AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
http://pirates-of-the-caribbean-4-trailer.blogspot.com/2010/07/pirates-of-caribbean-4-sneak-preview.html
(I'm a little excited for Pirates 4, can you tell? :D)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Tis the Season to be Thankful!
Remember how I said I was going to go study? Yeah.... I'll do that in a minute or two. I just wanted to say what I was grateful for since it is the month of Thanksgiving right now and we need to be reminded of everything our wonderful Heavenly Father has blessed us with. I wrote a post a few months ago about people and things I'm grateful for, but I don't care. There's no such thing as being too grateful for what you have!
There's a lot of things for me to write, so I suppose I'll categorize them to make it easier for me.
Schools:
-Being in Joyschool as a kid and meeting some of my best friends
-Preschool with Ms. Horner
-J.R. Smith Elementary
-Midway Elementary (I had two pen pals there when I was in 3rd grade and my class got to visit that school to meet our pen pals :D)
-Wasatch Middle School
-Rocky Mountain Junior High
-Wasatch High School
-UVSC aka UVU
-BYU-Idaho
... and every other school in the entire world that allows students to have an education.
People:
-Every single one of my roommates that I've ever had in my life (at school or in Walt Disney World).
-The lessons I've learned while having those roommates.
-The good times I had with my closest roommates
-The not-so-good times I had with any of my roommates
-My immediate family. I appreciate them now more than ever because they have always been there for me.
-My Mom's side of the family
-My Dad's side of the family
-My Day's Market coworkers. They often see sides of me that many people, including my family and friends outside of work, don't see on a regular basis and I thank them for being there to appreciate the feelings I often feel when dealing with certain customers that come through my line. :)
-My supervisors at the ROC (my default college job)
-The other interviewers at the ROC
-My coworkers at any of the jobs I had before going to Day's Market
-Every single school teacher I had from Preschool all the way to 12th grade
-Mrs. Patterson for inspiring me to go into teaching
-Mrs. Isaksen for teaching me how to write cursive
-My chorus/choir teachers
-Ms. Thurnell for teaching me about the basics of theatre
-My Timpanogos Valley Theatre Family
-My UVSC and BYU-Idaho Professors
-All of the bishops I've had, both at home and at school, and the bishopric members adn their wives
-My friends that I met while working in Walt Disney World
-All the Presidents of the United States we've had from 1776 to the present day
-Johnny Depp and Sandra Bullock: my favorite actor and actress
There are SOOOO many more people I could list, but I need to move on to a different area that I'm grateful for.
I'm grateful for many places, but for the sake of keeping my whereabouts private, I'll just say I'm grateful for every place I've lived or visited.
I suppose I'll just have to write another gratitude post another day because I'm out of time at the moment.
See ya real soon!
There's a lot of things for me to write, so I suppose I'll categorize them to make it easier for me.
Schools:
-Being in Joyschool as a kid and meeting some of my best friends
-Preschool with Ms. Horner
-J.R. Smith Elementary
-Midway Elementary (I had two pen pals there when I was in 3rd grade and my class got to visit that school to meet our pen pals :D)
-Wasatch Middle School
-Rocky Mountain Junior High
-Wasatch High School
-UVSC aka UVU
-BYU-Idaho
... and every other school in the entire world that allows students to have an education.
People:
-Every single one of my roommates that I've ever had in my life (at school or in Walt Disney World).
-The lessons I've learned while having those roommates.
-The good times I had with my closest roommates
-The not-so-good times I had with any of my roommates
-My immediate family. I appreciate them now more than ever because they have always been there for me.
-My Mom's side of the family
-My Dad's side of the family
-My Day's Market coworkers. They often see sides of me that many people, including my family and friends outside of work, don't see on a regular basis and I thank them for being there to appreciate the feelings I often feel when dealing with certain customers that come through my line. :)
-My supervisors at the ROC (my default college job)
-The other interviewers at the ROC
-My coworkers at any of the jobs I had before going to Day's Market
-Every single school teacher I had from Preschool all the way to 12th grade
-Mrs. Patterson for inspiring me to go into teaching
-Mrs. Isaksen for teaching me how to write cursive
-My chorus/choir teachers
-Ms. Thurnell for teaching me about the basics of theatre
-My Timpanogos Valley Theatre Family
-My UVSC and BYU-Idaho Professors
-All of the bishops I've had, both at home and at school, and the bishopric members adn their wives
-My friends that I met while working in Walt Disney World
-All the Presidents of the United States we've had from 1776 to the present day
-Johnny Depp and Sandra Bullock: my favorite actor and actress
There are SOOOO many more people I could list, but I need to move on to a different area that I'm grateful for.
I'm grateful for many places, but for the sake of keeping my whereabouts private, I'll just say I'm grateful for every place I've lived or visited.
I suppose I'll just have to write another gratitude post another day because I'm out of time at the moment.
See ya real soon!
Dates, Tests, and Thanksgiving in a week!
Happy Monday everyone!
I hope everyone who reads my blog (and everyone who doesn't, which is probably a much larger number than who does) is having a wonderful day! I had a very busy week/weekend and it's only going to get busier! I'm particularly happy about a few recent developments in my life.
#1 I'm going to the Preparedness Fair here on campus tonight for FHE. Yes, I am a nerd, but when you are a poor starving college student, 72 hour kits are your best friends. :)
#2 Devotional tomorrow. Yay!!! I love going to devotional every week and seeing President and Sister Clark.
#3 For the second week in a row, I get to help with an after school art program at one of the local elementary schools here in South-eastern ID. Watching and listening to kindergarten and first graders make art projects is SO fun!
#4 I am going on a date with a guy I enjoy being with. :)
#5 I am auditioning for "Magic Moments," which is one of the talent performances here on campus. It's a Disney-themed show in which people can sing, dance, or perform skits that are Disney themed. (I'm positive this show was created with me in mind :D) If I don't get in, there's a very good chance that I will cry because like I said- this show was MADE for me!!
#6 I am going home next week for the Thanksgiving break!!! Happy happy day!!
This past weekend, I took the Praxis again and I felt a lot better about how I did on it as opposed to the first time I took the PLT. That same day, I also retook one of my Math 101 chapter tests. I've said it many times and I'll say it again- I don't care if I get any higher than a C or a C- in either of my math classes. I JUST WANT TO PASS THEM!!
I've also been on a couple dates with a guy I met a couple weeks ago. He's a great guy and I love spending time with him. He actually beat me at Disney Scene It, so that tells you how well we get along when it comes to Disney stuff. :) (I'm totally fine with him beating me- I got a cheap question at the end)
He and I are going to watch another movie this week and I'm really excited because I haven't seen the movie and I've heard nothing but good things about it. Maybe some of you have seen or heard of it. We're watching "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs."
There's actually quite a few movies that John has seen that I haven't that he wants me to see, so we'll see how many we can cram in before the end of the semester when I leave BYU-I to go student-teach in Utah.
Time to go study! Bye!
I hope everyone who reads my blog (and everyone who doesn't, which is probably a much larger number than who does) is having a wonderful day! I had a very busy week/weekend and it's only going to get busier! I'm particularly happy about a few recent developments in my life.
#1 I'm going to the Preparedness Fair here on campus tonight for FHE. Yes, I am a nerd, but when you are a poor starving college student, 72 hour kits are your best friends. :)
#2 Devotional tomorrow. Yay!!! I love going to devotional every week and seeing President and Sister Clark.
#3 For the second week in a row, I get to help with an after school art program at one of the local elementary schools here in South-eastern ID. Watching and listening to kindergarten and first graders make art projects is SO fun!
#4 I am going on a date with a guy I enjoy being with. :)
#5 I am auditioning for "Magic Moments," which is one of the talent performances here on campus. It's a Disney-themed show in which people can sing, dance, or perform skits that are Disney themed. (I'm positive this show was created with me in mind :D) If I don't get in, there's a very good chance that I will cry because like I said- this show was MADE for me!!
#6 I am going home next week for the Thanksgiving break!!! Happy happy day!!
This past weekend, I took the Praxis again and I felt a lot better about how I did on it as opposed to the first time I took the PLT. That same day, I also retook one of my Math 101 chapter tests. I've said it many times and I'll say it again- I don't care if I get any higher than a C or a C- in either of my math classes. I JUST WANT TO PASS THEM!!
I've also been on a couple dates with a guy I met a couple weeks ago. He's a great guy and I love spending time with him. He actually beat me at Disney Scene It, so that tells you how well we get along when it comes to Disney stuff. :) (I'm totally fine with him beating me- I got a cheap question at the end)
He and I are going to watch another movie this week and I'm really excited because I haven't seen the movie and I've heard nothing but good things about it. Maybe some of you have seen or heard of it. We're watching "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs."
There's actually quite a few movies that John has seen that I haven't that he wants me to see, so we'll see how many we can cram in before the end of the semester when I leave BYU-I to go student-teach in Utah.
Time to go study! Bye!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Me understanding math= me understanding people speak Spanish
While I was sitting in my Math 101 class today, I decided that me trying to understand math is very similar to me understanding and speaking Spanish. When I hear people speak Spanish, I can pick out bits and pieces of what they are saying and sort of make sense out of it. However, when it comes down to me writing or speaking (or writing) a sentence that makes sense, it takes a long time and is sometimes very difficult for me to create a statement that can be understood.
When I am sitting in my math classes, I feel like I'm listening to my professor and the rest of the students speaking Spanish. I can pick out terms that I understand, but when they are having a conversation about a problem, I feel like I'm listening to two fluent Spanish speakers where I don't completely understand what they are saying and then I get very lost in trying to understand how to complete a problem.
When I am sitting in my math classes, I feel like I'm listening to my professor and the rest of the students speaking Spanish. I can pick out terms that I understand, but when they are having a conversation about a problem, I feel like I'm listening to two fluent Spanish speakers where I don't completely understand what they are saying and then I get very lost in trying to understand how to complete a problem.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
My relationship with Math
I've been thinking a lot lately about the relationship I have with math. And this is what I have decided it to be.
Math hates me. It mocks me. It pretends to like me when people are tutoring me and trying to help me understand, but when the tutor leaves me alone with my math problems or I go to take a test, the math seems to be saying to me "You can't handle our problems! Your little brain can't comprehend our complexities!"
Math has hated me my entire life. There have been very few times when we have gotten along. I think a good way to describe how well Math and I go together is like trying to mix oil and water. It just doesn't work. No matter how hard I've tried to get these concepts to click in my head, they seem to be missing that one small piece that results in the clicking together like a seatbelt and its buckle. Once that piece is established, its hard to forget the information because all the pieces fit together.
Well, I am here to tell you that I am going to find a way for math to at least tolerate me this semester. We may not always see eye to eye, but if we can find some kind of compromise where I use my own techniques of making math concepts work, then I think that math and I can find a way to get along for the remainder of the semester. Now the only question left is this: what connections or techniques can I find that will allow me to fully understand my math classes and not compromise the integrity of the subject of math itself?
I guess that's a question that I will have to solve myself. There is no one that can help me solve that puzzle in a way that will make sense to me better than myself.
Math hates me. It mocks me. It pretends to like me when people are tutoring me and trying to help me understand, but when the tutor leaves me alone with my math problems or I go to take a test, the math seems to be saying to me "You can't handle our problems! Your little brain can't comprehend our complexities!"
Math has hated me my entire life. There have been very few times when we have gotten along. I think a good way to describe how well Math and I go together is like trying to mix oil and water. It just doesn't work. No matter how hard I've tried to get these concepts to click in my head, they seem to be missing that one small piece that results in the clicking together like a seatbelt and its buckle. Once that piece is established, its hard to forget the information because all the pieces fit together.
Well, I am here to tell you that I am going to find a way for math to at least tolerate me this semester. We may not always see eye to eye, but if we can find some kind of compromise where I use my own techniques of making math concepts work, then I think that math and I can find a way to get along for the remainder of the semester. Now the only question left is this: what connections or techniques can I find that will allow me to fully understand my math classes and not compromise the integrity of the subject of math itself?
I guess that's a question that I will have to solve myself. There is no one that can help me solve that puzzle in a way that will make sense to me better than myself.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
I'm Back in School!
Wow, it's been two months since I made that last post- I need to step up my game a bit! :) Well, in case any of you who know me and haven't read my blog in a while or have talked to me recently, here's an update on what's happened regarding my schooling and such:
I walked for graduation at BYU-I back in April, expecting to do my student teaching in SLC this Fall (aka NOW). Well, it turns out that not only did I not get a passing grade (C- or above) in my Math 206 class, but I also did not pass the third diagnostic math exam that all the Elementary Education majors at BYU-I have to take if they haven't taken/passed Math 108 (which I have not done). So instead of doing my student teaching this Fall, I am back at BYU-Idaho.... again.
Fortunately I am only taking two classes this semester. UNfortunately, they are both MATH. Yeah, you guessed it- I am having to take 206 yet again. And since I didn't pass the third exam (I passed the 1st and 2nd tests; the 2nd test took me a year to finally pass), I am enrolled in Math 101, which is Intermediate Algebra. So taking Intermediate Algebra will give me the equivalent of taking the 3rd exam. I'm positive I can pass it, I'm just going to have to really knuckle down this semester with my homework. And since these are literally the only two classes I am taking, that won't be too hard. I'm a teacher's assistant for Beginning Clog, but that doesn't count because all I have to do is show up and help Annmarie teach beginning clog (I have NO homework for that class because I'm not one of the students).
Anyway, so yeah, the semester started about a week ago and I am in the full swing of things. Fortunately, I have spruced up my school supplies to make taking notes more fun. I have Disney princess folders for both classes, as well as a Mickey notebook to take notes in for 206. I also have a Tinkerbell pencil pouch to hold writing utensils and other things in. I have decided that if I have to take two classes in the one subject I despise the most (Math... just in case anyone was wondering), I am going to make doing homework and taking notes for those classes as fun as I can.
Interestingly enough, that plan has worked! :) I LOVE taking notes for 206 because Mickey is on every page, which makes me want to make sure I strategically place my notes so it looks like Mickey is helping me. :)
I have to admit, even though it's nice to be back at school... (kinda, I'm still deciding whether I'm glad to be back or not), I am really missing being home. Usually at this time of year, I'm in TVT rehearsals, preparing for the Fall production that TVT always does. I'm also usually hard at work at Day's Market. During the last few months when I've been at home, I have become really close with some of the people I work with at Day's and it's been really hard for me to not be there all the time to spend time with them. So for all of you who I normally see every day at Day's or my Timpanogos Valley Theatre family:
I'm just trying to find opportunities to socialize with people while I'm up here. I've tried to get my homework done by the weekend so that I have many opportunities to play, but apparently I haven't done a very good job of finding a lot people around my age because it seems like there are a lot of younger people (I'm referring to the fresh-out-of-high-school kids) than there are of people my age. And the people that are my age are busy with other things, so I've found myself just filling my time by getting ahead on my math assignments (I know- how lame am I?)
Anyway, that's what I've been up to lately! I hope you all have a wonderful and happy day!
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