So, I'm behind on basic journal stuff.

Sorry that this is kind of boring, but if I don't write it down somewhere, I'll forget it all by next month.

(Wednesday/Thursday) St. George/Vegas trip! Holy cow! We're awesome! The 119 photos I took in 36 hours tell it all, so I'm not even going to try to recap. Wait...did I blog about this already?



(Friday) RELIENT MAE CONCERT. Wow again. Mae wasn't bad, but Relient K was incredible. I think I'm madly in love with Matt Thiessen. P.S. Street tacos are delicious. P.P.S. Street team work is not worth the perks, especially when you've already bought the ticket. P.P.S.S. Can I marry Matt after he converts? Please?



(Saturday) Holy cow...crazy day...I had my last shift of the semester at the writing center, which was uneventful besides the fact that it was the last time I'd see a lot of people. Sad. Then I spent 6 1/2 hours trying to finish (/start) my "personal discipline plan" for ScEd 379, which was due at my final at 7:20 (I got it moved to 8:50). Ugh. My brain felt like exploding. THEN Steven called (Corey's hot roommate) and asked if I wanted to watch a movie or something. We ended up playing this crazy trains/cards/something like Risk + Monopoly game with his other roommate Billy and a girl in their ward. Billy and date cared a lot more about the game than we did...Steven and I kind of played bowling and football field goal kick and build the biggest tower with the game pieces instead of paying attention. I think we had way more fun. Steven told me about why the golden spike was too bendy to be a real spike (pure gold has some kind of slipping action going on between the molecules--that's why alloys are stronger: they stop the slipping) because it's what was on one of his Mechanical Engineering finals today. And he quizzed me a little for my rapidly approaching Chem 105 final, but I didn't do so well because I was...well...distracted...did I mention that I think he's fabulous?

Hmm. I didn't mean for that to be so long.

Also...I'm going to post some lyrics, which I know is lame, but they've been stuck in my head for the last 2 days. The more I think about them, the more I like them...which is usually a good thing...anyway, Matt (the lead singer/songwriter/rhythm guitarist/pianist/frontman extraordinaire for Relient K) cried when they played this song (!). (Wow. I am such a groupie.)

For the record, these guys have been called a "Christian band" (whatever you take that to mean), so yes, he probably is talking about all the things you may think here. Besides, I think this song is just a lot more poetic than most of the lyrics out there, in some ways...

...and I promise the words don't seem so saccharine when they're set to music. Or something.

Let it all out
Get it all out
Rip it out, remove it
Don't be alarmed
When the wound begins to bleed

'Cause we're so scared to find out
What this life's all about
So scared we're going to lose it,
Not knowing all along
That's exactly what we need

And today I will trust you with confidence
Of a man who's never known defeat
But tomorrow, upon hearing what I did,
I will stare at you in disbelief
Oh, inconsistent me
Crying out for consistency

And you said I know that this will hurt
But if I don't break your heart then things will just get worse
If the burden seems too much to bear, remember,
The end will justify the pain it took to get us there

And I'll let it be known
At times I have shown
Signs of all my weakness
But somewhere in me
There is strength

And you promise me
That you believe
In time I will defeat this
'Cause somewhere in me
There is strength

And today I will trust you with the confidence
Of a man who's never known defeat
And I'll try my best to just forget
That that man isn't me

Reach out to me
Make my heart brand new
Every beat will be for you

And I know you know
You touched my life
When you touched my heavy heart and made it light