Business Trip

I get to help clean the LA River tomorrow.

I'm going to have a BBQ with the other interns (awesome roommates and friends) tomorrow night.

I get to visit restaurants all day and talk to owners... (most of whom are from foreign countries.)

I get to drive to San Jose on Monday for a four-day business trip.

I got to drive past Hollywood today.

I love LA.

10,000

I would like to thank all those who read my blog... I just hit 10,000 page views.

City of Angels

Welcome to the beautiful city of Angels and the first day of work!

It was an amazing day at the office. We spent the whole day in the conference room listening to our manager and participating in conference calls with our other manager as well as our client. I enjoyed listening while taking notes and looking out the window to our incredible view: skyscrapers. (We are on the fifth floor in our office building.) It was quite a day. We six interns have a lot of work ahead of us, but it is going to be awesome.

I am totally in love with down town LA... this picture is just one block away from where I work. If you exit the front of our building and turn right, it is a dead end street. Want to know what is at the end of the street? The Los Angeles Public Library... it is large and beautiful. I seriously cannot believe I am here. I got on the freeway this morning and smiled... traffic. Wonderful. But you know what? It really was wonderful. I didn't mind it a bit, because I'm in LA. (Don't pop my bubble and tell me that I will be sick of it in a couple of weeks... I know that. I'm reveling while I can.)

"I'm too sexy"

This moment is too precious for words:

I'm sitting at my parent's computer and I'm trying to organize some things before I leave for LA on Tuesday. My Dad comes into the office to pull out his iPod that he has just been loading music onto. He plugged in his headphones and starts dancing to some music and then my mom comes in and he gives her the other headphone... they are dancing like there is no tomorrow. Seriously. I was almost moved to tears, I was laughing so hard.

My parents are so cool.

I was laughing... they were dancing (to silence)... but when they gave me a headphone to hear what song they were dancing to... I laughed even harder.

"I'm too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt so sexy it hurts; and I'm too sexy for Milan, too sexy for Milan, New York and Japan!
And I'm too sexy for your party, too sexy for your party, no way I'm disco dancing! [Right Said Fred's song...]

This is why I love coming home. I only wish I could have caught the moment on my camera.

Playing Dragon

My niece and nephew came over today with their parents for Sunday dinner. (Their dad is my older brother.) These kids, 3 and 5 respectively, are absolutely adorable. I love being the only aunt at home because I get all of their attention. Today, that attention came in the form of playing "dragons!"

Rules to playing "dragons:"
1. You have to hiss a lot.
2. Run around looking like a T-rex with little puny hands. [Doesn't that pose an attractive image of AE Jones? Yes. Yes, it does.]
3. Pretend you have a stinger that will poke someone and kill them.
4. Randomly add super powers to your dragon as you go along playing. (i.e.: fire breathing, stingers all over your body, scorpion tail, and other such powers...)
5. Tickle and laugh A LOT.

I love being an aunt.

I am a member of the BYU Alumni Association

Mom, me and Dad after commencement

Walking into the Marriott Center

I'm DONE!

After convocation... with Caitlin! We have our degrees... kind of. At least the folder. 

Addie and I!

Graduation Quotation

My favorite quotation from yesterday's commencement ceremonies with Elder D. Todd Christofferson:

"Today, you trade your cap and gown for a robe and crown."

The sun is setting on our time at BYU, but it is rising for the rest of eternity. There is so much to experience; so much to do and only the best is ahead.

More of my thoughts on (and pictures of) graduation to come...

Two Random Thoughts

I was just reading a post on a friends blog. Two thoughts came to my mind:


1. He was talking about the fact that he is grateful to be at a school who does have Spring Break. He attended BYU for his undergrad, and of course, BYU does not have Spring Break. I must say, the "breakless" span of time between February and April is pretty hefty. But, being done with school and finals by April 20 isn't all that bad. Wait, what am I talking about? I'm done with school. I graduate this week! No more worrying about Spring Breaks. [PS: I got my cap and gown yesterday...commencement is today!] [PPS: Good luck with your exams, Zach!]


2. It just occurred to me today, that I read this guy's blog and I kind of feel like I know him, but I don't actually.  We've never met. I found his blog through a friend. I have a couple blogs in the same situation. I know their names and a lot about them, because I follow their blogs... but I have never met them face-to-face. I wonder if it would be weird to actually meet them in real life? Hmm, I don't know. Kind of funny to think about.

That's all.

Little Ditty

I've fallen in love... with Adobe Creative Suite. I'd like to introduce you to a logo I just made for my cousin's cake business. I thought this little cake turned out pretty cute - I made it on Illustrator and then added the fonts. You can see the logo below; the full product will be up and running soon. Happy cake eating!

If you know anyone who needs a simple beginner logo... send them my way. I would love to get some more experience.

 (Button size...)

Dear Golf: I take it back; you're not boring.

I had my first experience with golf today.

No, I didn't pop my collar, and no this wasn't just mini-golfing.

A friend told me that if I am going to LA for the summer to work, I have to know something about golf. So, he was awesome enough to take me and show/ teach me a few things about the game of golf... like the following:

[No laughing at my prior knowledge {or lack thereof} of golf lingo.]

Par: the number of hits you get from the tee to the green.

Green: where the hole is.

There are three areas of grass: the green, the fairway and the rough.

Birdie: one stroke under par [if it is a par 4, and you hit the hole in 3 strokes, you have a "birdie."] If you get two strokes under par, you have a... any guesses? Think birds... you have an eagle. [Go figure... the whole bird thing...]

My swing has improved from swinging the iron like a baseball, to actually swinging it like a golf club. Keep your head down, knees bent, feed shoulder width apart and never take your eyes off the ball. Bam - and there you go.

He also taught me a few names I could drop to sound cooler and that much more "legit":
-Greg "The Shark" Norman [He's an Aussie]
-Jack Nicklaus [not to be confused with the actor, Jack Nicholas.]
-Fred Couples [no, there aren't two of him...] [da da tch- the sound a drummer makes when a comedian makes a joke]
-Sergio Garcias [we dated... or so I was told to say]

My one claim to fame with golf, is that I had Sunday dinner with Billy Casper at his home. He was incredibly kind and gracious. He had a whole room dedicated to showcasing his 51 PGA tour wins, two U.S. Opens and one Masters win. Incredible, huh?

I can totally understand now why golf could get addicting - I totally want to go back.

Thanks, Petey!

Bugs bug

Yes, you read that correctly. Bugs bug. As in, bugs annoy me.

I went to the park today with my roommate and as we were sitting reading in the sun, this very bold and annoying bee came and thought it would be funny to do a few kamikaze dives at our faces. I tried squishing it between my flip-flops, but he was a little faster than I was. Stupid wings.

That is one thing I don't miss during the winter and really don't look forward to in the summer: bugs.

Ech.

The Last Supper

Today was my last Sunday in a Provo/ BYU ward. Wow.

Glendale 7th ward... here I come!