(bitter)Sweet Sixteen

So.. BYU lost.

I know you are all probably excited that this will be one of my last posts about basketball (there will probably be one more to show off our March Madness decor because it was so bomb).

During the last minute of over-time, my roommates and I were silent. No one said anything.

Random guys from our ward would come in and talk to us (without knocking which is sometimes okay, but not last night). Of course they would tell us their opinions, which we didn't really want to hear then. Not to worry though, we eventually scared them away with our depression. 

For almost an hour afterward, I felt all this stress and tension in my heart (and randomly my knees.. ). So Chelsea and I started a Cougar radio in our apartment and dedicated random songs to them. Some my favorites: Loser Like Me (Glee Cast), Who Says (Selena Gomez), and many other great ones. It really helped to calm us all down -- along with the brownies I made before the game started! Chocolate heals almost everything right?

  
  
Many people are saying that we lost because of Jimmer, however I am not one of the those unloyal fans! And since this is MY blog where MY opinions count -- even if I know very little about basketball -- I'll tell you what I think. There was a tweet last night "Live by the Jimmer. Die by the Jimmer." I personally don't think that a person who gets 32 points (above his average) can really count as the reason an entire team lost.
Of course that's just my humble (correct) opinion.

Anyway to end on a good note, here's some pictures from when I went to the airport last Saturday night! I stood in the cold and rain for almost two hours (11-12:30ish) in flip flops! Not only does that show my AMAZING dedication, but also explains the somewhat frumpy appearance!

Before they arrived, people thought WE were Jimmer with this awesome imitation.

Chelsea - Abuo - Me

Best Picture of Jimmer -- and girlfriend Whitney! (He disappeared so no picture WITH him).

Magnusson + The Studio 24!

Kyle Collinsworth! 

Jackson thanked US for waiting in the rain. He was WAY nice!

Another awesome tweet today: It is better to have Jimmered and lost than to have never Jimmered at all. 

Madness that is March!

As you, my faithful followers could probably tell, my basketball interest has spiked this year like crazy. I was discussing this my mother once and she asked if I had stopped going to watch the cheerleaders. The answer of course is no. But my now I can more fully enjoy my basketball pleasure by enjoying the games and the cheerleaders!  

Anyways...

I filled out a bracket for the first time this year!!! 

Click to enlarge and compare!

And I was just so excited that I needed to blog about it.  

I have also just received my first ever points!!!

Count 'em -- that's TEN points!

Add to all that madness my own:

MANY PAPERS, TESTS, FINALS, and SERVICE HOURS to complete...

Hopefully I will be able to resist and not join the other Americans who supposedly spend

8.4 million hours watching the tournament. 

(Maybe ... I'll just watch BYU.... hopefully....)

Job Update

I told you I'd keep you posted. So here's the news -- no job. 

After waiting nervously Monday through Wednesday, then consoling myself and coming to terms with my disappointment on Thursday through today, I finally received an email in my Inbox today saying(among other things. . . ):

Thank you for your interest in working at Aspen Grove this summer and for taking the time to interview with members of our management staff. As a management, we find it difficult each year to hire students from such an excellent pool of applicants. Due to the large number of students who applied for jobs at Aspen Grove and the limited positions we have available for this season, we are unable to offer you a camp position at this time.

So.. now I know.. I'm a little disappointed, but I'm actually taking it better than I thought I would. Perhaps there are even bigger and better things for me to do this summer that I don't even know yet! The only thing really troubling me is what I should do instead. Go home or stay in Provo? That's one important decision that will have to wait till after my jam-packed week.  (Speaking of which, I would like to take the time to wish Alexa K. and other college students everywhere else a HAPPY SPRING BREAK! I will be plugging away in Provo so I really hope you have enough enjoyment for the two of us!)

Check. Check. Check.

Today I checked a few things off my college/life bucket list. It was a pretty dreary day so these accompolishments felt great!

 First off -- I made the Daily Universe. Not for doing anything extraordinary or even for saying anything extraordinary. I was just in the right place at the right time.  Stacey, Darcee and I went to BYU's first ever PEP RALLY. Or rather Tournament send off. It was pretty awkward all the way around, but still fun to do and be part of! While we were there a girl from the paper interviewed us! It was pretty awesome. Stacey said some great things. Here's my 15 words of fame. Ahem. And I quote: "Sophomore Stacey McKnight, an art major from Nephi, was excited to be there with her roommate Kelli Lewis, a therapeutic recreation major from Powell, Wyo.
'Jimmer’s probably my favorite,” McKnight said. “I think I’ve been to every one of the home games. We’re huge fans.'”   Just to clarify I was part of that we!! Thanks Stac for the mention! :)

Also, I got electrocuted today. This was part of my bucket list even though I didn't know it until after it happened. I was pulling my laptop power source out of a power-strip the University has conveniently place in the RB. I was at an awkward angle so it only came half way out. So for better leverage, I moved my fingers down -- touching the metal prongs --  and got the shock of my life! I gasped out loud as the shock stung my thumb and ricocheted up my arm.  I then received a strange look from my neighbor. I will say its not as bad as I would have thought. So that's good.

Last but not least I received an email from Dave Rose. My dad will tell you its not personalized, but I just threw my name in wherever it said fans and boom-bada-bing -- there is a (somewhat) famous person in my Inbox. He just wanted to thank me for being an awesome fan.

Jimmer being awesome, so we can cheer for him.

Which reminds me -- I checked off being in a flash mob off my list too. Check out this video and be amazed by the BYU student section. (My arm just started tingling again -- bad sign?)

Aspen Grove

I just had an interview to work as a program counselor at the Aspen Grove Family Camp. I've only been interviewed for a job once in my life, and I was a shoo-in for that job. Needless to say I was nervous. However, I do think it went pretty well (with the exception of two or three weakish points...). 

It started off great because one of ladies that would be interviewing me (THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE IN THERE) was waiting outside while they interviewed someone else. I got to sit down and chat with her in a more personable way. I asked her about her job and if she liked it. I asked where she lived. I asked what her degree from BYU was. I asked her if she would hire me. (Just kidding about the last one!) But I thought that was awesome that I got a little informal face time. 

Here's where mistake number one pops up. I went in to get my interview and I shook everyone's hand -- but not Michelle's! It was a little awkward because she didn't stand up and said "We met outside" so I just said "it was nice meeting you out there!" weird, but not bad.

Then they asked me all sorts of personable question -- about my experience and how that experience would help me at Aspen. I gave a pretty short answer, but a good one. I caught myself fidgeting once -- I wonder if they noticed. (that was mistake number 2)

Mistake number 3: I said I didn't have experience programming -- I only had experience being around kids. So that could have been bad.

It ended pretty quickly and they didn't ask me any other major questions. Other than that I shook everyone's hands at the end. I smiled a lot. I asked pretty relevant questions.

Good parts: (aside from getting one on one Michelle time)

---One of the people interviewing me (Jim Dodds) broke out of the interview format to ask if I knew one of my professors -- which I did. And I said I'd pass on a message for him! That's a good thing.

----Jared (the main interviewer) said I looked familiar, and he wrote down the names of people I knew at Aspen.

---Michelle smiled a lot at the beginning and a few times in the middle. 

--- I left feeling good -- which I'm happy about!

It was a pretty positive interview overall.  I've decided that if they don't hire me, it's because they don't think I'm a good fit and not because I failed. I'm also positive that if I don't get hired, it's because the Lord has another plan for my summer! So all I can do now is wait (and doubt myself) -- but I'll keep you updated.