freudianism

do you know what i can't stand reading? those documents (they're usually theses) you have to read for class that are really wordy and stick the ending "-ism" on every word. please read this sentence and laugh with me:

"independent of the outcome of judicial processes (distributive justice) and the explanations that authorities provide for their decisions and the considerations they show to the recipients of decisions (interactional justice), the research of tyler demonstrates that the major factor in perceived legitimacy and willingness to abide by government regulations is how fair people perceive the decision making process to be (procedural justice)."

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! i would never even guess what the paper is about if the title wasn't staircase to terrorism. see? an "-ism" word. blegh.

but guess what?

ben comes home from his mission in one week.

so it doesn't even matter that i have to memorize words like "contextualized democracy", "egoistical deprivation" and "displacement of aggression."

MY TWIN IS COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and i'm going to drive to salt lake to pick him up from the airport. you know what i call that? reuninionism of the twinhoodism.) 

yes, this happened

so yesterday, i was buying a salad at the crossroads and the cashier leaned into me and said "do you want to know something?" well, i did. she pointed to this redhead who was turned away from us. "you see him? he's half tongan." 

"what?" i said. 

she got really excited. "yeah! i asked him about it the other day and he told me!" 

the boy turned. sure enough, he looked like a tongan with pale skin and red hair. 

and that is all i have to say since i last wrote. 

the end. 

oh, and i love general conference weekend. who can object to partaking of the spirit in jammies and with good food in your belly? not me.