I never write on my blog anymore because my life has gotten way too exciting for you all to handle. But today is my dear friend Megan Roylance's birthday and I felt the need to one-up everyone else with my love for her. Mainly because she's my only legitimately cool friend and if I lose her I will no longer have any claim to being cool. (All of my other friends reading this... We all know it's true so there's no reason to get offended. Let's just stay nerdy friends forever)
So since she's turning 20, I imagine her memories are already starting to fade. Hopefully she'll have a few more years before her hair starts to gray but it's not looking positive. So I decided to post some pictures from the past to remind her of why she is so awesome.
1. Megan is great at cheering. I didn't even know that was a talent until I saw her cheer. She's the kind of cheerer who has so much energy after a win that she'll grip your arm and give you bruises from her happiness. Or maybe that's just because of her huge biceps... We can't be sure but either way she definitely wins every cheering contest.
Or maybe not... Well to be fair she is still making a cool face.
2. She's kind of a thug. You don't realize it because she's super nice all the time, but she is most definitely a thug part-time. There's no other way to explain her sweet facials.
3. She is a super hot. End of story
The only thing I have over her is that I will always be taller. Sorry about that.
So happy birthday Megan!! You are the coolest person ever! And now that you've read this fantastic blog post, I will be expecting a call telling me that you are coming up to visit me so I can see your beautiful face in person. And also so I can prove to people that I do have friends... But mainly so I can see you!
For Courtney's birthday, I decided I need to share with everyone the top five reasons Courtney is the best roommate ever.
Even when she's engaged, she will call him later so that she can watch your favorite TV shows with you.
She has the greatest recipes ever! They all take only 2-3 ingredients and most of them involve crescent rolls so you know they're good.
Sometimes on beautiful sunny days, Courtney will choose to break out in song. It automatically makes that day fantastic.
On the very rare occasions that her room gets a little messy, she keeps it all completely and entirely on her side of the room. It's very thoughtful of her.
And lastly, she's just pretty much the coolest person I know. Even just living in the same room as her will make you at least 5% cooler. I'm proof of that fact.
So Curtis better get excited because he is getting the greatest roommate ever. As long as he remembers not to talk during movies, that crescent rolls and croissant rolls are not the same thing, not to lead you wrong when he navigates, and that saying "good morning" is not always a great idea. Haha Happy Birthday Courtney!
I have four sisters all competing to be my favorite sister.
Kristy tried to prove her love by forcing me to fight Bryan on the trampoline. I'm sure her attempt was to make me feel like a winner! Even though I actually lost every time...
Courtney actually shared her bed with me which is really nice! But she also made me get her a cup of water every night. And when I tried to refuse she would steal my book. I guess she was attempting to teach me how I could get things from people younger and weaker than me?
Kylie wouldn't let me play with her and her friends, she hurt my head when she did my hair, probably sat on me at some point, and broke a tea pot over my head once. I'm starting to suspect she was never trying to win my affections.
In fact, if I'm being honest I'm not sure any of these sisters have been trying to win my affections. Luckily I have another sister.
That's right! Kacey is the winner!
While all of my other sisters beat up on me, Kacey was there to read stories to me, hide from Santa with me, help me search for Easter eggs, and even feed me. Everyone should wish they had a sister like Kacey. Let's go over some reasons why she's awesome!
1. She is so witty it's ridiculous. Playing Awkward Family Photos with her just makes you feel like a complete idiot.
I want to know what she'd say about this one! All I can think of is the fact that he has a cat and I don't...
2. Kacey has always and will always be the most glamorous girl to me. Watching her go to formal dances and win Miss Moses Lake just fueled my desire to grow up so I could wear beautiful pictures just like her. Sadly Facebook wasn't around during then so I couldn't find any pictures online of her.
3. She got to go to Japan. And she brought me back chop sticks. And I still use chopsticks all the time just because of that fact. This one is actually just proving that I'm awesome...
4. Look at that face... Just stare at it...
5. She gives the greatest advice ever! It might be interupted with shouts of "Put that down!" or "Don't lick that!" But it is pure genius. Everyone should have a Kacey to guide them through life.
Anyway, I have a million more reasons but this might be the one night all semester that I've actually been busy with things so I'm going to have to wrap this up.
Kacey, just know that you are the greatest sister I could have asked for and a fantastic mom. I have always looked up to you and I always will. Happy birthday!
So I'm taking a theatre class and it's awesome. For our class, we need to work at least ten hours with one of the student directed plays. One way you can do it is by acting in one. I went to three auditions and then skipped two out of three call backs. I clearly had more fun things to do. The one call back I went to was for a nine-year old girl character. Clearly my height is entirely to blame! Or we'll blame the fact that I was tired that morning and not very excited to be there. Either way, no one will mention my acting skills and I will go on in life believing that I could be a star on Broadway.
Anyway, without a part to play on the stage, I had to find work to do behind the stage. I got put into the show "Rented Christmas" as the prop master. That's right. Prop master. Greatest job title ever. But really what does that mean? How does someone master props? I had no idea. I go into this play thinking that eventually someone will say something like "Have you ever worked backstage before?" or "Hey do you even know what a prop master is?" or "What are you doing back stage?! You're clearly meant to be a star!"
None of these happened.
Instead I got a lock combination that lets me into a giant creepy cage below the stage, a giant list of random things that need to be in the show, and a calender marking up all my precious party time with practice. So as any good Earl does, I made things up as I went along and eventually get everything needed for the play.
My job consisted of a lot of different things. Sometimes it was just wrapping a whole bunch of boxes. Sometimes it was wrapping those boxes again because somebody ripped them. Sometimes it was wrapping those boxes again because we wanted new wrapping paper. Sometimes I was wrapping boxes just for the fun of it. And one time I even got to make shoes out of duct tape. (Funny story, I made one too tight and it got stuck to my foot. Actually it was terrifying. I'm still scared of duct tape.)
Anyway, the moral of the story is I actually really enjoy working backstage! I don't know whether it's my new calling in life but it's definitely a fun distraction. The shows start tonight with performance at 7 and then on Thursday at 1, 2, 4, and 7. If you like to support your favorite girl backstage, come on by! It's free and you get a cookie for coming. Kylie Earl, my favorite sister, gets a shout out for coming to support me! I'll admit it's a little awkward afterward since you can't give the usual "You were great out there!" Instead I get "That was a good show. Uhh... So I'm guessing things went well backstage?"
Anyway here's the trailer for our show! If you look really closely at all the presents and props, it's like you can see a piece of me in it...
And here's a random picture of me hard at work that I wasn't aware someone took. This must be what it's like to have paparazzi following you...
Anyway the show really is great and anyone who wants to come is invited!
Oh there's also this thing called finals coming up. It sounds like some nerdy knowledge bowl or something. It's like all of BYU is obsessed with it... No worries though, I'll continue to ignore it. I'm clearly too cool for it.
I haven't cooked nearly as much as I used to back home. Probably because my nutritional science major of a roommate has informed me of things called calories. Apparently when you stop exercising for hours everyday, eating whenever you feel like it makes you fat. Sad discovery.
Luckily for you I've been Zumba-ing and Just Dance-ing it up! It means I can still make all kinds of deliciousness every now and then. Here are the recipes that I have discovered to be definitely worth their trouble.
So Halloween has already happened for me since our ward party was last night and I went all out. Chelsea, Samantha, Alyssa, and I decided our theme for the year would be mythical creatures. It's probably our best theme yet. Pure genius. Also I think it should be stated that these costumes took quite a lot of creativity on our part. A lot of googling went on to bring together the best of all the ideas... Check out my pinterest makeup board if you want the proof.
Chelsea was our adorable unicorn!
Her magical makeup was second only to her fantastically long horn. The jewels to the sides of her eyes are definitely my favorite part but hey, I'm a little biased. I love jewels... To finish off the look she wore a unicorn shirt making her the most easily distinguished of us all.
Samantha was our beautiful mermaid!
Her scales were made with a mixture of clear sequins and eyelash glue. Add intense purple and green eye shadow and some blue lips and you've got yourself a mermaid. She even had pink hair highlights with jewels and seashells but sadly I didn't take any good pictures of it. Failure on my part. Oh also I sewed her skirt from some pajama bottoms and an old dance costume we found at DI. I actively avoided documenting proof of that... But kudoos to Samantha for loving me enough to wear it no matter how many mistakes it had! I was actually feeling pretty good about how it turned out until we got to the dance where we met another girl dressed as a mermaid. When I asked her where she found her fantastic skirt (because trust me we searched to by one) she informed me she made it. It was around that time I promised myself to stop believing that I had any sewing skills just because I've watched my mom sew every now and then.
Alyssa was our lovely elf!
The ears were our best find for that outfit for sure. But I also gave her fantastically green sparkle eyes. Which I'm still impressed she let me do glitter on her after her experience with glitter on our lady Gaga Halloween year. We also added the jewels across the forehead and some green shimmer around her cheeks and ears to help them stand out. She actually made herself some sweet elf sandals too but I sadly didn't get a picture of them.
I was a ferocious dragon!
Yes my makeup took around two hours to complete but since I won a creepy vampire pen for best makeup we can officially say worth it. My scales I made using fishnets on my head and coloring them in. The Mask over my eyes is black eye shadow, red and black jewels glued to it, and red sparkles sprinkled over it all. Really not very hard at all. My lipstick is just red and gold sparkles. My costume was actually a dark fairy costume. For a little girl. But hey I worked it anyway! I also had some crazy long black nails that definitely took a few people out.... Not to mention that my wings that were definitely ruining people's hairstyles... I really was a monster of destruction that night!
All in all we looked fantastic and were definitely turning some heads. Although the fact that once again no guys were dropping to their knees for dates with us still has me confused. I'm a girl who loves covering herself in sparkly makeup that will get everywhere if you let it touch you... What more could a boy want?!
