Emily

"The Area's Best Things to Eat"

2010-05-11T17:50:00.005-06:00

Someone please tell me what these are. I found this ad on the sidebar of facebook, and just can't stop thinking about it.

Burgers? Burger-shaped scented pencil erasers? Because that's what they look like to me. Who would purchase such a thing?

The Whole World and You

2010-03-16T23:42:00.001-06:00

Hey everyone. I know I haven't posted in a while, but I've been busy! My most recent project is a new website that I hope you'll all take a look at.

www.thewholeworldandyou.com

A unique perspective on music, television, film,
sports, politics, sex and pop culture

New content will be added daily, and I hope you'll make it a part of your daily reads! Come on over and leave us a comment or two, and bookmark us so you don't forget to come back.

Much love,

Emily

Until Now

2009-10-26T23:29:00.004-06:00

I have to look at this poster all day at work.

Up until today, I didn't give it a second thought. Now it makes me sad.

Vanilla Twilight

2009-07-26T22:43:00.002-06:00

Right now I am sitting outside on the front porch being dined upon by ravenous mosquitoes as the moths flock to the light of my laptop screen. The neighbor kids are lighting fireworks down the street and the popping sounds echo off the mountains and interrupt my train of thought.

The other day I dropped my laptop and it landed on the power cord, right where it plugs in to the back. It broke off a crucial piece. Now I have to order a $20 piece of plastic that is the size of my pinky fingernail, and somehow manage to install it without breaking anything else.

Me + the Apple Store + my iPod = FAIL. Me + Google + my iPod = FIXED.

Jelli.net is awesome. Also, Last.fm, ftw.

I managed to get through the day only having told one person the fuck off and get a life. It’s okay, it was on the Internet. It’s still early, though.

This root beer float is delicious.

New playlist: Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Owl City, The Shins.

There is a nest of five tiny baby birds inside the hanging flower basket outside my front door. They squeak and chirp so helplessly. I feel really sad for them for some reason.

I finished my clinical hours at the hospital. Tomorrow morning I find out when I can take my state boards. When I learn the date of those tests, I will know precisely when I can leave this damn place for good and escape to a city that knows my name…. the city where I want to be.

For now, I just sit and listen. To this:

Shady Wireless In The Projects

2009-06-19T14:57:00.003-06:00

I am parked outside the Seattle Housing Autority Project near the waterfront. And, No, I will not be connecting to Darrell's Manhole.

Eight x Six

2009-06-14T18:45:00.005-06:00

8 Things I like a whole lot:

Pie. I was going to say just pumpkin pie, but then I decided not to discriminate.
Sleeping In. Or perhaps just sleeping in general. I've had the chance to sleep in the last 3 days because I didn't have to work at all. I like it even better when the weather is crappy.
Traveling. I love getting on a plane and going to explore a new place. I especially like going alone... it's amazing. I also really enjoy going to places that aren't new... to see friends and family.
Rain. Yeah, I love the rain. I only like the snow for a little while, and then I'm sick of it.
Candles. Right now I am enjoying the relaxing fragrance of AVEDA's 'Shampure" candle.... it's the best smell in the universe.
Good song lyrics. "Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought." --E.Y. Harburg
Laughing. I particularly love laughing until I can't breathe, especially at stupid things that only a few people understand.
The Beach. It's where I wish I was now, and where I won't be for a while. I love the sand between my toes, and the sun on my face. Cliche, I know.

8 Phrases I Say Often:

"She is trag." As in, 'tragic'. Most likely when referring to someone with unfortunate style, or poor hygiene.
"Suriously?" Pronounced like the name of TomKat's offspring.
"Yo." The usual way I answer the phone when my dad is calling.
"Is he/she kidding me?" A multi-purpose saying, most likely spoken when someone is wearing/doing/saying/acting/looking like anything I object to.
"I'm not going to answer that." Why answer the phone when you don't feel like it?
"What the fungool?" I like to swear in Italian.
"I don't have enough money." 'Nuff said.
"Are you on the phone?" I don't like interrupting people when they are on the phone... it's a pet peeve of mine, so I don't do it to other people if I can help it.

8 Things I want to do before I die:

Have a fairy-tale romance. Who doesn't want to live in a chick-flick... even for a moment?
Have a baby or two. My goal is to produce the first legitimate grandchildren in my family.
Go to Paris. Did you read the part about traveling?
Own the home of my dreams. Hellooooo, House Beautiful magazine!
Go skydiving. Always wanted to do this.
Make more money than I know what to do with. So I can build that dream home... and maybe I'll give some away.
Become the healthiest I can be. And look damn good while doing so.
Stay connected to my best of friends. Yeah, they are amazing.

8 Things I've learned from my past:

It's called a breakup because it's broken. Seriously... read the book if you don't believe me.
Even the most normal-seeming people can turn out to be crazies. It took me more than once to realize this.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So true, that I have this on my bedroom wall.
When the horse bucks you off, you have to get back in the saddle right away, or you'll never ride again. Literally, and figuratively.
Your roommates will never become your best friends. No matter how much you like each other at the time.
Once a cheater, always a cheater. You can take the boy out of the trash, but you can't take the trash out of the boy.
Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength.You just have to let it go.
Sometimes the best therapy is a pint of Ben and Jerry's and a good friend. I've used this one more than once, for sure.

8 Places I'd love to visit

Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, Shopping, Cafes.... what could be better?
Oahu, Hawaii. I'll go when Leah is home :)
Seattle, Washington. Herrrro, seester!
London, England. Hellooooo European exploration!
Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Hot Springs in the Winter are the BEST!
San Diego, California. I need the ocean!
New York, New York. I want to live in a Gossip Girl fantasy.
Boston, Massachusetts. I will see a Red Sox game next season.

8 Things I Currently Need or Want:

To lose weight. I just want to be healthy again, and stop fluctuating so much. I see pictures of myself sometimes and wonder what I've become.

More money. I don't think I need to explain this one, do I?

My own place again. Living with your parents when you're 24 isn't all it's cracked up to be.

A car. I've been without for ten months now, and it sucks.

A better wardrobe. I really suck at buying clothes. I tend to get stuck in a rut and continually buy the same three things I don't need: sweats, underwear, and shoes.

A camera that can take decent pictures at live concerts. I love the camera I have right now-- I bought it for myself for my birthday last year-- but last weekend I realized that it has never taken a good shot at a concert. Maybe it's my fault, but I don't think so.. My very first digital was a 3.1 mega pixel Sony brick, and it took AWESOME pics at concerts.

To not live in Utah. Yeah, not my favorite place.

A best friend who works in the Airline industry. So I can have hookups on plane fare. I could do so many more fun things if I didn't have to worry about paying for airfare.

Third Eye Blind in Denver

2009-06-07T01:03:00.009-06:00

Yesterday I happened to score some really great seats for the Third Eye Blind concert in Denver, for an awesome price I couldn’t pass up. Of course I would see them at almost any price, but these tickets were definitely a steal. I don’t have all of my pictures downloaded yet, so I’ll attach a couple and put the rest up later.

Think I’m just going to post the review of the show that I wrote for the band’s website, so if it’s worded a little funny, or you don’t know who these people are, that’s why. Stephan is the lead singer, Brad is drums, Tony is guitar, and Abe is the brand-new bassist who was brought in a couple weeks ago. Here’s the review:

Best show I've ever been to, hands down! The song choices were perfect, and the set was great! I was able to score some close orchestra tickets, and the theater staff let me stand at the stage for the whole show. I was all the way stage left, and had a great view of Brad and Abe. Abe sounded great on bass, and I really like him in the band. I really liked how they had the “Ursa” couch, and how they pulled it up to do a set of songs—it made it seem like the show was a little more

intimate. At one point during “Don’t Believe a Word”, Stephan made eye contact, so I motioned him over from where he was standing at the microphone, and he walked directly over to me and stepped up on a speaker to grab my hand, and of course I loved it. The encore was the BEST, and the acapella rendition of Bonfire at the end with the crowd clapping was amazing. I like that song a lot, and I think it works really well with the crowd. Of course they did their show staple, “Slow Motion” and also “God of Wine” in the encore as well, which were both great songs.

About halfway through the show, the members of the opening band, Low Vs. Diamond came out and stood with the crowd for a while. During “Jumper” I turned to them and told them they did a great job. They seemed to really be enjoying themselves, and a couple of them even sang along a bit.

After the show, I waited for the guys, and was able to chat with two of the permanent stage managers that tour with them. (I’m not sure if the title is “stage manager” or not, but that’s kind of what they were doing, so that’s what I’m calling them) The stage manager was cool and answered a couple of questions about the tour, and the band, which was really nice of him. I thanked him for talking to us, and he said something like, "No problem, you guys are cool, unlike that lady over there..." and he pointed to an obnoxiously drunk girl who had been throwing herself around and bothering the guys all night.

I talked to a couple of Abe's friend's, and then Abe came out and signed a couple autographs. I asked him if he was planning on joining the band, and he told me he would like to if it works out. He also said, "Tonight was the first night they let me do some vocals. Did you hear me singing?" Oh, and he said he wants to grow his beard out really long, like a pirate. (His words, not mine.)

Brad came out next and took a picture with us. He was smiling, and seemed pretty happy. He said he would go get a pen and he would sign some autographs. I asked him if Shelby signs autographs too, and he said “That would be funny. I’ll have to get her a stamp or something.” After he went and got Shelby he came back and signed my Red Star shirt and ticket stub, so that was awesome. There was an after party in the theater that the guys were going to, but they said they'd be back out. When he came back, he hung out and talked with fans for quite a while and answered a bunch of questions. He told me what his current favorite song to play live is, and answered more silly questions like that. He is super down-to-earth and just stood there and chatted away with us. Shelby was with him, and she had her own all-access pass on her collar, which was adorable. Brad took some more pictures with us, and signed some more autographs. (SIDENOTE: Brad has been my favorite band member from the moment I met him at Red Rocks in 2002 when he came out and talked with the fans. I love that he does this.)

When Tony came out, he was still wearing his sunglasses, and he shook some hands and went straight to the bus and then back into the theater. When he came out a while later, he signed autographs, and when a fan asked for a guitar pick, Tony walked over to the stuff that was being loaded into the truck, and got a pick for the fan, and signed it. He signed my Red Star shirt and ticket stub and took some pictures with us. He escaped to the bus fairly quickly, and didn’t hang out as long as the other guys did. Still cool, though.

After all the other guys came and went, and came back and got on the bus, we were still waiting for Stephan to make an appearance. Most of the people waiting outside had left by then, and just as we were contemplating giving up, Stephan came out. He was super cool, and as usual, his assistant told everyone to line up, and he would go down the line to take pictures and sign for us. He did, and just as we were set to take a picture, the camera died. The assistant said, “Battery dead” and handed it back to us as Stephan said, “Story of my life.” I asked Stephan, “Will you sign my limited edition Red Star shirt?” He said, “Of course I will.” I told him I was rocking out in the front row, and he said, “I know! I couldn’t forget that shirt.” That part made me happy. My brother said to Stephan that it was his first 3EB show, and Stephan asked him what he thought. After Stephan moved on to another group of fans, I asked someone if they could take a picture on their iPhone and send it to me. I asked the assistant and she said it was okay if we got in the end of the line. We got another attempt at a picture, but the assistant took a really crappy, blurry one and then said, “That’s it.” I told Stephan I really liked the new stuff, and he smiled really big and said, “Thank you so very much. Goodnight.” That was also freaking awesome. Then he got on the bus, and it was over.

All in all, it was an AMAZING experience. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I am suffering from rock show withdrawals, though. I am sitting here listening to every 3EB song I have in iTunes and I keep just wanting to skip to the next one because it doesn't sound quite right. They were meant to be played live. Also, I just found out that some friends of mine were able to get passes to the afterparty, and all they did was ask. That’s a bummer.

Yesses And Nos

2009-05-25T21:31:00.003-06:00

I know I haven't posted in a long time, so thats exactly what I'm doing. I don't feel like posting anything real, though, so here's one of those dumb survey things from FaceBook.

1. You can ONLY answer Yes or No.

2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and asks. -- and believe me, the temptation to explain some of these will be overwhelming nothing is exactly as it seems.

Now, here's what you're supposed to do. . . Copy and paste this into your notes, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag as many of your friends as you'd like to.

Kissed any one of your Facebook friends? Yes

Been arrested? No

Kissed someone you didn't like? Yes

Slept in until 5 PM? Yes

Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes

Held a snake? Yes

Ran a red light? Yes

Been suspended from school? No

Experienced love at first sight? No

Totaled your car in an accident? Yes

Been fired from a job? Yes

Fired somebody? No

Sang karaoke? Yes

Pointed a gun at someone? No

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes

Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yes

Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes

Kissed in the rain? Yes

Had a close brush with death (your own)? No

Seen someone die? Yes

Played spin-the-bottle? Yes

Sang in the shower? Yes

Smoked a cigar? Yes

Sat on a rooftop? Yes

Taken pictures of yourself? Yes

Smuggled something into another country? No

Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? No

Broken a bone? Yes

Skipped school? Yes

Eaten a bug? Yes

Sleepwalked? Yes

Walked a moonlit beach? Yes

Rode a motorcycle? Yes

Dumped someone? No

Forgotten your anniversary? No

Lied to avoid a ticket? No

Ridden on a helicopter? No

Shaved your head? No

Blacked out from drinking? No

Played a prank on someone? Yes

Hit a home run? No

Felt like killing someone? Yes

Cross-dressed? No

Been falling-down drunk? Yes

Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? Yes

Eaten snake? No

Marched/Protested? Yes

Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? No

Puked on amusement ride? No

Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? Yes

Been in a band? No

Knitted? Yes

Been on TV? Yes

Shot a gun? Yes

Skinny-dipped? Yes

Been in a fist fight? No

Eaten a whole habenero pepper? No

Ridden a surfboard? No

Drank straight from a liquor bottle? Yes

Had surgery? Yes

Streaked? Yes

Taken by ambulance to hospital? No

Passed out when not drinking? Yes

Peed on a bush? Yes

Donated Blood? Yes

Grabbed electric fence? Yes

Eaten alligator meat? No

Eaten cheesecake? Yes

Eaten your kids/siblings Halloween candy? Yes

Killed an animal when not hunting? Yes

Peed your pants in public? Yes

Snuck into a movie without paying? Yes

Written graffiti? No

Still love someone you shouldn't? Yes

Think about the future? Yes

Been in handcuffs? Yes

Believe in love? Yes

Sleep on a certain side of the bed? Yes

It All Evens Out

2009-04-21T10:03:00.003-06:00

"I have a feeling it all evens out, you know. At the very end of your life you're going to sit down at the table and you're gonna shuffle out the good and the bad, and it's all gonna make perfect sense to you when you figure out that in the accounting books it all comes out completely even. But then you're gonna ask, 'What was it all for?' and they're gonna say, 'Well, you did it, didn't you?'"

-John Mayer

It's That Time Again...

2009-04-15T03:24:00.002-06:00

It’s that time again… moving time. Tine to un-decorate. Time to pack. Time to thin out all of my junk. There’s nothing like a move to help you get rid of things.

I started the process two weeks ago, packing small boxes of things, and sending them on their way. Now it’s down to the wire, and I have to get all the rest of this junk packed and ready to go for tomorrow. You’d think I have it pretty much done by now… but I don’t. Not even close. It doesn’t help that I could win trophies for my procrastinating skills, if there were such trophies. (See, I’m doing it again, by going off on a tangent about procrastinating…typical.)

Here’s my problem—I collect things. Not really any certain thing in particular, just things. So, I have a lot of things to sort through and thin out. I guess in a way I’m kind of lucky that I move so much, or I would have waaay more things in my collection of things, due to never having to thin it out. I sifted through my clothes, and got rid of about a third of what I had. Sounds great, right? No. I still have too much stuff. For example, I bought one of those vacuum-pack space-saving bags so I could put my down comforter in it and compress the hell out of it, and hopefully it would take up less space. The particular bag came with a free smaller ‘travel’ bag in the package with it. I decided to put my underwear in it. Well, let’s just say that now my underwear now only take up one-fifth of the volume in my giant suitcase, instead of one-half. The bag does its job marvelously, but my stuff is still too much. You may be wondering why I can’t just get rid of more stuff, and the answer is quite simple, really… because I NEED eighteen pairs of pajama pants, damn it! I NEED THEM!

I had some sort of analogy about an elephant in a petting zoo that I was going to use here, but I’m deliriously tired, and can’t remember it, so you’ll just have to make up your own, and hope it’s a funny as mine was going to be.

Travel Time

2009-04-14T06:34:00.011-06:00

I know I said in my last post that I would update about my trip as soon as I got home. I also am aware that I didn’t do that. I don’t really feel like explaining why I didn’t do that (mostly because that explanation would probably go something like this: “I was too lazy”).

So, here it is. I went to Seattle. Then to Portland. Then back to Seattle. Then to Portland again. Then back to Seattle again. Then I came home to Denver. All in eight days. I went to visit my seester.

While nothing super eventful happened, I still got to explore a new city, and I really love to explore urban areas.

I won a slap bet against my brother-in-law. In case you were wondering, this place is not called The Butterfly Pavilion.

Yes, I went to the Space Needle, but I my camera battery was long dead so I didn’t take any pictures. It was lame, though, because a “private party” was being held there that evening, and they pretty much kicked us out early so they could set up for the party. They weren’t very good at keeping the party a secret, though, but I don’t know how you could hide a 300 pound ice sculpture in the shape of the new Seattle Sounders logo.

I went got to spend some quality time in my favorite book store.

Of course I went to Pike Place Market. I really liked it there, and went back a second time so I could get some pictures.

It rained a lot, but I like rain. I ate some stellar Thai food, delicious Cuban food, and a crappy chicken salad sandwich. I got blisters on my feet, I took lots of buses, rode a monorail, and a light rail. I slept on a couch, the coldest air mattress on the planet, and a bed. I went to a concert for a local Seattle band, which I ended up liking a lot.

It was a pretty good trip.

Sneak Peek

2009-03-19T20:25:00.005-06:00

This week I am spending some time traveling. I'll post when I return next week, but for now, here's a sneak peek at some places I've been:

I Am A Superhero

2009-03-12T10:32:00.000-06:00

www.toothpastefordinner.com

Open-Ended Questions

2009-03-06T02:50:00.003-07:00

Hi, my name is:
Emily

Never in my life have I been:
arrested. I've been transported in the back of a police car, but I wasn't technically arrested.

The one person who can drive me nuts is:
the same person who gives me everything, makes me laugh the hardest, and teaches me the most.

“High school:
is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just plain useless.” (John Mayer)

When I’m nervous:
I chew the cuticles on my thumbs. When I run out of thumb cuticle, I move on to my fingers. It's gross, really.

The last song I listened to was:
“Second Born” by Third Eye Blind

If I were to get married right now my best man/maid of honor:
would wear a dress that doesn't suck.

My hair is:
dirty.

When I was 5:
my favorite outfit was a pair of white overall shorts with a bright colored fruit pattern on them, an orange shirt, and pink socks.

Last Christmas:
I ate all the potato salad.

I should be:
in bed, but I'm sitting on the floor. Now my butt is numb.

When I look down I see:
a buffalo.

The happiest recent event was:
booking a plane ticket to get out of here for a week.

If I were a character on ‘Friends’ I’d be:
Ms. Chanandler Bong.

By this time next year:
I'll be a year older than I am now.

My current gripe is:
I'm only tired when I shouldn't be sleeping.

I have a hard time understanding:
why I have to call Jack Malone every time I talk to a semi-promising guy.

There’s this girl I know that:
will always feel a little bit guilty that she was such a whore her sophomore year in college, and now has to live with that mistake for the rest of her life while trying to convince herself that she made the right decision.

You know I like you when:
I make fun of you, or your dog, or your job, or your clothes, or your grammar.

If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be:
my seester.

Take my advice:
and DO NOT ever put your keys on top of the toilet tank.

The thing I want to buy:
tickets to a concert that hasn't been announced yet.

If you visited the place I was born:
you would be surprised to know that people in that city actually shave their legs, eat junk food, and wear shoes other than Birkenstocks or Crocs (sometimes).

I plan to visit:
my seester soon.

If you spent the night at my house:
we could share a bed, but only if you promise not to stink up the room like the last houseguest did ;)

I’d stop my wedding if:
Chuck Bass stood up and objected right before "or forever hold your peace."

The world could do without:
Utah. Seriously, I wouldn't even miss it.

Most recent thing I’ve bought myself:
some crappy stuff I'm planning on taking back to Sephora.

Most recent thing someone else made me:
a drawing of a deformed ballerina-- "I didn't even trace it, that's how good of a drawer I am."

Out of my friends, My favorite blonde is:
Leah Jean was pretty awesome as a blonde, but she's a hotter brunette. I'm going to have to go with Holly.

My favorite red head is:
6'6"

My favorite black hair is:
the one that is not in my salad.

My middle name is:
three letters long and boring.

In the morning I:
either sleep, or wish I was asleep.

Once, at a bar:
I saw Efram Zimbalist III, and an Aryan.

Last night I was:
doing the same thing I'm doing tonight.

There’s this guy I know who:
functions as a commercial paint sprayer.

If I was an animal I’d be:
a buffalo.

A better name for me would be:
Associate Professor Madame Captain Emily Cooley, PhD, CPA, MD, NASTAT, CPhys, IIA, Esq

Tomorrow I am:
simultaneously judging and playing in a magnetic darts tournament.

Tonight I am:
eating Girl Scout cookies for dinner.

My birthday is:
depending on how you count it-
either 45 days, 1091 hours, 65510 minutes, or 3930651 seconds from now.

Spiders On Drugs

2009-02-26T02:24:00.003-07:00

Pause the music above before playing, as the narration on this clip is amazing.

My Weekend

2009-02-23T02:03:00.001-07:00

You're Really Asking For It

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Kiss My Pineapple

2009-02-04T23:27:00.003-07:00

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Twenty Five Things You May (Or May Not) Already Know About Me

2009-02-04T02:51:00.002-07:00

1. I did not attend Kindergarten. Instead, I went to a Montessori school, where I learned how to peel carrots, stack chairs, do tangram puzzles, and read at a 5th grade level.

2. I will clean up poop, change a colostomy or catheter bag, hold a peed-on diaper, wipe boogers, spit-up, or drool, but absolutely, under no circumstances ~~will I~~ can I handle vomit... not even on TV.

3. In the 9th grade, I threw a gallon jug of milk up in the air and watched it bust open on my mother's dining room carpet. I let the dog in to clean it up, and never said a word when my mom asked why we were already out of milk.

4. I have never been on a date with someone who wasn't already my boyfriend.

5. When I was 12, my dad and I were at Foley's (now Macy's), where he decided to quietly go around the whole store and expose one breast of each of the female mannequins. It made me laugh so hard I completely peed my pants.

6. I tried biscotti for the first time ever this week.... yum!

7. I have a massive TV crush on Ryan Buell from Paranormal State. I think it's the ghosts that make him sexy.

8. There are three songs on this planet that are guaranteed to make me cry from the moment I hear the first chord.

9. My rotten ex-boyfriend got me into the band that is now my all-time favorite on the planet, but unlike him, I find them impossible to replace.

10. I am challenged when it comes to being aware of my surroundings. Joanna says I am a cat with it's whiskers cut off because I am constantly running into things and tripping over my own feet.

11. I learned to drive while barefoot, and I still don't like wearing shoes in the car.

12. I have never laughed more with anyone than I do with Joanna Shirk.

13. Yesterday I wished out loud that a child I know had progeria, so that he could just be old already.

14. I am absolutely fascinated with shipwrecks. I also like abandoned hotels, and old sanitariums.

15. I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus.

16. The older I get, the less I trust my mother.

17. When I was 14, my brother and I were throwing rocks at cars and one guy got out and chased us with a gun. To this day, I have never been so scared.

18. I absolutely believe in feng shui, the law of attraction, psychics, astrology, ghosts and demons.

19. I can't stand James Lipton, or the stupid music on the show, but I think I love watching "Inside the Actor's Studio"

20. I know of one person who is really afraid of me, and I every time I run into them, I can see it in their eyes.

21. I don't think anyone could even imagine the dirty things I would do to Ed Westwick if I got my hands on him.

22. My 21st birthday was the best birthday of my life, and I wasn't even drunk.

23. I have to wear pants when I sleep-- I can't stand nightgowns.

24. My favorite movie of all time is "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", but only the original one with Gene Wilder.

25. I love peas.

I Love This Face!

2009-02-04T02:28:00.006-07:00

Addie
January 22, 2009

This pretty baby is ONE YEAR OLD!

My Favorite Seester!!!

2009-01-29T16:29:00.014-07:00

UPDATE: I had this post all ready to publish on the correct day, but something happened with blogger, and it didn't go through when I set it to. It's okay, though, because in my family we celebrate birthdays a whole week before and after they happen.

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Today is my favorite sister's favorite day-- her birthday! Sara and I really didn't get along when I was younger because I always wanted to be just like her, and she didn't like that. When I was three, I broke her new dollhouse. When I was thirteen, I stole her portable CD player (and anything else she left behind when she went to college). I'm pretty sure I annoyed the living hell out of her. One day something changed, because now we are closer than ever, and I am her biggest fan. Thank you for not killing me all of those years. Thanks for staying up with me on my loneliest nights and talking to me for hours on the phone while we watched QVC until three in the morning. I am so glad I have someone else who thinks it is fun to drive around Springfield, Missouri in a cherry red Mustang while wearing chote bandanas and listening to Jesse McCartney. Wanna chug a warm can of beer and ride a Ferris wheel with me?

Photo by Adria Dismuke

2009

2009-01-16T03:58:00.003-07:00

I'm not usually one for New Year's resolutions, but this is my plan for 2009:

Seester and I are having our own mini version of The Biggest Loser, with a punishment I cannot disclose to be doled out if we do not meet our personal goals. It's a doozy of a punishment, so I'll be spending a lot of time making sure I meet those goals. Good thing my gym is overflowing with hotties and smells like flowers.

The Day

2009-01-06T00:28:00.000-07:00

gapingvoid.com

Bedtime Story

2009-01-06T00:11:00.003-07:00

toothpastefordinner.com

Christmas Eve

2008-12-26T23:26:00.011-07:00

On Christmas Eve, I got to go pick up Addie and bring her over to spend some opening gifts. After stopping at TEN different stores the day before, I finally found a Christmas dress for her at 1:30am! I also made her matching bows, and she sure was cute.

Happy Birthday Lil' Brudder!

2008-12-18T00:54:00.008-07:00

Brudder, Bubba, BJ, Kid... You won't see any kind of sappy tribute to your life here, so if that's what you're looking for, then you must have me confused with the nice sister. All I have to offer you on this, the dawn of your 21st birthday, are a few poorly scanned childhood photographs to remind us all of how adorable you once were...

...and also to remind us of the poor fashion choices you made as a young boy.

Oh, and a couple of pictures of the grown up you are turning into. Who gave you permission to get taller than me, or stronger? That little girl is amazing, and I know she loves her crazy dad.

Happy Birthday!

50 things you didn't know about me until you read this...

2008-12-18T00:34:00.003-07:00

1. What color is your tooth brush? Dark blue and white.

2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Watching something lame on TV.

3. What is your favorite candy bar? I'm not really a 'bar' person... I like Jr. Mints better.

4. Have you ever been to a strip club? Yes.

5. What is the last thing you said aloud? "C'mon girls, lets go to bed." [to the dogs]

6. What is the best ice cream flavor? Currently it's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch

7. What is the last thing you had to drink? Diet Coke.

8. What are you wearing right now? Pants that say "Shake your coconuts" on them, a fleece nightshirt with cartoon bunnies riding snowboards, pink and blue striped knee socks, and slippers. It's quite the ensemble, I know.

9. What was the last thing you ate? Strawberry and Cream Cheese Toaster Strudel.

10. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Yes, a couple of pink things from Victoria's Secret.
11. When was the last time you ran? I only run when I'm being chased.

12. Who was the last person to send you a message/comment on your blog? Heather!

13. Do you take vitamins daily? No

14. Do you go to church every Sunday? No

15. Do you have a tan? When I try to (not currently).

16. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? Absofreakinlutely.

17. Do you drink soda with a straw? It tastes better that way.

18. What does your last text message say? RECEIVED: Ok. Lol. SENT: She can be your sugar mama.

19. Are you someones best friend? I would hope so.

20. What are you doing tomorrow? Sleeping, shopping, showering, partying.

21. Where is your dad? I assume he is in his bed/chair.

22. Look to your left, what do you see? A phone... with a cord.

23. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? Red.

24. Do you use chap stick? Not ChapStik brand.

25. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? Sleep.

26. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Drive thru, always.

27. Do you have a dog? Yes.

28. Last guy you talked on the phone with? Lil' Brudder.

29. Last girl you talked on the phone with? Leslie.

30. Any fun vacation plans soon? Europe for my birthday!!! Whore Tour '09, baby!

31. Do you dye your hair? I have someone that does it for me.

32. Can you say the alphabet backwards? "The alphabet backwards."

33. Do you have a maid service clean your house? Yes

34. Are you jealous of anyone? Aren't we all?

35. Do you love anyone? Yes

36. Do any of your friends have children? Yes, a few.

37. Do you use the word "hello" daily? Nope.

38. Do you like cats? Piss off, cats!

39. Have you ever been to six flags? Yes, and it was lame.

40. How did you get your worst scar? Falling up the stairs in my Halloween costume 2007.

41. What is your favorite smell? Sexytime.

42. What is the last DVD you watched? Gossip Girl, Season 1, Disc 4.

43. Have you ever been to Disney World? Yes.

44. What is your favorite number? 17.

45. Do you toast your pop tarts? Toaster Strudel, all the way.

46. Have you ever waited tables? Plenty of them.

47. Where did you have your first kiss? Back seat of a two-door car.

48. What should you be doing right now? Helping my brother ring in his 21st birthday.

49. Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? Yes.

50. Who do you want to tag? Nobody. I blog because I feel like it, not because I want you to copy my shit.

One Potato Two Potato

2008-12-02T01:38:00.002-07:00

marriedtothesea.com

Present for Myself

2008-11-22T19:45:00.005-07:00

The other day I stumbled across the site Delight.com, which is now one of my new favorites. They feature a new deal every day at noon, but unlike similar sites such as woot.com, Delight continues to carry the products they feature instead of just doing one item at a time. I was browsing the jewelery and found this little beauty:

I bought myself the silver one, and I love it.
The awesome thing is that it shipped the same day I ordered it, and since the company is based out of Denver, I got the package the next day. They even wrapped it in silver and pink tissue paper, and threw in some extra goodies for me in the box, so it was like openeing a present for myself, from me.

Small FryDay Contest

2008-11-22T19:15:00.004-07:00

I was trying to get a little more creative with the blog title, but I just had to copy MckMama's... it is her contest, after all.

I am posting this in order to direct some mor traffic over to her wonderful blog... and to enter a contest. If you haven't heard her story, go ahead and stop by-- I know she'd love the company. Just don't bring any apple crisp. Just head on over to mycharmingkids.net or click on the picture below.

Crazy Eights

2008-11-02T22:43:00.006-07:00

Eight Favorite Shows to Watch:

1. Rob and Big
2. Gossip Girl
3. Lipstick Jungle
4. Desperate Housewives
5. The Mentalist
6. Without A Trace
7. The Office
8. The Soup

Eight Favorite Places to Eat:

1. The Ivy
2. Cafe Poca Cosa
3. Hacienda Colorado
4. Hapa
5. Chili's
6. Red Robin
7. P.F. Chang's
8. Mimi's Cafe

Eight Things That Happened Yesterday:

1. I went to breakfast.
2. I voted.
3. Obama won.
4. I went to all three of the Starbucks on the way to work.
5. I got paint in my hair even though I covered it up.
6. I talked to my seester on the phone.
7. I talked to the hottie at work, (we call him Carhartz), and tried to take a covert picture of him on my phone-- it didn't work.
8. Bought Peppermint Oreos.

Eight Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. Getting on the plane on Saturday.
2. Being done with this job.
3. Exploring Philadelphia.
4. Getting my hair done on Friday.
5. Thanksgiving.
6. Seeing my Seester.
7. Christmas.
8. Getting in bed after posting this.

Eight Things I Love About Fall:

1. Leaves changing colors.
2. Eating Halloween candy that the children went out to fetch.
3. Wearing sweatshirts and fuzzy pajamas.
4. Cloudy weather.
5. GBLs.
6. Longer nights = more sleeping.
7. The smell of fires in the evening air.
8. Thanksgiving!

Eight Things on my Wishlist:

1. MacBook
2. New iPod (NOT the touch.... it's stupid)
3. 2009 Infiniti FX.
4. A tropical vacation.
5. Magic skinny pills to be invented.
6. New Ugg slippers.
7. A Soft Surroundings blanket.
8. My dream job.

Fall Allergies?!?!?!?!?!?!

2008-10-27T22:35:00.004-06:00

nataliedee.com

Life in Fast Motion

2008-09-07T16:29:00.013-06:00

So I have officially become a bad blogger. That's okay, though, because I think it means I have a life. Maybe. Last time I updated, I was in Missouri to see my grandpa for the last time. My mom and I got there after a 36-hour experience on the road with the neighbors that live accross the street from her. They were coincidentally making the drive that week to visit their daughter in Nevada, Missouri, which is about an hour away from the tiny town where my grandparents live. It was an interesting journey, to say the least. I ended up leaving my cell phone at the Days Inn in Salina, Kansas on the way out there. I ended up having no phone until the day before we left to fly back. It's not like I would have gotten decent phone reception there anyway, so it was okay. While in Missouri, I got to meet some relatives that I'd never met before. My mom has a half-brother who has three kids that I didn't know about, and I got to meet them. They were mostly nice. I say mostly because the youngest one-- 15 years old-- was quiet, and shy and strange. My mom also has a step-sister who has three kids, the oldest two I'd never known about. So, yay for unknown cousins, I guess. Anyway, the night after we arrived my grandpa passed away after a brief fight with bone cancer. My seester was able to take time away from her job to fly out for an eventful (or not so eventful) week of celebrating, funeral-going, commiserating, RV-sleeping, and bad beer drinking. I was hoping to add a picture or two here, but my camera was out of commission during the trip, and Seester has not sent me any pictures yet.

The day before we left for Missouri, I accepted a job in Colorado. I had no idea that I would even be going to Missouri at that point, and I had agreed to start on the 22nd of August. That meant that when I returned to Utah on the 18th, that I would have less than a week to pack my apartment and the things at my mom's house before I flew out to Colorado that Friday. Combine the lack of time, and my lack of planning ahead, and I was a stressed mess! I managed to clean my apartment in time, and pack two boxes of less than 50 pounds each to check as luggage. I arrived at DIA after spending the entire flight staring at the hottest guy I'd ever seen. I was so flustered trying to follow him off the plane that I forgot my carry-on, and had to turn around and go back onto the plane and get it. I am retarded.

More later!

Why I Am In Missouri:

2008-08-12T00:40:00.001-06:00

http://www.johnkelliott.blogspot.com/

Silly Survey

2008-08-05T03:52:00.005-06:00

Your name:
Emily

Sometimes people call you:
Emms, Emmzo, Em, E, Emily Marie! (which is not my middle name, FYI), Sham-Sham, Donkeypuncher

You have been making the world more amazing since:
1985.

You made your debut in:
Boulder, Colorado

You are the oldest/youngest/or middle sibling:
Middle-ish. Two older-- one by seven years, the other by seventeen years-- and one two-and-a-half years younger.

Your favorite type of music:
I don't know anymore. How about rock/pop/punk/reggae/blues/electronic/indie/r&b/classical/vocal/hip-hop?

You sleep with this many pillows:
Seven. No joke. Two body pillows, a feather pillow, a standard pillow, a latex foam pillow, and two throw pillows that I made to match the curtains I sewed.

What you have the most of in your bedroom:
Probably clothes. I have lots of clothes, and they are quite noticeable right now, as most of them are in a giant heap on my second bed. Now, if the question was asking what takes up the most area in my room, I would say beds.

You have this many piercings:
I'm never sure if having your ears pierced counts as one piercing, or two. So, I have two if we go with the first option, or three if we go with the latter.

You have this many tattoos:
Zero.

This is your blog, how many people do you think read it:
Not many, but according to my stat counter, 28 in the last seven days. Impressive, since I haven't posted anything new in almost a month. Also, my stat counter says that someone in Louisiana comes here a lot. I don't know anyone in Louisiana. Who are you?

Something about your neighbor across the street:
I don't have a neighbor across the street. Instead I have a parking lot outside my bedroom window, and a river beyond the parking lot, and a busy street beyond the river. I do have upstairs neighbors who are quite noisy late at night. Good thing I don't usually sleep at night, so I don't get mad... I just steal their wireless instead.

Name an item you've kept since you were young:
I still have my blankie that my mom quilted for me before I was born. It stays on my bed at her house, though, so I don't know if that counts. On the shelf above my bed is the conch shell my grandma gave me when I was three.

You get your money from:
Well, I used to have a job, and I got my money that way, but then I went to Colorado for a while and got paid some money to be there. Now I think I am going back to Colorado to get some more money.

Your natural hair color is:
I'm not sure. I like it the way it is now, but I'll have to go back to my AMAZING hairstylist in Littleton to get it done again next month. That lady is a genius!

Name the bands you have band tees for:
Third Eye Blind (3), Jimmy Eat World (3), The Format (3), John Mayer, All-American Rejects, Shiny Toy Guns, U2, O.A.R., *NSYNC

Your nails are painted:
Fingernails? Never. Toes? Always.

How many pairs of sweatpants do you own?
Way too many to count. If I could get away with living in lounge wear, I would.

Have you ever had sex in a public place?
Oh, the joys of young lust.

You're on a beach... what do you draw in the sand?
My name in cursive.

Exes... friends or foes?
I'm not a huge fan of the dude, but who cares.

Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
I enjoy sleeping alone and I feel sorry for the next person to fall asleep with me... I've been told that I have sharp elbows. Also, I will kick you.

What was the weather like on your birthday?
On the actual day of my birth? I hear it was snowy that day. This year? Sunny.

What time is it, and why are you not doing something more productive with your time?
5:41 am, and I can't sleep.

i have better things to do than blog when i'm not in utah

2008-07-07T23:31:00.000-06:00

I have been awful at updating since I've been on vacation, I know. I think it keeps the suspense up... leaves you all wondering what kinds of shennanigans I am getting myself into now. Well, I thought I'd slip a little picture post in here so you all don't die in anticipation.

Addie is getting so big!

Megan and I in the 'limo' at the beginning
of the best July 4th EVER!

My favorite ***sparkly*** fireworks peeking out from behind a tree.

sleep~wake

2008-06-20T06:58:00.001-06:00

Today I am going to see another sleep center. This time I get to talk to a specialist, who is also a neurologist. I'm sort of excited this time, because now I am at the point where I just want to know what is wrong.... if there *is* anything wrong.

Except for a 2 hour nap yesterday afternoon, I have been awake for 36 hours. What am I?

now what?

2008-06-18T22:42:00.000-06:00

the seventeenth

2008-06-17T03:55:00.000-06:00

today i will do something i have never done before.
it will be a grand adventure.
i am new. watch me be.

viva la monkey

2008-06-14T01:52:00.000-06:00

Once every year or so, I buy myself a new duvet cover for my down comforter. Well, a few weeks ago, I took the jersey knit cover off because it finally got too warm. That left me with the pink floral number that I bought on ebay three years ago:

Yes... it's from Pottery Barn... Teen.

I'd been looking a lot at Ikea, but for some weird reason, the stuff there wasn't really tickling my fancy. It all seemed too grown up or something. I know what you're thinking... anything seems grown up compared to that up there. I know... but I was still hoping to find something a step above the bubblegum pink flowers and serious stripes and solids. Want to know what I found? This:

If you look real hard you can see... monkeys!!!

I googled "monkey duvet". Not kidding. It's from target.com, and I believe you can also find it in stores. It was shipped out today, and I am obsessively checking the package tracker on UPS. I like that the design is one big picture, rather than a repeating pattern. Plus, who doesn't like an adorable monkey now and then?

I have come to the conclusion that someday I might have a husband, and we might have to do some compromising in the bedding department. For now, though, I shall live it up!

Summer Wardrobe

2008-06-09T22:23:00.001-06:00

nataliedee.com

ten things I want to do before I'm thirty

2008-06-02T04:16:00.000-06:00

Own an orchid plant for at least a year without killing it
Buy an amazing mattress
Run a marathon
Travel through Europe
Wake up with the sun
Swim in the Caribbean Sea
Be somebody's boss
Own a home
Sell something I have created
Learn to play an instrument

Daisy Belle

2008-06-02T04:08:00.000-06:00

This is Daisy Belle. I adopted her on my birthday. She lives at my mom's house, because I live in an apartment. She sleeps in my bed when I am not there. She is overweight... a pure flabrador retriever. We are friends.

Procrastinating... Again

2008-06-01T16:35:00.000-06:00

ALL HAIL THE HEARTBREAKER
The Spill Canvas

i had the notion that you'd make me change my ways
And the bad habits would be gone in a matter of days
i had the feeling that you'd open up my eyes
to a whole new world that had since been in disguise

but that day will most likely never come for me
and it's just my luck to end up getting stuck
to everything you are

so tonight I'll sit and pick apart your pictures
and overanalyze your words
the truth is that I've never fallen so hard
it's taken everything in me
just to forget your sweater so far

i had the notion that you'd make me forget the world
but your undecisive mind shows me that
you are "just another girl"
i had the feeling that those looks you gave me were real
what if i ripped your heart apart at the seams
maybe then you'd know how I feel

but that day will most likely never come for me
and it's just my luck to end up getting stuck
to everything you are

so tonight I'll sit and pick apart your pictures
and overanalyze your words
the truth is that I've never fallen so hard
it's taken everything in me
just to forget your sweater so far

i can honestly say
that i never, ever, ever felt this way
your lips, your eyelashes, your skin
these are the parts of your body
that cause my comatose to begin

i can honestly say
that i never, ever, ever felt this way
your lips, your eyelashes, your skin
these are the parts of your body
that cause my comatose to begin

i will sleep another day
i don't really need to anyway
what's the point when my dreams are infected
with words you used to say
i will breathe in a moment
as long as i keep my distance
i wouldn't want to go messing anything up

so don't go worrying about me
it's not like i think about you constantly
so maybe i do, but that shouldn't affect
your life anymore
i knew it the moment you walked into the door

so don't go worrying about me
it's not like i think about you constantly
so maybe i do, but that shouldn't affect
your life anymore
i knew it the moment you walked into the door

i'll let you get the best of me
because there's nothing else that i do well
i'll let you get the best of me
because there's nothing else that i do well

i'll be the giver and you'll be the taker
i guess that's how this one's gonna go
i'll be the giver and you'll be the taker
you've got me down on my knees and i proclaim
all hail the heartbreaker

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Now playing: The Spill Canvas - All Hail The Heartbreaker
via FoxyTunes

Life Instructions

2008-05-30T11:01:00.000-06:00

Sara sent this to me. I don't know where she found it, but I like it, and thought I'd share.

Freaked Out

2008-05-22T13:47:00.000-06:00

Tonight I am going in for a sleep study. My doctors and I cannot figure out what is wrong with me, so they prescribed for me to go to a sleep clinic. I guess they will hook me up to machines and video and audio record me.

I Hate:

2008-05-21T20:13:00.000-06:00

Waking up

People who hurt animals on purpose

Wearing shoes

Paper Jams

Buying gas

Slow Computers

Shaving

Utah drivers

Nickelback/Hinder/Daughtry

Cheaters

Clothes that don't fit

Say Whatever You want...

2008-05-07T17:38:00.001-06:00

I realized that I never wrote about my last concert experience. I saw Jimmy Eat World in Orem last month. They were amazing, as usual. I will post pictures later tonight, but here is one of my favorite songs right now. It's from their latest album, "Chase This Light". I love this song right now for good reasons.

"Let It Happen"

I have a ringing in my head
And no one to help me answer it
Even with you close enough to kiss.

Every minute is arranged
Every moment lasts a day
But thinking about it can't help me let go, I know.

Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off.
I can laugh it off.

I must look like I'm running away
To you at your faster pace
I wonder what it is you could have seen, in me.

I'm the evil one who said.
Gonna let everything just happen
Just like my chest, my ears are proud
The collision is such an ugly sound.

I can hear you now
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off.
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
And all the placings
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off.
I can laugh it off.

I can hear you now
Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off.

Talk, talking a lot, but it's still talk
Gotta love how it's somehow all on me
All the petty scenes
And all the pretty things
Say whatever you want
'Cause I can laugh it off.

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Now playing: Jimmy Eat World - Let It Happen
via FoxyTunes

Makes You Think

2008-04-30T22:50:00.000-06:00

These questions were inspired by "Inside The Actors Studio". At the end of every interview, the host asks these same 10 questions to every guest. I actually like these questions. Here are my answers. Feel free to copy them to your blog to share your answers.

1. What is your favorite word?
It's a tie between 'lackadaisical' and 'vestibule'. I think both of those words are under-appreciated.

2. What is your least favorite word?
I would definitely say 'sebaceous'.

3. What turns you on [creatively, spiritually or emotionally]?
The afternoon sun, and warm temperatures.

4. What turns you off?
Being talked down to.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The busy silence that is early morning deep in the Colorado mountains.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
The sound that my compy makes when it is in the midst of a fit of narcolepsy.... it's a whining, wheezing, grindy beep. It sounds like it is in the throes of death by wood chipper.

7. What is your favorite curse word?
F*ck. That word is so versitile.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I was going to say something like, 'Hollywood star', but I don't think I'd end up liking that very much. I would, however, like to try being a personal assistant to one of those Hollywood people. Then, I could get all the perks, but not have to deal with the fallout of my personal life.

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Fast food worker.

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Psych!"

Hey Readers, Are You There? It's Me, Emily

2008-04-30T08:27:00.000-06:00

I figured it was time for another post, mostly due to the fact that since I last updated, I have had 3 comments. I never have comments. Ever. Kathy says that I have strangers that love my blog. Who woulda thunk? Thanks for reading my nonsensical banter, Kathy. I'm glad someone thinks it's amusing.

Right now I am at work- the lovely, fun, amazing place I call work. I have this daunting feeling that my phone will ring any minute, and that the person on the other end of the line will have a situation that is entirely too complicated for me to handle right now. Under any other circumstances... bring it on. Today, though, not so much. Maybe I am just bitter at the idea of 19 year old boys that I trained less than a month ago being promoted to positions above me, only because they know someone higher up in the company. Perhaps. Also, I am tired.

I will update about my birthday a little bit later... maybe when I'm not being watched like a hawk. I guess I will just return to sitting at my desk, eating plain goldfish crackers, and wondering who keeps turning on the air conditioning.

You know who you are

2008-04-11T00:36:00.000-06:00

A Happy List

2008-04-05T15:34:00.000-06:00

I've had such a crappy couple weeks, I figure that taking a minute to think of the good things might be a nice change.

I get ten hours of overtime on my next paycheck.
I have friends I can count on.
My car takes me places when I want it to.
I get to take a vacation this weekend and see my family.
I am going to Las Vegas next weekend with my two of my best girl friends to celebrate our birthdays.
Work just got a whole lot better-- people are actually starting to listen to me.
I will have my own room again at the end of April.
I've been finding lots of free stuff lately (thanks to Sara and slickdeals)
IKEA!

A Girl Can Only Hope

2008-03-25T21:27:00.001-06:00

Just a few Confessions

2008-03-25T21:25:00.001-06:00

I just counted 15 bottles/tubes of body lotion on my dresser.
I afraid of my classes at school... all of them.
I snitched on my supervisor last week, and he got fired.
Recently I bought five 12-packs of retractable Sharpies in assorted colors.... just for fun.
For Easter, I received a plastic tube full of cats topped with a cat head. Not kidding.
I sewed the curtains for my room, and matching pillows.... I am also in the middle of making my first quilt.
I have been spending as much time away from my apartment as possible recently... I can't stand the sound of my roommates voices.
Every time I eat at Taco Bell, I tell myself I am never going back.
I found out that my roommates boyfriend makes fun of her behind her back while he is at work. I am not going to tell her because I think she deserves a jerk like him.

January is Full of Changes!

2008-01-30T22:04:00.001-07:00

There are days when something happens that I think I should blog about. A lot of those days have gone by, and I don't have a clue what to say. Since I have a whole month to catch up on, I'll keep it quick.

♥On January 4th, 2008, the Cooley family was expanded by one. Addilyn Marie Cooley was born around 4pm in Boulder, Colorado, while I was somewhere in the middle of Wyoming, trying to get there before she arrived!

♥On January 22, I accepted a new offer for a full time job. Now I don't have to work two part-time jobs! Yay for no more waiting tables! I start next Monday, so we'll see how I like it.

♥I have been sick for about three weeks now. I am so done, it's not even funny.

♥It has snowed here at least every other day for the past month... I am just guessing, but that feels accurate. It snowed so much, that our snow tubing activity at Soldier Hollow was canceled. Argh!

♥I... Ummm.... Errrr..... I am in the *cough* Relief Society Presidency *cough*. Ummm.... yeah. I don't know exactly who was the brilliant one to think of me, but they must not have been aware of my unwillingness to get out of bed in the morning... or maybe they were, and this is their evil plan.

♥I have a new favorite movie- Juno. I saw it twice in the theater, and I have the soundtrack. It's an excellent film, and I highly recommend it. I mentioned that fact to one of my roommates (we'll just call her 'Dagron'), and she let me know how much she hated it, and said that she walked out of the theater because it was - and I quote - "vulgar and disgusting". Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, Provo.

♥Oh, and my sister turned thirty, so everyone go and make fun of her now.

Would You Like Some More Fries?

2007-12-16T02:38:00.001-07:00

All I Want For Christmas...

2007-12-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

... is a MacBook.

Because of the money left over from when I sold my car, and the small amount from my Christmas bonus, I have six hundred dollars committed to the cause already.

Donations are accepted via PayPal. :)

Questions on My Mind

2007-12-10T00:58:00.000-07:00

? ~ what does it mean when someone says they are 'sort of dating someone'?

? ~ why can't i sleep like a normal person, instead of a zombie/hibernating bear/vampire?

? ~ why is it that Uggs are so fugly, yet they feel so good?

? ~ why am i not motivated to go back to school and do something with my life , like most other people my age?

? ~ how can i be so irresponsibly reckless, yet cautiously scared at the same time?

? ~ why do i say it's okay, when i'm still mad?

? ~ is there someone else who thinks as strangely as i do?

? ~ who said it was fashionable to wear skinny jeans, and can i strangle him?

? ~ how did i get this far in the world with the family i have?

? ~ why does no one in utah county know how to drive in a traffic circle?

? ~ why do i always fall for those who feel nothing for me?

All I ever get is sad love
feeling incomplete and below being loved
I don't know why it has been so hard to find love

It's The Truth, It's Factual...

2007-12-06T18:34:00.000-07:00

~ I sleep with six pillows, three blankets, a monkey, and a giant down comforter. Most of the time, at least half of these items are covering my head and or face.

~ I have held at least a dozen jobs in my adult life. I don't get fired a lot... I just am never satisfied with work.

~ I get real mad if someone squeezes my toothpaste from the middle of the tube.

~ If I don't have a pet, I feel incomplete.

~ There are three songs on this planet that are guaranteed to make me cry from the moment I hear the first chord.

~ I have purchased a t-shirt at every concert I have ever been to.

~ I most definitely believe in feng shui.

~ I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus.

~ I don't have many friends that are girls... guys are much easier to get along with.

~ About two years ago, pink became my favorite color. I do not remember making that decision, but I regret it now.

~ My rotten ex-boyfriend got me into the band that is now my all-time favorite on the planet, but unlike him, I find them impossible to replace.

~ I am challenged when it comes to being aware of my surroundings. Yesterday I fell up the stairs while carrying a plate of warm cookies. Later that night, I tripped over the dishwasher, and ran into the doorknob.

~ There are three flavors of gum that remind me of specific people immediately upon tasting them.

~ I've never been so alone, and I've never been so alive!

A Song About Me...

2007-12-04T00:04:00.000-07:00

Emily do you think it’s safe to guess
that you’ll be different from the rest?
Emily I don’t know if you’re truly make believe
but my mind is open to you anyhow.
Oh someday I will say the following words to you:
Emily you’re very different from the rest ,
you have me really quite impressed.
Emily I don’t know if you’re truly someone’s dream,
but my mind is open to you now.

Now Emily brings a tray of parfait,
to the troops of sinuous felines
lounging in her chaise lounge.
Now Emily with an ardent oratory
inspires the troops of sinuous felines
to do the bidding of

Emily you know I’d love to know you best,
but are your confessions just in jest?
Emily I hope that you are truly what you seem
cause my heart is open to you.

Artist: OF MONTREAL
Title: A QUESTION FOR EMILY FOREMAN

Blog Is A Weird Word

2007-11-20T00:52:00.000-07:00

I'm not really sure what I am doing back on this thing. I haven't updated it in almost a year, so that's pretty lame right there. I feel like I should be catching the internet-world up with my life, but I am not going to. I am too lazy. I will start from right here, right now, and we'll see how long I can keep going.

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my whole famn damily is coming to utah for thanksgiving, and i'm not sure that i am exactly looking forward to it. sara is driving down from oregon with jeremy, brian and his baby's momma are coming from colorado, and scott and his nasty dog are driving out with MY DAD. to stay at my mom's house. not kidding. that's all my siblings, plus my divorced parents, two dogs, a cat, and my weird stepdad. throw his kids in there, with the four illegitimate grandchildren, and you've got all the ingredients for the holiday from hell. oh, and don't forget the fact that we have one working shower in the whole house. i'm almost happy that i have to work on wednesday, friday, and saturday. i love my life.

About Me:

2006-12-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

I still sleep with a blankie. I got straight A's in college, but I hate school. I think the blue M&M's taste better. I can easily sleep 14 hours a day if undisturbed. I hate showering. I make faces in the mirror almost every time I look at myself. I still have some of the cement on my teeth from when I had braces. I've been fired from 3 jobs. I tend to over-analyze things. I like peas. Sometimes I steal things. I have 9 decks of cards, but I only know how to play 2 card games. I am smarter than I let everyone believe. A lot of the time, I wish I had a different family. I hate making new friends. I take pills for a problem that I don't want to admit that I have. I make something up in every job interview. I swear... a lot... when I'm alone. I've never been on a date. Some of the best memories I have are of drunken nights. I wear pajamas out in public more than most people. I am an excellent liar. When I can't sleep, it's because I can't stop thinking. I can only snowboard heel-side. The last time I got a tooth pulled, I saved it, and now I keep it in my sock drawer. One time at summer camp, I threw up inside someone else's shoes in the middle of the night, and denied it. I am secretly afraid of heights. My mom left me at Denny's once on purpose when I was ten. I don't like chocolate and peanut butter mixed together. My favorite Christmas carol is O' Holy Night... but only the *NSYNC version. When I'm sick, I sleep in my bathrobe. I don't write on my calendars... I only have them because I like the pictures. I have a favorite pen. I like the taste of baby food. I am really good at listening to two conversations at the same time. I still wear one of my ex-boyfriend's t-shirts to sleep in... two years later. I clip coupons, but don't use them. Rocking babies to sleep is my favorite thing that I get paid to do. I hated my senior prom. I really like watching the History Channel. I can't drive without music playing. I learned to drive while barefoot, and I still don't like wearing shoes in the car. I am so very afraid of being alone.

Sleep now, write later

2006-12-10T04:36:00.000-07:00

EDIT: Photos are here! Yay!

Tyson and Nick of The All-American Rejects

Tyson of The All-American Rejects

I am so unbelievably tired right now! I logged on to post about the awesome concert I went to tonight, and I know I am too tired to write anything even remotely intelligent sounding. I guess I am just posting this to say that a smarter post will follow. I don't even have any pictures up-loaded to post on here yet. Argh!

Please Consider

2006-11-18T02:00:00.000-07:00

Thank you for taking the time to consider my request.

Dependency

2006-10-26T22:53:00.000-06:00

I hate being dependent on a drug. Hate it more than I can say. But if the alternative is a proud stoicism in the face of sorrow accompanied by prolonged and unspeakable despair — well, I’ll take dependency.

A columnist for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Chris Rose, an admitted skeptic of depression, finds himself struggling to cope with overwhelming feelings of hopelessness after Hurricane Katrina and eventually comes to terms with the fact that he is suffering from a disease he did not believe existed.

Angry Phoenix

2006-06-12T03:58:00.000-06:00

Instructions:

2006-05-29T00:48:00.000-06:00

Diminished Creativity

2006-05-27T19:43:00.001-06:00

My Sweet New Ride

2006-04-09T15:07:00.000-06:00

What If I Had No Friends

2006-02-22T20:59:00.000-07:00

Nuts.... they suck!

2006-02-12T13:04:00.001-07:00

The "Hard Things in Soft Things" Manifesto

Adapted from Cardhouse

I have a series of stringent rules involving the material composition of cakes, candies, and other dessert items. In the past, I have relied on a general rule, "No Hard Things In Soft Things," but it has come to my attention that there are exceptions. In an effort to quell public fear of the unknown, I am sharing the list with you, my friends. There are swear words in the manifesto, because of how important this is.

1) No Nuts In Cake. This is a simple rule, and is unbreakable. There is no present need for nuts in cake, and the taste sensation of biting into something hard while enjoying the smoothness of something velvety soft is something that everyone should be able to avoid with a minimum of fuss and outrage. There are cakes that have whole nuts in them, cakes that have broken nuts in them, and cakes that have ground nuts in them. These are all illegal cakes.

2) No Nuts On Cake. Again, the stress-resistance between the cake and the nuts is too great. There also is nothing visually pleasing about thinly-sliced almonds, for example; it appears as if someone has gone and dumped a crate of Lee Press-On Nails onto the top of the otherwise delicious confection. The usual configuration of nuts on cake consists of a thin layer of chopped nuts slathered on the side of the cake so it looks like gravel. This is easily scraped off onto the closest wall or dog.

3) No Nuts On Pie. I don't see this that much, but when I do, I take pause, gather my strength, and remove the offending nuts in question. Why, I ask an uncaring world. Why does everything have to have the goddamn nuts on?

4) No Nuts In Pie. Unlike nuts in cake, nuts in pie present a more complex dilemma. It is almost possible to remove all of the nuts in question in the first two categories of nuts-in-cake - the whole nuts, and the semi-nuts. But with pie, it is a different story. It's just not worth the effort. If there are nuts hiding in pie, you can bet I'll be somewhere else and I will leave no forwarding address for the odd pie chock full o' nuts.

5) No Nuts In Brownies. I cannot even begin to enumerate the experiences I've had encountering nuts in brownies. These are the nut-infested brownies that escape careful and prolonged visual inspection, usually with a layer of clear fluorescent-lit glass between my eyeballs and the object in question. I will always always follow up my examination with a question posed to the confectioner: "Are there nuts in the brownies?" I don't know why I bother, invariably the answer is "no" and invariably I've just purchased a fucking nut brownie. Now I'm starting to understand why people freak out over trivial things -- what you're seeing is a lifetime of disappointment and frustration finally breaking free and taking majestic flight.

6) No Nuts In Ice Cream. The ultimate soft confection, marred forevermore by the presence of nuts. It will not happen on my watch. It will not happen. Being resourceful, I can dig around the nuts like an inverse treasure hunt ("Rrrrrrrrra, seitam!") and be somewhat satisfied.

7) Nuts On Ice Cream - Okay, with restrictions. Here I am thinking of those nutty-buddy cones, with the sprinkling of ground cashews on top. Combined with the hard chocolate coating, the nuts please me. While on this topic, it seems important to mention that hard ice cream cones are okay. The ability to eat a food's own container trumps the hard-vs-soft problem by about fifty times, and the cone becomes softer, chronologically.

8) Yeah, nuts in cookies, another damned nut mystery to me. If you want nuts in anything, bring a small bag along with you and sprinkle 'em on, to avoid the heartbreaking scene of seeing yet another anti-nut coalition force troop member carefully picking apart his chocolaty chip cookie in a brave and yet neverending attempt to rout nuts and nut clusters from their fortified hiding encampments. Seriously, put the cookie in the microwave, and then jam your stupid nuts in.

9) Cereal is another food that seems to have been invaded by nuts. Wheat flakes, bits of fruit and almond slivers or walnut clusters or pecan chunks. Cereal should eventually end up slightly soggy in your milk. It should not end up as a bi-level conglomeration of slightly soggy stuff on top with hard nuts underneath. Fortunately, these types of cereals tend to be on the top shelves at your grocery store. So, if you're like me, your eyes need never see these offenses to nature if they never rise above the level of the Cocoa Puffs.

It's just that nuts are not a embellishment to anything else. They are a self-standing snack and should be left that way. It is not an advantage or plus to any dish to have to stop and chew up a hard, hidden intruder. I am still developing this list. There seems to be an infinite amount of foodstuffs to which one can add nuts.

Lots Of Pillows

2006-02-12T02:24:00.000-07:00

Dentists Are Not Really Friends!

2006-02-07T01:29:00.000-07:00

The Last 4 Years

2006-01-31T02:39:00.000-07:00

Words of Comfort

2006-01-18T00:53:00.000-07:00

Brian Andreas

My New "Job"

2006-01-17T02:23:00.000-07:00

Last Monday, I started a new job... the thing is, I don't feel like I am working when I am there. I suppose it's probably because with the other nanny or daycare jobs I have had, I was responsible for anywhere between 2 and 15 kids at a time. The last time I watched an infant, it was 8 month-old-twins, a toddler, and a 6 year-old.... Talk about multi-tasking! So I guess, comparatively, this is a pretty easy job... I'm not quite used to the down-time, but I'm getting there.

I love my days, I really really do! Parker is such a good baby, and she is such a cutie! She harly ever fusses, and she absolutely loves to go out in her stroller. Today we walked on the Pearl Street Mall for an hour or so, and she was so content. When we got back home, we took a nap together and Parker cuddled on me while she slept, and I read a book. Later, we had an impromptu photo shoot, and for a 4-month-old, Parker sure knew how to work the camera! At the end of the day, we practiced sitting up, and once she got the hang of it, Parker was all giggles... she just beamed with pride when her mommy walked in the room... such a ham!

Ellie Mae!

2005-09-26T13:19:00.000-06:00

This is Ellie! Isn't she the cutest?

Funked Out Saturday Night

2005-09-18T17:40:00.000-06:00

So I went to the most awesomely cool concert last night! I took 186 pictures, and I was trying to think of an equally awesome and cool way to share them with everyone. That's how this blog came to be, and it will forever stay awesomely cool!
Here are a few of the pictures I took at the John Mayer Trio concert. Opening was Joss Stone.

Privacy Policy

2005-04-07T21:17:00.000-06:00

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Emily

"The Area's Best Things to Eat"

The Whole World and You

Until Now

Vanilla Twilight

Shady Wireless In The Projects

Eight x Six

Third Eye Blind in Denver

Yesses And Nos

It All Evens Out

It's That Time Again...

Travel Time

Sneak Peek

I Am A Superhero

Open-Ended Questions

Spiders On Drugs

My Weekend

More Questions ... and Some Answers

Kiss My Pineapple

Twenty Five Things You May (Or May Not) Already Know About Me

I Love This Face!

My Favorite Seester!!!

2009

The Day

Bedtime Story

Christmas Eve

Happy Birthday Lil' Brudder!

Happy Birthday!

50 things you didn't know about me until you read this...

One Potato Two Potato

Present for Myself

Small FryDay Contest

Crazy Eights

Fall Allergies?!?!?!?!?!?!

Life in Fast Motion

Why I Am In Missouri:

Silly Survey

i have better things to do than blog when i'm not in utah

sleep~wake

now what?

the seventeenth

viva la monkey

Summer Wardrobe

ten things I want to do before I'm thirty

Daisy Belle

Procrastinating... Again

Life Instructions

Freaked Out

I Hate:

Say Whatever You want...

Makes You Think

Hey Readers, Are You There? It's Me, Emily

You know who you are

A Happy List

A Girl Can Only Hope

Just a few Confessions

January is Full of Changes!

Would You Like Some More Fries?

All I Want For Christmas...

Questions on My Mind

It's The Truth, It's Factual...

A Song About Me...

Blog Is A Weird Word

About Me:

Sleep now, write later

Please Consider

Dependency

Angry Phoenix

Instructions:

Diminished Creativity

My Sweet New Ride

What If I Had No Friends

Nuts.... they suck!

Lots Of Pillows

Dentists Are Not Really Friends!

The Last 4 Years

Words of Comfort

My New "Job"

Ellie Mae!

Funked Out Saturday Night