on my mind

last night i took a latin vocabulary quiz
i scored 111 out of 120
not bad
considering i haven't looked at latin for over a year!

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tonight the rodeo begins!!

sharon and i are going for three days.

(rapture!)

tonight we're taking a few other girls along with us

for the pro bull riding event.

hello masculinity. nice to see you.

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my father has many secret talents.
one of them is
he can name the mascot
of pretty much any
high school or college
in utah and idaho.

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i keep seeing images and quotes from

marylin monroe

all over pinterest and tumbr (etc.)

personally i don't get it.

i'll grant she was very beautiful

and she made some fun movies,

but she is nothing i want to emulate.

from what i gather, she wanted fame so badly

she allowed herself to be portrayed

in movies and in life

as an empty-headed sex symbol,

had three failed marriages 

and a string of affairs

(some with married men),

and then she died of a drug overdose.

i think we can all aim a bit higher. 

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for book club this next month
we've elected to read
elizabeth the queen:
the life of a modern monarch
appropriate as she's celebrating
her diamond jubilee this year.
i'm very much looking forward to it.