i like.

1 Writing new songs.

2 Dark nails

3 New friends. And old ones.

4 Never making plans.

5 Cute boys.

6 No contacts.

7 My iPod touch.

8 Compliments.

9 Dutty Love by Sean Kingston

10 Cardigans.

resolution.

I have some things I want to do this year. Some of them should have been done sooner. But now's better than never. These resolutions include:

• Bear my testimony in church.
• Buy an SLR camera.
• Get a 3.5 GPA or better this spring.
• Get up on the dang wakeboard.
• Perform my music in public.
• Eat some Indian cuisine in America.
• Get out of the country. Or atleast the state.

After I complete each goal I'll blog about my experience. Some might be kind of boring, others may not. Either way, I'm really excited. And I won't fail. Atleast not without trying.

last year.

Was a good year, I'd say. 2010.

I bought my first pair of heels this year. That's kind of a big deal, considering I'm a shrimpo. Atleast compared to my family.

Andrew got married in April. And his wife is pretty cool. Good thing, cause she got 4 new sisters. And you know how girls can be.


Megan and I went on a bunch of photoshoots this year, so as to improve our photography skills while having nice bff bonding time. We hung out a ton and I miss it.

I went to India for 6 weeks. Near the end I wanted to go home so bad and I swore I'd never miss it. But, I do. I really, really do. I miss the kids, the music, the food, the mall, the shopping, riding with Jailsingh on his motorcycle, the auto's, even the nasty streets.



I've played my guitar this semester more than I ever have, I think. I played a lot in high school... but not this much. I love it. I'm learning tons of new songs and writing some. I feel like I've improved a lot, too.

Katie got back from her mission in Boston. I love hanging out with her because we almost never fight. She's been home for one month and we've only gotten cross with each other once, which hardly counts.

I got Lasik eye surgery last week. It was absolutely terrifying. Everyone said that it was super quick and easy and painless. They lied. After my first eye I wanted to ask them if I could cry for 5 minutes before they did my other eye. But I didn't. And they moved right on to the next eye. I made it through though. Katie did it right before me, so it was nice that we did everything together afterwards.

Those are some highlights of 2010. There are many more, but these are the ones I can think of.

christmas

Best things about Christmas this year:
1 Bowling Christmas Eve. I got my first turkey ever.
2 My new iPod Touch.
3 The whole family being home. All 8 of us.
4 Hanging out with Katie, since I haven't seen her for 18 months!
5 Shopping.
6 Playing with Erica and Megan. We haven't all played together since July. And by golly, I missed it!
7 Tacano's + Temple Square + Jazz game.
8 Hanging out with college friends.

9 Getting Lasik over with and knowing I'll never have to wear glasses again. Unless I get old...which I do hope to.

10 Just relaxing and playing my guitar everyday and not stressing about school.

music & memories

So, I've been thinking about all the songs that remind me of different things that I've done or just old memories, and I thought I'd share a few.

Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
I listened to this song a TON in India. I always listened to it when I went to sleep. I was feeling a bit lonely for the first while I was there and for some reason this song just made me feel better.
Steps In My Fade - Love You Long Time
Two summers ago (2009), Megan and I were EFY counselors in Taylorsville together. We carpooled to and from everyday. We wanted to learn this whole song by the end of the week... and I'm pretty sure we did it much sooner. We listened to it most of the way there and back and sang along. It was so fun! It made us so freaking hyper, which was good. Cause EFY counselors are supposed to be crazy.
Mr. Right - A Rocket To The Moon
Reminds me of this summer. The music video makes it way better though, because the singer is oddly attractive. It also reminds me of Aleisha cause she was also in love with it and we talked about how attractive the singer is. I would get home from playing and doing summer frolicks and I'd go down in my room and blog and photoshop and facebook chat and listen to this song until wee hours of the night.
Counting Your Worries - The Continentals
One of my all time favorite songs. My band in high school, TeliFone Pole, was me, Erica, and Megan. Megan dated Erik for a while, who was also a drummer. He went through various bands and ended with this one; the best one. We all (all of our other band friends including Bradley, Trevor, Adam, Peter, and Josh) played shows together, went to each other's shows, and had open mics. I remember going The Continentals basement show at some rich house in Sojo. It was after our first pie party. Me, Erica, Megan, and Peter. They played this song in their set. I don't even know how to explain the feeling, but I seriously love this song so much. So everytime I listen to it I think of high school and all of my music friends and how we went to shows 3 times a week during the summer.
Red Lights and White Lines - Between The Trees
This song reminds me of two things. First: driving. In high school I loved it and I always listened to it while driving. Second: Warped Tour with Megan. This is kind of random because we didn't see them at Warped Tour. They were on the schedule and we looked at what time they were playing and were planning on seeing them, but somehow we missed it. Either we forgot or we just lost track of time, I can't remember. But we were both really bummed.

now that i'm here

So...
I decided to make a video of a song I wrote in high school.
It's called "Now That I'm Here".
So, check it out if you please!

Thanksgivin!

Awww man. Thanksgiving break was epic!
Um, jk, I hate that word.
It was just really, really good.
Here are some of the highlights:

Shooting with Father

Jazz game with Father. Best Jazz game ever. We beat the Lakers.

HP with Carlee and Lindsay. Definitely the best one. The only problem,
the guy next to me kept belching.
It was nasto.
And a baby in front of us kept whining...

Wrestling with Andrew. Mom made us stop, but it was really fun.
He shows no mercy.

Cafe Rio twice in one day. Thank you Mom and Dad.

Showing Andrew and Dad the Gay Lobbyist video. Andrew had to get up and leave the room he was laughing so hard.