1. Whenever my sister got angry she would jut out her chin. It was pretty funny. I never met anyone that could jut out their chin the way she could.
2. My sister used to practice certain twirling fundamentals in bed while I was trying to sleep. It would make me a little uneasy since my face was about 6 inches from the end of her baton. One night I voiced my concern and she assured me I was perfectly safe and she had control of her baton. Just as I was dozing off that night, SMACK right in the cheek- what a way to wake up.
3. My sister loved ballet. She took ballet when she was little and worked her way up until she got to dance on pointe. I took dance too when I was little, but not as long as my sister. I started taking ballet again when I started school at BYU. I remember one day we were going around getting my dance stuff for class when I asked my sister, "don't you miss it?" meaning ballet. She burst into tears and said "YES I MISS IT!" That was one of those several moments in my life when I felt like a dipsmack for opening my mouth.
4. I remember when my sister bought the single "More than Words". She listened to it endlessly and it was one of those songs that she would sing into her thumb at grocery stores. Glen would just walk away when she started.
5. My sister loved daisies- gerbera daisies. You know on You've Got Mail when Meg Ryan says "I love daisies, they're such a happy flower." I think that's why my sister loved them- they're such happy flowers.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Vote on your ARMS
I know there are more people than 4 that read this blog. I don't care who you are just vote just so I know if there are any more "gorillas" out there :) thanks guys!!! If you don't know what the poll is about read the post entitled "Funny Realizations".
January 11th
I thought it would be funny to write a few of my sister's pet peeves- she had such funny ones.
1. My older brother's driving. Really- it is a bit scary :) sorry Glen. Remember that time we were driving down 9th east fighting with each other and somebody pulled out in front of us and we almost got creamed?? Yang was in tears- I was shaking and you bought us subway for lunch. Good times- we stopped fighting. Were you driving, Glen?
2. When people say "I am nauseous." It is actually "I am nauseated." Look it up guys- sound more intelligent and say nauseated :) saying "I am nauseous," means you are making other people nauseated. It has become one of my pet peeves too :)
3. My mother's driving. She's not as bad as my brothers', but she could pay a little better attention to the road :)
4. Bucking her system. She had a certain way she wanted things to go and you better go with yang's flow. Glen liked to go against the flow- just to irritate- it would make him laugh...maniacally.
5. Ken Jennings little brother was one big walking pet peeve. I think I mentioned before that she was good friends with Ken Jennings- yeah the jeopardy guy. They worked together at BYU and then after he moved on he got his little brother a job working under my sister in the same office. He was annoying and total opposite of Ken. He didn't brush his hair and I swear he got dressed in the dark.
1. My older brother's driving. Really- it is a bit scary :) sorry Glen. Remember that time we were driving down 9th east fighting with each other and somebody pulled out in front of us and we almost got creamed?? Yang was in tears- I was shaking and you bought us subway for lunch. Good times- we stopped fighting. Were you driving, Glen?
2. When people say "I am nauseous." It is actually "I am nauseated." Look it up guys- sound more intelligent and say nauseated :) saying "I am nauseous," means you are making other people nauseated. It has become one of my pet peeves too :)
3. My mother's driving. She's not as bad as my brothers', but she could pay a little better attention to the road :)
4. Bucking her system. She had a certain way she wanted things to go and you better go with yang's flow. Glen liked to go against the flow- just to irritate- it would make him laugh...maniacally.
5. Ken Jennings little brother was one big walking pet peeve. I think I mentioned before that she was good friends with Ken Jennings- yeah the jeopardy guy. They worked together at BYU and then after he moved on he got his little brother a job working under my sister in the same office. He was annoying and total opposite of Ken. He didn't brush his hair and I swear he got dressed in the dark.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
January 10th
1. My sister took an EMT class. She took the test to qualify as an actual EMT and somehow never got her qualification even though she passed the test. We always had to pick on her and say "Don't worry, I'm an EMT!!"
2. My sister was the first of all 4 of us to work at Taco Bell. She worked there for (I think) 2 years. We were all really good taco slingers.
3. No one could ever taste Yang's cooking or baking before it was done- unless she gave you an honorary pass to do so :)
4. My sister would always tell me about the weirdest nightmares. They weren't really nightmares unless you were Yang. She would dream about things like- being back in band and forgetting her routine- or blowing a wrong whistle and the band having a train wreck.
5. My sister had a cat named Squints. He was named after Squints from the Sandlot. I think the cat eventually ran away while my sister was living at my grandma's house. The funny thing is- we think we saw him prowling around the woods outside my parents' house a couple of years later- which is at least 5 miles away.
2. My sister was the first of all 4 of us to work at Taco Bell. She worked there for (I think) 2 years. We were all really good taco slingers.
3. No one could ever taste Yang's cooking or baking before it was done- unless she gave you an honorary pass to do so :)
4. My sister would always tell me about the weirdest nightmares. They weren't really nightmares unless you were Yang. She would dream about things like- being back in band and forgetting her routine- or blowing a wrong whistle and the band having a train wreck.
5. My sister had a cat named Squints. He was named after Squints from the Sandlot. I think the cat eventually ran away while my sister was living at my grandma's house. The funny thing is- we think we saw him prowling around the woods outside my parents' house a couple of years later- which is at least 5 miles away.
Friday, January 9, 2009
January 9
1. My sister was a very talented writer. She didn't even have to try. She had one of her english papers submitted by one of her professors to the New Era. They bought the story and paid her for it. I don't know if it has been published yet- I don't thin it has. I thought that was pretty cool.
2. Yang was always ready to laugh at herself. She never took herself too seriously. She was most always laughing.
3. My sister loved milk. I've never been a huge fan of the stuff, but yang would drink milk with anything. She used to love to drink a glass of milk and eat a piece of white bread before bed.
4. My sister had gorgeous thick hair. I was always jealous because mine was so thin- like my daddy's. Yang got my mom's hair.
5. Even though we were 4 years apart we got asked if we were twins. People would go on an on about how we looked alike. Which then made us sit in front of our vanity and examine all the differences in our looks. Different people see different things-funny.
2. Yang was always ready to laugh at herself. She never took herself too seriously. She was most always laughing.
3. My sister loved milk. I've never been a huge fan of the stuff, but yang would drink milk with anything. She used to love to drink a glass of milk and eat a piece of white bread before bed.
4. My sister had gorgeous thick hair. I was always jealous because mine was so thin- like my daddy's. Yang got my mom's hair.
5. Even though we were 4 years apart we got asked if we were twins. People would go on an on about how we looked alike. Which then made us sit in front of our vanity and examine all the differences in our looks. Different people see different things-funny.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
January 8th
1. My sister loved the Training Table. She was all about their cheese fries with fry sauce of course and the chicken salad with artichoke hearts. When she was the only one living out there and we would go for a visit she would always want to take us to Training Table for cheese fries.
2. My sister was really good at "doing as the Romans do". It took her just a week at Academy for Girls at BYU when she was 14 or so to start talking like a Utahan. It was funny. The first thing she said to us when we picked her up was "Hiyee you Guyees".
3. My sister was drum major her senior year. She loved it. The band director loved her too.
4. To know my sister was to love her. There weren't many people that yang knew that didn't like her. If they didn't like her- they were usually psycho.
5. My sister had a major fear of diving that took her a while to get over. I remember when we first got our swimming pool she was 14- she was still trying to make herself go head first into the water. I never understood that one :)
2. My sister was really good at "doing as the Romans do". It took her just a week at Academy for Girls at BYU when she was 14 or so to start talking like a Utahan. It was funny. The first thing she said to us when we picked her up was "Hiyee you Guyees".
3. My sister was drum major her senior year. She loved it. The band director loved her too.
4. To know my sister was to love her. There weren't many people that yang knew that didn't like her. If they didn't like her- they were usually psycho.
5. My sister had a major fear of diving that took her a while to get over. I remember when we first got our swimming pool she was 14- she was still trying to make herself go head first into the water. I never understood that one :)
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Jan 7th
1. My sister was way into Bath and Body Works. She loved country apple- she had the body creams, body wash, body splash etc. After we got ready to go somewhere her whole room, apartment, house whatever was just inundated with country apple.
2. She was all about different kinds of paper. She had a billion little different pads of paper or stationery here and there. She loved pens too. She loved having cute paper and a cool pen to write on it with.
3. My sister loved sushi. YUCK!! I went with her once to a sushi bar. She had all kinds of tuna and other raw yuckiness. But, the nastiest thing was the octopus soup she ate. It had little tentacles in it with the suckers and everything. I couldn't believe she could eat that stuff.
4. Yang was always in style in high school. I remember she would come out with the big huge bangs that were so popular and I would call her 3 story high bang Yang. She would also do the big cobra sides. Remember when it was cool to puff out the sides of your hair to look like the head of a cobra? I wonder when that will come back into style. blagh.
5.She played the flute and piccolo in the band. She was always first chair- I think there was one time when she didn't make first chair for some reason beyond her control and she was really upset about it. That's how she was about everything- she had to be the best or not do it at all.
2. She was all about different kinds of paper. She had a billion little different pads of paper or stationery here and there. She loved pens too. She loved having cute paper and a cool pen to write on it with.
3. My sister loved sushi. YUCK!! I went with her once to a sushi bar. She had all kinds of tuna and other raw yuckiness. But, the nastiest thing was the octopus soup she ate. It had little tentacles in it with the suckers and everything. I couldn't believe she could eat that stuff.
4. Yang was always in style in high school. I remember she would come out with the big huge bangs that were so popular and I would call her 3 story high bang Yang. She would also do the big cobra sides. Remember when it was cool to puff out the sides of your hair to look like the head of a cobra? I wonder when that will come back into style. blagh.
5.She played the flute and piccolo in the band. She was always first chair- I think there was one time when she didn't make first chair for some reason beyond her control and she was really upset about it. That's how she was about everything- she had to be the best or not do it at all.
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