Only one can live...

At open house in 6th grade my family went to the book fair. I've always loved stuff like that, you know, since I'm a problem reader. Well, I got this book there, it was called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Maybe you've heard of it?

I had seen my friends reading it at a class read and feed and thought it looked interesting so I asked my parents for it at the fair. At first my mom was hesitant, but finally gave in but said that my dad had to read it first.

And so began my obsession with Harry Potter. At times it has reached unhealthy proportions.

I think pretty much everybody knows I love Harry Potter, but I don't think they realize HOW much I know about it. I try to keep that on the DL. Because every once in a while when I slip up and people realized all the random facts and information I know about Harry Potter, I get really weird looks.

Anyways, to add to my weirdness, or coolness-depending on how you look at it-I saw the trailer for the very last Harry Potter movie today. And I got chills. I didn't even watch it with the sound (because I forgot my headphones today and the computers at work don't have speakers) and I got chills.

I'm such a weirdo.

But when the protective enchantments on Hogwarts start breaking apart and you know Voldemort and the Death Eaters are invading the school I just couldn't help it!

I've grown up with Harry Potter. I was 11 when I read the first book and 17 when the last one came out, so even though I wasn't trying to save wizarding-kind I could relate to Harry because we were the same age. And it seems so fitting that the final movie would come out the same summer I graduate from college. It's like we're passing into adulthood together, Harry and I.

Watch the trailer and tell me you don't get chills.

UPDATE: I just watched it again, but with sound. And it is AWESOME!!! I'm so freaking excited! Definitely got chills the second time around.

I'm a college graduate!

I graduated from college last Thursday.

Yep, that's right I'm a college graduate. I never have to go to school again!

These is the pretty lei my parents got for me to wear during graduation.

The victory bell. The line was so long I didn't get to ring it, but Karlie got a sweet picture of it.

Commencement exercises.

My Grandpa Reher and I.

Elsa and I in our sweet alumni shirts.

Getting my diploma cover and shaking Dean Maglby's hand. I must say my fake diploma inside it looks pretty awesome. But not as awesome as the real one will look!

And finally, the Y lit up just for me!

What a day

Today, well I guess yesterday, was a very busy day.

1. I woke up and walked to campus with Elsa and picked up my cap and gown for graduation.
2. I studied for my last test ever. So it was really funny, at one point right before we went to take our test, Elsa and I were reading over our notes and I came to the word Pope but saw poop, and we spent at least 5 minutes laughing so hard we were crying. And it wasn't even that funny...
3. I took my last test EVER. Elsa and I prepared one question from each section of the test, because that was perfect for all the other tests in this class, but of course the one question Dr. Pixton decided to change was one of the questions we prepared
4. I finished season 3 of Lost - intense. And they showed the future!
5. I played Sims 3 and Sims Medieval - both of which are super fun.
6. I saw my Grandpa.
7. I went to the Skyroom for lunch with Elsa and my family
8. I wrote 16 blue-book pages on my Middle Ages final
9. I finally paid my late fee from a physical science test I took fall semester and my graduation application fee that was charged to my account in December

But most importantly. I FINISHED SCHOOL FOREVER. Tomorrow is graduation. I'm super excited.

The dark side

She must have heard that the Dark Side has cookies. I hope she thinks the cookies are worth it. Or maybe its the glamor and mystery she's after.

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They took away my lanyard

Today was the last day of my internship. They made me turn in my lanyard. I was really disappointed.

Overall, my internship was an amazing experience. I learned a lot, met some great people, and had fun. I also really think it helped prepare me for my future career, whatever it ends up being...

Equally exciting as finishing my internship, I bought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 on DVD today! I'm watching it right now and counting down the days until part 2 comes out!

Don't let us fool you, we really are still 5 years old

Tonight I hung out with Kelsie. And it was a darn fun evening. The only thing that would have made it better was if Karlie was there and if we'd had room in our stomachs for ice cream.

I picked Kelsie up and put gas in my car (which was not fun because gas costs approximately a bazillion dollars a gallon right now). Then we went to Rubio's for dinner. Kelsie made fun of me because my mouth was burning and according to her nothing I ate was spicy. My tongue disagreed.

The best part of the night was the 2 hours we spent at Target, most of which was spent on the Barbie aisle. Why are Barbie's so darn fun? Kelsie and I slowly worked our way down the aisle oooing and ahhing over all the different Barbie's and how we would have loved each one when we were little. And how much we couldn't wait to have little girls so we could play Barbie's with them.

Before we made our way to the Barbie aisle we were on the baby doll aisle. There was an older lady looking at stuff on the aisle and at one point Kelsie picked up a baby doll bath tub set and asked me if I remembered our baby doll bath. I responded "yes, I remember it. But I never got to play with it because it was yours and you're stingy." And then the lady turned around and asked, "sisters?" and we responded, "yep".

Back to the important stuff though. Barbie's. Or in this case Ken.

So, we found this Ken. It's called Sweet Talkin' Ken. It is amazing.

Basically Sweet Talkin' Ken has a button on his chest that when you hold it down and say something, then let go, Ken repeats it back in his voice. Just imagine for me, Kelsie's voice and KEN'S VOICE.

I love Barbie. I LOVE BARBIE.

I'm made of plastic. I'M MADE OF PLASTIC.

And countless other silly things. We played with it for at least 5 minutes amid gales of laughter. I'm sure the people at Target thought we were losers. Laughing over this talking Ken doll.

The other Barbie that we spent some time with was the Barbie: A Fairy Secret movie doll.

Barbie starts wearing the evening gown on the left. Then she somehow transforms into the party dress on the right. And then, somehow, she sprouts wings and becomes a fairy.

Which is totally awesome. The only problem is that Kelsie and I could not figure out how it happens. The steps in the pictures do not follow each other logically. I mean I guess it makes sense form step 1 to step 2, but how do the wings factor in? Where do the wings come from!?!?

UPDATE: This link explains who the doll works. They should really explain it better on the box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2yswxcZCw

Also on a side note, I saw that season 3 of Chuck was on sale for $19.99. I paid $48 for it less 6 months ago! How unfair is that?!

I think they knew

I'm pretty sure the boys working at Little Caesars last night knew Elsa and I had a paper due today. I'm not sure how they knew, but they did. How else would they have known to give us the best batch of Crazy Bread ever made? Seriously. It was soft and warm and yummy. I'm pretty sure they put double butter and garlic on it too. They had to have known we were going to be up all night writing and would need something yummy to make us feel better.

I thought of one bad thingabout graduating last night.

You don't get student discounts any more!

That means no more $1 Crazy Bread. And I'm going to have to start paying full price for movies again. Sad day.

But oh well. Cause you know what? I had my last class today. Ever. And I turned in my last paper today. Ever. The paper that would not have existed this morning if the boys at Little Caesar had given me a different package of Crazy Bread.

Also I watched this video last night. It made me happy that I'm a history major and could answer all these questions

Now I'm going to try and take a nap to add to the 2 hours of sleep I got last night.

This is amazing

Super cheesy, but I love it.

Green eyed monster...

...of jealousy.

It has taken over my soul.

Want to know why?

Because, Brooke, the TRAITOR, got to play with Barbie's today. She went home to sunny California and played with Barbie's today.

That's why.

And I had to go to school and work, in Utah.

And I have issues growing up and want to play with Barbie's too.

I guess I'll just have to play with my Little Mermaid Barbie sitting on my dresser. It's the only solution. And its SO much more appealing than writing my last paper.

Which reminds me of this video Kelsie shared with me.

Also, I saw this picture of Vanessa Hudgens today when I was catching up on my celebrity gossip.

Did she really think this outfit was a good idea? Everything about it is wrong.

I'm almost a grown up

So, I'm graduating in 11 days.

Crazy, right?

That means I am almost grown up.

My government teacher in high school always called us "almost adults," and then when we were graduating he told us that we as we left high school we would really be adults.

I've decided that either he was wrong, or I was behind the times because I still don't feel like a grownup as I'm getting ready to graduate from college. I feel like I should still be playing with my Barbie's and taking my lunch to school in a purple plastic, Aladdin and Jasmin lunch box.

I definitely hope that what I was like as a 17 year old, high school graduate doesn't reflect true adulthood because if it does, we are all in so much trouble.

I've grown up a lot since I graduated high school. I think if I hadn't been there for the process, I would be convinced I was not really the same person.

These are some grown up things I have done in the past few days:

1. Applied for a job. A REAL job. That I'm really excited about.
2. did my homework the night before it was due right when I got home from work, instead of my normal routine of starting it in class the day its due
3. Finished my microfilm project almost a week before it's final due date
4. Went to 2 bridal showers
5. Got a phone call from the BYU Annual Fund asking me to give back to the school. Really? I thought they only asked people who have finished college and have real jobs! Which, I guess is just about to be me... But still, only adults get phone calls asking for them to give donations!

Now, in direct contradiction to the grown up things I did, I'm only going to write about childish things I've done recently for the rest of the post.

I've watched 14 episodes of Lost in the past two days. I just finished episode 14 of season 3. And believe me, I was shocked about some of the stuff that happened. But, the thing that shocked me most was finding out who Claire's dad is. Blew my mind.

My other favorite part in the Lost episodes I've watched was when Sawyer started talking about Little House on the Prairie. Made my day.

I finally got the books for my final research paper from the library 4 days before the paper is due.

I have successfully avoided grocery shopping for close to 3 weeks. It's just so much work...

I just watched this week's episode of Vampire Diaries. You know my mind that had already blown up from finding out who Claire's dad is? Yeah, it got hit by a bazillion nuclear bombs at the end of the episode. My mind is now a nuclear waste land. And I'm expected to take finals this week. I don't think I have ever been more surprised and shocked about a TV show in my whole, entire life. I didn't even see it coming! And that is saying something, because I pride myself in being able to accurately guess what is going to happen next. I'm almost never wrong.

And finally, I let my room get to this point... (it looks way worse in real life)

Don't tell Brooke though! Or she might decide she doesn't want to live with me again next year!