Cupcakes and Cashmere

This is one of my absolute favorite blogs. The author appears to live a charmed life - she's a fashionista who has turned her blog into a business. I love her posts because she is an expert at noticing the small, beautiful things that make life rich. While her fairy-tale job is the exception rather than the rule in today's world, I love escaping for a few minutes into her dainty and tasty life!

So What Even IS a Katniss Braid?

So I still haven't seen Hunger Games. Gasp! I know, I know. I want to, and I'll get around to it, but I just haven't been able to squeeze it in with all the HW, tests, and papers that have been due! I'm sure you know what I mean. :)



A bunch of my friends went to a midnight showing and got back around 3:30 AM because of traffic. I declined going because, as I've gotten older, I've realized that I really don't like midnight showings that much! The hype is sure a lot of fun, but you have to go hours early to get a good seat and by the time the movie starts I sure am exhausted and cranky! Lately I've been a fan of waiting till the weekend after the midnight premiere. I can stay awake and enjoy all of the movie. Midnight showings are a big part of American media culture - what's your opinion on them?

This Is My Phone

And I use it. ALOT. When I was a freshman my dad had me on some crazy texting plan that only allowed 5 a month, "for emergencies." :) Needless to say, I missed out on a lot of fun outings because I never got the memos! I now have unlimited, and I actually feel like my social life is more extensive as a result. You don't HAVE to have texting to have a good social life, but it definitely helps me keep involved in the goings on at BYU. Do you agree? Or does it just annoy you?

The Artist

Wow, what an amazing movie! It's a silent film, and so artsy and beautiful! Really touching and also clean! I would recommend this to anyone. It was a surreal experience to sit in theaters and have it be DEAD silent for the first part of the film (till the soundtrack came on). It was actually quite uncomfortable, and it made me think of how we have been socialized differently from the movie-goers of the early 20th century. Oh well, being shushed isn't the end of the world. :) Go see this movie!

"Oh You Know 'dat's Right."

I don't watch TV shows very often, but I have some roommates who are obsessed with Psych and I have to say I really like it as well. :) It's entertaining and most of the episodes are squeaky-clean. I've heard the latest season is a little more risque (why does that always happen?) but the first 5 are still pretty classic.

By the way, did you know that this exists?



Did you know that my roommate has one? Yeah. She's pretty much awesome.

Have a happy day. :)

Virtual Scrapbooking

I'm going to be honest - I don't do this very often.



Never, in fact. A) It's expensive. B) It's time-consuming. C) I'm impatient and not hugely crafty? While I love scrapbooking stuff, it's not a hugely practical pastime for me (personally! Though I wish it were).

I do, however, have a personal blog in addition to this one that I've been semi-keeping up for 3 years. It's fun to look back over old posts and remember what was going on in my life at that time. I view blogs as virtual scrapbooks - much less expensive and time-consuming ones at that. Think about it, so many memories and so much history is recorded on the internet. If it ever crashes (Y2K) we'll be in trouble for a million reasons, but for now it's a great way to reminisce.

LIFE

My personal favorite Mormon Message. :)



The music is soothingly beautiful, it has a clever facebook color scheme to draw you in, the doctrine is true and simple but is presented as an IM conversation - the church was really smart to create this Mormon Message! It's really effective for sharing the gospel with your friends! I encourage you to post it on your facebook wall.

The Hunger Games

Okay media class, I've been going back and forth on seeing this. I loved the books, but it's different to read about violence than see it, right? I think it will be fabulously well done and that I would probably enjoy it, but I don't know if I can handle the gore - the books are pretty gruesome! I read one review that said it was pretty bloody and pushed the PG-13 rating, but then I remember all those scenes in Lord of the Rings that I am not even giving a second thought to...is anyone else in the same predicament?

I personally love movie adaptations of books. It is so fun to compare what you imagined to what filmmakers come up with. I love how individual our minds and creative juices are. So that's definitely a pull for me. Whatever you decide, may the odds be ever in your favor!