Oatmeal

Because I'm bored and I have nothing better to blog about.


[Bobcats]

If you've never been to the Oatmeal, they have some fantastically hilarious comics. 
Like this, this, and this. 


I'm certain the writer of the Oatmeal owns a cat.

Disclaimer: www.theoatmeal.com has adult content and language, so don't blame me...

Boosting the Economy, One Bouncy Ball at a Time

20,000 bouncy balls falling from a helicopter? 

Cool.


On Thursday, the Society of Physics Students and some other science clubs on campus decided to drop 20,000 bouncy balls from a helicopter for a study on particle acceleration (or something, I don't know the full details), all while educating children and showing that science is quite exciting. Although my stint with science has officially ended, I still love to learn about the world around me. Mostly, I just went to take pictures.


Lots of people young and old came to see the event. There were a lot of photographers there, but of course, I took the best pictures, right? Right? *confidence shrivels up*
It was a cool event, even if it lasted for only a few minutes. We were on the top of the slanted parking lot, so hardly any bouncy balls came toward us. In fact, Shelly was the only one in our group to get a ball. Despite that fact, it was such an amusing and fun experiment, and I hope they try something grand again.


Oh, and about the title of my post- we were joking that the parents of all the kids who didn't get a bouncy ball would have to go to the store and buy some for their kids. Thus boosting the economy, one bouncy ball at a time. Brilliant? Maybe. Effective? Probably not.


ps. If you were wondering, I ended up buying the memory storage so that I can continue posting my fabulous pictures on my blog.
[[ppsspspss. Malea, if you are reading this, you can take these pictures to Shane, if you so desire. ]]

Two reasons I like this picture: 1) The little girl is cute. 
2) The guy with the reddish hair is my favorite math 

tutor, and I'm convinced he looks like Andy from

 The Office. I didn't even know I took a picture of "Andy!" 

Ginger girl...

The big moment! 

It's not completely in focus, but there are thousands
of bouncy balls continuing to bounce up and down

and up and down and up...

The crowd grabbing the rubber

spheres before all chaos broke

loose.

Blogden (aka Spring Break)

 There's going to be a fair few pictures...


Spring Break 2011. Where did I go? Ogden. 
Yes, Ogden.
I'd never been there before, and we promised Jenna we'd go there sometime. So it just made sense to go for Spring Break, right?
Since there's a lot of pictures, I'll just let them do the talking.

Proof I've been to Ogden.

First stop: the Dinosaur Museum in Ogden.

Cool brick wall at the dinosaur museum.

This would be the second time Jenna fell.

Behold, I am God of the volcanoes!

Triceratops. Get it?
Tri-Sara(h)-tops!
It makes so much sense. There's three of us. And we all are
called Sara(h). Don't you... oh nevermind.

Tara: "What are you, it's dentist?"

Just defending my cat family, you know.

Me and Rattlesnake Jake just thinking about life.

Jenna being awkward around Ducky.

Sara modeling with the dinosaurs.

I got a smile shot of Jenna! She avoided my camera the
whole time.

We saw Jenna in the background creeping around.

Uh, Jenna "wrestling" the turtle.

More modeling. I just like the cross-process colors in this
edit.

Tara and I.

Me and Taraji.

Surprise, Crawford!

Jenna has this tacky trucker hat that I just love. I can't
explain how awesomely terrible it it. Plus, she got it
for only a dollar.

(Click to enlarge)
The most dangerous creatures in the world.

After the dinosaur park, we went to Color Me Mine for a few hours until we all went mad from hunger. Tara was giggling uncontrollably from lack of food and I hurriedly finished the top of my teapot. I will post pictures of my creation as soon as I get it back.

After that, we went to Roosters for dinner. First of all, they brew their own house Root Beer, which is super sweet (literally) and so delicious. While most of us ate our salads faster than usual, Tara and Jenna ate our croutons because they were just so hungry. I then got grilled chicken that was so much more than grilled chicken. It had a side of asparagus and mashed potatoes, and it was super super yummy. Everyone's food looked fabulous, and that's something coming from me. Go to Roosters, it's divine.


We ran out of Roosters and rushed over to Farr's ice cream because it was going to close in 15 minutes. If you ever go to Farr's in Ogden, definitely get the huckleberry ice cream. It's super good, and it's hard to find other places.


We then went to Jenna's house and watched Free Willy, because Jenna is the world's biggest Free Willy freak and I'd never seen it before. I know, I know! But I've seen Free Willy 2, which has to count for something, right?


In the morning, Jenna made us pancakes and eggs, and then we were on our way back home. I was completely exhausted and passed out on my bed for a few hours. I even slept through my favorite Disney movie, Sword in the Stone. I was TIRED.


Our one day Spring Break trip to Ogden was most excellent. Hopefully next time I go to Ogden, I can go to Union Station and more! Mwahaha.

YOUCAN'TMAKEMEPAY.

So....
I was going to post spring break pictures.
But blogger says I can't post any more pictures until I pay them.
So.
Uh.
Anyone know a way around this? I could downsize my files, but that would only last so long.
I could delete old pictures?
Uh.
This is stupid. 


Curse you, blogger.

my creepy stalker post.

We found him.


Back up to fall 2009: We met Jared. We hung out with him a lot.


Back up a year: It was the end of freshman year and we all parted our ways. Jared left us with only a knowledge of his future residence and a slight promise that he might play hockey the following school year. He left me with a cell number that I labeled in my phone as "Jared... I think," because I didn't actually know if it was his number.


Back up to fall 2010: I asked the hockey team if they knew Jared. They did not, and it was sad.


Back up a few weeks: Jenna, Neal and I kept talking about how much we missed Jared. Jenna missed his wet, long locks, I missed his humor, and Neal missed being able to creepily worship and follow him around everywhere. We repeatedly mentioned different creepy ways of finding him. I said I would put his face on a milk carton. Jenna (okay, maybe Jenna and I) suggested we knock on every door in his apartment complex and ask "do you know Jared? He has hair and a hoodie." 


Back up to last Wednesday: I came home from class to Neal standing outside my apartment with... Jared. Neal was on his bike when he spotted our M.I.A. friend and immediately took off to drag Jared off to our dorm. We texted Jenna and made her come over, then we went to her apartment and played Super Nintendo for a few hours. We basically forced him along with us so that we could bask in his coolness. Jenna loudly whined the entire night that he was going to leave us and never come back.


Back up to last Thursday: Once again, we forced Jared to Jenna's apartment for Super Nintendo fun and drinks. Somehow, even though Jenna vowed against it, we ended up at Rancherito's (Beto's) at midnight. We dropped Jared off, and our lives became normally boring again.

He doesn't like the paparazzi.

We were creepily overjoyed.

I will admit, this post is creepy, stalkerish, and just plain unsettling. But that's what I'm here for.


(to be fair, I told him I would blog about him. Even if he didn't agree to it, he still knows about it. And that's all that matters...)