Death Cab for Cutie!

I went to their concert last night. And This is a picture I took of them from my cell phone. We were sooo close! There were only 3 people in between Ben Gibbard and I! The music was incredible, I am really happy I went.

boring people don't get bored

so why am I bored?

plastic cookies

I bought a pack of grandma's cookies from the vending machines and wanted them to be warm and soft. So I tore open the package for ventilation and put it in the microwave for 10 seconds. I looked in the microwave glass door and couldn't see the package, just the cookie. So I opened it and saw the package had shrunk tight agains the cookie and because the package was a picture of a cookie it looked like just the cookie in there. Funny huh. So yeah. Don't put cookies covered in plastic packages in the microwave. It was probably a warning...to not eat cookies.

roommate council

Last night our apartment gathered together and had roommate council. It was one of the best decisions I have made this year. It went so well, everything was laid out on the table (figuratively.) It's not like we were having issues, it is just for future issues, should they arise. We talked about pet peeves, curfew, cleaning, and emotions. I love emotions.

AND I really like my roommate Haley. She is so nice to me and lets me do whatever I want without getting mad.

Office Lango

Here are some things that have been said in my office:

"Let's all become anorexic!"
-a gathering of girls from the hotline

"There was an In-n-Out in Orem"
"No there wasn't"
"Yes there was, I remember going when I was younger!"
...silence...
"Seriously, there was an In-n-Out in Orem!"
she still thinks that.

"You can use it everday, just like you use makeup"
-Some guy talking about a website

"YOU'RE A SLUT, GOODBYE!"
- An old man making a personal call

21...and counting!

So I guess I am a year older than 20 now. To the rest of the world that means LEGAL! But I don't want to become addicted to a harmful liquid. So 21 is pretty boring I guess. I could go to vegas and gamble! That would be fun. This morning I called KOHS to request a song for my birthday and this is what they played me




Plans for the day:

Wake up whenever I want (which was 7am)
Wear my favorite clothes
keep juicy coutoure perfume in my purse to smell good ALL day long
Went to Kneaders on my way to work to get a berry croissant and a smoothie
Work until 2:00
Drive my scooter to class, take the quiz real quick, then leave
Go to SLC and buy myself an outfit from American Apparell and/or Forever 21
Get 21% off at Forever 21 because it is my 21st bday
Happy Sumo with my sister for dinner (Thanks in advance, Gina!)
Go out with friends for dessert (Thanks in advance, Veda!)
Watch Indiana Jones outside with my ward friends
Kiss a guy 21 times
It will be a good day, I just know it. And if it isn't I will MAKE it good. Like this morning I pulled a U-turn but didn't quite make it so I had to make it a 3-point turn. Traffic was approaching and had to wait for me. But I yelled out my window as I finished the turn: "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!" Yep. I love birthdays.

MOMMY

I love you love you love you!

Sum Reading

Get it? Well it means "summer reading" but I abbreviated the summer part. Last week I read "Wuthering Heights" in one week. I can't say it like that so I call it "wurthering heights" so yeah. It was alright. I didn't like the part where heathcliff gets all abusive but oh well. I am starting Enders Game right now. so yeah....see ya

Oh and do you like my new title picture and font? I made it.

Hellooo new job!

I love it. Allows me to work saturdays, take classes, have free nights, and I work with my brother.
hey thanks!

last day

To the BYU Executive Director's Office for Student Academic and Advisement Services:

Thank you for the last two years of employment. As it is my last day, I wish to recall a few memories:
this
this
and this

You were wonderful. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Hallie

babysitting

Where have you been for the last 8 days, Hallie? You may ask.

I have been babysitting my cousins.

DONE!

Thank you, Thank you.

I would like to thank Dr. Jaccard for letting me take my final late because I slept through it...on purpose...

I would also like to thank all my teachers of Winter 2008 collectively for causing this absurd heavenly fact: I never stepped foot in the testing center. No, not once. Not even twice. Actually, to be honest, not at all.

(Alright, you got me, I did step foot in there once to pass out cookies to the people coming out of the testing center)

Speaking of which, read this letter to the editor of the daily universe. Oh so rich. Scroll down to the last one: "Thanks for Treats"

Phone books and chicken feet

There are some guys in my ward that prank my apartment. Which is fun, I guess. A month ago they strung chicken feet (real) across our front door with a note that said "You guys are a foot about the rest, we love you down the feathers!"
When I drove up from my trip yesterday I caught them in the act: they were piling phone books on my porch, piling them taller than humans. haha so I flipped a U to yell at them and I almost hit a cyclist. So sorry to the cyclist I almost hit on 700 north yesterday at about 8 pm.
I asked the phone book pranksters to help me bring in my luggage, and they did! I guess we're even now.

Dancing in California

The night we arrived to California our cousin was getting ready for his prom. His "LDS Prom." They have it during the high school prom to prevent...well...yeah...so he invited me and my cousin Courtney to go with him. They aren't supposed to bring dates...it's supposed to be a stag thinger so we put on some dresses our aunt had and we went! The theme was Willy Wonka and the cultural hall of the stake center was pretty decked out in crazy decor...In the stage area they had a backdrop of a "chocolate waterfall" with bubbles coming down with a real chocolate fountain at the bottom. There was candy everywhere along with large fake lollypops. It was pretty fun I am glad i went to prom at 20. We danced and practically drank from the fondue fountain! And they emailed us the pics they took of us. They had a room with a bunch of balloons and hats and stuff to take pics of us. So here are some of the pictures they emailed me...I think of it as more of a joke than anything:

Today I was just in church in california and there were a few fun happenings.

Pringles

In Relief Society during opening exercises I realized that I was hungry. I remembered from the road trip that there were pringles in the car, in the pocket behind the front seat. So I went outside and got the pringles and hid them under my arm inside my cardigan. During loud moments where more than one person was talking or during a song (thank goodness for music moment--a second opening song) I would reach into the can under my arm and pull out a pringle and pop it into my mouth. That definitely helped pass the time and kept me from getting too hungry.

Lizard

First during the break between sacrament and sunday school I was outside with my cousin, just chillin outside to stretch my legs. Well there was a lizard. So I just had to catch this lizard because I wanted to hold it and keep it as my own. So he was like 2 feet away from me, trying to blend in with the brick. I knew I had to be fast, so I put my hand over him and GOT HIM! well he squirmed out of my fingers but I was able to keep holding on until he squirmed far enough so I was only holding on his tail and his whole tail came off and he ran away! And his tail kept moving! He ran a few steps away and he was just sitting there so i walked over to him to say sorry and he let me put my finger an inch away from his face so I thought he was dying and didn't want to move...because of his loss and everything. But before I knew it, he bolted away from me, never to be seen again. So I know he is fine...here is a part of an article I read about him:

"Many lizards can cast off their tails at will when threatened or molested. The tail "piece" continues to wiggle (twitch), attracting the attention of prey such as birds or cats, while the lizard flees to safety. This is possible because of a single natural weak point in the vertebrae of the tail and a muscle arrangement at that point designed for separation. The lizard can regenerate a new tail, but it is cartilage and has no bones."

californication

I AM GOING TO CALIFORNIA! IN AN HOUR!

p.s. my time and dates of my posts are off...jsyk

and jsyk I just made that abbreviation up. It means "Just so you know."
because it seems natural to use letters instead of words. jsyk

conference

conference
was really good...I was pretty ADD for the first session on Saturday...I kept frolicking around and getting up to do stuff and I felt like my grandma shumway...no offense to her
My favorite fam tradition about conference involves cooking. My mom and I just cooked in the kitchen all Sunday afternoon. I really enjoy cooking with my mom because she is very patient and lets me do whatever I want. And she told my sister that she was driving her nutty which meant that my mom could relate to me. She now knows how my sister makes me feel everyday. Which is like a troubled child.

I am in California

At my roommate's house. We drove up in a Suburban and there were 9 people in it so it was squishy but we just got back from the beach and it was heaven. Although I am a lobster back. It hurts. I really love being here!



I fell really hard when I first ran up to the water. It wasn't a sandy beach it was a flat mossy rock beach so I slipped, my feet fell from underneath me and I landed on my back. Katherine's been taking count of how many times I fall each day. The beach alone = 5 times.