armchair apocrypha

i'm not a huge andrew bird fan,

but this video blows me away.

can it just be spring already?

i long for the day when i can wear...

this

this

this

and this

without getting frostbite.

difficulties: a list

it's very, very difficult at the moment to:

1. have patience.

2. live with a bunch of girls [don't get me wrong... i love my roomies, but i don't love the dirty kitchen/hairy bathroom/drama].

3. get out of bed in the morning when it's FREEZING in the house.

4. go to class when it's FRIGID outside.

5. not fall asleep in my art history class now that the lighting is fixed in the lecture hall [which means that all the lights are turned off except for the ambience lights on each side of the room].

6. remember that i'm halfway done with this semester and soon i will be home enjoying warm weather, family, and delicious food.

7. have the motivation to do homework for my non-art history classes.

8. keep my room clean [although i cleaned it today].

i am most definitely in a slump.

the novelty of being here has worn off.

i find that my biggest form of entertainment lately is reading the scroll and making fun of the headlines [ex. "Apartment unity conquers differences", "Shoppers turn frugal, coupon clip to save", and (my personal favorite) "Fire alarm interrupts rappers". i'm pretty sure that last one was done purposefully as a form of intervention. REXBURG DOES NOT YIELD RAPPERS.] and articles.

only one year left.

i can do it.

right?

kellie and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

today was a little rough.

i went to the advising center to figure out my class plan for my proposed major change and was there for over an hour.

even though i was told that i have a good chance of changing my major [regardless of the fact that the amount of credits i have will be close to The Number when i graduate],

and even though i planned out all of my classes and figured out that i will be done with school next april,

i left the office feeling so angry.

angry at the school,

angry at the stupid policies and hoops i have to jump through to achieve my dream,

and angry because the looks i got from the lady at the advising center when i told her the amount of credits i have right now made me feel really self-conscious.

and then i went to the sewing lab to pick up some stuff and i accidentally walked in on a class and the teacher got mad at me and told me to wait outside until they were done.

and i got even angrier.

i stormed out of the clarke on the verge of tears and started to mentally write this blog post.

it was going to be titled "myth vs. reality"

and it was going to be the rant of the decade.

after that, i went to porters and was treated poorly by one of the employees.

all i wanted was some interfacing.

i didn't want any attitude from her.

after THAT, i went home and prepared the lesson for fhe.

it was on elder bednar's talk "and nothing shall offend them".

after reading it and preparing my lesson, i felt a tiny bit better.

then i went to the kitchen and handwashed all the dishes [even though none of them were mine].

and then my fhe bros came over.

and i gave my lesson.

and right after i finished, i felt completely better and completely stupid for choosing to be offended just because i was throwing a pity party for myself [it's my party and i'll cry if i want to].

and THEN, one of my roommates gave me a bracelet she made after hearing i had had a bad day.

isn't it funny how circumstances can change simply by choice?

anyway, i guess the point of this whole post is to remind myself that i can choose to be angry or i can choose to make the best of the dumpy wonderful situation i'm in right now.

i'm pretty sure...

...clothing construction 1 will be the death of me

because

i cannot hand-sew hems for the life of me.

AOWIJE;OI3EJHFNSIKSNMFOPIWJEOD;IQWJD;!!!!!????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!!!??

it's that time again...

photo from my october 09 trip to san diego

...the time of the mid-winter blues.

the obvious remedy for this illness is visiting a tropical locale and walking barefoot in the sand with the warmth of the sun hitting every inch of exposed skin

instead of

walking in ankle-deep icy puddles with the bone-chilling wind cutting through every layer of clothing you happened to wear that day.

thank goodness i'm heading to the exotic land of utah tomorrow!

six (6) things i've made in the last week [or so]:

1. heart garlands (just in time for v-day)

2. another huge stack of flashcards

3. danish puff pastries smothered in dark chocolate (and crumbs)

4. pajama pants (that i have yet to try on)

5. spaghetti sauce

6. A. HUGE. MESS.

happy tuesday, everyone!

three-day week.

i will be in utah this time on thursday.

princess has her very first auditioned ballet performance this weekend and

i

can't

wait!

i've always loved watching her perform [she's such a ham] because

she always looks like she's having so much fun.

and she looks that way because she IS having so much fun.

I'M SO EXCITED!

i'm feeling the pull.

i want to go on a road trip.

happy anna howard shaw day!

this valentines day, i'll be listening to this song on repeat and eating all the chocolate in my house.

JUST KIDDING!

enjoy this playlist of some of my favorite love songs.

happy valentines day!

here's the thing about having an ihome for an alarm clock...

some mornings, you wake up to this:

200

this is my 200th post.

once i realized i was close to this number, i started thinking about all the options i had to celebrate this momentous occasion.

but i think, because it is

a) tuesday

b) february

c) the eve of a huge art history exam

and

d) 4:46pm with one more class to go before i'm done on campus,

i'll just stick with simplicity and say,

HAPPY 200TH POST, CASTAWAYTHECLOUDS!

and

thank you

[to the ten (10!) people who follow this blog and motivate me to keep writing]

!!!!!

here's to 200 more crazyrandom posts.

everything is rosy.

this morning, i woke up to this song with the sun shining through my little window,

and i felt just like joseph gordon-leavitt's character in this scene of (500) days of summer.

my room!

world, meet my room!

i am super happy with it.

and i'm super happy that it's finally finished!

the perfect snow song.

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i'm working on getting my room picture-perfect.

expect a second post today with photos of my most favorite room i've ever had.

i hate cooking for one.

proof that i am growing up:

1. i make my bed and clean my room every single day.

2. homework takes first priority.

3. early to bed and early to rise.

4. i take my vitamins every day.

it's weird, but i've really never been happier*.

*except for the 2.5 months i was in ecuador.

a letter and a list

dear new crush:

i think you're cute.

and nice.

and so hardcore.

could we get to know each other a little better?

WBS!

--kellie

ps: i think it's a little weird that we lived in [kind of] the same place when we were younger.

and that you proclaimed proverbs 3:5-6 as your favorite scripture today in sunday school because i said the exact same thing at fhe last monday.

coincidence?

i think not.

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why i'm smiling: a list

1. fresh [cheap] produce

2. picking up a guitar for the first time in a very, very long time

3. killing cherub rock on rock band

4. she & him [specifically this song]

5. church

6. vanilla yogurt + dark chocolate chips

7. cooking

8. adoption news

9. listening to gillian welch and conor oberst's rendition of "lua" over and over

10. the new testament

11. getting answers to questions

12. working out at 8:30pm on a saturday night

13. laughing with hannah, lyndee, and mary

14. making my bed everyday

15. my new, cheerful, rosy curtains

16. going to bed early

17. burberry the beat

18. meeting new people

19. being called mom [even if it's in an fhe context]

20. having a clean room

success?

this is the finished product.

it's way too big for my pillow,

crookedly sewn,

and completely flawed.

but i'm still proud of it--in all its imperfect glory.

joy: a list

1. i learned every ounce of information written on the flashcards pictured above, allowing me to

2. pass the three huge tests i had this week;

3. i have awesome roommates and

4. great friends;

5. i love my classes;

6. my ward is wonderful;

7. i don't even mind the snow [!].

life is funny.

i spent hours crying about my return to rexburg the day before i left home,

only to find that i am happier than i've ever been [in idaho].

what has made you happy today?

cortinas nuevas

these are my new curtains.

i made them from a thrifted sheet i've had for forever.

they're a little sheer, but they're infinitely better than the curtains that were originally in my room [mostly because they cover the entire window].

i'm pretty proud of these curtains because

a) i didn't use a tape measure of any kind and they're the perfect size,

b) they complement the decor,

c) when the sun shines in my window, they make my room look rosy and wonderful.

success!