Quick Post

Okay. Just a super quick post. I just wanted to post a picture of Fred and me in my newly-bought flamingo shirt. Don't we look fabulous? #glamingo

I'm Breaking Up.

Once I returned to college, I really thought that I was the same old first-semester student I was last fall. You know...
-Hard-working
-Full of energy
-No social life.
-Not much homework
Well, it's been a week-and-a-half since school started and I have noticed that I AM NOT THE SAME. I HAVE CHANGED. My view on life has changed. I am now going in a different direction. My previously declared major was Elementary Education, and now I think I may be changing it to communications.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR4TAfJWRQ8
This is me now (Emperor Kuzko) talking to my old me (Yzma). I am going in a different direction and my old self is being fired. How am I different? Okay, let's see...
1. Semi-hard-working. Whenever I have homework, I no longer feel a burning desire to do it and get it done. I'm more of something like this:

Of course, eventually I'll pick up all my papers because I know that these things do need to get done (Don't worry, mom).

2. Energy: I have never had so much energy in my life. I'm the freaking Energizer Bunny. I can trick my roommates into thinking that I have run out of energy, and then... BAM.

I ATTACKTHEM.

Last semester... I had some energy. But no one to share it with. But now my roommates and I share our energy like we share our food. There are no limitations. Especially when it comes to Mexican food. But this only happens at night. During the day, after I get home? I'm like this:

Why is it that beds are so much more comfortable when you know that you should no longer be near them?

3. You guys... I HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE!! 

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!!

I used to think I had a social life... But I had no idea what I was talking about. I never knew the true meaning of a social life until now. I have friends! I have friends who like to go out and do things! We can suggest some spontaneous activity and all of my roommates are all for it. Also, I don't think I've said "hi" to as many people because I know their names because I've decided to not be anti-social and actually talk to people! 

4. Homework: I don't know if my professors were trying to go easy on me since it was my first semester of college ever, or if I just chose really awesome teachers who didn't give out much homework. But now, I'm a little bit swamped with work. Not overbearing, but enough to make me want to curl up on the living room floor and cry. But can we talk about my hybrid class? I have that class once a week for an hour, and then our teacher gives us an assignment to do every day. Just like the ones we did the week before. And I'm reading this stuff, and I'm thinking: 

I HAVE THAT CLASS ONCE A WEEK. I DO MORE HOMEWORK FOR THIS CLASS THAN ANY OF MY OTHER CLASSES. 

But I guess it's fine... I mean, we spend half of our time in class watching videos on bugs walking around in circles. And then there are those days where we don't have videos and our professor demonstrates being a bug. Something similar to this:

But this is all for now. Stay tuned for when I give college advice and truths.

The Reason for the Season

What do people normally think about when they think of Easter? Is it the Easter Bunny?

Maybe the famous Easter Egg Hunt.

(Those are two of my nephews, btdubs. This picture was taken about two or three years ago.)

Or if you're the Average American... "Nacho Libre."

(I know that you just read that in his fake Mexican accent.)

But the reason for this holiday is often lost in the side-stories. The true reason for this time of year is to celebrate the fact that there was One who rose from the grave, and opened Hell's gates. 

"I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives.

He lives, He lives who once was dead. He lives, my ever-living Head."
"I marvel that He would descend from His throne divine
To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,
That He should extend His great love unto such as I;
Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify." 

Dr. S. M.Lockridge said, "He’s God’s Son
He’s the sinners’ Saviour...
He’s the only one able to supply all of our needs simultaneously
He supplies strength for the weak
He’s available for the tempted and the tried
He sympathises and He saves
He guards and He guides
He heals the sick
He cleansed the lepers
He forgives sinners
He discharges debtors
He delivers the captives
He defends the feeble
He blesses the young...
Death couldn’t handle Him
And the grave couldn’t hold Him."

Because of Him, I can be forgiven for everything I have done, and everything I will do. And one day, I hope that I can truthfully answer 'yes' to the question "Did you know me?"
Happy Easter, everyone. And may we remember the reason for THIS season :)

Idaho Potato

Oh heyyyy! Does anyone read this? No? Okay. I'll write anyways. It's been awhile..! And I'm sorry. To whom? Possibly you, if you've been a faithful reader. If you haven't been a faithful reader... OkayfineI'mstillsorry. Since I've last posted, a LOT has happened... First of all...

I'VE ATTENDED COLLEGE. And yes. It is a big deal. I've been traveling with my faithful friend, Fred the Flamingo (try saying that five times fast. I dare you).

I attend Brigham Young University Idaho. And yes, it is my second semester and I'm STILL not engaged. Neither do I have a boyfriend.* Not that I REALLY care, though. Would it be nice? Of course, but I'm not going to complain. #datsinglelifedoe Aaaaanywayyyyys... I'm rooming with a beautiful girl whom I shall call Because I'm Luxurious (because that is what my phone auto-corrected her name to). I'm very excited to start my new semester. Why? Because it's spring, mainly. Which means that the ice has melted up here in the 'Burg. Woo hoo! Warm sunshine, awesome hikes, maybe a visit or two to Yellowstone. If anyone would like to come visit me, we have an extra room! Please! Come! I love you all. And welcome to my adventures in Idaho.

*Applications are currently being accepted.

18 & Graduated

If you should know something about me, it's that I LOVE e-cards. They are some of my most favorite things in the world. And the name of this post was inspired by it!

So... There you have it. And now on to the purpose of this post. 

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!!! 

 Yup! I am now 18 years of age. Only took me 18 years to get here.... Oh wait... Uhh... Anyways... So in celebration of my birth, I threw myself a party. If you're ever looking for a great birthday party idea, I would recommend having a glow-in-the-dark party. Because everyone loves glow sticks and everyone gets excited over the idea of black lights. It's quite simple, actually. Whether you would like to do it inside or outside would entirely depend on the person and how much they want to work. I had a friend who had a glow-in-the-dark party. And she moved ALL of her furniture outside her house to make room for speakers and a dance floor. She put up black lights all around her house and everyone had glow sticks. There was food and music and it was so rad. It was the inspiration for my party, actually. But my house has a lot of furniture, so that wasn't really an option for me. So I moved the party outside.  It was really easy setting up. I just put a few black lights around the walls in my backyard, replaced flood lights with black light bulbs, and had bought glow-in-the-dark spray paint from Wal*Mart. I bought some glows sticks and asked others to volunteer to bring some for themselves and/or to share. Needless to say, it was a success. People came and left, people came and never left. But it was wicked awesome, nonetheless. But yeah... Umm... This picture down here is just a little bit of what happened. I spray painted that "18" all by myself. And I got black butcher paper and spray painted "Happy Birthday" and used it as a giant birthday card for people to sign. And I know that people always say that their friends are the best. And yes, I'm sure they're fabulous. But seriously... I HAVE THE GREATEST FRIENDS EVER. DON'T EVEN CHALLENGE ME. That's all. Happy birthday to me!

(That's me on the far right.) 

P.S. If you were wondering, my birthday is August 14th. 

Rejection Junction

Blogs are where you keep everyone updated on your life, right? Well here's a part of my recent life:

REJECTION.

Most Recent Example #1: Once upon a time I got a 27 on my ACT, straight A's in school. One day, I applied to BYU-Provo. Then I was rejected. The End.

Most Recent Example #2: I finally got the guts to ask my crush to a Sadie Hawkin's dance (called 'Pink Out'. The money raised from people buying tickets is donated to breast cancer research). We'll call him Clive. I really liked (yes. "Liked".) Clive. He's very attractive, funny, weird, awkward (sound familiar?), and smart. He also has a very fine jaw bone. Anyways, Clive has only four classes in school (it IS our senior year). So I bought four sticks of butter. To make sure that he didn't throw away the butter, I put the first one in a bag with his name on it, and I put two letters on each stick, so that when you stacked it, it said "Pink Out?" It looked something like this:

I gave one stick to each of his teachers to put on his desk before class started so that when he arrived to class, the butter was already there. In his fourth class, he got the last stick AND a piece of paper that said, "Now that I've buttered you up a little... Will you go to Pink Out with me?  -- Samantha". I know what you're thinking. How could he say no? I was thinking the same thing. But I was wrong. He did. Well... Sort of. I was sitting with some friends at lunch when he found me. He was grinning and started a conversation that went something like this:

Clive: Hey! Come take a walk with me. I want to talk to you.

Sam: Aaaaaaaall right!

Clive: Thank you so much for thinking about asking me to Pink Out. But... I wasn't ever really planning on going... With anyone. It's not just you. And I don't want to give people the wrong idea about us. (FRIEND-ZONED) I mean... We're just friends, right?

Sam: O-Of course! I mean... Duh (semi-fake laugh). I totally understand. (Dying a little inside, yet grinning on the outside) 

Clive: Okay, cool. Well I'll see you.

And then he smiled that smile of his and I did the walk of shame.... It was more of shuffling, but you know.

Most Recent Example #3: I was asked to "Mormal" (a Mormon Formal). I said yes. We made plans for dinner and our group. Come the day of, I get a text saying he's not going. Nope. HE didn't tell me. One of my friends had to. I have not heard from him since. Yaaaay meeeee. But it's okay.  Because I still went to that dance, and I rocked it. #killinit

Heyyo

Hello, there! I'm Sam. The awkward flamingo. I'm sure you're wondering where this name came from. In all honesty? Me too. But let me just make up something so I don't look as crazy.

-An: Another form of the word "a" to accommodate vowels in following words; singular. I, am quite single at the moment. It makes sense.

-Awkward: #storyofmylife. Need I say more? But seriously, you don't even know how awkward I am.

-Flamingo: I don't really know why this came up because my favorite animals are penguins. Maybe because flamingos seem more awkward than penguins? Or maybe it's because it just sounded better. We may never know.

-Named: Self-explanatory, right?

-Sam: That's me!

Welcome to my new blog! This is my very first one and I hope that people other than my mother enjoy it. (Love you, mom!)