I guess I'm not Peter Pan

Hey there.

I don't know what's happening, I keep growing up. 

The Lists

Listening: 

-Iron and Wine

-The White Stripes

-The Lighthouse and the Whaler

-Fitz and the Tantrums

-The Hunts

-The Head and the Heart

-Admiral Fallow

-The Oh Hello's

-Of Monsters and Men

-Beta Radio

Reading:

-The Ear the Eye and the Arm

-The Westing Game

-Flipped

-The Makeover of James Orville Wickenbee

-Austenland

-Capt. Hook

-The Great Gatsby

-Sense and Sensibility

-Life of Pi

-Ender's Game

Just February.

Honesty: February stressed me out and I'm glad it's over. I often found myself trying to blog but only having one small thing to say, so I decided to write the things down as I thought them and so here they are. None connect with each other, but here's an idea what it's like to know what I'm thinking:

Working out my nose just in case, by chance,  I ever get turned into a bunny rabbit.

I'm just so sick of all these nice guys. I want a guy who really knows how to hate. "That's ridiculous" you say? Let me ask you this: If a man doesn't know how to hate, can he fully know how to love?

I don't want to clean my room because I might clean up the memories of you.

My friend called his mom while he was driving to Wendy's the other day. This is what he said; "Mom, I just got mad at the windshield wipers and I hit them and I broke the windshield." My friends is the Hulk.

Taylor Swift was asked to follow Michael Jackson on my radio today. It was a sad day for Taylor Swift.

For English we have to present a topic of our choice. My friend, to start his presentation on the American-Canadian relationship, ripped off his pants revealing the American flag shorts underneath.

I think Harry Potter metaphors are the best. Like if you are facing something you fear, you can always just defeat it by finding it funny.

Well there you have it. An idea of what it's like in my head. I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope your February doesn't ruin your March. 

February 18th

Fifteen things I learned from being fifteen:

1. If you would rather not be around someone, then don't be around them.

2. Never loose your identity because you're trying to be someone else.

3. If you let Him, God will take your burdens and make them light. 

4. There is nobody that is going to do your work for you. You're challenges were made for you to face them. 

5. Sometimes it's ok just to sit down and take in the world as it is. 

6. Change is hard. But so worth it. 

7. Driving is better with good music playing. In fact, everything is better with good music playing.

8. You shouldn't give up on dreams. But you also shouldn't let them become your reality. 

9. Every person you meet has something worth while in them. It's just harder to find with some people than others.

10. You cannot have an adventure unless you go out and make an adventure. 

11. Sometimes you just need to make a decision and jump. 

12. Too much of anything will kill you. Even too much of the good things.

13. You're never too old to climb trees. You're never to little to climb mountains.

14. If things are coming to an end, it's only because other things are coming to a beginning.

15. Life is hard for everyone, but those who do not choose to find joy in the ordinary have it harder than anyone else. 

Some thoughts about the month of love.

Have you ever noticed that when someone has a nice singing voice it makes them that much more attractive? I never understood why, but it's true. 

Have you ever wondered why people who are not actually six years old give other people teddy bears for valentines day? It's like "here, I got you a teddy bear because I don't do a good enough job of cuddling you." Just saying. 

Have you ever thrown up at the cheesiness of valentines day in general? Why does everything have to be bright pink? There has to be a better way to show someone you love them than shoving pictures of cupid and red roses down their throats.

Have you ever thought that the millions of couples in high school is disgusting? Seriously, there's so much love in the air it's giving me mono.

Have you ever noticed that nobody actually likes valentines day? I think that this is because we, as a country, as a community, as a world, celebrate it wrong. All wrong. Love is not made out of teddy bears and cupid arrows and great pink hearts. It's something all together more wonderful. 

So, since it's the month of love I guess I will share with you some things I love and am thankful for and hopefully this will make up for not buying anyone a dozen red roses. 

I love my parents. They watch over me and protect me. They help me grown and want what's best for me. 

I love my sisters. They're my best friends and I can't imagine life without them as constant sources of comfort. 

I love my brother. He's an idiot some of the time, but I look up to and admire him. I know he wants what's best for me. 

I love my friends. The ones who sit and listen to me talk about my meltdowns, or put up with my constant teasing about "Missouri". I love the people who have stood by me when nobody else has. 

I love my teachers. My church teachers and my school teachers. I love what they have to share with me and how they want me to succeed. 

I love my Savior. I love my Heavenly Father. I love the Holy Ghost. They are the ones who know exactly how I feel and how to help me. 

Thanks for reading my sort of sappy post. I hope the beginning wasn't too cheeky for those of you who believe in the commercial side of Valentines day. Please enjoy the rest of this month of love and don't take love for granted. 

Just another pointless post.

Whatever. We like twirling ok? 

Today during family night I discovered that I have the same personality as William Shakespeare. I am honestly intensely proud of this moment.

Mermaid class starts in 11 days. Fancy that.

I'm sorry the whole blogging thing hasn't been happening lately.

I've taken to drawing pickles with crayons. Stake Conference does weird things to me.

Last night I finished the Westing Game. I seriously recommend it to anyone who likes puzzle mysteries.

Today I drove by myself a little which is honestly the most freeing feeling in the world.

It's only taken me a week to write this post so I hope you enjoyed it.

Whatever and the end.

Not all that is gold glitters.

Well JRR Tolkien says that  "not all that is gold glitters" but there has been a lot of gold in my life lately, so I thought I'd better decide what glitters and what doesn't.

Gold that does glitter:

-My Divine Nature sign for New Beginnings

-The paper crowns Emily and I spray painted

-The Jars Emily and I are using

-The hipster banner I made

-Basically everything I have prepared for New Beginnings

Gold that doesn't glitter:

-Trips to St. George with my family

-Pizza runs on fridays

-The combination of good shoes and well done hair

-Planning lessons on who you are

-Advertising and Commercial art

-Weeks full of simple joys to get me through

Please enjoy your week and watch for the gold that doesn't glitter. I know it's hard, especially when you have 3 tests and a project within two days and drivers ed on top of that, but I think if you keep yourself close to God, He will get you through all that you can't on your own.

Stay gold Pony Boy.

Oh hey.

Hello friend, I'm back from St. George and I already want to go back.

On this trip I bought some lip gloss, 

played mermaids,

missed a great friends birthday party,

watched some pointless Mormon movies,

sang too much Little Women,

walked a 5K,

had a sleepover with the coolest 12 year olds,

ate trillions of cookies,

took some family pictures, 

got my makeup done, 

chilled in a bubble bath, 

creeped on some kids, 

just kept eating Neaders, 

watched the SAG awards, 

ignored all the social media for which I am totally not sorry. 

Trying to be a good blogger.

Pointless picture: check.

Posting twice in a week: check.

Writing pointless stuff that nobody cares about: check

Sometimes I refuse to watch things online before they're out just because I need something to look forward to. 

Sometimes I make my mom buy me beauty products because I secretly feel like life can be better with lipgloss. 

Sometimes I get mad and hurt and chose not to have important conversations over blogger because that's ridiculous. 

Sometimes I draw people with sombreros in kaiaks for assignments in classes.

Sometimes I play My Country Tis Of Thee even though it's January and Independence day is 6 months away.

Sometimes I listen to long musicals so I know the story even when I've never seen the play. 

Sometimes I get really, really excited because Gilligan's Island and Hogan's Heroes are on and I have an addiction to black and white TV.

Sometimes I think that people get too worked up over things in highschool. Friendships shouldn't be hard. 

Whatever. Blogging is a struggle these days, just like reading is. I don't know why but things that once were easy to me are hard now. Oh well, I think that if you look too deeply into things eventually you'll drown. Cheers. 

Lets pretend that never happened.

Sorry that I just kind of dropped off the planet. Lets pretened that never happened.

Now that I'm back, from outer space, lets get down to business.

I promise to try and be a better blogger, even when I think nobody is reading this. 

I promise to write dumb things that is of no importance because that is what real life is. 

I promise to post pictures as often as I can even if it's not a good picture.

Now please let me make good on my promises and start telling you dumb things that, in all honesty, are my life:

For your enjoyment here are some random insults that I take pride in coming up with while around people that drive me crazy:

"It's boys like you that make me understand why some girls choose to be nuns."

"I can think of 100 fictional characters that are more real than you."

"I'd rather kiss a dementor than you. Just so you know."

I like posts with no real purpose or structure so how about I catch you up on my life lately:

The week after Christmas: I realized that I'm an introvert because books and movies are more interesting than some of my friends. I also became addicted to a TV show called "Sherlock" and I am currently counting down the days until the new season comes out. 

The week after the week after Christmas: I went to the lamest New Years Eve dance ever, then I stayed up until 4:00 in the morning watching Here Comes the Boom and talking about chicken wings with the coolest people in the entire world. I ate a cupcake, saw The Book Theif, and took some pictures which was awesome. Here's one of them, the rest are here. 

The week after the week after the week after Christmas (last week):

My cat judged me hard for watching the bachelor with my brother and yelling things like "I love you Juan Paublo!" I made a playlist with songs about being in a good mood and am currently listening to it like a boss. I said "whatever" way too many times, and was far too weary of people to try to make a conversation. 

Well now, I guess that gets you all caught up with what I've been doing lately. Also, an award goes to whoever can name how many times I quoted song lyrics in this post.