So this is a catch-up (ketchup? Why not mustard?) blog post.

SO!

I sat in a floor seat during a devotional (it was actually for Elder Oaks even! Cool!! I love BYU....)

I watched this movie just 'cuz you know, we share a title. The ironic thing is that I guess "Megane" in Japanese mean "glasses", and see it's funny because I've had glasses since I was two! Funny :) Ha ha.

So here in BYU-land there is this place called the Women's Center. At that particular center for this whole semester they are doing a "Recapturing Beauty" campaign where they are promoting self-esteem in women. A part of that was this cool thing called the Ten Day Challenge where you had to do a challenge every day for 10 days-- things like treat yourself to a little indulgence, no "fat talk", monitor your "self-talk", no media, don't weigh yourself, etc. Anyway, on the last day, we went to a conference thing where we got a t-shirt (mine was pink! But there were other colors, like purple and green and blue and orange that you could choose from) and we completed the last challenge. It was a wonderful experience- really enlightening. If anything, I love my body even more than before! I can do SO much! What a perfect machine! Wow. I am thankful for my abilities every day.

You can't see everything, but today (the day after the last day of the challenge) we were 'possed to wear our shirts on campus. And boy, howdy! Did I ever wear it! And a pink undershirt and a pink headband, and MATCHING pink socks (Big deal! I know!) and pink shoes! I LOVE IT!

I know that there is a lot of other things that I have done recently that I can't remember what they were... but when I do remember, you betta believe I'm goin'a write about 'em!

The Ukulele strikes again!

Here is my most recent attempt at the Uke. The artist's name is Zee Avi, and she's from Borneo. Her style is very cute and ukulele-esque, but her songs are pretty depressing, so I don't recommend them very much. That aside, I LOVE this song! The weird part is this: my webcam has a slight delay, so the audio/visual are off by a little more than a second by the end of the whole thing. So just ignore that part...

There she is, folks. The Kennecott Copper mine located just southwest of Salt Lake City. Isn't it wonderful? If you can't see it cool enough, click on the picture and it'll take you to a larger image (at least, I think it will... it should... I dk!) A long, long time ago in" once upon a time" time, I was in a Utah History class. Sounds enthralling, right? I know, I know, I know. I couldn't agree more! Anyway, we learned about this copper mine in that class and I have wanted to go ever since! To learn more about Kennecott, check out this link... or your local library.

"But Beautiful Lady!" You might ask. "However did you get up to that great height?" Let me give you a hint:

"Well, beatniks for one, folk singers and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats. It's in the fridge, daddy-o! Are you hip to the jive? Can you dig what I'm layin' down? I knew that you could. Slide me some skin, soul brother! " (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

That wasn't a terribly good hint... actually, now that I think about it... but hey! Motorbike riders! Slide me some skin, soul brother! In case you haven't gotten it yet, we (Mycroft and I) motorcycled up to the top! AHHHHHH YEAH!

We only crashed once and that may or may not have broken the brake lever and we may or may not have decided to keep going even with one of the brakes completely out....I can neither confirm nor deny the aforementioned experiences actually happening... but hey! IT WAS AWESOME! I'm a BIG fan of the motorcycleage!

Anyway, as we were coming down the mountain, Mycroft told me not to lean too far forward or else the bike might get off balance, so I was leaning as far backwards as I could BUT WE WERE GOING DOWNHILL for crying out loud! The whole trip down was me bracing myself with my legs, but trying not to brace too much in case we hit a bump 'cuz then my legs might break from the impact- IT WAS NUTS! But no worries, we didn't die, we didn't have broken legs- we just had awesomeness :)

This little excursion passed off three things on my to-do list:

Ride a motorcycle
Wear a real-deal motorcycle helmet
Overlook Kennecott Copper Mine

I would call that a successful weekend!