"Where did our hair go?" "NARNIA."

My roommates and I got haircuts over the weekend. We all look super cute, so on Sunday afternoon, we took to downtown Rexburg and took some pictures. I like shooting in the morning or on Sundays when I'm downtown, because I'm in love with the door to Sammy's and it's closed then. 

Noelle

Beth 

Me

Group shot! I love us. 

The Headscarf

My attempt. 

I think it came out more Chava...

...than Hepburn.

Other contenders were just not as fun. 

"It was more babushka than Breakfast at Tiffany's."

"It was more Russian than Roman Holiday."

"Someone told me I looked Jewish."

(That one is true.)

But it's warm. I'm going to keep doing this.

To Pixie or not to Pixie?

I've had my on-again-off-again fling with short hair over the years. 

Every time, I've regretted it, and vowed to never cut it again. But I think that with my color/sun/time damaged hair, it's time to get serious about keeping it short. I think it suits me better. And when I say serious, I mean Carey Mulligan serious.

I know I've ignored y'all in the past, but what say you, readers? The plan is that once I have a little extra money (so maybe in a few weeks months years), I'll just chop it all off like this. And see how nicely  it grows out on her? I really think this could work, guys.

Moments of Elegant Leisure

I have the rest of the summer off. For the first time in a long time, I'm deriving more pleasure from...well, everything. Especially:

photography,

eating,

(aren't I classy?)

dressing up,

I got dressed up for a wedding reception. My mom and I went grocery shopping right after, and I'm told the cute cashier was checking me out. Yeaaaaaah.

and just being with friends.

Things You Probably Already Knew But I'm Going to Tell You Anyway.

1. The new blog name comes from a rarely used nickname of mine: Batgirl. My initials are BAT, so it's all logic from there.

2. I am not  a natural redhead.

February 2006, a few months before I dyed it for the first time.

But I like to play with it.

This is me as of today. It looks brown in this picture, but it's actually more like this.

3. I've always hated USC.

4. This is the first year I haven't gone to Girls Camp since 2002. And I'm okay with that.

5. I know more about how elections work than the 35-ish looking guy I saw at the polling place last week. (I voted for the first time. :D ) He was registered Democrat and asked the little old polling lady why Meg Whitman wasn't on his ballot. I stayed quiet while the LOPL gave a poor explanation of primaries, which probably led him to believe that this is the only time you can vote for governor. Poor guy. Well, since Whitman won the Republican primary (take that, Dad!) he can vote for her in November (unless he likes Jerry Brown better.)

An Apology and a Celebration

I've noticed that I've been using this blog to complain. This means that I'm probably been complaining out loud to my friends and family. My bad, you guys. I'm going to stop it.

Besides, how can I complain during times like these?

 

With Sam and Erin in Salt Lake this weekend, Jenna and I have been having little adventures.Jenna keeps wearing her red-and-black Vegas High Wildcats gear and Sugar-Salem fans mistake her for a Madison student and yell strange and offensive things at us as we walk. But the guy at Jack in the Box must've thought we were cute or something because he upgraded our curly fries. That's a plus.

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All this collaboration between Beyoncé and Lady Gaga is very exciting. In the video for "Telephone," Gaga calls Beyoncé "Honey Bee." That's what my friend Kasey calls me. I really wish that we could be in the same city for Halloween, because that gives me an awesome idea.

Upon re-discovering this newspaper article in my iPhoto library, I may be able to jump the wall I've hit in my family history quest. 

 I recently found a great way to chop onions without crying.

I found a good online photo editor so I can do fun things like this.

I can still use the teapot that I accidentally melted to the burner last week.

 

I'm doing way better in school than I thought I was, I successfully dyed my own hair (just a touch up), and I can put the pictures on my phone online again. Life is pretty darn good.

Top Ten Reasons that This Week was the Best.

10. J'ai trouvé ma cloche!

I finally have the coolest hat in the world back. I lost it in my French class on the second day of class and didn't see until yesterday, when Sœur Passe-Carlus said she had it in her office.

9. Hair Color Fades!

My hair is a normal color! But I did turn the towels pink at the temple...

8. Nutella Cupcakes!

Found this recipe while stumbling around the internet on Thursday and couldn't help but trying them. And they are DELICIOUS. We ate them for breakfast. (Since they're self-frosting, you can totally pass them off as muffins.) I will definitely be making them again in the near future.

7. I've finally seen The Dark Knight all the way through!

When my family rented this when it first came out, no one ever told me when they were starting. So I always came in the middle. Then last semester I started it with the guys, but we only got halfway through before curfew. Then we watched it last night because their new roommate is just off his mission and hadn't seen it yet. Hurray for 1am curfew on Fridays!

6. I finally found a good place to study!

I have a hard time focusing on homework when Sven the Mac's 20-inch screen offers so many other options. And I don't like the library--too many people. But there is a lovely little secluded place in the Ricks Building (pictured above) perfect for reading and studying. This should increase my productivity by infinity.

5. The Hello Kitty Coloring Book

My mom sent a bunch of crayons up with me after Christmas Break and I had nothing to color! In my determination to remedy this, I bought a 288 page Hello Kitty coloring book. I almost got the Star Wars one, but it was part of that crap Clone Wars franchise. I am not ashamed of my new hobby. You're just jealous. 

4.Endless Jam Sessions.

My roommate Jenna the Music Ed Major brought an acoustic guitar up with her. Now we're both using it to teach ourselves to play. I remembered a few things from back when I actually practiced Francesca (my guitar that's been sitting lonely in my room for the past three years). My fingers are sore and covered in band-aids, and Jenna's thumb has turned funny colors from strumming with it. But it's way fun. Since Thursday, we've spent at least three hours a day taking turns playing. 

3. Getting things worked out.

Don't you worry your pretty little head about the details.

2. Hearing from two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Elder Russel M. Nelson gave the devotional on Tuesday and Elder. M. Russell Ballard More will be on my Rexburg Blog.

1. Getting my family's temple work done.

Unless I'm completely mistaken, this is my great-grandmother,(my mother's mother's mother) Margot. I was baptized and confirmed for her and for my great-great-aunt, (my mother's father's mother's sister) Anna. I'm so excited to keep tracing my mom's family line and getting their work done, too!

MARVELous

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Of course, this was after 3-9 shampoos. At first, my hair broke Honor Code. Now I'm just afraid to wear colors and my roommate calls me Kool-Aid Head. Hopefully this color will bring about level 5 mutant powers and James Marsden.