now I remember why I don't read books

This:

...this:
...and soon to be this:

...are of the devil.
Ok not really, but seriously, these books are taking over my life. Wanna know what I did all Thanksgiving weekend? I read. That's it. I finished Twilight & New Moon (over 1000 pages, by the way), but I told myself I'm not allowed to read Eclipse yet, because I have finals coming up. & unfortunately for me, I have to actually dedicate time to studying. I guess the world of Stephenie Meyer's Forks will have to wait. Bla.
I have little patience, so it's gonna be a long two weeks til I can read again.

p.s. I'm already sick of my blogger design. Any suggestions on how to re-cutify it?

Things

Things I'm Working On:

-Being selfless

-Reading the Book of Mormon

-Waking up without hitting the snooze button 13 times and/or not getting the alarm mixed up with a dream that makes me think I'm doing a good job by turning it off

-Being slower to anger

-Managing time better

-My "About Me from A-Z" monster scrapbook project

-Self-confidence/forgiving myself more easily

-Living up to my learning potential

-Living up to my potential, period

-Being more tolerant of physical & emotional pain

-Not biting my nails/picking at the skin

-Exercising 5 times a week

-Eating healthier (this one's a stretch though)

Things I'm Grateful For:

*My family, including:

my extremely giving Mom

my super fun sisters Melanie, Kim, Cassie

my brothers-in-law Devin & Josh

my talented Dad

my amazing cousins Kayla, Brandon, Sam, Darrell, Reddin, Derek, Justin/Amy etc

my hilarious aunts & uncles

my cute little brother Joe

my helpful step-mom Debe

& anyone else related to me.

*My house

*My health/limbs/5 senses (this is a major one)

*My usually drama free life

*My ASU scholarship

*My lack of whale-ness

*Protection from serious accidents & bad guys (so far)

*The limited amount of deaths I've had to deal with

*Being able to get super happy by the little things in life

*My car

*Being able to work

*My semi-smart brain

Things I've Accomplished This Year:
~Good grades at school
~Buying a new car & making the payments on it
~Umm...I'll get back to you. A lot happened in a year. It's too much for my brain to remember

Things I Want to Accomplish Before the End of the Year:
^Finish the Book of Mormon
^Clean out my "craft" room (aka pile of junk room at the moment) & set up sewing maching & craft supplies
^Make it through the Christmas season without thinking about material things
^Give the gift of service to someone who truly needs it
^Make 10 more pages of my aforementioned monster project
^Apply for at least one scholarship
^Lose 5 pounds (we'll see...)
^Meet the man of my dreams (just cuz it's on the list doesn't mean I expect it to happen, but hey I can dream)

I'm sure with the combination of this post & the last one you know way more about me than you ever wanted to know, but with Thanksgiving & the Holidays coming up I thought it was time for a little reflection.

Fact: I can never think of clever titles

Fact: This post took me 4 days to finish.

I decided working on it piece by piece is the only way I'm gonna get back into blogging.

Fact: I have way too many celebrity crushes.

& to me, they're not crushes. They're future husbands.
To name a few:

Wentworth Miller

Hayden Christensen

Benji Schwimmer

Drew Fuller

Zachary Levi

Jordan Bridges & I've had many, many more in the past.

Fact: I'm probably one of the most competitive people you've met.

Just ask my family. You don't wanna see me when I'm in the middle of a good game of Cranium.

Something that's resulted from my competitive-ness: top 20 & all A's. Some people may have thought that was because I'm smart, but nope.

Fact: I stress out way too easily.

Mostly about school. And money. I basically make myself sick when it comes to taking tests & I act like it's a life or death situation.

Fact: I lose my keys way too often.

And it makes me angrier than almost anything. I slam doors, tear rooms apart, and get quite upset while looking for them. This is probably because I hate being late, and as it is I give myself barely enough travel time to be somewhere just on time, so if I have to look for even a few minutes I'll be late. If you want to tick me off, lose my keys.

*update* So, the afternoon after I wrote this I had a pretty humiliating experience related to losing my keys. If you wanna know the story you'll have to bribe me.

Fact: I'm not a big fan of Christmas.

Ya, it's a neat holiday, but maybe if it came once every two years I'd like it better. It ends up sneaking up on me and I want to anticipate it. Not to mention, it stresses my mom out & she complains a lot, I usually don't have enough money to buy everyone the presents I'd like to get them, there are a million annoying drivers on the road, it gets dark earlier, & I spend the whole time wishing we could afford the super cute & expensive decorations. So unless you have a spare couple thousand dollars to give me, I'll probably keep not liking it so much.

Fact: I get sick of things easily.
Examples: songs, driving the same way to school, myspace & blogger designs, exercising, all of the junk I have to do before I can go to bed, & anything that's repetitive.

Fact: I'm really random & 67% of the time I don't make sense.

I'm the person who makes you go "...........what?" This is probably because I have a hard time taking what's in my brain and making other people understand it. Yay me. At least I shake things up.

Fact: I love to use semi-made up words & phrases.
Ones that I use lately: Forillo, anything with -ness added at the end, hotness in a bottle, jugular, & there are a million more but I have to be in the moment.

Fact: I'm very laid back and don't like drama in my life.

I can go weeks without talking to a best friend & not think something's "wrong". If we get in a fight, all you have to do is act like nothing happened & I'm over it. On dates, I'd actually prefer you didn't open my car doors or pay. I'd rather just hang out. Basically, I'm glad I'm a girl because if I had to marry one I'd go insane.

Fact: I'm horrible with names, but I know your birthday.

I worked at Target for almost 2 years & I didn't know half of the names of the people that worked there. They have friggin name tags. That's how bad I am. But if you tell me your birthday I'll probably remember it. & if not the first time, then I will the second time.

Fact: Photo radar is of the devil.
For those of you who are wondering, yes, that is indeed a fact. It's in the Bible. Just look real hard.

Fact: I love all things creative, but I'm not creative.

I just wish I was & fake it.

Fact: I want to be an actress.

It's not just some fantasy that I hope will fall in my lap, I literally want to do it.

I've even taken some classes. I know the chances of it actually working out are .002434%, but I still want to try. We had to do a project for my com 230 class & we did a skit, & it was basically the happiest day of my life.

Fact: I love to make people really happy.

I want to become a millionaire so I can pay off my mom's, all of my sisters', & my dad's debts, buy my mom a house, & surprise deserving people with college scholarships that will last for four years.

Fact: I'm going to say adios now.

Gosh darnit

I need to stop blog surfing.

It makes me realize how lame I am.

Another thing I need to do: stop avoiding the inevitable which = the massive amounts of studying required to take my calc test tomorrow morning & pass. Aka get an A. Plus. That's passing in my book.

Wish me luck.

Better yet, how about you just pray for me not to die from stress overdose.

Thanks

I'm not dead

Just otherwise detained.

I'll be back soon.

Or eventually.