my record is fourteen

Why do I have to sneeze so many times? Why is it really necessary for me to embarrass myself every time I sneeze? Honestly, I don't do it on purpose. And I do not want to sneeze multiple times. It's not fun when you are sitting in your Comms 101 class and you sneeze four times (I usually sneeze about seven on average, but my record is fourteen) and the whole class (84 kids) laughs at me because I am oh-so-hilarious. Then the professor says "I don't know who that was, but when I sneeze, I just let it all out in one sneeze." So, I try to explain myself, but he just keeps telling me that I should try to let it out in one instead of four. But the thing is that four is pretty darn good for me. Yet, it's one of my most embarrassing sneezing moments. (One time some guy who did drugs and drank alcohol heard me sneeze six times and said "Wow, and I thought I had problems." Excuse me, but YOU DO)

"She really will come up here if we don't go down."

Okay, so this is me vomiting out my thoughts on High School Musical 3:Senior Year before they leak from my brain.

So there were two song sequences that I kind of hated because it was Kenny Ortega having way too much fun with all the money he was given to produce the movie. Can I just say that spinning sets are not fun when you are tired at 1 in the morning and just want to see the happy ending? I mean, seriously, did the tree house really have to spin and open up like a rocket ship? Because that was the idea I was getting. Best part of that whole scene: "She really will come up here if we don't go down." (You'll have to see the movie to understand)

Side note: Gabriela wears really cute dresses and those shoes on the roof/rain/waltz scene were gorgeous with a little bit of amazingly high. (Do I sound like a gay man right now obsessing over teenybopper movies to anyone or is it just me?)

I really enjoyed all of the songs this time around, there weren't any that made me want to shoot myself, unless you count the weird breathing patterns/awkward laughs of Vanessa Hudgens--who by the way sat next to my best friend's visiting teacher during sixth grade for two weeks in math class! Speaking of connections (just go with me here) I am going to start a "How many connections does Emily have to High School Musical stars?" Turns out I am going on three here. One is the previously mentioned Vanessa Hudgens co-nec-tion. Two would be that my roommate is friends with the sister-in-law of Jared Murillo who is dating Ashley Tisdale and was also on the dance crew of the first and second movie (don't know about the third). Third would be that I just tonight met a girl who went to high school with Zac Efron. Oh yes, Emily wins a little. Cue cheesy smile. (I tend to have a lot of those)

Back to the movie! (Information is LEAKING from my brain!) I am not going to lie--on second thought maybe I should...oh screw it--I definitely shed a tear when Gabriela said a certain something to Troy on the phone. (Trying not to spoil the glorious movie for anyone who will want to kill me later if I do) But, honestly, I know two unnamed people who were sitting on either side of me wiped away a little something from their eyes about two minutes after said scene...LEICA AND VANESSA. Not that I am trying to take the attention away from me shedding a tear.

This I must say: Jimmy "The Rocket" Zara was the cutest thing since little pumpkins (I like little pumpkins) until you saw the mini Chad and Troy, then my life was definitely complete. Wait, that whole scene for "The Boys Are Back" was priceless. And by priceless I mean that I wanted Corbin and Zac all to myself. Turns out so does Leica because I am pretty sure everyone in the theater heard her say "I want them.....TONIGHT." (Including the little girls in pajamas in the top row)

So, I know this is weird, but forgive me. If anyone reading this knows who Ida Bernstein is then I need to talk to you, because once you have seen this movie there is no way on God's green Earth that you can tell me Gabriela's character is not Ida to a T. A T, ladies and gentlemen. No, really. I know the real life Gabriela Montez. Except she's Mexican and Jewish... Gah, I love that girl. If she ever reads this she is going to think I am the weirdest kid ever. Wait, I think I already am.

Overall, it had its ups and its downs, but I really enjoyed it and I want to go see it again--so I can fill in the gaps in this blog post. Ha, jk. No really, it was good and I like how the lighting, the sound, the shots, it all matured from Disney Channel days. Okay, okay, I loved it. And, because Ryan has to be mentioned with is lovely performance: I love him times seven hundred million.

just keep waving

Most exciting thing that happened to me today? Why, taking an ATV up to the Y today instead of going to French so that I could stand up there with 12 other blue and white clad BYU students to wave to a passing helicopter. Are you confused? So, my friend Vanessa called me yesterday and asked what I was doing today from 4 to 7. I replied nothing and so today from 4 to 7 I was on Y mountain, sitting on the white, rocky, butt-numbing, giant Y. Note to self: don't start at the bottom of the Y and climb up to the top, chances are you're going to nearly pass out and want to vomit. I seriously wanted to die up there at the top. There was this really nice guy who was also up there for the same reason (Vanessa's friend Katy works for BYU's University Communications and she does filming and editing for videos that are shown at orientation, the alumni center, and other BYU stuff so she needed some extras to stand on the Y and wave at the camera that was attached to a helicopter that was flying overhead) who was trying to help me stay awake and not pass out. My vision went all black and there was a ringing in my ears so much that all of the sounds were muted, even my own voice. The guy was trying to keep me from passing out so he kept talking to me and Leica was like 'Emily, you're really making me worried, let's just go back down to the bottom of the Y and get some water.' But I seriously could not get up and wanted to lay there forever.

So, by the time I got back down we were almost ready to starting shooting. Turns out the helicopter passed by like seven hundred times and we had to wave at it and smile like loser stereotypical BYU Mormons. Too funny, but pretty trying, especially after you nearly pass out at the top of the Y and then have to climb back down. PHEW. We waved so much, my arm nearly fell off, but we had some exciting times. Then once it was over (it took three hours) and I was freezing my butt off, we had to walk down the mountain to where the cars were.

BOUNCE!

Guess what I found out today. That dryer sheets are an amazing cleaning tool. Have soap scum that you can't get to go away with normal cleaners? Pull out a dryer sheet from the laundry room and just scrub away. Seriously, when my roommate told me this, I was blown away. We had this nasty stove buildup underneath the burner so we just got a dry dryer sheet and scrubbed at it and within seconds it was gone. I know I sound like an infomercial over here, but this is amazing. Maybe everyone knows about it and I am just a dork, but I was standing there, mouth agape when my roommate showed me her new discovery. Try it guys, it actually works. If you have a cleaning check coming up, this just might be your new best friend. (cue cheesy smile)
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faire du pipi

Today in French our quiz had the question 'Where do you go pee?' Which in itself is an awkward question, but we are learning about different rooms of the house and in France they have the W.C. with the toilet and the sink and then they have the 'salle de bains' with the shower. So the answer was supposed to be the W.C. or the toilet, but instead some girl in my class put salle de bains/toliet/the W.C. so her answer was only partially correct but she wanted the points so she argued. What you need to know about this girl is that she's really sweet and funny and pretty and because the professor is young he is always joking with us and she jokes back with him (nothing creepy though, I know how your mind is working). So Monsieur Young is like 'You pee in the shower?' and she replies with 'What?! You've never peed in the shower? Everyone pees in the shower. (turns to her friend next to her) Haven't you peed in the shower?' It was hilarious because everyone in the class was laughing and then her friend was like 'Yeah, I pee in the shower all the time.' Um, awkward. First, I don't really think peeing in the shower is normal (if you do it, don't tell me) and second I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THEY PEE IN THE SHOWER. You should have seen my professor's face. It was priceless. He got all red and was like 'Ummmmm...' So awkward, man, so awkward.
--Definitely taken from a note I wrote to Leica today :D
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passing cars

Today when we were driving home from Salt Lake City after General Conference ended I was sitting in the back seat of the car and Leica and Kade were up front. So I was just looking out the windows and observing Utah; looking at the fresh snow on the mountains and wondering how I am going to survive the cold; looking at the cars passing by and their inhabitants. At one point, I looked over at the car passing us and there was this (no offense to anyone) big black guy with his family. He caught my eye and smiled real huge. CREEPY. He looked like a nice enough guy, but still that is just weird. At another point on the 45-ish minute drive, I looked over and this guy was passing by in a car with another guy and the one driving was smiling as he passed but as he caught my eye he turned his smiled into an exaggerated frown and looked directly at me. What is with the people passing by in cars in Utah? They are weird, no doubt. Is this some kind of Conference weekend thing that, as a new member, I don't know about? Smile-or-frown-at-people-passing-by-on-I15 weekend or something? Oh boy, oh boy. Interesting car ride.
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testing center creepers

So I'm currently--no really, currently--sitting outside of the testing center waiting for my best friend/roommate/lover to finish her ELANG test and it is super creepy outside. People are walking around so I feel safe, but there are scary, creepy animals that are making bat/screaming children noises. This is not comforting. Even is fricken' Provo, Utah. AH. K, she is finished and so am I.
done,
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sad attempt

Give me some time and a few days to start living, will you?
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