The Realm of the Pachyderm

I know it's a little hard to read, but it does in fact say, "Vote!" I couldn't resist the irony of allowing this little baby to represent my stance this election year.

Funny story! Ok, so Becca, my roommate who was giving me so much grief about not voting, received her absentee ballot yesterday. In her vast excitement, she tore right into it, chattering merrily about voting Yes on Prop 8 and such. Then, after all was said and done, she sealed it and showed it to me proudly.

Me: So, who did you vote for President?

Becca: Haha, I--OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T!

So, after all the nonsense I've been putting up with, she forgot to vote for our next President. That made my day on so many different levels.

In other news, my sinuses feel like they're about to implode on my face. Honestly, I was fine ALL DAY yesterday, but then at like 9 in the pea-ehm, KABLAM! HEY, GIRL, HEY, YOU'RE SICK!

Is there any justice in this world? Actually, yes. There is, in fact, a guy named Justice in my ward. True story.

Oh, I know! I can tell you guys about my Halloween costume! The original plan was going to be Static Cling [if you've seen that awful movie Penelope, you'll understand], but I wasn't exactly sold on it. After some pondering, I came up with the idea that I would be the Second Amendment:

1. Cover my arms in "fur" [really just this old pillow I found at the DI]
2. Make claws out of black duct tape or something.
3. Shazam! I'm now "the right to bear arms"!

I know that there's a t-shirt out there with a picture, but I swear I came up with the idea first. Anyway, it'll be great.

Alright, I should probably get some homework done, since I'm not even in class. If I come up with anything else fantastic enough, you'll be the first to know.

1. Becca and I having an argument about why I'm not voting
2. Rehearsing my scene for 336 about a boy who wants a rifle from his parents
3. Watching The Prince of Egypt

Ok, now, see if you can make sense of this using these circumstances...

In the dream, a group of people that I'm a part of is running from something yet again. This time, it's the

BRONZE EAGLE OF DEMOCRACY

Now, I have no idea how I came to know that this thing was the representative of Democracy, but it was literally a bronze eagle--WITH METAL FEATHERS--which was chasing us in order to pull out our eyes. I don't think any of us actually fell victim to this vicious eagle and I don't even know if I recognized any of the people in the group, but I just remember being super scared of this thing.

Then, out of nowhere, my Dad showed up toting a rifle. He turned to me and said, "Alright, enough is enough." At this point, he aimed said rifle at the eagle and fired three harpoons at the beast, striking it dead on. Once the harpoons had struck the Harbinger of Blindness, it turned into a hieroglyph and fell out of the sky. I was so elated, I got to watch it happen all over again in slow motion.

After telling Grandma, Becca, and Nadin about my dream, they think that it means I have to vote, since the eagle will only leave me alone if I do. On the contrary, I think that this is a resounding NO from the Lord, since that eagle was TERRIFYING!

Regardless of the meaning, maybe I should stop eating dinner so late :[

Anyway, not a whole lot goin' down in G-funk Town as of late. I took two tests today--DOS. My first one was this super vague test in Student Development about like...reading and such. Whooo.

THEN, I had my Directing midterm. It was really frustrating, since I figured out what the play I was examining was actually about when I had finished like 75% of the darn thing. DANGIT.

In other news, I BOUGHT POCKY AT WALMART! YUS!

Ok, none of this is very substantial...let's see...I suppose I can ramble about the disastrous Utah weather I seemed to have forgotten about during my recuperatory hiatus in Maryland.

Let me explain. In nature, there are generally four states of growth/foligic recession known as Seasons. In normal [and by normal, I mean awesome] places such as Maryland, all four seasons can be properly identified and experienced very easily by even the smallest child.

There's the moistening of small frogs known as Spring,

The widening of generally creepy travelers known as Summer,

The summoning of the Arctic Wolf known as Autumn,

And the celebrating of the birds which survived the onslaught of the Arctic Wolf known as Winter.

[Grandma thought I was high because I was laughing really hard when I found this picture. It's just one of those things that strikes me as unbelievably funny.]

Now, as I was saying, the most excellent of places are familiar with all four of these Seasons. However, there are some places that don't experience all of them. Utah is one of these dreaded places, a place where summer and winter constantly fight with one another because there are no segue seasons betwixt them! As one who didn't realize this before living here, I have to say that I'm somewhat confused as to why I sit in October getting all geared up for Autumn only to be met by that demon Winter.

For as humid and potentially miserable Maryland could be in the height of August, there's nothing quite so lovely as an Eastern Autumn. Seriously, I hate being so unceremoniously plunged into my least favorite season when all I wanted was some chilly evenings without snow :[

Alright, it looks like it's FHE time, so I'll call it quits for now. I hope you enjoyed my explanation of the Seasons, as it was excellent.

Basically, this is the best video I've ever seen. I'll probably post more later, but this is awesome for now.

Essentially, teams of three players must bend themselves into the shapes of holes in walls hurtling towards them. If they make the proper shape, the wall will go right around them, thus earning them points. However, should they bend themselves improperly, they get pushed into a pool of water, thus earning no points. Here's my impression of such Cirque de Soleil contortionism:

In case you were wondering, this was, in fact, a Japanese game show first.

So, in other news, this has been a REALLY long week. However, on the plus side, tomorrow is the beginning of Conference weekend and that means FUN FUN FUN! Srsly! I'm sure that I'll have plenty to report on that subject come Sunday night.

Until then, I'd like you to enjoy a video that I coerced my roommate into making with me at around 11 last night. It was for my Spanish class this morning: