yes mom, my liver is fine.

so i know i did this to a couple posts ago, but i really can't help being bored while all of my dark room pictures are in their bubble bath slot things.

i selenium toned ALLLLLLL the prints i've done this year so far. It took forever! and it was a killer.

but literally. Because selenium is BAD for you. I had to wear rubber gloves and not breathe it into my lungs/body/brains because it can cause liver cancer...... but guess what?

I still breathed some in and some still got onto my arm. :'( grrrreat.

It's okay though. at least i won't get mono from it. (bahahahhahha! sorry- this a funny between my sister and I. and i still think it's funny)

anyways i thought my professor told us once that selenium burns through your skin and makes you ignite into flames.... or something to that extreme. so i was getting all excited because nothing exciting ever happens and then......none of the above even slightly happened.

so after waiting for ten minutes (10 seconds more than likely) i just rinsed my arm off.

as for my liver- i think it's doing fine. Let me go ask it real quick.........

Yep, it's hunky doory still.

it must have been a different chemical that does that....

(yes mother, i'm fine)

So here's Brianna's latest bad news. so the next 3 semesters i will be taking 15 credits each. {not bad} but here's the kicker-- there are tons of photo classes that are only offered every 2 years. and all of them have pre reqs. and guess what? two of those only every 2 year classes are offered this coming fall. And guess who hasn't taken the pre req of color 1 yet. ME! so guess what else?- i have to stay in school a dumb year longer so i can take those classes. So my last 3 semesters i only have to take 3 credits each. seriously????? BOO!!

and guess what else. i could do it in two but because of how the BFA shin dig thing works i have to graduate in the spring. not the fall. so i have to stick around even one more semester doing nothing useful. yay....... sometimes {okay lets be hhhonest- nearly all the time} the art department is ridiculous. no offense. i mean... you people should be offended and offer them every year!

so the weather outside is NOT frightful! :D :D :D :D! it is so loverly i could kiss it! it snowed this week- and i bundled all up and froze. But then yesterday it was nearly 60!!! and today it is about the same! so naturally i whip out my capris and summer shirts and flip flops and head to school with no jacket. hehehehehe.

and in honor of spring i am going to roast marshmallows tonight over an open fire up logan canyon. And hopefully get starbursts too. And maybe eggo waffles as well. (no i'm not weird! haven't you ever tried that?!?! okay i haven't either but I HAVE seen someone do it!)

So i was waiting for my class to start yesterday morning and was talking to this guy. his major was agriculture business. {so obviously} I asked him if he was a cowboy. (betsy thought this was a dumb question.. i don't see how...) and he asked, "define cowboy." ya know- boot wearin, horse trainin', bull ridin', pasture manure in', hunk a burnin' gentlemen. (only i said it much differently.. but honestly how does he not know what a cowboy is????) and he replied back- "i don't like boots all that much (yeah, so NOT a cowboy) and i like to think my self a gentlemen....". well hopefully you are a gentlemen but why are you going into agriculture business if you don't even wear boots???!

man, my hopes and dreams of ever marrying a cowboy are getting slimmer and slimmer as the seconds pass by.

okay i'm going to make a more realistic dream that i'd still be happy with- I just want to go on a couple dates with a perfect cowboy. sigh.

tatafornow my friends.

loving life because

• i can now say that i have traveled in a car at more than 100 MPH. in fact is was more than 125 MPH. And i thought i was going to die. Funny thing is, Greg, (Melissa's friend who's now all of our friend) passed a police officer right when we got back down to the normal speed limit. He thinks it's hilarious to scare us. I can only handle driving with him once a month i've decided. my poor heart.

• We went the entire year (again) at the spectrum with ZERO loses. :D that's right. It's good to be an Aggie. 4 years WAC champions.

• But even better was that i got to meet (and he touched me :D) Matthew Formisano. It was MORE than a big deal. I've been drooling over him all season. and good news number two! i got a picture with him. It's fine, he's like 18 inches taller than me. i told my mom this and this was her reply, "well at least you could check for lint in his belly button." thanks mom, way to be positive there. :D if only he knew how much i loved him. :'(

• I finally got all my mat board for the semester. It's only like 3 dollars every picture. There's something about the photo department thinking i am rich or something. News flash, because of you i'm not even close to it!
• I got ash's wedding announcement in the mail today.

• i finished another wedding announcement file today. I can whip those bad boys out like it's nobodies business!
• Anna get's married this week and i get to do some temple pictures for her!
• I get to go home on saturday!!
• and get to hang out with Taylor again! woot! Probably one of the funnest guys i know. :D
• In exactly 1 week i will be in California. and going to the beach, and to the Price is Right, and to Hollywood, and to the Getty Museum of Art. and staying in Beverly Hills. :D it will be a party in California.
• Taco tuesday is. TONIGHT! wooohooo! i just love taco tuesday! :D
• I'm taking ash's bridals at this place. isn't it awesome!!!?! (jealous much) i would be if i were you.

• My painting class was canceled all but an hour on thursday.

and drawing 2 was completely canceled! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Cannot even explain to you how exciting this is to me.

My name is Brianna and I'm just kinda feelin good about life right now. :D

Homesick-The state of missing my Orem

Leaving home, i never thought would be as hard as it is. I was excited to live on my own and make new friends, live in a new city, go to college, and have (what everyone is telling me is) the time of my life. Don't get me wrong, i really do like it here, i just am missing everything Orem.

Dad- the ability to talk to him, the best shoulder to cry on, his peanut M&M's, his laugh that makes him bounce, his inability to say the word aluminum. I love you dad

Mom- her advice that i wouldn't always listen to, her yummy food, her care, her stories, her funny sneezes (hesh) i love you mom

Ash- her boy advice, our laughs, our movie quotes, our adventures, our photoshoots, teasing her about getting married, what she always says when i tease her about it. I love you ashleigh

Q- his youtube videos, his strange voices, how he says goodbye, his jokes, his ability to make me laugh even when i am mad at him, his sporting events, his annoying friends. I love you Quinton

E- her wanting advice, her love of romance novels, her asking me to take her places, our bachelorette watching parties, her willingness to take all my junk (:P) I love you Emilie

Kandi- her kisses, her protection, holding her, how easy it is to tick her off, all the nick names we have given her. love you chubbs!

Brayden- the face he makes that makes me laugh, our talks, our random list of activities and the inability to do most of them, his computer skills, his family too. love you Brayden

Sara- her random outbursts of songs from chess, her English editing skills, calling her Papa Anne, her fashion tips, and her sarcastic personallity. I love you Papa Anne

Orem High- the stained ceiling tiles, my ghetto locker, Miss Tuttle, Mr. Downs, Yearbook class, learning days, peter the pickle, the beloved lunch room table, sluffing class to go to the zoo or the movies or to lunch or wherever, being able to miss class and still survive, the old building that i'll never see again, all my friends and most of my acquaintances there. I love you Orem High

home cooked meals- not having things from a box, not cooking it myself, coming home to the smell of a great dinner, the ability to make something at want.

my own room- my orange wall and closet, the pictures from my wall, my bed, being able to leave stuff out, privacy. I love you room!

having a vehicle to use- being able to drive and not have to take the bus, being able to go places further than campus, visiting places. I love you van!

having a job- I complained about my job. It really wasn't that enjoyable most of the time. But now i can't find a job and the money that isn't coming in anymore is so scary! I understand the reason why college kids eat top ramen all the time!