So what if I just spent an hour scanning the article on scientology on wikipedia for minor errors and posting a request that someone edit them? Maybe I have a grammar problem. Lay off me, ok?

Well,

I've found my newest addiction... this blog. It seems like mostly she just browses etsy all day, which is also what I would like to do. But because she does it, I don't have to! Perfection!

So I remembered another one of my fashion pet peeves. Deep v-necks on men. Why? It's not at all sexy, it doesn't even look stylish, it just looks gross. If a man wears a v-neck, it had better be a very very high one. Because if not....I just might lose my lunch.

Fashion pet peeves

So I always notice things on the way to campus and just in my travels here and there that people wear that annoy the crap out of me. Her are a few of them:

First, holes in your jeans. Ok, it's alright if you're painting the house or working in the ward or camping or something, but do not afflict my eyes with the sight of your bony knee sticking out of your jeans in a respectable public place. I don't care if they are your favorite jeans. I don't care how long you've had those jeans. I don't even care if you got that hole in your jeans while sliding down a glacier or doing some similarly exhilirating but completely stupid activity. If you want to wear shorts, wear shorts. If you want to wear jeans or long pants, then do it and keep your legs under wraps. Preserve an air of mystery. Or something like that.

Boys in skinny jeans. I don't hink I have to explain this one. If you feel that I do, you are no longer my friend.

I really hate these scarfs because, for whatever reason, they remind me of palestinian head-dresses. Not that I hate palestinians, it's just stupid to wear things like that (also Che Guevara shirts) as trendy accessories.

Don't worry, there will be more.

So remember how...

Sunday was one of the best dias de reposo ever? We heard from 3 members of the quorum of the 12 and sundry other amazing church leaders. One of the real treats of the day for me was the opportunity to hear from Elder Marlin K. Jensen-- he has long been one of my favorite members of the 70. This is one of my favorite talks of his-- It's from the conference session last year when they rededicated the tabernacle. I love hearing him speak because the principles he teaches are so simple and beautiful in their clarity. I also love to hear him because, as with so many others that make up our church's leadership, I know that, without having met the majority of the membership of the church, he has a great love for those he serves. The love that he and others have is something to which I aspire-- to be secure in my calling and love for those I serve.

I love to hear him in this talk relate the First Vision with such emotion. How many times is it told in haste, with little thought given to the gravity of the words being shared?

I love the idea of the importance of remembering in the gospel of Jesus Christ, especially considering the promise given to us that the Spirit will bring all things to our remembrance. I know the power that a past witness, a past experience remembered in a time of trial can have on my life. I know that the remembrance of those who came before us and their experiences can teach and guide us, can bring us each moment closer not only to the kingdom of our Heavenly Father, but also to true happiness in our time here on Earth.

In remembering, we find the lessons we were meant to learn; happy moments, spiritual experiences, and even the most painful of trials can become sacred to us, creating places and times in our lives that are to us what the Waters of Mormon were to the first followers of Alma (see Mosiah 18:30)-- places and times that are beautiful to us because they taught us more about ourselves and our relationship with the Savior than we thought was possible.


I'm so grateful for the amazing opportunity we had yesterday to be taught by those chosen to be special witnesses of Jesus Christ. I hope that I can always remember how blessed I am to have the opportunities I do.