Brilliant Deduction

There's a new Sherlock in town, and it's amazing.

The BBC has made a new mini-series of Sherlock Holmes set in modern day called "Sherlock". It's absolutely incredible. Not to mention that Martin Freeman plays Watson and I just adore him. Also, Benedict Cumberbatch (How's that for a ridiculously British name?) has the most fascinating bizarre shaped and angled face with oddly shaped eyes. It's almost alien-like

You need to watch this. It's not going to be played in America until October, but there are other illegal ways of watching it now. I suggest you do.

PS- I'm in Utah, and will be for at least a month

Random updates that don't deserve their own post

-I went to Torrid to look at the jacket and shirt, jut for funsies. They had the jacket in black so I tried it on, and holy crap! It's awesome! It's comfy! I actually look good in it! More importantly, I actually feel like I look good in it! Unfortunately none of those things change the fact that it is 48 dollars, 48 dollars more than I have to spend.

-My best friend bought a cruiser so the two of us have been going on rides. It feels so good to have someone to ride with. We push each other to go farther, which is awesome. Tomorrow we are going to ride to 7-11 for slurpees.

-In more ridiculous news, I DON'T SLEEP ANYMORE. For almost the past month, I have been falling asleep around 5 am or later and sometimes not falling asleep at all. Some stupid drama happened a month ago, and really screwed me up emotionally. After it happened, I started getting bad dreams that canter around one of my insecurities. Awesome, right? Just freaking great. I wake up freaking out and feeling like I've been beaten up emotionally. Thus my brain has not been allowing me to fall asleep so that my subconscious won't get a chance to torture my emotions. Even when I do sleep, I wake up every hour. THE BRAIN IS WEIRD.

So more than just not sleeping, being emotionally drained, and feeling like a zombie, I also have THE CRAY CRAY. Lack of sleep is making me crazy. I repeat things like 3 or 4 times a night, I walk into walls, tonight I forgot how to spell my name. Last week, right in the middle of talking to a guy at church, I told him he looked like Sherlock Holmes, "but not the Robert Downey Jr version. You know, the real one? Except your hair is too blonde." You know why I did this? BECAUSE I AM CRAZY. I have done even more stupid things that I won't go into, including more about Sherlock Holmes and the guy from church.

TL:DR
-I can't afford an awesome jacket
-My friend and I ride our bikes together
-I AM CRAZY

More cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for the 4th of July linger longer at church. They were a big hit, and quite delicious.

One Day...

One day I hope to know what it's like to be this happy:

Empty pockets

Military style jacket from Torrid, you are seriously awesome but you are not $48 awesome. Plus, you'd be way cooler if you were a dark gray.

ETA:

Military style shirt from Torrid, Same goes for you and your $34 price tag. Your color is perfect though.

Worm

I have a problem. I read to many books at one time. I don't mean to! It just sort of happens. I start reading a book, then I see another book I want to read. Instead of waiting until I finish the first, I start the second. I have piles of books that are sometimes 7 deep. I've been trying to power through my books right now, so my pile is only 4 deep.
Here's what I'm reading now (In order of how long I've been reading them):


Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

I've actually been reading this for an embarrassing long time, not because it is boring (quite the opposite), but because I keep misplacing it. It's really interesting and quite funny, just like Sarah Vowell herself.



The Complete Collection Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Have you read Sherlock Holmes? These books are AMAZING. They get stuck in your head. Seriously, it's all I think about. This is a long book so I will probably be reading it for a while. Plus, I have Volume 2 when I'm done.


Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace

I've been wanting to read this for years, but it's hard to find in the US. I happened across it in a used bookstore and, to put it plainly, freaked out. Danny Wallace also wrote Yes Man, which is my favorite book. This read a lot like that, and it's just as fun.


My Life in France by Julia Child

I've actually haven't started this yet, I just got it from the library today. I'm excited to read it. Julia Child holds a special place in my heart and the heart of the rest of my family. It's not just because we love to cook, but because Julia Child reminds us all of my Grandma Bond.

Surgery and the Sea

It has been crazy times around here. After a month of not being able to hold down even water, I was diagnosed with gallstones. There was quite an adventure between the Monday morning I was diagnosed and the Friday night that I actually got the whole dang thing taken out of me. I don't want to bore you with hospital talk, so I will spare you the story. I will, however, tell you this: at my follow up appointment this past Monday, the surgeon told me I had 3 gallstones, one of which was about the size of a golf ball and too hard to break! She also said the gallbladder was a little bit inflamed. It's a good thing I got it out when I did.

After a couple weeks of recovering, my brother Brian came into town and took us on a trip to Pismo Beach. It was perfect. The family used to go there every summer when I was little, so it was nice to go back. We even stayed in the same hotel (The Pink Hotel aka Oxford Suites) that we stayed in when we were little. We drove down on (Highway 1, or the Pacific Coast Highway) which for those who don't know, it is the highway that follows the California Coast. It is straight up beautiful all year long, but that particular day was incredible.

I took a few pictures, and I will probably post some of them later, but I love this one I took with my camera phone:


The first night, we went to the pier to watch the sunset, and atthe end were two very large pelicans hanging around. I believe that I have mentioned before that pelicans are one of my favorite animals. It was so great to be so close. I was about a foot away from one of them at one point.

Between seeing Conan live, being sick, and going to Pismo Beach, this past month or so has been a horrible experience sandwiched between two amazing ones.