I Heart TV

TV makes me so happy. Wednesday and Thursday TV specifically. Tonight, American Idol was in Salt Lake City, the friendliest place on earth. Or so Ryan Seacrest kept saying, over and over. Is this something that's always been said about Utah? I've never heard that before and I was kind of getting bugged about it. Not that it isn't nice to say, and I know we're pretty awesome around these parts, but I'm pretty sure he made it up. I wonder if he did it in an attempt to repair his image after high fiving that blind guy. I must say, he won me over, in spite of me. Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet. Don't be surprised if I love you, for all.... You get the picture.

Then there was Lost. Last week I was feeling frustrated with my growing list of unanswered questions, but this week I just sat back and enjoyed the show. I'm so happy Desmond and Penny aren't giving up. John Locke will bother me to the very end. How has Richard never aged? I still can't decide if I trust Daniel; he's so intense and mysterious. How is he connected to Widmore? I was shocked to see a young Widmore on the island, and with a huge chip on his shoulder. This is getting gooooooood.

I'm so anxious for everyone to get back together. I need Kate and Sawyer to be reunited. I love Jack, but let's face it, Kate and Sawyer belong together. Jack can have the very serious, weird facial-expressioned Juliet. She needs a man to help calm down her out of control eyebrow twitching.

TV makes me happy. Especially in a cold and dreary January.

Giveaway!

My sister Jeanette is doing a card giveaway on her blog. Go check it out (and leave a comment to enter), she is crazy talented. And I don't just say that because she's family. She's really got some skillz!

I Changed My Mind and Other Random Thoughts

Forget what I said about January biting the big one, I've changed my mind. Thank you Alison for reminding me about American Idol. And thank you Idol for turning my January frown upside down. I knew there was a reason this month existed. The second I started watching, it was like the skies cleared and the birds started chirping. I don't know if I like anything more than truly terrible singers thinking they're honestly great singers. It just makes my heart sing. In tune, of course. I get so into it that John had to remind me the TV can't talk back. I love it so much. Although I swear some of those kids trying out must not watch the show as religiously as I do. I'm talking, of course, about the ones who dance. Every regular watcher knows that the second you start dancing during try outs, you're out of there. They never let the dancers through. Come on! Pay attention, people. If you're serious about winning, maybe you should think about doing a little research. Just a suggestion from one fantastic singer to another.

Speaking of singing, I have got to get Rock Band. You know those nerds at Best Buy who spend their lunch hour playing the demo they have set out? That was me today. Only it was John's lunch hour I was wasting. I've got to me some of that Rock Band. Or friends who have it. That would work, too.

On my drive home from wasting John's lunch break playing Rock Band, I saw a Smart Car. (That was a great lead into a new subject sentence, wasn't it?) I've been seeing quite a few Smart Cars around lately. Here's the thing about them, and I'm sorry if you have one or wish to someday have one. They are ugly. They're just not cute cars. Not that that's the reason you should buy a car, but they're also not very practical for a Utah winter. I saw an old timer driving one around a few weeks ago during a snow storm. That man was off his rocker, driving that thing through two feet of snow! He was all over the road. I was scared just driving next to him. If you're gonna be acting crazy, driving something that tiny and light through snow, at least get some sand sacks to weigh it down and some tire chains. I don't want you causing any accidents, especially when I'm also driving around, packing precious cargo (just like my window sticker says... just kidding).

I guess on days like today you can do without the tires and sand, because it is so nice outside! Forty five degrees, and if you're a true Utahan, you know what that means. We're five degrees away from breaking out the shorts! Oh, I have vivid elementary school memories of walking to school in the morning with shorts and a coat on. It was still cold enough you could see your breath in the morning, so of course we'd pretend to be smoking all the way to school. Good times...

That's all I've got for today. So....

Here's to a killer January, the 12th best month in the year!!

The Fear

I can't believe it's only January 12th. Talk about a slow year. January is lame and boring and sucks. I'm feeling pretty Debbie Downer about it. But instead of rattling on about that exciting subject, here is a song and video I'm loving right now.



I love using music videos as cop-out posts. I love music videos in general.

Calendar Making

Every year around October, I start looking for a calendar for the upcoming year. I usually have a pretty easy time finding one I like, but this time around I was looking for something a little different and I just wasn't finding anything I loved. So I decided to make my own thinking how hard can it be? I searched through Etsy to find some inspiration and found a couple I liked and wanted to copy. Cause, honestly, I can't come up with anything on my own when it comes to crafts. I'm just not that creative.

I started the calendar back in October and had most of it finished until my printer died. I swear, every electronic in my house died last fall. It was a sad season of electrical death. Instead of just buying a new printer, I got sidetrack with the holidays and didn't think much about my calendar until January 1st when I needed it. So, I went out, bought a new printer and finished that sucker up. Here is what the top parts of the calendar looked like before I had it put together:



I did the letters using the printer. Once I had the font and size I wanted, I printed the outline of the letter directly onto my paper and just cut it out. That was my little sister's good idea. So super easy.

Here is my favorite month. It's the month I started with and it turned out to be the one I like the most.



I did the actual calendar part by just drawing on the chart and then using some sticker vellum paper I found at Office Max for the month and days of the week.

Here are a couple of the other months, finished.







It's very obviously homemade and was a hundred times cuter in my head than on paper, but I'm still proud of it.

Relapse

I know I must sound like a broken record saying this, but I'm obsessed. Again. I think I need to seek some professional help (to save me from the enemy, myself). This happens more than I think is normal or healthy. This week's obsession is a repeat obsession. Every time a new album or song comes out by the Killers, it's like fuel is being added to the fire in my heart that burns for them. The fire that can only grow and grow. I'm totally joking. But I'm also totally obsessed. They're kind of the musical love of my life. Along with every other band. I'm in love with every band.

Here's my current favorite song.



I've mentioned before that Brandon Flowers's dancing sort of looks like a pee dance, but have you ever noticed that the guitar player kind of looks like Jason Lee? I just keep waiting for Randy to walk out or Catalina to start jumping across the stage. That would be funny.