le cirque

last night, dorie and boyd (brandon's parents) invited us to le cirque. i was really excited because i haven't been to the circus since i was a lil chitlin. brandon was less than excited but a good sport. what's crazy is that boyd had never been, in his whole, entire life! he was clapping and cheering louder than the kids. i loved seeing the animals perform (even though i felt bad for them:( and all the acrobatics. i almost had to turn away on some of the stunts because i just wasn't sure they could do it. they could. best part: when the elephants did hand stands!! omg, it blew my mind. my mouth dropped. the puppies were super cute and the tigers seemed a lil like crabby patty's but they obeyed the whip...for the most part. one of them even hopped on his hind legs. being at the circus definitely took me back to my childhood. brandon even said it was better than he thought it would be.

so, boyd works at a local media broadcasting company and he gave us a private tour at 10 pm, saturday night. it was awesome. he showed us all the sets and where the dj's sit for their radio shows. we watched the 10 o'clock news from above the set. it was so crazy to see the anchors down at the desk checking the mirror during every commercial break, constantly touching their faces to make sure everything was perfect and they even fist-bumped before they went on. i'm not sure why but it was really cool to watch. it was much more entertaining than the news really is on tv. i think i'd watch more of it if i could see the "behind the scenes" every time. after that we went onto the roof and had a great view of all the city lights. it was really pretty...if only i had my camera [insert big sigh here].

randoms for july and august...

i just unloaded my camera and had a bunch of random things. thought i'd share them all with you, my loverly readers.

we stopped at the bottom of wolf creek for a ride before we went out to tabiona for the 24th of july (a utah holiday). it was one of the worst rides we have been on but i was able to take some nice pictures. the ride sucked cuz it was sooo rocky and there were huge boulders on the trail. at one point i made brandon take the bikes up and i just hiked up. i was pretty sure i would have crashed and burned-HARD! then the chain broke on his bike and i had to tow him/push him back down. but, we lived to tell the tale.

pretty weeds!

back side of tabby mountain. first time i'd been all the way back there. it was really cool because it was just a huge canyon. one time we stopped to shoot a bit when brandon's cousin shot into someone's camp. needless to say they freaked and we got out of there fast. good thing no one was hurt!

another shot of tabby's finer side.

brandon and tasha found some mushrooms. this pic was taken before they realized the shroom was full of maggots. yuck!

brandon's finer side:)

sunset from our backyard. the pic just doesn't do it justice, it was incredible.

mamma invited all her friends for dinner...well, she wishes she could have had them for dinner!

one day when i was out back mowing i ran into this little guy. of course i stopped the mower and moved him to a safe place, but now before i took his picture. i like to call him sven olafson.

that all folks!

frustrated at the picture show

i like watching movies but it seems that there are so many reasons not to go see them in a theater. for one, it costs about $8 for 1 ticket! that's about twice as much as it was when i started going to movies. insanity! plus, the quality of the movies that are coming out these days is way down. let's recap, cost: up, quality: down. that's not very enticing. anyways, lately i've found myself viewing a lot of movies in the theater and i've discovered yet another mind-blowing phenomenon: no matter how many seats there are someone inevitably sits in the seats right in front of you. wtf! i had my feet on the seat way before they even thought to sit in those particular seats. these people (and i use the term loosely:) insist on first giving me the stink eye (1) and then just plop down. i don't get it. a lot of the movies i've seen have less than half the seats filled and yet, everytime someone sits in front of me. it doesn't make sense. it must be some weird psychological phenomenon that needs to be researched. like, since people are social beings maybe they are inclined to sit near other humans rather than off in seclusion?? if only i didn't already have a thesis topic:)

note to self and all others reading this: unless there is absolutely NO choice, whatsoever, do not sit in front of some in a movie theater.

(1) watch Juno if you haven't. there is a terribly hilarious scene where one girl gives Juno the stink eye. i crack up just picturing it!

road rage

do you ever have days when you're driving and you just feel like all the traffic signs/lights just DO NOT apply to you?? i was driving home earlier today and found myself trying to make illegal traffic moves because it would have made my life so much easier. i would have saved so much time if i could just have done what i wanted to. alas, i did not do the things i really wanted to. i started to become angry with the signs, which made me angry with the government for putting these seemingly ridiculous rules on my driving. it seems stupid to me that i can't turn left at some lights just because of the trax. aren't i capable of making my very own decision to go when no other cars nor trax is coming? i like to think so. but, maybe i'm wrong. it just seems like an infringement on my freedoms to restrict these things, like my own free will is being compromised by some stupid sign.

so then i thought what makes me so special to be able to turn when i'm not supposed to. some people are not capable of making good and rational decisions so why should i be able to? i'm sure they feel like they are making the right choices, just like i do. and i think that is what laws like this do, they make you doubt your ability to choose the right. i think i might have just lost confidence in myself to make good and rational decisions. i hope the government can figure out how i should live the rest of my life...hmmm, seems like they are striving to do just that anyways. but, that's another blog altogether.