I'm back!!! And I've brought two lists!

After a very prolonged absence I am making a return. Just like the Fall TV shows!

The return of all my favorite shows and the premiere of new ones (more on this in a bit) aren't the only reasons Fall is my favorite season. So to celebrate my return here's a list...

Katie's List of Why Fall is the Best Season

1. The return of awesome TV shows
2. It starts to get colder
3. The beautiful colors
4. Leaves changing colors
5. Pumpkin everything
6. It's not so hot
7. Cardigans
8. Boots
9. Everyone else is in school and can't go to Seven Peaks while I'm at work
10. Annual caramel apple making
11. The smell of the crisp air
12. Th good smelling Autumn soap Brooke always gets
13. It's getting close to Thanksgiving when I get to go home and visit
14. Halloween and free candy/half off post-Halloween candy sales
15. My birthday!

Ok, now that I've taken care of the list of things I love about Fall, I will now compile my list of why I'm excited about Fall TV.

Chuck

I love Chuck! I'm so sad this is the last season and that it's not starting until the end of October, but I think it promises to be a hilarious one. If my sister's had finished watching the season, I would be able to say why I think it will be hilarious, but they didn't so I'll just leave it at THIS SEASON IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!

Bones

Again, I love Bones! Last season ended big and I've been waiting all summer to see what will happen.

Vampire Diaries

Ahh, my guilty pleasure... I don't know why I like this show, but I do. I don't know why I'm excited, but I am.

Psych

The new comer. I just recently watched the first 4 seasons of Psych on Netflix and I am a couple episodes into season 5 on Hulu, and it is freaking hilarious. And to make it better they're going to mention BYU in one of the episodes of season 6 because BYU smashed every other college out of the competition. Hopefully I'll be able to finish season 5 before season 6 starts, but if not oh well, I still love this show and eventually season 5 will be on Netflix.

New Girl

This one looks really funny and I think Zooey Deschanel is a crack up.

Pan Am

Maybe it's just the fact that this is fairly historical or that I am loving the ladylike clothes of the 60s right now, but I'm super excited for this one.

Hart of Dixie

What is with my obsession with cop and doctor shows? I really don't know, but this one looks promising.

The Secret Circle

Again, another one of my downfalls, drama filled, cheesy teenage shows (Vampire Diaries anyone?). Plus, it's got the girl from H20: Just Add Water in it, so huge plus right there.

Once Upon a Time

I'm already loving this one. And who wouldn't, it's about fairy tales in the modern day and it's from the same people who did Lost.

Community

I also want to start watching Community. I saw the paintball episode last season, and now it's just a matter of time before I'm hooked.

Oh boy. That's a lot of shows. It's going to be a busy year.

Gilmore Girlsesque

I feel like my life has been on fast forward the past little bit and that I haven't had time to think - let alone blog! So in keeping with my last couple posts, this one is going to also be a whirlwind of images, thought, and obscure references. Just like Gilmore Girls. Also I have cleaning checks tomorrow and haven't started my jobs yet at its 11:12 pm. But this is way more important than living in a clean apartment.

First of all, Elsa and Brian got married.

I'm still trying to get use to the idea. Elsa is the first of my close friends to get married, so it's kinda weird. I'm so happy for her and Brian, I know they're going to be very happy together. Now I can't wait until I get married so that we can be married friends together!

In other news, I have officially gotten my money's worth out of my Seven Peaks pass. When I bought it I was most excited about the unlimited access to the one water park in Utah Country and was thought eh about Trafalga. But now, I realized how mistaken I was to discount Trafalga! As part of the Trafalga pass you get unlimited games of laser tag, and on Friday night Brooke, Kelsie, Lauren, Seth, and I went and played 3 games of laser tag in a row. It was so much fun, our team won 2 out of 3 games, and the code names for the guns were awesome. For example, there was Princess, Reptar, Voldmort, Dumbldor, and many more. If we had paid for each of those games it would have been $18 each, but because of our amazing Pass of All Passes we did it for free! Brooke and I have decided that whenever we're bored we're just gonna go play laser tag!

Following the fun at Trafalga we headed over to Strawberry days in Pleasant Grove and walked around the carnival.

We had amazing strawberries and cream. It's the specialty of Strawberry Days. And now I can't wait until next year when I can have it again!

Doesn't it just seem like a carnival from Stars Hollow?! It was so much fun, and just another reason why I love Provo in the summer. Provo in the summer also reminds of The Sandlot. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Sandlot was filmed in Utah, but every once in a while I just have these feelings that if I walk around the corner there is going to be a dust pit of a baseball diamond with a bunch of little boys playing ball and putting the moves on the lifeguard.

I also found another new show that I have quickly gotten obsessed with. It's called H2O: Just Add Water.

Oh boy. That looks as embarrassing typed out as it sounds when you say it out loud. It's another Summer I Turned Pretty situation.

Anyways, its an Australian TV show about 3 teenage girls who turn into mermaids and have super powers. The acting is bad, the story is cheesy, and I love it! It probably has something to do with either my obsession with mermaids or my obsession for juvenile shows and books. It's on Netflix, so really if you have a spare 20 minutes, which could easily turn into 20 hours you should check it out.

Why do I avoid things like cleaning checks?!?!?!

Today is...

NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY!!!

Today is right up there in the top 5 best days of the year. At Krispy Kreme they give you free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day. My awesome roommates went there this afternoon and got their free doughnuts and bought a dozen doughnuts so that I could have one. And so that we could all eat more than one...

I might have to take Kelsie there later tonight and get more free doughnuts.

Jess has really enjoyed the doughnuts. So much that she just collapsed on the floor in mine and Brooke's room. It is possible that she is just avoiding her econ homework...

Summer Reading List

Since I have officially began an eternal summer and I will be finishing Lost tonight (I have ONE episode left!) I thought now would be a good time to compile my preliminary summer reading list. I just saw on Facebook that the theme for the Provo City Library summer reading program is "Up All Night" which I am a huge fan of. Possibly because I often stay up all night reading and then make my way through the next day like a zombie. I really can't be blamed for this behavior. It's all my Dad's fault. He would take my books away at 11:00 so I didn't learn to self-regulate my reading habits. At least that's the story I'm sticking with.

But anyways...here's my summer reading list:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I've gotta get ready for the final movie!
2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Work and the Glory. I haven't decided if I want to reread the whole series or not, but I figure I'll decide as I'm reading it.
4. Secret Garden
5. Goose Girl and accompanying books that I don't know the names of
6. Mockingjay. Maybe. I want to see if it gets any better the second time around.
7. Undaunted. Actually I just want to finish this one. I still have about 100 pages somewhere in the middle because I NEEDED to know who ended up together at the end and may have skipped ahead...
8. The Healer's Apprentice. I really want to read this book, but I swear its impossible to find. So I may just have to order it from Amazon
9. The FitzOsbournes in Exile. I just saw this one on a library reading list and want to read it really bad. 

And we'll just start with that because my lunch break is over and I could go on forever.

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!

I've been sick so my brain is a little fuzzy

Here's a list of what I've been doing

1. watch Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: The Movie

This movie is a classic. I even had to watch it on VHS. Now let me tell you, I use to be a big Power Ranger's fan. Just look at this...

Yep, I had Pink Power Ranger footie pajamas. Talk about legit.

Even though I apparently was a fan since birth, Power Rangers just could not compete with Barbie. For example, when I was 5 and had my tonsils out my dad gave me the choice between Power Ranger Trading Coins or Shaving Ken (my parents had to bribe me for stuff like this. Once I got silky Princess Jasmine pajamas for being good and getting my blood drawn). I remember it being a hard choice, but Shaving Ken won.

Just look at him, how could he not win? He had real hair and clothes! My only other Ken had plastic blonde hair and a pink swim suit. Plus it was just not fair to all my Barbie's that they had to compete over only one Ken. And let me tell you, I am way more sympathetic to them now because I know exactly what it's like...

2. Finished 5 books

I was sick, plus all the books I had on hold at the Library came in. And I just can't help it that I have to find out what happens! Plus my dad isn't here to take my book away at 11 o'clock at night so that I'll go to sleep.

3. Made caramel brownies and chicken tortilla soup

Caramel brownies changed my life the first time Brooke made them for me, and I was really craving them. The chicken tortilla soup was really yummy too. I just finished the last of it for lunch.

4. Played Super Nintendo

Apparently this was an old school weekend. I suck at most video games, so I lost a lot, but it was way fun.

I have a problem

They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. The only issue here is that I don't want to recover because I like my problem.

My problem is that I watch TV shows.

Well more like occasionally I find a new series that I like and then I obsess over it. I watch ever episode, one right after the other, until I have watched every episode available.

This becomes an issue when silly things like school and work are a part of my life. Sometimes all I would rather do is watch the next episode of my new obsession series.

Freshman year was when I first came down with this problem. The show was The Office.

"Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica." Enough said.

I had never seen The Office before I came to college, but it was the cool thing to watch it, so of course I did too. Soon I realized that I loved The Office. I commenced to watch every episode until I reached the current ones. Now this wasn't such a big deal because I think The Office was only on like season 3, maybe. So it took me 2 weeks, tops.

It wouldn't have been so bad if this is where my problem had stopped. But nooooooo. It only got worse.

Every once in a while I get introduced to a new TV show and then I have to see every single episode. Its all I think about. Its the only thing I want to do. I even start to dream about the TV show (this is due to the fact that I get way to involved in the characters. Once I had a dream with the characters of Chuck, Vampire Diaries, and Bones all in it. It was crazy.)

I've done this with the TV shows

Chuck

Probably my most favorite show of all time. I own the first 3 seasons on DVD and watch them regularly. It is AWESOME.

Bones

Bones actually might be tied with Chuck for most favorite show ever. Temperance Brennan is my hero. If I could handle blood and guts, I would be her. You might not guess this, but you can learn a lot from Bones - at least I have...

Hawaii Five-O

I don't know why I love cop shows, but I do, I just can't help it!

Vampire Diaries

We'll just call it a guilty pleasure.

Nikita

My last obsessive TV show. I can't wait for the new episodes to start.

And probably several others that I can no longer remember. I obviously have a problem.

My newest TV show obsession is House. I love this show so much. I don't know what about it that I love, but I just do.

I just finished season 1. Currently season 7 is airing. That means I have 5 1/2 seasons to watch so that I can be current. I may not surface for a while.

With that said, I'm off to start season 2!

Its been a while...

Finals start Monday.

Finals of the first semester of my senior year. It's pretty weird that I'm almost done, but really I'm so ready to be done with school. I'm especially ready for this semester to be over, I have had the worst classes ever. But on the plus side I finished my capstone research paper and most likely won't have to write another paper ever again!

Since finals are approaching its clearly time for continued procrastination.

I was blog stalking this morning and decided to look at my blog. This sudden impulse was followed by a wasted morning as I worked on my blog. First, I changed the name; "Katie's Boring Life" is just so boring and lame, I needed something clever and witty.

OK, short story. Earlier this summer Jess struggled for weeks to come up with a cool name for her Summer 2010 album on Facebook. Eventually she decided to call it "The sun is shining the skies are blue...it's SUMMER TIME!" High on her naming success I told her she should come up with a new name for my blog cause my old one sucked. Within 15 minutes Jess came running out telling me I should name my blog "Classy Information for Classy Citizens" because of my tendency to spout out random information that has nothing to do with anything. Hence the name of my blog.

Since its been so long and I feel like I'm starting a new stage in my blog I'm just gonna post a few pictures from the last little bit, well more like the past 2 years. Except I don't remember everything from the last 2 years so we'll go w

ith just since summer.

My family went on a road trip to Montana to visit Grandpa Reher and to camp in Yellowstone. Please notice our faces, apparently half of our family has some issues...

My dad got this hat somewhere on the trip and decided that it was "cool" and proceeded to try and wear it the rest of the trip.

We camped.

We had a gin tournament. Kelsie was losing.

We went to Old Faithful and a bunch of other cool places in Yellowstone.

We went to South Dakota and saw the Crazy Horse Monument and Mount Rushmore. Aunt Sue and Uncle Len were there too! I really wanted to go to De Smet and see Laura Ingalls Wilder's house but it was too far out of the way...

I freaking loved Mount Rushmore! Probably my favorite part of the trip. I guess that's the History major/nerd coming out in me.

So this was in July, and then when Kelsie and I went home for Thanksgiving we went to Disneyland. Now it may seem like "oh boy, those Stuart's sure go on a lot of trips!" but really its just since I see them so little now that I pretty much live in Utah year round that when I see them its a BIG EVENT.

This year Disneyland did a "Give-a-Day-Get-a-Day" promotion. If you provided a day of service you got a free Disneyland ticket. My family did this and over Thanksgiving we used out tickets. We were also celebrating my birthday. Yes, my birthday was in October, but I don't really care. Plus I got a cool Happy Birthday button to wear all day and everyone had to tell me Happy Birthday.

Disneyland was all lit up for Christmas. It was our first time being there at Christmas, and it was pretty awesome.

We took a pretty sweet family picture. Notice that Brendan is now taller than me. Also I got bangs, they are much better than my 8th grade bangs, I promise.

If I was a Jedi I would want a purple light saber. See Disneyland really is the happiest place on earth!

Little known fact: Brendan is a churro fiend. Towards the end of the night, all Brendan wanted was a churro, but all of the churro stands were out. He was disappointed, devestated, desperate, in denial, delirious. Luckily he found one stand that still had churros. He was much more pleasant after his churro.

So that's a little of what I've been up to, well at least the big things. Now I really have to go study, ugh I HATE studying! Also I have to make cookies cause its Christmas and that's just what you do, plus its fun.