toilets are my mortal enemy

so i've discovered:
i REALLY hate toilets.

say it in any lanuguage:
toilette
gabinetto
туалет
Klosettbrille
sustantivo

theyre STUPID

it took my ipod.
and ruined my ipod.
it was such a JERK

but, thank you, toilets, for taking my waste and depositing it where i dont have to smell it. it is very considerate of you.

JERKS
i want my ipod back! i mean working! cuz i went in and got it!
:(

it might be because i have this "x" feddish..

but. i love the nickname:



bex.



said by certain people of course.
this one? definitely claimed mostly by jackie.
and i think my fabulous aunt cami says it a lot too.


but really, i just love x's.
not many people have those in their name. its unique, you know?
so i claim it, officially, as mine.

my lauren's friend from byu-i

this is the best compliment i've ever had in my life. from someone i've never met. and talked to maybe thrice. (i just really wanted to say thrice)

"i swear, i cant wait to meet you
i have a feeling im gonna need to pack extra pairs of underwear with how much im gonna laugh"

who could NOT love that?
i gotta say. i'm flattered. honestly.
but, how could i not be pee-your-pants-repeatedly-fun, when i start the conversation with "fatty fat fat?" and somewhere along the lines come up with, "i will forever be subservient to thee, o great one." ahah. okay. so that last comment was pretty much a tribute to myself and my greatness. sometimes i just can't help it.
oh how i love being a kid. most of the time.


oh and ps. this really isnt just some random girl. she' s my lauren's friend from byu-i. <3

sunday morning

rain is falling. "sunday mornings by maroon five" its in my playlist^

more like ASHES are falling. california is burning up. and were getting the ashes and smoke. my car is covered. in ashes. and so is our front porch. and its still falling.

ring around the rosy, pockets full of posy, ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
--how many of you sang that in your head?

but, its no joke. i dont even want to go outside. its hard to breathe. you know when you're camping and the smoke from the fire just wont stop following you? thats kinda how it feels right now. 24/7. the smoke is just everywhere. the ashes are in your hair, on your car, on your slippers when you go out to get the morning paper. asthmatics shouldnt leave their homes. agoraphobics have it made. the sky is brown, the sun is dimmed.

its a sad day in california today.
keep us in your prayers, guys.

hiccoughs; or hiccups?

this has always bothered me.
what is the real way to spell ... those annoying things?

that i have right now. and its really ticking me off.
i usually dont get them for a long time, like now. i [hiccup] once, maybe twice, really loud, and really obnoxiously (i have been told multiple times i sound like a pterodactyl) and then its over. but no, not this time. they arent really loud or really obnoxious. just ANNOYING TO ME. i mean, if i have the [hiccups] i want them to be annoying to everybody else too. and i was gifted with just the right kind. but these! the truly annoying ones. the small, and almost inconceivable to the naked eye ones. its just really, really annoying to me, and only me. where did i sign up for that?? nowhere. NOWHERE. well i guess i am grateful it isnt the really loud annoying ones, because one: there isnt anyone else home. and two: they hurt like the dickens.

aaaand they stopped. was it because i was saying mean things about them? did i hurt their feelings? well GOOD. and DONT come back.

i mean it.

anyone ever seen the guinness book of world records for [hiccups]? its like, years. how terrible would that be??? i would have hated to be that man. even to get my name in the guinness book. what if he lied? does anyone know the process it takes to get into the guinness book? it seems to me everyone would lie. but hey, thats just my view of the world.
and now: its peanut butter jelly time! good song, good song.

are you too manly to say "pretty"?

so i just had the greatest conversation on facebook.
thank you, clinton jamison.

his status said "clinton jamison is writing a report on diatoms."
and this, of course, set my nerdy side a-tingling
and i get all excited--why? ultimate nerdiness here: i absolutely LOVE diatoms. like, really. i love them. they're so amazing. if you dont know what they are, here's a little summary from my friend wiki:

"Diatoms are a major group of eukaryotic algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape of filaments or ribbons (e.g. Fragillaria), fans (Meridion), zigzags (Tabellaria), or stellate colonies (Asterionella). Diatoms are producers. A characteristic feature of diatom cells is that they are encased within a unique cell wall made of silica (hydrated silicon dioxide) called a frustule. These frustules show a wide diversity in form, some quite beautiful and ornate, but usually consist of two asymmetrical sides with a split between them, hence the group name. Diatom communities are a popular tool for monitoring environmental conditions, past and present, and are commonly used in studies of water quality."

so its long. but how could i resist an oppourtunity to teach!? they're wayy cool. but they say a picture is worth a thousand words, & even though i could give you a thousand words instead, here they are:

arent they pretty??
but anyway, back to my story.
i facebook chatted him. and our conversation goes a little like this.
me: "ps. i love diatoms"
him: "you are one of the few. nah. they're okay"
me: "they're amazing!"
him: "well what makes them really cool is their ability to withstand pressure and [insert some smart comment here, it escapes my feeble memory]"
me: "and they're pretty. dont forget they're pretty"
him: "yeah i guess they look cool"
me: "too manly to say pretty? its okay, i get it. ahahhah"
him: "fine they're pretty. happy now?"
me: "very:"
him: "as long as i made your day..lol"
me: "yessir, you did indeed"

little did he know i was going to write an entire blog about it!
so yes, my geeky bio nerd side comes out every so often. but when people say things like diatoms, i am powerless to resist.

i keep logging on

hoping against hope for someone other than me to post a blog
and to spare me the monotony of a biology lab on mitosis.

but alas, it is not to be.
i must suffer through. uninterrupted.
how dull and boring.
and yet, it really irks me to be interrupted at other times.
how so?

humans are so crazy sometimes!
yeah, i know, i just insulted myself.
but it needed to be said.

^^asianbecca.

a mom-ish day

so today i got a little inkling of what it might be like to be a mother and a wife.
and i dont know what to think about it.

i almost liked it-it felt so much better than the pressure of school and friends. but of course, i only went shopping, cleaned up a bit, ran some errands, picked up little bro and dropped him off everywhere, and sort of babysat little kids.

i guess i'll find out...later. a lot later. what its really like. it should be interesting, my friends. it should be interesting.

but now. i have to go back to being a teenager again. homework. pimples. and good old procrastination.

a temporary hiatus

in the midst of all the craziness we call life...
is wonderful.


today was such a day. i had plans, make no mistake. i stayed home from school, partly because it is ridiculous not to have today off when we have tomorrow off, and partly because i just couldnt stand going. aaannnd partly because i woke up feeling very slightly nauseous (emphasis on the very slightly).
but i did plan to clean. do my homework. clean the house. but if i tallied up what i did today? its pretty ridiculous. one load of laundry. dishes. started a grocery list. cleaned off some of the island, even though that is cluttered again. all that in a 9 hour period? because yes, i got out of bed at noon, and today is one of the very few days i actually feel rested. wow, becca. i am extremely accomplished. warning: sarcasm afoot.

and yet. i dont feel bad, like i should. i feel like i kind of deserved a day off. or needed it. i feel like now, with one rest day behind me, i can actually start to get some of the things that i've been putting off, done. recharged batteries, maybe? a temporary hiatus might be necessary for my survival once in a while, i think. isnt that the concept of a vacation, too? not for MY family, by any means, but for normal people. a temporary hiatus? sounds like a good idea to me.

now only to convince my mother...

i heart fat people butter dishes.

so my mom got that from one of her friends awhile back...it was the greatest thing i have ever seen in my entire life.
it definitely makes my day everytime i think about it.

whoever made that? was genius. props to them.
fat women in bathing suits ON A BUTTER DISH.
the symmetry is just beautiful.

ps. thats how i'm gonna look when im a gma. or even a mom. haha. who knows? just one day: i will be fat.

just waiting for the tar and feathers

so all this nonsense about the "no on prop 8" people blaming the mormons?

is REALLY starting to tick me off.

lets look at the facts.
sure, the mormon PEOPLE contributed to the yes on 8 campaign. not the church, the members. the church had nothing to do with money passing from its members to the protecting marriage foundation. so their claims that the mormon church should become a politcal party & pay taxes because they were so heavily involved? are completely unfounded and ridiculous.

secondly: they claim they dont want us forcing our beliefs on them? well thats a two way street, babe. by legalizing gay marriage, we are FORCED to accept them as a married couple, which most definitely goes against OUR beliefs.

thirdly: they claim it is discrimination and hatred. guess what. its not. simple as that.

fourthly: if youre gonna attack our church, at least get your facts straight. WE DONT BELIEVE IN POLYGAMY ANYMORE. and i'm sick of hearing people relate it to that. there is no credibility in anything said with the word "polygamy" in it. theres no way to compare it. (for those who dont know what i'm talking about, here is the quote. "i cant see how mormons are against gay marriage, when they themselves practice polygamy." except they sounded like an idiot when they said it, because they were too stupid to use correct grammar)

they picketed our temples, shouted "shame on you" at us, and singled us out, when we comprise about 4.3% of california voters, and over 50% voted yes to pass this piece of legislature.
they talk of discrimination? well this is just making it worse for the mormons. thank you, no on 8, for making life for me and my future children difficult.

its time to get over it, people.
(ps. sorry. most of the people who read my blog are mormon. and dont even live in this state. but i just needed to get that out.)

its called being a woman

multitasking.
need i say more?

good ol' adrenaline!

i've always wanted:

to look cool using one of those paddle boards with the balls attached to an elastic string.

but

i think they were invented just to make people look stupid.
if i came up to you and i was just nochalantly bouncing the ball perfectly in the center of the board and not scrambling after it, not even looking at it, and carrying on a conversation with you at the same time, you'd think i was cool right?

man i wish i were cool like that.

mexican drug dealer

my brother used to tell me that the only way i could ever make it in life was to drop out of school, move to mexico and sell drugs.

i'm starting to think he's right
and that it sounds like a very, very nice alternative to school right now.

but then he always changed his mind
and said i wasnt even smart enough to sell drugs.

ah well. bank robber it is. oh no thats if i'm a liar.
DITCH DIGGER; the agreed upon high school dropout job in my family.

got it. my purpose in life..now to dropout!
yay!

blog about blog

so apparently my sister showed my mother how to get onto the blogging site.
ohhhhhh funny
she was offended at my blog! how rude, right? mostly the halloween one, because i have no good memories of halloween. she says she spent hours making my costumes, and even when i one month she made me TWO costumes!
well. heres MY rebuttal. (thats what she called her comeback. apparently, theres a political buzz in the air. go figure)

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ONE MONTH OLD?
so, i really dont have any good halloween memories. if i cant remember them, they arent my memories.

and there you have it my friends. simplest rebuttal i've said in a LONG time. what with all this prop 8 nonsense and obama mccain shizzzz.
but thats another post altogether now. :)

its a zoo in here!

literally. it was a zoo in Sea Gate Veterinary Hostpital. yesterday. it was ridiculous! we had about a half hours peace from 9-930, then the ruckus began. people began pouring in. we didnt have enough chairs even. people were squatting with their animals on the ugly tile floor. (we can only hope that whoever worked on friday cleaned the floors well!)
a turtle came in, who had been in a fight with another turtle (yes, turtles fight) and the owner was getting ready to bury it that morning when he saw that it moved..it was bad. we put him down at the end of the day...you could see his lung from where he was wounded, by his head. it was bad. and smelled terrible. turtles dying? is gross. we had two minpins come in too, who swore that it was just a quick check over...and ended up being the BANE of my existence. one of them, the one who wouldnt SHUT UP, had sliced the skin of his paw off somehow...and he was having difficulty putting is manliness back where it was supposed to be. neither of them were neutered. so they,uh, play around a lot. and dr chang explained this in detail to the client. (ps. FIX YOUR FREAKING ANIMALS, PEOPLE) the other one was throwing up, not eating, had diarrhea (which was literally: poopy smelling water) and would not be still or shut up.(and it got it's waterpoo on my boob. soaked through the scrubs and everything.) and then a seizure patient came in who had had two more seizures last night. and then two turtles came in for prehibernation check ups. and then a golden with a really bad ear problem came in..ear hematoma. surgery to be scheduled. and then a guy with a black cat came in--he was holding the cat. NEVER bring a cat into a veterinarian's office without a carrier. it ONLY causes problems. (same thing goes for a dog without a leash. then a lab with another ear problem came in. then a cat, for vaccinations. oh and we had some guinea pigs too. they scream soooo loud. we gave them shots. weird, huh?
and all of this was supposed to be squeezed in from the hours of 9-1. but it ended up being 930-230. with no breaks. and stupid people. and headache animals. and dying turtles.

needless to say, it was a longggg day.