Nate Fackrell is a jerk genius.... and I love him

I was just thinking to myself I wanted to spotlight talent and my best friend Nate is a great person to start with.

He directed and wrote and edited a few choice videos, but he has recently created a couple videos for "Eyes Lips Eyes", another group of talented buddies of mine.

So for your viewing enjoyment and eyegasm, Nate Fackrell's masterpiece.

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http://www.thefackrellbrothers.com/ check it

Re-Cap. Haven't blogged since Sept. 09!!!!!!

Quick re-cap:

- Had a good Christmas, I think. I was sick for a majority of it.

- I hate break ups

- But! Started talking to a new boy.. and he's British!

- I traveled. Went to Hawaii twice in the span of a month, went to Utah a couple times, San Francsico and attended Comic Con in San Diego. I guess I could blog about all those things, but theres just so much more and I'm sure you've seen the pics on facebook.

- My parents moved. boo

- I'm happy. wasn't. but am now.


on to the show!

Make it 15!

These are in no particular order, but some I definitely wanna see more than others. If anyone ever wants to catch any of these, let me know. I can tell you now, there are some movies here that I wanna catch with certain people.

Fame! I wanna live forever! The cheesy, coke/i-pod rip off ads spoke to me or something. This is definitely a guilty pleasure :/

The Informant: This has oscar buzz written all over it for Matt Damon. It looks funny and smart.

A Serious Man: The new Coen Bros. movie. Nuff said.

Where the Wild Things Are. How could you NOT want to see this? Arcade Fire.. Love it

Zombieland: If you know me well, you know I love zombies. So why would I pass this up?

Capitalism: A Love Story. I've always found M. Moore's movies informative and often times far-fetched, but this piqued my interest. Not on the top of my list, though.

This is It: Mj's last hurrah.

Gentlemen Broncos: Jared Hess' new movie. Nacho Libre was good, but I'm hoping this will be better.

Avatar: freaking 11 years, J. Cameron!?

Nine: This is probably my most anticipated of the year. The cast is stellar and the songs are captivating!

Princess and the Frog: We need more princesses! The animation looks freaking sweet!

Precious: My second most anticipated movie this year.

Broken Embraces: La nueva pelicula de Almodovar y Penelope Cruz. They do no wrong together! cat power in the trailer!

Fantastic Mr. Fox: stop motion, Anderson magic!

The men who stare at goats: Looks funny!

Things that I've realized just sitting here

I've been sitting here mulling over what to blog about and thought to myself that I'll blog about my observations of the last five minutes:

• I can't type as fast as I thought I could

• I'm a scandalous creature. exhibit a:

• I desperately miss my mom's home-cooking. I'm not just saying this cause she's my mom, but she is the best cook I know. Better than your mom, for sure! One of these days I have to follow thru and let my friends come over and enjoy her cooking. I think she prefers her kitchen but oh well.

• I've been listening to John Williams' scores for the last week. With the occasional Monsters of Rock.

• School is getting easier the more I go. Who would've thought ;)

• I think twitter is swell. I don't care what you say

• There are 14 (count them!) movies that I wanna catch this Fall.

• I think I'll have the aforementioned mom do my laundry. What?! She likes doing it and I hate dealing with it.

• I can't decide if I really wanna be Hitler for halloween or not.

• I miss my brothers. They never seem to be home when I visit my parents' place.

• Heidi is designing my next tattoo. So it will be extra special to me :) Something like this but smaller scale :

I finally fell for Utah

I visited Utah with my lovey, Heidi Jo. It was really spur of the moment: I packed up, paid for my stand by ticket and was off... I love traveling with no really set time on when I'm coming back, sorta of like a gypsy or a hobo. Ha!

Heidi showed me a new appreciation for things that I had previously taken for granted. She would point out things like her favorite mountain, Lone Peak, and she liked it because she could see it from her parents house. While we were sitting on the grass playing with her families' new dog (Abby, Sirius, Rabbit?), she just casually pointed up and said, "look there's that mountain i was telling you about" and she said it with a sort of twinkle in her eye. It was really sweet.

I fell in love with her dog and with Jenny's dog's, Rousseau and Diesel. Now for me this was kind of a big deal, because, you see, these are huge rottweilers, but they are the biggest sweetest teddy bears!

I learned to love old friends again... i had the opportunity to meet with my dear loves, Natalie and Jessica. I love these girls so much. I appreciated the talks we had: Jess and I talking while almost hoping to be blown away on Squaw Peak in Provo Canyon whilst overlooking Utah Valley and Natalie my dear just while sitting in her car late night, her counseling me on things that I should be doing, listening to advice I should have had a while ago. I love you both, my dears.

Jenny, Heidi's sis, hosted a fondue night and I had the chance to invite Tim and Elliott to come and join us. It was nice to feel a little piece of California in Utah. Tim makes everything so comfortable, for me anyways, and it was nice to catch up with Elliott who moved up to Utah in March. I've known his family since I was baptized into the church over 10 years ago. I've known Tim since I was in middle school! Joining us for dinner also was Heidi's long time friend, Mike, and his girlfriend, Michelle. They were both very lovely people. Fondue night was really fun! I got the chance afterward to chat with Tim when I walked him out to the car and we chatted like old friends and again I felt so comfortable and at home.

I've grown to appreciate Heidi Jo. She is golden! I enjoyed the little things with her. I enjoyed watching her competitive side come out when she played all boys in Ultimate Frisbee. I loved that she kicked their asses and blew their minds with her incredible catches and perfect throws. When all the other boys were complaining that it was the wind that caused them to throw poorly, she kept her cool and didn't complain once when she would drop the Frisbee or when someone didn't catch her throw. She is golden. She blew me away when I made the mistake (really it was a mistake!) in saying that acting in an animated film is not the same as in a live action film. It was like a fire was lit behind her eyes when she mistook me saying that a live action movie isn't the same as an animated film. She was the Phoenix! Haha! I respected her and admired her passion for what she does in her career. Respect was definitely earned that day by her in my eyes.

I made wonderful new friends in the Gilbert family. They are just so wonderful and had always been since I first met them. Jenny is the sweetest person! I think the moment we met it was an instantaneous friendship. She is the most comfortable person to talk to. I feel like I am able to express to her my vulnerabilities without judgment and with the comfort of knowing that she will keep it in confidence and be able to lend valuable advice.

I saw a boy I really like when I was up there and it felt so natural being with him again. It was just like it hadn't been a month since we had seen each other. I like the way I feel when I'm with him: his sweet kisses, the way he holds my hand, the way he smells, his silly crooked smile, his embrace, the way we share the same filthy humor and i love his passion and how ambitious he is about life and what he wants to make of it. He makes me feel like a girl when I'm with him. He's not disrespectful or rude. I miss that already.

These are little mementos of the good times we've had together.

Utah, I will miss you!

It's my birthday: the list

Every year I make up a wish list of stuff I want for my birthday and most of the time I usually never get what I ask for but here is my wish list anyways. Some of the stuff is ridiculous but I really do think that it'll make me that much cooler and comfortable (haha!):

Running Shoes

A new wallet (just in case I need a place to stash all my imaginary money)

a new desk

A new queen size bed (mmmm i need a new bed!)

This little beauty

I will give into the Mac and get a laptop

a haircut

and finally a VESPA! YES!

Jessica Peterson

I just wanted to put in a little plug for my girl Jessica Peterson. She is an AMAZING photographer with a definite eye for capturing the beauty in all things :)

Here is a little sample of some of my favorites! Jess I hope you don't mind.

also here is her website. Please check it out by clicking on the link below

Jessica Peterson Photo




If you're interested in her photographing you or someone else for anything, email her :)