Party prep

A couple years ago I went to a missionary send off and days prior I started getting ready which included: shaving, tanning and brushing my hair. I typically don't wear make up but I wore a small amount. I was told to: splash my face, brush my hair and teeth, wash my feet and try not screwing up my makeup too much (I would've screwed up my mascara). My friend said to do it to hook up. I made a friend there.

pocrastination

while writing my talk i was wondering if i should go to game night and procrastinate on writing my talk or be responsible and write it. i chose to write the thing and get it over with.

amazing

my mom is into allowing me have missionaries over. she also is terrified about me going on my mission. she said i'm happy about it (and i am) but also is scared of letting me go off.

Slaughter beach

I'm off to slaughter beach in a couple of days. It'll be awesome. My job is to find fun things to do.

Vegan

I love being vegan. Its awesome. My weight will be lower, I'll be in less pain and I can still eat the foods I love but different amounts.

theological argument

my brother who is a born again christian asks me about my beliefs and why i believe them and all that. sometimes it's annoying since he once slightly looked into my religion and questioned me about them and begged me to give my grandfather a posthumous baptism. it's annoying as i have my beliefs and he has his and questions why i defend my friends vs what they believe. why can't i have my beliefs and be left alone?

February 9 Killer

The February 9 Killer is an unidentified suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for the 2006 murder of Sonia Mejia and her unborn baby and the 2008 murder of Damiana Castillo in Salt Lake County, Utah. The murders were committed on the same day, February 9, hence the name. Investigation: In 2009, the unsolved murders of Sonia Mejia in Taylorsville and Damiana Castillo in West Valley City were linked through DNA analysis. The corresponding police departments concurrently released a description of the perpetrator as a Hispanic male in his late teens or early 20s. A twenty-man task force was then formed. As of 2011, the case is classified as a cold case. identified victims: -Sonia Mejia, aged 29, was raped and strangled in her apartment in Taylorsville. -Sonia Mejia's unborn baby, between five and six months gestation. -Damiana Castillo, aged 57, was strangled in her apartment in West Valley City.

attraction

a few elders had attractions to me. several are sweethearts. one was having several signs at the same time. it freaked out.

girly videos

a couple of videos on my channel are girly. like a couple were about me with my nails and my hair.

stupid videos

i like making silly videos. a couple of them are just of me brushing/ combing my hair. others are me painting my nails

new coffee shops

i love going to newer coffee shops that i don't tend to go to in the places i usually go to.

Kraze burger

i went there a couple times and it's awesome since i love independent places, as many millennials do.

Disappearance of Lucas Tronche

Lucas Tronche disappeared 18th March 2015 was a French boy who, at the age of 15, disappeared from his hometown of Bagnols-sur-Cèze in the Gard département of southern France. To date, his disappearance remains unsolved and the investigation has not determined with absolute certainty whether he ran away voluntarily, was involved in a hit and run, or was abducted and/or murdered. Biography of Lucas: Lucas Tronche was born on 18 April 1999 and is the youngest of three brothers. His parents, Nathalie and Éric, are both engineers with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission at the Marcoule Nuclear Site. Lucas’s family and friends describe him as a balanced, rounded, happy, kind and helpful teenager who loves animals and nature and does not like disappointing others. He is described as an ordinary 15-year-old boy with no personal or family issues. He was in his first year of the three-year French high school system at the Lycée Albert Einstein in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. According to teachers, he was a good student and wanted to become a vet. He was introverted, sociable, and passionate about scouting, having been a member of his local scout troop for several years. He was also in badminton and swimming clubs. He rarely used social media but was often on Snapchat. At the time of his disappearance, he and his family were planning a trip to the United States. Disappearance of Lucas: At 5.10 pm on Wednesday 18 March 2015, Lucas had planned to go on his kick scooter to a bus stop, where he would take a coach to the public swimming pool in Laudun-l’Ardoise for swimming practice with his 17-year-old brother, Valentin. Valentin left before Lucas, expecting Lucas to join him at the bus stop. Lucas left the family home and locked the door but did not turn up at the bus stop. Valentin attempted to contact Lucas at around 5.30 pm, but Lucas’s mobile phone was switched off. Technical analysis would later reveal that Lucas’s phone was turned off at 5.14 pm, a few minutes before he left the house. Lucas left without his swimming gear, but did leave with a rucksack containing very few items. He did not take any money, a sleeping bag or a knife with him – items that, as a keen scout with a good knowledge of outdoor survival, he would have known to take if he had been planning to leave home. His intentions after leaving the house remain unknown. At around 8 pm, Nathalie Tronche went to the bus stop to pick up Valentin and Lucas. Valentin told his mother that Lucas had not come to the swimming pool; Valentin assumed that Lucas had missed the bus and had stayed at home. Nathalie had been at home for the last two hours, so she knew that Lucas was not there. Nathalie contacted A&E to see if Lucas might have been in an accident and gone to hospital. She then contacted Lucas’s friends, none of whom knew of his whereabouts. Following that, she contacted the police, who opened a missing persons investigation. Éric Tronche was informed of his son’s disappearance when he returned home from work at around 11 pm. Investigation into the disappearance of Lucas Tronche: The police opened an enquête pour disparition inquiétante (investigation into a concerning disappearance) in the evening of 18 March 2015, immediately after being contacted by Nathalie Tronche. On 25 March, the investigation was handed over to the Montpellier Regional Judicial Police Service (SRPJ) and the Office central pour la repression des violences aux personnes (Central agency for eliminating violence against persons, OCRVP). Lucas did not fit the profile of a runaway, and on 30 March, the prosecutor’s office in Nîmes opened a judicial investigation into abduction and illegal confinement. Due to Lucas’s profile and the lack of supporting evidence, some theories were dismissed, such as suicide and fleeing to the Middle East to fight either for or against the Islamic State. The police interviewed Lucas’s friends, teachers, sports coaches and teammates on multiple occasions, as well as drivers who had passed through Bagnols-sur-Cèze on the day of his disappearance. A formal judicial request was submitted to the United States authorities to access Lucas’s conversations and exchanges on Snapchat, which are deleted from the app after a few seconds but remain on Snapchat’s servers. The request was granted but the Snapchat activities did not reveal anything of assistance to the investigation. Lucas’s computer and tablet were seized and searched, but nothing of any interest was found. Several witnesses reported seeing a person who may have been Lucas a few hours after his disappearance. A neighbour claimed to have seen Lucas between 5.15 and 5.30 pm on the day of his disappearance, heading down the chemin de Saduran towards the vineyards, in the opposite direction to the swimming pool. 500 metres from that point, another woman reported that at midday on Thursday 19 March, she saw someone who may have been Lucas, crossing a yard in front of her farm. A dog followed the person’s scent northwards for 1 kilometre. Also on 19 March, at 6.30 pm, Rachid Ghamri, a Tronche family friend, was out searching with volunteers when he spotted the distant silhouette of a person with a youthful appearance standing at the top of a hill. Ghamri took a photograph, but due to the fact that it was dusk, the photograph was unclear and the person could not be identified. Another team of volunteers later claimed to have seen Lucas in the hills above Saint-Gervais at 10.30 am on Monday 23 March. The person believed to be Lucas was seen watching vineyard workers before disappearing into the woods. A week after the disappearance, a 25-year-old motorcyclist passing through a neighbouring village reported seeing Lucas in the late afternoon of 23 March. The boy was walking with a rucksack along a track towards Esbrezun, a hamlet in the commune of Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis, heading towards a hill. The area was searched by dogs and a helicopter. In a final sighting, a teenage boy and his father reported seeing Lucas on the afternoon of Saturday 28 March in a Cultura shop in Le Pontet, in the Vaucluse département. He was allegedly accompanied by a woman aged 45 to 50. Investigations into this lead proved fruitless. A few days after Lucas’s disappearance, investigators used Luminol – a product that reacts to the presence of blood – to look for potential traces of DNA from Lucas’s bedroom and the rest of the house. Some traces of blood were found on the carpet by his bed and were examined to ascertain whether they were blood or simply the Luminol reacting to a household cleaning product. New tests were carried out in May 2017. No results of either test have been released publicly. In October 2015, seven months after Lucas’s disappearance, his parents started receiving strange anonymous letters, informing them that Lucas was in good health and they had no need to worry. A total of eleven letters were sent until the start of summer 2016, when investigators managed to identify the sender thanks to a CCTV camera at the sorting office where one of the letters was posted on 12 July 2016. However, it turned out that the sender was a 57-year-old mythomaniac from Valence who had nothing to do with Lucas’s disappearance. In October 2017, he was sentenced by a court in Nîmes to one year’s imprisonment, with a further year suspended. In December 2016, France’s National Police released a composite sketch in an attempt to locate a witness seen by a passer-by near Lucas’s home on the day of his disappearance. The sketch was modified and made more precise in September 2017. On 1 March 2016, almost a year after Lucas’s disappearance, in Clarensac, a village 62 km (38 miles) from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, 16-year-old Antoine Zola disappeared after leaving his home at around 1.30 pm. Antoine was a second-year high school student majoring in Science at the Lycée Albert Camus in Nîmes and his personality is considered similar to Lucas’s. Antoine was last seen buying a packet of cigarettes from a tobacconist’s shop. His whereabouts remain unknown and all lines of investigation are being considered. An investigation was launched to establish whether there could be a link between these two disappearances of teenage boys with similar characteristics from nearby locations in under a year. On 11 January 2018, investigators began examining whether Nordahl Lelandais, the main suspect in the August 2017 disappearance of Maëlys de Araujo, could be linked to both disappearances. Lelandais has regularly been in the Gard and has relatives near Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Initiatives and search efforts for Lucas: Lucas’s disappearance prompted a national outpouring of emotion and many searches were undertaken by the authorities, Lucas’s family, and many private citizens who did not know the family. As early as the day after the disappearance, soldiers patrolled the surrounding areas and organised numerous searches. Hills, cliffs and paths were searched in a 4 km radius of both Lucas’s home and the River Cèze. Helicopters with thermal vision, dog teams, and water search and rescue personnel also took part in searches. Appeals for witnesses have regularly been made and renewed. In the days following Lucas’s disappearance, more than 1,500 people took part in searches. Thousands of others shared news on social networks, posting photographs and information along with the slogan “Je cherche Lucas” (“I’m looking for Lucas”). French public figures such as Maurane, Bernard Weber, Jean-Pierre Foucault, Rémi Gaillard and Renan Luce have made public appeals to find Lucas. In the months following Lucas’s disappearance, his parents appeared on many television programmes to spread awareness of the case as widely as possible and to aid the investigation. These programmes included Crimes en direct: Mon enfant a disparu on NRJ 12 with Jean-Marc Morandini in November 2015; Toute une histoire on France 2 with Sophie Davant in January 2016; and Dans les yeux d’Olivier with Olivier Delacroix in September 2017. The case has also been widely reported on television news programmes such as Sept à huit and 13 h 15, le samedi. Posters have been put up in more than 1,000 towns and cities across France. In October, the non-profit organisation Retrouvons Lucas (“Let’s Find Lucas”) was created to continue the efforts to find him. On 19 March 2016, a year and a day after Lucas’s disappearance, a balloon release took place in Bagnols-sur-Cèze and about 30 other towns and cities across France. In May 2016, a major poster campaign was launched in an attempt to locate Lucas. Giant 4-by-3-metre placards were installed on roadsides across the Gard, Drôme and Vaucluse départements. Between August and October 2016, billboard company JCDecaux provided hoardings all around France free of charge to Retrouvons Lucas, the first time such a measure has been taken for a missing person. A 10-second video advertisement was broadcast at service stations across France. On 18 March 2017, the second anniversary of Lucas’s disappearance, a large gathering – which included another balloon release – was held in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, attended by the local mayor. The event also hosted a mannequin challenge, in which more than 200 people participated, to show how time has stopped for Lucas’s family ever since the day he disappeared.

Pumpkin spice breath

My dad got me pumpkin spice candy and now I have pumpkin spice breath. Yay me.

what's that?

so once i was having "friends over" (really friends were coming over to make sure i'm OK) and then i was helping clean up and then the people were taking something out and i'm like, "what's that?" they gave me some food for the next day.

hi guys

what i yelled running into the party i went to a couple months ago and nearly tripped. it was awesome since i had a bag of pretzels i "donated" (my mom made me).

soy nuts

i got hungry and ate some soy nuts and it tastes amazing since i'm not hungry after them. my mom got me them as a treat since i'm vegetarian and can't eat tons of sugar since i was mildly allergic to it

my ID

i FINALLY got my papers in for my state ID. now i can finally go to an airport and not be pulled aside and go to a bar without being carded, although i would go to the bars for karaoke or music or whatever

alcohol

i've tried alcohol. it's ok. unfortunately, 99% of all alcoholic beverages i find bitter despite my mom saying it's sweet.

funny

i find me trying to walk in platform heels hilarious. i tripped over my own 2 feet (along with other people's feet) so many times. i'm not typically clumsy.

silly

my aunt is very silly. she likes goats and mustaches. I've got so much mustache jewelry and accessories. i once saw a shirt that said, "i goat this" (a pun on George Lopez's catchphrase "i got this") and my mom said use the CC to buy 2 more. i went to buy more and they were out. there was a funny shaped "c" on the word "coat closet" that my aunt thought it said, "goat closet". everyone thinks were insane.

the temple

whenever my family sees the temple i'm like yay. even if it's closed i'm happy about it since it's a viable representation of my faith. i love the temple and i'm super excited to go in it. when my family was going to the graveside service of my paternal grandfather i saw a sign that was near the temple in Kensington, Maryland. i was "kensington? where's the temple?" i saw it minutes later. we've seen it several times and my mom loves it for me.

forgetting to brush my hair

my hair is long and it's hard for me to remember to brush it every week. i love my hair long but i won't say no to my hair having it cut from time to time.

funny

so i was in the science tutoring center and i saw someone waving at me. i'm like who is that? i wiped off my glasses and gasped and whispered "Danny." we briefly talked. after that i ran off to be with my class

milka

a Swiss chocolate brand i had to watch since i had a mild allergy as a kid. i got 1 on mother's day. i was asked if i got 1 by my home teacher.

creepy

so i was in my main ward last summer before a friend went on his mission. i congratulated him on his call. i turned my head and saw his friends staring at us looking like they were saying go Joe. this is weird as Joe (that's my friend's name) and i were friends.

panic attack

when i was in the lighthouse at the museum i was scared and got claustrophobic. it's common even with people who never got claustrophobia before

Activities

My mom is getting more into activities for me. I love activities and doing things with friends. I think she's doing this to get me to network.

Sleep in

I woke up at nearly 11 am and am just polishing off my coffee. I got about 12 hours of sleep. I must've been tired since I slept that long and that late. My back hurts as well. I'm so lethargic. I can't believe I slept that long. Can't imagine what caused it either

spending spree

i kinda went on a little spending spree today. i needed new headphones, which i got for 5 bucks and then got sushi. i loved it because i felt productive today as well as using my allowance money to do that.

tired

i'm so tired. i walked a TON and swam.

3 piercings

I've got 3 piercings. that'll be intresting on how that'll go over in the mission field.

a blessing

last summer when i met with Bishop Crowder he asked for a blessing on my medical team for them to know how to treat me. that got me teary eyed for 2 reasons: 1) i'm honored he did that and 2) i'm not the only 1 in my family with medical issues.

get things

my brother doesn't get things. like i saw a movie for film class once and the guy and his ex-wife pretended to be married (still despite being divorced and i'm assuming on semi-good terms) for the guy's mom who was in the hospital for some unknown reason. i'm like OK but my brother is like why would you do that? mom explained that you do things for your spouse despite not being married to them any more which was why my mom called my grandpa "dad" even though he wasn't her bio. dad and not being married to his son anymore.

all american girl (song)

i love singing it. it's 1 of my favorite Carrie Underwood songs.

Wing stop

I love wing stop. My dad used to drag me there with the boys. I recently went there with friends.

My friends

I hate telling people about my muscle spasms. I only tell people if I trust them. I wear my medical bracelet in case I collapse, which I haven't in ages and scared me when I do.

Renew

I had to renew my flexural a couple months ago because of my severe muscle disorder

Presents

I've gotten TONS of presents from the church. That's awesome.

Donations

My mom likes donations to my church's functions. Not sure why since 1) she's not mormon and 2) most of the time the people just want me.

behind their back

so i said i'd "pay a friend back" for giving me rides and by "pay them back" i mean give them a thank you in some way (a card, a mug, a gift something). so i got a gift for a friend with small kids and it was a mug with candy since i was taking time away from their family so i gave the family a gift. i'd also given it to them behind their back in order to not have them refuse it. i'm like please accept it. its a thank you gift.

scrunchiee

my hair is back in a scunchiee because it's long and it doesn't tangle my hair.

girl's weekend

i'm going for another girl's weekend with my mom in a bit. she wants to have fun with me (i'm guessing taking me to a spa) and get out of the house.

DNA testing

my friend and fellow LDS convert said he wanted to do DNA testing to see who his birth parents are and i'm like don't because 5 unsolved forensic science cases are solved by things like ancestry.com and 23 and me.

E. Dewey Smith

I love this pastor. He gives realistic sermons based on reality. His sources depend on the topic. Like for anti-lgbt sermon he used Leviticus.

Sushi

Sushi. Oh how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I love eating you, I love the flavors of sushi, I love the smell of you.

laughing

i was laughing at a memory i had no idea why i was thinking of it. i was remembering my "breaking the norm" outfit. it was me in a Japanese geisha and platforms. it was hilarious. my brother pretended to not know who i was.

yay

i can't wait for the fall semester. i'm taking forensic science classes. my favorite.

nails

when i was not in school i kept my nails in better shape. i'm not able to keep them up since i'm busy. once i told my mom that i my nails were digging into the heel of my hands and that the nail polish is chipped. she told me to cut them and repaint them since i was about to give a talk and needed them to do it.

i don't like mondays

i'm listening to a song called "i don't like Mondays." it's about a girl named Brenda Spencer who shot a school. her reasoning was "i don't like Mondays."

a scoliosis support group

i found a scoliosis support group on Facebook. i needed it since i have scoliosis and like having a community to help me. it helps me able to find other people with my back disorder and hearing their stories. this helps me with understanding how lucky i was in order to not have to deal with (surgery or bracing). my back issues have affected me since i'm unable to have a normal back.

Pumpkin breath

I'm going to get this again in about a month. Can't wait.

Vegetarian BLT

I loved BLTs when I wasn't a vegetarian. I got facon so I could eat it again.

Nonexistent acne

I was told I have great skin and therefore didn't need the acne products but they're nice to have if I'm doing public speaking

Love Kennedy

I love this movie. It's awesome. I saw it at game night which turned into movie night. It was sweet

April Tinsley

A huge break in the April Tinsley murder investigation. John Miller was arrested in connection with the 1988 killing of 8 year old April Tinsley.

Blessings

So I started getting blessings more frequently about a year ago. I’d gotten them infrequently but now that I’m back in school full time I’m getting more. My mom supports me getting them as needed. Especially since my grandfather was in the hospital and passed away shortly thereafter I’d gotten 1 the day before. My mom said that was good to have in my arsenal.

long curly hair

i don't mind boys with long hair. i don't mind girls with short hair. i personally have long curly hair. 1 elder had long hair before his mission and it looked OK. another elder has curly hair but it's much shorter.

agreed with me

so i mentioned not minding my hair being longer since i'm a girl and my brother agreed. i love my hair longer since it's 1 of the ways people know i'm a girl because my hair is super long.

Boyan Petrov

finally a new case for me to cover. i'm sympathetic to this case as i'm also a diabetic and he dissapeared around the time of my college exams and my mom's birthday and aunt's surgery. Boyan Petrov (disappeared May 2018) was a Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer, working at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. At the time of his disappearance, he had climbed 10 out of the 14 eight-thousanders, all without supplementary oxygen. This achievement makes him the Bulgarian altitude climber with the highest number of successful ascents of peaks over 8000 meters. He was the first Bulgarian to summit four of those mountains - Gasherbrum I (2009), Kangchenjunga (2014), K2 (2014) and Manaslu (2015). Achievements of Boyan: On 20 May 2014 he became the first Bulgarian to climb the third highest peak on Earth Kangchenjunga (8586m), as well as the first diabetic to ascend to such an altitude and without oxygen. On 23 July he climbed Broad Peak (8047m). On 31 July 2014 he became the first Bulgarian to climb the second highest peak on the planet K2 (8611m), which also made him the 35th person to climb three eight thousanders in less than 100 days. His double climb – on Broad Peak and K2 in 8 days, is also a world record. For these remarkable successes the Bulgarian climber was greeted with a video message by mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner. His documentary film about his climbs "3x8000" was broadcast on Bulgarian National Television in December 2014. He reached the summit of Mt. Dhaulagiri (8167m) on 29th September 2017 at 01:00 pm without help of oxygen. Boyan Petrov is a cancer survivor and a diabetic. In 2008 he fell while climbing in the Alps and broke his leg. During the descent of Gasherbrum II in 2009 he fell in a glacial crevasse and was saved by a group of Spanish climbers. In 2013 Petrov suffered another fracture in one of his legs due to a car accident. Despite his injuries, in the following year he achieved a hat-trick by successfully climbing Kangchenjunga, Broad Peak and K2 with internal fixators in this leg. After the descent of K2, he suffered a serious hypoglycemic crisis while in base camp, lost consciousness and was able to recover with the help of Polish climbers. Disappearance of Boyan: Petrov was declared missing on 5 May 2018 while climbing Shishapangma. The search for him was discontinued on 16 May. According to other climbers, he may have fallen into a crevasse on the way to the top.

Let me sit with you (or sit with me)

Something said often at the singles ward. It was nice at 1st. As I am often shy at 1st when I am in a new situations. My 1st day there someone freaked me out by saying this. I'm like ok. Other times people say sit with us/ me.

Pajama bottoms

My favorite pajama bottoms are from Joe boxer. They're pajama boxers and have a winky face on the butt. I prefer them to my pajama sweat pants.

hats

i got yarn so i can make hats. i love yarn. i'm trying to get into knitting again.

complaining about my back pain

i'm usually complaining about my back pain. it's my scoliosis and losing weight. i'm of course taking multiple steps to stop my muscle disorder. my muscle spasms are painful because of my weight loss. my friends are understanding. i take TONS of pain killers to stop my back pain as well as melatonin in order to stop my muscle spasms. my back is super painful when i'm losing weight. i also got into an accident which triggered my pain. before this barely anyone knew i had scoliosis.

what i know to be true

when i was walking a dog once i ran into missionaries who asked if I've read the book of Mormon and have heard about the LDS church. i said yes since i'm a Mormon convert. i asked them over once but never heard back. they invited my family to read it and believe what i do is awesome.

sweetheart

one elder is nice to me. he smiled with his tongue between his teeth. when i told him about mentioning him to my mom he smiled hugely. he's a great friend to me. he was stunned when i told him my real age. he's a great boy.

Face mask

Something my mom gets me a lot. It leaves my skin baby soft and clean.

Flattery

Something 1 elder was fond of doing. He was sweet but gave me a weird vibe sometimes

Vacuuming

Something I do frequently when I'm expecting company. I did it twice in 2 days (once the night before company was expected and then the morning of). I also vaccumed everywhere I could to make the house nice.

Lake water

Its been raining and the water in the pool has rised to resemble a lake. Its nice. I multiply the time by 3 since it takes more effort to keep myself afloat in that deep of water. I love it this way. My back and joint might not but whatever.

what's happening with my life?

since school let out 2 months ago it's been non stop boring. once a week i get out of the house and go to the kentlands area after weight watchers. now it's boring.

how does this apply to me?

so in Sunday school once i was like, "how does this even apply to me?" since we were talking about the priesthood and as a girl i couldn't hold the priesthood. i was then asked how it affected me. i'm like fine.

crabby

i'm supper cranky today. i'm in pain due to stomach troubles and back pain. it sucks since i'm stressed.

Platforms

I got new comfy platform heels. I'm still trying to get used to walking in them. Not easy with uneven legs. I'm getting better as now I know how they function.

sweethearts

i often say that "the elders are sweet boys." there are reasons i say that. a few examples are things like "i mentioned a couple elders at the YSA i go to and 1 smiled real big. that same elder smiled with his tongue between his teeth." another time an elder at my baptism was nervous to meet my mom and when i asked him if he wanted to say hi he stood there. i ran over to my mom and got him help get his confidence.

party

so i went to a party after going to the beaver dam rock quarry. i loved it. when i got in i ran into the party, nearly tripping carrying my bag and a bag of pretzels as a donation for coming in late. i saw tons of friends and hung out with them each.

mama mia and the incredibles 2

i saw these 2 movies in a week. i love them and i talked into them in videos on my channel. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-qHimR090 the incredibles 2 review and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZqCbZR770g mama mia 2 review)

pizza again

i thought i was smelling things. like what's that smell? than i walk into the kitchen and there defrosting was frozen pizzas. i love pizza. it's awesome.

Pizza

I'm eating pizza tonight. I love pizza. Its awesome and a comfort food for anyone. I rarely get frozen cheese or any flavor that's not meat laden so that's fine

uneventful

so far this calendar year not much has happened. this past SCHOOL year has been eventful. my grandpa passed away in December, my family went to Hawaii for the 2nd (and possibly final) time, i had 2 "spring breaks" due to the weather, i started going to the YSA singles ward, went to church in Kauai and i stayed for a break the fast in December.

appropriate

i know how to wear my assets and cover them appropriately. like once i went to a Halloween party and thought, "i can wear the dress tomorrow if i don't mess it up too badly." also i was going to the visitor's center later that day and my mom thought i was wearing the outfit i was wearing while i was working out (walking the dog and sweating). i'm like no i'm going to change.

sheer clothes

i wore a sheer crop top all day. it was nice since today was all hot.

i wish

there are things I've wished for (or wondered about) they've come to pass. other things were like "i wish that was my job" (in reference to shopping for my family). like once my 1st communications teacher asked if shopping for my family was my job and i said i wish. i usually do SOME grocery shopping for my family as well as getting things as needed for my family.

Biggby Coffee

Biggby Coffee (pronounced Big-Bee) is a privately owned coffee franchise business based in East Lansing, Michigan. Founded March 1995 as Beaner's by Bob Fish and Mary Roszel, the company changed its name to Biggby Coffee in late 2007. Biggby began franchising in 1999. The company headquarters is located at 2501 Coolidge Road, East Lansing, Michigan. History- Beaner's: The first Beaner's Coffee opened in March 1995 in a converted Arby's restaurant on Grand River Avenue in East Lansing, Michigan. Fish, Roszel and Michael McFall (who was originally hired by Roszel as a barista in the first store) decided to franchise the company and founded Global Orange Development, LLC in June 1998. In August 1999 the first franchise location was opened in Okemos, Michigan and in October of the same year, another location was opened in East Lansing. In the following four years, nine more locations were opened throughout Michigan and Ohio. Biggby: Originally unaware that "beaner" is an ethnic slur for Mexicans, in late 2007, the chain decided to change its name from Beaner's to Biggby Coffee. Biggby was chosen as it was a vocalization of the logo, a "big B", which was a "fun" name. The first store opened under the name Biggby Coffee on October 29, 2007, in Westland, Michigan. The change in name was completed in all stores by January 31, 2008. In December 2007, BIGGBY was awarded MBC Global’s 3rd Quarter Multicultural Achievement Award for completing the name change on a completely voluntary basis. In that same year, the company was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500(R) list, ranked 289 out of the 500 companies profiled. In 2008, Biggby moved up 34 spots to number 255, the second among coffee retailers on the list. Awards and recognition: In September 2011, the company was named the fastest growing coffee chain in America by CNBC, which ranked the chain number one, based on their growth percentage from the previous year. Biggby was ranked above other popular brands such as Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts and Caribou Coffee. Biggby was also named a top 30 food franchise in the United States by Franchise Business Review in both 2011 and 2012. The report compiled results based on surveys from franchisees in the food sector, representing more than 75 brands and 20,500 franchised businesses. For the year of 2012, Biggby was ranked as number 268 on Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500(R) list, and as a top 500 franchise by Franchise Times Magazine. In 2013, Biggby moved up 67 spots on Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise list to number 201. In August 2012, Mary Roszel announced her retirement from the company after 17 years. “Words cannot express the gratitude that I, along with the rest of the company, hold for Mary,” Bob Fish said. “She has spent countless hours getting us where we are today, and is one of the most driven and talented people I have ever had the pleasure to work with." In November 2012, Mary was inducted by her Alma mater into Michigan State University's School of Hospitality Business Hall of Fame for her success with Biggby and the inspiration she brings to students at the university today. Expansion: Biggby Coffee had planned to have more than 250 stores by 2010. “We’re aggressively expanding in the Midwest and the Southeast, and we do have a growth plan to continue to double our units every two years,” Biggby President Michael McFall said in July 2008. In March 2011, Biggby listed 122 franchise locations on its website, which had grown to 172 by November 2013. It had stores in at least 8 states: Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. In July 2011, the company officially released a "new store footprint" that reduced the cost of opening a franchise location by approximately 40 percent. McFall said that despite the economic slow down that limited growth in Michigan and beyond, the new store footprint allows potential franchisees the opportunity to experience both a faster and higher return on capital and can expand current franchisees’ ability to open additional stores. “By streamlining our utilization of resources, including simplifying the contractor process, material sourcing and delivery, we were able to reduce overall costs by $70,000-$80,000 per location. The overall look and feel of the new stores remains the same as stores open prior to the redesign,” McFall said in July 2011. Advertising: Biggby Coffee uses the statement: "B Happy, Have Fun, Make Friends, Love People and Drink Great Coffee" and the slogan: "Biggby Coffee is my happy place" in their advertising. Michigan artist, Wally Pleasant is the voice behind the jingle in the company's radio and television commercials, which he won an Emmy for in 2011.

Folgers

Folgers Coffee is a brand of coffee in the United States, part of the food and beverage division of The J.M. Smucker Company. Since the early 1990s, it has been the largest-selling ground coffee in the United States. Company history: The precursor of the Folger Coffee Company was founded in 1850 in San Francisco, California, U.S., as the Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills. The owner, William H. Bovee, saw an opportunity to produce roasted and ground coffee ready for brewing. Before that, Californians had to purchase green coffee beans, and roast and grind them on their own. To help build his mill, Bovee hired James A. Folger as a carpenter. James had arrived from Nantucket Island at the age of 15 with his two older brothers during the California Gold Rush. In the 1850s, kerosene began to offer a cheaper alternative to whale oil, which had been Nantucket's life-blood, resulting in the re-purposing of many of its ships to bring coffee from South America to San Francisco. After working at Bovee’s mill for nearly a year, James had saved enough money to stake a claim in the company and headed out to mine for gold. He agreed to carry along samples of coffee and spices, taking orders from grocery stores along the way. Upon his return to San Francisco in 1865, James became a full partner of The Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills. In 1872, he bought out the other partners and renamed the company to J.A. Folger & Co. In 1861, James married. He and his wife had four children, and two of the children worked for the family business. In 1889, James died, and his oldest son, James A. Folger II, stepped into the role of president of J.A. Folger & Co at the age of 26. In the 1900s, the company began to grow dramatically due primarily to a salesman named Frank P. Atha. Atha sold coffee in the California area, but proposed to James Folger II that he open and manage a Folgers Coffee plant in Texas. The company grew exponentially after Atha opened the Texas plant. Under the mid-20th century leadership of Peter Folger, the brand became one of the principal coffee concerns in North America, the world's largest coffee market. Procter & Gamble acquired Folger's in 1963 and removed the apostrophe from its name. During P&G’s ownership, Folgers became the number one coffee brand in America. P&G announced in January 2008 that Folgers would be spun off into a separate Cincinnati-based company but reversed itself that June and announced Folgers would be acquired by the end of 2008 by The J.M. Smucker Company. Utilizing a rare financial technique called a Reverse Morris Trust, Smucker purchased Folgers in November 2008 and made it a subsidiary. Brands- Twelve brands of Folgers are available in the United States: -Classic Roast, including Classic "Red Can" and half-caffeine medium roasts -Classic Complements, including Gourmet Supreme (Dark Roast), 100% Colombian (Medium-Dark Roast), French Roast (Medium-Dark Roast), Black Silk (Dark Roast) and Breakfast Blend (Light Roast) -Simply Smooth, a medium roast coffee -Flavored Coffee, including Hazelnut, French Vanilla, Chocolate Silk, and Cinnamon -Folgers Gourmet Selections, a line of varietal and flavored coffees -Instant Coffee, Folgers Crystals available in Regular and Decaf -Singles, single serve packets -Home Cafe Pods, for use with one cup brewing systems such as HomeCafe. -Cappuccino, instant French Vanilla and Mocha Chocolate cappuccino powder -Folgers Flavors Coffee Enhancers, including Caramel, Vanilla, Mocha, and Hazelnut -Folgers Iced Café Coffee Drink Concentrates, including Original Latte, Caramel Macchiato, Vanilla Latte, and Hazelnut Latte -1850 a premium brand launched in 2018 available in Whole-bean, Ground, K-Cup® pods, & Iced Coffee In Canada, Folgers is primarily available as Classic Roast and Mountain Roast. In the United Kingdom, Folgers Instant Crystals are available. Advertising: Folgers is promoted with the slogan "The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup!" It is well associated with a jingle featured in almost every advertisement since 1984, with lyrics by Susan Spiegel Solovay and Bill Vernick, and music by Leslie Pearl. Over the years it has been rearranged and performed by many famous musicians, such as Ritchie Havens, Randy Travis, Aretha Franklin, and Rockapella. Folgers was known for many years for television ads involving "Mrs. Olson," a Swedish neighbor who invariably recommended a cup of Folgers coffee for the characters in the commercial, who were almost always housewives with various problems making delicious-tasting coffee. From 1965 to 1986, actress Virginia Christine reminded viewers Folgers was "mountain grown, the richest kind of coffee." Folgers promoted their instant coffee in the 1970s and early 1980s ads which took the viewer inside various gourmet restaurants while a voice-over by Bryan Clark whispered, "We are here at (insert name of four-star restaurant), where we've secretly replaced the fine coffee they usually serve with Folgers Crystals. Let's see if anyone can tell the difference!" Clark ended the commercials with the line, "Folgers Crystals...coffee rich enough to be served in America's finest restaurants." One Folgers television ad from 1985 became particularly associated with the Christmas holidays. A student named Peter returns home from college, the smell of freshly brewed coffee awakening his parents and alerting them to their son's arrival. The Cunningham & Walsh spot aired yearly until 1998, then in edited form in 2004 and 2005. In 2009, a similar theme was employed, a son coming home from West Africa and waking up to the smell of coffee. In the mid-1980s Folgers became one of the first NASCAR sponsors that was not affiliated with an automotive, tobacco, or beer company. After a trial season with the Joe Ruttman driven, Larry McClure owned Chevrolet in 1985, Folgers expanded sponsorships with high-profile race teams and popular drivers such as Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Ken Schrader, and Mark Martin. In 2006, the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi created a viral advertisement, popularly known as "Happy Mornings," in which a large group of cheerful singers and dancers appear at sunrise as the sun itself to wake people up. It has been widely distributed on weblogs and video sites such as YouTube. In 2010, Folgers ran a Folgers Jingle Contest in which fans could submit their own renditions of “The Best Part of Wakin’ Up” jingle through video submissions. The contest ran in 2011 and in 2013, and in 2014, the brand celebrated the 30th anniversary of the famous jingle. The Folger Building: The brick, five-story Folger Coffee Company Building at 101 Howard in San Francisco, California is the former headquarters of Folgers. It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The building still has a sign saying "The Folgers Coffee Company" on one corner. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has its California campus on the top floor, where Wharton's MBA for Executives program is offered. On August 2, 2011, the Folger Building was purchased by the University of San Francisco, marking a return to the university's roots in downtown San Francisco. In the news: Abigail Folger, an heiress to the company fortune and a friend of actress Sharon Tate, was one of the five victims who, including Tate, were brutally murdered in the early morning hours of August 9, 1969 by Charles Manson's "family" while she was visiting Tate.

Tate murders

The Tate murders were a series of killings conducted by members of the Manson Family on August 8–9, 1969, which claimed the lives of five people, one of them pregnant. Four members of the Family invaded the home of married celebrity couple, actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. They murdered Tate (who was eight and a half months pregnant), along with three friends who were visiting at the time, and an 18-year-old visitor, who was slain as he was departing the home. Polanski was not present on the night of the murders as he was working on a film in Europe. The murders were carried out by Tex Watson under the direction of Charles Manson. Watson drove, with Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel, from Spahn Ranch to the residence on Cielo Drive. Manson, a would-be musician, had previously attempted to enter into a recording contract with record producer Terry Melcher, who was a previous renter of the house along with musician Mark Lindsay and Melcher's then-girlfriend, actress Candice Bergen. Melcher had snubbed Manson, leaving him disgruntled. Murders: On the night of August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel to "that house where Melcher used to live" and told them to "totally destroy everyone in it, as gruesome as you can". Manson had told the women to do as Watson would instruct them. Krenwinkel was one of the early Family members and one of the hitchhikers who had allegedly been picked up by Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. The occupants of the house at 10050 Cielo Drive that evening, all of whom were strangers to the Manson followers, were movie actress and fashion model Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski, who was eight and a half months pregnant; her friend and former lover Jay Sebring, a noted hairstylist; Polanski's friend and aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski; and Frykowski's lover Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folger coffee fortune, and daughter of Peter Folger. Polanski was in Europe working on a film project; Tate had accompanied him, but returned home three weeks earlier. Music producer Quincy Jones, a friend of Sebring, had planned to join him that evening, but didn't go. When the murderers arrived at the entrance to the Cielo Drive property, Watson, who had been to the house on at least one other occasion, climbed a telephone pole near the entrance gate and cut the phone line to prevent telephone access to the house. At that point it was after midnight, August 9, 1969. The group backed their car to the bottom of the hill that led to the estate, parked, and walked back up to the house. Thinking the gate might be electrified or rigged with an alarm, they climbed a brushy embankment to the right of the gate and dropped onto the grounds. Just then, headlights approached them from farther within the angled property. Watson ordered the women to lie in the bushes. He then stepped out and ordered the approaching driver to halt. 18-year-old student Steven Parent had been visiting the property's caretaker, William Garretson, who lived in the property's guest house. As Watson leveled a 22-caliber revolver at Parent, the frightened youth begged Watson not to hurt him, claiming that he wouldn't say anything. Watson first lunged at Parent with a knife, giving him a defensive slash wound on the palm of his hand (severing tendons and tearing the boy's watch off his wrist), then shot him four times in the chest and abdomen, killing him. Watson then ordered the women to help push the car further up the driveway. After traversing the front lawn and having Kasabian search for an open window to the main house, Watson cut the screen of a window. Watson told Kasabian to keep watch down by the gate; she walked over to Parent's AMC Ambassador and waited. He then removed the screen, entered through the window, and let Atkins and Krenwinkel in through the front door. As Watson whispered to Atkins, a sleeping Frykowski awoke on the living room couch; Watson kicked him in the head. When Frykowski asked him who he was and what he was doing there, Watson replied: "I'm the devil, and I'm here to do the devil's business." On Watson's direction, Atkins found the house's three other occupants and, with Krenwinkel's help, forced them to the living room. Watson began to tie Tate and Sebring together by their necks with rope he had brought and slung up over one of the living room's ceiling beams. Sebring's protest – his second – of rough treatment of the pregnant Tate prompted Watson to shoot him. Folger was taken momentarily back to her bedroom for her purse, out of which she gave the intruders $70. After that, Watson stabbed the groaning Sebring seven times. Frykowski's hands had been bound with a towel. Freeing himself, Frykowski began struggling with Atkins, who stabbed at his legs with the knife with which she had been guarding him. As he fought his way toward and out the front door, onto the porch, Watson caught up with Frykowski and struck him over the head with the gun multiple times, stabbed him repeatedly, and shot him twice. Watson broke the gun's right grip in the process. Around this time, Kasabian was drawn up from the driveway by "horrifying sounds". She arrived outside the door. In a vain effort to halt the massacre, she falsely told Atkins that someone was coming. Inside the house, Folger had escaped from Krenwinkel and fled out a bedroom door to the pool area. Folger was pursued to the front lawn by Krenwinkel, who caught her, stabbed her, and finally tackled her to the ground. She was then dispatched by Watson, and they stabbed Folger 28 times. As Frykowski struggled across the lawn, Watson murdered him with a final flurry of stabbings. Frykowski was stabbed a total of 51 times. In the house, Tate pleaded to be allowed to live long enough to have her baby, and even offered herself as a hostage in an attempt to save the life of her unborn child. At this point either Atkins, Watson, or both killed Tate, who was stabbed 16 times. Watson later wrote that as she was being killed, Tate cried: "Mother ... mother ..." Earlier, as the four Family members were heading out from Spahn Ranch, Manson had told the women to "leave a sign ... something witchy". Using the towel that had bound Frykowski's hands, Atkins wrote "pig" on the house's front door in Tate's blood. En route home, the killers changed out of bloody clothes, which were ditched in the hills along with their weapons. Investigation: In initial confessions to cellmates of hers at Sybil Brand Institute, Atkins said she killed Tate. In later statements to her attorney, to prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, and before a grand jury, Atkins indicated Tate had been stabbed by Tex Watson. In his 1978 autobiography, Watson said that he had stabbed Tate and that Atkins had never touched her. Since he was aware that the prosecutor, Bugliosi, and the jury that had tried the other Tate–LaBianca defendants were convinced Atkins had stabbed Tate, he falsely testified that he did not stab her.

Make an iced mocha

I've always wanted to make an iced Mocha. I love them and I drink them a lot. Especially around Christmas (peppermint mochas)

annoying

what i find annoying is elder say they want to meet with me but then disappear on me. not sure why but whatever. the last ones asked if they'd seen Mormons before and i'm like yeah since i am 1.

awesome

i'm going to game night (something i like doing, it's fun and i see my friends). it's annoying since i can't drive myself and i'll be disappearing. i love it since we have so much fun there.

coffee and donuts

i used to love krispy kreme. my family love it since they are amazing and many kids love it since there are donuts being made in a window.

cracking up

what would've happened if either: my dad called me while i was giving my talk or if i sung i believe from the book of Mormon musical

skirts with pockets

i LOVE skirts and dresses with pockets. they're awesome since you can put things in them and not need to carry things like a shoulder bag. several skirts and dresses i own have pockets and are awesome. those are my favorites since i don't NEED a bag.

baggy clothes

i love baggy clothes. i'm not ashamed of my size but i like looser clothes since i have a bad back and often want to hide it. when i met some people i was in tons of baggy clothes. i was (and still am) ashamed of having scoliosis but I've come to slightly accept it. in looser clothes i'm able to hide my scoliosis and body frame. i love loose baggy clothes but they need to fit properly. once someone opened a couple doors for me because i looked uncomfortable.

supressing hunger

i've had tons of caffeine in my system today. too much of which will suppress your hunger. especially if it's iced

gas

i'm suffering gas. i eat so many beans and that's why.

Starbucks card

I got myself a 30 dollar Starbucks card. I did it myself by answering quizzes on survey junkie. I’m hoping that this will be a good way to earn rewards and not have to have much human contact. As a person who suffers Asperger’s syndrome I’m not into having personal interactions so having a Starbucks app I’ll be able to go in, pay for it with my phone and get out. Minimize the time I’ll need to spend in a Starbucks. I like spending time in Starbucks but I don’t like having to talk to people. I often talk to my friends and spend time with them but I’m super shy and can’t handle uneasy interactions.

skateboarding

i got back on my board. i'm so scared i went out for a short bit

Back feels horrible

My back feels awful. I've been losing weight on weight watchers and now my spine and muscle spasms are worse than they have ever been. Granted its likely because I'm not carrying around as much weight but my back should not be hurting this much. Also my muscle spasm medication is super potent. Literally I took 1 Saturday night and passed out on Sunday night (granted I was super tired). I'm just wondering when it'll be over. Little pain, no more muscle spasms nothing.

Humiliated

When I say I can't drive due to a medical issue I have to explain what my muscle disorder is and why I suffer it and all that stuff I prefer not telling people. Its humiliating I have to depend on people because I can't drive. People say its fine. I feel like a burden because of it.

Amber alert

Maryland child Kingston Perry 9 year old and. Latina Perry 18 month old kidnapped with birth father Dwight Perry Car description: 2016 4 door Toyota. Any information call 911 IMMEDIATELY *update* all parties are found alive and ok