Just going with the motions.

Comprehensively, I've had an overall average day.
You know, I'm just like the coolest person in school so  naturally I have 400 friends and everybody loves me.
Actually not really. Mostly I just went to school and learned some knowledge. But is being cool important? I don't know. I guess if you wanna have really Great Great high school experience, you should really get updated on how to be cool. When this boy in my English class gave a speech on how to be cool at Lone Peak, it was pretty informative and really helped me out a lot. But he didn't really address the girls. So let me just tell you, my friends, ten ways how to be the prettiest, most popular girls at school.
1. Dye your hair.
            Preferably a nice shade of platinum blonde would do (with brown roots or underneath), but mostly any color will get you into a popular group, just as long as it isn't your natural hair color.
2. Wear super cute clothes.
            Most likely this will include short, tight floral or indian print skirts. Make sure that you buy all of your clothes at Forever 21 or at H&M so you won't be embarrassed when you tell somebody where you got them. You'll need about 300 fake vintage necklaces, and multiple rings on your fingers at once. Don't forget to wear 5-inch heels with all of your jeans.
3. Go to all the dances and post 100 pictures on Facebook.
            If you don't get asked, you're social history. And if you do get asked, put all the pictures on the internet. And make sure they are SOUPS professional and make sure you look gorgeous in all of them.
4. Have a Twitter
            I don't understand this, but apparently its cool.
5. Use the Instagram or Pixlr-matic app on your i-Phone for every picture you take.
            Even though everyone knows that all your pictures are photoshopped, you can always pretend you still don't live in the century of incredibly clear photography and software, right?
6. Have an iPhone
            How would you Tweet every 5 seconds or post photos on instagram without it, right?
7. Don't play a sport.
            Sports are for boys. The only sport you are allowed to be into are cheerleading and dance, otherwise, just go to the game if you are cheering, okay? (and you better be at all the games, otherwise, who knows what will happen to you.)
8. Flirt it up with the jocks.
             These boys may or may not be smart, have good morals, or have any common sense at all, but make sure that you are the girl of their dreams. Never be smarter than them, and make sure you don't go to half your classes because you are talking or making out with them.
9. Don't eat lunch.
              Ohmyheck you could TOTES get SO fat if you ever did that. Maybe sneak in a bag of carrots in third period, but you better not have anybody in that class who you know.
10. Be on a Jr. Jazz team full of your besties.
               Even if you don't play basketball (oh wait. You aren't allowed to, so you better not know how to), get all of your cheerleader or dance friends to create a team with you. Name yourself something ridiculous like "the basketball babes" or something very gangsta' like "Ballers." Make sure you wear preppy sweat bands and run around like a little mouse the whole time. Have a fan base of all your jock friends and make sure they come to every game. When you shoot, make sure you let out a cute little scream and just chuck it.

Now that you know how to be a cool girl at Lone Peak, I'm looking forward to seeing your transformation on monday when we get back.

Today has been good.

Today, I woke up.
I looked in the mirror.
I usually look in the mirror and think,
Look at that girl.
Who is she?
Is she pretty?
Does she like herself?

Today,
Was different.
I looked in the mirror, and I felt
Confident.
Happy.
and I might venture to even say I felt
Beautiful.

I looked at myself and I liked what I saw.
Now, I'm not bragging, and I'm
not saying I'm perfect.
Because I am definitely not.
But I felt pretty.
I felt like a princess,
a Daughter of God.

And as I stood in front of the congregation,
I was
Confident.
Happy.
and In my own eyes,
Beautiful.
I wasn't nervous about
what everyone would think,
and I felt like I was doing the right thing.

I am doing the right things.

Now, this might sound like a bunch of sap
from a girl who doesn't know left from right,
and couldn't tell pretty from ugly in the first place.

This could sound like one of those soap-operas,
one of those motivational speeches they give
girls who will never listen.
But its true.
And truth is,
Today has been good.


Now, on the not so pretty side.
Remembering 9/11.
Those of us in the US today
will never forget.
Its only appropriate
I mention the
Hundreds,
Thousands,
of lives we lost that day.
I remember:
First Grade.
I remember
That Same Video.
Of course, at the time
I had no idea,
what an impact this was having
on Millions of people.
Now, as I look back,
I could not
Imagine
What it could have been like to see those towers
fall.
If I had been 16 at that time, I don't know what
I would do
Or feel like.

I found this video on Mormon Messages that can help
us all realize the trauma
That people went through on 9/11.
It also shows us that
through Christ,
We can overcome all of our trials.

Have a wonderful Sunday.