Grocery List

So at first I was all,

Grocery List (aka What Can I Survive on and Eat for an Entire Summer?):
-Rice cooker
-Rice
-Pot for cooking pasta in
-Noodles for pasta
-Sauce for pasta (marinara and alfredo)
-Frying pan
-Frozen peas
-Eggs
-Mashed potatoes
-Butter

-Snacks
-Laundry basket
-Utensils

But then I was like,

Arizona and Homeless People

So, remember when I was like, "lists and stuff!" and also, "that WWOOF thing would be awesome to do in my life?" Well, I still think it would be really cool. And I was talking to Maddi about it and we both agreed that that would be fantastic.

However, here's the thing. We're both pretty involved in school stuff right now. We just can't do that right now. BUT. We think it would be a really cool thing if over Thanksgiving break or something we went to Arizona and volunteered at a soup kitchen and somehow got to sleep/eat without spending lots of money. We've heard that maybe that's a thing that happens. Like a live-in soup kitchen? I don't know exactly how that would work, but I think that would be fantastic because I would get to see Arizona which I've only driven through and also I would get to volunteer at a soup kitchen, which is something I have wanted to do for a while.

So, dear readers, do you have any details about this? Because I need some details in order for this to be a thing...

Also, I would like to express some of my ideas about homeless people. I feel like there's this thing that people who are not homeless people look down on homeless people. And that makes me really upset. I have absolutely no idea how someone ends up living in the streets, but I would guess that it is not a pleasant experience and also a really hard thing to go through and also potentially an outcome of things outside of one's control and not one's choices and also not just one single cause, but a lot of things that added up until the person no longer has a home. And besides, being homeless means THAT A HUMAN BEING HAS NO SHELTER, something I learned in the sixth grade was a "bare necessity of life." How messed up is it that people look down on other people for anything, let alone for not have something necessary for living?

Something that my dad said once really made an impact on my life and how I (try) to see people. This is not actually a direct quote -> "I would rather err on the side of charity and give to someone who might end up wasting (insert whatever it is you're giving a person) than err on the side of selfishness and not give at all to a person who might desperately need (insert whatever it is you're giving a person)." He said it better, but you get the idea. I like helping people, not as much as I should, but still. And I really don't like that we have homeless people in our country, not because they're dirty or whatever, but because they are humans living in really sad conditions.

So, how about we stop looking at people as a circumstance and start looking at people as people.

"I appreciate your being." - Jason

This is my new favorite thing to say along with "you're a southern peach."

Lists

So, I'm occasionally a fan of lists. I don't like "to-do" lists because I just get anxious about all the things I have to do and they're just no good. But I do like random lists. For example...

Things my eyes have done today (so far):
1) opened.
2) seen the world.
3) seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier (HFADGJLAUHU!).
4) gotten droopy.

And I'm just in a random list kind of mood. So, that's what I'm going to do.

Things that should happen in my near future:
1) pass finals.
2) get a job.
3) get a massage/have my back popped.

Things that would be cool to do sometime in my life (miniature edition):
1) This Life Hack -> "Too broke to travel? WWOOF is an organization that allows you to travel the world, with food/accommodations covered, in exchange for volunteer work." Preferably with Maddi. And also CC. Or with my future husband before we start a family.
2) Get married and start a family and then serve a senior couple mission for my church (I'm LDS, if you forgot).
3) Go to a Mumford and Sons concert.

Times/places I would want to live in if I didn't live where/when I do:
1) 1960's America.
(That's all I got for this particular moment in time, but if you kind of pick a time and place chances are that I would like to live there/then.)

Songs that mean a lot to me right now:
1) The Boxer by Mumford and Sons.
2) After the Storm by Mumford and Sons.

Songs that I've been listening to a lot recently:
1) Look at my previous list.
2) Any song by Mideau.
3) Any song by Of Monsters and Men (they're from Iceland! How cool is that?!?).
4) Various other indie folk songs.

My favorite superhero:
1) Captain America

Things I collect:
1) Mugs
2) Smiles

Happy Easter!

Because of Him

Hulk Punch All the Keys!

I HATE REGISTRATION WEEK. I JUST WANT TO HULK PUNCH THE WALL UNTIL IT CRUMBLES AT MY FEET. IT IS THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN AND I HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION AND IT SUCKS AND I DON'T WANT TO ADULT. ALSO, AHGFHLKDFBNDSIGHIJNLKDHIGHRKHGLKSJDHGJKSLKHBJFDHAHDKHGDHSLKVBHFDKLHGSDHKJBHDFJHVKDFANHGIHGIRHDKVNDKLBKLFDHGLKDSHKLVNHKDJBGJFDHGIDSHJGKLNDVJBDJHGAJLDJXCNVJFHGAHNVJLHKDWURYTJSDLKNBHMJKVDSBGJDKSBVJDKSBGJDSHGJKDHSVJKDBJKBKJXCNVFJDKSHGJKSDBGNDBVJDSKHGJDSKHGJKVXBVKJSDBGJLSDHBJVBJKFDGBDSJBVKJDSBGVJKSDVHBJDVBJHFVAJFSKLHGKSFDHGIFHGLKFHDJGHFDLKGHFDKLHGLKFDHGKLFDHGKLFDHLIGHJKJKGFVJKFVKVJKBGFVJKJKFDOUIRETRLKJVNX.NNKHSLKHHFDGVDHJKFLHGJKRDLNMVCVCCNJYRHBOISFDHHNSFDIOHGHNBJVCHBGJHHJFDGFNJMGFBNJGFLXKHDSSSSJKGLHFDLJKFHSGJFVGKSHJFHGSKJDCFDDDFDJKFDKFDGBV. YEAH. 

GRR.

Logan City Limits

Logan City Limits was so awesome! Jason (of the blog post) told Cara, CC, Maddi, and me about it and we all went and it was a party. Besides listening to some really great bands like Mideau and The Moth and the Flame, I got a free t-shirt and seven cds for $1.25. Yeah. You read that right. $1.25! The thing about the cds (with the exception of the Little Barefoot cd that I got for free because I'm awesome), though, is that you just had to pick random ones and hope for the best. I'm currently Russian Roulette-ing with one at this very moment. The band is called Kosmoratik. Anybody heard of them? I think they're okay.

In other news the last Institute choir concert of the year is tonight. Be there or be square.