Crazy Socks & Writer's Block

I wasn't sure if college students dress up for halloween for not, so I decided to go simplistic with the costume this year. Plus, I'm still kind of obsessed with Divergent and I love to be characters from books. So I was Tris. I've already got the long blonde hair, I just wore a lot of black, some eyeliner, and Sammy drew on her bird tattoos. I was so impressed with his job, I didn't know that boy could draw! I felt pretty awesome not going to lie. It was fun seeing all the creative costumes on campus today as well. I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween

Batman came into the bookstore yesterday. I asked if I could take his picture, and he promptly did this. Then started reading his instruction manual. Then he left. And my coworkers and I had a discussion on how we should have addressed him, as Bruce, Adam West, or his royal darkness. Just kidding, I made the last one up. Then, we were googling all the old Batmans, and somehow that ended up with us googling cool ways to serve hotdogs. There are blogs dedicated to the subject my friends. 

I go to a commuter campus and I love it. It's something I didn't really understand before I was actually here, the concept of it. I actually thought I was going to hate living and going to school in the city, but I love it. Why? There's no homecoming. I love my school don't get me wrong, but I would rather represent it with getting a novel done that I'm proud of and published, not spending time watching people I don't know battle it out. There's none of those events and I don't know enough people on campus for it to be weird I don't go. Everyone else is busy. It's not expected for us all to hang out all the time. Almost everyone lives somewhere else and has other places to be. No feeling bad about not hanging out on campus. There are soooo many different people. The friends I have made are from every background and culture imaginable! It's so cool learning from them and all about the state. I get to ride the bus to school and get in a...

It's sir Sammy's birthday :) Totally one of the best days ever. Besides the day our Savior was born. And my parents. And his parents. And my siblings. And our soon to be wedding day. Anyways. It's a great day. It's the day my best friend joined me in the world! I'm so happy, this year I finally got to spend the whole day with him. He picked me up for school, we rode the bus together, had dinner, and watched the basketball game. I'm so thankful for this day and for this boy! May he have a million more awesome birthdays!

This is me today. And yesterday. Yesterday, I didn't sleep at all. I got up early and headed right to the bookstore before school to pick up Allegiant. And then, being my normal self, I read the last page in the checkout line. And then preceded to cry. And cry. And cry. I called Sammy crying, but he was busy getting his flu shot. So, I just cried some more. Then I read the book from start to finish, and just kept on crying. It was not any better knowing the context that came with. The only thing that makes me feel better is the ENTIRE internet is mad at the author as well. We're all upset. This didn't have to happen this way, it has a feeling of fakeness and like she just wanted controversy. I'm holding out hope that if enough of us get upset, that the movie company will change the ending. Because this is not ok. So if I seem sad today, you know why. I think I'mma go cry some more.

Being in a class dedicated to the idea of migration has really kept the idea of racism on the brain. In elementary school, the idea of racism was so defined to me, thinking people are better than others based solely on the color of their skin. It wasn't until middle school after reading many books that I realized racism wasn't jut as issue of black versus white, rather it applies to all cultures. In high school I was actually shocked to here racist statements from people I loved. All the sudden this issue became personal somewhat. (My favorite statement was from a little girl who said, it should be illegal for Mexicans to have babies. I guess I can't have kids then.)  But it wasn't until last week when we did an activity in my public health class that I realized that I myself was being racist as well. Now, this is something I am not proud of. I'm very embarrassed actually and that activity was humbling. Why am I writing about this? Because, it's som...

So, Sammy and I had a mini photo-shoot today with my mom. We haven't taken any photos of the two of us since we got engaged. It was so much fun : ) Now, I have a little surprise for all you blogger friends. I put some of the pictures up on my facebook, BUT I purposely left a bunch out because, well, they have a little extra detail in them that we're not announcing to the world yet. But, because all of you let me take peeks into your lives and leave such sweet messages for me, I wanted to share these with you first : )