Film Appreciation

Dearest Darlingest Momsy and Popsy (if he even reads this)-

I'm sure you two didn't realize but I stole Dad's Minolta from his miss. a couple of years ago and have been using it ever since. Digital is great and I'm the number one advocate of efficiency, but despite some of the grainy images below I think there's a magic that only film can capture...literally:)

tchau,

di

Below is actually a pic of CJ. I ran into him randomly at a Stake Party where they were giving out free food and glow sticks. The funny thing was neither of us were in that Stake.

Some of my favs from DC.

Above: Washington Monument

Below: The day after Obama was elected. The Newsuem downtown put out the front covers of major newspapers around the country. I think the rest are self-explanatory.

My Birthday

Dear Mom,

I'm not an uber-proactive blogger but I figure since I've been lying about my age for the past year I might as well do a post on my 24th birthday and update my blogger profile. I guess now I can start telling people I'm 25.

Annnnyway, last year on the eve of my b-day Twilight 2 aka New Moon came out and although I'm not a vampire aficionado I figured it would be fun to go to the midnight showing with friends. This year was 10x better though because Harry Potter 7 Part 1 came out. I started out buying 20 tickets but in the end purchased 48 thanks to Jerusalem people (with the intention that everyone was going to pay me back so no worries). Needless to say it was fun and we took up a big portion of the theater.

Enjoy the pics!

Love,

di

Below: This is a friend from Brazil who happened to be sitting behind me. It made me laugh because while we were there our group went to see Harry Potter 5. We had lighting bolts drawn on our foreheads and fake wands. I remember walking around the streets of downtown Sao Paulo dressed as Hermione saying, "Alohomora" and pointing my stick at people.

Some people got a little more into the dressing up. The closest I got was being swaddled in my snuggie. Last year I got a hot pink and leopard snuggie from two guys who didn't coordinate. Way random. But anyway, at New Moon I got up in front of the entire audience (surprise, surprise) in my snuggie and told everyone it was my dream to conduct the wave in a theater full of people and since it was my birthday I requested that they make it come true. Of course I had to do the same thing this year. Turned out well.

Last year....Maybe next year I'll be more mature but that's pretty unlikely.

A Halloween PS

Oh Mom,

I totally forgot to include this pic from the Annual Family Pumpkin Carving Contest. To my and CJ's dismay we didn't win-actually we didn't even place. Call it inappropriate but I thought we did a really great job being creative with the crack that came with our pumpkin.

Love,

me

Halloween

Mom,

Guess who I was for the work costume party? That's right, your fav politician Mrs. Pelosi! I know you're proud:) On a serious note though, I had to pay homage to my 2008 costume of Mrs. Clinton. I figured since she lost the presidential race maybe I could work my magic in 2010. I think all the Republicans out there should thank me personally. Maybe for Halloween 2012 I'll be Obama....

Love,

me

PS-You may tell your conservative friends to send their support to Princess Di. I will accept money in all forms as changing into a black man might prove costly.

2008-Hillary Clinton, Obama Girl, Sarah Palin, John and Cindy McCain. In case you were wondering, yes I am disgusted that both years my hair has been more than perfect for my political roles.

Flash Mob Wedding Reception

Hey Mom,

I belong to the greatest Jerusalem group. Someone thought it would be a brilliant idea to throw a flash mob wedding reception on campus. The plan of attack was to have everyone show up at 11:50 am (right when class gets out) and pose a fake wedding reception on one of the busiest locations on campus. Well with a quick meeting and a couple of emails we pulled it off. Who else could or would do something like this? The goal was to get into BYU's Police Beat which I'm sorry to admit didn't happen, but we definitely garnered some extra attention. All in all it was a success.

Only at BYU, and only my Jerusalem group.

Love,

me

President Tanner, VP of Academics, was one of our first guests and looked really perplexed.

The line.

Our server/originator of the flash mob idea.

Random student taking pics of the happy couple.


The legitimacy was all in the details so yes we definitely had a cake, food, music, engagement pic, flowers, a color scheme and a guest book.

The best man's speech.

Cutting of the cake. I played the violin most of the time. Aren't you thrilled all my lessons paid off?

The first dance.

Tossing of the bouquet.





So the cops didn't show up and we were forced to call the police on ourselves. When an officer finally showed up my friend below asked if he would like a dinner mint-never breaking character. So fantastic! The cop didn't know what to do. He took his license as protocol but nothing big happened.




The Facebook attention post-reception.

In the Past Two Months I....

Dear Mom,

In the past two months I went on a 20 mile hike with Jerusalem friends.



And then I got poison oak.

Went to a Matisyahu concert. He's a....well, reggae, rap, Hassidic Jewishish musician. It was free and it was crazy. My friend and I got clobbered as we were forced to the front. Girls were passing out until they were crowd carried to security so they could be taken away. And my shoes broke as per usual so my feet took a brutal beating.

Apparently Maybeline doesn't hold up in concerts.

My friend Emi and me afterwards. Our friends were pretty sure she got second hand high.

Replaced my brakes pads and the rotors while still wearing girly clothes. It wasn't all my myself of course but under the tutelage of my manly Jerusa-friend Bryan.

And I got a job with health benefits!! Thank you State of Utah.

Love,

me

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Mom,

This is the only proof I have that I worked on a movie this summer. Got this in a random email from someone I worked with. It does look like Mars doesn't it?

Love,
me

Dr. Quinn Dork

Dear Mom,

So you've expressed concern that the film industry doesn't provide health benefits (this is somewhat false by the way as getting into a union would fix that) but did you know about post-production gifts? Today I got a nice surprise of 100 buck gift card to Amazon and I wasn't even expecting it which was the best part. And guess what I purchased immediately? THE COMPLETE DR. QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN SERIES! Yeah I'm a total dork but you still watch M*A*S*H so we all have our indulgences.

Last week my friend posted something on facebook about remembering her young self wanting to be the chick from the X-Files. That made me think about what I wanted to be when I was younger and then it hit: Dr. Quinn. I've often wondered what attracted me to this show as a 10-year-old. I'm pretty sure part of it had to do with the gorgeous Sully. I guess I've always had a thing for older guys:) Anyway, I immediately started watching them online and it brought back great memories. Apparently I still had the theme song memorized. In fact, I think I remember trying to figure it out by ear on my violin. Talk about obsession....

Any child could identify the good looks right?

Love,

me