In a storm in my best dress

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

 Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. 

It is our light, not our darkness

 that most frightens us.

 We ask ourselves, 

Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?

 Actually, who are you not to be?

 You are a child of God.

 Your playing small 

does not serve the world. 

 There's nothing enlightened about shrinking 

so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, 

as children do.

 We were born to make manifest 

the glory of God that is within us.

 It's not just in some of us; 

it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,

 we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. 

As we are liberated from our own fear,

 our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

How To Be Funny

Alright, let's be honest, don't we all wish we were the funny kid that could make the whole world laugh?
I'm not saying I'm an expert, but....(; I'll help ya'll out a little bit!
After a teensy bit of research, heh, I have found most humor can be put in 5 categories. All you have to do is pick a category, or heavens, master all of them! And you shall soon be a wit!

Here's the 5:
1. Pain- Think about it. Tom and Jerry. We are raised from the toddler-hood to think pain is funny. Someone falls off a bike, hits a stop sign, walks into a door, you name it, we laugh.  How many America's funniest home videos have you seen that revolve around pain? That's right, all of them. Warning: Try not to inflict pain on others, they might not think it's so funny.

2. Random/Unexpected- The above gif^ applies to this as well. A cat saying "potato." It's funny because #1 it's weird, #2 it makes life more interesting to have something out of the ordinary, and #3 it's a cat saying " potato." It makes people think a little more about what was just said and it's almost relieving that the humor wasn't predictable.

3. Lies/Untruths- Your brother tells you he's Hannah Montana. You tell little children that if the ice cream truck is playing music it means they are out of ice cream. (Cruel, but healthier..) And how much funnier is it when a gullible person believes the lie?

4.Wordplay- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. The pessimistic horse is such a neigh-sayer. He said I was average...that's just mean. The Dalai Lama walked into a pizza shop and said "make me one with everything." Also just saying words in funny ways. (in an accent, with a lisp, etc.) When British people say "aluminium," it's funny.

5. Puns- Just kidding, puns aren't funny.

Welllllll...They're  their  there ya have it! Humor makes the world go round guys, so let's nail it as well as  these guys did:

Date Night! How to...

How to make your date take you home early....

      So. Have you ever been on just a really awful date? And it drags on...and on...and on...and you check every clock you see just to make sure time hasn't completely stopped?
Maybe your date is talking your ear off,

Or you're both sitting in uncomfortable silence,

Or you're the superficial type and he/she is just really ugly...

 For whatever reason you're not enjoying your date, here's 10 quick tips to be dropped home early! Or, if you're a guy, your girl may request a ride home within minutes. I promise they won't fail!

1. Talk about how much you miss your ex every 7.5 minutes.

2. Cover your date with gravy.

3. Answer your phone with "Hey I'm glad you called. I'm on a date and it's not going very well."

4. Eat tuna fish with garlic.

5. Say, "You look hotter on Facebook."

6. Pick your nose.

7. Pick your date's nose.

8. Start a fight with a homeless person.

9. Tell them you've never seen Harry Potter.

10. Spontaneously combust

More to come.

Go ahead ya'll! Try 'em out!

Let's review, shall we?

Alright you guys! So here's 3 blogs that I'm really quite fond of. But first I'll let you know, I'm kind of liking this blogging thing. Who'd a thunk?

 I love technology...Sing it with me, anyone? Anyone?

So since I'm kinda into ballroom dancing.... This is a blog about all the things going on in the ballroom world, at a world level. It has a bunch of dance videos, info on world champions from their personal lives to competition stats, and it's just the opinions of one dance fanatic to her audience of fellow dance fanatics. Her format and layout of the blog is good and easy to read. (light background, dark text) She has a good mix of words, videos, and pictures and her paragraph and post lengths are quite satisfactory. ha Although all of her content is not all necessarily important, (it is what it is- gossip) I find it entertaining and interesting. She's pretty good at putting her voice into her writing because her posts are her personal opinions and her grammar is mostly swell.(:

This is my favorite poetry blog. Yes.. I like reading poetry... although writing it is something I haven't been able to conquer very well by all means, it has always been something I'm very intrigued by and find very beautiful. And I believe the author of this blog has mastered the art perfectly. First of all, even the title of the blog and titles of poems/writings draw you in. It's all writing, no visual pictures or anything, but it's organized and all about the beauty of words, so who needs pictures? I like blogs that have music...I kind of want to start that on mine.. It's good. The writing on this blog is the kind that tugs at your emotions. Whether it's happy, sad, makes you remember something (most are very relate-able in one way or another), or just to make you laugh, it's amazing how words have the power to make you feel emotion. I'm a fan. A+ poetry blog.

This one is another dancer blog, but she doesn't only talk about dance. This gal is a ballet teacher who loves her life, dance and photography. She asks questions for people to respond to such as "What's making you jump for joy today?" "What are you passionate about?" And she talks about life topics (both humorous and serious) and says some profound things. She's very optimistic about life and has an overrunning theme of "jumping for joy" through many of her posts. I like her pictures and the topics she chooses such as change. Her blog layout is simple and good. Her text is kind of small sometimes though. I think she's a very good writer and very honest/genuine in what she has to say.
So there you go.(:

Over and out.

Trying to Find a Way Down the Road We Don't Know

I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they could fly anywhere on the earth. 
   ...And then I ask myself the same question.

Last week I had the wonderful and fun opportunity to shadow a student at BYU for a day. It was the best ever! The girl I shadowed was just the sweetest, very helpful, and we got along really well. Her name is Kenzie and she is going into nursing. After taking a campus tour, I went to her Book of Mormon class and was really impressed with the professor. He was really old but fun. Beyond other reasons, you know he's old because he used the following word choices: "Pardon me, I have the snifflers and need a hanky." If only I could remember his name so I could sign up for him when I'm in college.... but I liked the environment right away.(: The biggest change will probably be the class sizes, and actually having to wait a long time to be called on...hah. I guess I've been spoiled with classes that are more like small discussion groups. After B.O.M. we went to the campus devotional/forum which was really cool! I think it's great that they have such inspiring speakers every week and if I'm at BYU, I'll definitely go to it every time. I also spent a lot of time in the Richards Building just because I dance there so often it's kind of my second home...so I felt comfortable there. haha And I discovered I know more people on campus than I thought I knew. 'Twas a very good time.
 Being on campus for a day, and feeling like a legitimate college student definitely forced me to think about what I want for my future...and importantly, how I'm going to get there. 
3 questions:
Who am I?
What was I born to do?
And what is stopping me?

I've said it since I was little- "I am a child of God."And I say it every week- "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him..." Knowing my identity and divine potential is a great comfort while I try to figure out what I should be doing with my life. It helps me keep the perspective that college is only a small goal on the way to a more important eternal goal. 
I was born to... Well a simple answer for all of us is to serve others and love God. We were born to achieve our full potential and we can only do this by exact obedience and putting our full effort into our righteous and ambitious goals. 
So what stops me from achieving my goals? Laziness. Sometimes I just don't have enough drive. But I need to realize what's really important and step up and get to it.

"The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow