Temperature Alert

Yesterday I left my phone in the car while I was at work. This is what it said when I got in my car and tried to use it:

It reminded me of this one time when I did hot yoga. Oh yeah, that was just the other day. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term, it is not sexy yoga, it is yoga in a room heated to 105' F and 40% humidity. Literally hot yoga.  I wished then that I had a warning like this that had popped up and said:

Jessie needs to cool down before she can continue living.

That didn't happen, but I did manage to survive. 

Life of Pi

I finally finished reading Life of Pi. I started it back at the end of April, but it was obviously not a good idea to try to read a book for pleasure during spring semester. Even though I was only in two classes, there was always so much reading to be done. I guess that's the life of a humanities major though.

I loved this book. So much. It was an excellent blend of entertainment and reflection. I loved how in the end it wasn't just a story about religion or survival, it really became a story about viewing the world and the power of a story.

These are some of my favorite lines:

"The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?"

Absolutely beautiful. And so true. That quote touches on the reason I chose to study the humanities - I love that a piece of art or literature becomes a triangular communication between the artist/author, the work, and the audience. Each piece of the triangle is equally important. Without an audience a story or painting loses part of its meaning. The part that each individual brings to it.

This book really was "a story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."

Read it. 

Eunice's Premiere

To celebrate my wonderful father, I made this music video. My goal in making it was to make him laugh.



Don't worry, I succeeded completely in my goal.

Special thanks to Mark, Megan, and Lindon for helping me in the production!

Y Not?

As a celebration of my finishing the spring term of school, Mark and I hiked up to the famous Y on the mountain behind BYU. We started in the evening while it was still light,

and managed to see the sunset.

But this meant that we had to hike all the way back down in the dark. It was a little challenging, but we made it!

You can definitely say that we are legit BYU students.

Triple Date

Megan and Lindon, Tom and Adrienne, and Mark and I started an epic date with a picnic. Walter wanted to come, but he didn't quite fit in the picnic basket, so he ended up staying home. I've got to find him a lady-muppet friend soon.

At the park we played some ladder ball before eating our delicious picnic.

We also had some rugby going.

After an excellent picnic, we headed over to the Scera outdoor theater to see a lovely production of the Wizard of Oz. It was most excellent.

Tom and Adrienne:

Lindon and Megan:

Mark and I:

It turns out a triple date = triple fun.

Eating Ice Cream and Playing with Puppies - @GregLaswell

Mark and I headed up to Salt Lake City on Tuesday night to see Greg Laswell in concert. I hadn't heard much of his music before, but Mark was spot on in thinking that it was something I would like.

Elizabeth from Elizabeth and the Catapult opened for him and then she joined him for his performance as well. 

The venue was nice because it had seating in the back, so we sat down for the first half or so, but then we moved up nice and close for the rest of the show. I was literally touching the stage for most of it.

I loved Greg Laswell's music. Here is a little sample of his stuff:

We were pretty pleased with the experience to say the least. 

Lanterns

To celebrate my friend James' soaring off to New York City for the summer, he put together this little gathering of people to set off lanterns. I had read of doing such a thing in one of my favorite books, Danny the Champion of the World, so I was pretty excited to give it a try.

The lanterns were beautiful when they were released in groups.

But I do have to say that the lantern that Mark and I did was particularly excellent. 

Probably because it flew in the direction of the moon. We were pretty proud.

Congrats to Hugo!

You might be wondering why Walter looks so incredibly excited in this photo. More excited than usual. Well, he is excited that his friend Hugo is going on a mission to Veracruz, Mexico!!!

He also tried to capture the essence of Hugo's hair in this shot, as you can see from the photo below.

Congratulations Hugo!!!

An Apple a Day

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Whoever it is that's spreading that rumor around clearly hasn't seen these apples. Mine is covered in caramel and chocolate and reese's peanut butter cups. Apparently the apple is 1,000 calories. At least, that's what we were told.

Worth it.