) were murdered. While she was going through this, she clung to her beliefs, read the bible, and grew in her faith. Her story is beyond inspiring and her faith is definitely desirable.
I am so grateful that I got to read Left to Tell. I read it all in one day because I just couldn’t put it down; I needed to know what happened to sweet Immaculée. Outside of church books, I don’t think I’ve read anything so powerful and motivating. It was a hard read because of the atrocities that happened during this genocide, but it is so interesting to see the psychological and emotional sides of individuals who went through it. My mom and I were talking about Immaculée after we read the book and my mom was saying how she wishes Immaculée could have the gospel in her life, but that Immaculée’s faith and understanding of God is so powerful it seems like she wouldn’t even need the gospel. Of course she does, but we just agreed that we have so much to learn from her example and love. Immaculée is is definitely one of my heroes. She inspires me to be better, to act on what I know, and to have complete faith in God and Jesus Christ.

Love/Hate

So I basically have a love/hate relationships with the Twilight series. I love getting carried away into another life, but I can't stand how over the top the characters are. I think the stories (in the first few) are really interesting, but the writing is poorly done. Anyway, my roommates and I watched this hilarious spoof of the Twilight movie and I want to share it. BTW it gets weird and not funny at the end, so I recommend turning it off at about 4min 5sec. Enjoy! Oh and if you want to know how to make it seem hilarious...watch it with people you love and quote it all the time and then watch it periodically after that. And if it's late at night that helps too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILnTjYlNxc
A picture for you thoughts.

Bummer

I watched the movie Jumper last night. I didn't love it. A few funny parts. It felt disjointed. Kinda like this post.

I realized I've become sooo sensitive to violence in the last year. I just don't want to see it and I don't want to hear it! I'm not sure what people get out of seeing someone punch someone else in the face. It doesn't do anything positive for me, but others must have some reaction to it that they like if they keep watching it right? I like to think I'm an understanding/open person, but this is something I just don't understand.

Of course, I won't complain about staring at beautiful people for an hour or two. Thats what got me through a few other movies (e.g. Pirates 2&3, Star Wars 2&3)!