chronos and the beginning of time

so, i really wish i still blogged more.

but instead, i will just talk about books.

here is what i am reading:

 

wow, it is so cool!

you know, i used to be opposed to classics. Like, what do you know about books? you think you know more than me? well, you don't. who are you anyway. i do what i want. i read what i want.

but actually, you know, i think maybe they really are classics for a reason! how strange! go figure, right?

well, Herman Melville is pretty cool. he is really funny. i knew that it would be a pretty reflective book. like, reflect about myself and about my life. but i didn't know that it would be so funny!

 

 

 

 

Things that make Tori, Nicole, Sarah and Gini Happy (and probably lots of other people, too):

music that is written in minor

music in general

clouds

mountains

sunshine

birds

whales

fresh breezes

crisp air

grass naps!!!

the mustard and pickles aisle at macey's

puddle jumping

jumping in photos

being witty

-ish

making eye contact with people on campus

tea parties

grotesque art

beheading figurines

contemporary art

foreign films

intellectual films

cool people in french class

intellectual people

happy people

witty people

genuine people

brownies

snowball fights with gloves on

snow tunnels

snow forts

falling snow

puppy slippers

little kids

having over 20 cans of hot chocolate in our apartment at one time

the ninja sword

sticking notes

kissing posters

opeing combanation locks on the first try

sponge animals

fun words in the dictionary

rob martin

word images

old people

confessions

bright colors

high heels

comfortable couches

dancing like a freak

or like normal person

playing the piano

cheekbones

calf muscles

red pens

spicy food

chocolate chip pancakes

black and white pictures

emails from friends

road trips

car trips

not going to bed

waking up early

acoustic guitar songs

acoustic piano songs

any song with piano

people with musical talent

camping

hiking

swimming in streams

walking on logs across rivers

xc skiing

xc running

hugs

awkward hugs

hugs from people i like

hugs from people that are funny

curtis jumping off the balconey

the people across the street that sit on their roof

the maesar building

bagels

free bagels

repetition

alliteration

alligators

makin' tapes

collages

dreaming

colored duck tape

punk stars (as in stars that are drawn punk-like)

d-i-y culture

certain types of anarchy

existentialism

transcendentalism

bruno latour

modernism

post modernism

neo-luddism

saving people

good lectures

evolution

the ability to change

candy wrappers

diversity (side note: the human needs diversity to survive. more to follow in a future speech by tori elephant gardner)

standing on chairs

standing on tables

volunteering

organizing

being organized

dancing on tables

trial and error

dance parties in cars

throwing rocks

plastic cups

budgetting

getting other people to cook for me

heather cooking for me

heather dew

my mom cooking for me

not cooking

songs with lyrics i can relate to

funerals that are hopeful

reading scriptures late at night when you are feeling all contemplative

hammocks

trees

hiding places

good class discussions

boys that smell good

blue eyes

brown eyes

eyes

fluffy kittens

morris the cat

goldfish, the food

goldfish, the animal

All American Rejects

birthday parties

reliant k

the killers

journey

the jayhawks

across the universe

juno

amelie

traveling gnomes

being weird

looking out the window

spying

wearing disguises

snow covered timp

analyzing imperfection

analyzing anything

solving oppression

making heather dew laugh

making cute boys laugh

double takes

making my dad laugh

game night

cuddling with people

love

falling in love

twitterpation

being really okay with not being in love

revealing statements

being blunt

other people saying things to you that make you think

re-evaluating

doing scary things and being proud of it

talking to your roommate in the dark

folklore

interviewing people

asking people about themselves

idealism

realism

both at the same time

talking about papers before i write them

writing really good papers that i send to my mom

cherry wood

lemonade

using hotels pools when you are not staying there

laughing

late night diners

the petro oasis

foamhenge

pencils, ones with really good erasers

blue pens

four color pens

good highlighters

ear muffs

people that look funny in ear muffs but wear them anyway

suspenders

people that wear suspenders

awesome socks

awesome earrings

really good details in outfits

dressing other people

mohawks 

neon hair

writing fellows

buttons

making buttons

cool things that other people make

cool thing that i make

doing things sincerely

wireless internet

ice cream

cupcakes

cupcakes

cupcakes

meeting new people and it not being fake-y and you like them

searching threw the paper recycling bins on campus

religion classes

smelling trees

sweaters

cardigans

southern utah

big cities

the country

weird rock formations

french bread, the real kind, made by french people

little toro

my old car :(

80s

80s dancing

80s dressing

baby smiles

productive time wasting

being informed

talking to other people that are informed

knowing how to get where i'm going

being awesome at directions

driving stick shift

driving stick shift in heels

pastachio flavoring

the muppets

stupid quote walls

making things

having adventures

writing classes

john bennion

spencer scoville

eric d huntsman

professor griggs

dr. keale

wizard rock

muscular forearms

good muscle tone

chicken

dissecting things

religion

truth

spirituality

learning

exploring

riding bikes

air vents

color printers the work well

going to the temple

being not tired

sleeping on the couch

running into people randomly

operas

good musicals

stream of consiousness writing (not reading other peoples, though)

writing

reading

giving correct change

paying with exact change

fuji apples

oranges that you pick off a tree yourself

running a business

Marxism

Neo-marxism

when i understand economics

John steinbeck

recreational swearing

telling people to go to hell

creative t-shirts

making t-shirts

teddy roosevelt

volleyball (tori only)

soccer (gini only)

ultimate frisbee (everyone!)

playing sports in a park

swinging

this one hiking trail in maryland that ends at the beach

finding sharks teeth

driving past South of the Border and using the bathroom and then leaving

doing things and then realizing that i am exactly like my mother/father

pretty rocks

canaan's corner

irony

sip n dip

pizza

good documentaries

empty parking lots

running late at night

my family

being on time

everyone else being on time, too

watching youtube with my dad

confounding the plans of Satan

smiling

low lighting

guacamole burgers

anything guacamole

mol day

rock, paper, scissors

making important decisions with rock, paper, scissors

behind the couch

playing rock, paper, scissors the right way

comparing regional differences

comparing (not judging) anything

social jamming

surrealism

being vindicated

being humbled (eventually it makes me happy)

language

the power of language

the power of language used for good

cheerios

polypropylene

science band names

coming up with band names

remembering silly things you've done

all those student art exhibits in the HFAC

when my brother buys me lunch

when my brother and i have a good chat

using big words

pronouncing big words correctly

knowing what big words mean

understanding arabic class

miracles

fasting

good advice

people who give me good advice

people who try to give me good advice, because i know they really do mean well

not using guidebooks

creativity

fungus

lists

 

and now i am happy.

but the truth is, i don't think happiness is something you can quanitfy, and that is where my problem really lies. i keep trying to figue out, what+what+what=happiness, but that isn't the way it works.

next question: can you be happy out of spite? because sometimes i think i am. weird.