Sadie's

HI!!!!!

Okay, so last Saturday was Sadie's, and yes, I did find another *FISH* to go with. He's a more quiet one, but that's okay... We went in a group of 4 couples, and almost all of us live in the same area... actually, 7/8 of us live in the same STAKE.

Anyway, for our day activity we decorated cookies, carved pumpkins and played games. When some of the people went home, we became little kids and went and played on the toy at the school--that big colored metal thing?--and played in the sand box, digging a tunnel, which we then collapsed.

So then I had to run home to clean up because we decided to do EVERYTHING at my house: the activity, the dinner, the 'after-party'... it was crazy. One of the girl's dates has like, really bad allergies, and my house was the only one out of all four girls that did not constantly have all the animals in 24/7.

The theme was jungle fever. How LAME is that? Anyway, the dinner was just pizza and salad, as well as some candy afterwards for , ahem, dessert. So then, we went to the dance, and it was a blast. I woke up the next morning with neck pains because of all the headbanging and crazy dancing I had done. It was great.

We came home afterwards, and watched a classic halloween movie, "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken," with Don Knotts. I loved it. It's been a while since I've seen that movie, so it was good to see it again. Anyway, I was being dumb and forgot to get pictures of all the activities, so you'll just have to use your imagination!

For starters, me and my date were tigers. Orange shirts with black stripes, and some ears. I thought I looked cute, but my date didn't put much effort into it. Like I said, he's real quiet.

Then another couple (Lover-of-Boys and her date) were monkeys. Brown shirts with a little cut out of a monkey, a beanie with felt ears, and gloves (on their feet) with stuffings in the 'toes' (aka fingers). It was WAYYY cute.

Then, Viewmont-become-WX-belle and her date wore shirts that said (in sequined letters) "PANTHER". He wore a black shirt and jeans, and she wore a pink shirt and jeans. (get it? Pink panther?)

The other couple came dressed as a Roman god and goddess. Very interesting, and I'm still not sure where they got that idea for jungle, although they weren't the only ones. It was a good dance, and everyone had fun. Good times, good times.

More Ann Cannon

Okay, it's time for MORE Ann Cannon! YAY!!! Deseret News has this thing once a year where you get the chance to write in these really bad metaphors, or just a phrase or... I don't know, You have to read it to understand what I'm saying... Do you get what I'm saying? Here she is! The beautiful... ANN CANNON!

WHO KNEW SO MANY COULD WRITE BAD PROSE?

The people, you were fabulous this year. You sent in hundreds (seriously) of bad sentences to the Worst Novel Never Written Contest, making our decision harder (and happier!) than even before.
We're in awe. We call you master.

BEST SENTENCE WITH AN EXTENDED VEGETABLE METAPHOR:He shopped early for his second wife, plucking her like a ripe tomato from his best friend's garden, leaving his soon-to-be-ex-wife wilted like that last stalk of celery forgotten in the refrigerator vegetable bin, only good for a pot of misery soup. (Judy Blain)

BEST UH-OH MOMENT: The comet was shooting toward her car, and she wondered vaguely if rolling up the window would do any good. (Larissa Humphries)

SECOND BEST UH-OH MOMENT: As soon as Mindy met her freshman college roommate, she realized that she had been premature in assuming that her roommate would be her new best friend and that the tattooed girl with spiked purple hair who was dressed in black from head to toe might not even want to wear the other half of the "best friends" necklace Mindy had bought as a "Welcome to College" surprise. (Diane Coles)

BEST PUN INVOLVING LOCAL CHURCH AUTHORITIES:At first, the stake president was upset as he looked at the elders encircling the infant, because they were wearing sunglasses and fake beards, but then he realized it was actually a blessing in disguise. (Mark Vernon)

BEST LOCAL COLOR:As LaVonda waited uncomfortably for the uniformed officers to use the "Jaws of Life" to extricate her from her mangled car, she pondered in turn the fragility of life the massiveness of 18-wheelers, the difficulty of text-messaging while eating fries and driving, and finally, how she could use this experience as an object lesson in her next Sunday school class. (Tamary Shoemaker)

BEST ROMANCE: He had a fascinating mind, and I couldn't wait to pick it apart the way a 10th grade biology student does with an owl pellet to find mouse bones. (Jenica Jenson)

BEST ROMANCE GONE WRONG: Her tears were like moon drops dripping from the air-conditioning condenser of my soul, forming a mushy puddle under my Buick. (Nathan Strong)

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: After the makeover, Dirk couldn't decide which was more shocking-the face that Melanie appeared to have been dipped in white chocolate, sprinkled with sanding sugar and dotted with nonpareils, or the realization that the word nonpareil was part of his vocabulary. (Deanna Johnson)

WEIRD SCIENCE: The group of scientists collecting data on the movement of the tectonic plates concluded at last that shift happens. (Jana Rogers)

JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN: Seventy years is a long time for a ghost not to haunt a haunted house, but eighty years would have been even longer. (Monelle Smith)

WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR TWO GRAND-PRIZE WINNERS: The farmer had no business going back inside that wretched barn- the sheep knew, he knew, the sheep knew he knew, and that was enough. (Todd Phillips)

AND ALSO: William couldn't believe how much clearer his sinuses felt after the Resurrection. (Ryan Alleman)

Check online for more sentences we loved!

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! 'Clearer sinuses'.... ha ha ha.

That was great.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705339385/Ann-Cannon-Who-knew-so-many-could-write-bad-prose.html?pg=1

Just copy and past this into your bar, and it should lead you to the website where there are even MORE sentences. It's hilarious!

Updates

Okay, I am SOOOOOO sorry that it's been so long since I've written. Things have been... busy. So if this post gets long, sorry. You can stop and read the rest of it tomorrow or something. Anyway...

So, I am now 17, and I am WAYYYY excited. I can donate blood now! For most of you, you're saying, "You're excited for THAT?!" But I have to say "Yes. I am VERY proud to be donating blood." This is something I have been looking forward to since I was 15. Oh, and that means I have 4 more years until I get to turn my mission papers in! HOORAY!!!!! I'm currently teaching myself Irish so I can (hopefully) go to Ireland for my mission. I am just MADLY in love with Ireland, don't ask.

Oh, and it's October, and we have the Sadie Hawkin's dance. YES! This is the first girl's choice, but I asked this one kid to Homecoming anyway (tee hee). It was fun. Anyway, I have to tell you the EXCITING moment in my life: We - Viewmont Belle (now Woods Cross Belle-YAY!), Imaginary Chica (yes, she IS real), and I-went to 'Jim's' house. We put my question in the balloons, put a bunch of candy on in bags, and then wrote my name ON. THE STRINGS of the balloons. We decorated his front door and me and Imaginary Chica went to the car and waited while WX Belle put Jim's name on the balloons, rang the doorbell and ran behind a car. It was great. We waited for EVER for them to come and get everything. It was really fun.

In the end, someone had already asked Jim to the dance. I'm pretty sure he hates me, and was finding an excuse to not go to Sadie's with me (which is OK). So I just have to look for other fish to ask... heh heh heh. Anyway, we did ask someone else, and I am currently expecting an answer. It's really exciting when you ask guys to Sadie's. If anyone has an idea to ask, let me know! We are ALWAYS looking for some new and inventive ways to ask.

So that's about it for right now. I know, boring. But hey, such is life, right?