International Cinema

~ Highlight of the Day: Sleeping in. Hands down. definitely the best ~

 

Today I watched an amazing movie - Where Do We Go Now?

 

It was funny, yet so very serious at the same time.

I highly recommend it. And if it wasn't so late I'd write a meaningful and well thought out review of it. But it is way late, and I just can't take the time to do that.

 

Next week I'm planning on watching Made in Dagenham.

It looks pretty good too.

 

I love International Cinema :)

The Ides of March

 ~ Highlight of the Day: Wearing lime green pants :) ~

 

Can't believe I forgot to post this yesterday.

 

Important things like this cannot go undocumented.

 

 

 

Wrapping Up SCD

~ Highlight(s) of the Day: talking to my freshman roommate for way too long on the phone, and t-shirt and shorts weather - here comes the farmer's tan :) ~

 

Ok. I appologize for the super long, suspense filled days I've been putting you all through. I promise it was unintentional. I just got caught up on Sunday with packing to come home, and then Monday I spent the day in Atlanta before flying back to Utah, and was totally exaughsted when we finally got home. Tuesday was my 'Crap-I-just-missed-a-week-of-school-how-am-I-going-to-make-this-all-up! day, which kind of carried over into today, and will probably carry over into tomorrow as well.

 

Atlanta was way cool, by the way. I wish I could say 'the Atlanta Botanical Gardens were amazing!', but I can't. They are apparently closed on Mondays. So instead we walked around Peidmont Park, which would have been kinda boring except we were all plant people and can be thouroughly entertained in a large place with lots of trees :)
 

 

(before we knew we couldn't get in)

 

 

We were so close to the conservatory!

 I will have to go back to Atlanta to see it eventually.

 

 

Hellebores!

They have got to be some of the coolest flowers out there, despite their name

 being slightly awkward to say in mixed company :)

 

 

Aaaaand us in front of a lake, with Atlanta in the background. Yep.

 

Oh yeah - the competition!

 

Well, BYU moved up one spot from last year. We came in 2nd! BYU-I beat us by 70 points, but it's ok cause we're gonna cream them next year :)

 

And . . .

 

I got 2nd too! 

I will admit I was surprised. I was not expecting to place.

I scored a 96/100 and the guy who got first place scored a 97.5.  

 

I've been dying to see my test, but I haven't yet. . .

hopefully I can get my hands on it soon. I want to know which ones I got lucky on!

 

 

 

This Is Student Career Days

 ~ Highlight of the Day: taking the Interior Plant ID test and recognizing every single plant ~

( course, there's always the spellings and the cultivars to mess up too . . . :)

 

For those of you who have heard about the 'landscaping competition in Alabama' for the past 8 months, and still aren't quite sure what that is, here are a few events:

 

 

Paver Installation

 

 

Truck and Trailer

 

 

Wood Construction

 

 

Landscape Installation

 

 

There are many many more competitions, but not ones that people go and watch. You know, things like design and ID and the business personnel/management/leadership ones.

 

You can't really watch or take pictures of the Interior Plant ID event too. It doesn't lend itself well to that. But here's a practice test we set up last night to help prepare us for it:  

 

I think I did well, but I don't find out till tomorrow morning. And you guys don't find out till I post again! {insert evil laugh here} (:

 

 

Meanwhile, Down In Alabama . . .

~ Highlight of the Day: Getting my first sunburn of the season while studying for interior ID ~

 

~ Highlight of Yesterday: Hearing that my lovely roommate Marina has been called to the Thailand, Bangkok mission . . . Aaaaahhhh!!!!! So excited for her :) ~

 

Well. I do like Alabama. It's cold in the mornings, but as soon as that sun comes up it gets to be the most lovely weather. And there are so many trees! It is a little flat though. At least the parts I've seen. But that's forgivable.

 

The food's been pretty good too - I had fried chicken for dinner last night (with a little goat on the side), and que stew* tonight.

 

*'que stew' short for 'barbeque stew', apparently. . .

 

Aside from eating and basking in the sun I've been studying. A lot. My competition is tomorrow morning at 10am, and I'm actually pretty excited about it. I still have a fair amount to polish up, but I definitely won't be in panic mode come 9:55 tomorrow :)

 

K. Ready for this? Here's a taste of what I've been studying:

 

Echinocactus grusonii, golden barrel cactus & Agave victoriae-reginae, Victoria agave

Guzmania 'Marjan', bromeliad

(not really though, because 'Marjan' is more yellow and less orange, but for the sake of studying, it is yellow)

 

 

Ficus lyrata, fiddle leaf ficus

 

 

Guzmania 'Ostara', bromeliad

(and it's not 'Kapoho Fire' because that one is variegated. . . I think)

 

Pericallis x hybridus, cineraria. . . I think.

 



 

Codiaeum variegatum 'Norma', croton

 

and Beaucarnea recurvata, ponytail palm

 

So multiply that by about 7 and that's how many plants I've been studying the last 3 months.

I'll let you know how I do - wish me luck!

 

 

Beasts of the Southern Wild

~ Highlight of the Day: rhubarb jam on the fluffiest bread in the world ~

 

Really quick post:

 

Beasts of the Southern Wild - such a good movie. I absolutely loved it. I want to someday own it. I already own the soundtrack, and have been listening to it straight for the past 12 hours :)

 

It's absolutely brilliant.

 

 Here's one of my favorites:

 

 

 

 

 

March Already?

~ Highlight of the Day: don't-even-need-a-coat weather :) ~

 

Only three days till I fly outa here! I've got my flashcards done, my passport in hand, and I am ready to go! Well. . . I have a few things left to do. Like Monday and Tuesday classes. And laundry.

 

Anyway, I've had a pretty eventful week. I went to a Korean festival (where I discovered the most amazing thing called Su-jeong-gwa), and Wreck it Ralph (made me cry), and took a Doctrine & Covenants midterm (and got a 92%! woot!), drew a giant chick, went through one and a half glue sticks making 146 flashcards, watched 'A Separation' at the International Cinema, and slept in today till 9:20!

 

Me. Drawing a giant chick.

 

 Flashcards at the halfway point - almost 300 pictures cut out :)

 

My completed drawing of Tweetie (my chicken, when she was little)

 

All 146 flashcards - glued and labeled!