born free

Today was the last day of my job at Thai Chili Gardens. I have had the song "Born Free" stuck in my head all day. I only know the part with the words born free so I just keep singing that part over and over again, but I don't mind. As I was reflecting on my time working at the restaurant, I realized that there are definitely some things I will not miss. Such as, the most annoying cook in the world. He is the owner's immature son. I think in his head he actually thought he was black. I couldn't count the amount of times he said "word" or "that's the bomb" each day. (said with an attempt- to- be- a- rapper accent). His annoyingness was overwhelming. I will also not miss the whiny girls I worked with. Now, instead of their bellyaching, I can listen to something good, like fingernails scratching a chalkboard. Last, but not least, I will certainly not miss the annoying customers. The ones that don't appreciate anything you do for them or the ones that leave crappy tips, or the ones that demand your full attention when the restaurant is packed and you're the only server working.

There are however, some things I will miss. The owner's wife (Mon) is hilarious. Well, I usually don't know what she's saying because the only English she knows are the words on the menu, but she has the best laugh. I love it. Then there is another cook that is really nice and she knows a little more English than Mon. I feel bad for her because she has to spend the whole day in the kitchen with the annoying cook. There's also the regulars that come in that I will miss. The ones that order the same thing every time. I don't know why they don't get anything else, but if they like what they get, then that's okay with me. Last of all I will definitely miss the free Thai food. It is such delicious food. I will most likely go through withdrawals when I move back to Rexburg. But I guess that's a risk I'm going to have to make for the sake of my education.

If you ever do go to Thai Chili Gardens you have to try the following:

Spicy Pad Ped with Beef and Jasmin Rice
Chicken Satay
Golanga Coconut Soup and
the egg rolls

take it from me, these things are delicious.

New iBook!!!

Yes, it is true, I have bought myself a new laptop, an Apple iBook G4 to be exact. Now I no longer need to constantly be on my little brother's computer in his filthy room, I can now just do as I please in the privacy of my own filthy room. I have been trying to figure out how everything works because this is the first time I have ever had a Mac. So I am a little dumb at things, but hopefully my skills will improve. One thing that I needed to try out immediately, besides itunes, was the DVD player. It is such an important componant to this laptop that even though it was late at night I needed to make sure that the DVD player worked well under the conditions of me being in a comfy bed setting while watching movies. I have found that it works, but just to be safe, I will need to test this again and again.
I guess I just wanted the world to know that I am excited to have a new laptop. Yippee!!!

dance fever

Yesterday I went to my singles ward FHE Oscars. There were four fabulous movies that were played and I played gurtrude in the oscar award winning movie "Love is a Battlefield." Well actually all the movies got some type of award because even though we are in college we still need to all get a prize, like when we were three. Well I guess if I didn't get a prize I would feel really sad. Back to the story. I was also a co-choreographer of the big dance scene, that, in my opinion, every movie should have. Our movie was pretty much just a compilation of a few movies from the 80's. We had a grandpa reading to a sick bulldog (a guy dressed up in the Provo High mascot suit that mysteriously disappeared a few years ago) like in Princess Bride. There was a guy holding a stereo above his head in front of a girl's house for a long time, like in one of the many 80's movies that John Cusack is in. Then there was a break up scene like in Better Off Dead, where the girl finds it in her best interest to date someone who drives a better car. (Another movie with John Cusack) And then there was the greatest part of the whole movie, the dance scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. This was the dance scene that I was c0-choreographer of, well actually we just learned the steps from the movie, but who cares.

The weekend before the oscars our group got together and filmed the entire movie. We all dressed up in our 80's clothes that we secretly love and ran around BYU campus filming scenes. We caught a lot of peoples eyes and when I looked into their eyes I could see the jealousy in them because we looked so cool. or was it a look of pity. either way, people were looking at us. After hours of practicing on the stairs outside the Marriot Center we finally were able to film the twist and shout dance. We even had a section of people sliding down the railings, it was amazing.

After the editing was all done, we had a private viewing of the movie for the actors/actresses only. It was then that I realized that I will never be an actress. I simply don't have the "it" factor. It is a rare quality and I have accepted the fact that if I moved to hollywood I would'nt make a dime. It was also then that our entire group realized that our movie made little to no sense at all. We tried to take every 80's movie and weave them together into one beautiful tapestry of 80'sness. Instead we got a pile of... well lets just say it didn't quite turn out like I thought it would. I'm not saying I didn't like it because I did, I just think that its one of those things where if you weren't personally involved, then it doesn't make sense and its not really funny. But it was all worth it to get the "Doggy Flick of the Year" award. I guess they gave us that award because we had a big bulldog in our movie, very creative.