Because I enjoy anything that makes fun of it. And Chupacabras.

Thank you, Jimmy, for making me laugh.

Twilight in Spanish?

Another thing checked off on my bucket list

Every year on the Thursday night in November prior to the Ohio State-Michigan football game is an event known as the Mirror Lake jump. Basically it is people jumping into a "lake" (pond) on campus in the middle of November. Last year when we went to watch it was about 20 degrees out and even though I told myself that one day I would jump in, I figured I probably never would if it was this cold outside. Well, this year it was 45 degrees out (practically tropical). There was a ward activity that night and plans were made for a few to jump in. I had just come from work and did not have extra clothes but was able to borrow some. A group of 15 walked over to Mirror Lake. I made the first jump-it was cold, but not as bad as I thought. More of our friends showed up. I jumped in a second time. Then a friend said she would take pictures of the actual jump and another said he would record it. So I jumped a third time. Then about 5 of the guys in our group, who had previously said they wouldn't jump in, took the plunge. By this time I was smart enough not to jump in.

Taking the plunge for the 3rd time
(I'm second from the left)

Some of the jumpers

Jumpers and spectators

2008

2009

What a waste of money or At least my friends won't shun me

Last Wednesday I woke up with two bumps on my left cheek (and it wasn't acne). On Thursday I woke up with three more bumps on my right cheek. I was perplexed. Friday there were some bumps underneath my chin. They started itching too. I started thinking I had bugs. I'd gotten fleas once when camping, but it had never been on my face. When I woke up Saturday with even more bumps, I started freaking out. After reading about it online, I was convinced I had bed bugs. Gross. I clean my apt at least once a week so I had no idea where they had come from. The bumps/bites started showing up on my upper arm too.
So I did the following:
I bug-bombed the entire apartment.
After the bombing, I sprayed my mattress and box spring and everything around them.
I washed all my bedding...three times
I washed my curtains
I washed most of the clothes in my room.
I spent 4 hours at the laundromat cleaning my comforter.
Slept in the living room (probably spreading the bugs)

I'm still waking up with a few more bumps each day. When I went into work the following Tuesday the first thing this girl tells me is how much worse it's gotten since last week. Great. Now I'm convinced I need to stay home so I don't spread my disease. I talked to a Dr at work and she asked me if I had tried anything new in the last week. And then it dawned on me what could be causing all of this:

Hairspray

I didn't think of it in the beginning as I had used it a few days before the bumps appeared. And my scalp never itched. I had never used this brand before. But it makes sense why the bumps were only on my face, neck, and upper arm that I spray my hair with. So there you go. I'm sad because this stuff worked great. And I paid more than $5 for it. More like $40 if you count all the money I wasted on bug killing equipment.

I've made a tiny huge mistake

I got my hair cut a few days ago. I cut off several inches in certain parts. You know that feeling when you take your first shower after cutting off several inches of hair and you realize how short your hair is? I've been reliving that moment since the haircut-I've been freaking out the past few days in the shower. Especially when I realize I can't fit it into a ponytail. And I think, "what have I done?"
The end.

Too soon

I heard Christmas songs on the radio for the first time (this time) yesterday. I actually thought they would have started playing them on November 1st. I guess 6 days isn't that late, but still way too early. Maybe because it is 65 degrees out. I like Christmas songs but I'm not ready for them yet. Thankfully I have yet to hear "Christmas Shoes." It's a horrible song. I don't care if it has some sweet message, it's awful. It makes my ears bleed. Seriously. Also, what does the Peanuts theme song have to do with Christmas? Is it because they play it during A Charlie Brown Christmas? That seems like a silly reason.

I know it is early for Christmas decorations and I don't put mine up till after Thanksgiving, but I want to put one of mine up early. I bought one of these in Germany in March:

You put candles at the bottom and when they are lit, the heat causes the blades at the top to spin, and the nativity scenes rotate. Anyway, it is very beautiful, but because I only bought it in March, I haven't had a chance to admire it. So I want to put it up in order to enjoy it for more than a month. I must resist the urge and not become on of "those people" that decorate too early.

It's the little things that make me smile

You may have seen this, but I rediscovered this the other day and it makes me laugh every time.
It is both disturbing and hilarious at the same time.