Miss Congeniality

I love this movie! I remember it was my favorite when I was about 14, but my parents got rid of it because it wasn't appropriate. While I was watching it for the sexual content assignment, I was surprised at how "clean" it was to me. Don't get me wrong, there were inappropriate comments, but not like PG-13 movies that are playing now. It makes me feel like I'm a little too tolerant.. I love the movie nonetheless.

Everybody Loves Raymond

My family is OBSESSED with this show. A few years ago they bought all of the seasons on DVD, and I'm pretty sure they still watch it together at least 5 times a week. I really like it, but don't find too much time to watch it. When I was home in August I took one of their seasons back to Provo with me so I could watch it when I needed to laugh. My boyfriend and I love watching it together. Most of the time it's relatively clean.. not too much sexual content. Some episodes are pretty shady, but it's nice when you have it on DVD and you can skip to the next episode. If you ever need a good laugh about a family that oftentimes reminds me of my own, turn on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Email

So this past wednesday was my 21st birthday!! Party! :) On special occasions like these I realize how grateful I am for email and other forms of communication. My dad's in the air force, and he's often overseas. He's been in England, Germany, and Afghanistan for the past week. I was so happy to see an email from him on my birthday. It's amazing that we can communicate with people all over the world. We live in an amazing time in the history of the world.

Couples' Retreat

Don't see it. My roommates wanted to take me to see a movie for my birthday, so we decided we'd see one around 8:00pm. None of us watch TV so we hadn't seen previews for any of the movies, so we just chose the 8:15 showing of Couples Retreat. Whew.. it was crude. Some parts were hilarious, it's true.. but the majority of the movie was dirty and uncomfortable. Don't waste your time or money on this one.

Lately..

Lately I've noticed something: I can't stand the TV being on in the background. First of all, I just flat out don't watch TV. I maybe watch an hour of it once a month. There are great shows on, I just don't find time for them. But having the TV on bothers me.. it bothers me that so many households have one on all day just to have one on. Who wants all that extra noise? Not me :)

The internet..

Right now I'm trying to study for the exam, and I'm struggling. When my study guide for any test is on my computer, it's too hard sometimes to not get on the internet while I'm trying to study. Sometimes I check my email, sometimes I chat on facebook, sometimes I write on my real blog, sometimes I go on our family website. There are just too many options on computers these days.. at least this time I was "productive" and blogged for a class assignment!

Google Earth

Have you ever played with Google Earth? I remember when it first came out, and our family had so much fun finding our school and our town's library. Since our house was so old, it wasn't on the original Google Earth, but do not fear: It's on there now! If you haven't used it, you can find pretty much anything in the world on this site. It's pretty awesome. Try it out at googlearth.com & download your free trial.