split screen: a love story

found another video. had to share.


Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

creation.

this world is no happenstance. we have a divine CREATOR.

this looks unreal. but it's very much real. and amazing.

video from: http://shuttersalt.com/blog/most-amazing-time-lapse-video-milky-way-ever-made-seriously

25.

yesterday i found out that my birthday is in a week (well 6 days today). i thought it was in 2. help. i turn 25.

i also had my last class ever on the byu campus. bittersweet. ended it by saying 'amen' to dr. i's testimony, so it was fitting. i have enjoyed my time here so much, and am sad to leave. but at the same time i am so ready for new challenges. it's just how i do.

should i go see gavin degraw in vegas for my birthday?

no more surprises.

i urge you to check out this boy on youtube. i have been in love with his voice for some years now. he's from sweden. which is kinda cool.

anyway. i am taking the praxis tomorrow and am a little nervous. i planned on studying for the last four weeks, but didn't even look at the practice book until this past monday. and now tonight. but i'm sure i'll pass. right? (ps: the praxis is a test teachers have to take to show they know the content they will be teaching - so language arts, math, social studies, science.)

there's also about two months until i leave provo. which means there are a lot of things i need to figure out/do soon.

and one last thing. i am a little obsessed with pinterest. it's awesome. and i want to be just as cool as the stuff i pin. if that makes sense.

well. study time. and no more surprises on repeat.

new blog.

can't decide if i love it yet. but i do love the roses. and the colors. so maybe i will.

future.

let's face it. i have problems blogging. it's not my thing...yet. but it will be. reading blogs is a little bit my thing. i do it several times a week, sometimes daily.

i have been wanting to blog about my future for a while now. because it is what's on my mind. i kinda wanna fast forward the next 13 months. maybe if i close my eyes and wish real hard... the reason for this longing for the future isn't that exciting things aren't ahead, but it's rather that more exciting things come in 13 months. hopefully.

here's the plan:

summer - get through biology and family finance (not a problem, cause i love that class) the next 2 weeks, then children's literature during summer term (also not a problem, because i feel ok about spending $600 plus on reading children's books), and maybe try to have a little fun in between. i am planning a vegas trip for my birthday, and another to visit my wonderful friends/family, the hålands. i am also going on a solo road trip to portland and seattle to see long lost friends. plus, we have about a million small and large parties planned for the summer. if only the sun would start shining.

end of summer - graduate (well, walk for graduation, which is technically happening in dec.), then drive to d.c. with my lovely mother, hitting up the entire southern part of the united states. :) a life long dream.

fall - student teaching in d.c. i am excited and nervous at the same time. it will be an experience for sure.

dec. 2011 - done with byu and a bachelor's degree in elementary education. say a tearful goodbye to the u.s. (for now) and go to norway.

dec. 2011-jul. 2012 - live and work in norway. i have a home at my dad's, and since he loves me very much i get to save money on rent and food. :) i plan on getting as many jobs as i can handle and just save, save, save (which i should be well equipped to do after this semester of family finance). my ideal jobs would be an english teacher at a high school and a translator for tv. we'll see.

13 months from now - come back to this wonderful country, more specifically north carolina. that is where i want to go to grad school. i want a master's degree in elementary education, possibly administration. there i would live alone (at 26 that will be about time - not that i have not thoroughly loved my room mates, because i really have), and i would finally have a car (because i will save up tons of money working in norway :)). i will meet new people, and live in a beautiful place.

maybe the fastforwarding seems crazy to some, but i am longing for grad school in north carolina and fantasize about it almost daily. maybe it's wrong, and i really should focus on enjoying the now. actually, not maybe. i know that's true. i should. but the last school year has not exactly been enjoyable, and i am still suffering from the blues caused by the past 8 months. however, i have a goal to be happy and enjoy provo before i have to leave. and i will miss it, despite how much i am longing for a new place.

but how wouldn't love to live in place like this:

image from: http://www.lifeincary.com/upload/chapel%20hill.jpg

that contains places like this:

image from: http://www.chapel-hill-nc.com/images/CH/729615_0.jpg

that's it for now. peace.

india arie.

i used to work in a juice/smoothie bar. my manager and great friend marte had a cd by india arie that i used to listen to. and i loved it! then i forgot about dear india, until yesterday. i got my haircut at lunatic fringe (recommendable) in slc and as i was waiting for my ride, i checked out the cute store below the salon - two dancing cats - and they played this familiar music that brought back so many memories. i asked, and yes, it was india arie. so now i am the owner of several of her songs, purchased on i-tunes. and i love it. feel good music.

can't wait for summer.

there.

i posted something.

communication.

isn't it incredible that we can communicate with the same Being, the same God that created Adam and Eve, that gave Moses the power to part the Red Sea, and that provided protection and comfort to Lehi and his family when they were traveling by that very sea? we can talk with this Man, this God and Heavenly Father, this Almighty Being. it just hit me today how wonderful that is. how miraculous. He will answer my most trivial question, and then also appear in person to the first prophet of this dispensation. He will provide me with comfort and peace, and show His love for me when i am hurting, and at the same time (except not, because it was a long time ago) take the city of Enoch up into heaven. incredible.

i love Him. and i love the gospel.

image from: http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/michelangelo/hands_of_god_and_adam-400.jpg

4.5

the number of times i have caught a bouquet at a wedding.

first time: at linn therese and rolf henden's wedding in 2002 (? - can't exactly remember the year)

second time: at maria and christoffer andersen's wedding in 2007

third time: at cecilia and åsmund wie's wedding in 2009

third and a half time: at ariel and steve martin's wedding in 2010 (shared w lynne)

fourth and a half time: at rachelle and brad tilley's wedding in 2010

so there you have it. 5.5 is the charm???