Share the Wealth

So I got Madonna's Confessions Tour DVD/CD for Christmas. The other day I popped in the dvd to watch while I cleaned my room. Yeah... not happening. I ended up stopping it because I wasn't getting any cleaning done. Which makes sense. Why would I think I'd be able to mutli-task when one of the greatest showsman of our time is performing? How insulting to Madonna! Anyway, I popped in the CD and listend to that while I cleaned.

After her 2nd song, "Like a Virgin" she says to the crowd, "Thank you for coming to our show!" How cool is she? It could be silly to write an entire post on the fact that Madonna used the word, "our" instead of "my", but seriously! How cool is that? Regardless of the hundreds of people that contribute to her extravagent productions, you know Madonna pours so much *blood and sweat into her music and concerts that she could easily say, "my show". Seriously, She's Madonna. She can take all the credit if she wants to.

She rocks.

*I would say Madonna pours blood, sweat, and tears into her show. However Madonna is so strong and incredible, that I have a hard time imagining her own tears going into a show. I'm sure she does, because she's human, but I love that she has that wonderful confidence about her that would make you think otherwise. That's so cool! Love her!

Why So Serious?

Yeah. Kinda feeling mixed emotions right now. I am soooooooooooo pumped for The Dark Knight. Even more so after seeing the new trailer. but i'm a little too fatigued from my recent bout with the flu to fully comprehend. Give it a day or 2, then I'll be bouncing off the walls!

Oh, and how cute is Maggie Gyllenhaal? Seriously!

Honestly?

I do put on a front. Even though everyone can see right through it, I still like to believe I'm pulling a fast one over on everyone. But you want to know the truth in all it's honesty?

I miss my roommate.

Ow!

What the crap? How can something as small as a canker hurt zo freakin' bad? Ow! I feel like I have a tiny little devil guy shoving and twisting a pitch fork in my tongue.

Ow!

Beaver Please!

So, when I was down in California last August I did some shopping. I got a really cute/cheap/fake pearl necklace. It had 3 layered strands and the bottom strand had pearls that got bigger as they made it to the center. I loved this necklace. My sister, Lindsey, called it my June Cleaver necklace.
Well one day in Late September, early October, I was at work, just minding my own, typing away when I feel this little... give around my neck. Then I feel some weight on my chest. I look down and my necklace just gave way! GAVE WAY! The line that connected to the... well the "connector" (i'm very technical) broke and before I knew it beads were going everywhere! Luckily my undershirt and bra caught most of them. I was excited that my "lovely lady lumps" have you, were able to keep many from falling to the floor. You should have seen me try and get them all out! Ha ha! I thought I had got them all. But, for the next oh... I don't know... 20 minutes or so, I would get up to go to the printer or something and :: plop :: another pearl would fall out of my shirt. It was cracking me up! They were everywhere!
So here we are, a good month and a half later, and what did I just happen to find on the floor just now? A pearl! This makes me smile.
Let it be known that my coworkers also decorated my cubible with Red balloons and confetti for the BYU-Utah game in late November. It took me FOREVER to clean up the confetti. Same thing though, I have been finding those every now and again. They, like the pearls, have just come out of the wood work! At first, I thought it would get annoying, but it's actually been fun, because whenever I see a little Red Confetti I smile and think to myself, "17-10 BYU. Undefeated in the MWC and MWC Champions!" Ha ha!

Now Wally, I want you to go in the living room and pick up those orange peels on the coffee table. If your father comes home and sees them he'll be in a terrible mood all through dinner.

Liver & Lions

Last night I went to the Little America Cafe in celebration of finals being over with. (Woo-hoo! I passed my first semester at the U with flying colors! I'm so impressed with me!) Looking at the menu I was debating what to get. When the obvious choice was seen front and center. Liver and Onions. Ahh yeah! With my nutrition class this semester, it has become very apparent that liver is packed full of vitamins and nutrients. This fun fact has peaked my interest over the past several weeks. But who the heck offers this on their menu? I sure am not going to cook it myself. The opporutnity presented itself, and I accepted. (Did I mention this was also on a first date and he looked at me like I was crazy? He did take a piece to try, but I think he was dry heaving a little when the server dropped it off.)

It was actually really good! It tastes just like regular meat, but the texture is different and takes some getting use to. It was pretty decent on its own. But the added onions and bacon ontop made it delightful! Mmmm, very delicious! I couldn't eat it all (Like usual. What is up with restaurants and their gargantuan servings?), and this bummed me out because we took tracks into the city and were going *ice skating afterwards. There was no where to store the rest of my liver and onions for safe keeping. So we gave my leftovers to a homeless man along with the remainder of our celebratory chocolate cake.

My date dropped me off and I proceeding to drive over to Tim and Leesa's house where I arrived at 12:30 and crashed on their couch. Before I knew it, it was 4:17 am, and Tim was saying we had to leave soon. We were meeting up with Mason and CW in Lehi to go Mountain Lion hunting. CW loves to hunt and has a team of... I think 7 or 8 dogs. He basically drives around in his pimp Dodge Truck and 4-wheelers looking for fresh prints in the snow. Once found, he releases a dog to pick up the scent. It's the dogs job to follow the trail to the Cougar, (raccoon, bear, what have you) and get it up in a tree. At that point, CW releases the rest of the dog pack to keep the Lion in the tree so he can take pictures of it. This intrigued me! I had already decided I would have to tag along on one of his hunting adventures one day. Imagine my surprise when I was invited to go later that night. Stoked! Anway, driving out to Faust this morning (I can't even tell you where that is in relation to anything) the temperature was -2 degrees! Brrr! We have had our share of cold and snow this year.

Tim was driving one 4-wheeler with Mason on the back holding Tabby (my favorite of the dogs. So cute!) I was on the back of CW's 4-wheeler while there was a box containing 1-3 dogs at any given point. It was pretty scrunchy, but was cracking me up! I can't imagine how CW had any room. He's a big guy, along the lines of 6'5 I think. So, my back was pressed up against a metal box, while CW was pushed up against me. My legs were straddling CW and, considering the tight circumstances, he was pressed in tight against me applying a lot of pressure to my pelivs. I am not going to lie... it was pretty damn hot. My thoughts would start to wander a bit, when suddenly WHACK! WOOSH! I would get a face full of snow from a tree branch we went racing past. Let me tell ya, there is nothing like a brisk pine tree full of snow right to the kisser to keep the thoughts nice and clean! Since CW is gigantor-man, I couldn't see infront of him to see if a tree was coming. After about 4 white washes later, I had got the system down pretty well to lean the same direction as the hoodie (aka, CW) did.

We found 2 tracks of Lion prints and 1 set of bobcat prints, with many a Rabbit and deer tracks also. It took me a bit to distinguish them, but I was a lot more experienced by the end of the day decifering wild life tracks. We did see a handful of bunnies, some deer, and horses. I hear-tell there was a coyote around, but I never saw the fuzzball.

What's better than a weekend full of Liver & Onions (with a healthy helping of bacon), and 4-wheeling in the prowl for a beautiful creature in his natural habitat with those you adore? Really, football and a movie is the only thing that would make it better. Hmmm, the Colts play the Raiders tomorrow on CBS and I'm planning on watching a little pirated Stardust. Things are looking good!


*I have only been ice skating twice before last night. Once when I was 12. I think it took me about an hour to pull myself along the side rails one whole lap. The 2nd was about 9 months ago with my dear friend Tia. Where I clutched onto her like a woman in labor clutches to her husband. I was actually pretty impressed how far I had improved because while I did fall like... 3 times last night, I was able to stay up and make considerable strides in my skating abilites. Oh, the Canadian relatives might not have to be ashamed of me in a short time.

Where to begin?

There is just not enough time for me to write all the things that are racing through my head, especially this late at night. We'll give it our best shot anyway.

Today was a very bitter-sweet day. I took my last final for the semester. Of course, it's great to have finals done and over with, but I am going to miss this semester so much. I can't begin to express the blessing it has been in my life and the effects it will play down life's path. One truly wonderful thing is feeling this great sense of accomplishment! My college career has been less than desirable before this year. I took a year off last year to try and get things in order. This semester, my attendance was really high, I followed the pace of school, and passed both classes with flying colors! This is something that hasn't happened in a long time! I'm so proud of me!

On my way into class tonight, I ran into my teacher Rachel. I haven't written about her yet simply because... I just don't even know where to start. I am just absolutely in love with her and... see... I can't seem to get it all out. She's just the neatest person. I will not get into the details of what was discussed, simply because I'm supersticous, but I was pleased with the topic.
After class I talked to her a little bit more, and she just knows how to kindle that fire of mine. Ha ha... how lesbian does that sound? She's just very passionate and so brilliant and is a great motivater to me. She has just been so supportive and has given me different ideas and suggestions to go off of. I am so grateful to her! She gave many great words of advice, and one of them is that 'clarity is power". If I am clear on what I want out of life and my education, I will get it. Hands down, I can accomplish anything I want. What an empowering feeling to hear these words coming from my role model! I left class just, so excited as I do every Thursday. I was just beaming and smiling on the way home. I wish I could translate my excitement for finally feeling like I found my place with school, and feeling very fortuante to have an amazing person to help me out along the way. And as if all of that wasn't cool enough, I am surrounded by so many magnificent family and friends that will do all they can to help me and make my goals a reality. It's truly an astonishing thing.

It might seem a little silly to switch the discussion from what has felt like a life changing semester to something as "shallow" as the Golden Globes... but never the less, here we are! (And the Golden Globes aren't shallow. They're sweet!)

The Golden Globe nominations were announced today and I was pretty excited! Both American Gangster and Eastern Promises have been nominated for Best Picture! (Which I have been wanting to write movie reviews on, but haven't had the chance yet. I gotta get on the ball!) Best musical or comedy nods include: Across the Universe, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, and Juno. All movies I have either loved or have looked forward to seeing! My Viggo was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama. (He so earns it! He's freakin' amazing in Eastern Promises! Which you would know my feelings about if I ever got around to writing that review of mine.) Johnny Depp is nominated for Best Actor in Musical/Comedy. As is John C. Reilly for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (which, by the way, this movie looks so pimp!). The best actress for a musical/comedy looks like some steep competition! Amy Adams, Nikki Blossom, Helena Bonham Carter, Marion Cotillard, and Ellen Page (Juno). My John Travolta is nominated for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Edna Turnblad. (Awesome!!!) Mann, I'm just stoked! Should be a good one! I'm excited to see Sweeney Todd (Comes out in 8 days as of this moment), Walk Hard, and Juno.

I love movies! This is just so freakin' awesome!

Mann, so there were a lot of ecstatic emotions that I was trying to express with the two topics above. I wish I could have noted them more eloquently, but that's how it goes. To sum it all up... Great semester to start off my new chapter of College Education, and a great movie and award season to look forward to!

Good One!

Wow! As if I wasn't already completely stoked to see The Dark Knight, they go and come out with this awesome poster!

Bravo... Bra-Vo!

Little Kid things

I am such a little kid. I am sooooo tired and should really just go to bed. Instead i'm sitting here fighting it! I might as well be sitting in a highchair, eyes drooping, my head dropping here and there. When before you know it, I have a nice cushion-like pillow made of spaghetti.

I need sleep, but I think i will continue to stall. That's how I roll.

...and she's one step closer to world domination...

I by no means am what you would call "political". I don't follow politics. I don't understand politics. I can't tell you the ins and outs of congress and the legislature.
Back in the summer of 2004 was when I was first introduced to Barack Obama, I thought he was way cool. From the couple of speeches I saw, I was really impressed and had a good feeling about him. I like the cut of his jib! I haven't followed much of the presidential campaigns for anyone yet, because it's just too soon for me to invest time. As the time does get closer I am of course planning on going the rounds to find out the views of the different candidates. As of current, Obama is highest on my list.
This morning, as I was walking out the door, mom had the news on and they showed how Oprah LOVES Obama and is ready to practically lay down her life in order for him to be President. Dammit Oprah! Can't you just leave it alone? Can't you just stick to your talk show and helping underpriviledged children and put the world domination on the back burner? I would be more than happy to only have you in my life between 4:00-5:00 MST (or whatever time it is). Which is actually perfect for me because I am never home at that time, meaning you would not be a part of my life.

Watch out Obama...You don't want to get overthrown before the voting even begins. I got my eye on you Oprah!

Oh, sweet.

Today I went to my parents sacrament and a new family in the ward gave talks and musical numbers. The dad played the guitar, which I loved! I have never seen someone play the guitar in sacrament before. Which I always thought was weird. You just get the piano/organ, flute or violin with an occasional harp. Why not the guitar? I don't think it's too crazy for sacrament. In fact, it was really beautiful today. I liked it.

Half way through the meeting I heard the little boy behind me "whisper" to his mom, "I have gum in my hair." Mom and I looked at one another and stiffled our laughter. So cute.

Later, I had to poke my head into mom's 11-year old primary class and give her the keys to my car. Mom said at the end of class one of the girls said, "Who was that pretty girl with the curly hair that came in here?" Oh, that totally made my day! I think back to when I was a kid and how beautiful the older girls were. It's weird to think i'm on the opposite side of that now, but I truly loved it! So sweet.

SWF seeking new alternatives

It's nights like this where it is VERY apparent changes need to be made, but what will work effectively?

~Up the sessions with Dr. S to all day/everyday.
~Just hook me up to a Valume IV that will fit neatly in my backpack and will cart around with me nice and easy.
~Down as much Dark Chocolate (with plenty Antioxidants) as much as humanly possible.
~Seriously consider what my blog title suggests and become "Chelsey the Lush".
~Investigate the the benefits of electroshock therapy, deciding any and all side effects would be well worth it.
~Push all this deep down inside where I don't have to deal with it, then procrastinate resolving any issues by watching hours upon hours of Sex and the City... or at the very least the teaser!

Yup, that helped cover up the pain oh so nicely! Ahhh... How I love you Sex and the City.

Hello Lover!

SOOOOO tired!

So... I have had a slew of topics that I wanted to blog about over the past 24 hours.

1- Killer snowstorm in Utah which has taken the lives of (let's go to the death count) 0 people. But I'm sure those figures will shoot up at any moment. DAMN YOU SNOW! No, but seriously. It's been a beast today.

2-How incredibly wierd and down right stupid it is to focus on one negative thing some ass face has said to you, when you are surrounded by so many people that sing your praises because they love, support, respect and accept you for who you are and never hesitate to be there for you no matter what. But... that post would be uber depressing.

3- My freakin' awesome Sports Nutrition Workshop that I went to today (even though it meant risking life and limb to get there... an hour late). Oh mann, so freakin' cool! I left so energized and added an additional notch to my "This is definitely my career of choice that will just fit me so well and take my anywhere I want in life" belt. Today I wore my BYU sweatshirt to the U after the Utes lost in a nailbiter game to BYU last week, and still managed to have a University of Utah Alumni get my number for her son.

4- BYU football. This is what I should REALLY talk about. But oh mann, I don't think I would shut up! There is so much greatness to talk about concerning that program! I never mentioned all the fantastical details of last weeks rivalry game and believe you me... there is A LOT to say. A LOT! Tonight we just beat SDSU making us 8-0 and undefeated in the MWC for the 2nd year in a row. Keeping our BCS hopes alive. Oh mann... so much to say there!

Instead I opt to share this short story.

In the shower just now, I was finishing up and pushed the handle in to stop the wonderful hot water spraying down upon me. :: sigh :: It felt so heavenly after a bone chilling day like today. I then stretched my foot forward, and pointed my toes along the drain as the remainding water dripped out of the faucet, trickling onto my toes. I thought to myself, "How strange. Why would I point my foot in an oh so seductive fashion as if someone were watching me- like I'm casually trying to gain their attention with my natural sexualities? It's just me in here." When out of nowhere my brain hit play on an audio recording where I hear Johnny Depp from Once Upon a Time in Mexico say, "Are you trying to give me a boner?" At this point I just started laughing in the shower. Oh mann... I would buy that movie for that scene alone. It cracks me up. He says it after his ex-girlfriend fires a gunshot in his direction. Ha ha! So awesome!