Revival

My phone works again! Apparently the battery was just taking a short sabbatical. It returned Tuesday evening, just before I left to see about getting a new battery. Maybe it didn't want to be replaced.

Anyhoo, I pressed the button to try to turn it on and it randomly flashed on for a second before turning off again. Very suspicious. So I plugged in the charger and tried to turn it on again. Voila! It started charging. I just don't understand why it wouldn't do that the last ten times I tried. Strange.

In other news, I want to throw rocks at boys. People tell me I'm pretty. Or at least my hair is pretty. But I must not be pretty enough to get asked out. I must not be pretty enough for a boy to be interested in me. And I know that I'm silly to think that, but at least to me, the evidence is becoming quite clear that I must not be desirable. And it's probably my own fault that I'm not desirable. I know I certainly don't make much of an effort to be available to boys. I think I'm missing something.

I'll feel better later, but right now I'm just frustrated with boys. And with myself.

Battery

I'd like to have a moment of silence.


My cell phone battery has died. Really and truly died. It was a good cell phone battery. Not the best, but then I did buy it used.

And now it's time to get a new one.

Mawiage

So, my good friend and coworker, Jennica, got engaged last night! To a former coworker, Mitch. I found out this morning when she texted me. Yay! I'm so excited! Especially since they're getting married in August and that means I'll be out here for the reception! Yes!

In the meantime, I get to go home for spring. That means I'll be in Alabama next month! Crazy! I can't wait!

Scripts

Today in my semantics class we had an interesting discussion. About a certain cultural script we have here in the U.S.

The script goes something like this:

people think like this:

everyone can do what he/she wants to do

if it is not bad for other people

So, on to the story. Every year my professor goes to this conference in California. During the conference he gets together with some colleagues and goes to dinner. However, this year, he has been 'uninvited.' Why, do you ask? Not because of anything he has done or said. But because he's a member of the LDS Church. More specifically, because some of the people in the group are gay and feel offended by the LDS religion. Wow. I kinda feel offended that they're offended.

I feel sad, too. Sad that there's such a double standard. Now, I'm not saying that all LDS people are perfect Christians, but let me tell you, my professor would never ever want to offend someone because they are gay. Maybe he'd want to offend someone who was stupid. After all, he is Australian.

thesaurus

So, today I was introduced to the coolest website in the world. Visualthesaurus.com

I love being an ELang major.

Really, the most amusing part of the site occurs when you look up a word, then 'share' it. You can send an email with the word, or design things with the word on it like coffee mugs, t-shirts, and even postage stamps. The t-shirts are particularly fun. They have about a million styles to choose from, including a onesie for your philologist-aspiring infant or toddler.

Now, apparently, after looking up so many words, they ask you to subscribe to the site, but since I'm a bright young student at Brigham Young University, I get to use the site for free. But only on campus. Blegh. I'm tempted to pay the 20 bucks a year for the darn thing. As a matter of fact, I'm almost tempted to pay 40 bucks for the desktop version! It's just that cool.