New Moon. Of course.

I have a confession to make. I went to the midnight showing of New Moon. Why? I'm not entirely sure. A couple of weeks ago, Ilarene's roommate asked if we wanted to come. We said sure. Once again, I'm not sure why. I think it was our indifference to the Twilight series that made it seem humorous. We also got a ticket for my old roommate, Michelle Mariel Parker I, who is down here from California for a week.

So last night, we all bundled up and headed out to the movie theater. The line was long. We got there about an hour before it started, and we were at the end of the line. Silly us. At one point, a couple of guys came around with a camera and started asking us questions about why we were there and about our love for Twilight. We were trying to defend our dignity by saying that at least we weren't like the people at the front of the line, who had been waiting for 10 hours. Somehow though, the conversation turned, and I decided to be sarcastic. I said that I had had a chain in my room and that every day as it got closer to the opening of New Moon, I took a piece of paper off of the chain. Either I'm losing my sarcastic touch, or the guys were just really dim, because they believed me. They asked me how long the chain was. Thinking off the top of my head, I said 4 months. According to the guys, I was "hardcore". They then proceeded to ask me about why I loved Twilight. Not wanting to make them feel stupid by saying that I didn't even really care about the books, I decided to go along with it. So I told them that I was in love with Edward, and that his eyes were incredible. I went on for a little bit about Edward, and why I was in love with him. I had zero dignity left once that was over. We all laughed about it though.

As for the movie itself, I was pleasantly surprised. I guess when you go into a movie with incredibly low expectations, it doesn't make it difficult to like it. It was definitely better than the first movie. So much better. There were still some things that needed work, and there was one scene that had to be the cheesiest thing since my macaroni & cheese/Cheez-its dinner with my cheesecake dessert. But overall, I liked it. Shocker, eh?

St. George Temple Trip

A couple of my friends and I went down to St. George on Saturday to see the 5 Browns in concert at the Tuacahn amphitheater. Before the concert, we were able to stop at the St. George temple and do baptisms. It was such a beautiful temple, and it was so warm too!!!

The temple in all of its radiating beauty!

Us in all of our radiating beauty!

Can I just say that I love this picture of me? Thanks to Sarah for taking the picture, and to Eleena for telling me how to tilt my head! : )

Sarah-the official photographer of our St. George trip.

Ilarene. What to say about her...um, basically I love her. That's about it.

So there was this random dog wandering around the temple grounds, and apparently it liked Eleena. She tried to get it to go away by sort of kicking at it. I don't think the PETA people would like that. Shhh....don't tell! ; )

We pretended it was cold. It definitely was not!

Sarah told me to turn around and smile, so I did. And it ended up being a pretty cute picture.

I love these girls! I had so much fun with them!

It was such a good experience to be able to go to the temple. I love being able to know that I can feel the same spirit in any temple I go to. And this temple was so beautiful. I love the temple!

Halloween

This past weekend was Halloween. I've always thought Halloween was a fun holiday, although it might just be because it is so close to my birthday. This Halloween was really chill for me. I spent the afternoon reading a book called The Hunger Games. If you haven't read it and you have a couple of hours to kill, I highly suggest it. It is a really good book and I loved it!


One big part of my Halloween was helping (okay, more like watching) my friend Ilarene and her roommates get really dressed up. This year, they decided to be different Disney Villains. They were fantastic. Can you tell who is who?

Chelsea-The Wicked Queen (Snow White), Ilarene-Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Rachel-Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove), Megan-Cruella DeVil (101 Dalmations), Lauren-Malificent (Sleeping Beauty). It took so much work for them to get ready, but they did a fantastic job!

So really the only thing I did to help was rat Ilarene's hair, to try and make it big and poofy and reminiscent of a giant obese octopus underwater. She got all dressed up on Friday and Saturday night, which meant ratting her hair twice, and putting on that dress twice, complete with tentacles. She is a brave soul.

So since my birthday was on Wednesday, Ilarene's roommates told me they would make me a cake. It didn't get made until Halloween, but I still really appreciated it. I think Rachel and Chelsea were the ones that made it, and I think they did a wonderful job. It was really good.