Michael Jackson Dies :(

TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest. Paramedics were called to his home this afternoon after the singer stopped breathing. When they arrived, he had no pulse and after repeated attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead.

That is probably one of the most interesting news reports I have ever read. Here's the article I got it from if you don't believe me, punks: http://www.cinematical.com/2009/06/25/breaking-michael-jackson-dies/
So basically, mixed feelings about this. I don't really like him at all as a person, but his music is just so awesomely unique! I loved it! Such good stuff to dance to, it was. For this post, I will just be putting up a bunch of pictures of that great pop star, Michael Jackson. But not any pictures from his recent years, because I don't want to scare anyone. :)Here we see Mr. Jackson doing that sweet thing he does on his toes.Michael Jackson's song Bad. One of my favorites for sure!Here he is dancing to Thriller. Another excellent song.Michael Jackson was a pretty awesome pop singer, I have to admit. Just look at that pose!Another of my favorite songs by Michael Jackson, Beat It.And here's just a picture. Says it's the special edition of Thriller.Here he is doing a cool lean thing. And also wearing a hat. He sure likes those hats...

An Adventure with Ross

So last week, I didn't write about this. But Ross and I had quite an exciting adventure! We had been at institute and that was over, so we were just walking around campus for a bit. Between the TSC and the ESLC there were these two manholes that were open. Of course, we had to go check it out. We looked down in one. Of course, I really wanted to climb down in it! How cool would it be to say that I've climbed into a manhole? I told Ross and he was like, "Ok! Let's do it!" Then I said, "What if we get caught?" And he said, "What are they gonna do? Yell at us?" Nobody at all was around, and Ross just got down and started climbing down the manhole! Holy cow! He's so brave! I was terrified. I was also thinking that there might be a monster down there or something. maybe I should watch less tv... Anyway, he yelled up to me when he was down that it was just a room. Nothing too exciting. But I still had to go down. I looked all around and still there was nobody. so I climbed down into the manhole. How awesome! I was so scared that someone was gonna come and totally chew us out! But we just hung out down there for a while and nothing happened. It was really hot down there. There were these huge pipes and stuff and that was pretty cool. Up at the top of my post is the picture I took on my phone of me looking back up the hole that I came down! It's pretty much awesome! And here's another picture. This one is of Ross climbing back out of the other manhole. The two were connected! I'll have to see if I can get some of the pictures that Ross took so that I can post some of me! :) Tee hee! We're so sneaky...
I'm really enjoying my institute class! It's really amazing. It's Book of Mormon 1. That one is from 1 Nephi to Alma 29. Woot! But the teacher is really great. Brother Blake is his name. He is really great at bringing the Spirit into the classroom so that the students' hearts are open to learn from the Spirit. It's really great. I love to learn! And learning from the Holy Ghost is so amazingly wonderful! I love it! Poor Ross wasn't feeling well in class this week. He basically just put his head on his desk and I rubbed his back. Poor guy. But he's feeling better now! Woot!
Last night Ross and I went bowling with his roommate, Sam. It was Sam's birthday. Sam's a pretty cool guy. He's funny. Anyway, all three of us really stink at bowling. Ross got the high score out of all of us at 101 points. wow. I got 75 the first game and 76 the second game. At least that shows improvement! But I was sad because usually I'm able to break 100... Oh, well! When we got home we played Parcheesi! That is probably my favorite game of all time! I totally love it! I should register for it when I'm getting married.... Anyway, Ross won, but I was really close. Humph. Oh, well. After that vigorous game, we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a very interesting movie. I liked it, it was good, just kind of weird at the same time. It was just a really interesting idea, the story was. But it was really long. That's really my only complaint. I think that it should have shown more of the end of Benjamin's life and less about the beginning. But whatever.
Well, I think that basically I'm just posting every Thursday. That's the trend that's been going on. Awesome! I guess I will write again next Thursday!

Partying it up in Logan

Yes, basically I am doing my best to party it up here. I still don't have a job, and that makes it difficult. I'm doing my best though. I've called most of the places that I have applied to, but not all of them gave me much help. Ross, the store not the person, said that if I got past the application process then I would be called for an interview. pfft. Duh. But that's about all they would do for me was tell me that. Absolutely Ridonkulous.
Oh, so I have decided to do something pretty exciting. Whenever I'm on the computer, I'm most likely going to be listening to my music on iTunes. Which is pretty hard core awesome, if you ask me. Anyway, I have decided that since I have so much time on my hands, and I usually just listen to my music on random, I'm gonna not put it on random and listen to every single song that I have on my computer! How exciting! It's gonna take a really long time, because I'm not constantly listening to the music, but still. I'm pretty darn excited. There's songs on here that I haven't listened to yet and also ones that I don't listen to very often. So it'll be a party! I really like music. Woot. Oh, and that picture is gonna be me partying it up! Well, mostly I just wanted to put up a picture of an iTunes person because I think it's pretty cool stuff!
I got a letter from Elder Cline today. I sure do love to get mail! He's doing really great! He actually set up a baptism date with someone being taught. He just transferred, so it's not like he did all of the teaching for her, but still. I think that it is pretty awesome! He had the flu a while back, and that was probably really hard. He did say that he kept going out and working even though he was sick. Hooray! What a great missionary! I'm really happy to have a friend like Jared. He's just so powerful in spirit and it is awesome! I should write more of my friends that just left. Woot! I will have to do that!
So basically things are going great with Ross, the person not the store. ;) He's so freaking adorable! Last night we went country swing dancing which was really fun. I'm not the biggest fan of country, I like it but it's not my favorite. Anyway, I sure got to hear a lot of it last night! And I'll have to admit that it is actually pretty fun! Or maybe it's just because I'm so twitterpated that it was fun... Either way, I had a blast! Ross is hilarious. And handsome. And silly. And sweet. And charitable. And just plain darn amazing! I'm crazy about that punk. :) Oh, and the picture is the Statue of Liberty because Ross went to New York on his mission! :) :)

Oops.... I Did it Again

I totally just found out from one of those random Facebook quizzes that the song by Britney Spears that I am most like is "Oops... I Did It Again." I'm not sure how I feel about that. I do totally love that song, though! It's a fun one. Woot! I guess that is pretty awesome. It said, when it was explaining why that is the song I am most like, that I like to do my own thing. And if someone tells me not to do something, I will usually just go ahead and do it anyway. That sure sounds like me. :) Basically, I have decided that it should be my theme song. Woot! That's pretty awesome. Yes. Yes, it is. I also took a quiz for which female Disney character I am most like, and I ended up being Alice. As in, Alice in Wonderland. Which I think is absolutely ridonkulous. That movie... I don't even like it! Silly quiz. Oh, well. It was fun. I guess.
So, basically, I has a boyfriend!!! He is so adorable. His name is Ross Bateman. Ah! He's so darn handsome, I can't stand it! He always says these really cheesy, really adorable things to me. I just can't help but smile when I'm around that man! He is so amazing. I really really like that kid a lot! Oh, and here's a picture of us. :) He's such a stud muffin! Awe, just looking at that picture is making me smile! Gah! Apparently, I am twitterpated!!! And I don't even care!!! Oh, we've been going out for about a week and a half now. Fun, sauce! He's so cute.... He has a motorcycle that we ride every now and again. To be honest, I'm kind of scared of the thing, but it gives me an excellent excuse to cuddle with him. And he is a most spectacular cuddler! He's a really sweet guy. Sigh... He's amazing.
Sarah and Andrew come home from their honeymoon to Disneyland tonight. But I won't see them until tomorrow. I miss those punks! And I want Sarah to meet Ross, because I am crazy about that punk. ;) Anyway, Sarah and Andrew are gonna be living only about two blocks away from me! Maybe three... I don't know. But still, I can just walk right over and bug them! Not that I would, but it's just if I need anything, they're really close! And they live by a tree with a butt. Which is pretty much one of the most awesomest things ever. Except I went by the tree with a butt last week, and it's but was all covered with leaves. Crazy! But also pretty cool. I guess it was tired of being immodest so it grew a little speedo! Tee hee!

I Have a Brother-In-Law!

How crazy that I have a brother-in-law. Weird. But also pretty cool. It's interesting, I kind of feel old, but not like age old, just like now my family is in a completely different stage of life. Sarah's married! Ah! And everyone at the reception was asking me when I was gonna be married. Absolutely Ridonkulous. But the wedding, luncheon, and reception all went really well! Dude, my sister is so beautiful! Sarah and Andrew were so happy, those silly lovers. :)
So the poll is finished that I did about which high school mascot was worse. The worst high school mascot is the Beetdiggers. Poor guys. But they were followed by the Darts. And no one voted for anything else so they must both be pretty pathetic. Which is ok. Because the students that go the schools are still proud to be Beetdiggers or Darts. So, power to them, I guess...
Anyway, I don't have much to say today. But that's all good. I just thought I should write a little something since I haven't posted anything in a while. But I'll post something more exciting later. Woot!

Boy Trouble + No Job + Where to Live + GAH!!! = me

Basically, I'm making that sad little Puss in Boots face! I'm so freaking stressed out and depressed and basically just out of it. Ridonkulous. Life is basically completely hectic. And that really stinks. Humph. So this fall I was planning on living in the Old Farm Townhouses. But that idea has been a little flopped as I really don't have any money, literally, no money, and to live there I have to have paid for both semesters by the end of the summer. That's nuts in my opinion. I freaking don't have money!!! Gah! I really need a job! Ok, taking a deep breath.... I am turning in an application for Hobby Lobby today. Hooray. Woot. They're hiring. So here's a little something random, how come boys/men are so freaking ridiculous? Gosh. One minute they're all flirtatious and awesome and sweet, the next they're just like I don't even know, crazy? Weird? Not seeming to care? Gah! Boys are dumb. That is what I have concluded.
Ok, we're gonna switch to a more positive and exciting note here for a jiffy. So at Seagull Book yesterday there was basically a gargantuan sale. Party. So the thing that I bought, was basically amazing. It was a set. A Chronicles of Narnia set. What it had was one huge book that has all the novels in it, and then all seven books on cd. Woot! Pretty awesome set. I can listen to the books and also be productive at the same time! Anyway, so this set was normally 100 bucks, BUT the wet was 80% off!!! Holy cow pie! So I got this amazing thing for only 20 dollars. Par-tay. I'm definitely gonna have to start listening/reading them today. Woot sauce. Those there books are basically awesome.
So if you haven't been able to pick it up, I'm basically ridiculously stressed out and I am freaking out. Basically. I was even crying last night, so much freaking stuff is going on! I just can't take all this ridiculousness!!! Sigh. I guess I will get over it eventually. Party. Woot. Ya....

Life

All sorts of different people have come into my life. Many of them I will never hear from again. Others are family members that have passed on to the next life. Today I want to share memories about a very close friend and family member of mine.
I remember when my cousin Scott began dating Laurianne. Right from the moment I met her I fell in love with her. She was witty, clever, beautiful, and could always make me laugh. I was so happy when the two got married. I know that my family is sealed together for eternity. I got so excited that Laurianne became a member of my eternal family. I loved family parties. I would usually just go sit and talk with Laurianne. She was so fun to talk to. She would tease, but was never rude. I really looked up to her. Although I had never heard her share it, from being around her I knew that she had a firm testimony of the Gospel. She was surrounded by a certain glow that people have when they know the truth. She did know.
Laurianne was so supportive of me. I remember that she came to a color guard perfomance of mine. I was so excited! I was so thrilled that she would come and watch me. Laurianne was always such an amazing person like that. Wherever she was, she was happy to be there.
Years passed and everyone in the family was wondering when Scott and Laurianne were gonna start having kids. I had been hanging out with Laurianne, one of my favorite things, and she was driving me home. We were just chatting and I said, "I know you are probably really sick of people asking you this, but are you and Scott gonna have kids anytime soon?" She laughed and said, "As of last night, who knows?" Oh, man. I couldn't stop laughing! It was much more humorous when a month or so later she came to my house with Scott and an ultra sound. She was pregnant. It was such an exciting experience! I remember that in the ultra sound picture, the baby looked, well, weird. It wasn't all that developed yet, and Laurianne said, "I'm gonna have a peanut!" She was like that. Always making me giggle.
A few months later, I got some devastating news. Laurianne was in the hospital. Doctors had found a cancerous tumor on her brain. (This was about 2 and a half years ago.) I remember asking why God would let this happen. It was a very scary thing, everyone was worried about Laurianne and the baby in her womb. She was going to go into surgery. If I am recalling correctly, there was a 60% chance that Laurianne wouldn't make it. I got excused from marching band the day before the surgery so that I could go and see my dear friend. I really wanted to see her one last time just in case she didn't make it. She looked so frail, so weak, so ill. I was crying. I was so scared. I don't remember exactly what she said, but I remember she said something witty to me that made me smile. She was always so positive. The entire extended Bredthauer family got together and started a fast. I have never felt the Spirit so strongly with my extended family before. It was so amazing. Laurianne just had to make it through. The next day I was fasting and praying like crazy. School was a blur, I was constantly thinking about Laurianne. While I was at marching band, my mom came and brought me a sandwich. Laurianne's surgery was over, and both she and the baby were fine. My heart had a little party inside of my chest. I thought it was gonna explode. My eyes were all teared up.
After that Laurianne began chemotherapy. I know that that was really rough on her. It was also hard because doctors had to keep the baby safe as well. The first time after that that I saw Lauri take off a hat, I wanted to scream. Her beautiful hair was gone. But only in the front. It was really shocking to me. She had such long, gorgeous hair. And it was half gone. But Laurianne retained her jovial personality. She would talk about her hair as a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back. I was always amazed by how happy she could be through this difficult trial. It was so inspiring to me. I learned that no matter how bad life gets, having a positive attitude changes everything. What a blessing that Laurianne had such a great outlook on everything.
In the late winter, I can't remember exactly what month, Laurianne gave birth to a beautiful little girl. She and Scott named her Lucy. What an adorable little girl she is! I remember holding little Lucy at the hospital. She was so small, so teeny weeny. And Laurianne and Scott were so happy to have such a healthy, beautiful baby. It was awesome.
Time passed, Lucy grew, and Laurianne continued her chemotherapy. Scott was working hard for his family. What a great father he was and is. Family first. I have concluded that I would be a very lucky woman indeed to marry a man as great as Scott. He was always so sweet to his beautiful wife and he was never afraid to have fun. And he loves his daughter so darn much. What an amazing man. I'm sure proud of my cousin.
So around January of 2009, I think that's when it was, Scott and Laurianne shared the exciting news that the cancer was gone! What a miracle that was! But it didn't last. When Laurianne went in for a check-up, the cancer was back again. I was devastated and so upset. My parents said that Scott and Laurianne were going to be trying to have another baby. Now, they weren't. Lucy was almost 2 years old at this point. She's been growing so much. I got really mad. Why would God make this beautiful little family suffer like that? Didn't he care? It was a really big struggle for me to take that blow. My dear friend Laurianne was not doing well at all.
I don't think I ever saw her again after that. She was really sick so stayed at home, unable to come to family parties. But this past Saturday, the 9th of May, brought on a day that I will never forget. I was home with my family, just working in the yard. My sister, Sarah, is getting married at the end of the month, and the yard needed to be perfect. I was planting flowers and my mom came over to me. She said, "Laurianne isn't doing well. She got rushed to the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dad is going to get Lucy from the hospital." I couldn't speak. What? Had I just not been up to date on things? It is hard to get information when you live away from your family, but I had no idea that Laurianne was even close to being that bad. Everything from that day was only things I heard from the parents speaking. They didn't want to scare or worry my younger siblings, but I was usually allowed to hear the conversations. I mostly just picked up little things, my mind was wondering a lot. I was so worried. Water in Laurianne's brain, she gets rushed to surgery so that doctors can drill a hole in her skull and get out the water. Water in Laurianne's lungs, have to drain those too. Now Laurianne is in a coma, nobody knows if she will even wake up. I don't think I have ever been that scared before in my life. Why was this happening?
Well, while all of this was happening, Lucy was at my family's house. I took her to the park to play. She is so adorable. It was really hard for me, spending time with Lucy while her mother was in the hospital dying. But in a way it was nice that I could make Lucy happy. She didn't really understand what was going on with her mom. It was really fun to play with her at the park. She was really fun. And we also went for a walk around the park. Lucy held my hand sometimes. Children are so amazing. They are surrounded by a beautiful spirit of peace and joy. They are never afraid to laugh or speak there mind. I think everyone could learn something from spending a day with a child.
Greg, Scott's brother, and his wife Stacie came over to our house to get Lucy in the evening. Greg said that Laurianne was still on life support and in a coma. He said that she had had a lot of brain damage, if she made it through she would probably not be able to do very much and wouldn't be able to talk. He said that Scott was going to have to "pull the plug", take Laurianne off of life support. Greg said that if Scott didn't do it tonight, he would do it in the morning. Have you ever been hit in the head so hard that you black out? I felt like that, only in my stomach. Lucy went with Greg and Stacie.
Later that evening, I was out Mother's Day shopping with my family, and my dad got a call. I heard only his half of the conversation. "Hello... Yes... I'm sorry to hear that... How is Scott doing?... I can imagine... Ok... Bye." He hung up the phone and turned to me. Laurianne was dead. After 2 and a half years of fighting cancer, my friend was dead. My hero that I looked up to so much... Gone... I didn't know what to think. I didn't even feel like I could think anymore.
I went with my parents to see Scott that night. I just didn't know how I was supposed to feel. I've never lost someone so close to me before. What was I supposed to be feeling? I could tell that Scott was really out of it. Obviously, as he had just lost his wife. I had never seen him cry before. I was very impressed by him. He's a goof ball, and I love it. Even though he's going through such a large trial, he managed to tease me like always. I saw him depending on his family. It really strengthened my testimony of the power of family. Scott really is an amazing man.
Today, three days later, I'm still not sure how to feel about the situation. I know that I can't sit and mope around. There are things that I need to do and get done. I've been thinking in the positive to keep myself from crying. I know that Laurianne is in a much better place now. She is in Spirit Paradise. She has no more pain, no more suffering, no more cancer. Although this is a happy thought, I know that the loss of someone so close will be a difficult trial in my family for a a while.
Some people that enter our lives are easily forgotten, but I know that I will never forget Laurianne. She was a light to me in the darkness, and she set an example to me of how to live. I truly hope that someday I can be as great of a woman as she was. I will truly miss that outstanding woman and daughter of God. Scott and Lucy are in my prayers. I love you guys.

New Experiences Sometimes Suck

Kind of like a leech. Kind of like a nasty leech. Kind of like the one in this picture. Bleck. So I moved into a new apartment on Monday. Party! It is nice. Pretty old, and the bedrooms are small, but it is nice. My bedroom roommate is Sam Watt. She is super awesome. I met her in Merrill Hall this past school year. She really likes to talk boys, and so do I! So I'm thinking that is a good arrangement. Then one other roommate is here, her name is Jacie. She is ridiculous. Like, basically she is me on steroids. That should give you a good idea of how she is. She is 20 and a music major. She thinks she's better than the rest of us because she is a year older and has her Associate Degree. Absolutely ridiculous. That doesn't make her better than anyone. Humph. And my allergies are killing me! They are so much worse up here than they ever were in Kaysville! One nostril is clogged up completely and the other has boogers running out of it and I have to blow my nose every five minutes. Lame! Oh, and my tonsils are super swollen so it is even harder to breathe with those honkin things clogging up my windpipe. Not to mention that my whole head feels like it is about to explode. Grr... And every now and again I sneeze. man, I just feel like crap! But I must keep going. Aye, that I must.

The Poll is Done

Those of you that noticed, which is probably a lot of you, there was a poll on the side of my blog. It was to see which superhero everyone thought was best. Well, Batman won. Cool beans. He was followed by Wolverine, another good choice. Anyway, I'll probably put up another poll now, just so that there's another exciting thing there. Woot.

Where'd the Sun Go?

I am really missing the sun at the moment. It was so lovely about a week ago! and a week before that. Then it gets all cold and depressing outside. I really do not enjoy this here Utah weather. Just look at the beautiful picture of the sun I picked out! I absolutely adore the sun! I love being outside when the sun is shining! It just makes life so happy. Darn clouds. Ridiculous.
yeah, I know this one is short. I just had to complain somewhere about how much I miss the sun.