The Big Yellow Dinosaur

School starts next week. By this time last year I was hassling my mom to let me ride to school with my boyfriend. I ended up on the bus. I was demoted 10 levels from a classy Corolla to being surrounded by the nerds. Even the anime kids get rides to school.

Luckily, Granite School District doesn't use school buses :). I can now ride in style in with my friends like a normal person.

Need I mention the dangers? I can catch something(and have). There aren't any seatbelts. And I may as well be dead now from the social suicide.

Case and point:

Spring has sprung. Fall has fell. Three more weeks and I'm back in hell.

In just a few weeks I'm returning back to school. Only, now without my beloved boyfriend, best friend, Cassie, or really anyone I know. I must have pleased the universe somehow though. My best friend of ten years, Kaily, is going to same school. It's all coming full circle!

I haven't done anything fun this summer because of my boyfriend's, 6-5:30 job. Yet. The last weekend is making up for it all! Marilyn Manson in Vegas with my favorite aunt! I'm super excited. Hopefully my mom will make up her mind quick because August is approaching fast. School starts the 24th. I'm actually excited because of my stagnant summer. The the 25th... Depeche Mode with my same favorite aunt!

Operation: Flee Stepford

For the past eight years, I've been exposed to the perfect, blessed, Bountiful, Utah. I saw high upon the mountain of superiority where the higher up you went, the more cash Ma and Pa could shove down your bless'ed little throat. We lived in the mother-in-law apartment of my Grandparent's modest little house. I loved the spacious, forested backyard. It was my own little escape from all of the cruel neighbors. You know the ones I'm talking about. Mom is a perky blonde stay at home mom. She slaves so that her six brats can wear the latest and greatest fashions from Abercrombie and Bitch and drives fancy sports cars back and forth to school. Dad is a workaholic who uses index cards with the kids name and interests on it.

I was more than happy to move. My little brother was the last to find out. I already had my bookshelf full of liquor boxes by the time we told him. The only reason I didn't want to move was my darling boyfriend, Alex. Before we were only five minutes away. Now we are about 20 with decent traffic. He has a great family who accepted me immediately as a member of their family. I didn't want to leave them.

Moving in the middle of high school is difficult. School is going to be hard in the fall. Atleast I've got my two best friends from Kindergarten by my side though.

We are almost settled into our new, normal, existance at the mouth of the lovely Parley's canyon. Everymorning I wake up to the sun on Mount Olympus and know that I'm finally home.

Salt Lake City is a whole new breed of cat. For non-locals, SLC is divided into about twenty towns, townships, and neighborhoods. The people here are different. They are slightly more understanding of those who don't decide to follow the church. I recieved a new insult a few weeks ago. Rather than going to hell, I'm going to outer darkness. Sounds fun right? I quite like the dark and I'll be fine if I'm away from bless'ed ones.

Things Unsaid

Pardon my hiatus. The family computer crashed and I haven't had much access to a computer other than at work or when I can convince my Gram that I'm not the reason her computer is slow(she puts magnets on the CPU). But anywho... I'm going to be posted a couple of entries to make up for everything.

The Mothership Has Landed... Again

The Mormon church has just opened the doors to another one of its temples. Great...... More people getting gyped of their money. Like Utah needs more! All of the tything money little children give to the church goes toward paying off the head honcho's BMW and huge home. Yeah yeah, I know they do some good things with it, but a small percentage of the tens of thousands they get anually from the average religious idiot goes towards frivalty. What about the schools who barely scrape by on educating their broods? Because of people like this, my school is using textbooks that fall apart because the district is broke.

And their little minions(missionaries) who stalk the street searching out the non-beleivers like bloodlthirsty lions. Just to get some more brownie points for Elder Manson. They got my innocent little brother a few months ago. They baptised him, taught him how to drink the kool-aid, and even showed him the secret handshake. Baptising is a ritual(cults do rituals and ceremonies BTW) to cleanse the person of all sin. These people are typically eight years old. What kind of a sin does a sweet little eight year old have? Its a form of child abuse preying on them like that!

I'm not Mormon, and I turned out just fine. I do more to help the community than any of them. I stay away from drugs and bad situations because I learned right from wrong. It has nothing to do with "eternal" happiness. Infact, hell has always fascinated more. Thats where everything I like will show up : ) I don't plan on becoming a house wife to ten bratty kids and a husband who doesn't even love me. I don't exactly believe in saving myself till marriage. If I'm in love, hell your'e only young once right? I know what a condom is. Why do these people send their daughters to school to get an education and if they dare bring home anything lower than a B grade, they get beaten, if they will waste it in the end and become exactly like their mother and start the cycle over again?

What The Universe Sounds Like

80's electronic music band Depeche Mode, just released a brand new album called Sounds of the Universe. How does the universe sound? Amazing! With catchy rythms, pounding bass, and driving beats, I listened to the CD four times straight without a second thought. I was overjoyed when I saw a commercial on TV saying that they were coming to SLC in August. My auntie bought us tickets. : ) 15th row from the stage.

The album simply drips in DM's classic darkness. Songs like "In Chains" seethe sexual energy. While "Miles Away/The Truth Is" have a fast paced beat. Not to mention that the guys still look great!

"This is vegan?!"

I just celebrated my sweet sixteen. I was just going to settle with making myself a little cake and letting my family and my boyfriend's family indulge in a yummy rum torte cake from a little parasian bakery called Glauce's. Instead, my mom was talking to one of her co-workers(who is a vegetarian) who had a friend in her office who owned a vegan bakery. This is where my mom got my super delicious chocolate choclate cake with raspberry filling. the bakery is called Cakewalk and is behind one of my favorite chinese restraunts, Joy Luck.

I have made cakes like this, but I was happy to have one custom made for me. After dinner, we all went back to my house for cake. The adults were turning up their noses up at the thought of a cake made without eggs or milk. It was amazing! After a few nibles, the adults were digging in and asking for seconds. I heard mutterings of "This is vegan?!" and "I can't believe how sweet this frosting is without butter!" And my favorite(and least favorite) part, the cake was gone within 24 hours! When does that ever happen between 7 finicky non-vegans?

A few nights later, my boyfriend took me out to on an all day date. We went to Joy Luck and got a box of vegan cupcakes before we went in. The people(all 2 of them who work them) were super nice to us. We got 2 chocolate, 1 vanilla, and one black forest(the best by far) cupcakes.

Here is their myspace. check out the pictures and get the rag:
http://www.myspace.com/vegancakewalk
And their website for orders:
http://www.cakewalkbakingcompany.com/

Don't want to go to Bountiful for a cupcake? You can find their treats at these places:
Nobrow Coffee and Tea Company
315 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 364-3448


Sugarouse Coffee 1045 E 2100 S
Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 486-3311


Baxters Cafe
(Outside SLCC)