Friday Video: GLEE

Last season brought us singing and dancing and a kid in a wheel chair and fake pregnancy and real pregnancy and a kid in a wheelchair and all the amazing lines from the crazy cheerleading coach and high school drama and adult world drama and secret romances and bustin' windows of cars.
So how can you NOT be excited for the next season of Glee?!

The One Where Heather Makes A List

Lately, I've been having to deal with some Negative Nancys and they've been dragging me down into their Pit of Eternal Unhappiness. But, today I found a few words of wisdom courtesy of Yahoo News:

"When people lash out at you with a response that is totally
disproportionate to the situation, think about where their behavior is coming from. If all you're doing is ringing up their groceries, chances are it's not about you. That negativity is an outpouring of what's going on with them -- maybe they hate their job or are dealing with intense stress. Is their behavior appropriate or kind? Absolutely not. But it's a barometer for the state of their life, and not a reflection of who you are."

There was some other great advice, so if you feel you need some help dealing with those downers, read it here.

I also read a great list of the small pleasures that make life great. I thought about what's on my list of "the little things", and here's what I came up with:

1. sleeping in
2. going out to eat with friends
3. laughing
4. finding a great book to read
5. naps
6. wearing my pajamas all day
7. when my favorite song comes on the radio
8. milkshakes
9. saturday morning pancakes
10. hot chocolate
11. when a cat curls up with me
12. long talks with unexpected people
13. homemade cheeseburgers
14. when I sneak into an empty room at work and watch the sun rise over the mountains
15. when people say "thank you"
16. old pictures
17. shiny things
18. when someone sends me a happy text message
19. watching a new episode of my favorite TV shows
20. calling my mom
21. decorating cupcakes
22. when I'm so tired after hiking up a mountain, then looking down at the view
23. sledding
24. macaroni and cheese from the box
25. breathing the air after it rains
26. long car rides when you're with someone who understands talking isn't always necessary
27. a great hair day
28. sunshine
29. new clothes
30. painting my nails
31. silent snowfalls
32. hot showers
33. pretty flowers
34. crayola crayons
35. cran-grape juice
36. cheesy stories
37. bamboo plants
38. spending all day watching a movie marathon
39. sitting in the hot tub while it's snowing
40. sliding across the floor in your socks
41. that feeling you get when all your homework is done
42. saying random quotes that totally fit the moment
43. cookies just out of the oven
44. friday nights knowing there's no obligations tomorrow
45. the smell of vanilla
46. when my favorite author comes out with a new book
47. ...or rereading old favorites
48. watching funny videos on Youtube
49. summer mornings
50. scrambled eggs on toast

50 wonderful things! What's on your list?

Friday Video Love

It's Friday!

The Dutch equivalent of Wal-mart has awesome ads.
Wal-mart, take note.

The One Where Heather Grows Up

Last month, BYU gave me an nice birthday present: acceptance into the School of Journalism.

I always look this cute when I get letters.

When I tell people this, they inevitably ask me what I am going "to do".
I reply, "Get a job. " (duh)
Then they want to know WHAT KIND of job.
As if I have any clue.
So I pondered what I should be when I "grow up", and have drawn up the following list of jobs I would consider having:


A MUPPET
Who doesn't want to be a Muppet? I could be cute and furry and get to sing songs and tell jokes all day.

Muppets can be investigative reporters too.

A WRITER FOR A TV SHOW
I love TV so much that I think, what could be more fun than creating a TV show? If I could write for any TV show currently on television, it would be PSYCH, though I don't think I could ever be as funny as they are.

A SPY
When I was about 9 years old, my childhood best friend and I decided we wanted to be spies, just like Harriet the Spy. We had spy notebooks and came up with little bags of stuff we would need to go undercover. Of course, since we both lived in normal, boring neighborhoods, we never actually found anyone to spy on.

A SUPERHERO
I love superheroes. Mostly I want to be a superhero so I could have the powers, not because I want to save people. And I would probably end up abusing my powers. So I guess that makes me a supervillain. But I'm ok with that, as long as I could fly.

Superheroes get to hang out with other superheroes. I would hang out with him.

AN AUTHOR

I have always wanted to be an author, ever since I was in second grade. In fact, the before-mentioned childhood best friend and I started writing many things, including a tale about a loveable character we named Morty the Mighty Mouse. It was about three sentences long, and then we spent the rest of our efforts trying to get the cute boy on the playground to star in the theater adaptation we planned to write. Now, however, my efforts at writing novels have come along way.

Other things I would consider:
Magazine editor
Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Publishing editor
One of those people who gets to watch all the movies and decide what the ratings should be
Movie script writer
A ninja
Book reviewer
Evil overlord attempting to take over the world

What does this list tell us? Probably that I should finish my degree, and figure the rest out later.

The One Where Heather Starts A Blog

Since so many people have been asking me if I have a blog, I figured I better make one. So you better read it.

Everytime I go to the Museum of Art on campus, I leave annoyed. They're always telling me what to do! Either my backpack is too big so I have to leave it at the front desk, or I'm standing too close to the pictures, or I'm sketching a picture in an area you're not allowed to sketch in. It's not like I'm sketching this weird Rembrandt so I can go home and frame it--it's for class. Sheesh.

Now I can see why people want to cut off funding for the arts--art people are super obnoxious.

Apparently this tree is art. But you're probably not allowed to sketch it.