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maggie.01@gmail.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:13 GMT

Oh dear lord, Michael Phelps is hosting the season premier of SNL. I don't think i could bear to watch because i hate feeling embarrassed for people. However, my fingers are crossed that he's shirtless the entire time.

Capital Reef

maggie.01@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:18:19 GMT

DSC00706
Originally uploaded by maggie.

I uploaded a bunch of photos i took this weekend at the park. This place was beyond words beautiful. We had a great time and saw quite a bit of the place. Last night when we were sitting around talking, there was no moon and you could see every star in the sky. The way my tent was designed, the entire "door" was all mesh so there was a nice cool breeze blowing through and i could look at the stars while i laid there. It was perfect.

Also, listening to James Morrison makes me happy. And i'm sad that the Olympics are over now. Who's coming to Vancouver with me in a year and a half for the Winter Games?

Layers in Capital Reef

maggie.01@gmail.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:24:26 GMT

Layers in Capital Reef
Originally uploaded by wadetibb

Went to see Broken Social Scene tonight. It was pretty sweet.

I'm camping with Betsy, Scott and Adam on saturday night. We're going to Capital Reef National Park, which is about 3 hours south of SLC. I'm super excited, it looks amazing there.

Also, it's about damn time they investigate that shit.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:41:47 GMT

4 of us are staying until saturday night when we go to san diego. originally the plan was to fly in that morning and then fly out at like 5 in the afternoon the same day. That seems sort of dumb since we're there on a friday, why not stay part of the weekend. So we're either staying at this sweet resort right on the water in Ocean Beach or we're crashing at one of Tommy's (our in house photographer) friends places near there, like 4 blocks from the ocean. I am so damn excited about this trip. It's exactly what i've been needing. Seeing the ocean!! Drinking fruity drinks on the beach and seeing palm trees. And i remember reading about the stuff that went on at last years ASR and wishing i could have gone, and now here i am getting flown to it. absolutely crazy how life works out. there's always lots of pro skaters and snowboarders at this thing, lots of snowboard movie premieres at night, lots of free drinks being handed out by the vendors at the show.

P.S. I really want this camera. That brown is so pretty. I love that it looks like wood.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:57 GMT

My boss informed our department today they we're being flown to San Diego for ASR (Action Sports Retailer) on September 5th. I'm so stoked. All the cool brands that i care about will be showing there. Volcom, RVCA, Vans, American Apparel, Nixon, Quiksilver...brands like that. Should be awesome.

Sleepy.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:10:38 GMT

I just watched the first track and field event, the 100m dash, and i'm already sick of these guys. They're all so damn full of themselves. Its obnoxious.

Michael Phelps...thats what i'm talking about. He's awesome and i enjoy his lisp. I teared up when the US won the relay. His teammates had such great things to say about him. Loved it. P.S. Brendan Hansen is really attractive.

I went camping last night in the Uninta's with some friends from work. We were at about 10,500 ft. elevation and it was freeeeezing. Woke up this morning with ice crystals totally covering my tent. Sweet.
Today we hiked around Mirror Lake which was pretty lame. There were so many families picnicing and fishing that we felt like we were in a Colman ad (example). But there were some beautiful views of the huge ass mountains.

Molly

maggie.01@gmail.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:06:46 GMT

Molly
Originally uploaded by maggie.

My moms new kitty!

Mmm Beijing smog.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:08:52 GMT

Went hiking today with Betsy, her friend who's in town from michigan, and Adam. We went to Donut Falls. It's a fairly easy hike to get to it but once you get there you have to cross this creek and pretty much climb up the side of this rock face to get to it up close. It was so fun getting dirty and climbing up to the top of the falls. Looking up at it freaked me out but i just made sure i placed my feet correctly and had my hand on the rocks in front of me...and didn't look over the clif to my right. Such a cool feeling after we got back down though. It was so beautiful.

Tomorrow, brunch and $2 mimosas.

Plus, i found out that my student loan payment this month is only $188 instead of the $700 it was last month. Guess who's going shopping.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:43:54 GMT

Day 1 and i'm already sucked into the Olympics. Road biking? Beach volleyball? Fencing? Heck yeah i'm watching them.

Also, those drum-light things at the beginning of the opening ceremonies...that was the coolest thing i've ever seen in my life, i'm not even joking. It gave me goosebumps.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:19:02 GMT

I just booked a flight to Chicago for October.

Saturday, October 18
Depart: 10:29am Salt Lake City, UT
Arrive: 2:29pm Chicago, IL (O'Hare)

Tuesday, October 21
Depart: 8:01am Chicago, IL
Arrive: 9:32am Denver, CO

Depart: 11:28am Denver, CO
Arrive: 12:52pm Salt Lake City, UT

Yessss.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:11:52 GMT

The Costa Ricans had another party at their place last night. Lauren, her boyfriend Scott and I went up there for it and we had an awesome time. Drank mojitos and jager shots all night. Mojitos might just be my new favorite drink. But only when Rolando makes them.

Lauren ambushed me with the camera while i was on the phone so she allowed me to ambush her while she was on the phone. aaand we were drunk.

Me and a bear.

Lauren and the bear.

Johan and the bear

Rolando and his favorite bottle of rum.

Saw Step Brothers today and i enjoyed it. Except for this annoying girl behind me who laughed at EVERYTHING really loudly. That was a little distracting, so i'm gonna need to see it again. But i'm so glad it didn't disappoint me like Blades of Glory did. I love me some JCR.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:34:40 GMT

Camping was postponed because Scott was too hung over to leave his house yesterday. haha

So instead i went to a cookout at Lauren and her bf Scotts place with a few other friends. We then went mini golfing at about 10 o'clock at night while drunk and it was a great time. However when Colby put my purse in his trunk the door bent my ipod.

I got my ipod out this morning to turn it on and i saw it and i couldn't figure out what happened to it. I'm like "did it melt??" Colbys trunk door is the only thing that could have caused it. I can't really blame him or think he owes me a new ipod. It's not like he threw it against the wall, he obviously didn't do it on purpose. I needed a new one anyway because its been acting up but its still sad to see an ipod like that.

Also, Eric and Kayla finally picked a date for their wedding. So i'll be going home the last week in September. Stoked!

I like answering questions.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:57:48 GMT

1. What are your reasons for having a LJ?
Mostly because a few of my friends had one. Didn't LJ used to be invite only at one time? Maybe i'm crazy.

2. What do you do before bedtime?
brush teeth, 100 crunches, set alarm, check email, turn lights off.

3. What will your dream wedding be like?
Hmm. I'd love to have a destination wedding in some beautiful place. But its doubtful that i'd be willing to spend $200,000 on a wedding. I really dont know though, i haven't really thought about it very much.

4. What is the city of your dreams and why?
The city of my dreams that i've been to before would probably be San Francisco. I just have the best memories of that place and its beautiful. I love cities that are on the water. Having lived in Chicago and then moving somewhere thats not near water, thats probably what i miss the most.
The city of my dreams that i've never been to...i'd say Paris, even though thats really cliche. But it just seems all lit up and magical. Plus it's really historic and i love the art.

5. Are you an introvert or extrovert?
both at different times. It really depends on who you are and how well i know you. I really try to be open and outgoing around everyone though.

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
I think it needs to go both ways for it to be worth while.

7. Do you trust easily?
usually, yeah

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
still maintain a friendship with them.

9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
My student loan situation. It's just really scary and overwhelming. But i'm trying to be optimistic and i'm working it out. Every once in a while i'll get this feeling of terror, pretty much, that floods through me. I hate money issues.

10. What is your best quality?
i'm pretty intuitive about most things and people i meet.

11. Is being tagged fun?
being tagged is stupid

12. How do you see yourself?
i feel like i'm really lucky to have the things that i have. I still get amazed that i'm living in Utah and that i have the job i have. I really never thought i'd be the type of person that would get this great job right away. I'm thankful everyday for where i'm at and for the people i have in my life.

13. Who are currently the most important people to you?
my mom and dad. they keep me sane and put things in perspective for me when i feel like i'm in over my head.

14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
i wasn't tagged.

15. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
"well are you happily married and poor? happily single and rich? I NEED MORE INFO, MEME." keeping the original answer. haha.

16. How many children do you want to have, if any?
2

17. What's better, to give or to receive?
its always nice to get things, but thats because i'm selfish and poor. haha

18. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
what? this depends on a thousand different things.

19. Would you have 100% safe sex with a stranger for $10,000,000?
absolutely. thats a lot of fucking money. as long as they weren't disgusting.

20. What were your parents going to name you if you'd been born the opposite sex?
patrick morgan.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:11:57 GMT

Also, I'm seeing The Roots for free on thursday.

One of the outdoor venues in SLC has free concerts on thursday nights from now until the end of August. (lineup)

I'm so stoked. It's gonna be crazy packed though. I also need to get my flask in working order...

maggie.01@gmail.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:32:12 GMT

I bought this bag today on Whiskey Militia. It was 91% off. I've been needing a bag for my laptop and this one is cute and was $10. Can't beat that.

Random bits

maggie.01@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:26:02 GMT

- Lauren and I went to the Humane Society yesterday to see some animals. There was a sign on the door that said it was Kitten Season and they weren't kidding. Sooo many kittens. They were the sweetest things and holding almost every one of them was exactly what i needed. If i wasn't in a financial meltdown thanks to my impending student loan payments that will take about half of my monthly income i would have walked out with one.
Then we went to this mexican resturant thats down the street from us that had signs hanging out front that read "Monday are margarita day." haha DOLLAR MARGARITAS! We're totally going back on monday.

- My macbook is like my child. It's worked out sooo well having something portable so that i can work on things at home and not have to transfer certain files onto my flash drive and try to do stuff on my crappy pc laptop.

- I'm puppy sitting Scotts dog, Oscar, starting thursday night through Monday night. I'll have his whole house to myself and it'll be so nice. His roommate also has a cat but cats are so easy that i don't really have to do anything with him. I might bring Oscar over to stay over night at my place one of the nights, just because. I'm really just excited about getting to snuggle with Oscar at night, he sleeps in the bed with you and really sleeps right up against you and i love it. I never had a pet that did that.

- I really want some ice cream right now.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:34:16 GMT

My friend Lauren (the one that i carpool to work with) got these bags that she makes featured on dooce.com. She has a booth at the farmers market and thats where Heather got it. Lauren is the only one that makes these bags, no one else helps her, and she opened that etsy store 3 days ago to see if she liked it better then the other online store she'd been using. She only had 3 bags on there and in one hour she had 300 hits to her store and sold all the bags. So now shes scrambling to fill other requests shes gotten from people who saw her on dooce. That is so cool.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:56:30 GMT

I think i'm going camping on Saturday. That's gonna be interesting.

In other news, i think work is buying me a macbook and exchanging that imac. Sweeet. Thats one less thing i need to spend my money on.

Oh and its too damn hot now. I knew it wouldn't take long for the complaining to start. It's supposed to be 98 in the valley on Saturday. Good times. Atleast theres no humidity...

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maggie.01@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:35:32 GMT

06-16-08_1900.jpg
Originally uploaded by maggie.

My computer at work got fried over the weekend so they bought me a new one and dropped it off at my place tonight. And now its just sitting there in its box being pretty and taunting me.

I had a minor freak out this morning though when i realized that it wouldn't turn on. But the IT guy assured me that he could recover my files. So i'm really hoping he wasn't lying to me...

Benny

maggie.01@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:03:53 GMT

My mom called tonight to tell me that shes taking Ben to the vet tomorrow to be put down. She says hes not eating and just isn't himself anymore. It's so sad and unfair. He was such a good cat, and had such a personality. I'm gonna miss him like crazy.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:20:49 GMT

I love reading stuff like this. It's faster and half the price now. This is why you wait a year to buy stuff like this. Now it seems like something i'd buy.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:51:36 GMT

My attempt at snowboarding was fun but not very successful. I've decided that i'll take lessons with Betsy this fall when the new season starts. Because its JUNE and the resort is still open that meant that all the open runs were at the top of the mountain...and advanced runs were not the best place for me to start. So i did what i could, tried to get the hang of it. The board i rented from the gear closet at work was really for more advanced riders, and was pretty stiff, but i didn't have to pay for it so i really had nothing to lose. So next time i'll pay to rent a beginner board to learn on and then go from there. It was cool though. Scott and i rode the tram to the top of this 11,000 ft. mountain and the views were insane. It was blowing our minds that we were doing this in June and there was fresh snow everywhere. Then we drove back home, 25 minutes later and its like we're on a different planet. Utah is amazingly awesome.

Tonight i'm watching Scotts puppy Oscar at his place. That dog loves me. We refer to him as "my little panda" because a few days ago i had a dream that i was watching him but he was a baby panda and not a dog. It was so bizarre. But i can't wait to cuddle with him tonight, i miss having pets.

Don't say that you don't know, we both know that we made a mistake.

maggie.01@gmail.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:20:31 GMT

Things i hate about the internet: when people say "bb". It makes me want to throw myself off the roof. I seriously don't understand where it came from and why girls insist on using it. It's the most asinine thing i've ever encountered. You sound like you're 4. Please stop.

P.S. I really enjoy Jason Mraz's new album a lot more then i thought i would.

Bitch be poltrickin...

maggie.01@gmail.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:23 GMT

Obama Def Comedy Jam...

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/400707/

maggie.01@gmail.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:40:49 GMT

My discount kicked in today so i promptly bought stuff. I bought about $70 worth of stuff for $45. Not bad. I've also got a "bro code" for friends and family to use and i think its about 20-30% off. So if you ever need something from one of the sites, just let me know and i can give you that code, you can buy it yourself and have it shipped to you so its not a hassle having to be bought and shipped through me or anything.

And yeah, things are good. I'm battling some sort of retarded cold. and by retarded i mean it cant really make up its mind what it wants to do to me. I've got a kind of sore throat, and headaches and then random stomaches. And thats it. So i've been trying to lay low the past couple days at work. On monday when i felt it coming on i went to whole foods and bought a shit load of vitamin c, i probably had about 4000% of my daily vitamin c intake, and i'm not exaggerating. I think it worked and so now i'm stuck with a retarded version of a cold. Sweeet.