sing hell and hallelujah

i love my sweet mamacita. (my grandma) she is 97 years old. and she sings this song every time we visit

and by every time, i mean every. time. 

isn't she the best?

today's conversation

went a little something like this:

friend: erin, did you change your hair?

me:  no... ...actually i did part it differently now that i think about it, maybe that's it?

friend:  but it just looks so shiny and beautiful!

me: well... i did wash and condition it today, maybe that's it?

turns out washing and conditioning your hair makes it look shiny and beautiful.... weird!

makin sculptures

just going for it.  not really paying attention in class... whoops.

finally buckled down and followed some instruction.. i called this the Oprah phase

starting to look more and more like my friend.

you remember my friend jordan, right?
 of course you do.

i really just love makin jordan-inspired artwork.  i don't know what it is he just has an inspiring face.  wouldn't you say?

just finished my sculpture of him! i've never done anything like this before, so it was really fun for me!  especially because all i do in my painting class is paint boring still life all day every day...ugghhhh

how do you think it turned out?  ps.  i did get an A on this sculpture.  thank the heavens.

are you ever like.. i am so glad that isn't me.

via awkward family photos {dot} com

Inception of Guest Posts: Friend Feature: MakinUVBetter

Lucky you!



Today features a guest post about a guest post (hence the title)...  By the one and only Jordan Carl Martin Makin: well known for his vibrant hair, infectious laugh and movie reviews on his website, makinuvbetter.com.  check it out!


watch out, kids.


For a while now, Erin has been hounding me to do a guest post for her blog.

Being the incredibly deep thinker that I am, it led me to this question:






What exactly is a "guest post"?





Don't we all "guest post" in others' lives everyday?





Wasn't Voldemort just "guest posting" in Harry's brain all those years?





Didn't the Titanic just "guest post" to the bottom of the Ocean?





Don't rappers "guest post" in other rappers' songs ALL THE TIME?





The blog of the world requires us to guest post and allow guest posts into our own life all the time.





Which kind of guest post are you going to be?



Do you want to be Voldemort or do you wanna be the Titanic? Neither? (to that I say, good choice). Or do you want to be Harry Potter, who constantly guest posts in the way of Ron & Hermione's relationship? [AWKWARD 3RD WHEEL ALERT].



Do you want to be Lil Wayne guest posting in a Weezer song or do you wanna be Eminem guest posting in a Lil Wayne song?? It's a hard choice, right!? It may not even make complete sense. You may not even understand what I am trying to get across.



To that I say, just be a good guest post. Cheer people up, make people laugh, give them something that they can't give themselves.


Also, don't let guest posts into your blog of life that bring you down. Expecto Patronum the Voldemorts (I don't care if that's the wrong spell) and send the Titanics a different way. You can't stop guest posting, you can only learn to control it.

oh, anna: emails (these may become a new installment on the blog...)

I want to remember these for all time.  Thank you to a dear friend of Anna's who sent these emails to me.  Anna sent these back in 2006!! She was 16. Maybe you will get a feel for her very quirky little personality.  I will treasure these always.

WAAAHOOO!!
those little smilies are quite the lil eye catcher.. i flippin hate physics too!! it just needs to get out of my belleh today! har hardee harrrr.. oh deer.. oh elk. wild horses could not draaag me away from being your bosom friend. i just luffff you! have a splendid day!



Sent:Sat 1/21/06
my little chicken monkey face! how are you this wonderful day? eeeeeepp i want to play with you sometime! except for i cant drive anywhere because some psycho stupid chicken stole my flippin purse. makes me so angry! but anyshoe.. today i woke up at around 2ish and then a boy called me while he was on the lift
snowboarding to ask me if i wanted to go to costa vida. oh my crapper face. he is a silly fun nerd, as am i, and you of course! how is this boy of yours? pretty sure you are going to marry him.. although i've never seen/met/heard of him, i am sure that if you like him, i will aprove! gaahhh my cellular device was stolen along with my license.. i just cant get over the stupid robber face.. have a wondermous evening! i heart you like the knight in shinning armor hearts his fair lady.. goodnight munchkin.



Sent:Fri 1/27/06
how are you doing this blustery day? i say we have a physics party and have you and who ever else wants to come.. come to physics and eat cupcakes with Velocity signs on them.. wowie! i think i am going to go to every house on the taco bell street and find your house so we can play! welp, have a grool day! har har dee har.. c: bye bye




Sent:Sun 5/14/06
hello chickabitty. i just got back from werk. pretty sure i hate doing pink sauce so flippin bad! i have a music box that it supposed to sing a few of my favorite things on sound of music, but it makes sounds of death.. haha it sounds reeeeeealll good. it makes me pee my pants.
 
 
 
oh, anna. YOU make me pee my pants.  i luff you like he-who-must-not-be-named loves to try to kill harry potter.  but he can't.  .... harry potter wins always!   but i still luff you.

all or nothin'

all or nothin', my frenz.

let me explain.

when it comes to dating: the guys come in waves. 

seriously. 

i don't know what it is.

 but it's either zero boys asking me on dates or 23. all at once.

just a funny realization

does this happen to any of you?

my brother is awesome.

he is just so funny.  i want all of you to know this "girl scream" he does. oh my. it is hilarious!

Funny Girls

Have you heard of these women?

Barbara Streisand

Lily Tomlin

and

Goldie Hawn


If not, I am so sorry.
They are some of my favorite actresses.


So funny. 

you need to add these movies to your netflix queue right away:

What's Up Doc
this one is kind of confusing to try to explain.  You just need to take my word for it that it is awesome and hilarious.  Barbara Streisand stars in this movie alongside Ryan O'Neal (he is so dreamy in this film.).  You need to watch it.  It takes place in San Francisco (one of my favorite cities).  Lots of mayhem and confusion make for a fun storyline.  It's so great, you'll love it!

Big Business
Big Business starts out with two sets of parents; both mothers are about to give birth.. and both to a set of twin girls.  The twins get mixed up at birth then run into each other when one set of twins is trying to build a strip mall in the small hometown of the other set of twins.. This show is one of my very favorites.  Starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler, you will love this one, too.  It's hilarious, has a little bit of romance, and a funny storyline!

HouseSitter
Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin star in Housesitter.  Gwen (Goldie Hawn)is a con artist who moves into this empty house owned by Newton(Steve Martin), without him knowing about it...  She makes everyone in the small town where the house is believe that she is his wife.  In the meantime, he's trying to win over his long time girlfriend's heart with the house and is trying to get her to accept his marriage proposal.  It's awesome.  I love it! 

More movies you need to see:

Hello Dolly (musical/comedy)
9 to 5 (comedy)
Overboard (comedy)

what can Wii do for you?

my sister will kill me for posting this.

but it is just too funny to not share with the blogging world.

When you play nintendo I hope you get really into it like sister does.  She's playing Donkey Kong on the Wii.  It's probably more entertaining to watch her play than to actually play myself. 

Love you sis!

why be healthy?

I want to be healthy.


Especially after getting the fatbooth app on my ipod.


If this doesn't scare someone into being healthy, I don't know what will.  I do not want to look like this any time soon. 


Enjoy these funny pictures.  Hopefully this is the only time you see me looking like this.  Ha.

this is why I'm not eating chocolate on Valentine's day.

Ha.  too funny!  Sorry Sar.

little sis

sweet friend KG

Dear friend Gsquared

funniest analogy all year!

(or in my opinion, anyway)


So.. We're sitting in Relief Society today having a lesson [in short the lesson was on ways we can become closer to our Heavenly Father] and started talking about how we need to improve and not justify ourselves.. (ie I'm too busy to say my prayers/read my scriptures/etc)

This wonderful sister raises her hand and says this:

"I have a good analogy for this.  My kids always give me the excuse, 'well, I'm doing much better--I've improved!'; so I say back to them- Okay think of it this way:

A man murders 10 people a month for a whole year.
Then
He improves by only murdering one every six months.

It's still unacceptable!"


It was hilarious.
I truly wish you all could have been witnesses in that moment.


So, lesson learned.  If you kill 10 people a month, or just one every six months... it's still not okay.





Man, I'm still laughing about it.

The Wings Of Love

Dear The Bachelor Producers,

Just because Jake Pavelka is a pilot does not mean you should play On the Wings of Love every romantic moment chance you get. That song is horribly cheesey. Especially for The Bach.

Love Erin.

PS. Bringing Jeffrey Osbourne to the After the Final Rose episode?

Way to take it one step further.

if you haven't got a chance to experience that song

click HERE