The Story of My Life

Michelle can attest to the fact that sometimes I have those days where I feel nothing seems to go right, and I simply have to have a good crying fest. Today was simply one of those days. After a half-hour-long crying marathon when I got home this evening (or morning), I began to aimlessly browse through my iTunes library. Suddenly, I found myself listening to a song that just turns out to be the story of my life, and it fits well with the events of today. The song is called "Emotional" by Diana DeGarmo:

Sometimes I get emotional
Sometimes I do some stupid things
Something I say what I should just keep inside

Sometimes I’m sad about everything
Sometimes I’m mad and break some things
Sorry times ten but you just got in the way

Don’t get up now
Running away
I wont hurt you
Sometimes I’m just a pain

And that’s the way it is
That’s just the way I am

Sometimes I feel like crying
Laying down and dying
That’s when I need you
Life is always easy
But sometimes I’m just scared to leave me
That’s when I feel… emotional……

You say I’m just impossible
Totally unpredictable
I’m just a girl, get used to it
No big deal

You cant change me
Why would you try
I’m no angel, but I can make you smile

And that’s the way it is
That’s just the way I am

Sometimes I feel like crying
Laying down and dying
That’s when I need you
Life is always easy
But sometimes I’m just scared to leave me
That’s when I feel…… emotional…

I'm Bored Out of My Mind!!

Please, someone call me, because I am simply bored out of my mind. Yes, I know I've been doing something practically every night of this winter break. I know I did something last night. And the night before that. But it's TONIGHT, and I'm currently doing NOTHING. I need to get out of this house! Let's remedy this situation immediately, or else I'll fall asleep somewhere and give some random person the excuse to take another embarassing photo like this one! So PLEASE, someone call me before I lose my mind!

THE END

Bwahahahahahahaaa!!

The Countdown

Regardless of the time coding on this very blog, it in fact will be Christmas in a mere nine minutes. I, for one, am very excited for this long-awaited day to finally be here! Oh, only eight minutes now! Waiting... Wow... only 6 minutes left! While I update you on the minute, I'm being entertained by my sisters and Dave playing an enthralling game called "Pass." My mom is pretty much passed out on the couch. I wish I could share an actual pictoral of this moment with all of you, but alas we have no bananas... er, I mean, Cameras today!!! <---- Parrot noise...

So anyways, there are only 4 more minutes until Christmas is finally upon us after all this deliberation and celebration and... um... singing. But the waiting has all been worth it because it gives us the opportunity to truly think about what this time means for us. I went to my grandma's house tonight where she made us suffer through a half-hour of the living scriptures, or whatever it's called, that's made for 5 year olds. But in spite of this fact, I truly was touched, and I was able to remember the true meaning of Christmas. It's not about the iPod that's under the tree, it's about my family and friends and Savior.

Now that there is one minute left until Christmas is here, I would like to thank you all for your friendship through this past year and every year. I love you all, and I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas!!

It is now 12:00 am on December 25, 2005. As Harry Potter would say, Happy Christmas!!

My Laughs + Jude Law!!!

Last night while at an insane shindig held at Le Maison du Neige, I happened to be conversing with a fine young gentleman by the name of Mr. Pedersen, who happened to mention I have 9 different laughs. I corrected him by offering that I have twenty such laughs, and he would be good to remember it. I then proceeded to list off all my known laughs, such as the one I frequently use when being hyper with Miss Campbell, the slightly different one I frequently use when being hyper with Miss Snow, the one I use with my sisters, my late-night laugh, my tired laugh, my slow-witted laugh, my guffaw, and so on.

Little did I know I would soon be discovering the twenty-first laugh of the collection that very night.

Well, let me start from the very beginning, for it is a very good place to start. You see, it was far to late at night to be going to bed, and far to early in the morning to get up, so Miss Snow and I decided to tell eachothers's fortunes around four o'clock this morning. After a long narrative about how I am going to marry a Jude Law Look-a-like who is actually a brilliant lawyer, have 12 children, and move into a gigantic mansion that I saw on VH1 yesterday that has Cafe Rios both upstairs and downstairs, I managed to look with my inner eye and give Miss Snow the same priveledge of an unfogged future.

I told her that she is destined to marry some incredibly brilliant and super-hot man that has dark, mysterious eyes and hates Chinese food. It just turns out that Miss Snow hates all food of the Chinese as well, so they were pretty much perfect for eachother. So they got married and had forty children that lived in a hotel right next to my mansion. And their names went alphabetically from Anna to Kayler(?) to Kyler to Zoology, and they ate at my Cafe Rios all de tim. And then we all lived happily ever after in Kearns.

So with all the insanity around us, Miss Snow and I were constantly in fits of giggli-ness. And this is the moment that I truly discovered my "Very-Early-Morning Laugh." It was a moment of glory, such as I have never experienced before. Also it was a moment of high pitched squealiness that I shall not soon forget. And thus it was so, and now if ever I am asked the sad tale, I shall respond, "You needn't know it. Just hear this, 'Neeeeeeahayehaeyaeyehehhayeyeaheeee!!!'" And then they will know.

WOW

Wow. That is all I have to say: wow. I haven't posted a new blog for nearly four whole days! And it's not like I've been doing anything important. Well actually, come to think of it, I HAVE been working on that list of stuff to do over the Christmas break... I've already slept quite a bit, seen a movie, played some Super Nintendo (I actually don't think that was on the list, but oh, well!), done quite a bit of Christmas shopping (I get closer and closer to finishing every time I go out... I also usually come back with something nice for myself! Tee hee!) I ate a lot of chocolate and soda and popcorn over at Jesyka's house on Saturday night which can count as "delectable goodies", I've sent in my computer to get it fixed already, and I have played with a few of my good friends. Sadly though, I have NOT yet had the opportunity to Oust it Up, so maybe I'll get on that... or maybe not. We'll see...

So anyways, if you would like to continue helping me in my efforts to party hearty, eat delectable goodies, or sleep for hours upon hours at a time, give me a call! My number is 1-800-HEY-GWAD. Or you could just call me on my cell. You know the number... and if you don't, then don't call me! Bwhahahahahhahahaaa! Oh yeah, and this is a picture of my new phone that I'll be inheriting from my great great great great great great.... um... well, actually, she's just my NORMAL sister... if you can call her normal... And I actually MAY be changing my cell phone number, and if that happens, I'll let you all know!

Now that I've bored you all to tears with my useless ramblings, I'd appreciate it if you'd all give me a hearty ring-a-ding before I go blind with boredom. Or something like that. And yes, I have a perfectly good mouth and voice box and cell phone and set of fingers that I COULD call you with, but I'm more inclined to wait out the serious ringtone drought. Alrighty... catch ya'll on the flip side! Peace out peeps!

It's Time to Par-tay!

Stuff to Do this Winter Break

• Party hearty!
• Have fun with my family
  
• Finish Christmas/Birthday shopping
  
• Eat loads of delectable goodies
  
• Sleep for hours and hours and hours
• Schedule optometrist appointment
• See at least one new movie every other day
• From going to the movies 3.5 times per week, spend all my money
• Go snowboarding with Jess and Michelle and Ryan (Oh, more money down the drain! But it's well spent... tee hee!)
  
• Get computer fixed
• Switch cell phones with Kalli (Yay! Now I'll be able to take ridiculous pictures from my phone! Boo-ya Russian Grandma!)
• Dentist Appointment-- December 27th at 11 am, just in case you were wondering...
• Eat tons of candy RIGHT AFTER seeing the dentist... Bwahahahhahahaaa! You can't get my cavities now!
• Play with all my new toys (a.k.a. iPod Shuffle!!!)
• Play with all my friends... you know who you are!
• And above all, don't forget to Oust it Up!

Thus we see that this Christmas season for Brooke is not only going to be fun but busy. And perhaps after it all, she'll have to make a list of New Year's Resolutions... a weight loss plan being one of the key points...

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Love,
Brookie

The Alphabet of Michelle

Alas, the time has come that we will finally be parting ways... my dorm room and me, I mean. But with that sad thought also comes the realization that I will not see my super special roomie Michelle every waking moment of my life for the next three weeks!! In ode to her, I have decided to leave you with these parting thoughts. I have entitled my glorious work "The Alphabet of Michelle."

The Alphabet of Michelle

Amorous
Bootylicious
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fan
Dangerous
Enamel
Forensic
Gralb
Hypnotic
Inner angel, outer pimp
Juicy
Knife?
Loquacious
Mean… I mean, Miner
Not balding
Over-the-Top
Pimpin' it, big time!
Queen of the Tooth Room
Rambunctious
Super special
Toothy
Umbrella girl
Very Michelle-ish
Wonder woman
Xylophone
Yogurt
Zany

Nap Time!!

For the first time in weeks, I was able to sneak in an afternoon nap! It was absolutely GLORIOUS! This was probably the case for several reasons: I went to bed this morning around 3, it was imperative that I wake up at 8 a.m. so I could go discuss problems with my calculus III professor, I've been on the strangest sleeping pattern lately, and the fact that Michelle gave me like the best and only massage I've gotten in weeks. Needless to say, I was out like a light around 3:30 this afternoon. I woke up around 5, and I felt like I'd just had the best nap of my life! So I am now just wondering why on earth I don't do this more often! Yay for Christmas break and all the nap opportunities that lie therein!

I Love Roonil Wazlib

You scored as Hermione Granger. You're one intelligent witch, but you have a hard time believing it and require constant reassurance. You are a very supportive friend who would do anything and everything to help her friends out. Hermione Granger 95% Severus Snape 70% Albus Dumbledore 70% Harry Potter 65% Ron Weasley 65% Remus Lupin 65% Sirius Black 40% Ginny Weasley 30% Draco Malfoy 30% Lord Voldemort 25% Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...?

I am Marianne Dashwood

You scored as Marianne Dashwood. Most girls can relate with Marianne on a more personal level than some of Austen's other characters. She represents the emotional longings and struggles that seem to attack and bless us at the same time. Loyal to a fault, passionate for experience and life, and a bit over-emotional, Marianne matures and grows (making her so beloved).

Marianne Dashwood		78%
Emma Woodhouse		63%
Jane Bennet		41%
Elinor Dashwood		41%
Elizabeth Bennet		28%
Lady Catherine		28%
Charlotte Lucas		22%

Which Jane Austen Character are You?

My USU Pals!

A long, long time ago at a college far, far away...

Yeah, so anyways, I went to visit my USU pals Jess and Jodi way back on November 4th, and I finally have the pictures scanned onto my computer! So I just thought I'd share the insanity with you all! Enjoy!

It's sooooo true!

Your Winter Look is Festive

For you, the holidays start the day after Halloween!

What's Your Winter Look?

An Inundation of Blogthings

You Are a Normal Girl

You are 60% Good and 40% Bad Sure you've pulled some bad girl stunts in your past. But these days, you're (mostly) a good girl.

Are You a Good Girl or a Bad Girl?

You Should Get a PhD in Liberal Arts

You're a great thinker and a true philosopher. You'd make a talented professor or writer.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

You Have a Melancholic Temperament

Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it's easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

What Temperment Are You?

Kitty kitty kitty

Somehow in my random wanderings across the vast internet space, I stumbled upon this amazingly cute picture of a kitty. I knew I in my heart that I must post about this wondrous event: From the moment I saw it, I knew it was true love, and I thought to myself, "Oh yeah, that's love!" So then I simply walked up to this picture and said, "Hey Kitty, I love you." Michelle, I hope that is direct enough for you!

Y'argh! Tis finals weekend!

Dear Readers,

The time for finals has come. You all must know how much I absolutely LOVE studying. Yeah, I pretty much thrive on it. Anyways, I am supposed to be writing my last paper right now, but alas, I got distracted by the thought that my faithful followers will begin to wonder what on Earth has happened to me!! So I am taking a quick break to let you all know I may not be posting anything this weekend due to the sheer amount of studying I must do in order to retain my scholarship for the following academic year. I do hope you will all excuse me for the time being. Thank you for everything! I love you guys!!

Sincerely,
Brookie the Cookie

Dedicated to Adam's Pure Genius

I'm not sure how many of you had the opportunity to check out Adam's latest blog, but I think he has the right idea with how things should be run around here. That is why I am here right now taking a page out of his book. Though I do feel somewhat un-original, I am asking the same favor from my fellow readers to create a similar display of your literary talents by creating a poem, haiku, short story, long story, novel, or couplet involving any and/or all of the following words and/or phrases:

• "I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!"
• Chicken fingers
• "Stop eating that bowl, you Food Nazi!"
• Oust it Up!
• "I pity de fool who's been naughty dis yea'!" -Mr. C.
• CAUTION: FLAMMABLE
• A hoo a hoo!
• Turn the heat down!
• "Thanks, but I'm just not feelin' it."
• "If you're a bird, I'm a bird."
• Express Stop Photo
• and... "Wink at you, child? Why would I wink at you? What a notion!"

Once again, I thank you very much for your time and courtesy in responding so quickly to my abstract wishes! Cheerio!

I'm sooooo HONGRY!!

It's only 11:10 in the morning, and I am already starving. Perhaps this is because I haven't eaten since 5:30 last night. Or perhaps it's because I got one pop tart for breakfast. Either way, I feel like my stomach is physically corroding away as I type! Therefore, this will probably be one of the shortest blog entries so far. Definitely not the shortest since I believe I've already surpassed length of the entry about Stephen's Hot Cocoa. So anyways, I'm starving. Yeah, I think I already said that. And just thinking about it makes it worse! Why, oh why, do I keep typing? Is there some kind of urge inside me that drives me to continue this babbling drivel? Do I possess some kind of innate tendency to meander through my thoughts without ever coming to a conclusion? Do I somehow feel the need to answer all my own questions by typing them out on a publicly available discussion board? When I'm thinking about finals, will my mom be thinking about chicken? The only conclusion I can come up with is this: Yes. Yes, Brookie. Yes.

You Don't Know Me...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to good manners and elegance. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage. In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Lists...

Somehow recently, I have discovered that I absolutely love to make lists. If you have seen my desk, you will see it covered with colorful sticky notes of lists... mostly movie lists: Movies We Need to Watch, Worst Movies EVER, Movies Brooke Needs to Buy, CD's Brooke Needs to Buy (ahhhhh, a differing category!), and Christmas Movies We Need to Watch. I also have other random lists lying around in notebooks, my blog (duh... just scroll down), and other various places. Anyways, in commemoration of my list-ing, I'm going to write you yet another list!! Here it is...

Brookie's List of... um... stuff... on my desk

1. My computer. Duh.

2. My sister Kalli's A&E "Pride and Prejudice" DVD that I "borrowed"...

3. My pink purse that is practically like Mary Poppins bag... not that it's huge and you can fit a lamp in it, but that when I put something in, it seriously takes me ages to find it again. I can dig around in there for a year, and still I come up with my "Seniors Rule" pin from a year ago and a broken ball point pen that says "VIAGRA" on the side. Yeah.

4. A creepy cat mask

5. Some Oust for Ousting it Up!!

6. A picture of me and my pals in San Francisco

7. All of my scrapbooks, which I haven't worked on for so long, but I couldn't bare to leave them at home... I'm a picture whore... it's true. (Sorry for all you with sensitive ears, or brains(?). As you can tell, I'm not the most 'delicate' of creatures.)

8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which I'm currently working through for the 317th time! No, just kidding. Probably more like the 6th time. But anways, it's been like two and a half years since the last time I've read it, so this time is really fun since I just watched the movie. I'm noticing so many different things that I hadn't before. And I'm actually reading sections that I didn't even remember at all! It's really quite fun... and people who haven't read the Harry Potter books... SHAME ON YOU!

9. Some headphones that are not currently being used since my mean ol' roommate... er, I mean, Michelle... isn't home at the moment to hear me listening to yet another episode of Mugglecast.

10. A picture of my sisters and me when I was about 8. Awwwwww... we were so cute! What happened?

11. All my movies since I'm a movie whore too.

12. A printer that is also currently out of service since all my USB ports are broken and I haven't bothered to contact Gateway to get them fixed. I'm planning on sending it in over the winter break... why do I always break things? ARgh!!

13. My cell phone which goes everywhere with me... yesterday I was nearly having convulsions since my phone was dead! I felt as though I was cut off from the world!!

14. Some glitter glue for all my random crafty moods

15. Two mugs readily available for my random hot chocolate-y moods

16. A safety pin

And on that note, I think I shall leave you now. Yes, there is A LOT more junk on my desk, but I don't feel up to the challenge of describing the rest of it to you all in detail. You get the gist. "I'm just not feelin' it." Brooke... Out.

A short one...

Hi ya'll! I just thought it would be indecent of me to not write a post for all you faithful readers. So here it is: A Post. There. Take it or leave it, buckos! I just don't feel up to the challenge tonight, so much as I feel like curling up with this hot cup o' cocoa that's sitting right next to me on the table. So don't feel bad... the day one of YOU turns into a steaming cup o' Stephen's Gourmet Hot Cocoa, give me a call, and I'll be sure to give you just as much attention. Bread crumbs, mi amigo. Hasta.

Childhood Memories

It's way too late to be posting a blog, and Michelle is telling me to go to bed. But just because all I love all de peoples so much, I thought I would give you all this precious early-morning gem of a random blog. Here it is: Childhood Memories. Yes, you heard me. I'm just going to list for you (in no particular order except for the order in which they pop into my head) all the random things I miss most from those good 'ol days of being 4. Or 7. Or 13 for that matter.

1. Snowpants
2. Going to bed at 8 o'clock at night and sleeping until 8 o'clock the next morning just because I didn't know any better.
3. My little pink toothbrush
4. Being small enough to fit in the bathroom sink while brushing my teeth with my little pink toothbrush.
5. My Rainbow Brite dolls with the little velcro hands that would stick together so all the dolls could be friends.
6. The hilarious stories my dad would tell me just before I drifted off to sleep.
7. My white bunk bed. (The top bunk was always MINE! I was a very selfish child.)
8. My pink blankie! Oh, how I loved my blankie! Twas a cruel punishment the day I got home from school only to find my blankie was gone... for good. Alas, I did cry much.
9. Easter egg Hunts!
10. Wearing my mom's far-too-large moon boots out in the snow right after the first snow-storm of the season.
11. Add to that her far-too-large gloves, coat, purse, and makeup, and you have me on any other day playing dress up.
12. The Baby-Sitters Club... I loved those girls! Dawn was always my favorite!
13. My grandma's white dog Buffy (that died when I was about 11... muchos tears...)
14. My purple-cow pajamas and the song that went along with them. "I never saw a purple cow. I never hope to see one. But I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see than be one!"
15. My dad waking me up in the morning while singing, "Get up! Get out of bed! Drag a brush across your head!" Yeah, he's one weird guy.
16. Our blue front door on our blue house... I miss that old place...
17. The giant sandbox in our backyard that was more like a giant weedbox with a little sand and clay mixed in.
18. Running through the sprinklers on a hot summer day. (And pretending I was drowning in them? Yes, I was a weirdo too... "WAS" being the key word.)
19. Chasing my neighbor Jamie all around the circle until I finally pinned him in my front yard and kissed him full on the mouth! (I was like 7!)
20. (This is the last one, folks, because Michelle is insisting I go to bed right now!) My mom playing the piano in Primary, and me being in the front row right by the piano. Thus I would hide under the piano bench every time we had to sing. Surprisingly I hated singing when I was a child... and I hated it until I was in about 6th grade... strange, eh?

Ok, gotta go!
~Brookie

December!

Welcome to a new month, my crazy crazies! I'm so excited for everything about December, and to show my appreciation, I have prepared a special treat for all of you! With all my wordalicious skills, I have decided to write my own, completely ORIGINAL, and in no way copying Thomas Hood, poem about this wondrous month. Sit back and enjoy the ride, my home fries... it's about to get VERY COLD!!! Lights, camera, action!

December

De fun - de lights!

De trees - de sights -

De gifts - de craze - de holiday sales!

De cold, de hot cocoa, de fire aglow,

De gathering of family members -

De stars, de stores, de Santa Clause, de snow,

De faith, de Christ-child, de hope, de love! -

December!

Anyways, I had fun writing it, and I hope you all enjoyed reading it. I hope we all have a wonderful December and Christmas season!

Love,

Brookie Cookie