last meal

1. If I could choose my last meal it would be citrus fruit salad and chocolate tiger cake from the pastry pub and fresh squeezed ice cold apple cider from springdale orchards .

2. My favorite person to share a meal with is depends...sam at pastry pub..at home, someone who will share because, heaven knows i could never finish that tiger cake by myself .

3. The best meal I've ever had was in nice, france. we went to the fruit and flower market and got bread, cheese, and fruit, walked down to the beach of the Mediterranean and ate .

4. The one food that makes me feel instantly better when I'm having a bad day is mint chocolate chip ice cream .

5. My absolute specialty in the kitchen is quesadillas. and pancakes .

6. The city that has the best food is anywhere in france and my favorite restaurant there is i don't actually remember if we ever ate at a restaurant. but the stands where they make paninis and crepes were delicious

7. My favorite healthy snack is watermelon .

8. In my opinion the nationality which has the best food is mexican .

9. If I could learn to cook anything in the world (and be really good at it!) I'd choose some kind of casserole. you can never go wrong with a good casserole .

10. The most outrageous dessert I've ever had was earlier this week i was at bear lake where they grow delicious raspberries and we had chocolate covered raspberries. heaven in my mouth. .

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neko and john make a music baby and my future career was born

i am exhausted but classes are OVER. hallelujah. plus this is my favorite fill in the blank friday yet.
1. One song that always
takes me back to my youth is anything by neil diamond or van morrisson...or just South of the Border. my grandpa used to sing it to me when he'd put me to bed .

2. My first concert ever was i don't know. but the first concert i remember was "Riders in the Sky" at Red Butte Garden. my dad LOVES them. and that is an understatement .

3. If I could create my dream music festival I'd want these bands to be there: oh that list could go on forEVER. but i will say, i would absolutely die of happiness if John Mayer+Neko Case and Josh Ritter+Brandi Carlile made music babies onstage. .

4. The best make-out/"boot knocking" song ever is i've only ever made out to one song- "the nearness of you" by norah jones. waaaaaaaaaaaaay sappy, i know. and the boy kinda ruined the song for me .

5. The best concert I've ever been to was baaaaahhhh, too many--Neko Case cause that's where i first heard her and i just am in love with her, Damien Rice the 2nd time i saw him (you want to talk true love?), Josh Ritter- hands down happiest person to be onstage and SO dang cute, Ingrid Michaelson the 1st time i saw her--back when she was poor and could only afford to have ali moss backing her up.
best concert i've never been to: brandi carlile (july 11th, red butte garden!), mumford and sons...please please please please come to utah! .

6. A memorable musical moment for me was last year in BYU women's chorus we sang this arrangement of "Psalm 23" (the lord is my shepherd) that was so unbelievably beautiful. i cried everytime we performed it except the nights my parents came. i even cried through rehearsal.
also, no one will find this funny except aubry and brooke..."me, my yoke, and i" damien rice concert. .

7. The song on my iPod that's getting the most play these days is "Change of Time" from Josh Ritter's album that comes out in a week and a half. if the rest of the album is half as good as this song i will vow celibacy and enter a convent until josh decided to marry me. but actually not cause i wouldn't want him to leave his cute wife .

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let's go fly a kite

1. The first thing I do in the morning is try to think of a good reason not to get up .

2. Every night before bed I set my alarm and say my prayers .

3. My favorite thing to do when I'm having a bad day is lay on my bed listening to some van morrison...or lately, crazy heart soundtrack

4. Something that makes me cringe since as a lifeguard i watched a kid do a gainer, hit his forehead on the diving-board, and end up with a concussion and broken nose, i always cringe when i watch people to back-flips on diving-boards. i don't think i'll ever fully recover.

5. Social situations make me want to dance...??i don't know how to answer this .

6. I like to collect i keep every letter i receive. also, i have these little jewel bird ring holders that i love .

7. Weekends are for playing outside. and not doing ANY homework .

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sam and the shark

1. The strangest thing I've ever eaten was shark...and it was delicious .

2. My best friend is i have lots. but right now my favorite person is sam -he gave me a big huge hug today that made me feel better about life cause i'm staying here... (forget the fact he's sitting right next to me) .

3. If I could live in a different era it would be 1920's or 1970's because who wouldn't want to be around when public radio first came out? and who doesn't love 70's style? but i like living in 2010 .

4. I like fridays. and singing. and ice cream. and paulie bleeker .

5. If you only know one thing about me it should be i'm hands-down the most indecisive person you will ever meet. just look at my life history .

6. My favorite book of all time is To Kill A Mockingbird. if you've never read it, SHAME on you .

7. The one beauty product I couldn't live without is facewash .

8. Blogging is taking up the precious minutes i could be spending eating .

9. If I could star in a movie with any actor/actress I would want to work with Julie Andrews in a musical. it's truly tragic that she can't sing anymore .

10. One of the best feelings in the world is i don't know...but winning that almond rocha this week from my teacher whom i've always thought hated me felt pretty awesome .

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easter inspiration...

i really hope you'll take the less than five minutes to watch this no matter what your beliefs are. it is really beautiful truth that brings hope to everyone on this earth.

happy easter!!!

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i do the hokey pokey and turn myself around...

1. The best piece of advice I was ever given was : "don't get married till you've graduated from college." welp, i'm still in college, not married, nor engaged--so maybe not the best piece of advice, but the piece of advice i actually listened to and obeyed .

2. If I had a million dollars to give to one charity I would give it to charity: water or invisible children .

3. If I got to choose my "last meal" it would be cafe rio pork salad with lots and lots of guac, watermelon, raspberry limeade, and a ghirardelli mint bliss sundae .

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4. My hair is always changing. .

5. If at first you don't succeed do the hokey pokey! then try again. .

6. I have always been very independent...until i moved out .

7. Oh....and by the way.... i still haven't decided what to change my major to. so, i'm open to suggestions .
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this crazy heart loves the rain

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1. Today I am wearing dry skin left over from burn blisters...hot .

2. My favorite childhood food was watermelon and my favorite food now is watermelon .

3. A day that I am too busy to sing is a day that I am too busy.

4. The last movie I saw was "Crazy Heart" and the next movie I want to see is "lovely bones" .

5. My favorite smell is after a rain storm because, it smells good.

6. A weird little quirk I have is i HATE high-fives .

7. When I take personality quizzes they always say I'm i don't know. i don't remember the last personality quiz i took... .

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i ain't sayin' she's a gold digger

apparently the powers that be at hotmail.com caught wind of the secret that i actually date guys for their money... you know those ads you get on the side of your screen? ya, mine says "Romance a millionaire: Date millionaire men who are looking for classy women. Join MeetingMillionaires for free. You deserve the best!"

1. The best day ever was i don't know..any day when my family is happy and kind to each other--probably the night last summer my family sat out on our deck laughing, talking, having a dance off, my brother telling the "city of north salt lake" to "live long and prosper" in his jammer .

2. My favorite meal of the day is breakfast because i feel like this encompasses all meals because if i could i would eat breakfast for every meal .

3. This weekend i get to see my dad and my grandpa and my mom and my sisters and my nephew and my brother and my friends and i don't even have to think about going to school on monday or doing homework cause it is SPRING BREAK! .

4. Never in my life have I ever had a bike that i didn't want to ride (virtual kiss on the cheek to whoever can name that song) .

5. The only thing better than thinking of nothing while listening to a good song is thinking of nothing while listening to a good song with bose headphones or speakers .

6. I could really do with some more sleep .

7. The most recent thing I bought myself was a dr. pepper .
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rebel without a cause

it's friday and i'm going to see alice in wonderland!

1. One thing I MUST do before I die is sky dive. i don't think it has the same affect when you're an angel .

2. I would rather eat a cockroach than break a bone any day.

3. If I could give my younger self one piece of advice it would be dear 10-year-old kelli jean: rebel, rebel! okay, not really. save your pennies. eventually, you're going to have to start paying for stuff .

4. If I won the lottery tomorrow I'd pay the rest of my tuition and rent (you're welcome, dad) and eat well for the rest of my college career. oh that would be heavenly .

5. The best surprise ever was for my 15th? birthday my older sister gave me a john mayer songbook then asked me to play "your body is a wonderland" for her. when i opened the book to that page, 2 concert tickets fell out. my sister rocks the casbah .

6. My biggest fault is my lack of priorities. i've said before, i buy music before i buy food .

7. My biggest strength is i'm passionate. who do you know loves paulie bleeker more? .
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i think i'm in love with you?

it's friday again!
1. When I'm nervous I turn red. My cheeks flush. It's super embarassing . (this was lauren's, but my answer really is the same...except i also bite my nails, a habit i'm trying/have tried multiple times to break)

2. My favorite item in my closet is (are) my pairs of toms .

3. laying on my bed listening to a good song is my favorite thing to do when I need to relax.

4. My favorite childhood memory is walking home with my little sister after school in elementary, laying on my grandpa's bed watching WWF and eating chocolate frosting from the tub...ya, we're classy .

5. Something you may not know about me is i can't hold up my three middle fingers in my left hand...when i try, it looks like a dinosaur claw .

6. A true friend always lets me be the d.j. .

7. Something I hope people think of when they think of me is __paulie bleeker's soul mate_ .

now i'm curious...what do you think of when you think of me?

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take a skinny dip

lauren does this on her blog weekly and i thought i'd post my version so you can do it too! (cough -- mattie, kerri, brooke...and other people that don't blog often..but whoever else wants to too).

1. I am hoping my Valentine's day this year includes, chocolate .

2. My biggest guilty pleasure is eating chocolate . (wow, can you tell it's been awhile since i had any?)

3. I am most proud of passing college biology at BYU...with a "b" at that! .

4. If I could choose one outfit to live in it would be nudist colony.

5. People are people so why should it be that you and i should get along so awkwardly? .

6. I would rather swim with sharks than eat worms .

7. I love my iPod more than my phone .

tgif. now it's your turn.

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