Random stories

Yesterday (Sept. 25) I went with three friends from my singles ward to go and see a preview screening of The Saratov Approach in South Jordan; it was free if you printed out/saved on your smart phone a pass. They said to arrive early cause seating was open seating not assigned; it started at 7 so we figured an hour early would suffice. However when we got there we found out that you had to exchange the pass for tickets (one pass would get you two tickets) and they were sold out, because the tickets went on sale at 4, but that wasn't on the facebook or at least not made clear. We were obviously disappointed and sadly drove back to Provo. We decided to watch a movie and ended up decided upon a French film from the 70's entitled "Donkey Skin" that J. owned. B. and I were at first concerned about the title and vague discription from J. about what the movie was about, but after reading a description online we were both excited to see it. "Donkey Skin" is a fairy tale about a princess who receives help from her Godmother to disguise herself so she doesn't have to marry a man. The thing that sealed the deal for me was the fact that the movie was a musical (I LOVE musicals!).

Giving fair warning there will be a sort of 'spoiler alert' if you ever plan to watch the movie and don't want to know all the details skip this paragraph. The description was correct online, but didn't give all the details, such as the man she was avoiding marriage with was her father. You see as her mother lay dying she made her father (the king) vow to marry again, but only marry someone that was prettier than her (the queen). After many years of searching the king was lead back to his daughter who was surely prettier than the queen. He vowed to marry her (gross and wrong). The princess was confused as to whether or not she should, she knew she loved the king but didn't feel right about it (well, duh!). She went to her fairy godmother for advice and she made it clear to the princess that parents DO NOT marry their children and offered her help. After some ridiculous attempts to prevent the marriage ie. telling the king she would marry him only if he got her a dress the color of good weather (which he got), then the color of the moon (which he got), then the color of the sun (which he also got). Lastly she asked for the skin of the donkey; to back up a bit, the donkey "pooped" out coins and jewels similar to the goose that laid the golden egg. The king didn't want to give her the skin but he "loved" her so much that he gave her the skin of the donkey. Princess then disguises her self with the skin and the Fairy Godmother sends Princess now known as "Donkey Skin" to a faraway kingdom. There a prince finds her in her cottage all dressed up, he falls in love. Long story short they end up together through a Cinderella type story involving a ring. At their wedding, her father arrives with the fairy godmother via helicopter; What?!?! Yes, a helicopter that is correct. Apparently the fairy godmother is ahead of her time. Also she and the king get married. They all live happily ever after and they would "still be in love today if they hadn't died 100 years" after their wedding. The end. Like I said strange, but strangely fun and enjoyable. Her song is annoying a bit, but the prince has a fun song. I would say if you feel like a just plain goofy movie, go for it.

(9/26) Another random thought, we are now coming into sweater weather; although it warmed up this weekend. Thursday I was so cold, and I decided that it was a good day for soup. So that's what I had for lunch, yummy Zupa's peanut and chicken soup. I made a quick stop at Shopko's next to Zupa's in Orem, to get longer socks so my ankles wouldn't feel so cold. This is one of the hardest times of the year, it can be really cold in the morning so you bundle up and then it gets warm in the after noon and then you get too hot. Ah good ol' Utah weather, I've missed ya.

Funny story. Thursday while I was doing homework at school this girl was sitting near me and then this guy came over and sat next to her. He made several attempts to strike up a conversation, she was polite but gave short responses and never really turned to look at him. Finally he left, defeated. :( I had to smile though because I could easily hear their conversation and it reminded me of a BYU Divine Comedy skit "Subtitles" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYB3MYeB7Qc at least the first part; enjoy.

Yup that's some random fun stuff at the moment.