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Empire State of Mind

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Last night T.J. and I watched the season premiere of Glee on Hulu. And wow, could it have been any better?! I loved it and can’t wait to watch the rest of the season.

Oh, and at the end of the episode, did I watch the Empire State of Mind song over and over and over again? Duh. Did T.J. and I get up and have a dance party? Doy.a.Duh (as my little cousin says).

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Park City and Greeks

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This past weekend, Hannah and I decided to have lunch in Park City and then head on up to the Greek Festival downtown Salt Lake. The weather was incredible, the leaves have started to change so the drive was beautiful, and the food–both at lunch and the festival–was delicious. We finished off the night with baklava and rocking out to “Good Morning” by Chamillionaire on our way home. Great weekend!

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YouTube links

My YouTube links aren’t showing up on my blog anymore. I don’t know where they all went. Anyone know what might be the problem? Can you see them?

Miniature

Usually when things are in baby size, they taste better to me. I think because they usually look cuter, my brain thinks they taste better too. But baby golf fish are adorable, so they clearly taste better. Another example is mini M&Ms: precious and delicious. Mini Reese Cups, Mini Frosted Wheats, finger sandwiches, the small diet cokes in those cute little skinny cans, cupcakes, mini cupcakes (jackpot), mini cookies, bagel bites, mini muffins, the list goes on and on.

Well, because I’m sick of the way I look in my jeans and frankly I’ve been spending too much time in the morning trying to put on my skinny jeans, I decided to bring a different snack to work today. I usually bring gold fish or Cheerios.

Today I brought baby carrots. I usually hate raw carrots. I never ever at any point in my life for any reason have liked them, but I saw the cute little bag of baby carrots at the grocery store and thought I’d give them a try. They’re miniature, so they’ve gotta be good, right?

Wrong. I’m practically shoving these things down my throat, in complete agony. I brought sugar snap peas too, which I’m using to clear out the taste of the carrot. Awful.

So the lesson here is this: just because something is small or miniature, it doesn’t make it taste good.

Oh, kind of on the same topic, but not food… miniature beagles and miniature horses are probably the cutest things in the world. The following videos are a-dor-a-ble.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6XQtd9cTGFM%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US%26rel%3D0

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GKzyOszOB5Q%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US%26rel%3D0

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The Circle of Life

When T.J. and I went to California for our Honeymoon, my cousins took us out to eat and bought us tickets to the opening night of The Lion King in Orange County.  I love musicals, I’ve seen a bunch of them at the Arinoff in Cincinnati with my mom, but I hadn’t ever had the chance to see this one live.

Today when I was listening to my Pandora-Glee Station, “The Circle of Life” song came on and it reminded me of that amazing show.  I found a YouTube video for it, check it out here!

It was an incredible show and a highlight of our trip.  Thanks again, Paul, Kathy, Rick, and Dianne! We had a great time!

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Dino-mania

I love dinosaurs.  It started a few years ago when my roommate Bethany did a dinosaur impression. I became obsessed.

I love dinosaur formed foods, like this cake I saw at the store.

I love movies with dinosaurs (like Clifford).

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I love dressing up like dinosaurs (like the past two halloweens).

But most of all, I love movies about dinosaurs.  That’s why T.J. and I are going to watch the Jurassic Park series this week.  Starting tonight at 11 pm sharp.  I can’t wait!

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Late nights with my laptop

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Summer Series Playlist

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Empire State of Mind Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys)

Love the Way You Lie Eminem (feat. Rihanna)

Alejandro Lady Gaga

If It’s Love Train

Telephone Lady Gaga

Ridin’ Solo Jason DeRulo

The Only Exception Paramore

Shark in the Water V.V. Brown

Something ‘Bout Love David Archuleta

Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) The Script

Love like Wo The Ready Set

Dream Priscilla Ahn

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Gotta beep out what I really wanna shout.

Here is a YouTube music video you MUST watch now.  The video didn’t have an “embed” feature, so here is the link instead.

Here are my thoughts about the video:

1. Did Natasha Bedingfield think this song was good? Or was it all a big joke?

2. Did she think the video was clever?  Or did she know it was creepy?

3. Why would you even write a song with these lyrics?

4. The more you watch it, the funnier it is.

5. The more you watch it, the more you hate Natasha Bedingfield.

6. This song will be in your head all day.

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Opulence, I has it

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Great commercial.  Love the giraffe.

p.s. thanks Hannah for showing this to me!