Almost Famous

Let me tell you, it’s kind of a surreal experience having the press contact you to ask you questions about your life and goals and ideas.  The past week has been full of interviews, pictures and splashes across the media. It feels good to have had an idea that has been worthy of some attention.  I hope that it is the first of many ideas to come (that people notice, that is).

On an unrelated-to-Stephen-Colbert note, I’m starting a two week South Beach Diet in a shameless attempt to loose some poundage before I hit the beaches of Hawaii over New Years.  I’ll attempt to record the misery here on the blarg.  I hope my body doesn’t rebel against me… especially since finals are just around the corner.

Lastly, my Mom is hilarious.  And here’s why:

Over the past few weeks my Mother has been going through a major ordeal of remodeling some of the rooms in her home.  The biggest project thus far has been refinishing a large bookshelf in the den.  The bookshelf takes up an entire wall in the room from the floor to a few feet shy of the vaulted ceiling.  Needless to say, it’s been quite an undertaking involving boxing up hundreds of books, trinkets and everything else that was stored within the confines of those cabinets and shelves.

A few days ago, the doors to the lower cabinets were finally installed, wrapping up the project.  Now the task of restocking the shelves was before her.  Obviously, she wasn’t going to carry dozens of ridiculously heavy boxes of books back into the den by herself, so she solicited my brother’s help via text.

The text read as follows: “I need your body.”

Jason (my brother) obviously knew of her predicament, thereby making this potentially awkward text un-awkward.

Well, my mom didn’t send the text to Jason. She accidentally sent it to the man who had been refinishing the cabinets, Jack.  In a panic, she hacked out a quick text apologizing to him and called my brother.

I can only imagine the look on Jack’s face after the long, drawn out ordeal of getting these shelves finished when he opened his phone to see a text from my mother soliciting his physique.

Awkward. It runs in the family.

I’m In The Trib!

Hey all. I just got an article published about me in the Salt Lake Tribune. Thought I’d share because I’m extremely excited and proud!

Also… feel free to defend me and my cause in the comments section after the article.  I’m farily certain I’m going to receive some fairy significant opposition from the masses.

Political Progress…

As the nation points fingers of scorn at a poor teenage girl’s pregnancy, watches in anticipation as political candidates fling mud at each other with more zeal than a troupe of diarrhetic monkeys throw poop, and rant and rave over hollow, meaningless speeches intended to unite the masses, I sit at my computer doodling on Photoshop.

All of this political hullabaloo just makes me ill. What ever happened to integrity and compromise?

I know nobody is perfect. Everyone has skeletons in their closet, including the McCains and the Obamas. I have learned, especially as of late, that it’s important to forgive people of their faults. It’s a treacherous habit to hold someone’s past against them. Everyone should be given the opportunity to change and improve.

That doesn’t mean I have to vote for them though.

I mean, honestly, since when has democracy been a true false question? What ever happened to the good old multiple choice?

In protest to our broken democratic system of checks and balances, and in support of the UVU Colbert Room, I have designed this t-shirt. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to the UVU Colbert Room Fund until we reach our goal!

Help me spread the word by throwing a link to the CafePress store on your blog/website. Together we can make a difference… and get a few laughs along the way.