Don't read too into this.

I haven't written a blog post for yearsssss on this thing.  So, I decided to do just that.  I mean, it's just super short, super sweet, but maybe one day I will tell the world more about me and Austin, and about my life, and all those things.  Eh.  We will see.

I'm a Robot

Lately I have been feeling a little nostalgic and reflective on my life.  It really is too bad when I am cleaning my room and trying to get rid of stuff, but it has been fun.

When I was little, quite frankly it is still true, I had the hardest time keeping a clean room.  Rachel and I shared a room and we would do ridiculous things to try to keep it clean.  Once we wrote out an agreement and then pricked our fingers with a pin we found and put our blood on the page in order to sign it and verify the seriousness of the agreement.  Did the room stay clean?  No.  Rachel was just talking to me, and reminded me of the good ol' fashioned robot game!  One person would sit on their bed while the other one would pick up a few things in true robot fashion.  We had robot voices and we would walk like robots.  Needless to say, that was not a successful way to clean a room, but shoot.  It was funny.

I have friends.

Today was a good day.  I keep making progress on my mission, and I did some sewing and planning.  I also went to my cousin's wedding.  Then I got a Twizzlberry with Francisco, and Noodles and Company with Jarvis.  I really wanted to go see Snow White and the Huntsman.  So, I texted some friends.

And I waited.

And I waited.

No one replied.  I didn't know who to invite or who to talk to.  I started scrolling through my phone and I started saying out loud, I have friends.  I do.  I have friends.  Yet... I couldn't think of anyone to invite!!!

Luckily, Caitlin and Brandon were watching it so I just tagged along with them.  Married friends are friends too.

ACTF

The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival takes place every year across the country.  Utah  is in Region VIII (8, for those who can't read capitalized letters), along with Arizona, parts of California, Hawaii, and I think Guam.  Maybe Nevada is in there too, but I am not confident in that one.  I went last year and it was pretty good.  I won the Regional award in Costume Design.  So cool.  Basically it meant I got 2nd place.

This year I was a little nervous.  I had patterned a costume and there was a new category called Allied Crafts so I could compete in it.  Here is a picture of me and my board.

Really, I had the lowest expectations in the world.  I mean, I was going up against my best friend Molly, and she was doing hair and makeup design.  Honestly.  They are so different.  No one at the competition knew how they compared, we said it was like comparing apples to:  oranges, limes, grapefruit, eggs, bacon, coconut, so on and so forth.  It was fun to just keep saying random foods though.  When I was posted as a finalist I was so excited!  I had the lowest expectations, but they really like my presentation and must have thought I showed good work.

During the awards ceremony they brought all of the finalists on stage.  I was practicing my, thanks for acknowledging me for being a finalist face, but they kept not saying my name.  When it got down to it, it was just Molly and I left.  I couldn't hear a word they were saying after that.  My heart was beating so fast and I was freaking out.  I ended up getting second place!  My certificate technically says Special Recognition, but that is so cool!  I mean, I went in expecting nothing, and I actually got good feedback and positive reinforcement for something that I did.  It felt so good.

I also did a paper project and I designed a kids' show Ice Wolf.  I also considered this a whatever design because it didn't seem to be very exciting.  It fulfilled the requirements of the show, which basically was just having everyone in fur, but I was using research from high fashion and I wasn't pushing the lines on anything really.  But, I got an Honorable Mention, which means I took second!

I AM NUMBER TWO!!

Opening the Call

Dear Sister Kennedy:

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  You are assigned to labor in the Hungary Budapest Mission.

Can you guess what is wrong with this picture?  I will tell you.  My hair was colored today... and... it is darker than before!!  Umm...  My hairdresser kept saying it would fade, but I won't lie... it made for one bad day.

Oh my hair...

So, I am getting ready for a mission and this means returning to my natural hair color.  Some people actually have no idea what color that is... which surprised me.  So I decided to come up with my hair in pictures!  Way funny.  I probably spend too much money coloring my hair.  Oh well.  I love it.

May 7, 2010

I had just gotten this cute little A line cut and a couple of highlights.  I am hoping to get my hair back to this regular human color for me!

September 25, 2010

I am the middle one!  It is just a really dark brown.

December 18, 2010

Brown with blonde highlights.

April 26, 2011

I am pretty sure this is all highlights and lowlights.  I am pretty sure caramel was one of the colors.

July 14, 2011

This whole summer I was all natural and just regular ol' blonde.  I think my hair is a little bit darker than Rachel's, but nonetheless, we are the perfect pair of sisters!

September 26, 2011

Trying out being a redhead!  I loved it.  I was super fun.

October 20, 2011

Dark, dark, dark brown.  I loved it.  People told me that they loved this over my red hair, and when I asked them if they like me as a blonde, a brunette, or a red head, they always said brunette.  I will not lie.  That was a buzzkill.  In November my hair was colored brown, but it shined purple!

January 3, 2012

And here is where we are now.  Some good blonde highlights in brown hair.  I am going tomorrow to get it switched up to blonde, and so maybe I will post another picture?

Just to keep you posted...

Just some small stuff.  I finished my mission papers yesterday.  Yay!!  I meet with my Stake President tonight and then they will be sent off on January 16.  Don't ask me where I want to go.  I don't know.  But!  Go ahead and ask me if I am excited... Because I am!

In the next couple of weeks expect the following blog posts:

1.   A brief synopsis on school...  School... yikes!  Can't believe it starts tomorrow...
2.   A brief synopsis on me opening my mission call.  Then I will go into full detail on where and dates and all of that stuff.  Oh man...  This is going to be great!

So I guess this means things are going great...  and I am still growing out my hair.  

Look how long!!

Life is Good.

Man. That picture is so funny. Every time I look at it I will admit it makes me smile, which is good. Life is good. I have had so much going on, and I couldn't be happier with how my life is developing. The only sad thing about it is that I am becoming a grown up :(

Because I haven't blogged in awhile it is important for me to note the following things...

1. I am an Ambassador for the Caine College of the Arts! Way cool. I have absolutely loved it, and I got 500 buckaroos! 
2. I costume designed Logan High School's musical, Once Upon A Mattress. Huge stress in my life. No worries. It opens today and that huge weight it finally off of my shoulders. 
3. I still work at the movie theatre. It is good, but somedays I just don't love it. Luckily there is an end in sight because... 
4. I started my mission papers! I am planning on turning them in January 9, because I graduate May 4 and I just want to go right after that!! YAY!! 

My best friend has a girlfriend. BOO!! I don't love it. I am really happy for him, but now all we do is argue and then we don't talk... and it is booooring. I have great roommates though... so we hang out! I just really miss talking to this kid though. I had some random friend tell me that I would find someone else to talk to and I got really mad. I don't want to talk to someone else. I just want to talk to my best friend. We've gone through a lot together. The end.

PEOPLE IN THE COSTUME SHOP ARE LISTENING TO STUPID CHRISTMAS MUSIC BEFORE THANKSGIVING!! Dumb.

I have been named as one of three Outstanding Senior for the Theatre Arts department. Holla! How exciting is that? Sometimes I think about it and it just makes my heart go pitter pat. I had to come up with a 50 word bio. I literally could not do it. I did get one down to 60... and so hopefully I don't get into too much trouble.

Watched Warren Miller with the parents last night. It was sooo good. I just love snow. It is currently snowing in Logan, and I love it. I love snow. Snow, snow, snow. I might have talked my mom into getting a season pass at the Beav with me, but who knows? I can go every Monday... So I think I might get a pass and become a total bum. Who needs good grades their last semester of school anyways?

I also have been selected to give a presentation at Thanksgiving Point to various 4H instructors and FACS teachers across the state. How did this happen? Who knows. I am nervous and very excited. I will be presenting to 150-ish people. That will be fun! They also will pay me for gas, which is cool because it then just becomes of free trip out of inversion ridden Logan. Yep. Life is good.

Freaking Terrifying.

Oh my gosh. Today a girl that just graduated high school asked me if I already had my degree. After I told her I wasn't going to graduate until Spring she followed up her first question with my new favorite question to get after that: What will you do afterwards? My first initial thought is to run away and live in my parents basement until they die and then I can take over the upstairs too!! Muahaha. A lot of people have been asking me lately what I think I am going to do with my life. Eh. Who knows? Here is the game plan as of right now.

* Serve an LDS Mission.

How boss would that be? I mean, I love Jesus Christ and I think service is way awesome, so that gives me the perfect opportunity to serve my Lord because I would be serving His children. Note: This also provides me a buffer with figuring out what I want to do.

* Get a big girl job.

I really don't know what I want to do when I grow up. Lately I have been thinking that I should go out and try my hand at costumes for film. Maybe I will hate it... But I have no idea! I have never tried it. That would be pretty sweet.

* Have long hair.

I think if I have long hair, people will like me more. So... I hope my hair will keep growing :)

Those are some crazy decisions I think! There is so much going on in this world, and putting myself into the workforce of that seems pretty intimidating. But all I really want to focus on right now is graduating. BFA! Sweet.

Receiving Advice

I hate receiving advice. I always like to give advice and share my thoughts, because I am always right. Unfortunately, because I am always right, I lack the ability to receive other people's thoughts and wisdom. Here is a big shout out to the tall man with the white wig that finally helped me see what I was missing. Instead of analyzing a situation he helped me realize that I need to analyze my life!! I am now really excited for the next year and I want to really focus on school and preparing for a mission. Man. Things like this can be so exhilarating!

In other news. If Caitlin is reading this... She might want to stop now before she kills me. Caitlin, my roommate, is out of town and I have been hanging out with her crazy cat. Maybe one day I got bored and painted her talons, yes, I said talons instead of claws. She now has pink talons which I sometimes mistake for being bloody or something gruesome. Anyways... This is the cat! her real name is Sophie... but to me she is the cat. I love her. She is attacking me in this picture and I am not impressed if you were curious.

Also. I loved Cowboys and Aliens and I got bangs. Yep. That is what I did this week.

Only One Hour Left...

I am sitting in the airport waiting for my plane to get ready to go!! I only have one more hour until the departure and I am pretty stoked. My family is playing it up in California and obviously I want to be there with them! I haven't flown in awhile and I feel kind of incapable at this whole airport thing.
In other news. Life is good. I am happy. I play with a small kitten once a day. People think I am mean at work. Coldplay is sounding great, like always. I sometimes miss all my friends from high school, but no one ever really talks to me.

BARBARA! This is for you :)

What crazy times?! A lot of my friends have been doing Tumblr for all of their blogging needs. I use a Tumblr account, but in a quick post interesting things or thoughts on my mind, and I guess I use Blogspot for my more journal type entries. Ha. Like that has happened recently!!

School went really well. Don't worry, I got another scholarship, my dad is very appreciative of that one. He texted me one day just to let me know that he is proud of me and that he loves me. I loved it! I even wrote it down in my journal.

I am working two jobs this summer. I am a manager at the Stadium 8 in Providence. It is a movie theatre, and I have a gold name tag that proves how awesome I am. I am also working at the Old Lyric Repertoire Theatre Company as a stitcher and just general costume technician. It has been really good, and today I got a lot done!

Austin went on his mission today. I am surprised with how hard it has been, but mostly just because I miss my best friend. I got home from work and don't know what to do! He texted me last night before he got set apart and said that this was it for texting and see you in a few years, but my phone was in the car, and I missed it. I replied hoping something would come from it, but it hasn't. I absolutely hate not replying to things, so I wrote him a letter and mailed it off this morning explaining what had happened. I know... I am a creeper.



For all of you that are thinking, who the heck is Austin? I will let you know. Austin was my manager at the movie theatre. Way cute right? He asked me to be his girlfriend in December and we have been together since. Technically I broke up with him last Monday, but it seems as though my mom and grandma were somewhat upset at me for it. They both asked my, why would you go and do that?! But it is okay, like I mentioned, best friends. He even kissed me goodbye. But we dated for FIVE MONTHS! That is the longest relationship I have ever had. We had some really fun times too. We went and saw Wicked in Boise, we went jeeping in Moab, he tolerated my wanting to drive to Idaho just to get out of the valley, we got hot chocolate when it snowed in April, he even came with me to way boring things like school plays and weddings. When I got home from work today he had left me a box of things. He got me my favorite Pringles, Honey Mustard, a freaking amazing watch, and his hoodie... which has been soaked in cologne and it is kind of hard to wear because it is slowly making my throat close off.

Life is good. I really couldn't be happier with all of the things going on. Yeah, things are hard, but just for now. All I need is some patience and this will be somewhat of a cake walk... right?

School Starts Monday?

What a weird break. All I did was work it seems, and I have decided that I don't want to go back to school. I mean, I will be going back to school because I think I would get shot if I didn't, but still. Working isn't so bad. I think this whole growing up thing won't be too hard in the end. Being mature? That might be more challenging, but I don't know. Who is to say? Most of the time I sell tickets in the box office at the movie theatre. If you want to go insane, please just sit there for awhile. One night during a ridiculous shift, my friend and I made this sign. It was way funny at the time.


On October 18, 2010 I deactivated my Facebook account. I won't lie. Not having Facebook has stressed me out beyond all reason. I feel like people really don't care about people unless they have it. Did I get the group invitation asking for addresses to my friend's wedding? Nope. Was I later invited? Nope. It makes me feel dumb and that I am not a real person. How rude, right? A friend at work and I were having a competition to see who could stay off of it the longest with the clause stating that the person who caved owed the other a drink and treat. I was working on Thursday, throat dry and parched, when in walks my coworker with a drink and gummy bears. I had completely forgotten about our deal and I was just stoked to have a drink. I literally jumped up and down when I realized that he had broken the deal. It was way funny! But, now I can't decide if I should join the facebook again and be another face in the swarm of more than 500 million users. Life is so hard!

I'm dating someone. How exciting am I? He is really cool, and it is really low stress because he is going on a mission this spring. I know. I am dating a young one. We went to IKEA this past week and it was so much fun. I have decided I want to be rich and have a really cool house! I mean, why not? Even if I do have to sell my furniture and rotate it every once in awhile, having something modern and really reflect who I am would be really cool. My favorite part of IKEA: eating frozen yogurt and cinnamon rolls while sitting in multiple couches talking about how uncomfortable each one is. So fun. I also really liked slamming all of the drawers and doors and having them catch themselves. Oops. Apparently some of them don't do that though...

My mom asked me to babysit Rachel this weekend. It has been a lot of fun. Mostly I just moped around home because I don't feel well, and Rachel has been out actually doing stuff. She is so cool! We watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World last night, definitely one of my favorite movies, and we both fell asleep. This here is a picture of us from five years ago. We are so cool. She is my best friend.


I am really eager and excited for school to start. I have the smallest credit load I have ever taken, but it is going to be really intense anyways. I am still on track to graduate Spring 2012. After that I plan on going on a mission, coming back, and then going to graduate school Fall 2014. Life is going really well for me, and the Lord has been blessing me lots. All is well in Caro-land.

Running in Circles

I suddenly feel like I am running in circles. And, it's not like I am running laps and getting fit, but I am running ridiculous circles of all different sizes, and while I am on track and close to finishing I realize I have to jump of two tracks and start again on that circle. In and out I continue to weave, dealing with family, school, fake boyfriends, stressed roommates, work, costume shop, opening a show, finals, building a stupid hat, weddings, and dealing with the continual cringing feeling I get every time I hear sirens go by.
It is quite dreary and cold outside. I love it. I love Christmas, and I am so glad to be able to remember my Savior this time of year. In high school, my BFF Emma and I went to the good ol' Salt Lake City. How fancy that we would be able to find this amazing dress up spot in the Joseph Smith Museum?! It was definitely summer when this was taken.
If you are going to be in Brigham or Logan over the break let me know. I will be living back and forth and want to party like it's 1983. I am sure lots of people loved partying then :)

Black Friday is for the Insane

Yep. This year I chose to actually venture out and take a big ol' bite of Black Friday. Fact. I have never gone black Friday shopping before, at least, not for real. I think there was one day that I realized I was shopping on black Friday, but I was just buying some random miscellaneous items that no one could care about. Possibly milk or makeup. Either way... Not epic.
So my friend says, Caroline, come black Friday shopping with me! Naturally, I said yes. I have a massive crush on this friend boy. So together we stood outside in the cold from 3:40--5:00 a.m. My little feet didn't stand a chance in my thin canvas vans. My legs were shivering violently, trying to get any sort of friction to start warming them up. No worries. I was one of the first 100!! So I got $20 to use Saturday. I actually just got back from using it. Hooray for wool socks and scarf.
Anyways. Black Friday. Truly a day for the insane.

Sleeping Isn't Necessary

I am getting ready for the Harry Potter premiere tonight by sleeping now. I am so lucky, and I get to work from 2 am--10 am. Some people would call me crazy. Some people would call the people that go watch Harry Potter at 3 am crazy. I would like to state that this is all for a very good cause, seeing as Harry Potter is amazing (please see previous blogs dedicated to by favorite Englishman, Harry Potter).
IWA is going along just like a champ! I am absolutely loving everything that comes with that calling. Plus... There is the IWA dance tomorrow! The theme is Candyland or something like that. My date and I are going to be gingerbread men. Ha. I am so stoked! Really, I am quite excited. I'm going with a kid I really like, and I am getting two meals for $6! Sweet. Church organizations really are the bomb.
Thanksgiving is next week, and I couldn't be more excited. I get to hang out with my family!! Maybe we will dress up like we did last year... Or maybe we'll try being presentable. Eh. I don't know!!

Help!! I'm in Helper!!

I am currently in Helper, UT running costumes for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. We are touring here to help create a strong bond between USU and the newly formed USU East, or USU CEU. Very exciting. The most exciting part of this trip is that I am actually currently staying in what one used to be a brothel. Thank goodness my parents raised me right and so I had no idea what this actually was. Luckily I have a dictionary and thesaurus on my laptop. It's basically a place where men can visit prostitutes; a whorehouse, massage parlor, cathouse. My little computer is helping me become versed in the world. Awesome.
Also. The show that I am designing costumes for opens on Thursday!! It is very exciting, and will be this amazing weight off of my shoulders. I can't wait to see an actual achieved design on stage. For anyone interested in coming, which you don't have to come... I won't be hurt, the show takes place in Ireland and they have Irish accents. They also swear a lot. A lot. And it is a black comedy. But, I believe understanding the Irish will make the play better because you can understand why things are the way they are. Just in case anyone is interested.

I love Harry Potter.

Fact. Harry Potter is the most fabulous fictional character in all of time. So fabulous that I have chosen to believe he is a real person, just hanging out with his hott wife Ginny, kicking it in the UK. Another fact. J.K. Rowling made roughly £510,000,000, or $1,000,000,000. And that's from roughly 400 million copies sold. WHAT?? So, if Harry Potter is so awesome, why don't more guys try to be like him?? I would be all over that. Someone who is hot headed and arrogant, but always fights for what is right and just. Someone who is a completely sincere friend. Someone that is willing to achieve what he has always wanted to, like defeating Voldemort. Someone with real plans and magical powers. Not to mention how sheepish and awkward he gets when he is around the girls he likes. So awesome. Now, I am pretty sure if I could find someone like that... someone willing to take me out to ice cream and then a nice walk on up to the owl tower. That would be really nice.

Stress: The best weight loss program.

The Cripple of Inishmaan opens quite soon. I am, indeed, freaking out!! Luckily I have really great advisors and friends that not only help me focus on what I need to do, but also chill with me for the two hours a day that I am not at school.
A girl asked me if I have lost weight. I haven't checked because I am too lazy... but I think that stress is helping me out. Hooplah!!