Yesterday, during my lunch break, I met B at Costco. There was a 'super demo' going on in honor of the superbowl. In other words there were a bunch of sampling stations set up all right in a row, so you could just go right down and eat everything they had to offer.
This was our lunch: 3 different kinds of cheese spicy buffalo wings chips and salsa chips and hummus chips and guacamole cracked pepper buffalo wings mozzarella sticks meatballs chocolate cake honey bbq buffalo wings cream cheese and bagels crackers and jalepeno spread pizza rolls
Probably not the healthiest lunch, but it sure tasted good. Maybe because it was free.
Now don't worry about our health, they were all just in sample sizes so its not like we had full servings of anything. And we got a salad to share afterwards to make us feel better.
I left work a little early on Friday so we could head to Park City and check out the Sundance Film Festival! I had heard that Lenka was going to be playing at the ASCAP Cafe at 4 and I really wanted to see her, but we didn't make it in time :( Maybe next year! We had a blast anyway, and met up with Carrie and Brad!
The lights were dreamy
The glorious heated bench!
Reef's Kitchen, may not look like much, but it was exceptionally yummy Middle Eastern Cuisine!
And we got the most creamy hot chocolate at Java Cow's!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
My boyfriend is leaving me for a week to go here:
Washington DC
I am so proud of him for getting chosen to go to an advocacy summit in DC, but I cannot lie, I won't be having much fun at home alone.
He will meet with congressmen, senators, and representatives on capitol hill. He'll advocate public health issues and attend workshops. He'll also miss his girlfriend, and I'm sure he'll find some time to sight see :)
Right now he's getting serious with his meetings, and talking about hot points to bring up while with the congressmen. He'll be leaving on Feb. 20.
"The great principle of happiness consists in having a body. The devil has no body, and herein is his punishment... All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not." - Joseph Smith
We finally went to Body Worlds 3 & the story of the heart on Saturday, the last day was Sunday. We have been planning to go since October, when it came to Salt Lake, but for one reason or another our plans always seemed to fall through. They extended their hours for the last 3 days because there was such a great demand. We were lucky to get tickets for 10:30 pm as others had times of 12 or 1 in the morning, all the way to 6am.
This is us waiting in line. At least they had chairs for anyone who wanted, so we just sat and talked for 45 minutes.
There was a projection of a giant skeleton on the lobby wall that you could text to and he would say what you texted. That was my favorite part of waiting in line because some were pretty funny. The little boy in front of us kept texting in comments about his brother such as "Cody kisses girls" and "Cody is a fart bag". (He was 9 yrs. old)
This was the first full human body in the exhibit, and call me weird, but I was touched by this. They dedicated this to all the body doners and their families and thanked them for furthering science and helping others learn about anatomy. I think one reason I loved this so much was because I personally have felt so grateful for having the chance to see, touch, and learn anatomy with cadavers in the anatomy lab, and especially grateful for those who donated their bodies.
The pic on the left is of all the nerves in the body. And on the right is a figure skating couple.
The pedaling woman (disected into 3 parts)
"Have you ever contemplated the wonder of yourself, the eyes with which you see, the ears with which you hear, the voice with which you speak? No camera ever built can compare with the human eye.No method of communicationever devised can compare with the voice and the ear.No pump ever built will run as long or as efficiently as the human heart. What a remarkable thing each of us is ...
I believe the human body to be the creation of Divinity. George Gallup once observed, “I could prove God statistically. Take the human body alone—the chance that all the functions of the individual would just happen is a statistical monstrosity.” Our bodies were designed by our Eternal Father to be the tabernacle of our eternal spirits.
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I believe that I am a child of God, endowed with a divine birthright. I believe that there is something of divinity within me and within each of you."
...I ran 5 miles today! and this is what I saw when I took off my shoe (yes, i took it off before i left the gym. It felt a little sticky in there and i was curious):
I know a lot my friends who read this are runners and probably run farther than that on a daily basis, but it was HARD for me. So get over it :) j/k
ps I also am aware that my socks are too big. I think this may have had something to do with the giant blister on my other foot.
Our teacher shared this is one of our classes. I've heard this idea a few times but never quite in this way, and it never touched me until now. I know these things can seem pretty cheesy, and I have to admit that I have, on more than one occasion, been annoyed by them. But sometimesI start to think that I have a hard life, but then I remember how much I have and how blessed I am. I loved it so I thought I'd share it with you:
In the world today, more than 6 billion people live.
If this world were shrunk to the size of a village of 100 people, what would it look like? With all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this: The village would have 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific 51 would be male, 49 would be female 82 would be non-white; 18 white
67 would be non-Christian; 33 would be Christian 80 would live in substandard housing 67 would be unable to read
50 would be malnourished, 1 dying of starvation, while 15 are overweight
33 would be without access to a safe water supply
39 would lack access to improved sanitation
15 adults would be illiterate.
7 would have computers.
1 would have a college education
Of the energy of this village, 20 people consume 80%, and 80 people share the remaining 20%.
Of the wealth in this village, 5 people own 59% (all of them from the United States), 74 people own 39%, and 21 people share the remaining 2%. If you do not live in fear of death by bombardment, armed attack, landmines, or of rape or kidnapping by armed groups, then you are more fortunate than 20, who do.
If you can speak and act according to your faith and your conscience without harassment, imprisonment, torture or death, then you are more fortunate than 48, who can not. If you have money in the bank, money in your wallet and spare change somewhere around the house, then you are among the richest 8.
If you can read this message, CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY!
