Being Mean

A while ago I decided that I needed to work on being mean to people. It will help me become more bold and then I can go back to being nice. And some times when I'm too nice to people I feel sick afterwards. Sick and angry that I was so nice when I shouldn't have been. So I've been working on it. It's going.. pretty well.

Last week in class this guy who called me sweetheart twice the other day (yuck) thought that I switched some entries in my matrix at the end of a problem but really I just forgot the switching and negating part of finding the inverse at the beginning so I freaked out on him a little. Not enough but I said, "OK, OKAY I got it! That's not what I did. Bye!"

We have a law here in Rexburg. No crossing the street while texting. It may sound funny but I've purposely not moved and knocked shoulders with a ton of idiots texting and not watching the sidewalk in front of them to see that they need to move over. I do feel a little bad after they say sorry... but I don't turn around.

While not messaging Hannah in my computer science class the other day there was a boy sitting a seat away from me trying to talk to me about how small my laptop was blah blah blah. "Wow that is small. Is that the 11.5 inch?" "I don't know" "Wow that's tiny! Cool." "Yup." Then he put his leg up and was moaning and groaning every time he moved his leg. Psh. Did I mention he came in on crutches? Please. IGNORE.

A solicitor came to my door today. Something about selling coupons to help people on meth. He asked if I would be interested in the coupons and I said no. Then he asked if I wanted to make a donation. Nope. THEN he said, "are you sure?" NO I'm not sure. Give me another second to think about giving money that I don't have to you. After I closed the door and watched him knock on my neighbors door and stand there forever I had one of those sick feeling moments. I let him down too gently. There is a NO SOLICITING sign at the entrance of my apartment complex. Sheesh.

Picture Answers

Where was this picture taken?

 In the barn by Thomas Barrett.

Where am I?

Right there!

Who killed this spider?

I can't find the video she made! :( But it was Sophia. She recorded herself killing it with my camera. :) Sweet girl. :)

What is this? Do you want more time? ...

 Tom informed me that the picture was upside-down. But it's a croissant.

Where was this guy?

 Yellowstone. Hanging out around the boiling waters.

Who wears it best?

  There's clearly no right answer. Here are some more of those though. :)

Picture Wonders

Where was this picture taken?

I spy... ME! Can you?

Who killed this spider? With the camera that took it's picture in fact.

What is this?

Where was this little critter found?

Who wears it best?

On Names

I know I speak quietly. But I also know that these people hear me say my name. So that can't be it. They hear me say everything else. Sheesh. I now have a teacher - a teacher that I have for two of my class mind you - calling me Lillian. No offense Grandma Lial but I really don't like being called Lillian. Every single time I have to tell someone my name I say it more than once. In the case of my teacher, he didn't listen for the second time. So it was like on a movie when I corrected him because my "a" dragged on when I realized that he had moved on. And my name became "Liliaaaaokay." I've had a couple people today think I was saying "Alea"?? Maybe I'm a mumbler. Mumbler! Just with my name though? I need to practice.

In my World Religions class I recognized someone (two people actually) but I didn't think about it much and whatever. For this class the teacher called our names then asked us where we are from and made small talk with some students. Towards the end of his list he called the name "Prometheus."
TEACHER: That's an interesting name.
STUDENT: It's a game I play. I change my name for every new semester.
TEACHER: Oh. So what is your real name?
STUDENT: The name my mom calls me?
TEACHER: Yes.
STUDENT: Remington
And the name made me remember that I met him in the gym.Weird.

The other person that I ever so slightly recognized recognized me too. After class he said, "Hey! I thought you'd be long gone by now." ... Who are you? I don't even think your name is in my subconscious. Who are you again? I don't think we even spoke much back when our paths crossed and your face was put into memory. "Hey! Ya I'm still here. Almost done..." Maybe he was Hannah's friend and thought I was Hannah? But I have no clues for you Hannah to remotely figure out who he is. Oh vell.



By the way and since it's September 11th there were a ton of flags in one area on campus. A ton.

 You can kind of see them here. It was pretty cool.

Idaho Falls Zoo

 

MONKEYS

 

or squirrel? ^

BIRDS

 With the monkeys and birds I was thinking of my family disney/pixar post and picking out a family member for each monkey or bird. What bird would you be?
A couple flamingos in there had funny long beaks. And those gray fluffy things are babies!

 The Peacocks were walking randomly throughout the Zoo and those white birds below are Pelicans. Further below are Swans with the black feet.

These a little hard to see but the left bird was so colorful and the right bird I think is an owl.. A cute little angry owl. Stanley?

CATS

 

 He wasn't growling or anything, just standing there with his mouth open.

HUMANS

What? How did he get in there?

MISCELLANEOUS

Llama llama llamaaa

The Otters were all in the log the first time we walked by.

Tortoise

 

I got all three sizes in this one. Can you see them all?

Bears

 Red Panda

 Camels

There were two and the other one and skinnier humps that were moving. Yes, moving. Gross.

Zebras

ALSO, I just came across THIS post by C Jane! It's like the family post I did. Enjoy!