for all of you non facebookers

my friend kris and i had fun taking some pictures on sunday.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2196818&l=981e8&id=17807888

i think i'm in what one might call a rut. haha. don't get me wrong. my life for the most part is -- good. but nothing in the past year, it seems, has gone the way i intended for them to go. i switched jobs in january from speeches. a very good change, but to a job where my description sometimes changes day to day. (and maybe that's why i don't hate it.) job and work wise i've always been pretty lucky to be quite choosey as to where I work. i hope that is at least one trend that I can always have no matter where i go or what i do.

i thought i would be done with school. i was off. way off. well not way off, just off. i want to be done with school -- yet it's one of my constants that i grasp, even if i complain about it. school is school and will always be school. i can always count on it for that.

i thought i would be moving to new york city in august. and i think i'm pretty sure i've removed that completely off the table. at least for now.

i'm trying to find a reasonable place to live in provo. with griff -- now that's just fun no matter where we live. but still i don't really want to pay to live in a dive. of course, sometimes the dives can be fun .... ??? haha. we'll see how that plays out.

here's the confusing one for me. i'm starting to enjoy reading more. i have bought more books this past year than i have ever purchased. right now i am reading one called "the china study" (thanks clawson). it's a good thing to do while i'm riding the bus.

friend circles haven't changed, but friends have come and gone. moving here, there, and maybe back again. i have fun with my core friends like whitney, griff, and stacey. miss my friends like michelle (sorry ross. i wish you were around more but referring to michelle clawson who lives in vegas), laura, julianna, and enjoy my new friends like katy, steve, riley, and megan. all offer me different perspectives on just about everything.

things aren't terrible here in utah, but i still have this underlying desire to go. i don't know what that "going" involves. just that next chapter. i'm to the point where i want to skip ahead to the next chapter because it's only a few pages away, but then realize that i need to read the last few pages and not skip ahead because there is important information that I will need in order to be more prepared for the following chapters.

i get myself so excited about things, and then sort of freak myself out.

so for now -- i'm going to remain excited. excited! because graduation really is around the corner. summer is full of exciting things with merry wives starting to come charging full speed ahead with sweeney todd looking like it will happen in oct as well. two exciting shows! (and maybe i can be in sweeney...).

bring it on world.

the summer for...

this has become the summer for a lot of things. as busy as i stay i've had more time to stay busy with things i enjoy. last weekend we went hiking up to ensign peak (north of salt lake over looking the city). if i can, i am going to try and go hiking every saturday or sunday. today we hiked to silver lake up american fork canyon. (pictures to follow once i get them from marianne.) griff and i seized the opportunity to jump into the glacier fed lake while paul and marianne watched -- they were the smart ones.

i love being outside. away from my computer. away from where my cell phone works. and hiking for the most part is one of those recreational activities where you are getting a great work out without even realizing that you are exercising. next week i'll be up at bear lake with stacey. hopefully there will be a fun hike we can go on.

i have been listening to sondre lerche a lot lately. he did the music from dan in real life (thanks michelle for helping me find motivation to look up his name.) he is accompanying while i write this blog. check him out if you haven't yet.

oh. well i'm back in school now. finished the crazy intense 9 credit spring term. and now i'm just enrolled in one class with the castle as an "internship." the end of school is getting closer and closer. i keep running into frustrating road blocks with classes i still need for GE requirements and such. but i know i've been saying this for like two years now. this coming year WILL BE the year i graduate.


promise.



also. my next post will be discussion the new title of my blog (vagablogging). or at least a definition.

marin county

this is the best one from my trip up to see clark, morgan, and jill. it was a very short short trip, but really a great chance to do some much needed catching up. hopefully it won't be another 5 years before i see them.

for those of you who read my blog by reader

I have put up a new header photo. you should let me know if you approve or disapprove.

writing to follow.