My strength is failing

So this weekend I made three cakes:
1. Coke Zero Can
2. Five Tiered Wedding Cake
3. Treasure Chest

My feet hurt from standing for the past three days, my hands hurt from kneading and rolling out the fondant (so much so, that I fear I may have carpal tunnel), my right hand hurts especially bad from piping, and I can hardly keep my eyes open.

I am now going to excuse myself and enter into a voluntary coma.

I think this is funny.

Plan B

Well... here's the deal. I plan to graduate from BYU. But this is more easily said than done. So I guess if that doesn't work out, I am going to do this.

Now I know it's long, but you really must read it. And yes. It is an advertisement on Craigslist.

Here's another one. Since I've been home from college, it's been somewhat of a challenge to adjust to living with my parents again. Perhaps I will move here. At least cats and dogs are allowed.

I don't know... these have just been some ideas I've had.

New Post!

Ok. Sorry everyone for not writing on my blog for a while (I'm sure you have missed me). I've been super busy!! (but I really have been busy)

Anyways... I've also been trying to find a new design for my blog because I was getting a little bored of the last one. I hope you like it! Anyways... I will now try to write more often, now that I have a little inspiration from my new blog design.

ATTENTION EVERYONE!

Hi! So I created another blog for the cakes that I have made! You should look at it and comment!

chelseacakes.blogspot.com

Hamburg Song

(Matisse, I'm copying you sort of. Sorry.)

Here's the thing. I am always looking for new songs that I can play on the guitar. But a huge problem with finding cover songs to sing, is that although the original band might sound cool singing the lyrics, I would just sound crazy/stupid/lame/etc.. (This excludes the song "Summer Girls". I'm pretty sure NO ONE on the planet would sound cool singing this song. But that's just my personal opinion...)

Example 1: Regina Spektor "Hotel Song"

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool

Example 2: Ingrid Michaelson "Lady in Spain"

I am a Lady in Spain
I'll sing a haunting refrain
I am a lady from Mars
And i can unscrew the stars

Example 3: LFO "Summer Girls"

New Kids On The Block, had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when the girls stop by for the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer...
Since that summer.
(If you read all the lyrics, they just get better... or worse depending on how you look at it.)

So whenever I listen to a song I like, I always think, "Will I sound like a fool if I sing this? Do the lyrics even makes sense, or did they just google words that rhyme with 'hits' ? (see above)

When I read Matisse's post about "Hamburg Song" by Keane, I looked up the lyrics expecting them to be somewhat lame. But, on the contrary, they actually make sense! And I like them.

I believe I shall learn to play this song when I return from taking MY LAST FINAL!

I will also take requests, if any of you think of good songs for me to learn. :)

"This is our decision to live fast and die young."

Recent developments concerning the Wonderful Adventure of the Century! (I can't remember exactly what I called it last time I wrote about it, but I think that's it).

So the motto of our trip is: We're going to Europe! Don't invite yourself.

This motto came about because a little while ago, one of my friends from high school invited themselves to our trip. But not to worry - it worked out and everything is fine and he is not coming (deep breath). So after that, we decided to keep our trip somewhat on the D.L. (you may ask yourself, "If it's on the D.L., why is she writing about it on her blog?!" First, you must ask yourself how many people read my blog. It's about 5. And they already know about it. So we're safe)

But we recently had another event that threatened the very awesomeness of our adventure. That's right. Another person invited themselves to our trip. And who should it be?

MY MOTHER.

That's right. My mom invited herself to come with us for at least a week. Sheesh! Now let me tell you about this. First of all, although my parents are not coming on this trip, they play a huge part in being the benefactor. So although my first reaction was "NO WAY!" I said, "Well, we'll think about it..." Then I tried to convince her that she didn't even want to come, and said,"You know we are going to be living as cheaply as we can, so I don't think you will even want to go with us." But she countered it with offering to pay for us to live better for that week. Because a trip that includes 10 days with my mother is better than no trip at all, I just said that I would talk to Lex about it.

Directly after I got off the phone with my mom, I called Lex and told her about the threat. When she got home, we talked about it some more and I proceded to call my mother and ask how long she wanted to come for, because she just said she wanted to come for a while before. She said about a week or 10 days. I gave a sigh. Was it worth it? How serious is she?

I decided I had to try the waters a little. I said, in a half jokingly voice, "You're ruining our trip!!".

...a good little test, right? ;)

She said, "I thought that if I offered to pay for better food and housing, you would let me come."

Right then, I knew we were in the safe zone. We continued our conversation about how Lex and I must go on our own, and how it would be much more fun for EVERYONE INVOLVED if she went with my dad.

So the awesomeness factor is still intact... for now. Hopefully we pull this off, even though my parents are being difficult.

Wish us luck.