happy halloween

i wish my house looked like this right now

words

i know this came out in august so some of you may have seen it. but it is cool enough to watch twice.

jet fuel and traffic lines

Fall always becomes a busy travel time with this year being no exception. In the past month I've been backpacking in Tennessee, celebrating a wedding in Texas, & coming to New Jersey for a family event. I'm planning to write about the very thought-provoking wedding, but for now all I have to say is: I'm ready to spend some time in Georgia.

worst. camping trip. ever.

i was jealous of Popular Blogging Friend's camping adventures so i decided to have my own. let me start by saying, we really did enjoy ourselves. we went to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which i find quite lovely. probably b/c i basically grew up in those mountains.

a view on the hike

that said, it was probably the worst camping trip i've ever been on. the hike was basically straight up, i got really bad blisters & hurt my leg, it rained all night & the all 2nd day, and we ran into crazy evangelical Christians that left us anti-Mormon notes at our campsite after they saw my BYU visor.

this is how we felt by the end of the trip

it's a good thing that i really like the people i went with b/c we managed to have a great time* despite the overall suckiness.

the view from the top. there are lots of mountains somewhere in that mist

*also, we had a techno dance party in the tent. it lasted 15 seconds (which is turns out to be about 5 seconds longer than any techno dance party should ever last).

i got a new car

Smart

how creative is this design? i think all new dorm rooms should go with this. b/c it sucks having a bed up in the air, but a desk? no problem. and storage on the steps & a built in bookcase right next to the desk - brilliant.

thing i'm pissed about today

1) Boy is indeed returning home from his mission on Dec 27th. it's not the mission president's fault so i'll be prank calling the church's Missionary Department instead.

2) my car doesn't work. it spent all week in shop & $500 later, it still doesn't work.

3) one of my co-workers passed away yesterday from a brain hemorrhage. he was only 23. his family had to make the decision to turn off the life support. even if he was totally gone anyway, how freakin terrible would that decision be?

but... i also got to have a picnic in piedmont park this afternoon with my friends. so really, i am pretty happy right now. i just like being dramatic.