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So a new post is coming soon with pictures from graduation and my new place in huntington when I go home and get the pictures. In the meantime here's a run-down on my recent daily activities:

- Sunbathing
- Surfing (kinda)
- Milkshakes
- Skateboarding to the liquor store for sparkling apple juice
- Not unpacking
- Not being responsible/employed
- Sleeping in until 1
- Disneyland
- Movies
- Tivo
- Hulu
- Eating (healthier)
- Mexican Food
- Farmer's Market 
- Ikea trips and furniture assembly
- Bella Terra
- Watching the Lakers win
- Briefly attending parties/ward functions

That about covers it for the past few weeks. Unfortunately/fortunately, I meet with my new boss tomorrow morning at 730 am in Newport to discuss my new job over breakfast. Yes, I'll start working now. Oh and I got a haircut.

Champions!

First, of all let's acknowledge that our soccer team won the BYU Intramural Soccer Championship:

Razzmatazz- Christie, Steve, Brit, Jenn, Paul, Brian, Tyler, Me

This has been my goal since i've been playing on an intramural soccer team every semester for 4 and a half years so uh.... thank you to Brit and his 4 goals and our sudden death overtime win one week before my graduation. I will treasure my Champion T-shirt forever. In fact, I'm wearing it right now.

Second, I went to the Jimmy Eat World concert and it was amazing:

Between my strange grin and sarah's hair...this is a weird picture, but it had to be documented.


And last, we made tacos on Sunday and had a grand time playing maffia and spoons which culminated with the most epic spoons game of all time. Oh, and I made my famous Zebra brownies!

Other than that, sorry to everyone I have ignored or hadn't had time to hang out with/respond to. Up until Saturday I was studying nonstop for my Athletic Training Licensing exam. And now because of my neglect of other subjects, I have a D in chemistry, I need a C for grad school, and the final is worth 20% of my grade. Needless to say, I need to work my butt off. There's so much to do before/after graduation and I'm looking forward to things slowing down a bit then. My parents come in like 5 days, yikes. Time to get back to chemistry. 

By Popular Demand- The Dino Dance

A Zachasaurus and Aljdon-rex original:

p.s. Happy Easter!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIA HAMM!!

Yes, once again it's that wonderful Saint Patrick's Holiday- or better known to me as Mia Hamm's Birthday!!! She will be turning 36 (she was born March 17th, 1972 in Selma, Alabama- yes I've read her autobiography WAY too many times). So Happy Birthday Mia!

Oh and in case i didn't fill anyone in-- I got accepted to UNLV, CSU Long Beach, and CSU Northridge (where I def don't wanna go due to the live at home factor) and I withdrew my application from CSU Sacramento (sorry to Ashlin and Michelle, I was forced by my mother to do so). So I turned down UNLV on Friday due to the fact that it'll be over twice as much as CSU Long Beach and it's a lot further from home. It was REALLY tough to turn down the potential of being Dr. Melanie Bean, but I felt like Long Beach was a much better choice--- Vegas doesn't have a beach and we all know where I would end up with my blackjack addiction. Plus, if I really want it- I'll go on to get my doctorate after I finish my Masters. CSULB is halfway between my brother in San Diego and my sister and parents in Newbury Park, I'll be living near some of my bestest friends-- except sorry to Sarah who is stuck at BYU for a long time to come-- it's half the price of UNLV, and I get to live in Huntington Beach! Like Kari says, I'll finally have made it back to where I've belonged all along. Nothing puts me in a better mood than sun and surf, so eternal happiness here I come! Except maybe while I'm locked up in the cadaver lab. Eh well.
So here's to Long Beach! Go Beach!






And last, my tribute to Mia Hamm and her Dodgers husband Nomar and his RVCA shirt.



Oh, and Happy St Patrick's Day!!

Las Vegas and UNLV

So I had an interview this weekend with the UNLV Department of Physical Therapy for the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program I applied to at their school. So, being only 5 or so hours from Provo- I decided to drive down there friday morning and go to my interview and stay the night there on the strip at Excalibur's and Sarah came with me.
Here's a brief summary of the weekends activities in picture format:
Our hotel room and view:



Getting ready to go out and our All You can Eat Buffet Dinner:



Sarah ate too much...

Then we went out around Excalibur...
Sarah made a friend:







Back In the Hotel Room, the view:

Sarah decides what else she can eat...

I was pretty excited about the swords I won:

So was Sarah:

Sarah's Friends:

And finally, some photos of UNLV:


Physical Therapy Department Building:


Student Fitness Center which was pretty sweet inside:



So now it's time to wait and see if I get an interview with Sac State so I can visit there too!!

Mischa and Mexican Food

So everybody knows I was borderline obsessed with the show The O.C. (and I just say 'borderline' in case somebody who knows I should be doing something better with my time reads this). I heard Mischa Barton was going to be at her movie premier at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. I wanted to get tickets to the show but the box office opened at 8am and alas, I had a Physics Lab I was required to attend at that same time. So I thought maybe I could go up there early and get on the wait list- but by the time I got Sarah and we made it up to Park City and found parking and took the shuttle to the theater...it was about 45 mins before it started. 

So, we decided just to walk around and see if maybe there's still seating or maybe we could see someone in the movie around the theater somewhere. So we get off the shuttle walk up to the front of the theater and we instantly here "Mischa's in that car". So I look up and see Mischa Barton walking right in my direction. I fumble for about 30 seconds to take off my gloves (it was literally 5 degrees there) and find my camera in my snow jacket pocket. I get it out and she is standing right in front of me signing autographs and talking to us fans, and I took this fabulous picture with terrible lighting and her looking down. 

So then I hand the camera to Sarah so she can take a picture of Mischa and I, but here's how it turned out ------------>
(yep, nothing. clearly she wasn't planning on me walking to the right and Mischa leaving on the left to go into the theater).

Anyways we stand there for awhile in awe.... realize there's no way we can get into the movie cuz the wait list line was huge... and Sarah just says 'So we saw Mischa....' and I just nod and we both walk back to the shuttle to go back to Main Street and eat. I mean, we accomplished everything we came to do. So we had dinner at a Mexican restaurant on Main St, where of course my dreams came true with an all you can eat salsa bar and fresh guacamole. So we snapped some pictures, walked along the street, and returned home to watch the O.C. and yell "I know herrr" when we she came on. So here's my celebrity star meeting count:

                                                                

BRETT DETAR (Juliana Theory)
SNOOP DOGG
LUDACRIS
                                                               and Mischa Barton!