Guys 'n' Gals

Vest: Icing, Sweatshirt: WWU, Leggings: F21, Boots: Target, Bag: Thrifted, Watch: gifted

cardigan: thrifted, Blouse: F21, Pants: F21, Boots: Delia's, Watch: gifted

It's interesting to me. The difference between guys and girls, that is. I was talking to a friend today, and he mentioned the study that was done at Utah State (I think), and how girls always say they can be "just friends" with a guy, and guys always say no, they can't. I just think it's fascinating. On any given day, I could name multiple men who I am just friends with, and who I assume would feel the same way about me. But then this friend pointed out that guys put girls and guys into different categories. As women, we can put everyone into the same category. Guys and girls can be our best friend that we never have any sexual or romantic feelings for, despite the kinship we do feel. But men don't put any women into the same category as men. So that's intriguing... 

Well. That conversation changed my perspective on pretty much all of my male friends...

The other thing that was on my mind today was my post from Sunday night... 

I'm mildly (or majorly) embarrassed. It seems that my dramatics may have caused either amusement, or alarm in people. I promise, i'm the most dramatic person alive. I have no spectrum for emotional scale, so everything is "theworstthingthathaseverhappenedtome". End of story. So I hate when people think that I'm really just this crazy. I know it might seem like I'm full of psycho emotion, and that everything is the end of the world. But I use strong language on here. Exaggerated. Absolutelypositivelyalways. I'm obnoxiously dramatic. It should go without saying that I assume that I can say what I need to on this blog, without the awkwardness of in-real-life consequences, mostly because I leave out names and details. But awkwardness is my middle name. I can't say I didn't think certain people would read this, but I suppose it just slipped my mind. I don't think I'm making much sense. But no matter. Let's just say, I apologize for any who is reading this here ol' bloggy blog and thinks I'm ridiculous/crazy. Life really isn't as bad as I make it seem...

to prove that I don't take myself too seriously, here is the most unflattering picture that Nancy just so happened to snap of me. This is disgusting guys...

Do something brave today,

Sarai

PS:

Insane

Details:

Sweater-F21

Skirt-??

Tights-Icing

Shoes-Thrifted

Details:

dress: hand-me-down

Belt-F21

Tights-Icing

Shoes-thrifted

Nancy and I are seriously good at this roommate thing. Look how smokin' hot we are, even in nine degree weather...

Anyway. Now that we've settled our hotness, I must move on to other topics.

I've been thinking a lot lately about a person. And this person was sending me horribly mixed messages, and I couldn't handle it a second longer. So I got me some Matt Damon inspiration, and got twenty seconds of insane courage. And I stormed across the way, into his apartment, right through the barrier and into his room, and stared him down. Not really. Well, I did all that, except the staring down part. I told him exactly why I was upset, and that he needs to decide on a course of action, and he needs to not be a big pansy about being honest. And finally, the truth came out. And despite the fact that I never seem to get what I want, I'm just so proud of myself for doing something for me. For telling someone how I feel.

And it's true. I made up my mind, I literally said to myself, twenty seconds of insane courage, and I made sure the rush over there was within that limit, and I just bore my soul. I made him realize exactly what he was doing wrong, and why it wasn't okay. And I survived. It was humiliating, and horrifying, and I haven't felt that strongly about someone in quite some time, but it was worth it. I needed to say it to him. And now I'm at peace. I'm crying, but I'm at peace. 

So, the moral of the story, is that Matt Damon is always right.

And also that being honest is a wonderful feeling.

Be brave,

Sarai

PS:

Auld Lang Syne

I so badly wish that I had pictures to show everyone from Nancy and my fabulous new years party...

but alas. We are horrid at picture-taking. So maybe we'll take pictures sometime soon. 

Anyway, the evening was filled with wonderment! Friends came over, and we had great fun with them. My cheek got kissed at midnight, which was a wonderful moment. And I'm going on a date on Friday, all because of that night's events :)

The best part of everything? We danced at midnight, in the middle of our parking lot, in the snowfall. It was magical.

And after a few days of long shifts at work, I'm relaxing by watching "The Fox & the Hound". I'm already crying and it's fifteen minutes into the movie.

Love, Sarai

PS:

Resolutions

Our resolution/theme for 2013

Tonight Sarai and I are hosting a New Year's party. It shall be awesome and filled with wishful thoughts of first kisses at midnight with some handsome menfolk. 

My nails are sparkly, my hair is curled, and there's bubbly{sparkling cider} chilling in the refrigerator. Let the festivities begin!! 

-Nancy

Babes

Guys.

Being best friends, is just the best. I would be so lost without this girl right hurr. So tomorrow (or technically today...), will be the start of a new era of Nancy & Sarai. We've known each other since we were three years old, and no one will ever quite understand us I don't think. Except Celeste. She comes pretty dang close...

Anyway, we're almost roommates. Just a few more hours, and it's official. I have a feeling that for a little while it's going to feel like a sleepover... and then we'll snap out of it and get down to business..

Folks, I'm just really excited.

If you can't tell...

Love, Sarai

PS:

Christmas Newsletter

With the year coming to a close, and so much coming to an end, we thought we'd respost these wonderful Christmas photos for you and your loved ones, along with a sort of "year in review" for those who maybe aren't quite as caught up on our daily lives.

Seth:

This year Seth decided on his future career, namely being a hunter gatherer. If that doesn't work out then he is going to work at In-'N-Out instead. And if that fails then he applied to medical school as a last resort. He also vastly improved his hand-eye coordination, multi-tasking, and strategy skills... yeah.

Joel:

Joel Christensen spent the first half of this year partying it up in Beijing on the government's dime. He is pleased to report that these were well-spent tax payers dollars. Taking a break from the constant partying, he returned in the U.S. in June, welcomed his brother home from his mission and was an instrumental part of his sister's wedding. This last semester, facing an 18 credit class load Joel spent several months whimpering under his bed but recently emerged in the hope that all those horrible teachers and assignments have gone away.

Michael:

Michael finished his first semester as a grad student and a calculus teacher. He had a lot of fun teaching his students and found that grading isn't so bad. Michael also started dating Caroline Faulkner, who is a fantastic person. Caroline studies Teaching Social Sciences, and is planning on teaching History, Geography and Economics at a high school when she graduates.

Stephen:

This past year, Stephen failed all of his classes one semester in a misguided attempt to work in a semi useful major, namely Information Technology. He now has settled with the English major because he "can kind of speak English good." He also watched a lot of Law and Order re-runs.

Ben:

After outsourcing himself to China last year, working for half of minimum wage at a programming sweat shop, Ben was glad to return to the US in 2012. Ben is still attending BYU and looking forward to all his friends graduating without him.

Diana:

During the year 2012, Diana, became pregnant with twins* who she plans to name Justin Bieber and Nedbert. They might be due in April. Something like that. She also became engaged multiple times*, but broke them all off because she "just wasn't feelin' it". She is now preparing to serve a mission in Ukraine. She reports in March. She also became addicted to the popular primetime TV show "Grey's Anatomy" (this may be Sarai's fault).

Sarai:

Just before quitting her job at Icing (where she made little girls cry daily by stabbing holes into their ears), Sarai got hired at Victoria's Secret where she currently makes her daily wages by selling white bras to the women of Utah.  She also made friends with all these boys in these pictures, although she's sometimes not sure why. As soon as the New Year starts, she will be living with her very best friend, and having adventures galore, such as Unicorn hunting.

{not pictured}

Matt: 

Matt Wise is also pregnant with twins*, although no one is quite sure what he plans on naming them. Nothing else of importance happened to him this year.

Except he did kinda get a huge job offer in Texas. Which he took. Because he rocks the professional world and whatnot.

So there ya have it folks. A year in review from these wonderful people who all chose to live in the same complex, and thus became best friends.

Merry Christmas to all!

Love, 

Sarai, Diana, Matt, Ben, Stephen, Michael, Joel, & Seth

*may or may not be completely made up

{And another great picture, for kicks and giggles}

PS:

Video quality is way awkward/awful, but this was a great spontaneous musical effort. Enjoy!

plans for the end of the world

Well, since the world is suppose to end sometime today, here are my plans:

1. clean my bathroom

2. do my hair for once

3. have some girl talk with Sarai {!!!}

4. put on a smashing outfit to hang with the girls tonight for our "annual sleepover" with the lovely Julia. {past sleepover here}

5. going out to dinner

6. watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' at the old theatre downtown

Kiggins Theatre back in the day via

-Nancy