Videos are the new pajamas

Because I cannot give you all Christmas Eve pajamas via my blog and my sister is forbidding me from posting the pic of my whole fam in our footie PJs from mom, I am posting the top three videos that got me through the semester.

The videos that kept my roommate running into my room to see what the fuss was about.

Yep, it's this one again... Yep, I'm lame... Yep, you're laughing at me... OK...


And like Christmas Eve pajamas, these should come as no surprise to loyal followers, as I've posted these before. But, to follow my first argument, they are funny enough to watch again. And again...

In no particular order, there was AUTOTUNED OBAMA:

TRACY (pronounced "Tray-say")

and...who needs Rosetta Stone when you have MIRANDA teaching you "pretty much a lot of the Mexican language?"

Mind blowing

Too often recently, I've gotten bogged down by how competitive our world has become.

Then at a family dinner this past weekend, words came out of my mouth from nowhere how excited I was at the unlimited possibilities in front of me.
(A lesson in attitude.)

The stream of facts in this video are mind blowing.
I know, I say a lot of things are 'mind-blowing' but seriously, this time I'm serious ;)

The future is overwhelming, but oh-so exciting!



Thanks to the cutest scientist in the world, Krystyna! xo


In other news, I received 2 blog awards from my new Provhoe girl crush, Meg.


I recall a post I read once (can't remember where! dang) that questioned where the H blog awards come from and what their purpose serves...
but you know what, it's still midterms time and I will take any positivity I can get! Thank you sweetheart!

So do I pass them off or something? Ok...

1) To Chelsea Talks Smack...because she's clever and angst-y, and I dig that.

2) To Turralurr...because Chipman Hall 3219 is where it was at 4 years ago. One of my first great memories was when she, an upstate NY native, properly stymied my excitement at the first snowfall of Fall 2005, as she fell over laughing at my "Is this a blizzard?!" query.

3) To Alli- my very first friend down when we lived at the beach...(I had a CHARMED childhood). When she was at NYU, she worked at a really swank hotel, once delivering a steak to Snoop Dogg's room at 3AM. Now she courageously chronicles her battle with cancer.
Please send her love and prayers.

4) To Courtney Elle...we were actually baptized together on the same day way back when (along with Kristen who is serving a mission in Mongolia)...and we're going to live in Hawaii together next year. Love her!!!

5) Paige. Because she's the definition of precious with her ample use of the word 'precious' and I feel terrible I haven't been to two of her parties this semester. AH.

6) Martha. We've kind of woven in and out of each others lives since fall of freshman year, when she was living with my beach volleyball buddy friend Tresa. I like her mind.

And all of my Comms friends (@courtney, @kate, @sponge, @mle, @rica, @yecart, @lumanizer, @siovhan, ETC), consider yourself also knighted.

Actually, everyone who is still reading this post, please feel free to take! I hate excluding people. XO

This one's for my fans...

I've secretly thought celebrities look ridiculous when they are interviewed or give some awards speech and always thank "their fans"...

You know, to the tune of some variation of "I wouldn't be here without my fans"....

or,

holding up their Oscar staring into the abyss of the Kodak Theater with their personally-trained, low-carb, high-protein bicep, they'll chipper "this one's for my fans!!!"

.....they're addressing the many thousands/millions/billions of people who idolize their talent, envy their financial stability, scrutinize their weight loss/gain through the tabloids, lust after their looks, worship their artistic genius, whatever their choice of fanfare may be....


Well, now I think I get it.

In the past couple days and weeks, I've come across a lot of people I don't normally see (my friends are found in many various places), that have all said they enjoy reading 'my own shade of yellow journalism' aka 'Burnt Mustard' aka this blog...

and I want you to know I really appreciate it!

Because as a writer, having readers of your work is like being an athlete, having people come to watch your games.

And when readers like my writing (as displayed in posted and verbalized comments), it's as if I've 'won' a game.

Simply put, it's the cherry on top of what I love to do.


So, to all my fans,
on this 1-year anniversary of Burnt Mustard's founding,
I dedicate this post to you.

Thank you!