Iron Chef America

My husband and I love Food Network. It's such a fun channel to watch and we don't have to worry about racy or violent content. We especially love Iron Chef America & The Next Iron Chef. I think we enjoy seeing not only the creative food & competition, but the parody of sporting events. Iron Chef takes place in Kitchen Stadium, and it has announcers and reporters. It's so fun to watch and listen to, especially the host Alton Brown. We discuss who we would challenge if we were to go on, and judge the food ourselves. Sometimes the judges don't agree with us, but that's their problem. My only recommendation, don't watch it if you're hungry. You might just die.

KSL Website

The KSL website is weird. I like to check for things in their classified section periodically, and if you are trying to find the classifieds from the main page it takes awhile. The tab for it is off to the right side, while the bulk of the headlines and main page content is on the left. Why do organizations do that? Clearly, whoever designed their webpage needs some assistance next time.

Books!

I love reading! It makes me so happy. Recently, I checked out a book from the Library, something I have not done consistently since early high school if not middle school. Despite having very little free time (especially in the last week or so), I am reading again for pleasure! Hooray! It's amazing how captivating a book can be and how fast time passes when you read something you enjoy. Best part of all is that I have something else to do besides watch t.v. or surf the web. I just hope I can finish it before it's due.

P.S. I'm reading Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, in case anyone was curious

Ah cell phones...

I think that cell phones are an amazing invention. It is great to be able to get in contact with people miles away, almost anytime of the day, and be able to communicate quickly and feel safer. But sometimes I just feel like cell phones intrude on life. For example, about a year ago, I had a friend get mad at me for not answering my phone whenever they called and for not returning calls right away. I thought to myself, "I don't have to answer my phone all the time. Sometimes I don't want to talk on the phone." Or other times, I will be talking to people in person and their phone will ring or someone will text them, and they stop our conversation to answer. For whatever reason, this wasn't okay with regular phones but is okay now. And then sometimes cell phones are a source of hilariousness. Like today, I actually brought my cell phone to church because my parents were in town and I didn't want them to get lost trying to find our building. At the beginning of the Sacrament I remembered I had it, leaned down, and silenced it, just in case. Not five minutes later, my mom's cell phone rings right in the middle of the Sacrament. To add to this hilarity, it took my parents until this March to get cell phones, and my mom doesn't completely know how to use her's, so she had to give it to my dad to turn off. Ironically enough, it was my sister, who hardly ever goes out her way to call anyone. All in all, it was amusing. It's funny how something unknown just a few years ago, it's such a norm now.

Groove to the music

Sad to say, I don't really listen to music anymore. I'm not sure if it's because I just never think to turn it on, or because I'm so busy with schoolwork (and I can't study with music on) but I just don't. But there is an exception to this. I'm taking a bowling class (I know, awesome), and they play music while we bowl. They play things from my middle school, high school, and college years and it just makes me happy. I find myself dancing with my bowling ball in my lane as I go up to bowl. So people I barely know get to see me shake it. Isn't amazing the kind of power music has?

Australia

Last night, my husband and I watched "Australia". First of all, very long movie. But despite its length, overall, we enjoyed it. It's kinda of weird in the sense that it is like a story being told from the perspective of a child with interesting English. It was fun to see that bad guys get their come upance and the good guys have a happy ending; but sadly, many people died and the two main characters never get married but just live together (which was completely unnecessary). Like I told my husband, I don't know that I would want to own it, but I don't regret watching it.

Media Overload

So my husband and I have come to the conclusion that we spend WAY too much time on various forms of the media. We spend hours a day on the internet, watching tv, and playing video games (he plays, I watch). After class on Thursday, I decided that this is not good. I think what really hit me was talking about how we use media to fill certain needs, and talking about how a lot of us use facebook to stalk people we don't even really know anymore. I definitely do this, and I think it's kinda creepy. So I'm thinking that we need to have a plan of action. I'm thinking that I should only check my facebook once a day, purge all of my "friends" who I don't ever talk to and probably never will, and ration tv and video game exposure. Not drastically, like none at all, but more like having an hour to three a day of total media exposure. Rather than waste hours of time, we could do dishes, laundry, clean the apartment, finally get our wedding pictures developed and displayed, get some exercise, and enjoy some time together. The sad thing is that while I'm typing this, I'm looking at facebook and watching supernanny. :( Baby steps I guess, right?