Black Light Party

So this weekend, on Saturday, my neighbors had a Black Light Delirium Dance Party. I don't know why I went because I honestly can not dance to save my Life. Anyway, there was a great turn out and I had a really fun time. I even let my friend Claire draw hearts on my face.
I realized something very important about myself. Well 3 things.
NO. 1-I really can't dance.
NO. 2-I am sadly deprived in my knowledge of rap and hip hop music.
I knew a few of the songs they played like Tik Tok by Ke$ha, Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne, Untouched by the Veronicas, so I was completely hopeless. i was introduced to the song Low by Flo Rida. I've heard some of Flo Rida's music but apparently not this extremely popular song.
NO. 3- I like the song Heartless, and If Kanye West wasn't, well the Kanye we've all grown to love, I might actually listen to some of his music.

A Peek Into My Thought Process

So if you know me at all, I like to consider myself pretty tuned into world events. My particular specialty is Pop Culture. I'm pretty well versed in music/broadway, television shows, movies, celebrity gossip. My one absolute weakness, my Achilles heel, my kryptonite, if you will, as so lovingly pointed out by my uncle, is sports. I don't particularly care about sports. I don't watch sports. I realize this is an important part of our culture especially basketball and football. Guys at work talk about sports all the time, and it seems to be a popular topic of conversation so I've tried to repent and mend my ways.

Now I must admit, I do know some athletes, not a ton. I know how the games are played, but I'm the type of person who likes to pick a winning team based on what mascot is the best. Believe me, I got my 9 year old nephew all disgusted during a football game. When we do our March Madness Brackets at work, I always just fill mine out mostly by seat/ranking. Its to hard to follow all of those college teams. =-) These are all reasons I'm trying to improve and to become more well rounded and better versed in the language of sports. I recently had my brother explain the different positions in football and what their roles were during a game.

One thing I have been working on is keeping up with what teams are playing during the week and who ends up winning their games. This was a big step for me. I was really anxious to hear the results of the football games yesterday and to hear who would be playing in the Super Bowl.
My two teams made it to the Super Bowl, surprisingly and that made me really Happy. The Saints beat the Vikings, and The Colts beat the Jets. So know Feb 7 2010 we will see the Saints play the Colts.

Now I have a bigger dilemma. Who do I want to win the Super Bowl. The Colts are a great team, and I am a Peyton Manning fan. On the other hand Reggie Bush is very talented and its the Saints first time at the Super Bowl, I believe.
I've been pondering this deep seeded question for the past day or so, but I've finally come up with a solution.
I've just remembered Reggie Bush is dating Kim Kardashian, and so I've come to a decision.
Go Colts!!!!

My Life is Ordinary

Today has just been a funny day.

So I went to get my Eyebrows waxed today At Fantastic Sams. Its the One in Provo over by Buy Low, Suzy's Deals, Cafe Rio, Training Table, etc. So there are only two ladies working there today. One was working on my face, and the other one was cutting another customers hair. So someone new walked in. The girl helping me said, as she was still waxing away "Hi how are you? Did you just need a hair cut?" to the nice little hispanic lady. The lady started talking and it sounded like gibberish. We couldn't really hear or understand her. So the girl helping me said "Give me one second" and she went over to the front desk to put the hispanic woman's name on the list.

So i was just sitting relaxing in my chair when my girl came back over. and she said "That woman was looking for Tamales. I asked her if she meant to go over to Cafe Rio (which was right next door). She said No, and kept going on about how she wanted chicken and pork Tamales."
So I'm pretty sure the lady wanted to order tamales right then and there at the counter.

We were both confused. First of all Fantastic Sams does not look like a restaurant of any kind. I'm pretty sure If I walked into a salon of any sort I'd realize "I don't think they serve food here".

Search for Talent

Magic Show (more of focus on mentalism and reading people's mind)
Frank's stand up routine entitled "MAMA SAID"
Ballroom Dance to "A Little Less Conversation"
Many Singer/Songwriter's on piano and guitar (Its Okay, Annabelle, Almost Lover)
A Rendition of Albi the Racist Dragon
A one man performance of a conversation between Gollum and Smeagol. I was tres impressed.
A trippy video, composed completely of pictures spliced together(apparently called stop motion) made by my awesome home teachers called "Craig and the Mysterious Stranger.
Bach Sonata
A Reenactment of Bon Qui Qui (google it if you haven't seen it). Suzy was amazing.

Totally priceless all of it. It was definitely a unique but great talent show!!

An Even Better Example of Why I Love Work

Again this is a real phone conversation (keep in mind that I had also personally helped this guy earlier in the day).

"Central Bank this is Hillary"
"Hi, Can I talk to Leah"
"Leah is actually out to lunch, can I take a message"
"Is Kelly there"
"Kelly is actually out for 3 weeks"
"oh yeah, she had surgury. Well, is Mary Jo there?"
"Mary Jo doesn't work on Wednesdays"
"Who's that other gal?"
"Well, there's Pam and Gaye and I here"
"Is Gaye there?"
"Yes, would you like to talk to her?"

Seriously sir, I could have helped you with your questions in the time it took to have this conversation.

Pretty Clothes that I Would Like to Own

My favorite Part of Working at Central Bank

So, Saturday I had almost identical conversations with two separate customers who called in.

"Central Bank, This is Hillary"
"Hillary who's there besides you today?"
"Its just Mary Jo and I working today"
"Let me talk to Mary Jo."

Conversation No. 2
"Central Bank, This is Hillary"
"Hillary's whose working besides you?"
"Mary Jo and I are working today"
"Let me talk to Mary Jo please"
"Okay, She had to run downstairs for a second, would you mind holding?"
"No, that's fine". . . after a minute the call rang back through
"Hillary, I'm waiting to talk to Mary Jo"
"She's still downstairs, Is there something I can help you with"
"NO, I just need to talk to Mary Jo"

This is my other favorite story.
This older man I was helping at my window wouldn't talk to me for some reason.
Mary Jo knew this man and her station is right next to mine, so he asked her, as he pointed to me "Is she new?"
and Mary Jo laughed and said "she's not new, she's been here for a while"
and I had to chime in "Yeah, I've been here for almost 3 years".
then the old guy said "where have I been?"

I don't know sir. I don't know. . . .