Driving

In my particular mission we use public transportation because of it's efficiency and availability. When I came home I hadn't driven a car in 18 months, so I was a little rusty. My mom, who had taken the week off to keep me company, decided she needed some stain remover and that I should go get it. I was shaking the entire time because I was so nervous, this would be my first time DRIVING and being ALONE. She gave me some cash, because I only had 2 euros and off I went. Thankfully the trip was a success and no major (or minor) injuries to myself or other parties were dealt.

#BadPrequels

I recently came across this hashtag (#badprequels) and fell in love.

Not really sure where it originated but here are some of my favorites.
"Snakes on a conveyor belt #badprequels"
"The Lion, the Witch, and the yet to be assembled piece of room furniture from IKEA #badprequels"
"Thursday the 12th #badprequels"
"This art my brother, right here #badprequels"
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are hanging out #badprequels"
"Indiana Jones and the Master's Archaeology Thesis #badprequels"
"Clean Harry #badprequels"
"Plenty of Mohicans #badprequels"
"The Hobbit: Just Hanging Around in the Hole #badprequels"
"Casper the friendly neighborhood kid #badprequels"
"Fiddler on the Ladder #badprequels"

Now for the pitiful ones that just make you sad:
"We're almost out of air benders #badprequels"
"The Phantom Menace #badprequels"

RT

I just found out "RT" means re-tweet... 

Yeah, I'm ashamed.

The Set Up

A week ago my cousin came home from his mission.  

Three of his companions came to his homecoming party on Saturday.  

Today my aunt told me she asked her son if I would be a good match with one of them and he had said yes... so later on I texted him:

Me: Your mom told me she asked you to set me up with one of those guys at your party...

Cousin: Yeah she was talking to me about that.  What do you think?  :)

Me: Well, I'm still super awkward so... I will go, but it'll be awkward. hahaha

That could've gone better, maybe.  #awkwardmuch

And when I told my mom she started planning out my life with him...

And this is why guys are afraid to date (insert wide-eyed, frightened-looking emoticon here).  

First Date

My first date off my mission was also my first experience being alone with a boy I wasn't related to after having practically memorized the white handbook.  I wasn't exactly sure how to act.  I shook his hand when he first got there but then after my awkward chuckle laugh thing, that I had developed when I got home, he gave me a hug.  After talking for an hour or so about the mission and such we went to dinner and I loosened up a bit.  But it did take some internal struggling to finally realize that I wasn't breaking any rules and this was a perfectly normal thing to be doing on a Friday night.

#selfie

#selfie has been awarded "word of the year 2013"

Does anyone else see a problem with the world today? I didn't even know what that word meant until December...

I guess I'll just have to take a selfie...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kdemFfbS5H0

I post this video mostly for it's ridiculousness, so you probably shouldn't watch it especially because of the language and questionable moral content.

#YOLO

I remember the first time I saw #yolo...
A quite embarrassing situation actually, mostly due to the fact that I thought it was a shortened more conspicuous way to say a "gros mot" (translation: bad word)
So I was hesitant to look it up-- afraid that my poor innocent demeanor would be tainted for the rest of time (which turned out to be half true).
Finally one day I did it!  Turns out it's "you only live once"
Not so bad after all :)
The other day I saw one #yodo
?
you only die once?  ok...

Frankly, my new favorite website: http://www.internetslang.com