Another Birthday

Alright, I know I already had a birthday post, but basically we celebrated my birthday all week last week. SO!! My brother-in-law KC and my sister Erica threw me a Star Trek birthday party on Saturday. It was the best thing EVER. There was Pin the Ear on Spock, Stun the Romulun, Starship building, and Star Trek trivia. It was so fun and so nice aaaaand yep. That's it.

The Big One-Nine

Well my friends, it seems as though I have turned the big 19. That's right! Monday was my birthday. The day I was extracted my my mothers womb and entered this great big universe. And how better to celebrate it than with some of my best friends, eating indian food? (I don't really like to smile with my teeth...)

Poor baby Ashley. She got her wisdom teeth out on Friday.

Pleather pants? I think so.

Vegan cake from Whole Foods. Thanks Lindsay!

Since the decoration lady wasn't creative, we were.

normal face?

I think she has 100000000 of this kind of photo

germs all over the cake. Oooooo yaaaaaa.

Teenage Angst?

Okay. I swore to never be one of those people that took pictures of themselves via Photo Booth... BUT this photo is my feeling right now. 

JK. That's the best when people say that. But I am feeling some bitter feelings and having some rude thoughts and things like that. So, the first thing I did was do what I always do to calm myself down. I listened to the Tron Soundtrack. Once that was over, I put on my "Tron Soundtrack" Pandora station. (Yes, I have a pandora station for mostly everything. Every maracas.) And let me tell you, what a calming affect (effect? Does anyone know the difference?) 

The Lord of the Rings (my all time favorite) soundtracks, Star Trek: Michael Giacchino's version, Treasure planet, Lord of the Rings... (and did I mention Lord of the Rings??) were all played from that beautiful Pandora station. SIDENOTE: I asked for a Leaf of Lorien for Christmas... It's fine. I didn't get it, but hey... My birthday is on Monday so if anyone is wondering what to get me...

So my birthday is on Monday! The big one-nine. Me and Lindsay were talking about this the other day. (P.S. I was heating really spicy salsa a few minutes ago and I just touched my eye. If you haven't experienced jalepeño eye, consider yourself lucky.) Lindsay: "I decided 19, is like the worst age." Me: "what the...... why?" Lindsay: "cause you can't blame it on being young, you can't go to concerts, you are still too young to date anyone older, and everyone kinda treats you like a kid, but not at the same time." (a few spelling errors were corrected, but great use of the oxford comma!:D)  She gave me so much to look forward to. But this will be a fun birthday. We are going out to din din at Star of India (yummm Indian food!) and then headed up to the hot springs, to which I have never been! I hear it's great so I guess we'll have to see about that.

Well, I guess that's it for today. Kbye

Honorable Mention

Today I accidentally hit my Uncle Daniel in the head with a bead.

How is that accidental? I was playing with a elastic bracelet with beads on it and it ripped apart.

My bad.

A Bad Case of Zoo LIghts

I didn't make these photos extra large like I normally do because I uploaded SO many, but this was our trip to the hogle zoo last night. The last picture is the four of us that went. From left to right: Andrew, Lindsay, Ashley, Me. What a good looking bunch.

I don't really have much to say besides it was really fun. Oh. And the Portland Zoo light are a zillion times better. And they have elephant ears there. All the Hogle zoo had was $2.00 chocolate, some flashing rave toys and frozen stuffed monkeys. And I guess the gorillas... oh wait. That exhibit was closed.

It was night time and almost every single animal was sleeping. Except the bats. I really wish I had been able to get a picture of this one bat. He was the darkest colored of them all and was hanging right by the glass. Only his face and part of his shoulders were showing. His eyes. They literally were staring into our souls. I would wager that that bat was Count Dracula himself.

The turtles were hilarious. One turtle was trying to drink out of his bowl. He got half way onto the bowl then was stuck in perfect equilibrium. His arms were flailing and his was stuck for a good minute or so. We just stood and laughed.

Can you imagine being an animal in the zoo? All of these ugly, pale, hairless faces sticking their noses to the glass and staring at you with their wide eyes. I would be a little freaked out. But man, those animals are so cool. One day, I will have a zoo in my back yard. Complete with elephants, giraffes, polar bears (so sad hogle zoo doesn't have an arctic display yet), penguins, rhinos, hippos, every kind of exotic insect and small animal you can think of, tigers, lions, zebras, llamas, rams, camels, and everything else! Animals are cool!

I'm burnin' up for you baby!

Disclaimer: The following photos may not be for the faint of heart.

The first sighting

After about 20 minutes

The ice pack under my pants

Foot on the wheelchair

Waiting for the doctor 

All the tools

After the treatment

All wrapped up and ready to go!

Day two

So, I apologize if these images are a bit risque, but I had to document everything.

  On Friday, Ashley, Lindsay, Mark, Trevin and I went to the grand opening of the outdoor ice skating rink at the Gallivan Center. Sadly, we missed the fireworks and the live band but what a glorious event! We rented our skates and then glided across the ice like warrior princesses. We did spins, jumps, pirouettes and so much more. And then, the most amazing thing happened. It started snowing! I felt like I was in a movie. The snowflakes were gigantic and I was soaking wet by the end, but boy was it incredible. Speeding around the rink, snowflakes in my face, my hair dripping with water, my hands numb and no feeling in one of my toes. After an hour and a half or so, and a lot of freezing, we headed over to the fire pit to warm up. The fire was SO hot. My hands had snow on them and the snow melted so I had warm water on my hands. I'm not sure what that added to the story... But I digress.
  As I was being my usual self, laughing and flailing about, I suddenly felt a strange sensation on my leg. It went away instantly so I just ignored it. I continued talking and only seconds later, I felt my leg catch fire. Not in the literal sense of course, but figuratively. Sort of. Luckily I was wearing spandex, so I pulled the off my leg, said, "I think I just got burned. I'll be right back," and booked it to the bathroom. Once there, I went into a stall and peeled off my leggings. The result was the first picture. *These were all taken with my phone, so the quality is fairly low. I didn't think it was too bad at first, but once I put my pants back on, it seemed to catch fire again.
  I don't really remember the order of events here, but at some point, I asked the man working for some ice packs. Eight to be precise, and I used every single one. I was treated very poorly by a worker who said to me, "You don't need burn cream for a burn. All you need is antibiotic." Keep in mind, I was nearly in tears and the fact that he wasn't helping me at all made me almost cry. But I didn't cry, because I'm not a baby.
  We decided that I needed to go home, put some ice on it, and wrap it with a bandage, but when we got a few feet away, it was hurting so badly I could barely walk. I called my dad and asked him what I should do. He said I needed to go to a doctor and have them check it out. So we headed up to the university medical.
  Now you see, I have never been to the hospital before in my life, except to visit others. Mark dropped Lindsay, Ashley and I off at the hospital entrance and went to park the car. We walked in and I saw a man in scrubs. Scrubs = nurse/doctor... Right? So I said, "Are you a doctor?" To which he responded, "No. Do you need one?" "Well, I just got burned pretty badly and I need someone to look at it." "Oh. Well you need the Emergency Room. If you want to stay warm, just got straight down this hall, take a left and follow the hallway all the way." "Alright. Thank you!" I limped down the hallway, headed for the ER and Ashley exclaimed, "You need a wheelchair!" "NO! I don't need a wheelchair, I'm fine!" And only seconds later, I was forced into the wheelchair and speeding towards the ER.
  "Hi, I just need someone that can look at a burn." "Okay. Where is your burn?" "My upper thigh." "When did you get burned?" "Like twenty minutes ago." "How bad is it?" "Well, I have a picture. Do you want to see it?" "Okay ya. Let's see the picture.....Ooo. That looks pretty bad. Fill this out and bring it back up when you're done." I will tell you this my friends. The ER is definitely not how they show you in the movies. I don't think there was a single other person in there that was waiting to be looked at and it took them at least 20 minutes just to get me an ice pack. Pictures three and four are the result of the ice pack. It was a monster.
  We waited for what seemed like hours. Lindsay told me a story; Ash and Lindsay bought me hot chocolate, a naked smoothie and some shortbread cookies; Mark ate a tin of peanuts; My leg hurt more and more. "Tamela Daley?" YES! Finally. I went back with the nurse and she took me took a room where I proceeded to tell her the story while she checked my blood pressure and asked me questions like, "Are you on any medication? Are you allergic to any medication? Are you pregnant? On drugs?" etc. "Alright, the doctor will be with you shortly." So Ash and I just chilled. She turned on some soothing music and I drank my hot chocolate. Minutes later, in walked the nurse practitioner. She is one of the nicest women I've ever talked to. I told her what happened and she looked at the burn and said, "Oh well that's not too bad at all. What we're gonna do is soak it, remove the skin and then bandage you up!" That didn't sound too bad. Except for the "removing the skin" part.
  To make a long story short, turns out it was a second degree burn. The nurse soaked it, removed the skin, and bandaged me up. The last picture was what it looked like on Saturday. It looks a lot worse now. It's bloody and leaking and just gross. And I still can't walk.
  But oh!! What an adventure it was! My first time on an outdoor ice rink, my first time in the ER and my very first second degree burn. I'm so lucky to have the friends that I do. They are literally THE best. But yep! That's what I did last friday night.

Ash, Tam, Linds

Shirt:D.I.; Skirt: Homemade; Boots: Ross

Tonight I am watching Castaway for the first time. It's kind of exciting.. But then again, not really. I'm only watching it because Andrew was so appalled that I hadn't seen it. He is making us gourmet cheesecake. (I wish). He made us Sunday dinner... on Sunday. Literally so good. Fajitas with rice and this delicious salsa from Henry's dad or something. Oh my. I ate two.
That first pic is after we went to iHop for some delicious breakfast. And the second one is at urban outfitters. I saw this couch and died. Because I love couches like these.
You know that awkward moment when you want to say something on your blog but then you realize that certain people will be reading it, and possibly even those you don't know and so you have to make a life or death decision about whether or not to post it? I have that feeling.
BYU. That's on my mind lately. I still really feel like I need to go there... I just don't want to leave the friends I've made here behind. That's the worst part about moving. Never seeing people again. And the whole atmosphere of BYU does not appeal to me. College, college, college.
I'm sure all those that read this are really enjoying my boring, monotone writing. But sometimes I get sick of typing and texting! There are those times when you just need to call someone because they are taking too long to respond or because your fingers are cold or even because your thumbs are tired.
You know those charts of like the emotions? Like this one:

 

 It's surprising how many of them you can feel at once! The best on is of Kristin Stewart. Every single face is the same. So funny. Okay, that's all for today. I am feeling too many of those faces and I just need a sandwich and a nap. Welp... See ya lataaa... Byyyye

Halloween

For Halloween this year, I was a member of Captain Kirk's star fleet. I made my costume. YUP! Hand sewn babay. Esther was Uhura. Cheryl was Storm from X-Men. Colin was a pumpkin. Rudi was like an 18th century army general or something. Lindsay was Dr. Pepper. Madison was black mail. Bradley was a ghost.
I made my costume literally and hour before we had to leave for the dance. I was super bummed that Ash couldn't be there. She was down at BYU for Halloween.
I pretty much look as white as paper next to those two..
The dance was CRAZAY. But so much fun. It was about a zillion degrees in there and we were dancing right by the speakers so the music was beyond loud. And get this. I do not sweat, like at all, and by the time this dance was over, I. Was. Drenched. Sorry if that's really disgusting, but it's just truth! Gah! I was dancin like crazy.
After the dance, I came home and immediately took a shower. It felt so wonderful to be clean again! After about an hour, Esther, Lindsay and Colin came back over. We wanted to watch a scary-ish movie, but pretty much every single one that was on netflix was rated R. We finally found one called "Carriers" that was PG-13, so we said, eh, what the heck. Why not? Oh. My. Goodness. Worst movie ever. It was so slow, no action, no plot, and all the characters died. When it was over, every single one of us felt depressed and down. So we found another movie called "Chop Kick Panda." Yes. It was practically Kung Fu Panda. And it was sooo funny! As in, it was so stupid that it was hilarious. The jokes were so lame, the characters made no sense and it was just all around great.
That movie was over around 1:30 AM and I'm not sure if we just didn't want to go to bed orrr what, but we turned on Tron. Then everyone got tired. So we watched most of it then turned it off. I was so tired! Everyone left and I went to sleep.
So that was MY Halloween. Fun-filled and exciting. (No sarcasm intended).
Tomorrow is Divine Comedy. I. Am. So. Excited.