Whenever I go and babysit my little cousins Ruby and Gabrielle, we usually end up playing "Tayto Head" or sometimes called "Tomato Head". Ruby loves creating...
while Gaby loves destroying. Sometimes things end in tears, but lately I've been making one and giving it to Gaby for her to take apart.
This video is cute, you can hear Ruby chattering away about her creation and you can see the concentration on Gaby's face. It was a fun time!
I am so excited for my trip to Costa Rica in August! My friend Molly and I are going down for two weeks to work at Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary. They have a really good, informative website here.
As volunteers, we'll be working with the sloths, but also with the site itself, maintaining the trails, and helping out with tours and such. We'll work from 6am until 3pm, and have the rest of the day to do whatever.
Some of you are probably thinking that's weird to go somewhere and pay to work. But it's part of the new eco-tourism thing that has been becoming more and more popular over the years. The price was really reasonable, so we'll get to see a foreign country, while doing something good and meaningful.
Molly is from Wyoming, so we'll meet in San Jose, Costa Rica and spend a few days there. Then we're getting a shuttle to take us the 4 or so hours southwest to the Carribbean coast where the sanctuary is located. I'm really looking forward to it!
Enjoy some slothy media:
Here's a cute video I found with baby sloths at the sanctuary.
1) Pride and Prejudice-this is where it all started. I don't remember who first introduced me to this mini series...it might have been the lady I babysat for in high school...anyway, this is the must see rendition of Pride and Prejudice. I use this version as a measuring stick for all other versions. The new movie is good in some respects, but this version covers the whole book so well. And the actors ARE the characters, they are just so perfect. I think that's why Colin Firth seems to always be in Mr. Darcy type roles in all of his latest movies.
2) Robin Hood-this show is awesome. It follows Robin and his adventures, but makes him all hip and sexy. It's kinda like the movie A Knights Tale, and how they bring in modern elements...like all the clothes and stuff look authentic, but with a modern twist. PLUS there are some good lookin' guys on here, which always makes watching anything more bearable.
3) North and South-Netflix had recommended this for me for a while before I actually watched it. I thought it was about the Civil War...but it's not. It's about this family from refined Southern England who has to move up North, to the industrial area of England. Intrigue and romance ensue. I totally love this show and the characters...it's one of those that ends and leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy.
4) Doctor Who-There was an older show, from the 70's and 80's...but this is the new series, starting in 2004 I think. So this show is about the Doctor who is a Time Lord, he travels through time and to different planets. Him and his sidekick get into all kinds of interesting situations. At first I didn't like the whole Sci-Fi aspect of this show, but just enjoyed the time travel part. I've gotten more into it now and really like the actor who plays the Doctor. He's just so fun, quirky and cute. He definitely makes the show fun.
5) Monarch of the Glen-this show is about this guy who has to go back the Highlands of Scotland to help save the family estate. The plots for each show can sometimes seem a bit silly and predictable at times, but the characters really make up for it. You come to love them. I really love the guy's dad. He's this fun old man stuck in the aristocratic traditions of his time. The spectacular views of the Highlands also make it worth watching, it's gorgeous!
So this is just the beginning of my top BBC productions list, I'm sure more will be added as time goes on. But I definitely encourage you to see these ones, they are great. Are there any suggestions for me?
That's right! I'm gonna be a librarian! I got accepted to Simmons College in Boston! I actually got into the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Mmhmm, and how! :)
I thought I'd take a moment and reflect on our many influential librarians. First off is Marian from The Music Man. Then there's the scene in the library at the beginning of the first Ghostbusters movie. You have the older librarian, played by Alice Drummond (who's been in tons of stuff). THEN, there's the ghost librarian. I love when they're down in the stacks trying to catch her..."Hee hee hee! "Get her!" That was your whole plan, huh, "get her." Very scientific." Love that movie.
Then there's Evelyn in one of my favorite movies The Mummy. I love the part where she's drunk...
Evelyn: Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. Rick: And what is that? Evelyn: I... am a librarian.
At the top we've got a cool wagon thing, then next to it is one of the first Maytag washing machines, then there's a cool room all Victorian style, on the bottom left is a rock that Kit Carson wrote his name on, then a cool old stove...all found at the Fairview Museum!
I'm currently in a Public History class, talking about Oral Histories, museums, archives...that sort of thing, and for one of the requirements we're supposed to visit different museums. With spring break, I wanted to do something fun, but all my roommates go to BYU...which means no spring break! Ahh! But luckily, my friend Scot agreed to go down to good 'ol Sanpete County with me, to Fairview, to visit the Fairview Museum of History and Art...
and apparently the home to the National Shrine of Love and Devotion?!? Wha?! Come to find out, all the love and devotion was about this Fairview couple who lived long enough to celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary! Woah! There was a statue of them too, done by this guy...
Arvard T. Fairbanks...well that's not really him, that's his statue of Abraham Lincoln...but yeah, among his more noteable subjects, he immortalized the old love and devotion couple as well. So we learned that Fairbanks married a Fairview native, and went back later and bought the school house (where the museum is now located) to use as his studio. When the school house was bought by the museum, he let them keep all his casts, models and rough sculptures. You can see more of his work here.
There was a lot of cool things to see. I love this artwork. They used to have some of this same artist's work in the Ephraim Public Library.
See, the museum is pretty cool, considering it's in middle-of-no-where Utah.
2) Robin Hood-this show is awesome. It follows Robin and his adventures, but makes him all hip and sexy. It's kinda like the movie A Knights Tale, and how they bring in modern elements...like all the clothes and stuff look authentic, but with a modern twist. PLUS there are some good lookin' guys on here, which always makes watching anything more bearable.
4) Doctor Who-There was an older show, from the 70's and 80's...but this is the new series, starting in 2004 I think. So this show is about the Doctor who is a Time Lord, he travels through time and to different planets. Him and his sidekick get into all kinds of interesting situations. At first I didn't like the whole Sci-Fi aspect of this show, but just enjoyed the time travel part. I've gotten more into it now and really like the actor who plays the Doctor. He's just so fun, quirky and cute. He definitely makes the show fun.
