Is BYU on C-R-A-C-K?!

So today, the Associated Press reported that the inevitable has finally happened. BYU, the infamous mormon university, most notable for its acheivements in polygamy and douche-baggery (this quote might not be verbatem, btw) has finally lifted its ban on YouTube! I know, brace your self, innocent little BYU-ers. The day has come where the world is finally opened up for your exploration. You can now watch clips of dogs running into walls and a cat playing a piano...riveting, I know.

All sarcasm aside (well, most of it anyway) some people are in an uproar about this because of the portals of doom that it is now open to students whose original purpose for attending BYU was, supposedly, to avoid them. Some people are thinkin' that this change might just be BYU's first step down a slippery slope of apostasy. Nay, I say unto you all, nay.

It makes me upset when parents get in an uproar over a university allowing its students to chose simple things for themselves. They need to teach their children instead of expecting institutions to regulate their lives instead.

Sigh, I don't like opinionated posts, but there you go.

P.S. Further evidence of BYU being on crack...Stadium of Fire? Jonas Brothers? Really? Get someone good next year, BYU. Like The Bravery, or Death Cab for Cutie, or David Bowie, or Franz Ferdinand, or your mother. See, look at all the options.

Things I've Learned After Being Married For ONE Year...

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TIME! Besides getting a new wedding band and getting Luke a new bike AND the complete Red Dwarf Series, I also recieved a wealth of knowledge, not only concerning the opposite gender but myself as well...

1. Men CANNOT read minds. As much as I may will Luke to do something with my telepathy, its true he cannot read my mind and my mind cannot force him to do something. It is quite a novel idea actually...ask someone to do something or explain what you want and they get it. Yay!

2. Cooking should NEVER be an ordeal. So what, he put waaay too many different spices in the pot...so what if I don't usually cook with lemonade....it's not a big deal. Luke and I got into WAY too many fights about cooking. And I feel the silliest because I was the one who always started them :)

3. It is now OUR money. Just because I get a paycheck with my name on it does not mean I can go spend it on stuff for ME. This is probably the hardest thing to get used to. Call me spoiled...go ahead, do it. Now that I'm all growed up, I need to put MY money towards a downpayment on a house and etc. But that's ok, because Luke reminds me of this every time I want to buy something frivolous and it is keeping me disciplined :)

4. Yeah, it sucks that we both have really long and conflicting schedules. Most days of the week I don't see Luke until I get home from work and 7:15, then we go to the gym, get back at 9 and I have an hour and a half to spend with him before I go to bed. So guess what I have learned from this? I make sure to appreciate the little time I DO get to talk to him. If that means I talk with him while I am on the treadmill, then so be it :)

5. Time for a cliche...Don't sweat the small stuff. Keep it simple. If something doesn't go right, and one of us screws up plans, its no---big---deal.

6. Men can change. Don't let the stupid media say it ain't so. You can make them cleaner, more fashionable and healthier eaters...you just gotta try :)

7. Women cannot change...it is not possible. I will always be a neat freak, fashionista with a terrible tendancy to swear...a lot. I'm sorry Luke...I'm sorry.

8. It's ok to brag about how awesome your significant other is...I think it is sad when people don't.

9. Why do people always think it is so WEIRD or FUNNY that Luke is so much taller than me? This isn't wisdom, more a plea for wisdom in finding a solution to this puzzling conundrum.

10. Marriage WON'T work with love. It sounds SO corny, but it is so TRUE. If I didn't love Luke, I wouldn't be able to laugh so hard at all his corny jokes, I wouldn't be able to laugh of the mishaps we encounter. We wouldn't have anything...it just does. not. work.

11. Ummm. To anyone who thinks that there won't be ups and downs: you are w-r-o-n-g. We've had some pretty serious downs, but a lot of wonderful ups, as well. We've had some terrible trials that I didn't even know if I could get through, but we both got through it and life countered itself by giving us more ups and happiness. I may get moody and have a down day when Luke is having an up day, but it all evens out in the end.

12. Fights happen. Get over it :)

13. DON'T. I repeat DON'T rub it in when you're right. My mother gave me this little jewel, everytime I won some sort of argument with Luke: Did you tell him? Yes! Ok, now drop it. It's the best way to gloat without hurting feelings :)

14. Personal Revelation: It's more difficult than I originally imagined to be married and have the same friends as before. Married people, just want to hang out with each other and single people think it's awkward. I don't know why this phenomena occurs, but it does. And sometimes...it kind of sucks.

15. Finally, being married is like a kick in the pants into the real world. Suddenly, you really, really have to plan for the future, like when you want to buy a house, where, etc. You now have jobs, budgets and a more substantial rent to pay. Not to mention tuition for TWO people and groceries for TWO people. But its awesome, so its ok.

All in all...I love it :)

It's a terrible day at Five Star Painting!

Oh Saturdays at work...you are so boring. But this Saturday...this very Saturday, you chose to be not just boring but cruel! Here I am, minding my own business, when a pang of hunger strikes me. "I'll go to the fridge at get my granola bar" I think (Don't ask why I refridgerate my granola bar...I just do). I reach in to get said granola bar and a foul odor reaches my nose. This smell isn't foreign to me though, it has been lingering in the fridge for a week or so now. But I don't think much of it...there is hardly anything in the fridge, so what could it be? I close the door and my conscience hits me hard on the head and tells me to go figure out what that rank odor is. Sigh, ok...I kneel down, look to the back, back BACK of the fridge and what do I see? An innocent bottle of milk. Did I say innocent? I meant ominous. This can't be good. I daringly reach in and grab it...uh oh, it's leaking a little bit....hold it up to my nose like an idiot. And then it hits me. Oh how it hits me. This milk smells like all hell has been residing in this bottle for a month and everyone in it has been partying and throwing up. Fun for them. Not for me.

This is where is gets fun...I don't normally have a gag reflex, but then, I gagged. Oh how I gagged. It was painful, painful gagging. I run to the trash can to throw this piece of devilry away and while doing so, I glance at the expiration date....MARCH. I kid you not. 3 MONTHS ago. That's gross. There's another bottle of milk in the fridge, too. It expried in April. Also gross, but the lid was on tight so it didn't kill me. Why couldn't it have just turned to yogurt like other bad milk does?! It would have been delicious instead of gag-inducing!

After this terrible incident, I am going to propose a plan...a plan to end all sour milk incidents in the future. Whosever milk that is...they have to drink it. All of it.

Interviews: I Shall Close My Eyes and Pick One!

It's that time of year again! Interview time! With Gabi leaving to med school, it was today that I interviewed for the coveted 6am shift...and if you think that by coveted I meant crappy...then yes, you are correct. Not surprisingly, I have done interviews for this same shift 3 times already...it must be cursed...or really exhausting. And interviews did we have! I sifted through 50 resumes and called 15 people and did 13 interviews...quite the feat...but as the director of human resources for the past 6 months, you gotta do what you gotta do...Anyways! A list for you...a list for ALL of you! of all the crazy crap that happens on interview days...

1. The Neways building is the big building that is just down the road from us...TWO people went in there thinking that's where our office was...ummm, it says Five Star Painting on a big sign just down the road. The poor people at Neways must think I am a crazy person who can't give good directions...wait, that's true, scratch that....Strike One: for not following directions.

2.One lady came in who spoke minimal english and optimal spanish. I had to have Eunice come in for the interview and do her spanish speakin' thing.

3. Cutest interviewee award goes to! Terry. He was this really old guy who has worked in some sort of call center his whole life. If Megan Winegar sees this...he looked exactly like Larry Harkelroad...and acted like him too...it was awesome...But kind of sad because he's older than everyone in this office and I don't want to hire someone who won't fit in :(

4. After doing this for a while, I now know that interviewees come in all shapes and sizes....BIG shapes and sizes, too.

5.One lady wants to commute from Heber City every day for a 6am shift...over an hour away. I wanted to ask if she was crazy-go-nuts but I decided against it...I mean $8 hr might pay for all that gas, right? No? Yeah, I didn't think so either.

6. One lady that I really, really liked came in and when I told her that the starting wage was $8 hr with a raise after 3months, she told me that she doesn't start under $10...which made me wonder how she got high paying jobs when she can't read. Because I put the wage at $8 on the ad. Hmmm...one of life's mysteries I guess.

7. I kept on having to apologize that our office smelled like popcorn. Note to self: Don't buy popcorn as an office snack...especially if everyone makes like 3 bags a day. Ew.

7.5 I'm eating popcorn right now :)

8. I called one girl to schedule an interview and I accidentally asked if I could schedule an estimate. lol whoops.

9. By the end of 3 hours of interviews I get a little bored....I told Conrad this and he told me I should ask them in all seriousness what kind of butterfly they would be if they had the chance. It made me laugh.

10. All in all, I just hired a cute, bubbly girl called Mikelle. She's super nice and hopefully not a drug addict. My fingers are crossed on this one.

Now, I don't ever want to see another resume, ever again in my life...ever.