tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60022379603256705912024-02-19T08:57:23.355-08:00A Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesI'm used to the hot, humid, and green, but these are the adventures of Bekka in the cold, dry, and brown.Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-72337764978420398442012-04-05T11:09:00.001-07:002012-04-05T11:09:47.361-07:00Astonishing<style>
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<span>This will be my final post on this blog, because as of Saturday, I'll no longer be A Southern Girl in the Land of Potatoes. </span><span>This is one of the most bittersweet moments of my life. Tomorrow, I'll walk across that stage and the next day, I'll leave Rexburg not knowing when, if ever, I'll return. This place is an arctic tundra, barren wasteland, but it truly has been the best 4 years of my life. I've made friends and memories that I will have for the rest of my life. I have been so lucky to be in school here, and I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. I have attached here my final assignment for ED 461, a one page paper convincing my teacher why I'm ready to student teach. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. </span><br />
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<span>A Southern Girl in the Land of Potatoes Ready to Astonish the World</span><br />
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Women has been a favorite story of mine for a long time. I feel like I really
relate to Jo March. She absolutely loves her family, yearns to travel, and has
big plans for her future. I have all of these things in common with Jo. I love
my family, I’ve now traveled across the country to get an education, and will
continue to travel throughout my life, and I still have big plans for my
future. These plans have greatly changed over the course of my life, but one
thing I know is that I am ready for my future to begin. Student teaching is my
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the 4 years I’ve spent at BYU-Idaho, I’ve learned so much. I’ve taken classes
about math, science, literature and the like, but the ones that have taught me
the most are the ones that have made me realize that I am meant to be an
educator. That is my path. It doesn’t matter if I end up in a school or elsewhere;
this is what I am meant to be doing. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Throughout
this semester I have grown as a teacher, more than I knew I could. I learned
ways to manage a classroom, got experience creating lesson plan units, and got
the chance to work in cooperation with two other great pre-teachers. I am so
grateful for those experiences, but the biggest help to me this semester was
being able to make an impact on the students in my class. Sure, there were only
four of them, but the fact that I KNOW I was able to help one of them
specifically makes me so happy. The experiences I had in the Frontiers
classroom weren’t always easy, but they were so worth it. Seeing my impact on
at least one student’s life is why I chose this profession. </div>
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ready to be a student teacher because I have learned all that I can from books
now and I have to get out and experience it. That’s how I’m going to know what
the future holds for me, and honestly, I can’t wait. </div>
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back to Jo March and me. In the musical adaptation of Little Women, Jo
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My great adventure has begun.</div>
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I may be small</div>
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To shine as greatly as the sun</div>
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I will blaze until I find my time and place</div>
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I will be fearless</div>
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Surrendering modesty and grace</div>
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I will not disappear without a trace</div>
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I’ll shout and start a riot</div>
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Be anything but quiet</div>
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Christopher Columbus!</div>
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I’ll be astonishing at last!</div>
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for the next chapter of my life. Maybe not fully, I’ll most definitely be keeping
my modesty and grace, but I plan to be astonishing in whatever I do.</span>Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-48414104876380176042012-03-31T03:00:00.003-07:002012-04-01T13:58:52.119-07:00The Big Three...things that happened to me this week<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I can't sleep, so I figured I'd give you the low down on the AMAZING things that have happened to me this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First off, starting in August, I'll officially be a Jackrabbit! I'm pleased to announce that I'll be student teaching at Mesa High School, in Mesa, AZ this fall! It was my number one choice, so I'm really glad they picked me. I've been looking online at the stuff there is to do in Mesa and it looks so awesome! They have museums and an aquarium (I love me some fish), but most importantly, temperatures above 20 for the ENTIRE fall, which makes me as happy as a kid on Christmas, or me on Christmas, really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Secondly, earlier in the semester, I lost a library book. I know what you are all thinking, "tsk, tsk, and you call yourself an English Education major." I was disappointed with myself, I couldn't believe I lost it. To top it all off, of the plethora of books I could have lost, it was one I didn't even remotely want to actually read. It was for a class. I scoured my apartment looking for this (insert expletive here) book and couldn't find it anywhere. So, I sucked it up and braved the judgement of the people at the circulation desk at the David O. McKay library and other students that would no doubt criticize me quietly to themselves or their significant other, about how irresponsible I was for losing a library book. I paid the $25 and took the walk of shame back to my apartment, feeling so dejected. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating a little here, but I only do it to explain how deeply upset I was about losing this book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fast forward to Thursday morning. After class, I arrived at home to continue the purging of all of my worldly possessions as I prepare to depart from Rexburg, in T-minus 7 days, but who's really counting? Under my bed I have a giant plastic tub of boots. Before you scoff and think to yourself, what a girl, think about where I live and the disgusting brown, but should be white, substance that covers the ground here 99% of the months I'm in school. Now you understand the need for my "box 'o boots," which, by the way, I cannot wait to be rid of. As I was sifting through these boots, I spotted a purple laminated book. My heart leaped a little bit. That, is NOT an exaggeration. I immediately called the library and asked if I would be able to return the book and possibly get a refund. Low and behold, this girl is $19 richer. Hot dang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lastly, and to me this is the best of the three, so I hope people didn't stop reading halfway through my melodramatic library book mishap. On Tuesday, I got a call from the nice people in the Disney College Program office. And I really mean that without even a hint of sarcasm, they are really nice, but that's not the point. The woman told me that before I arrived next month (cough, cough 24 days), she needed to talk to me about the role they want to put me in to make sure I was "receptive" to it because it is so different from any other attraction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, if you know me at all, you know that I'd be happy cleaning up vomit as long as I was doing it at Disney World, believe me, I've done it before and I'd do it again. In fact I got a Guest Service Fanatic card once and under the reason for the award, my manager wrote, "Keeping your smile while cleaning up vomit." But I digress. The point is the place makes me incredibly happy, and it didn't matter what she said, I was receptive. Little did I know, what she said was going to make my day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since, I've got you all hanging on the edge of you seats... I'll continue to explain our conversation. The woman told me that only 2 roles where college program participants are informed of their placement before arriving, mine and one other attraction (which she did not divulge). Over the phone, she explained to me that the responsibility sets and skills needed to work in this specific location were more challenging, and that's why they had to call and ask if I am Ok with it. This attraction has the highest amount of spieling, even more than Safari, or Jungle Cruise, or Great Movie Ride, which I didn't think was even possible. Additionally, I'll be using a lot of skills that I've learned in my education class, which is why I'm extra pumped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ok, ok, I've kept you all guessing long enough. Drum roll, please? This summer, I'll be working at Innoventions in EPCOT! I don't know why I didn't put the pieces together before that this would be the most choice place for me to work. For those non-Disney folks out there, Innoventions is a series of educational, interactive, hands-on activities geared towards families with kids ages 10-14. Some of the activities include "Where's the Fire?" an interactive activity informing guests how to prevent house fires. Another one is a technology that puts you into a video game! This place is basically off the chain. I'm so honored to have been chosen to work there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- The hours are AWESOME. Innoventions opens in the morning with the rest of the park, but always closes at 7:00 PM. Everyday. No exceptions. Not even EMH. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- It is totally and completely indoors, even the greeter position is indoors. That means in the middle of the summer when it is over 100 degrees outside and 98% humidity, this girl is gonna be cool in her regulation, free from contrasting colors, logos and designs, smooth and polishable black athletic shoes. Can you hear the Hallelujah chorus? I can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">- Finally, and again, this is the best one, I still get to be in the Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. I love EPCOT. It really became a home to me last summer. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved working at Animal Kingdom, and it still has a very special place in my heart, but EPCOT is different. There is something about that place that makes me happier when I'm there. I listen to the music from EPCOT and whatever the problems of the day are, they just go away. If a place can have that kind of effect on a person, that is where they belong. I belong in EPCOT, it's where I fit :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On to the countdowns...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">5 days til my parents get here</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">6 days til graduation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">8 days til I'm home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">17 days til I bawl my eyes out at Les Miserables with Kathy and Memaw </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">22 days til I drive to Florida to hang out with Brooke</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">24 days til I check in for my CP </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and roughly 125 days until I student teach</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My life is so exciting right now and I can't wait to see what else is in store for my future!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A Southern Girl About to Graduate From a Pretty Rad School in the Land of Potatoes</span></div>Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-47293044293842995192012-03-26T01:55:00.000-07:002012-03-26T01:55:17.799-07:00It is now 3:00 A.M..and I'm only half way through my research paper. My brain is totally fried, but I'm not tired. I don't think I can do anymore tonight. Good thing we're peer reviewing tomorrow in class and I only have 5 pages. Is it April 6th yet???<br />
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Love,<br />
A Burned-Out Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-3554389750937779322012-03-20T23:09:00.000-07:002012-03-20T23:09:41.481-07:00Pat Benatar, Fake Margaritas, and Belly DancingToday was incredibly productive! I've finally caught up on most of my school work. Except for my 12 page paper for English 201, which, to be honest, I'm not too worried about. I can pretty much hammer that out this week and revise this weekend. I guess that's one of the perks of being an English major!<br />
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I finished my Senior Writing Seminar portfolio today. It took me from around 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, but it feels so great to have it done! While I was making it I really came to realize how much I've writing I've actually done in college. A LOT. That's how much. And I didn't even include everything in my portfolio! Even though it felt like I was never going to finish all of the formatting, I'm really glad that I had to do that assignment. I'm pretty dang proud of it! If you'd like to peruse it, you can find it at: <br />
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Next, I worked a lot of kinks out of my Senior Research Paper. It's still nowhere NEAR perfect, but I'm definitely feeling better about it.<br />
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Now that I've talked about all of the boring stuff...<br />
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My health has made a complete turn around. All semester, I've been feeling nauseous and tired everyday and this weekend I finally found out why. I realized I haven't been taking the right amounts of insulin because my doctor changed all of the settings on my insulin pump when I saw her in December. So, I changed my settings back to they way I had them programmed and it has made a WORLD of difference. I have insane amounts of energy and I feel great!<br />
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I also got this neat app for my iPod called Diabetes Buddy which allows me to track the amount of carbs I eat everyday and the amount of water I drink, and it's a place where I can log my blood sugars, and I can tell it if I exercise. It's pretty sweet.<br />
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Speaking of exercise, I now actually have time to workout and I love it! For the past 2 days, Jennica and I have been doing dance workout videos from Netflix! (I know it's kind of lame, but we are totally loving it.)<br />
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Firstly, we were watching The Voice today and two girls had "battle-sing" We Belong by Pat Benatar which brought back awesome memories of seeing her live at Universal during the summer of 2010. I absolutely LOVE her. She is a goddess of song. I wish I could have even an ounce of her fierceness when I perform. She's amazing even now, she still sounds incredible.<br />
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Secondly, Crystal Light has this new line of drinks that are flavored like alcoholic beverages. I guess it's for summer, or Mormons who don't drink, but like the taste without the alcohol. So, a few weeks ago I got Mojito flavored Crystal Light and it was delicious. Mouth watering even. Today, I got the Margarita flavor, not so. It's ok, but I was just really wanting it to be super tasty like the Mojito one, but alas, I was disappointed. Next time I'll just stick with the one I know I like.<br />
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Lastly, belly dancing. As I mentioned before, Jennica and I have been doing some dance workouts this week, and I got all kinds of excited when I saw on Netflix, "Egyptian Belly Dancing for Beginners." I immediately texted Jennica to tell her we were all over that tonight. Yeah...about that...we were all over it for about 7 minutes and then we realized it wasn't fun and we kind of hated it. So we did a dance party workout video instead, where the host said, and I quote, "Welcome to our dance party, no RSVP required!" Gosh, I just love those workout video instructors, you could feed all the rats in New York City with the amount of cheese that those ladies dish out. "Shake those hips, it's your time to shine!" "If you don't squeeze those buns, no one else will!" haha, thanks ladies, I'll keep those little gems in my back pocket for the next time I'm feeling blue.<br />
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Anyways, like I said, today was great! Despite the fact that it was freezing today and I've pretty much decided that Rexburg weather isn't going to make up its mind about whether it's spring or not. I'm not going to worry about it anymore because in 18 days, I'll be in beautiful South Carolina where the temperature is a balmy 80 degrees. Love it. Can't wait.<br />
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Thanks for reading!<br />
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Love,<br />
A Southern Girl 18 Day Away from Beautiful SC Weather But Until Then, Freezing Her Patootie Off in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-11765385872474314092012-03-06T23:16:00.002-08:002012-03-06T23:16:46.734-08:00Soundtrack to My FamilyToday, I REALLY missed my family. More than I usually do. Not sure why, I think it is just because I am so dang close to being back with them. I guess also because this is the longest I've been without seeing any of them. I've had Holly here every semester up until now and Kyle was here last semester. When I'm in Florida, I'm close enough to drive home or hop on a plane for an hour and a half. But here, well, here I'm far away and I can't do anything about it but call on the phone every once in a while when I'm not busy with school. So, today, I came up with a small solution to my problem. It is a playlist on my iPod called Family :). I would now like to share with you these songs and why they made the cut.<br />
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1. Dreams by Van Halen- Two words: Power Rangers.<br />
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2. Prologue to Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by John Williams- My family and I (Holly excluded) are the most Harry Potter obsessed people I know. We went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter the second day it was open to celebrate my mom's birthday. We are diehard Potter fans for life. Also, this is what plays when my mom calls me :)<br />
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3. Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce- Back in the good old days, Holly, Kyle, and I would play Guitar Hero ALL NIGHT LONG. This was a favorite.<br />
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4. Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams- Many Friday nights in my youth were "Jurassic Park in the Dark" nights. My family absolutely loves this movie. We can pretty much quote the whole movie. "You will remember to wash your hand before you eat anything!!"<br />
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5. Jai Ho by A. R. Rahman- When we were on a cruise last summer, there was a Bollywood themed show. It featured this song and so after the show, we would play this song when we were getting ready in our cabin.<br />
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6. Good Vibrations by the cast of Glee (originally Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)- While I was at Disney one summer Holly and Kyle created a hilarious video to this song. Also, Holly really likes to rap Finn's part.<br />
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7. End Credits from E.T. by John Williams: This December right after we got back from school, my family went down to Orlando to go back to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on vacation (see what I mean about the obsession??). When we were at Universal, my dad and I rode E.T. Adventure together while everyone else went to see a show at Islands of Adventure. It was really fun to be able to do something just the two of us.<br />
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8. February Song by Josh Groban: This summer, I really wanted to go see Josh Groban in my hometown, but I didn't know who I could get to go with me. My dad agreed to go, even though he didn't know anything about Josh Groban. So, I gave him all of his albums and now he loves Josh, too. Too bad he got food poisoning and cancelled the concert.<br />
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9. Take a Bow by Rihanna: This one is mostly because my dad LOVES this song. It is so funny when he sings it and dances to it. PLEASE!<br />
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10. I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night by Kiss: This one is for my mom. When Kyle first got Guitar Hero, she wanted to play this song over, and over, and over. I got sick of it then, but now I have this great memory.<br />
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11. Reunion of Friends by John Williams: This is Kyle's favorite theme in all of the Harry Potter movie music. We played the Lego Harry Potter video game together this summer, so this song brings back some great memories as well.<br />
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12. Hollyann by Boston: Wonder if you could possibly figure out why I would listen to this one! This is the song my sister Holly Ann was named after. After talking to her on the phone today I think I listened to this song 5 times on repeat.<br />
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Obviously music is a big part of my family's life, which is why this comforts me when I miss them. So, now all I have to do is grab my iPod when I miss them and I'll be reminded of all of the fun we are going to have in 31 days when I get home!<br />
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Love,<br />
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A Nostalgic Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-77894488780071235482012-03-04T18:40:00.001-08:002012-03-04T18:47:01.233-08:00It's really happening...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't believe I'm getting this close to being done with college! I take the English Praxis on Saturday. For those of you non-education majors out there, the Praxis is an unnecessary test that pre-teachers take, asking them obscure questions about things which, they will be able to look up in a book to find the answer to in their future classrooms. I'm freaking out a little bit, don't know if you could sense that. Mostly because this week is also tech week for Over the River and Through the Woods, so I'll have to be in the theatre for long hours at night AND it is also the week before we have our live Disney College Program Presentations on campus. So, I'll be juggling class, homework, tech rehearsals, Disney recruiting stuff, and studying for the Praxis. I've got a bunch of flash cards made, so hopefully if I spend every minute that is unaccounted for studying I'll feel more confident about this test :/</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Southern Girl about to Graduate in the Land of Potatoes!!</div>Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-17792358374139230202012-02-29T22:39:00.001-08:002012-03-06T08:37:25.813-08:00Deep breaths and Disney musicSo, being a senior in college is hard. Who knew?? I feel like maybe this is the reason I've been in college for so long because if I had to do what I'm doing right now 2 years ago, I honestly don't think it could do it. But anyways, update on my life:<br />
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I got my (tentative) student teaching placement!! As of right now I'll be student teaching in Mesa, Arizona at Mesa High School. I wanted to teach at a middle school, but I guess there aren't any in Mesa that take student teachers from BYU-Idaho, so I'll deal. First off, getting this all sorted was such a mess. It all started when I was talking to my friend Scott who saw on i-learn that his placement was posted, so of course I darted to my computer...I've only been waiting 3 years to find out where this crazy thing called student teaching would take me (though I was pretty much positive it would be Mesa because I had been in to the Field Services Office on more than one occasion to discuss with them my need to student teach in Mesa). So, when I pulled up my i-learn page I was so excited and nervous and once I glanced on the screen, irate. Almost to the point of tears. I saw four letters, not M-e-s-a...<br />
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That word never upset me more than at that very moment. I was all kinds of out of sorts. So, after sulking and seething and complaining, I finally decided that I'd call them in the morning and give them a piece of my mind. I SPECIFICALLY told them I needed to go to Mesa, Arizona because that way I would be able to remain a Campus Representative for the Disney College Program under the same recruiter (my amazingly funny boss John), so that he could write me a recommendation for the Professional Internships I want to do at WDW after I student teach. They were messing with my life and my dream. I was NOT alright with that. They were gonna hear about this. So, I called them, and after jumping through several hoops and filling out a few more forms, I now have my tentative student teaching placement in Mesa. Whew! And it is honestly such a relief.<br />
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Next thing, I LOVE MY JOB. As a Campus Rep I get to relive all of my awesome Disney experiences by telling other people how great the program is. We have a lot of limitations on campus here at BYU-I, which makes our job as a Rep Team more difficult, but we still get it done and have such an awesome time doing it! The season is in full swing now since our recruiter is coming in 2 weeks! We still have so much to do and honestly, sometimes I worry we won't get it all done, but we always do and we do it with flying colors. We were one of the most successful Rep Teams in the country last semester, and we are working hard again to keep that true of our team this semester. My goal is to make it onto the list of the top 50 reps this season. That would look so amazing on my Professional Internship applications, so I'm really working as hard as I possibly can!<br />
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Now, onto my classes. Deep breaths. That's all that is getting me through them right now. Well, that and listening to music from the Disney Parks as a consistent reminder that in approximately two months I will be back in Florida. I will be away from the snow and biting wind, but more importantly away from English majors who can't help to act superior to everyone else because they are applying for law school or because they feel cultured because they are well read or because they are an editor-in-chief of a FAKE magazine that we are being forced to write for a class. Note to these people: get off your high horses. You are trying to "impress" the wrong people with your snooty attitudes. We are your peers, we don't care what score you got on the LSAT or why you believe you are the best thing since they put the pocket in pitas. Save that for your grad school admission interviews and spare us the headache of listening to you drone on about how excellent you are. We know. You told us yesterday. Now that I have fully gotten off the subject of the classes I'm taking... <br />
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Rhetorical Studies: Tons of busy work and we are in groups creating our own magazines. My group's is called The Understudy and it is about overlooked and under-appreciated films, actors and theatre productions.<br />
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Senior Writing Seminar: Again, tons of busy work and little projects. I'm team writing a paper on how the graphic novel Maus helps increase literacy in 8th grade boys. I love partner papers, you only have to write 8 pages. It's awesome. Love it.<br />
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Directing: At the beginning of the semester it was my largest cause of hair loss, but now that we are done with assignments of reading 4 chapters in our textbook and discussing them in class, it's a lot less stressful. Now we are spending a big chunk of our class time rehearsing the scenes we are directing. I'm directing a scene from The Show-Off by George Kelly. Then I'm also in two scenes, I'm playing Mama in A Raisin in the Sun (yes, I'm still white. no, we are not doing it minstral style in blackface) we are just taking the scene out of context a little, we're basically going to be poor southern women. The second scene I'm in is from Proof, in which I play Catherine, a mathematical genius that could be on the verge of mental illness (cool, right??).<br />
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Reading in the Content Area: Basically I finished that class today. I was in a group of 3, all of us are English Ed. majors and we had to come up with 2 separate week-long units in our content area. At the beginning of the semester we had the students write their own stories that we then made into comic books, which was really fun and they loved it! Then this past unit we focused on Dr. Seuss books and used them to improve the students' literacy skills. Today, we had an early birthday party for Dr. Seuss (it isn't until March 2nd). It was a fun unit. We had one really rough day, but other than that it was really successful.<br />
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I'm also taking English 201, but that's basically not worth mentioning other than the fact that I have Brother Brugger, he seriously is the best. But, the class is essentially a bunch of English classes I've already taken condensed into one course for the foundations program.<br />
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Now that I've given you the Reader's Digest version of my life for the past 2 months, I'll stop bombarding you with my life and get back to the massive pile of reading I have to do and continue to remember that in approximately one month and a week I will be walking across a stage in a cap and gown having my very last great day at BYU-Idaho.<br />
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Love,<br />
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A Southern Girl Taking Deep Breaths and Listening to Disney Music in the Land of Potatoes :)Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-28388748961235140782011-08-25T17:59:00.000-07:002011-08-25T18:01:35.531-07:00Life is hard, but I'm good with that!I've been going to classes on how to be a better diabetic this week, and I'm excited to report that I'm going to have a complete health/lifestyle change! It's going to be so incredibly hard, but I couldn't be happier! I'm going to be healthier and have more energy and just have an all around better life!<br />
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I was diagnosed with diabetes when I was 11 years old and it has been a constant battle in my life to keep control of it. I never let on to anyone that it was hard for me, but it has been extremely challenging. After a while I just gave up trying. I've been living like a normal person for all of these years and I was never concerned with how it would make me feel later in life. There is nothing wrong with me, so no one need be worried. But, I just have a new outlook on life since I've taken these intensive diabetes management classes. My blood sugars are normal and I feel great! <br />
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Having said all of that, I want to share with you all some recipes (as I try them) from my diabetic cookbooks. A lot of the recipes are lo carb and lo cal, so they will be good for all those out there that are earnestly dieting :) I don't plan on making this into a food blog, but I think it will be fun to try out new recipes and share them!<br />
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The first one is called Banana-Pumpkin Snack Cake and it's from this cookbook that only uses 4 ingredients or less in each recipe! This one just has 7.5 oz of canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup of water, a box of banana nut muffin mix and 4 tsp of cinnamon sugar. You mix the first 3 ingredients together bake it in an 8x8 pan for 22 minutes at 400 degrees, then after it comes out of the oven sprinkle the top with the cinnamon sugar.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkVPkCPkrOdSobXRdGPPjz0w1x0WWh4x7c1LuQUKRT14suUMXvsxyrVvLipGdNtenTu93JWysNk4rsVtOyVYzIh0Tx29N0PUmGjebSP5rkwBP7SPH9pYjR6gfqmWZOiX0aeuD3nPj0NA/s1600/Photo+on+2011-08-25+at+20.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkVPkCPkrOdSobXRdGPPjz0w1x0WWh4x7c1LuQUKRT14suUMXvsxyrVvLipGdNtenTu93JWysNk4rsVtOyVYzIh0Tx29N0PUmGjebSP5rkwBP7SPH9pYjR6gfqmWZOiX0aeuD3nPj0NA/s320/Photo+on+2011-08-25+at+20.48.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a picture. It's not the best quality because I was too lazy to get my digital camera, so it's just taken from my computer and doesn't look super appealing. However, it's delicious! There is only 21 carbs and 111 calories in a piece when you cut the pan in 8ths. I recommend it to anyone who loves pumpkin. That means in the Winter I'll probably be making them a lot for my best friend twinner roomie :) <br />
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Until next time,<br />
A Diabetic Southern Girl in the South :)Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-37636370353316892422011-07-27T12:53:00.000-07:002011-07-27T12:53:24.585-07:00Overheard at the South Carolina Children's TheatreI love my hometown. Don't get me wrong. I REALLY, REALLY do. But, I feel like somebody has pulled a Dorothy on me here. It is so ridiculously HOT this week. I feel like if I'm breaking out in a sweat just walking from my car into the theatre, it's too hot. I'm just glad I have a job that's inside! I don't know how landscapers and whoever else works outside in Greenville is handling it! Anyways, enough complaining... today I'd like to share some of my favorite things I've heard (or have been told) that students said this summer:<br />
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1. "I was on a cruise this weekend and I think I saw Justin Bieber on the Disney Cruise next to my boat. He said on the Disney Channel that he was going to go on a surprise cruise, so I think that I saw him, and the old guy who made him famous." Old guy = Usher. I almost DIED laughing.<br />
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2. Teacher: Tell me 6 things about presidents.<br />
Student: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington.... um, I don't know anything else.<br />
Teacher: How about our current president?<br />
Student: Uhhhhh.....<br />
Teacher: Obam...<br />
Student: Obamlincoln!!!!<br />
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3. Male student: I'm not allowed to eat lunch this week.<br />
Me: Why can't you eat?<br />
Student: I'm a dancer and I have a recital. So I have to skip lunch.<br />
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4. I took a 4 year old boy in Pirate Camp to the "potty" and this is what happened.<br />
Me: Are you almost done in there?<br />
Student: Yeah. (opens door with his pants down) Wanna see my underwear??? They are really cool. They have penguins on them.<br />
Me: Oh, nice. Those are cool penguins.<br />
Student: I know. They are from Madagascar.<br />
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Later that week. Same boy had to go "potty" during class<br />
Student: (Opens door with pants already pulled up, buttoned and zipped) Wanna see my underwear??? They have penguins again!<br />
Me: Oh, no thanks. Just tell me what they look like buddy.<br />
Student: No!!! I really want you to see them!!! (proceeds to pull down his pants and show me)<br />
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4 year olds have no shame.<br />
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5. "I have these chips in my lunch and they are lime flavored. They are so good....(bites down on a chip) Ouch! I got lime juice in my eye! It hurts so bad!"<br />
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These are just a few. I'm sure there will be more to come in the future :)<br />
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Love,<br />
A Southern Girl Melting in the SouthBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-77448189386168948292011-06-22T18:16:00.000-07:002011-06-22T18:16:09.356-07:00Man do I SUCK at blogging!Ok, here's a huge update on my life.<br />
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First of all, I'm no longer a southern girl in the land of potatoes, well at least for a couple more months, that is. I've moved back home and I'm about 2 1/2 weeks into my internship which I am ABSOLUTELY loving. For those of you who don't know (if anyone is even actually reading this) I'm assisting and teaching acting camps at the South Carolina Children's Theatre's 'Theatre Arts Conservatory' this summer. So far I've assisted some Exploration classes for itty bitty's (age 3-5) and 1/2 day acting classes for grades 1-5. It's been an absolute joy to watch the kids enjoy performing and see how much they can learn in only a week. It's so rewarding! I can't wait to be a teacher. I also got some exciting news this week! I was slated to teach one class all by myself this summer (the rest I am either assisting or co-teaching with someone more experienced) but I found out this week that the class "made!" This basically means that enough kids signed up for the class so they didn't have to cancel it due to under-enrollment! I am SO EXCITED! I will be the teacher. I can't get over how much I love saying that :)<br />
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Secondly, I have pretty much decided to audition for The Drowsy Chaperone in the fall. I've been listening to (and when I say listening to, I really mean belting my lungs out to) musicals in my car all week on my daily commute to the theatre. Sometimes, I just cry because I am so happy to be letting out what I've been pretending to not care about anymore. I don't know how many more opportunities I'm going to have to perform before I go out into the "real world" and I want to take advantage of the opportunity. I mean the worst thing that could happen is that they say no (and honestly, that's what I've come to expect at BYU-I). I'm excited to begin my song preparation and monologue and all that, it's just been a while since I've done it and it's getting me all jazzed!<br />
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Thirdly, I've been to Disney World twice since I've been home AND I'm going back again in August. Life is good. I love that place. Also, although this is not Disney affiliated, it is Orlando affiliated and I will be returning to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in August, which is going to be AMAZING!!! I can't wait to have a frozen butterbeer and listen to the frog chorus. Not to mention THE FORBIDDEN JOURNEY, which is hands down the most awesome theme park ride (which I feel slightly dirty saying as a Disney CM). Nevertheless, I'm excited for August!<br />
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Fourthly, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE should read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It is great! I am personally a lover of Greek mythology so this book is like the nectar of the gods to me :) It's clever and witty, and they are all pretty quick reads. I'm on the 4th of the series of 5 books right now and I just don't want to put it down! So go to the library or the nearest bookstore and GET THEM!<br />
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Lastly, I'm registered for classes in the fall! Yay! As much as I am loving being here, registering for classes always makes me ready to get back to school. I'm taking American Lit (which will hopefully make me love poetry), Math 108 (which will be a constant headache), Rhetorical Studies (which might not be fun, but I have Brother Keller and he can make any class awesome), Comm Practicum (which I have no idea about), and Senior Writing Seminar (which is scaring me to death right about now!) I can't believe I only have 2 more semesters left on campus!!! AHHH!!! When did I grow up?<br />
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Well, until next time (and that may quite possibly be 4 months from now), much love from<br />
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A Southern Girl in the South...Missing the Land of Potatoes :)Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-88491776231631444802011-03-19T15:28:00.000-07:002011-03-19T15:28:20.093-07:00If you need me, I'll be in Middle Earth for the next two weeks.I haven't updated in forever, and a lot of things have changed!<br />
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First, I'll talk about how this semester is going. Everything got really stressful about 2 weeks ago because BYU-I's live Disney College Program presentations were this past Wednesday and Thursday. Our team had information tables pretty much everyday that I was working and then we also spent most of our free time putting up door hangers at off-campus housing complex's all over Rexburg. Plus a couple of us went down to ISU in Idaho Falls and distributed information there as well. That kind of consumed my life for a while, but now we are done with live presentations and we met our goal! Now we just have some e-presentation stuff to hand out, but there is no time table on that, so we can do it whenever, which is nice. As far as my classes go, they are pretty good! I'm definitely ready for the semester to be over, though. I can't wait to be done! I'm reading the ENTIRE Lord of the Rings Trilogy for my British Lit class, so I feel like I'll probably just be living in Middle Earth for the next 2 weeks. Plus, I'm writing a 15 page research paper on how Tolkien's books (LOTR and The Hobbit) support teaching fantasy literature in middle and high schools. So, I'm gonna be pretty busy! But after all of that is finished, Holly and I fly home on April 9th, and the fun can begin!<br />
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Now on to summer vacation. My family is going on a CRUISE!!!! I'm so excited because I've never been on one. We are going on a 5 night Caribbean Cruise that stops in Cozumel, Mexico! It's going to be awesome. Then, I'll come home for about a week, then I'm flying down to Orlando to work from May 1-8, and then I'll be spending the next week, May 9-14, down there on vacation with my grandparents and some of my cousins and their kids! I am overjoyed! Then, I'll come home and hopefully start working somewhere in Greenville. Then in June I'll start my theatre education/teaching internship at South Carolina Children's Theatre. I'll assist classes in June and part of July, then I'll start teaching on my own mid July and August! What an incredible experience for me! I'm so blessed to have such awesome opportunities in my life. So, I'm sure you have gathered this by now, but it is true, I won't be spending my whole summer at Disney, which is a bummer, but at the same time, I have so much to look forward to this summer. I'm going to be at home for a whole summer, so I'll get to see a heck of a lot more of my family, and I'll be able to go to church at a normal time instead of at night like I did in Florida. So, I'm definitely looking forward to it! I'm also still contemplating a trip to California in late-august. So many decisions!<br />
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So, there's an update on my life! Hope everyone else is making awesome plans! However, if you should need to reach me in the next couple of weeks, I'll be in Middle Earth, so you can send any mail to my boyfriend Sam Gamgee (I'm quite a bit taller than he is, but we're in love and working through this as a couple).<br />
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Love,<br />
A Southern Girl in Middle EarthBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-38094486437905229982011-01-30T22:57:00.000-08:002011-01-30T22:57:13.630-08:00My Life: RevisedWell, I've made my decision. I will not be staying in Rexburg for the spring. I just don't feel that it's right. This week I fasted and prayed and got the assurance that the LOGICAL thing to do would be to stay here, but today I've learned that just because it's logical doesn't necessarily mean it's right.<br />
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The day I fasted, I made the decision to stay and I felt pretty good about it. I went along the rest of the week with that decision, but still feeling weird about it. I tried to ignore the feelings and put them aside and force myself to believe that this was what I was supposed to do, that it was the right decision. But, today at church, all of these thoughts filled my head and everything that any speaker or teacher was saying brought me back to my decision, until finally, someone said something along the lines of "we need to take time for ourselves to keep ourselves sane." Which made me realize that if I stay here, I'll do 5 semesters of school in a row, with very little down time. I don't really think I could handle that. It's only 4 weeks into the semester and I already feel stressed and a little burned out. I just couldn't keep it all in anymore and so the flood gates were opened. I just cried it out, but that didn't really make me feel much better.<br />
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So, we got home and I decided I'd call my Dad later on that night to get his advice, but right as I was finishing up making dinner, my Grandmama called me. It was kind of odd, because she doesn't call very often. I usually call her to give her updates on school and life in general, so it was interesting that she called me tonight. She could tell that I was upset on the phone, so I told her I was having a hard time deciding whether or not I should stay in Rexburg over the summer. She didn't even know I'd been thinking about it, but she told me that if I was crying that much over it, maybe it wasn't right for me to stay.<br />
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Then I talked to dad and he told me that I shouldn't overwork myself. If I am on a path towards graduation, there is no need to rush myself. I have a plan, I know what classes I still need to take and when I need to take them, so I feel good. He also said that I should take a break if I feel like I need it. Then, I talked to mom, who was a little more skeptical, but felt better once I told her my new graduation plan, which is as follows:<br />
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This summer do a Disney College Alumni Program (I applied today and we'll cross our fingers I get it.) Go back to school and finish up my coursework over next fall and winter. Not sure about next spring, but that's over a year from now, and I'll cross that bridge when I'm a little closer to it. I'll student teach fall 2012, which ends in December. While student teaching, I'll apply for a Professional Internship at the Walt Disney World Resort in Education (crossing our fingers I'll get that, too) Then, while on proposed Professional Internship, I'll apply for teaching jobs, just in case 1. I don't get offered a full time position with Disney or 2. decide I don't want a full time position at Disney.<br />
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So, there it is. My new "life plan" it may not work out this way, and as much as I sure as heck hope it does, I've learned from this experience that life is gonna throw all kinds of crazy stuff at me, but I just need to have faith that I can get through it with a little help from the big guy upstairs :)<br />
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Love,<br />
A Revised Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-62610103811637654472011-01-27T16:59:00.000-08:002011-01-27T17:02:33.064-08:00Life…it ain't easy.So, up until last night I had a plan for my life. I was going to stay in Rexburg for Spring Semester, have my last semester in Rexburg be in the Fall and then student teach in the Winter. Well, thanks to this weird feeling I had last night that WOULD NOT let me fall asleep, I now have doubts about this plan. I don't know if I'm supposed to be here in the spring or not. It's weird to me because most people always say that it was the best decision they ever made to stay on their off-track. So that makes me think that maybe I'm crazy or maybe I just have NO IDEA what I should do for the rest of my life. I know I love to English and I know I want to teach it, but having to make such a huge life decision when I'm only 22 is really just a lot to ask of a person. Not to mention the overwhelming feeling of "needing" to get married is ganging up on me, too. I know staying here is the logical choice, but I just have this odd feeling that it's not what I'm supposed to do and I can't understand or explain it. I'm wracking my brain trying to figure it out while at the same time writing papers, going to meetings, planning lessons, trying to have a social life and a million other things that a college student has to deal with. Just when I thought I was taking control of my future, this stupid little inkling has to creep in and tear down what I thought I should do. ugh. life…it ain't easy.<br />
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Love,<br />
A Very Befuddled Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-22329799631097676372011-01-20T22:17:00.000-08:002011-01-20T22:19:03.348-08:00The Latest Excitement in My LifeThis week has brought some pretty exciting things into my life! I'm definitely going to keep busy this semester, of that I'm certain. So, here's what's going on!<br />
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First, I turned in my Fast Grad application today, which is a huge weight off of my shoulders. I've been needing to do it for a while, but I think I've been subconsciously scared to turn it in because that means I'm only 3 semesters away from being done with college. I'm excited but at the same time I'm scared out of my mind because then I have to be a responsible adult and get a real job in the real world. I'm also a little bit sad about staying here for the spring semester. I mean I want to stay, don't get me wrong, but I'll miss my brother's high school graduation being here, which is a big bummer. I know he'll understand because I really, and I mean REALLY need to finish school, but it's still lame that I won't be able to be there :( But, now that I've turned it in, it's up to the advising/registrar's office to decide whether I'm able to stay. The education advising office said I should be fine and to look for an email within the next few weeks.<br />
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Secondly, I'm serving as the BYU-I Theater Council President this semester! This is a great opportunity for me to gain experience so that if I'm eventually the faculty advisor of a theatre or drama club, I'll actually know what I'm doing. So far, I don't have any other officers, which is a little bit stressful and worries me, but I'm sure once we get everything up and running again for the semester all will be well.<br />
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Thirdly, I found out what exactly I'll be teaching at the middle school for my education class this semester. I'll be in a four person teaching team, my partner and I will begin each class period and then the other partnership will finish up and close the lesson. We'll be teaching Health every Thursday for the rest of the semester and next week we will be doing introductions and teaching about drugs. I'm the leader in my partnership this week, so, I'll see what it's like to make up a plan for the class period and then assign tasks to the other people in my group. I am really looking forward to this experience, I feel like it will really teach me how to be a teacher. Today, I got to go observe the class I'll be teaching and it looks like a really fun bunch of kids.<br />
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Lastly, we had our first Disney College Program Campus Rep meeting today. I have to say, it's not quite what I expected. Some of the cast members that have been reps before seem to have a very negative outlook on recruiting, which makes me really upset. I want to do all I can to get the word out about the program because I had so much fun while doing mine. There is some animosity for the Program at the University because of things that have happened in the past, but I hope that we can just deal with the fact that not everyone on campus is going to support us and do the best with what we have to work with. We don't have any support from the Internship office, which is going to be really tough, but I feel like if we work hard and keep a good attitude about everything that we can do a good job and meet all of the goals that the company sets for us. I'm really happy that I've been given this opportunity and I'm looking forward to getting to know my fellow reps better. I've been thinking a lot lately about trying for an Education Professional Internship at the Walt Disney World Resort, but we'll just have to see where life takes me and what opportunities present themselves in the future. I'd love to work for the company as a career possibly facilitating Traditions, DAKlimation, or Discovery Day classes. I think that would be such an amazing way to make a living and such a fun job that I'd love to go to everyday!<br />
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So, overall, I'm really excited about everything going on in my life right now. I'll be keeping busy, but that will be good. I feel like I do better when I have lots going on because I actually have to make a schedule of my day. I never wanna go back to last winter where I had too much to do and was so busy that I barely had time to sleep, but I'm comfortably busy, which is perfect for me!<br />
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Love,<br />
A Comfortably Busy Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-19762876525809596242011-01-08T10:13:00.000-08:002011-01-08T10:13:49.621-08:005 reasons this is going to be a great semester :)Every time I start a new semester I am always reminded of Finding Nemo: The Musical at Animal Kingdom. "Time for school! Time for school!"Although I don't live in an ocean, I do live on an iceberg, that will eventually melt. In this post, I'd like to share with you 5 reasons (in no particular order) why I know this semester will be awesome.<br />
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</div><div>1. The weather hasn't actually been that bad yet. I haven't had to break out my big coat and wear leggings under my jeans so hallelujah to that! <br />
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</div><div>2. I love my roommates! They are all just so adorable and I feel like things are going to be great for us this semester. I'm also so lucky I get to live with my best friend. It's going to be amazing! </div><div><br />
</div><div>3. Games nights on Sundays, with friends, old and new! Even though there will be one extremely important person missing from those :(</div><div><br />
</div><div>4. My classes are pretty great. Some of them are definitely going to be a challenge, but I'm kind of in the home stretch, so I should expect to have more challenging courses, I guess. My Brit Lit class is going to be amazing, my professor is just delightful. I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities for my Victorian novel of choice for the first half, and I have to find a modern British novel to read, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd surely appreciate them! English 314 will probably be my toughest class because I have to write 37-42 pages over the course of the semester, which is daunting to say the least. I'm in Science Foundations 101…ugh…that's all I'm gonna say about that. Interpersonal Communications is going to be my most fun class this semester. I just get to talk to people in class all semester pretty much and get a grade for it! The class I am most excited about, though is Ed 361, Secondary Education Principles of Teaching. I get to actually be a teacher! I will go to Madison Middle School once a week starting at the end of this month and team teach with other students in my class. My favorite thing about this class is that I am going to get a snazzy name tag like I'm a REAL teacher! It will say "Miss Fogle" BYU-Idaho Teacher Education. Ahhh! How cool is that! If you can't tell I'm really excited about this.</div><div><br />
</div><div>5. I have late classes! It's soooooooo incredibly wonderful. I don't start classes until 10:15 on MWF and 9:45 on Tu/Th. It's great. I'm going to have more motivation to get up and go work out in the gym because I don't have to get up every morning at 5 am to have time to work out and get ready for my classes. So sweet. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Well, that's why I'm really excited for this semester. I'm definitely gonna be keeping busy, but it will be great for me :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Love, </div><div>A Southern Girl Who Has Returned to the Land of Potatoes</div><div><br />
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</div></div>Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-57537304882099871552010-12-31T18:39:00.000-08:002010-12-31T18:39:51.589-08:00A Jolly Vindaloo Day To All!Ok, so there is no such thing as Vindaloo Day, but I'm going to use it instead of saying Happy New Year because of my new favorite show, Outsourced. If you haven't watched it yet, DO IT!!!! It is so funny! The characters are likable and relatable, and each episode thus far has had an interesting and enjoyable storyline. So, again I say, if you haven't watched it, DO IT. It's awesome.<br />
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For a Potter update, I'm now about 150 pages into Goblet of Fire, and still loving my nightly dates with Ron Weasley. Also, my family doesn't do much actual "gift" giving, we usually just get money for Christmas so that we can go out and get the things that we want instead of returning things that don't fit or aren't the right color. So, with some of my Christmas money, I bought all six HP DVD's. Plus, I got them all on sale or clearance which was a total steal! I've watched a couple of them with my family so far, but I can't wait to have a huge Harry Potter marathon sometime this semester! I'm also super jealous of my Disney friends who all got to visit Hogwarts and drink Butterbeer (yum!) again this month without me :( I'll hopefully get back in April though, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!<br />
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I actually bought a BUNCH of movies with my Christmas money, ones that I've wanted for awhile, though. So, after adding the 6 HP movies, the 3 good Indiana Jones movies (sorry Crystal Skull, but Aliens, I mean come on?), Batman, Batman Returns, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, This Is It, and A Bug's Life, my DVD collection has now reached 121. Whew! I LOVE IT!<br />
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I'm sad to be leaving the beautiful south here in a few days, but I'm also so incredibly excited to get back to Rexburg and start a new semester living with my best friend and having games nights and studying in the Snow building and seeing all of my favorite people again! Having said all of this, I bid you all adieu, my next post will probably be about how sick I am of seeing snow and how cold my nose and toes are, but I'll be loving life, don't you fret!<br />
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Love,<br />
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A Southern Girl about to leave the SouthBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-41872025091368486412010-12-21T22:39:00.000-08:002010-12-21T22:39:58.239-08:00Good news...I'm finally home! Our flights were pretty good overall, but the day was excruciatingly long. We left Rexburg at 5 in the morning and touched down in Greenville at around 7 at night, so we travelled for about 12 hours total after factoring in losing 2 hours as we crossed the country. It feels so great to be home and NOT seeing a "winter wonderland" every time I open the front door! The forecast here is calling for sleet/snow on Christmas day, but I'll believe that when I see it. I feel like they are just giving the people of upstate South Carolina hope for a white Christmas, which is the absolute LAST thing I want.<br />
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Tomorrow we are celebrating Christmas with Grandmama and Papa, plus I'm finally getting my hair cut! Yay! It is very much needed as it has kind of looked like a rat's nest for the past 3 weeks or so. I'm excited for Christmas because we are going up to Tennessee to see Memaw and my cousins, which is always fun!<br />
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I finally finished reading Jurassic Park! It only took me about 3 months… In my defense I had an intense amount of reading this semester so it was hard to set aside time for pleasure reading. But I was up until around 3 am finishing it on Sunday night because I just didn't want to put it down. I thought it was great. I have always been a huge fan of the movie, so I'm not surprised that I really enjoyed the book that went into even greater detail of a story I love. Anyways, I definitely recommend it to any fan of the movie, or to anyone interested in a science-y/technological story about dinosaurs. There is quite a bit of technology stuff that, I'll honestly admit, I just scanned instead of actually reading, but I think it would have just confused me to fully read it anyways. There were a LOT of differences between the book and the movie, and I won't bore you like I did my family with every little detail, but I will point out that just about EVERYTHING that has to do with the kids is wrong in the movie. First off, Dr. Alan Grant is shown as a stiff, kid-hating man in the movie, but in the book, he really likes the kids and he's happy to talk to Timmy about dinosaurs and his research, and secondly, in the book, Timmy is older, around 11, and Lex is 7, so they reversed ages in the movie. If there was one thing I had to complain about in the book it would be that I wanted to punch that little girl in the face every time I read anything about her. Every time she opened her mouth to speak she was complaining or being a brat, I just wanted that T-Rex to come out of nowhere and swallow her mid-sentence. She was so incredibly annoying. But, like I said, overall, a great read.<br />
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Speaking of reading, that is my favorite thing to do over my breaks from school. Since I mentioned that we lose 2 hours when traveling, I should also mention that I get jet lagged really badly every time. I can't fall asleep until around 3 or 4 every night and then I don't wake up until noon. I go through this every time for at least 3 or 4 days without fail. However, the good thing about my predicament is that this is prime reading time. There's no distractions from the TV or video games or music, I just sit in my living room by a lamp, or the lights on my Christmas tree (a new personal favorite) and read. It's AWESOME. It's too bad my house doesn't have a fireplace because then my life would be the perfect cliche, a girl sitting alone reading next to a warm fire. Ahhh, how serendipitous. Christmas lights are good enough for me, though :)<br />
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Since I finished reading Jurassic Park, I had to find something new to read. At first I thought I might reread Wicked and Son of a Witch to refresh my memory before reading the newest book in the series A Lion Among Men, but I decided I wanted something that took far less thought, and I wanted something familiar. So, I ventured away from my own bookshelf and went to the one in the guest bedroom and hit the jackpot. I knew as soon as I saw them exactly how I would spend the rest of the late nights of my Christmas break. Two words. Harry Potter. After seeing Deathly Hallows Part One and visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter several times this summer, I'm excited to read the books all over and catch things I missed before and discover more about my very favorite book series. I already noticed something I didn't before and I'd like to share it with all of the other Potter fanatics out there. (and I know you are out there!) When Hagrid is first bringing Harry to the Dursley's house, Dumbledore asks him where he got the motorcycle and he said (and I quote), "Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir. Young SIRIUS BLACK lent it to me." I find this ever so delightful now knowing all that I know about Sirius Black, it makes sense that he would lend Hagrid his bike so that Harry could be delivered to the only family he had left. J.K. Rowling, you are good! I probably didn't even think twice about that name when I first read the book like 10 years ago. Lovely tie in, just lovely.<br />
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Well, now that I've bored you with my Christmas break plans, I'll bid you all farewell, because I have a date with Ron Weasley every night for the next 2 weeks. He's just such a dream boat :)<br />
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Love,<br />
A Southern Girl IN THE SOUTH!!!!Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-68508136811947931532010-11-19T02:47:00.000-08:002010-11-19T02:47:05.836-08:00Dear J.K. Rowling…Ok, so I did something tonight that I've never done in my entire career here at BYU-Idaho. I intentionally broke curfew to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Before I talk about how much I loved it, I would just like to say to Harrison Ford, I am INCREDIBLY disappointed in you. Ok, so we could discuss for hours how Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was an EPIC fail, but it can be summed up in one word…aliens. Seriously? Aliens, people? Anyways, back to Mr. Ford, his next blockbuster is entitled Cowboys & Aliens. My friend Mary and I are sitting in the theatre munching on some popcorn, when the previews finally start. We see Daniel Craig in the middle of the desert, but he has a mysterious metal bracelet/ tracking device thing on. I'm thinking to myself, "this looks interesting." Then, we see Daniel Craig thrown into jail, enter Harrison Ford. I then think, "Oh this has gotta be good, I love Harrison Ford!" The next thing I know…UFO's. Done deal. Not gonna waste my money on that one. It also has that intern that I don't care for, "13," from House in it, ya know the girl that mentions she has a degenerative disease EVERY EPISODE? And one last note on this film, Cowboys & Aliens? There was not ONE better idea for a title? I'm disappointed in you Universal Pictures.<br />
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Ok, but now on to Harry Potter. Oh my, oh my! I have to say in the past I've been less than impressed with the movies. I've read the books and it's true that the book is ALWAYS better than the movie, but I was just severely disappointed in most of the movies past "Chamber of Secrets." I gotta give props to David Yates. This film was phenomenal. I was enthralled the entire time. Also, it was so well written. It was funny when it needed to be but the serious parts were beautiful and at times, moving. I won't give anything away since some may not have seen it yet, but the ending was PERFECT. I hate to have to wait until July, but at the same time, the place they chose to split it was spot on.<br />
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Last, but absolutely, positively not least, I am in love with Ron Weasley. How he went from this insanely cute kid<br />
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</div><div>Now for a rundown of the most crazy awesome part of my day! At 1:33 today I had a phone interview with the Disney College recruiter for BYU-Idaho, John, and he asked me all of the technical questions like if I could legally work in the US blah, blah, blah, then he asked me why I wanted to be a campus rep. I told him, that of course, I want to spread the word about one, well two, of the most incredible experiences of my life, but that I wanted to stress to the interested students that even though you may not make a lot of money, the experience you gain and the fact that you make friends from all across the world are just priceless! He asked me a couple more questions, then told me to email him within 24 hours if I was seriously interested in being a campus rep (I told him I'd probably email him within the next 24 minutes…haha), that I would hear sometime before December 4th whether I was selected, and that he sincerely hoped he would get an email from me and to be able to work with me next semester. So I emailed him and got an automatic "out of the office" response email, which made me worried! However, about an hour later I got an email offering me the position of Campus Rep! I am so incredibly excited for this opportunity and I can't wait until next semester to really get started! Now I have to figure out whether or not to go down to Florida to work a shift during Christmas to get my maingate pass, or just to be happy with my ID and getting only myself in for free. Decisions, decisions.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So on top of the amazing-ness above, in 2 count 'em, 2 days I will be in California with my best friend and twin for Thanksgiving Break! Ahhhhhh! I'm so excited!<br />
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Have a magical day!<br />
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A Southern Girl in the Land of Potatoes</div>Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-53215824021891940032010-11-14T09:37:00.000-08:002010-11-14T09:41:28.907-08:00One more week...Ummm, I found out I'm not so good at this blogging thing. I'll try to be better. So, we've been so blessed with a lack of snow up until about a week ago, but hot dang did it come back with a vengeance! I feel like it snowed NON-STOP Monday-Wednesday! But anyways, I'm so incredibly excited! This time next week I will be in California with my best friend for Thanksgiving Break! It will be really weird for me though, because I've never had a Thanksgiving where I wasn't with at least part of my family. As much as I would have loved to get to go home for Thanksgiving, I knew it probably wasn't going to happen, so honestly, I couldn't ask for a better substitute. Having lived in the south all of my life, until I came to school out here in (now frigid and snowy) Idaho, the farthest west I'd ever been was Nauvoo, IL. I'm pretty jazzed about broadening my travel horizons and getting to finally see California. I mean, I love Soarin, probably more than most people, but lets face it, it's nowhere near the real thing :) We're going to go to Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which I'm totally stoked about (maybe it will make me feel like I'm at Disney World) and maybe go to the beach! The water will be too cold to actually get in, but I'm sure it will be beautiful nonetheless. Sure, I'll still have heaps of homework and reading to do over the week, but I get to do all of this fun stuff, and sleep in past 7:00 everyday and not go to class or worry about if I'm going to slip when I walk on a patch of black ice I didn't see. Most of all, I'm just so excited to spend a whole week with Alex! Can it just be next week right now?<br />
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Love,<br />
A Southern Girl in the Land of Potatoes (but next week in the Land of Movie Stars! haha)Bekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002237960325670591.post-67535894657021414482010-10-25T16:04:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:54:23.095-07:00My First Ever Blog Post...So I have succumbed to the rest of the world and created a blog. I chose a pretty great day to do it, too, because IT SNOWED TODAY. I am not excited. I am generally sitting in a comfortably warm apartment when the first snow comes to Rexburg, however, today I was oh so lucky to be pelted with rather large clumps of snow as I was walking to the Manwaring Center to work at the Blood Drive booth. Speaking of the Blood Drive, anyone in Rexburg who would like to be a blood donor, please volunteer! There is a booth set up for a few hours every day in the MC where you can sign up to give blood, or for those of you who are a little bit squeamish, just volunteer to hand out juice boxes, make sure no one faints, etc. So just do it if you can. The drive is Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 3-5.<br />
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Here are a couple of things that I have witnessed thus far in this semester that I feel like I probably wouldn't see at any other university.<br />
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1. I was walking home from studying in the snow building (shocker, I know) when I hear over the loud speaker at a football game, the following conversation:<br />
"Hey everybody, I just wanna thank you all for coming out to the game today! (Thunderous applause, well as much applause as about 75 people can make) I just wanna ask my girlfriend to come down here for a second. (She proceeds to walk to the field from the bleachers) Hey, baby, how are you today? I'm so glad you could come to my game."<br />
"I'm…good." (She is obviously embarrassed.)<br />
"Well, baby, you know I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"(Again with the "thunderous" applause and cheering and cue the wedding march)<br />
I couldn't hear her answer but I assume it was yes, because in last week's edition of The Scroll, there was an article about it.<br />
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2. 3 of the most adorable little boys came to my door selling chocolate chip cookie dough. The little boy said with the most adorable lisp you can imagine, "Hi would you wike to buy thome home made cookie dough? It's just theven dowers a tub." The combination of his adorable face, adorable lisp, and Toy Story t-shirt had me hooked…and anyone who really knows me knows I don't even LIKE chocolate chip cookies! So, the moral of this story is, if you live in Rexburg and have cute kids, send them around to girls apartment complexes to get people to buy your cookie dough, because people like me, and most other girls at BYU-Idaho, can't resist adorable children.<br />
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3. I went to the DI the other day to find things I needed for my Halloween costume, and lo and behold, what do I find? The most hideously awesome vest of all time. It looks like "It's a Small World" puked out a vest. There was an entire rack devoted to vests only teachers and little old relief society ladies would wear, I was impressed.<br />
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4. Today I was sitting in the Hinckley building trying so desperately hard not to fall asleep while reading a short story for my Contemporary Britsh and American Literature Class, when all of a sudden, this guy runs into the building and darts up the stairs. I swear it was Adolf Hitler. He had THE Hitler mustache, dark hair, just the right length and he was in a dark suit. Why did this person's loved ones not inform him of this extremely awful predicament he is in??<br />
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Gosh I just love BYU-Idaho! It is the best place in the world, no sarcasm intended at all. Everyone should come to school here. I don't know why it took me such a long time to figure out that this is where I belong.<br />
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To finish up this, my very first blog post EVER, I would like to express how incredibly excited I am for it to be Friday, October 29, at 7:00 PM. At that approximate time, my twin, Alex Smith, will be arriving at the Idaho Falls Airport to spend the weekend in Rexburg. I cannot express my excitement enough! So, if you wanna party with us, we will most certainly be having a good time, this weekend.<br />
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Thanks for reading, sorry if I bored you half to death.<br />
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Much Love,<br />
A Southern Girl in the Land of PotatoesBekka Jeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725663105789557951noreply@blogger.com0