Lawyering

I read this article on TheMorningNews.org today. It's so funny, especially now since I work around lawyers all day.

I love the non-expert. He's so clever.

Ew. Against any better judgement, I have totally become engrossed with stupid American Idol, which is a show I hate. The only time I have ever watched it was way back when, when Kelly Clarkson won it on season 1. I was a Freshman in college, living in Snow Hall and everyone would come down to my apartment and watch it. Besides that I couldn't really tell you who else has won it..... actually that's a lie. I could, but only because I can retain useless pop-culture information like I am freaking Rain Man or something. I don't know why I'm watching it now. It's not really because of the singers, but because I think Paula Abdul is crazy and in serious need of, well, something. She says the weirdest stuff and acts even weirder. Tonight she kept getting out of her chair and kneeling on the ground behind the judges desk. What? Paula, what are you doing? Don't watch it if you aren't already. It's really a waste of time.

Things I want to buy now that I have a steady income:
1. new camera
2. new bedding
3. bookcase
4. tennis lessons
5. tickets to the ATP Masters Series in Indian Wells, CA

I have never won anything in my entire life,

Until now

OMG.

So I entered this contest last night to win backstage Meet and Greet passes to the Jack's Mannequin concert this Wednesday and I TOTALLY WON.

I clicked the link on MySpace and entered (you had to answer 3 questions about the band, which I didn't know, until I googled it all and found the answers). Then today I clicked on the link which listed the winners and there I was!!!! Brianne Olsen!!! Yeah!!!! I am so excited!! Who said MySpace was stupid and pointless????

So, on Wednesday night I get to meet this dude, who is in my top 3. Top 3, people. Who can say they've met someone on their top list????

Now I just wish I had someone to go with.

Not much going on...

My Mom and Jen left Saturday morning to head up to Provo to visit Shannon. We had a good time hanging out, eating good food that my Moom cooked us and shopping a little. I was slightly annoyed when I would have to get up and go to work in the morning with those 2 still sleeping, resting up to spend the day out and about.

This weekend I tried to get some things acomplished, but I failed miserably. I began to clean out my car, but when it came time to vacum it out and clean the windows, I opted to go watch Pretty Woman instead. I love that movie.

I also made an attempt at putting away all my clothes and organizing the rest of my stuff, but in true Brianne fashion I put that off until Sunday night, and then I realized I wanted to watch one of the movies I rented-Pirates of the Carribean II. I hadn't seen it, and it was ok. The sea creature pirates got a little too much for me, but overall, it was good. Anything with Orlando Bloom I can consider....he's such a babe.

Today I am filling in as the receptionist because our regular is on vacation. FYI.

I'm going to try and go to FHE tonight. I met a couple people in my ward on Sunday and they informed me that is was going to be "so much fun". I don't know how much fun FHE can be, but if I have to be a church nerd for a while, I will.

Nothing else is going on. My life is pretty boring right now. Really. It's hard to update my blog when there's nothing going on.

Oh, I cut my hair, got me some bangs. So far they are annoying, but they look good. I really needed ot cut my hair-beyond needed to. I almost told her to chop it all off, but we decided against it. It's quite a bit shorter, but I cannot pull off short hair so I didn't go too nuts. I would take pictures but, that's right, NO CAMERA. Lame. So lame.

Wednesday, I'm stoked because I'm FINALLY seeing one of my favorite bands in concert. Jacks Mannequin is coming to House of Blues and I got tickets. Yeah I got two, but I'm probably going alone. Unless, I find someone normal enough tonight at FHE to take, but I'm not counting on it. However, I don't mind that I'm flying solo to that concert. I don't even care, I love them so much.

Welp, I'm excited for the office this week!! New episode! Can't wait.

Jeez

I'm so sure people. Calm down.

So yeah, Vegas.

So far so good. Haven't gotten fired yet, so you know, there's that. It's pretty warm and I get to watch a lot of The Office on a plasma screen anytime I want. So yeah, it's not too bad.
Work is ok. It's indeed very challenging, but I really like the people I work for. They are very laid-back and awesome, which helps.

I spent the better half of this weekend babysitting Christian's two dogs, Kacie and Louis....and because of them I will never own a dog. They are the most needy, annoying creatures ever to walk on four legs. Oh. My. Gosh. Seriously. They follow me EVERYWHERE. Upstairs, downstairs, to the kitchen, to the garage, out to my car, into the bathroom. I'm not even joking here. I did enjoy taking them to the park though. We went to this huge park out in Summerlin and I made them chase a tennis ball for like an hour and a half, just so they would get home and crash so I could get something down without turning around and seeing these 4 big brown eyes staring at me, with this " So, what are we doin' next?" look.
Yeah well that plan didn't work out so much. They were just as energetic and clingy as ever. Whatever. The park was pretty fun, especially when I all of a sudden hear this high-pitched yippy kinda bark. Me, Kacie and Louis all turned around to see this rat-like yorkie (wearing a plaid sweater) bolting down the hill, racing towards Kacie and Louis. I mean, you have no idea how funny this spectacle was. Here's Kacie and Louis being chased after this toy-like dog who looks like it has escaped it's owners Louis Vuitton handbag. Louis and Kacie kept darting back and forth at it, clearly confused as to what the hell this thing was.

Kacie and Louis: "What in the!? What is THAT?"

Pretty funny.

I've been trying to organize a list of condos and apartments to check out. Housing isn't cheap in Vegas. Or maybe I'm just used to Utah and never paying more than $400 a month in rent...
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Anyways, my Mom and Jen are on their way over from Sacramento to visit. Should be here any second. My mom has some conference to attend. I don' t know what Jen is going to do all day...shop for her baby?

Welp, there's the update. Oh, I lost my camera. Which is LAME. So don't expect any pictures for a while.

Moving day

Last night some friends came over for my last night in Salt Lake. It was good to see them before I go. I didn't start packing anything until late last night and it was weird and really sad.
This morning was worse. I couldn't bring myself to put anything away. Leaving here is so hard to do and I am going to miss it so much. I hope my decision to move was the right one. I just don't know right now. The thoughts of how much I am going to miss certain people here didn't hit me until this morning. I have found my best friends in Utah and to leave and start over somewhere else is daunting. I don't really know what else to say. This sucks. A lot.

Posh and Becks, Coming to America

Whoa. David Beckham is ditching the EU and going stateside. Today he signed a big contract with the MLS to join the LA Galaxy.

And by big contract I mean HUGE.

HUGE as in $250 Million.

It's the largest contract in sports history. Can you believe that?

Experiencing the World Cup fever in Europe was one of the coolest things ever. I hope bringing Becks on over will get Americans excited about our soccer league as well. The MLS is cool. I've been to several Real Salt Lake games and they are fun. Really fun. If you ever get the chance to go to a game, you should. They're pretty exciting.

Plus, soccer players are hot.

Joining a business where I have no business being at...

I took the job offer in Las Vegas.

Why? I have no idea.

I am in no way qualified to be employed with this company, but that's their problem now. I know nothing about property development, real estate and anything related to property development and real estate.

But they expect me there bright and early Monday morning.

This is hands-down the hardest decision I have ever made and I keep going back add forth between excited, terrified, sad and anxious. But whatever, I am going to suck it up, deal with it and do the best I can and if they don't like it, I guess they will let me know, in which case I will be on my way to something else.

Discovering my iPod can do a lot more than just play music...

I bought my iPod approximately 6 months ago and I have just now figured out and begun to utilizedthe greatest feature it posesses.

Did everyone know that you can download tv shows from iTunes and play them on your iPod? Ok, I did know this but have never gotten around to downloading anything. I don't know why I have waited this long to take advantage of this awesome feature. One of my journalism buddies and I used to watch episodes of The Office on her iPod during a particular class that we both thought was ridiculous and in no way going to help us in our careers. So we shared the headphones and watched , sometimes laughing out loud and having to slump down in our chairs as to not cause attention to our not-paying-attention selves.

Anyway, two days ago I decided to download some episodes of The Office that I hadn't seen and it was the best thing I could have ever done for myself (aside from investing in some sort of mass mutual fund). I took my iPod upstairs to my room and watched 2 hours worth of The Office under my covers, in the comfort of my own bed. So great. The only downside to this amazingness is that episodes cost like $2 each, which adds up, especially if you really, really want to know if Pam and Jim ever get together for real. However, you can buy entire seasons of a particular show and save quite a bit than having to buy each one individually. I love technology. I really do.

I might be moving to Las Vegas to take a job (and no, this job does not require me to remove any clothing or ask if you'd like that on the rocks) I'm in Vegas now till Tuesday to check it out. Knowing how great I am with making decisions, this should be fun.

More on that later.

I forgot to mention the most exciting part of my vacation!!

I TOTALLY saw Lisa Ling by the baggage claim in the Sacramento Airport. I was picking up my snowboard and looked over, and there she was, Lisa Ling. She was with this guy (her fiance), but bolted out of the terminal to get get their rental car. I know this because as we past Lisa Ling's Fiance, my mom asked if that was indeed Lisa Ling. He confirmed and I told him that I loved her and then asked him if he was her boyfriend. He said he was actually her fiance- they had gotten engaged the week before and they were in Sacramento visiting her family (she's a native Sactowner). I congratulated him and told him to say hi to Lisa for me.

Then my mom wanted to track her down and make me ask her if she needed an assistant. Mom, please.

Now People is reporting their engagement.

Whatever, People. I could have told you that 2 weeks ago...

Here we go again

Well, I'll just say it now: For New Years Eve, I took a shower, watched Bridget Jones, drank some chammomile tea and started reading East of Eden. Then went to sleep at about 12:30. Pretty wild.

Welcome to 2007.

California was great. I had a good time hanging out with my family. It was a pretty low-key Christmas, but it was god to be away from Utah. I'll be honest, it was hard getting on that plane to come back.

My birthday is on Monday and I am terrified. For some reason turning 23 is so scary. I don't know why. It's not that old. I know this. But it's the first time I have ever felt that aging panic-the kind where you feel like you're still 18, but can't remember how you got to 23. When did this happen? I swear I was just barely starting college. Seriously though, when?

Yesterday I got outside and ran. It was like 25 degrees out, but I had to. I felt gross and I didn't want to go to the gym and fight all the New Years Resolutioners for a treadmill. Forget that. I went to the nearby high school and ran around the track. It felt really good. Later, I tried to be really hard-core and play tennis for a while. That did NOT feel good-actually, I couldn't feel anything since my entire body was numb. I couldn't even hold my racquet, I was so cold. Tennis didn't last long.

I'm into this new show on TBS called My Boys. Now this is a show I can relate to. Girl who is just one of the guys. Good show, but I feel for PJ. Being one the guys is so beat.

I wish Grey's Anatomy would stop pissing me off and air some new episodes.

My life is boring right now. Not that it's ever been that exciting. But right now, it's really boring. I wish I had some pictures to post. Maybe I'll go take some today.

Any ideas for what to do for the dreaded 23rd birthday?