A lumpling of minnie blogs clustered together.

So I was thinking that I could just write a bunch of little blogs separately and then perhaps my readers (all 3 1/2 of you) would be more likely to actually read them...but instead I'm going to put all the tinies on one blog, and hope you read them anyway.

Speaking of tinies, have you ever read Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies? It's amazing! Love it. Own it. Read it!  http://www.wickedsunshine.com/GoodVibes/TheGashlycrumbTinies.html

Topic one: I feel like a stalker, sort of...

I'm on the emailing list of my favorite artists ever, Brian Kershisnik. For December they sent a link to Brian's wife's blog, http://peoplerunningpeoplewalking.blogspot.com/

I finally got around to reading her Christmas blog and it led me to the Kershisnik children's blogs (...I feel creepy...I will talk about my dislike for caring about stranger's lives in my next topic section). Anywho, creepy/stalker factor aside- not only do I think Brian Kershisnik's art is fantastic, but his kids are rockin' too! His son is this adorable LDS missionary in Hong Kong (jealous!) who seems to have great fashion sense and tastes in costume choices!  http://eldernoah.blogspot.com/

The eldest Kershisnik daughter has an equally entertaining blog: http://asyouhappentoseeitwillhappentobe.blogspot.com/

We apparently have all sorts of common interests, including crafts, Asians and good music. I feel so creepy...that's enough of that...

The point is that Brian Kershisnik creates amazing art and his family seems whickadee whack cool too!

http://www.kershisnik.com/

Topic #2:

Yesterday I took my dad to a doctor's appointment. While I was sitting in the waiting room I read through an entire issue of People magazine. Afterwards I felt icky, poor and stupid and reported my feelings via twitter to Kelsie. Kelsie asked why I felt this way and after thinking about it a moment I realized I was feeling the opposite of what I feel when I read good literature. When I read well written literature like The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis or Paradise Lost by John Milton I feel good. Not only do they have uplifting messages, but the words are arranged so well that they roll off my tongue like minty spit bubbles and wrap around my brain noodles like a kitten in a bed of daisies! As good as reading something that is well written makes me feel, literature that is poorly written makes me feel...bad. As far as feeling stupid, I think I felt stupid because I actually spent time out of my life caring about celebrities...I mean; I am a BIG movie fan. I love movies and I feel that a good movie can have the same effect that a good book can, but caring about a complete strangers life- who cares!? I don' t mean to say that biographies are wastes of time, but knowing that Nicole Kidman walks her dog just like a normal person doesn't really matter to me...and I could care less if Selena Gomez used to date Taylor Lautner, aka Shark Boy. Why did I feel poor? Because I am poor.

Topic number 3: Roswell and other fantastic Teen tantalizers,

or in other words, a bit of a contradiction to topic #2

I've finally reached the vacation part of my Christmas vacation. For the first two weeks of my Christmas holiday in St. George I was booked solid, helping my mom with her first grade classroom and doing this and that for the family. This week, though I am watching my little brother and wiping up puppy pittles all day long, for the most part I've been able to sit around and watch Roswell episodes for hours and hours! It has been glorious! I adore teen dramadies like Roswell, The OC, and the Vampire Diaries etc. Maybe it's because they're nothing like my old teen life...maybe it's the perfectly hot 30 year olds pretending to be 17...the "bad boys" like Chuck Bass and Michael Guerin. Why do I like these unrealistic, hormone pumped fantasy lands? Becasue they are unrealstic, hormone pumped fantasies.

Topic #4: What I got for Christmas

I was abundantly blessed this year with temporal treats. Not only did I get the new water proof and drop proof up to 10 feet camera I wanted (and it's a beautiful blue color!), but I also got a slew of other delightful doo-dads! I got a fantastic dress from Eshakti that Khiah is sure to be a little jealous of ;)...

 a Guess Who game (in Spanish!), some cool earrings, penguin plates, a zebra mug, tights, beads, bug jewelry, a book celebrating man hair (chest, face etc.), a little bee/fairy box, Meet Me in St. Louis on DVD, War of the Buttons on VHS and more that I can't think of right now. Intense! I didn't have anything specific in mind that I wanted and that made the getting all the more fun! It's nice to not expect anything in particular and just be able to be pleasantly surprised and happy with all of my gifts this year!

As a bonus my sister got an external hard drive loaded with music and I was able to put a huge load of new music!

What else...

Goal for this Spring semester in Ogden: Make friends, do things.