Wednesday, October 29, 2008

You Know This - Am I Really That Desperate?

I never really thought of myself as someone who gets desperate - or even worse - acts upon those desperate feelings. But tonight I proved myself wrong.

Finishing the season finale of Heroes season 2, I went online to start watching season 3. I had seen it on Hulu a few weeks ago, so I wasn't worried about it. But, sadly, I found that they only have episodes 4 - 7. So I went onto NBC.com and found the same results. YouTube...Google Video...Yahoo Video :: no...no...no.

Finally, I found this...



Yep, it's a foreign website!

Thank you tudou.com! Please don't give my computer a virus!

Monday, October 27, 2008

You Know This - He's Grrrr-iff

Top 5 reasons why I think Griff is a stud...
5. He has an ability to make an entire room laugh
4. He has 4 amazing kids and a beautiful wife that he cherishes
3. He isn't afraid to dream big and pursue those dreams
2. He gets excited about other people's passions
1. He appreciates matchy-matchy!

You Know This - Mud Slide

This weekend in Wildside was the finale of Choctober! And, as always, we ended the month with the giant chocolate slip-n-slide we fondly refer to as the Mud Slide. This year, with the Refinery, we gave the Mud Slide a bit of a face lift. Not only did the students get to go down the chocolaty slide, but we also added a ramp! Check it out...




That was Jaime, the Mud Slide champion! As for the blood curdling scream, that was my nervous scream as I watched him fly under me!

Friday, October 24, 2008

You Know This - I'm Confused


I really hate politics. Partially because I feel like people get way too involved to a point where they are willing end relationships over their differences. But mostly, I hate feeling stupid, confused, and left out of conversations, and politics is one area that I just don't understand. You know how politicians twist their words around to confuse the commoners? Well, they won. I am confused.

That is, until now. I stumbled upon this fun little website that will (hopefully) bring me up to speed and help me make wise decisions next month.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

You Know This - My Crush

Tonight I decided I have a crush on this guy:

But only on the Mac commercials.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

You Know This - I'm The Winner!

Last month, my friend Riley posted a contest on his blog. I don't want to brag, but I totally dominated!
The prize was a free lunch, so today we went out to Bagels and Brew. So much fun and such a great guy!
Here was the contest...


See if you can figure it out. If not, you can find the answers here.

You Know This - Norwegian Recycling

Leo just introduced me to this.

Genius!


Tuesday, October 21, 2008

You Know This - Strange New Habit

I have recently formed a strange new habit. Whenever I feel the need to sleep, I pour myself a bowl of Kix cereal, sit in my bed, and watch an old episode of Grey's Anatomy. I was suspicious last night when I turned on Grey's and felt the need to pour myself a bowl. (Shortly followed by Katie coming home and catching me in this odd situation.) But just now, I went to lay down and watch another episode, and low and behold, had to get up to eat some Kix. I don't know what I will do when the cereal runs out!

Gotta go now... I'm missing important McDreamy scenes and my Kix are getting soggy...

You Know This - Baking Queen

My friend Alanna has recently discovered her God-given gift of baking cupcakes to look like animals. And I am oh so happy to be reaping the benefits! Check it out...


Yep, that's a baby owl. And I ate it all in one bite! Thank you Alanna!

Monday, October 20, 2008

You Know This - Totally Awesome?...

...more like Totally AWEFUL!


But I'm still rocking in right now! And I'm pretty sure my C-Group girls will love it too!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

You Know This - 10 Years Later...

...and it still fits!

This was my plan for Halloween, but I don't think I can pull it off in public. My rear almost hung out back in 1999, and I've grown 3 inches (and become a lot more modest) since then. So, it's probably not going to make an appearance. Perhaps I can come up with a modified version.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

You Know This - I Think My Roommate Hates Me

Full well knowing my fear of wiener dogs, Katie sent me this picture today...


Bluh, it grosses me out just looking at it!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

You Know This - Cutest Tag I've Ever Seen

I was tagged by Jess, whom I love dearly without even knowing that well!

1. I have 2 calics on the back of my head. My mom says I was born with horns and they cut them off in the delivery room. The hair that grows out of my calics wants to be curly, while the rest of my hair is pin straight.

2. The biggest desire of my heart is to be a really, really, really good mom. This is only strange because of my major fear of giving birth.

3. For the first 3 years that I lived in Texas, I fought saying words like "y'all" or "fixin'." I may not have said them out loud, but they were in my thoughts and eventually even in my dreams. I gave up during my 4th year of college and started saying y'all. Now, 5 years later, I still use that word in my everyday conversations. And even better, my students are saying it too!

4. As girly as I am, I have an inability to cry. I hate hate hate hate hate crying. But even when I feel the need, I cannot cry infront of others. Not even when Izzy killed Denny in Grey's Anatomy. I couldn't cry, that is, until recently. I have been consistently crying for the last 2 months.

5. My fear of weiner dogs caused me to jump into a bush the other day.

6. Not only do I still have Baylor University pride and Poly High School pride, but I still have California Baptist University pride, Gage Middle School pride, Castle View Elementary School pride, and First Baptist Preschool pride. Apparently I am just proud of my roots! (Sorry RCC, that one semester of summer school there didn't make the cut!)

7. During the summer, my feet are constantly dirty. During the winter, my feet are constantly stinky.

Tag, you're it: Bill; Katie; Phil; Sue: Alyssa: Elise; Kyle

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

You Know This - (Un)Lucky Strike

For our Student Ministries fun day, we went bowling at Lucky Strike. They were having a special - if the head pin was red and you bowled a strike, you won a free 2 hour block of bowling for you and 15 friends. With 21 of us bowling, it was bound to happen, but I think they doubted our mad bowling skills that day...

That's right. We won 64 people worth of free bowling!

Better luck next time, Lucky Strike!

Monday, October 13, 2008

You Know This - A Familiar Voice

When I walked into my parent's house this morning, I heard a familiar voice. It was a man's voice, but it wasn't my dad. Knowing that Cali the dog and I were the only ones home, I started to wander around the house to solve the mystery. The voice was coming from the office. I walked into the room to find the office empty, but the familiar voice was still talking. I came over to the computer to check it out. It was the voice of my boss, Rick Warren. When my mom left for work this morning, she left her iTunes running and it had made its way down to Purpose Driven Life.

Strange, but true.

You Know This - TechDeck

Just one more example of why it is so fun to have little nephews. I walked into my mom's house to find this on the kitchen counter...

I love it!


Sunday, October 12, 2008

You Know This - Easily Amused Roommate

I really like my roommate Katie! She is very easily amused, and I love that about her! Mere moments ago, she not only laughed really hard at the new Swiffer commerical, but she then rewound it, watched it again, and laughed even harder!

Here you go Katie. Now you can enjoy it whenever you like...


Tuesday, October 7, 2008

You Know This - Pig-ality Test

So, tonight I found THIS WEBSITE in which you draw a pig and then analyze it to tell you more about your personality. I love both drawing and personality tests (although I would never claim to be good at either) so I was obviously in for this waste of 10 minutes of my life!

Warning: I am about to give away the results of the test. So if you are interested in taking this blessing, go do so now before looking below...

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Ok, so here's my pig...


And here are my results...


Try it out see what your pig sketching skills say about you!

Monday, October 6, 2008

You Know This - Funny Daddy


My dad (who's name is Randy Johnson - like the baseball pitcher; this information will be important to know further on in this story) tends to be a quieter man, but when he has something funny to say, it's super funny!

Last night he told me about a fortune cookie he got the other day. It read, "You will be very successful in athletics."

His reply... They must have thought I was the other Randy Johnson.

Awesome.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

You Know This - This Is My Confession

When I was in 7th grade, instead of taking a normal english class, I was the Literary Magazine (no, this nerdy fact is not the confession part of this blog post). Every week we had to memorize and recite a poem to the entire class. Rather than taking the time to memorize a poem, I decided to recite the lyrics to random songs. Between girl scouts, children's church, and being in several musicals as a child, I had quite the repertoire. So I was able to fool my teacher for an entire year.

...Whoops...

Saturday, October 4, 2008

You Know This - Bad Taste In My Mouth

My sister just found some candy in the kitchen at my parent's house. She came up to me and said, "Hey B, wanna try this new candy mom got?" Sounds good to me! So I popped the pink thing in my mouth... disgusting! It tasted like mold and I couldn't bite through it. So I spit it out and fed it to the dog. As she chewed on it, she stared at me as if to say, "why would you do this to me?!" But Cali is stronger than I am. With much drooling, she powered through and finished the candy. I'm gonna go find her a real treat to get the nasty taste out of her mouth.

You Know This - Del Barf-o


When I was in high school, I vowed to never eat the chicken soft tacos at Del Taco. Well, today I broke that vow.

And now I remember why I made that decision 10 years ago. Roughly 45 minutes after eating 3 bites of the taco (spitting out the last bite after my teeth couldn't make it through some unknown chunk), I found myself hugging the toilet. Yep, I ended up throwing it up.

Which explains why I have found time to blog 3 times in one night. Get off me, nasty taco! Here's hoping I feel better tomorrow...

You Know This - The Macek Brothers

Look out Jonas Brothers, cause the Macek boys are here!



Lead Singer - Robbie Macek
Percussion - Cameron Macek

Friday, October 3, 2008

You Know This - Chai Me

Some may say that I have a terrible addiction to chai. I love to get a venti iced nonfat chai latte from starbucks at least once a day. This is not the cheapest habit I have ever formed, so recently I decided to start making chai at home.

I headed out to Trader Joe's and bought a can of powder chai for $3.45 - $0.40 cheaper than one drink at starbucks.Exciting...yes. But this story doesn't stop here.

I was telling Zack about my new found beverage and he was very impressed with me. I thought this was simply because I was going to be saving myself about $200 a month. Turns out, he thought I had made the chai from scratch. So, naturally, I took this as a challange.

I went to the store, bought some supplies, and cooked me up some chai!

But don't get too impressed... it was awful!

Consider this atempt #1.
Someday I WILL be enjoying a delicious cup of homemade chai!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

You Know This - Jif Baker

This was like PEE-MY-PANTS funny!