See Hear Speak No Evil

ok. I feel like I need to address Jess and The OTs comment about how meeting newbies is overrated. Normally, I would agree with these two super awesome ladies but here are situations in which meeting new people is NOT overrated…

1) you are newly single…
2) you’ve been living in a town (in which you did not grow up) for 3 years and know exactly 3 people (one of which is the ex, with whom you are still friends)
3) you often feel like you need to get the EFF out of the house and do something fun
4) you know exactly 3 people in the town of 3/4 millions in which you live
5) your 3 bestest friends live in CV
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moving on
be forewarned that Al is about to go on a rant that may not be suitable for the faint of heart and those who don’t like cussing

the Apple program, iTunes, maybe you’ve heard of it?, SUCKS DONKEY WENIS!!! (which looks kindof like this….

ok. probably not. this is actually Jesus wenis… i shit you not. this photo was taken at the Dam in Amsterdam.
so my iTunes issues goes like this
- a few weeks ago my MacBook decided to flash a folder with a question mark on the screen when I tried to turn it on
-SOOO I re-loaded all of my original re-boot files which were from 2006 (yeah, I haven’t upgraded to Leopard)
-and then for the next 3 days, I downloaded all the necessary iTunes updates to get me from my 2006 version to the current 2008 version
-all was fine and good at this point.
-I was golden… good to go…
-then I tried to sync the ol’ iPod(s) and approximately half of the songs that I’ve purchased from iTunes would not sync
-I kept getting the ‘this computer is not authorized’ error message. and since I’m resourceful, I went to the Apple support site and searched for no less than 7 hours (ok, it was more like 1.5 hours) for support with this issue. and when I couldn’t find the support that actually helped, I emailed the support guys.
-since the email, I’ve been going back and forth with Nicole, the friendly iTunes support girl, about WTF is actually going on! She deauthorized my computer and told me to re-download those songs that would not sync
-so I did
-and NOW NONE OF THOSE SONGS WILL PLAY!!!
-Nicole’s advice… backup the iTunes library, uninstall iTunes and re-install
-I will be done backing up in approximately 6 minutes and I will dutifully give Nicole’s advice a shot
-so wish me luck and don’t go cursing iTunes just yet. wait for it to make me REALLY FUCKING PISSED before you start shaking fists in the Seattle (or wherever Apple is based) direction.

Rob Miller from the Utah Amicus wrote a funny article about the Cache Valley Illuminati. You can go to the post and see a fun picture of Jess and I.

CLICK HERE!

i’ve been thinking about a change for some time now, but on dec. 31, i made it official. in true jess fashion, i have some really crappy photos to show you my new hair.

here’s me on like dec. 30 or something:

here’s me on dec. 31, taken with bridgy’s MUCH BETTER camera:

ignore my really creepy bony fingers. and my double chin. focus on the HAIR, dammit. that game we are playing? it’s called killer bunnies and the journey to jupiter. have you heard of it?? whatchoo think about my hair??

today we were at sam’s club…and i was examining some giant pork tenderloins. they were only $1.97 a pound, and i was trying to decide if i wanted to buy one or not.

jake says, “mom! how do you cook pork lion anyway?” (no, that is NOT a typo.)

me: “pork lion?”

jake: yeah, pork lion. that’s what these are called.

me: no they aren’t. they are PORK LOIN.

jake: oh. well, i like pork lion better. that’s what i call it.

he then proceeded to talk about pork lion for the next ten minutes. how do i cook pork lion??

on new years eve, we were all getting ready to go over to bridge’s house for a night of debauchery food and games. paul had just gotten out of the shower and was singing in the bathroom. he was just being a dork…he knew i could hear him. jenna laughed and said, “mom, you have a good husband.”

jenna told her grandma, her very mormon grandma, on christmas day that “my mom lets me drink coffee ALL THE TIME.”

then jake chimes in, “yeah, she does. we drink it every weekend!!”

that is SOOO not true. thanks, jenna. you have a giant mouth. and jake, you are no help.

jenna: “mom, would you like a mountain dew?”

me: “why yes, yes i would.”

jenna: coming right up.

she brings it in and then stands there and waits for me to open it. when i don’t right away she says, “moooom. i wanted a drink of that!!”

very generous of her, dontcha think??

last year, i made a series of predictions for 2008…

let’s do a quick recap:

1. i predicted an obama presidential win. dude. i was totally right on this one!!

2. i was totally wrong about an earthquake in utah.

3. i still can’t balance a checkbook. and i won’t be learning in 2009.

4. i can’t find info on this, but interest rates dropped. home prices dropped. i’ve seen some houses drop in price by 20-40 percent as they sit on the market for months and months. something i didn’t predict at all: that paul and i would buy a house.

5. the GIANTS won the superbowl. the spurs didn’t win the NBA title. the yankees SUCKED (sorry, ty, but it’s true.) and joe torre’s team (the dodgers) did well, but i don’t think they got a wild card spot. i can’t find (read: i can’t read baseball stats) info on it. beckham is still around.

6. herald journal didn’t get sued.

7. usu football team DID suck and they did win a game early in the season, but i think their two other wins came later in the season. at least coach guy got fired this year. maybe we have a chance to be halfway competitive next year.

8. i did NOT win the march madness bracket.

9. i DO have great friends and family. i’ve been super bitchy to paul lately - he deserves better than that, but i’ve been unable to help it. sorry babe.

10. i didn’t make ten predictions.

The staff at SHSNE would like to wish you all a very safe and happy New Years. Thank you for reading and commenting on our blog.

On another note… I PROMISE TO START WRITING AGAIN! Not a resolution, but a promise. I’ve had a really hard December and just haven’t had time. I’ll write an entire post about it.

‘Tis the season for reflection and as I’m sitting here drinking beer and watching the tele I started to think about the resolutions that I would like to make for next year, which made me think about the resolutions I made for THIS year and I wondered how I was doing.

I had to go back and look at my post to figure out what my resolutions actually were. How effed up is that? I don’t even remember what MY resolutions for aught eight were.

Let’s take a look back to January, shall we?

1. Run a half-marathon.
this was a no go. I was doing well early this year then I went out into the field for 11 hr days from February until May. THEN I had the ankle issue…
I’m working toward this one in 2009. I already ran a 5k (28 minutes), and am training w/a few friends for the Durango 1/2 Marathon in June.
2. Get out of my house more, and not just for work. I’m talking about socializing n’ shit (this one may be the most difficult)
I have gotten better about this, but it’s usually been w/JEB or the same group of friends. I need to meet new people and make new friends.
3. Figure out how to meet people. Seriously, can anyone tell me how people meet people? Maybe part of my problem is that I don’t do #2 very often.
I’ve got friends who’ve tried the ‘platonic’ section on Craig’s List and maybe it’s worked but I can’t do it. Most of those people don’t use proper grammer. I can’t handle that.
4. Read more. Especially books by authors whom I have not yet read. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated and re-paid with good karma headed your way.
on Bridge’s suggestion, I read some Dumas and am reading a geology THRILLA by some dude named McPhee… also, joined GoodReads and so get some tidbits here or there (I DO NOT want to read twilight, people)
5. Get out of my house more (believe you me, this one bears repeating. Once it’s written, man, I am OBLIGATED.)
gawd damn… i thought this would help (see how i used all caps on obligated?) but it turns out that it really didn’t. can you take lessons to be more extroverted?
6. Blog more. I’d like to start out with the goal of twice a week. That seems reasonable. And totally do-able.
i’m not sure i want to revisit this one. i SWEAR i started out strong and then POOF! just like that, i got busy or lazy or bored or unable to think of things to say.

I think I’ll print this post and hang it somewhere so I can refer to it often and hopefully it will keep me motivated. If you, dear readers, feel at any point during this year, like asking how I’m doing on my resolutions, I will appreciate that as well. i didn’t do any of these things. in fact, my fridge got quite fuddled up with sexy, sexy poetry magnets and i had to take old GWB funnies and pictures of the nieces and nephews off the fridge. so there was definitely no room for a large 2008 resolution print out.

Anywho- It seems as though my 2009 resolutions will be similar to my 2008 resolutions because i can’t get my shit together enough to follow through. maybe one year i can make it work, though. one year…