tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39288038154459271752011-11-18T23:32:17.344-08:00I come and I go. Well...I mostly go. I'm sorry. I post when I can talk my fingers into it. But the point is: yes, believe it or not, this blog IS currently active. Oh and that last part isn't always true...Paigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04339838303894634911noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928803815445927175.post-37119417397229043392011-10-15T16:33:00.000-07:002011-10-15T16:35:10.328-07:00

Going from staying with Corinne and Jason to staying with Isaac and Kristin has been very interesting. I've missed these boys a lot, that's for sure. Just thought I would like to share some of the funnier moments and things over heard. -A few days ago, from the other side of the house, Kristin could be heard to say, "No more stand-up peeing for you." Poor Jimmer. You're just not quite there yet.

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In doing verification searches online--you know, making sure things were spelled correctly, etc--I eventually had to decide. Do I go with the funny? (ie Dave Stockton's Putting guide or Elissa Schappell's collection of brutal short stories about the reality and ugly side of being a woman, working satirically against her title--a title borrowed from a "vintage etiquette manuel".) Just the idea of

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On the back cover of which of the following newly released books out there in that vast and varied market of ours will you find the following words to live by: "Beauty is in the smize of the beholder."1 - Blueprints for Building Better Girls by Elissa Schappell2 - That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas L. Friedman3 - Unconscious

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So here is a link to Whit's blog post about his favorite things from 2010 (not to be confused with Oprah's). And I couldn't decide if I wanted to go with a Nacho Libre or a Groundhog's Day reference here so I'm going to try to mash them together. Here goes: "Are ju kidding me?! Everything ju just said is me...me...also me...whew, I am really close here!" Basically Whitney's list was both pretty

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I came home today to find the words "Viva Mexico" written in hot pink chalk on my neighbors driveway in what I'm assuming is the handwriting of the little girl that lives next door. Should I be worrying about a revolución? All I know is: I'm not gonna underestimate her. First generation kids of Mexican Immigrant parents pack quite the punch. They unfairly end up with two native languages (usually

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HitRecord is a project of Joseph Gordon Levitt's. It's amazing. I'm not gonna try to explain more than the picture and the link. If you want to go check it out. If not the sword. I think it's a really great idea and love that he's doing this for lesser known artists.And now--I call this "Monkey Support":

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:Mr Knightley and Mr Wickham. Surprise surprise, Mr Wickham was indeed an absolute delight. Just delightful! He sounded just like Jude Law. (Who I met once. In an alleyway. He thought I was a hobo. We had a moment.) Mr Knightley? Kind of little bit of a punk. A Technophobe. And a pain in my aching American head in general. Not what I expected out of my britons. Not what Miss Austen had lead me to

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Britishisms from work. Just thought you'd enjoy a couple of the most awesome ones. : "No, no. 'e' as in 'apple'." --I get this ALL the BLOODY TIME!!!! It never fails to crack me up! Now, when you say the 'e' make sure you aren't flexing any of the muscles around your mouth, that's right. You've got it.: Us: "What internet browser are you on?" Them: "Uhhh...... orange?" Us: "....No." --I

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What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.--from "Leisure," by W.H. DaviesI only just found this yesterday but can't stop thinking about it. In 2007 the Washington Post conducted what was, basically, an anthropological experiment. I could give you all the technical terms, straight out of my "How to do anthropological fieldwork" texts of the past two years. Such an

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Well, my man-cat is being de-manned today. My mom called me this morning to report that he is ok, and checked in for his surgery. During the conversation she mentioned that I could follow the tweet updates of his surgery on their website. So, I'm not going to lie, I may have payed a little more attention in this mornings class to Achilles' surgery updates than to Adam Smith...Later, I was

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Some videos of me and Whit driving home from watching the game and enjoying all the craziness.

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Whitney got home from work today and welcomed me and the weekend by tackling me to the ground! For those of you that know us both and are, naturally, confused, allow me to explain: I was in the final climax of Harry Potter 7. Basically my mind was elsewhere. Oh yeah, and I was completely entangled in this huge feather blanket. (I love keeping our apartment cold just to glory in the central air...

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Whitney, Chris, Jared, and I just got home from seeing Okkervil River at the free concert series they have every summer. It was great but concerts always take a lot out of me... Combine that with Radiohead and a TON of apparently sourceless I-15 traffic on the way home and you get one suuuuuper tired Paige.The crown was necessary to give me the happy energy I needed to finish folding laundry

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Went to see Harry Potter yesterday. Can't believe I made it in to the first showing at 11am--there was a bit of a line. But it was about 3€ cheaper so that was good. So, being in Lyon (a bigger city) I got to see it VOST which means it's the original version with French subtitles. After sitting through all the ads previews finally started. These were all in French and literally lasted 30 minutes!

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I had a dream last night, woke up (still in the dream) and tried to tell Emily Earl and Brianne Emry (who I was hanging out with) about the dream I had just woken up from. So, for those just tuning in or for the rest of us that are still completely confused... I had a dream within a dream and then continued in another dream where I was trying to tell those around me about the dream dream I had

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While I do hope to continue with my daily tales from my Euro-Tour with Brianne, I thought I might as well do a little post about the present. Lyon is beautiful and treating me well.I am quite pleased with my apartment's location--I really had no idea where to live and just kind of happened upon this location and it's been perfect for me. There's a large farmer's market right outside my door on

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May 7 finds us on a plane from London, England to Brest, France (I'm not sure why I'm doing a sad face... we were basically thrilled expecting to be in Paris by that night!!).But first we (as in me) have to do some serious rearranging of poundage in luggage. Yes, there are some airlines in Europe that offer CRAZY cheap flights. These cheap prices come at a price, however... haha... There are a

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Ok, I really am sorry. Here, finally, are my pictures from London. Enjoy.Make a Smilebox slideshow

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I've been going back and forth from having the Clash's "London Calling" and "I'm So Bored With the USA" in my head the past two days. Brianne and I slept not so soundly but landed safely in London yesterday morning around 9am. Due to some underground delays, however, we didn't get from Heathrow to our Hostel until about 2pm. We then decided that since we only had less than half a day in London (

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It’s interesting the silly mistakes you make while traveling. Today has been no exception. In all fairness to me, handling logistics for this trip has been a little more involved than my typical hopper flight from Salt Lake City to Portland every Christmas. So, it’s no big surprise that there have already been situations that could’ve been avoided or handled better. What is interesting, however,

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Well folks, French-Brianne and I are winging our way to Europe in just a few days here. I plan to take advantage of free internet spots we have in our planned path to share updates on here as well as to Skype with Whitney and whoever is online at the time (so keep your eyes open!). Just for the purpose of making you all jealous and annoyed, here is a rough outline of our itinerary:On monday we're

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I TA for a few classes at BYU. One of the classes is the Anthropology of Food. Well, in class today, a group presented on Food and Magic.They set up the table complete with lit candles and a cauldron. Then they pulled out the ingredients: a dehydrated lizard, liver of a blaspheming Jew, eyeballs, and a mouse. Now, the mouse was living. They had the poor thing in a jar no bigger than he was. As a

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Not many local businesses fall in this category. Even fewer of them are mildly enjoyable or interesting. Another rarity in Provo? Anything worthwhile to be found in the Daily Universe--our campus link to the outside world. Yikes.Well, last Tuesday was a day to change all days. On the front cover of the afore mentioned rag that I wouldn't use as a toilet-seat cover was this picture accompanied by

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So, my bad, apparently this was Whitney's favorite part of the dream. I had deemed it one of those weird, nutso parts, however, and left it out of my original version. I guess I'll let you decide. Later during our visit with Ms Hepburn we attended a Football game. Yes, now this dream is officially AMAZING! Football and Audrey Hepburn? Can life get any better? I submit that... well anyway. So we

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Never before has my marriage been so threatened by one of my many pseudo-celebrity crushes. Andrew Bird, a.k.a "Stone-cold Fox", is too damn sexy, talented, and sexy for his own (not to mention, MINE) health. Brian Kehl? Jonathan Tevernari? So childish and immature.There's a new Sheriff in town, boys. Don't worry, Whitney knows. He's probably a little "gay for Andrew" now anyway.

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A while ago I had one of those dreams that just won't go away with the opening of your eyes. While truly a wonderful dream, it was, of course, full of weird, nonsensical parts that I will try to skip when possible. So, living in our current 1 bedroom , 1 bathroom apartment, Whitney and I were asked to accommodate an extra guest that had brought her children to play with the family next door (

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Well, it seems that Dove has jumped on the "anti-Valentine's Bandwagon" that my husband parades for.Upon eating a Dove chocolate heart he received the message "Be your own valentine" on the inside wrapper. I'm not going to go into all the many different meanings this could have, but I thought it was, at the most obvious level, kind of sad.Happy Freaking Valentine's Day.

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Yes, it's been an alarmingly long time since I've posted on here. Yes, I tend to avoid it. Yes, I might even fear my blog(s)--the other one is an alternate which Whitney has been encouraging me to drop... But this morning, as my MANY medications kicked in, I began to feel empowered and optimistic and promised myself that I would post today... or at least get a draft started.My main purpose here

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Just a little video that captured the importance of this day.

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I think that both sides can safely agree that both sides, at some point or another, have played dirty. Now, we all know who we each think played dirtier, but that's not what I want to talk about. The question I would put out to this mass series of tubes is this: Does the media simply cover these tactics or do they add to it? Is what they do ethical? Is it journalism?I have to say that, having

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I've been a frequenter of NPR in addition to my other news providers, such as CNN, MSNBC, and FOXNEWS, for several years. I've recently noticed, however, a fairly disturbing trend among the latter news providers: the "dummification" of delivery and sometimes facts. I don't want to make this blog a "Why anything but NPR should be destroyed or at least ignored" (even though I could, in good

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I snapped this photo a few months ago in Payson. And, looking through my online albums it caught my eye and got me thinking... What is our society about? What are the main characteristics? As a people, what are our goals?Now, by way of introduction, allow me to state that I will do my best to avoid long-winded ramblings exampled in the previous paragraph. I realize that most of you are visiting

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