Sip Sip Yum Yum

New Flava= Herbal Tea

Jen gave me some tea months and moths ago when i had a cold. Tazo Zen. I didn't use them (I slept through the rest of the cold), but I found them in a cup last week, and figured I'd try it. I'm usually reallly jittery before bed, and this stuff calmed me down.

And warmed me all the way to my toes.

And since winter is coming, I need my toes to be warm. Everyone seems to think Arionza is boiling hot year- round. Right now it's cooled to a simmer and I've started wearing sweatshirts. How did I ever survive in San Francisco? (jk- I love you SF!). It really does get cold out here though. My Uggs are waiting impatiently in their box.

Back to the tea...

My roommate noticed the tea boxes stacking up on the counter and asked me if it was my "new thing". You could say that. I like it because I don't crave it. It soothes me and it's a pre- bedtime snack with zero calories. Not to mention it doesn't cost much.

Yesterday at work I found the tea drawer in the break room. Lemon. Vanilla. Green. Loved the green. It has anto oxidants. D' Rick made fun of me- said if I wanted to drink grass derivatives, green tea was great. I guess I like grass. I could even to that cold in the summer. I hated vanilla though.

So many left to try!

Californiacation

In a moment of confusion with my boyfriend, I blurted "Dude, you're not getting this!"
Awkward silence.
"Kate, don't call me dude. I'm not a dude to you. I'm your boyfriend."
I laughed, and then over- analyzed the conversation.

I figured that saying dude must come from my California roots or something. Whatever happened, I was raised saying "dude" all the time without thinking about it. When Jess and I get into our groove, we say "dude" every other sentence.

So what's the big deal about "dude"?

I could see that someone might seem stupid in some situations if they said dude.

Guys call each other dude all the time.

And I figured it out. Used in context, most of the time "dude" is used as a mode of emphasis. For example, you could say "I really like Kate's blog", or you could say "Dude, I really like Kate's blog". Which one should more exciting.

So I called him dude again. He got even more mad, and gave me the same speech (gotta love him for being consistent). He didn't buy my explanation. I think it's perfectly legit.

Can't Live Without 'Em- My top 5

The previous post outlines my busy busy life. It doesn't say much...because I didn't talk about my favorite blogs!

1. Clever Girl Goes Blog (www.clevergirlgoesblog.com)- this chick is awesome! She lives a normal life and writes it so...excitingly! To Clever Girl- I hope I can blog as good as you someday! I look forward to your blog every day!
Google Blogs actually had her as a blog of note a few weeks ago!

2. Cake Wrecks- super awesome (www.cakewreck.blogspot.com)- made by a cake chef about cakes gone disastrously. Most of them are pretty funny. She also puts up the most amazing cakes. I loved the cookie monster cupcake cake and the 4 tiered Mario Brother cake.

3. Entertainment Weekly- provides great updates in many forms about the media- a must- have for me.

4. My style blogs- found most of them on elle.com and the Vogue website. I love Fabsugar!

5. and of course- my sister- in- law's blog. (sigh) I am not the best sister or sister- in- law or aunt. In fact, I've been a terrible family member and friend lately, but I hope to get better at it. In the meantime, I always love seeing pictures of my brother's family up in Utah, and my two super- cute nephews!

blogging

I have been on Blogger every day for the past three weeks. I love it! I love how you can subscribe to other people's blogs and follow them. I love that everyone has blogs nowadays. (My boyfriend says they are online diaries, but I think they are so much more!!!)

And I've been paying so much attention to other blogs that I have forgotten to write my own.

Life remains busy. I wake up in the morning and I want to go back to sleep. Then I look forward to sleeping all day and when 10pm rolls around...I stall..I'm like a little kid...I just don't want to go to sleep.

I go to school and work at ASU and the Christmas Store. At home I read and watch Boston Legal on my computer...

That's it!

More updates later!

Brooke White

How terribly do I wish i took my camera?

Saturday night.
Free concert.
Mesa Amphitheater
Brooke White!

In June, my roommate and I had just signed our lease and were celebrating at Sonic. As I sipped my strawberry limeade she asked if I wanted to go to the American Idols Love! tour. I hadn't watched the show, thinking it would be a repeat of past seasons. I quickly familiarized myself with scruffy Cook and Kid- Goes- Adorable Archuleta. As I walked up to the arena for the show, I had no idea what I would see.

My camera ran out of batteries. I recorded everything. One of my favorites was Brooke White, from Mesa, Arizona. She played the piano and sang with her raspy voice. Her versions of "Let it Be" and "Every Step You Take" seemed like new songs. I loved them!

And after 51 more shows, Brooke came back to Mesa for her welcome back concert. Saturday September 27, 2008 was declared "Brooke White Day". She sang "You're So Vain", and "Let it Be" again. I loved it!

Perhaps it was the fact that the opening band was on-stage for 40 mins and sucked the entire time that she was better than ever. (The band announced they had been asked to do one more song before Brooke came on. In unison, the audience groaned.)

She said to look for her CD within the year...I'm buying it.

Starting up again

My internship has inspired me to continue blogging. One of the many things we can do is go to literary events and write about them on the Hayden's Ferry Review blog. (check it out because it's a whole lot better than mine). So if you go to an event, it's credit for the internship.

So I figured....maybe I can get credit for life if I record what's happening....

I realized that my life is pretty eventful. And even on the boring days (and today is one of them), I have a story to tell. So if anything, this blog is here to prove that I have an amazing life.

Tune in later, it's about to get more amazing....

Stronger

I'm one for cheesy movies. I love inspiring movies, and I bought one yesterday that really makes me feel good. It's "We are Marshall", about how a town, a college, and a football program heal after losing 75 team members, coaches, boosters, and leadership to a terrible airplane crash.

I'm also one who watches the special features of movies I like. One of these was a collection of interviews from famous sports coaches. One of the messages that stuck out to me was that adversity makes you stronger. Each of the coaches interviewed had their own struggles to go through, whether it was losing family members, having hard childhoods and lives, or the challenges of going to the Olympics.

I really believe this: that the trials we face in life make us stronger, tougher, wiser, more motivated, BETTER people.