things I do like about snow

- it's pretty
- I'm dreaming of a white christmas
- sometimes it's fun
- tonight, the entire zupas parking lot was one big ice cube, and I skated on it
- sleding
- hot cocoa, even though I don't usually like it, snow makes me love it
- nights are way awesome when it's snowy
- that's it

things I do not like about snow

- it's cold
- it's wet
- it's cold and wet
- dangerous to drive in
- makes everything look dismal
- you can't just go somewhere, it has to be a huge deal
- it takes like an hour to go anywhere
- it makes zupas super slow
- it's cold
- you can't go anywhere
- your purple vans get wet
- your car gets stuck
- your dogs gets stuck
- ice
- cold

things that make me giggle

- my friggin sweet purple vans
- the fact that I am in love with a 32 year old gay mexican
- my sister and I have matching jackets
- the hole in my jeans
- that time I got my tongue stuck to a frozen pole
- the sticker on my laptop, his name is Purple The Dinosaur
- the hat jorge gave me for christmas
- the bag jorge gave me for christmas
- christmas is in exactly six days
- the breakfast club, the play
- muddie buddies, aka puppy chow, aka monkey munch
- I think purple is my favorite color
- when my seminary teacher saw my shoes, he bust out in a fit of giggles
- my dog's void of a tail
- skullcandy headphones?
- all you need is love
- singing christmas carols to the alzheimers ward, in spanish
- greg's head
- celtics v. jazz in february! and I want to go
- running with scissors, a memior by agusten burroughs
- I have a cross eyed white cat

things jenni is going to do, and subsequently love

play with merin sometime
go to college, because she is very smart
bake some daggum good donuts

by: Merin!

things I love about work, a list in no particular order

- the bread
- my gay mexican lover
- samalander
- Duncan
- sleeping on the concrete in the sun, or rain, depending on my health status
- parking lot sessions, when they used to happen
- the colors
- the christmas tree
- dance parties
- gregorio jesus delgado
- hmmm, even Izzy
- "tranquila" "tequila?" "shakira shakira"
- victorino
- "la la la, la la la, elmo's song"
- all of my mexican lovers
- working doubles
- there's never a dull moment at cafe zupas
- C O L A cola
- chef's coats
- 2 years?! are you serious!?!
- Maria Isabel
- Español
- I have always wanted to spit on a grill
- I have always wanted to wear one of the big mixing bowls as a hat
- all christmas music, all the time
- Jen-Tron the hippie
- y coneja
- sitting on the trash cans
- julia always talks super fast, and it is SUPER intense
- I can longboard to work in 14 minutes, which is an awesome thing
- sitting on the floor in the office
- pay day!

reasons why I haven't posted in, what? almost a month

- I am dying of a terrible disease
- I have mono
- I had strep
- school
- work
- sleep, all I can do is sleep
- that's about it

TO DO

a list of things, to do
-eat this cheese omelet
-missy, I will do the homework... soon... ish
-oh write this friggin huge story that I have barely started
-ben's birthday bash
-stop playing video games
-clean my room
-wash the dog
-brush my teeth
-oo thankgiving
-OOOO CHRISTMAS. yikes.
-tell you about that dream I had
-figure out a good excuse of why I can't go to college, sharon says that being allergic to college isn't a good enough excuse
-see an old friend
-learn how to break dance
-oh yeah, plan a dance for next tuesday
-find a dj
-get some money
-bomb the ACT administration

a lits of times I have fallen off my long board, and injuries obtained

- one time I was standing on it in my drive way, and a friend decided to shout my name from far away and scare me, I fell for the first time, and I hit my funny bone.
- after work once, I was long boarding through the parking lot of Reams and I ran over a small bit of plastic and made me fall forward. I spilled coke and custard everywhere, it was probably pretty hilarious to watch. I hit and bruised my sternum (which means sword in latin) and I scraped my chin and forearm.
- I hate winter and one time I was long boarding home, after work and a parking lot session, and it had been raining all day. The rain made the bridge slightly slippery, so when I carved my wheels decided to slide out from under me and I fell on my side. I hit my hip and bruised it pretty badly, and my shoulder was really sore and I also hit my head, but only slightly, I'm pretty good at protecting my head.
- again I say, I hate winter. During fall things fall from trees, like leaves and sticks. Sticks are hard to travel over on a long board, at high speeds. When you try to travel over sticks on a long board at high speeds, you fall, and when your hands are in your pockets, you fall like a log and look dumb. My shoulder hurts, a lot. This was also the first time my long board has caused any sort of blood pouring from my body (it was more of a trickle really).
- that's all. for now.

a list of the most important kind

Obama is the president of the United States of America

things that made me excited today

-election day, duh!
-free coffee to voters
-Mojados through the night
-Of Mice and Men
-my dog
-Spanish
-Tuesday means clean aprons and towels at work
-my phone lives, again
-Thanksgiving is just around the river bend
-Taco Tuesday!
-Cedar wore his awesome tie dye shirt today
-my vans are so cool
-my shirt is 100% organic, 0% sweat shop
-necrotizing fasciitis!

Spanish Vocab List, Week 3

constipación- a cold (the virus)
estreñido- constipation
embarazada- pregnant
verguenza- embarressment
emocionante- excited
emocional- emotional
éxito- success
salida- exit
largo- long
grande- large
molestar- to disturb, to bug
abusar- to abuse
tuná- cactus
atún- tuna

things that are a big deal

-jorge let me see his head and touch it!
-palin could potentially become the president of the free world, so I'm moving to canada
-I have a wicked awesome blog
-I have been working at zupas for two years, this month
-I am a senior in high school
-I will, most likely, be going to college next year
-I have never been to the circus
-I would rather be poor than rich
-I have a purple dinosaur sticker on my laptop, Cedar gave it to me

Spanish Vacab List, week 2

actualmente- currently
en realidad- actually /in reality
advertercia- warning
anuncio- advertisement
asistir- to attend
ayudar- to assist/help
blanco- white
en blanco- blank
campo- field/wilderness/countryside
campamento- camp
carpeta- notebook
alfombra- carpet
contestar- to answer
disputar- to contest
concurso- a contest
chocar- to crash
arragantarse- to choke

things I would rather do than go to college

- go to canada
- hang out with cedar
- sit in Diana's office
- be Bev's full time TA
- be a senior again
- be a kindergartner again
- travel, ya know around the world, or at least through central america
- work at Zupas, Izzy already said I could
- learn to play the drums
- win the lottery
- create handmade broaches
- move to a foreign land
- learn a new language
- plaster Crucible posters everywhere

what happens in Montana, does not stay in Montana

-finally get to grama and grandpa Ockey's
-sleep, wonderful sleep
-play
-read
-play with cousins, Cedar's particular fancy
-eat Grama Ockey's wonderful vegetarian, gluten free food
-read
-Montana history museum
-MacDonalds
-Carrousel and Ice cream
-religious discussions up the wazoo
-fun at the city park
-read
-glorious farmer's market
-buy soap
-walk the gulch
-eat food, good food
-chocolate shop
-book store
-buy books and buttons
-toy store
-more city park
-everyone takes a turn on the swings and in the little red car
-grama Ockey's wonderful free-of-everything-everyone's-allergic-to-or-choosing-not-to-eat food
-read
-visit Grandpa Ockey at the church
-pack the bags
-get in the car
-stop for drinks
-drive
-stop for drinks
-drive
-MacDonals
-shop at Patagonia in Dillon, Montana
-drive
-Burger King
-home

15 things I am not ashamed of

1. I have no money in any long term savings
2. I stole a computer, just for three years
3. I have been playing snake for the past two hours
4. I spend more time at school and work than I do at home, including the time I'm sleeping
5. when I take off my shoes I rub the scum out from in between my toes
6. I just youtubed The Impossible Quiz Answers
7. I wore pink cowboy boots for years as a child
8. As a kindergartner I was convinced that I could be the pink power ranger when I grew up
9. I hate pink
10. I am in love with about six mexican men, one of whom happens to be gay
11. my best friend (on this continent, under the age of twenty) is six
12. I puked in the parking lot of the Utah Office of Education (I'm actually really proud of that)
13. I swear in my head, a lot
14. my math teacher used to think I was a pothead
15. I dance like a madman

Getting to Montana, a list of events

- stop for drinks at Will's
- quick trip t0 the bank
- on the road
- utah state office of education
- drop off important check for walden
- puke in the parking lot
- stop at gas station for drinks
- switch seats to accommodate the nauseous
- stop just into idaho to pee
- car sickness drugs!
- stop for drinks and snacks at Arby's
- Subway
- stop at the only place in Idaho Falls that has anything Sharon can eat
- Cedar finally exhausts all entertainment in the confines of the car
- officially in montana
- stop to pee
- stop to pee again
- grama Ockey's!

things I fear

- pneumonia
- an ant, earwig, or other small creatures crawling in my ear
- being alone
- boys
- college

things I am no good at

- making phone calls
- killing people, in my story of course
- planning to plan
- reading
- turning work in, on time
- respecting authority
- wearing makeup
- writing letters
- halloween
- dealing with crazy people
- lying

things that smell good

- me after a bonfire
- boys
- incense
- watermelon soap
- katrina's hugs
- wisconsin cauliflower
- sharon's cheese sandwiches
- eric's head
- cap'n crunch
- people
- nature
- rain
- mexican markets
- smoke
- the asplund's kitchen
- home made bread

a good oldfashion To Do list

- kill someone, in my story of course
- read a book
- get some money
- clean my room
- discussion questions
- wash the dog
- write a letter to a friend
- go to california
- brush my teeth
- put sheets on my bed
- email the broseph
- find a pen
- go to college

reasons why I love cold cereal, a list.

-it's cold
-it's crunchy
-there are just so many varieties
-you can eat it at any point of the day and it's okay
-I have eaten it in every country I've been to
-some of it's nutritious,
-but most of it isn't
-milk, I found my love for milk via cold cereal
-the box, you've got dinner and a show when ever you sit down
-you can eat it in a bowl, you can eat it in a bag, you can eat it with a fork
-it fits any mood, any age, any time
-it's good

things that hurt

-my hip, cause I fell on it
-my head, cause I fell on it also
-my feet, cause they do
-my back, cause that's what happens when I work all day
-the big toe on my left foot, cause someone stepped on it
-my knee, cause it's broken
-my eye, cause I got soap in it
-my nose, cause I got this stupid zit on it
and
-my tongue, because I bit it

things that do not make me nervous

- blood
- poetry
- internet
- sitting on tables
- hanging upside down
- smoke
- planes
- deserted islands
- fruit stripes gum
- sleeping anywhere with anyone around
- adorable gay mexicans
- dancing, a lot
- having weird hair
- piercing my ear
- calling my boss' by their nicknames

what makes me nervous?

-a list-
"soup makes me nervous"
social situations
the dread right next to my left ear
wall mounted TVs
lying
getting stuck in holes with chinchillas
public speaking
dresses
those big crayon bank things
adults
reading
mosquitoes
hair
shower curtains
global warming
earwigs
people who don't recycle
cheerleaders
the fan sound in bathrooms
blinking lights
phones when they vibrate
phones when they're not answered
phones when they vibrate and are not answered
alarm clocks
money
doctors offices
senior year
violins
leaving messages, that don't involve yelling
McPailin
buying pants
ants, particularly of the red variety
standardized tests
text books
ticking clocks
snow
racism
long finger or toe nails
college
puke
turtle necks
talking on the phone
paperwork
junk
stitches
dirty socks
being alone
hatred
people
crumbs
people touching my face, specifically gregasaurus

things I like, in no particular order

*mixing silly putty
* water guns
* random molecules
* clif bars
* couscous, the food so nice they named it twice
* fire
* spray paint
* Led Zeppelin
* Walgreens
* Chuck Taylors
* prayer rugs
* cucumbers
* permanent markers
* lists
* records
* harmonicas
* change jars
* natural bodies of water
* postcards
* picnics
* cilantro
* coke
* horchata
* adorable hispanic boys
* spiral patterns
* songs in spanish
* big hugs
* chatting online
* toad voices
* the dreaded vegetable
* provo canyon
* "Hello, my name is" stickers
* Bob Dylan
* quote walls
* that christmas tree in my bedroom
* flying, longboard style
* composition notebooks
* tie dye
* Guatemala
* sleeping bags
* stephanie's classroom
* stars
* backpacking
* trees
* Jack Kerouac's On The Road
* my backpack
* finger painting
* my vans
* walkabouts
* cabins
* buying books
* Captain Stella Bella Supertramp
* my peace ring
* tattoos
* cool band-aids
* beards
* school lunch
* dandelions
* bare feet
* Timp Lodge
* my dreadlocks
* snakes
* mud
* photographs
* volcanoes
* couches
* bandanas
* sleeping on concrete in the sun
* swings
* brown eyes
* baskets
* honeysuckle
* my school
* music
* pirates
* hidden staircases
* puddles
* water bottles
* road trips
* clover
* mismatched socks
* accents
* pi
* science
* hiking
* breaking glass
* fields
* et cetera