Weekly Would You Rather

Confession: I have a fetish with “would you rather” questions.

What better way to honor that fetish than to dedicate one day a week on my blog to a “would you rather” question?!


Here’s how it goes, once a week I am going to post a “would you rather” question and my answer. Then YOU can either answer it by posting a comment on my site, OR writing your own blog post to answer! Pretty sweet eh? Ok, here it goes!


Would You Rather….

Speak in the voice of possessed Linda Blair in The Exorcist whenever talking to cashiers and retail workers


OR

Have “Starbucks Tourettes” where you randomly exclaim Starbucks orders?
(For example….”Hi, How are—DOUBLE DECAF ICED MOCHA FRAP!”


My answer:

This is definitely a tough one. After much deliberation I have come to the conclusion that I would rather speak in the voice of the possessed chick in The Exorcist when talking to cashiers and retail workers.


Why?

Unlike “Starbucks Tourettes” you can actually avoid shopping situations. However if you were faced with a shopping situation then you could always find the humor in TOTALLY freaking out all the retail workers, right? Then again, I've never seen the movie so....maybe some of you would think differently.

Besides, have you heard how long some of those drink orders can get? All I know is that I use to work at a coffee shop and DANG! There’s no way I would want to be randomly yelling out those orders.


Now lets hear it, what would YOU rather?

Week O' Fun

I had SOOOOOO much fun this week! Ambassadors needed someone to go to Vegas for a high school career fair so I volunteered. I was way excited to go because my older sister Sarah just got a new house in Vegas so I really wanted to go visit her! I went down the night before, hung out with my sister and her husband, went shopping, and did my recruiting thing. It was an awesome little trip!

Wednesday I gave my literature/math connection lesson in my math class. I had so much fun with it! I found a book called “Pigs Will Be Pigs” about money so I acted as if my classmates were 2nd graders, had them make piggy banks, and while we read the book they searched for money and put it in their piggy banks. I had a lot of fun with it and it made me EXTREMELY excited to become a real teacher one day.

Thursday, Friday, AND Saturday I went on dates! Haha I think it was the first time I’ve had date night for THREE nights in a row. The first night I went to a basketball game, to dinner, and was pleasantly surprised with my favorite bedtime snack of gram crackers and milk for dessert! Haha

Date #2 was fun too! We went to dinner at Don Pedros which is an AMAZING Mexican restaurant, to a movie which was terrible. “Push”….don’t see it. Haha We had fun making fun of the movie so that was still good, then we played around on Dixie rock!

Date #3 was definitely my favorite. My friends and I decided to go on a big group date to Pine Valley! We stayed at my Grandpa’s cabin and seriously had a blast! We made dinner, played games, went on a late night stroll, played more games, and watched movies. The next morning we all went to church in Pine valley and afterwards made a Sunday brunch casserole that was way good (if I do say so myself) took a little nap, watched another movie, and headed home around 4.

I just had such a good week and I’m still waaaay happy about it! I LOVE St. George, the weather right now is AMAZING! Above is a picture of all the girls (aka my future roomies) in the kitchen. :) I wish I would’ve taken more pictures but I think I was just having too much fun!

Put On Your D State Party Hat

Everyone’s doin it!

This weekend was our very last DSC Retreat and we definitely went out with a bang!

Yes, we might be a little insane, but it’s the Dixie spirit I tell you! In-n-Out catered our dinner, but before I get into that I must warn you- I do not like hamburgers. I think they are GROSS. I especially don’t like fast food hamburgers and have never EVER eaten a full one because I can’t make myself do it. I was feeling adventurous last Friday night (and very hungry) and I figured, “Why not give it a shot?” Interested to find out the outcome?...

I actually liked it! I didn’t LOVE it, but I ate the whole thing which was a first for me! You’re probably wondering why I’m sharing this with all of you, but it was a very monumental moment in my life.

Anyways, back to the retreat.
We all went to the “Think Pink” basketball game which supported breast cancer! Everyone got sweet pink t-shirts and we all painted our faces! It was a grand ol’ time.

We stayed up till about 4 am (and I was soooo tired the next day) just playing games and whatnot. It was so much fun! Rosie was our “Princess and the Pea” for the night.

We had some mad seewhocanslidedownthebleachersfastestonamatress contests,

And partied all night playing pool, ping pong, rock bank, the wii, basketball, watching movies and of course…eating! It was a good time. The next morning we had a little presentation on admissions and scholarships and did a raffle. I’d say this retreat was another huge success.

Anyone who’s even considering coming to a DSC retreat next year, here’s a little advice: DO IT!

Lately

I was auctioned off as a date to help raise money for children with cancer for the diversity center. When I was first asked to participate I was way excited, but as I got there and was getting ready to be auctioned I was NERVOUS! What if I was bought by a total psycho? They made us sign release forms and everything.

Here’s a picture of Kadin and I(and doug doing bunny ears) about ready to be auctioned. For those of you who didn’t know, Kadin and I are neighbors and he is the best neighbor ever! Lucky for me, I was bought by one of my friends and had a really good time on my date!

I got a presentation ready for school and had WAY too much fun being a superhero. Special shout out to Savannah, Alexis, Mom, Dad, Nicole, Matt, Emily, Amanda, Sarah, Jessica, and Deej for all your help!

Yeah, yeah I know I'm a dork.

For my extra long weekend I decided to head north to hang out with my friends up there, go 80’s dancing, and go on a blind double date for Valentine’s Day! I had a blast. :)

On my way back down I met up with my Dad in FILLMORE of all places and was pleasantly surprised to have someone else meet me there as well…..apparently I gave a good presentation. Mwahaha All in all, life is good….really good. :)

Storm of Controversy

Here's a little update with whats going on with Dixie's new identity "The Red Storm." (Click on the link below)

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090210/NEWS01/902100324&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
Read the article, it's good!


Students here are NOT happy about the change and there was a huge protest Monday morning. I'll be keeping everyone updated with the happenings of the Red Storm.


You want my opinion? I think it's great that students here care so much about their school and that we are forming together to get our voice heard. As for the Mascot....it isn't my first choice but I honestly think it has possibilities. I like the name "Red Storm" alright, but I'm not a huge fan of the logo. Since when do bull's faces come out of tornadoes?


I would love to hear any comments, ideas, or even complaints!


P.s. A couple of my really good friends are running for Student Body President and Vice President so if anyone has any good, low budget campaign ideas, let me know!

A Night in Sin City with a Bunch of Underage Mormons :)

I am beginning to think that blogging could be a bad thing. You see, I get into this habit of doing new blog entries when I know I really should be doing homework.


I try and tell myself, "Come on Ali, you really should be doing your homework right about now." but then I say to myself,


"Well....you can always do your homework tomorrow, at least you're doing something productive! And you may lose your creative edge if you don't do a blog entry THIS INSTANT."

So here I am, doing another entry. Gosh aren't you happy that I posted this now instead of waiting until AFTER my homework is done? You are all very lucky because after I do my homework I am usually not very fun, and who wants to read a non-fun blog entry? NOT ME!

This past weekend was by friend Cortni's birthday!


For her birthday she wanted to go to Vegas with some of her girls and by dang, that is what we did!

We checked into our awesome hotel at approximately 10:30 pm and the night began by us taking some sweet pics and getting Vegas ready worthy.



There's nothing more wild than a bunch of 20 year old Mormons in Vegas! (Sarcasm...if you couldn't tell)

The highlight of my night was when we went to Thunder Down Under! Those Chip N Dale Guys are HOT!







Haha ok ok TOTALLY just kidding, I'm not saying that I didn't want to go there....but you need to remember that we are a bunch of poor underage college students with virgin eyes!

Besides, who needs thunder down under when you have THIS:

Oh yeah baby, that's what I'm talking about! Vegas is always a good time, and the best part is that it's only an hour and a half away from St. George!



Jarah Got a little carried away on the slots so we had to call it a night around 4 am. You gotta love the college life!


There were six girls to a hotel room with only TWO beds. Our sleeping arrangements looked a little like this:














Honestly, I didn't even notice. I was too exhausted from the night before, I slept like a little baby!
We slept in really late then went shopping the next morning and to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch! I love that place. I would honestly drive the distance to Vegas, eat at the Cheesecake factory, drive home, and be a perfectly happy little camper.



Needless to say, I had an awesome time! I know that you all want to see more of my pictures from last weekend, and today is your lucky day because that's exactly what you're about to see! Yaaay!

Say Hello to the DSC Red Storm

Dixie State College Red Storm....no comment, but I would LOVE to hear yours.

Check out this article http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901270337 for further information.

It has possibilities...right?