Lava my life

Sooo gifted at avoiding my finals/any schoolwork by blogging. I still feel productive even though, nope, it isn't. I have been crazy busy with work etc. lately so it is nice to unwind on whomever is listening! (Creepy if you think about that too much) I hope only people I know are listening.

I am so grateful for the people in my life. I genuinely feel so blessed, even though I have been ridiculously unlucky lately. No one wants to hear me go on about how good things are so.. here is this--everything I touch breaks, rain follows me, traffic precursors me (probably that doesn't make sense), things I make taste awful... hahaha now I am just reaching because I can't remember what else happened. It has just been quite the weekend and I have had a couple of complete frustration-caused-breakdowns I am not proud of, but tonight all is well. And really, all along all was well.

I'm going to miss all my friends that are moving out! Hopefully my constantly growing collection of Anthro dishes (my new addiction) will fill the voids they leave.. but the odds are not in my favor. people>dishes

Come on LA

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

I've mentioned this guy before, love him, can't say it enough.

Check out what he is trying to accomplish..
Here

If you have the time it really is such a great endeavor. Below are a few highlights from the episode

Schools

• 80% obesity rate in some LA elementary schools
• Jamie to the parents, "You want them to have better than you, yeh?"
• Demonstration where the leftover trimmings from the meat were placed in a centrifuge and spun till the leftovers split from the bone, then water+ammonia were added, meat was minced, and ready to be served to humans (don't have to label ammonia as an ingredient because it is a "process")
• "Pink slime is allowed in any school, in America, by the USDA

 Fast food

•  Deno, the owner of an LA fast food restaurant admits he would never serve the food he serves in his restaurant to his kids
• "But that's why America is screwed" classic American milkshake

Legislation

• "I come from a country where kids drink milk, and they don't have to consume the equivalent of a candy bar when they do so" 
• "We're doing a great show about how people don't give a *" 

Filled a bus and more with the sugar added in one week to the LA school districts meals

Sign the petition supporting this food revolution for better health prospects for children in America
(only 5,745 supporters in Utah)

Milking my Irish fixation

Did I miss something? Was it last month we celebrated Ireland? 

(This food is Irish)

I can't help it.. I'm obsessed

My life is great. April fools, it sucks.

Haha joke I like my life a lot. But today was too much, first yesterday I broke my sweet new Ray Ban's when they fell off and I ran over them on my bike. Then the gov took 200+ out of my paycheck, then the girl who lives across the hall from me decided to tow my car. So there's another 180. She also gave me permission to park there seeing as how she doesn't have a car. She doesn't speak very good English so whatever. I promised I wouldn't blog about this but it's 12:45 and I am notorious for breaking down and being weak right around this time haha. On a happier note I had some delicious sushi and played tennis in the light of street lamps tonight. I'm lucky I know so many great people

Provo urban

For environmental health we were asked to go around to businesses and ask if we can hang a flier in their window advertising for an event we are putting on where the community can drop off their household hazardous waste items. Shout out-- Saturday April 9th. But I was lucky enough to snag South Provo as my district, I love the little piece of Provo that is urban (around where Center and University Ave meet). It is where I frequent on my bike and today I grabbed a drink from Einstein's and went business to business knocking. It was actually really great.. I met some way cool people, found a pot for my plant and I am currently re-evaluating my previously held belief that I would make an awful salesman. No one turned me down and even when they did off the bat I talked them into it. Cool.

 (My rad coke-dealing aviator's sliding off my face)

I discovered some things I didn't know existed--

Who knew we had a marine? Ha ha

Just doing some drills.. down by this train track I didn't know we had

My personal fav.. Powder River cattle and livestock equipment. Really it was a cool building.

All in all this afternoon was a success. Now off to work, where I can assist boys who only hope to be half the salesman I am

The return of Glee.. to me

Based on moral reasons, I stopped watching Glee for a bit. Haha I'm such a prude, but regardless of the reasons why I initiated my boycott, I was sucked back in and I am obsessed with this song. It takes me back to high school in a funny way and I just think it is great

Listen

do it.

Ps the drama on this show is so great isn't it?
Not sure if I see it as much in real life but... that's probably because really they are old

Spring?

This photo reminds me of everything good in life :)  I would like mother nature to take note.
I'm ready for spring now, thank you!


I've been reading one of my favorite books, The Rose Cafe. It's a story told by a man recounting his time spent in Corsica (an island on the Mediterranean) as a college student. He worked for a summer on a visa, circa 1960s, escaping the draft and looking to find inspiration for his writing career. He works at a cafe overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and tells about his adventures with the people and his experiences with the island (and the water). I love the way he quietly observes and describes everyone he sees; you really get a feel for the identity of these people he's describing that lived there some 50 years ago. It's one of those books I go back to every time I want to get out of the scene I'm in and enjoy a perspective that couldn't be more different than my own. Italy, Italy, Italy.. If only I had a reason to go there and someone to go with ;) Yes someday, but for now, I will just enjoy my book.