Entries by Emma

When Making a Decision

The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBecause it was grassy and wanted […]

Neal A Maxwell On Finals

When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give.  We can be comforted that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed.  No one was foreordained to fail or to be wicked.  When we have been weighed and found wanting let us remember that we were measured before and found equal to […]

A Good Day filled with Random Ideas

I should be studying for finals today, right now in fact.  But I’m so ready for my long-awaited summer vacation, it’s hard for me to focus.Today was a good day.I woke up early.  I ran a 5K.  Jasmine ran a marathon.  So, I really feel quite unworthy of even saying that I ran a 5K. […]

Lavoro, Gelato, e Italiano.

Today I worked for 8 hours. Oggi ho lavorato per otto ore. I took a break in between for thirty minutes.  Mi fermo per trenta minuti. I ate BYU ice cream. Ho mangiato il gelato BYU. Yum. Delizioso. In other news, Italian runs through my head all of the time.  I’m starting to realize how […]

Hopeless

Confession: I’m a hopeless romantic.Yes, it may be cheesy.But, if I was in it, I’d love the cheesiness. Why am I a hopeless romantic?Because I watch scenes from Downton Abbey over and over again.Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors.Chick flicks are my favorite movie genre (there, I said it. Except really thought provoking, […]

A Couple of My Favorite (Secular) Things at the Moment

And yes, these favorite things at the moment may not be “hipster,” but that doesn’t mean I still can’t like them.  And some of these may be dumb and slightly cliche and slightly out of character for me.  Still doesn’t mean I can’t like them. Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know.”This may be the […]

An English Garden Party

A couple of weeks ago we had a “tea” party.  (It was really just lemonade.) It was very fun.  We had a variety of delicious finger foods to choose from.  We had a real china set, compliments of Grammie, flowers, a fountain, and fancy English hats. You see, I think it’s wonderful that this is […]

Money, Money, Money.

Managing money is difficult.I make money. I have a job.Then I spend it.  I don’t spend it on useless things. They’re things I need.Like gas.  And shoes. (No, I really do need shoes.  I’ve been wearing the same pair of shoes to school for the past year.)I’ll spend it on food, or lunch for myself. […]

This Thing Called Nostalgia

A year ago I graduated from high school.  It was a time of reflection, of thinking, “look how far I’ve come.”  It was a time of goodbyes.  A time to celebrate.A year ago, I received my diploma.  I participated in The Glass Menagerie.It’s funny, during this year I keep thinking, “Wow, only a year ago […]

Happy Birthday, Dad.

Now, this could go on and on and on and on about how wonderful my father is. So it will 🙂 My dad is 5 foot 11 and 3/8 inches.  He has be by a little about a half an inch, so yes, he is still taller.   Every time we see each other we […]

The Book of Mormon

As I finished up my freshman year, there was one accomplishment that I am definitely most proud of.  Along with realizing that I had done it, I had made it through the year without any broken bones or empty bank accounts (almost), I had done something much more significant. I read the Book of Mormon. […]

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Modest is HOTTEST (even in Arizona)

So this weekend I had the wonderful privilege of going home! (For three days…)  I flew home, got to sleep in a little, and had a chance to spend time with my family before Spring term starts.  (Spring term isn’t part of the regular semester, it’s like going to school for the summer. I chose […]

Plato’s Republic and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

For Plato, governments seem to have a natural progression. A just city will begin by establishing an aristocracy to guide itself toward the good. As those leaders lose sight of the good, focusing on their own power and desires, the aristocracy will rot into a timocracy, an oligarchy, and so on. It is almost inevitable […]

April

April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter kept us warm, coveringEarth in forgetful snow, feedingA little life with dried tubers.T.S. Eliot,  The Waste LandFor me, this April comes with:– April Fools Day (a hard day for the gullible ones out there, like me. […]

The Invisible Custodian

When you’re walking the hallways and a custodian is cleaning it, you kind of ignore them, right? You don’t really mean to, you just know they’re doing their job and you don’t want to disturb them. You walk around them, hope you don’t trip over their chord, and then don’t give it a second thought. […]