m.i.a.

i feel obligated to tell the blogosphere why i have been missing in action for the past few weeks. first of all, i moved back up to rexburg a couple weeks ago for spring semester (while my family went to hawaii for spring break), so i have been mourning my loss by going on strike against technology.

ok, that's not true, but really, hawaii? the day before i start school? (it's really ok, though, i'm having fun in rexburg!)

i am, however, mourning the loss of casey abrams on american idol. why him??? i knew this day would come. i knew he would not be appreciated for his talent. why not jacob, though? or scotty?

the only thing i can do to lessen the pain of casey's exit is to take comfort in the fact that i have a zen master/jedi for a world religions teacher. "what?" you may ask? "at byu-idaho?" it's not often that you have teachers here who are ex-bishops that got the whole congregation to meditate before sacrament meeting. also, he is writing a book and has travelled the world to meditate with famous buddhist monks. and he insists we address him by "master" instead of "brother" or "professor." for real, who is this guy? i love him!

in less fun news, i got a sad rejection letter last week from byu jerusalem for the fall semester. i have been getting my hopes up about it (bad, bad, bad) which made the rejection letter that much more upsetting. but i don't think it's coincidence, so there must be a good reason for it, and i'm trying to be positive about the situation!

before i head off to anatomy lab, i'd like to clarify that, yes, i did watch the royal wedding at 4 am. and i loved every second of it. i wanted to cry of happiness because, you know, i have so much british pride. all i can is....

do i have royal couple mania? yes, yes i absolutely do.