Monday, July 23, 2007
Jeddah lost the battle of the sexes anyway
So the battle of the sexes continued today at work. I thought i was tough with my football list, even though kev wouldnt accept my brother as one and i had to come up a new #10. So he struggled with broadway shows but eventually got 10. It was my turn again. 10 pro basketball players, i had to stretch with that one listing some old school, larry bird and what not. he then had to name 10 beauty and fashion magazines. he pulled through though i think he texted a friend. i had to list 10 different guns. i thought i would get him with 10 super models, but didnt think that one through, he smoked that one. 10 muscle cars for me. 10 shampoo brands for him. I was left to name 10 pro golfers. bob barker and jack nichelson dont count i guess. i lost. I dont really care that i dont know 10 golfers, because any game that involves hushed tones and reverant clapping is of no value to me. if only he had asked me to name 10 death metal bands or something about butt rock but no, it was golf that killed me. i would have died anyway because college football mascots would have been his next catigory.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
jeddah's football roster
ok so the other day i got in a heated debate with this guy about football. he thought i couldnt list 10 current or relatively recent famous football players. i started to list them, with no hesitation but the list was cut off by a pressing phone call. KEV this list is for you, with no help from a boy, or the internet here are some football players i can think of off the top of my head. and there are 10, so there. i did it. now you have to list 10 recent broadway musicals. step up kevin! anyway i am not saying this is by any means my fantasy football team at all (but for real my bro would be on my fantasy team, and there would be no hate in the world, and no skanky-clad cheerleaders on my fantasy team, and prince wouldnt ever do half time, and the consessions stands would be really cheap, everything would be 50cents on fridays.) but this is who i could list randomly off the top of my head. correct me if i am wrong unless you are kevin.
1.terrell owens- now with the cowboys, the big TO (drug overdose acciedent or no?)
2.Lamont jordan-raider nation RB
3.alex smith-that one is easy he's from UofU
4.tom brady- new england patriots, 3 superbowl wins, and he's dreamy
5.Bret farve- go cheese heads, #4
6.jeff otis-raider nation QB
7.Quincy black- LOBO drafted for the bucs! go cherry silver and white
8.Jerry rice dancing with the stars, 49ers, raiders, a well rounded man
9. Bo Jackson played for the raiders and some baseball too, heisman winner
10. my brother erni carrell SHS football 2001-2003 MVP 2003 #89 (by far the cutest and funniest of all of these buff players listed, he also enjoys feeding the homeless and helping stray cats find shelter and love, enjoys x box and a heineken on a saturday night)
so all i can say is step up k-fed
1.terrell owens- now with the cowboys, the big TO (drug overdose acciedent or no?)
2.Lamont jordan-raider nation RB
3.alex smith-that one is easy he's from UofU
4.tom brady- new england patriots, 3 superbowl wins, and he's dreamy
5.Bret farve- go cheese heads, #4
6.jeff otis-raider nation QB
7.Quincy black- LOBO drafted for the bucs! go cherry silver and white
8.Jerry rice dancing with the stars, 49ers, raiders, a well rounded man
9. Bo Jackson played for the raiders and some baseball too, heisman winner
10. my brother erni carrell SHS football 2001-2003 MVP 2003 #89 (by far the cutest and funniest of all of these buff players listed, he also enjoys feeding the homeless and helping stray cats find shelter and love, enjoys x box and a heineken on a saturday night)
so all i can say is step up k-fed
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
the boy box
its an old sketcher shoe box that has black and yellow stripes. i couldnt tell you what happened to the shoes that came with it, or when i even wore those shoes last. i bought those shoes back in high school, i must have been sixteen. ten years later and i still have this box, on a shelf in my room. For the first time in months i took it off the shelf and opened it up.
i was driving home tonight with my friend crystal when a song came on the radio. Do you ever hear a song that instantly takes you to a memory? No matter how much time has gone by, or what words were said or remained unsaid, you dont even have a conscience choice, you automatically think of someone. It has been a year since i've seen him, and there have been a few dates and a relationship since him.i am sitting in the passanger seat heading south on 7th east and its drizzling outside the car window, the AC is too cold but no one does anything about it. this song comes on, and even though i am over him, and really happy in my life i am forced to think of him. I remember driving in his car late at night in taylorsville, cranking up this song and he and i belting out the words to each other. i can remember what shirt he had on, and that he has a mountain dew in his hand. he was taking me home far later than he should have. he was making me laugh, and we both didnt want the night to end. it was such a vivid memory i could almost touch it.my friend driving wakes me up out of the funk that this song has put me in to ask me about our plans this weekend.
Why do songs do that? where does that power come from to control or alter our mood with a few chords and lyrics? honestly he hasnt crossed my mind in a while, till the song. Now here i am dusting of my sketchers boy box trying to find more memories.
Its kind of cheesy and sentimental of me, but in my boy box i have trinkets and reminders of boys who have changed my life in one way or another. Dried flowers from high school dances, ticket stubs to a lenny kravtz concert, letters from a few boys while on their mormon missions. birthday cards and notes passed in seminary. a stuffed animal i won on my very first date, playing ski ball. a key chain from paris a boy brought back for me. pictures, and pressed flowers from dates. a necklace, a few mix cds made for me. movie ticket stubs. postcards. a baseball cap and 2 t shirts given to me. a few games of mash i liked and kept in highschool, which are now just too funny. its not much really, i mean i can fit it all tightly in a big shoe box. i have seen friends with much larger and more intricate boy boxes. i like mine. it suits me. it has just enough experience in it to get me where me and my self esteem are today. i pick up the one of the t shirts, and zone out again. He had given it to me, i dont even remember why, we were in his room and watching the simpsons. it was from his basic training and he had kept it clean in his top drawer. he never wore it. he gave it to me. i unfold it, and smile at his last name written in the collar. i am in such a good place emotionally now, not when he gave me this shirt, and not when we jammed out to that song. i put it up to my nose to see if his cologne still lingers there. a hint really not much. i take it as a good sign that i am not missing him really, just remembering.
Most of you know how much i have grown and how strong that boy and ending it with him has made me. you know who i am talking about with out even having to say his name. i smile as i fold the shirt back up and put in the box. I wonder what he would think if he could see me now and who i am and how i rely more on my faith because of what he and i went through. i am pleased that song came on tonight. I reaffirmed with in myself that i have those memories any time i want them, and thats all of him i need. thats really all i need from any of those boys in my boy box, the memories and old adventures. I think each trinket is a bit of who i am and who has changed my life for the better. i wouldnt give any of it back, not even the spider man pez dispenser. its funny how a song in passing can open you up to places you havent visited inside you in a while. i love how songs have that power, just like dried flowers and valentines to remind you who you are, and who has contributed to what you are becoming.
i was driving home tonight with my friend crystal when a song came on the radio. Do you ever hear a song that instantly takes you to a memory? No matter how much time has gone by, or what words were said or remained unsaid, you dont even have a conscience choice, you automatically think of someone. It has been a year since i've seen him, and there have been a few dates and a relationship since him.i am sitting in the passanger seat heading south on 7th east and its drizzling outside the car window, the AC is too cold but no one does anything about it. this song comes on, and even though i am over him, and really happy in my life i am forced to think of him. I remember driving in his car late at night in taylorsville, cranking up this song and he and i belting out the words to each other. i can remember what shirt he had on, and that he has a mountain dew in his hand. he was taking me home far later than he should have. he was making me laugh, and we both didnt want the night to end. it was such a vivid memory i could almost touch it.my friend driving wakes me up out of the funk that this song has put me in to ask me about our plans this weekend.
Why do songs do that? where does that power come from to control or alter our mood with a few chords and lyrics? honestly he hasnt crossed my mind in a while, till the song. Now here i am dusting of my sketchers boy box trying to find more memories.
Its kind of cheesy and sentimental of me, but in my boy box i have trinkets and reminders of boys who have changed my life in one way or another. Dried flowers from high school dances, ticket stubs to a lenny kravtz concert, letters from a few boys while on their mormon missions. birthday cards and notes passed in seminary. a stuffed animal i won on my very first date, playing ski ball. a key chain from paris a boy brought back for me. pictures, and pressed flowers from dates. a necklace, a few mix cds made for me. movie ticket stubs. postcards. a baseball cap and 2 t shirts given to me. a few games of mash i liked and kept in highschool, which are now just too funny. its not much really, i mean i can fit it all tightly in a big shoe box. i have seen friends with much larger and more intricate boy boxes. i like mine. it suits me. it has just enough experience in it to get me where me and my self esteem are today. i pick up the one of the t shirts, and zone out again. He had given it to me, i dont even remember why, we were in his room and watching the simpsons. it was from his basic training and he had kept it clean in his top drawer. he never wore it. he gave it to me. i unfold it, and smile at his last name written in the collar. i am in such a good place emotionally now, not when he gave me this shirt, and not when we jammed out to that song. i put it up to my nose to see if his cologne still lingers there. a hint really not much. i take it as a good sign that i am not missing him really, just remembering.
Most of you know how much i have grown and how strong that boy and ending it with him has made me. you know who i am talking about with out even having to say his name. i smile as i fold the shirt back up and put in the box. I wonder what he would think if he could see me now and who i am and how i rely more on my faith because of what he and i went through. i am pleased that song came on tonight. I reaffirmed with in myself that i have those memories any time i want them, and thats all of him i need. thats really all i need from any of those boys in my boy box, the memories and old adventures. I think each trinket is a bit of who i am and who has changed my life for the better. i wouldnt give any of it back, not even the spider man pez dispenser. its funny how a song in passing can open you up to places you havent visited inside you in a while. i love how songs have that power, just like dried flowers and valentines to remind you who you are, and who has contributed to what you are becoming.
Friday, July 13, 2007
ode to jeddah's t shirts
ok so after much diliberation i have decided to play my own top 5 fav go game at the start of each blog entry. First i just want to say i pay no attention to grammer and spelling in my blogs. i am openly aware that there are mistakes. i embrace them as they make me unique and who i am.
top five fav stupid movies that i have memorized
1 zoolander " i did it matil! i turned left!"
2 robinhood men in tights " Achoo! did you say a jew? in england?"
3 Dodgeball "looks like the average joes are forfitting cotton. bold strategy lets see how it plays out for them
4-Space Balls-"they've gone to PLAID!"
5-talledega nights- " if i wanted my kids to be wimps i would have named them dr.quinn and medicine woman"
*these are subject to change. i might have a different list tomorrow
ok now the meat. I really love to travel, and on each adventure like most other people i bring home a little trinket. For some it is spoons or shot glasses, or others key chains and magnets. For me its T shirts. Not the cheesy ones they sell at the air port with air brushed horses or wolves that say in cursive "wyoming", but random funny ones. Actually its not just from road trips, its where ever i find them. its usually the words or phrases that catch my eye, maybe its the bright color or picture. For those of you who know me in person, real life jeddah, you have seen such shirts. Heck, i have even gotten a couple from the guys section at wal mart and jazzed them up a bit to my liking. let me tell you about my few favorites.
FLYING J TRUCK STOP PURCHASE- i love the flying j truckstops. so whenever i see one i stop. Who knows what you'll find inside those magical stores. My last stop was in may in cokeville wyoming. I was headed back to salt lake from visiting my family ranch in idaho. I browsed the t shirt rack labeled "3 for 10". how could i go wrong. There in the middle of hundreds of the previous mentioned air brushed wolves and buffalo t shirts was a single white and red t shirt. i saw no other to its liking. it was all white, but with a red bottle cap on it. and with font red and bright to mimic the coca cola logo it read "the real thing, every this is better with jesus christ" i had to buy it. the statement is very true and it is a missionary tool
DI IMPULSE BUY- last summer i went to the DI for the 1st time. i was looking through the t shirts, all diffrent colors and sizes. i wanted to find a big pajama size t shirt to sleep in. as i pass through the xxl shirts in the mens section i see a white shirt with bright huge pink and black letters. it read "My next husband will be normal". i had to get it. Why? cause that is so funny. it was in the guy section, people out there marry enough crazy people that there is a need for that t shirt, i am not married at all, and its hot pink.those points all factor into its humor. a few weeks later i wore it to clean the church and i got pulled over by the police. i had that shirt on and frizzy unkempt hair it was early in the morning. so no make up and no real effort.my overall appearence wasnt my best. i felt very white trash that day
DOLLAR STORE DELIGHT- this shirt is by far the most shocking and controversial. I was at some discount store with my ex a few years back and i found a blue shirt with white letters that said : i love israel i want peace". such a true statement. i had to have it. upon my return home i realized that on the back it read "i am a zionist". well wearing that to work was very interesting. Heated debates about israel and palestine followed me everywhere. i had to google "zionist" to be sure what exactly my shirt was promoting. My dad finally told me that it was just too touchy a subject lately and i should put it away. he didnt want me to get car bombed or abducted i guess. so its in my closet waiting for a more peaceful time, sitting next to my watch tower pamphlet with the little boy petting the panda bear. someday those kinds of peace will be achieved.
So those are just a few of my many. I have a bunch of others, local bands, my brother's old football team shirts "one goal one victory"(so dramatic!) i've collected some from boys i once loved, airforce, wrestling and such. A few more political ones "trees are the answer". that one is funny because who knows what the question was? all we know is that trees are the answer. jeopardy? lets take flora and fauna for 600 alex. "trees are the answer" ,"what is large form of vegitation growing in the forest", who knows how that shirt came about. tonight i added to my collection during my trip no, pilgrimage to cabelas. the front says "deer hunting is my life" and on the back there is a huge picture of a white tale deer. ( if you dont know what that is please go to cabellas and see the hundreds of dead ones there) it also reads on the back "ruts, racks and rifles are my world". this is funny because i have never gone dear hunting. i didnt know what racks and ruts were exactly till i asked my ranching cousins, and i have never had the desire to shoot a deer. "i dont have a gun let alone guns that necesiate a gun rack"-waynes world. so its funny. so i had to have it. it was that or a bass fishing one. deer are cuter than bass fishing.
top five fav stupid movies that i have memorized
1 zoolander " i did it matil! i turned left!"
2 robinhood men in tights " Achoo! did you say a jew? in england?"
3 Dodgeball "looks like the average joes are forfitting cotton. bold strategy lets see how it plays out for them
4-Space Balls-"they've gone to PLAID!"
5-talledega nights- " if i wanted my kids to be wimps i would have named them dr.quinn and medicine woman"
*these are subject to change. i might have a different list tomorrow
ok now the meat. I really love to travel, and on each adventure like most other people i bring home a little trinket. For some it is spoons or shot glasses, or others key chains and magnets. For me its T shirts. Not the cheesy ones they sell at the air port with air brushed horses or wolves that say in cursive "wyoming", but random funny ones. Actually its not just from road trips, its where ever i find them. its usually the words or phrases that catch my eye, maybe its the bright color or picture. For those of you who know me in person, real life jeddah, you have seen such shirts. Heck, i have even gotten a couple from the guys section at wal mart and jazzed them up a bit to my liking. let me tell you about my few favorites.
FLYING J TRUCK STOP PURCHASE- i love the flying j truckstops. so whenever i see one i stop. Who knows what you'll find inside those magical stores. My last stop was in may in cokeville wyoming. I was headed back to salt lake from visiting my family ranch in idaho. I browsed the t shirt rack labeled "3 for 10". how could i go wrong. There in the middle of hundreds of the previous mentioned air brushed wolves and buffalo t shirts was a single white and red t shirt. i saw no other to its liking. it was all white, but with a red bottle cap on it. and with font red and bright to mimic the coca cola logo it read "the real thing, every this is better with jesus christ" i had to buy it. the statement is very true and it is a missionary tool
DI IMPULSE BUY- last summer i went to the DI for the 1st time. i was looking through the t shirts, all diffrent colors and sizes. i wanted to find a big pajama size t shirt to sleep in. as i pass through the xxl shirts in the mens section i see a white shirt with bright huge pink and black letters. it read "My next husband will be normal". i had to get it. Why? cause that is so funny. it was in the guy section, people out there marry enough crazy people that there is a need for that t shirt, i am not married at all, and its hot pink.those points all factor into its humor. a few weeks later i wore it to clean the church and i got pulled over by the police. i had that shirt on and frizzy unkempt hair it was early in the morning. so no make up and no real effort.my overall appearence wasnt my best. i felt very white trash that day
DOLLAR STORE DELIGHT- this shirt is by far the most shocking and controversial. I was at some discount store with my ex a few years back and i found a blue shirt with white letters that said : i love israel i want peace". such a true statement. i had to have it. upon my return home i realized that on the back it read "i am a zionist". well wearing that to work was very interesting. Heated debates about israel and palestine followed me everywhere. i had to google "zionist" to be sure what exactly my shirt was promoting. My dad finally told me that it was just too touchy a subject lately and i should put it away. he didnt want me to get car bombed or abducted i guess. so its in my closet waiting for a more peaceful time, sitting next to my watch tower pamphlet with the little boy petting the panda bear. someday those kinds of peace will be achieved.
So those are just a few of my many. I have a bunch of others, local bands, my brother's old football team shirts "one goal one victory"(so dramatic!) i've collected some from boys i once loved, airforce, wrestling and such. A few more political ones "trees are the answer". that one is funny because who knows what the question was? all we know is that trees are the answer. jeopardy? lets take flora and fauna for 600 alex. "trees are the answer" ,"what is large form of vegitation growing in the forest", who knows how that shirt came about. tonight i added to my collection during my trip no, pilgrimage to cabelas. the front says "deer hunting is my life" and on the back there is a huge picture of a white tale deer. ( if you dont know what that is please go to cabellas and see the hundreds of dead ones there) it also reads on the back "ruts, racks and rifles are my world". this is funny because i have never gone dear hunting. i didnt know what racks and ruts were exactly till i asked my ranching cousins, and i have never had the desire to shoot a deer. "i dont have a gun let alone guns that necesiate a gun rack"-waynes world. so its funny. so i had to have it. it was that or a bass fishing one. deer are cuter than bass fishing.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
i hope people understand me
so um there was some question about how serious i was about amanda bynes, in my previous post, and that made me wonder how well people know me. just for you Jeddah 101 ers, i am sarcastic, dramatic, and i exaggerate when its due.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
is music be the food of love play on
so i want take this oppritunity to thank amanda bynes. It was her amazing portrayal of Viola in the film adaptation of twelfth night titled "she's the man" that has changed my view on shakespeare forever. See, i was hanging out with my neighbor crystal the other night when i said, "put a movie on." ( i boss her around a bit as she is younger and its good for her) and she quickly picked a fim she had never seen before, "she's the man". i will openly admit that i love this movie, although the opening scenes give the illusion of it being a noxema commerical. Oh, and the acting is not nearly as genuine and magical as rival teen movies like "high school musical" and the classic "bring it on". But the fresh sugar coated simplified and hormone injected version of the shakespeare play is memoriable. i love the comic antics of horatio the principal of illyria high(played by tobias from AD) and i cant get enough of the darling boy who plays duke.( and is the lead in "step up" another epic teen movie) So i watched this delightful show with my friend crystal. later that night while being nocturnal and a bit of an insomniac, i found myself dusting off my set of shakespeare plays. i picked up "twelfth night" and started to give it a gander. Wow, shakespeare is a lot more entertaining when you are reading it for pleasure and not for your tenth grade english class, and when you dont have to memorize any lines for part of your final, and recite them in front of this same 10th grade class (which consisted of me, this girl who never shaved her legs nor under arms, and half of the JV football team) I also realized that it goes much faster when you are reading it for fun, and are actually eager to see what happens. i wont lie, i have a few instances where i looked up a few words in the dictionary. Overall it has been a thrilling experience. I like shakespeare. i am not just saying that because every human being feels obligated to say they do when asked what literature best moves them. he was a funny guy, and things get a little steamy at times, which is something not to be found in the modern day version with amanda where the love is revealed over a tourny soccer game. I think i might go ahead and dust off hamlet, read it aloud in my fake british accent as to make the experience that more intense. I have no need to re-read midsummer nights dream, it is by far my favorite and not just because christian bale was involved in that film adaption, but shout out to him anyway. So in closing rock on amanda bynes, you changed my literary world with a few cute teeny bopper moments with awkward glances and musical montages( i dont spell) i can honestly say that i enjoy will's work, now that i dont have to for any kind of class. of course now that means that after i read hamlet i'll have to watch the 4 hour kenneth branaugh version. thats a whole nother blog waiting to happen.
Monday, July 9, 2007
top five fav go game
so i have this game i created. i use it on my friends, its a great getting to know you game. its called TOP 5 FAVORITES GO. i love it because you ask someone "give me your top 5 favorite (insert something) GO"- and they have to answer right off the top of their head, in no specific order of preference. since i make others play this game and never play myself i will now take the time to do so now. i will now clear my mind and think of a few "levels" of the game. here goes, feel free to add yours.
top 5 fav cereals:
frosted shredded wheat
sugar golden puffs
kix
chocolate malt o meal
puffed rice
TOP 5 FAV disney movies
sleeping beauty
little mermaid
mulan
beauty and the beast
lion king
TOP 5 FAv world spots to visit
machhu picchu hands down
athens greece
florence italy
tibet
maine
TOP 5 Favorite book of mormon stories
-Abinadi testimony in flames and alma's secret appreciation for the good word followed by the waters of mormon and hearts knit with love
-abish, girl power
-moroni and his title of liberty, the very walls of hell shake baby!
-alma and amulek attacking the streets with love and the good word (alma 14)
-shiz and the headless push up
TOP 5 favorite childhood moments
-sitting on top of the chevette watching in the dark star-filled sky for hailey's comet, dad woke us up early and we had hot cocoa
-Shermans peak idaho, finding our way back to the ranch and picking huckleberries
-playing pretend with my little sister in my mother's sewing room
-finding the pond at elena gallegos park and exploring it with my siblings
-seder and easter with my family, my dad making hot crossed buns, us building jerusalem out of blocks, blowing the yolks out of eggs and painting them.
OK here is my game. i'd love to hear some of yours. i i dont know what to exactly to say in a blog so its just randomness.
top 5 fav cereals:
frosted shredded wheat
sugar golden puffs
kix
chocolate malt o meal
puffed rice
TOP 5 FAV disney movies
sleeping beauty
little mermaid
mulan
beauty and the beast
lion king
TOP 5 FAv world spots to visit
machhu picchu hands down
athens greece
florence italy
tibet
maine
TOP 5 Favorite book of mormon stories
-Abinadi testimony in flames and alma's secret appreciation for the good word followed by the waters of mormon and hearts knit with love
-abish, girl power
-moroni and his title of liberty, the very walls of hell shake baby!
-alma and amulek attacking the streets with love and the good word (alma 14)
-shiz and the headless push up
TOP 5 favorite childhood moments
-sitting on top of the chevette watching in the dark star-filled sky for hailey's comet, dad woke us up early and we had hot cocoa
-Shermans peak idaho, finding our way back to the ranch and picking huckleberries
-playing pretend with my little sister in my mother's sewing room
-finding the pond at elena gallegos park and exploring it with my siblings
-seder and easter with my family, my dad making hot crossed buns, us building jerusalem out of blocks, blowing the yolks out of eggs and painting them.
OK here is my game. i'd love to hear some of yours. i i dont know what to exactly to say in a blog so its just randomness.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
my 1st blog ever
this is all wendy's doing, and charity. i want to play blog too! i just have a lot to say and no one to tell it to, since certain people moved far away and star has heard all of my ranting and ravings before. today i am troubled by my viewing of the film fantastic 4, the silver surfer. ok 1st of all he looks like a mixture between terminator 2 liquid metal guy ("have you seen this boy?") and a Ken doll, definately before barbie and ken got divorced but a still a ken doll. and just for future reference, dont go see transformers one day and then fantastic 4 the next, for me the cgi and action sequences of the 4 was openly lame and sad. Dont get me wrong, i love and adore the stretchy guy played by ioan, he;s a dream, but much more when he speaks in the accent god gave him. just so you all know, i am the princess of run on sentences. anyway the cgi was just no where near transformers calibur. I really dont like captain voom or whoever the nip tuck guy plays. so really i just wanted the silver surfer morpheous to find peace and make out with jessica alba. and she is by far my most favorite beautiful person ever i decided. this is all i have to say right now. oh, this blog is named after a novel i read as a child, coming in to my own, alone one day at the school library in the juvinille fiction rows, pondering who i was, finding judy blume and asking "are you there god, its me margaret."
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