One of Those Days

I saw a girl the other day and I could just tell she was having the worst day ever. I was leaving campus and hopping into my car at 12:05. She was just pulling in directly across from me, and given the time she was probably running late. As she pulled in, she hit the car next to her! It was pretty bad too, she cracked her bumper and definitely dented the other car. I just knew that her day was going like this...

Once she got out of her car I was pretty sure she was just going to walk away at first, thinking the damage wasn't extreme, but she noticed I was watching so she proceeded to turn around. She noticed it was pretty bad and I just knew life was giving her one of these... 

Days like that are the worst: when you hit every red light on your way to work which you're running late for, and there's an accident and you are wearing the wrong clothes to boot! (Not that I have experience with that). Or a day when you sleep in through your alarm, but you still have to run to class, then you have to take a test, then you come home and you have absolutely nothing to eat in your cupboard. 

This is the life of a college student. At least you have roommates... to wake up to. 

Not So Smallville

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a TV junkie. I've watched alot of television in my lifetime, and recently I've been re-watching a show I used to watch when I was younger called Smallville. It's based on the origins of Superman and just an easy-go-lucky show. However, I've noticed somethings that have been bugging me during this past month and my "re-watch".  The setting for the show comes from it's title. We used to watch Smallville as a family and with at least 1+ member of the town being killed or sent to prison every episode we used to joke that the sign to enter town should say "Smallville: and getting smaller everyday!" 

This is rather a humorous statement because Smallville doesn't actually function like a small farming community town. By looking at the population on the town welcome billboard I noticed they have roughly the same population as the farming community that I am from. Let's compare some of the assets and landmarks that are in Smallville compared to where I'm from, Lincoln, CA.

1. First thing that comes to mind is that Smallville has a fully functioning Hospital.... Lincoln has a 24 hour vet clinic...

2. Smallville has a large labyrinth of caves. Lincoln has a used car lot?

3. Smallville has a large quarry where they mine granite, surprisingly this might be the one we have most in common as Lincoln has the world largest Clay Factory.

4. Smallville has a large Corporate CEO's mansion/castle. The town rumors were once heard that John Travolta maybe built a house on the outskirts of Lincoln.

5. Smallville also has multiple activities you can choose to engage in on any given night like: an Ice Skating Ring, Fair Grounds, a Bowling Alley, a movie theatre, museum, and a bar/club... Lincoln has a park

6. Another Smallville amenity is a damn ... in their town. We had a well at my house in Lincoln, that counts right?

7. One thing Lincoln had that Smallville didn't... a golf course! Bam!

8. Smallville also has not one, but two full sized gorges, that people have jumped off of at some point. Lincoln has a McDonalds...

9. You don't want to get in trouble in Smallville because they have a full Sheriff's department with SWAT team and Judge with courtroom in their tiny town. Lincoln has a police car parked at the busiest intersection in town (one of four street lights).
10. Smallville has an Mental Health Hospital (although on the show they just refer to it as an Asylum). I think Lincoln has a designated homeless person who we refer to as the "crazy lady".

11. Surprisingly (possibly not) Smallville also has a street racing conglomeration/gang. Lincoln has a park.

12. Last but not least, Smallville has Superman and a ton of supernatural/alien related events happen inside it. Lincoln has a park.

Lincoln, CA - Park

Mundane Bucket List

(a list of seemingly achievable activities that I would like to accomplish at some point in my life)

1. Learn the complete lyrics to every song on an entire album.
2. Learn just enough french to visit New Orleans or Canada and be okay.
3. Buy something from Skymall that I pick out while on a Plane.
4. Read every book on my bookshelves (I have three, shelves not books)
5. Finally complete my half written short story. 
6. Be the first person to buy something at In-N-Out and/or the last person. 
7. Own two pairs of Vans at once
8. Kick in a door (oh wait, I've done that)
9. Go an entire Sunday without hearing the phrase "Strengthen and nourish"
10. Write something very specific on Microsoft Word and have 'Clippy' pop up and recommend help on what I'm doing. IE- "Hi, it appears as if you are composing a dog ransom note, let me help you with some ominous font choices"
11. Sit through an entire episode of Mad Men.
12. Have a computer that doesn't break for an entire year. (This applies to vehicles as well)
13. Get straight out of bed and do regular activities with absolutely no shame. (As in everything I was wearing and my hair looked acceptable for the day)
14. Go to the waterpark at Lagoon
15. Try a Shamrock Shake
16. Bring AIM back
17. Say hello to everyone I pass with a smile
18. Go to the airport and have the security check be completely empty
19. Make it an entire year without loosing one half of a pair of socks
20. Spend 6 straight hours at a library and look like Matilda with my wagon full of books. 

These are things I want to achieve in my life, hopefully I can. Add yours to the list if you want to. 

A Comparison in Three Years

We recently moved into a new ward, and therefor that means a new Ward Information Sheet. I found this old one from 2009 I had filled out before, and thought I should compare it to the new one I just filled out in 2012. 

BYU 210th Ward Information Sheet

Name: Amanda Lloyd

Birthday: 5/6/89

Home Ward and Stake: Lincoln 5th, Rocklin

Home Ward Bishop: Bishop Cline

Last Ward and Stake: BYU 47th, BYU 12 Stake

Major: Math Education

Previous Church Callings: RS Compassionate Service Leader, FHE Leader, Sunbeams teacher, Ward storyteller, Date Box Coordinator, Co-chair of Hug Committee

Hobbies, Skills, and Talents: nun chuck skills, computer hacking skills, bow hunting skills, causing mischief, sweet 80’s dancing, pirate speak, pillaging, crocheting

Lead Music: Yes

Play Instrument: Yes. If Yes which One: Piano

Non-English Language Skills: body language, Ebonics, pirate

Ideas or Suggestions for the Ward: more eligible black men.

And now the new one... 

Provo YSA 205th Ward Information Sheet

Name: Amanda Lloyd

Birthday: 5/6/89 (these are still the same thankfully)

Home Ward and Stake: Provo YSA 207th Ward

Home Ward Bishop: Trev Harmon


Last Ward and Stake: Provo YSA 207, Provo 12th Stake


How long do you intend to stay in the ward? Until I get married... or move.

Current School: BYU

School Year (Check one): r Freshman r Sophmore r Junior r Senior , I added an extra space and wrote... Other - Super Senior

Major: History/English Education 

Previous Church Callings: Relief Society Presidency, Activities and Music Committees, FHE Leader

Desired Church Callings: Relief Society, Sunday School, Ward Greeter/Smiler

Do you play any musical instrument? If so, what? No

Do you lead music? No (I learned my lesson after being the ward pianist and chorister for a year)

Special Skills: CPR and First Aid Instructor

So I lost most of my jokes, but I learned my lesson when it comes to mentioning special skills. I could not tell you how many times I got asked to translate in my earlier ward... it was twice. I still received a comment from the ward clerk that my answer of "super senior" and "until I get married" caused them to laugh when they were reading it. Unfortunately I believe that means I will be getting a calling where I will be obligated to be fun or funny, those are always so much work. 

The One in Which Their Are Screenshots

Just saw the stats for this blog, which depressed me, moving on.... NEW POST! Just a blog with screen shots, one of which is my likes from Facebook which I found funny, and the others are the Library Reserve pages. In case you've never reserved a library room at BYU let me explain. You put your name, and the course that you will be using the room for. The Course title I believe is just for the benefit of the librarians, but here at BYU some of us don't take it as seriously as I think they would like us too.

I believe I titled this one... Jake is Popular. 

Not complaining, but it does make me seem a little desperate

If you've ever seen 30 Rock the Wikipedia picture with description fully encapsulates this person.

People I Recently Hate

Hate is probably a strong word for all of these people (except the last one), so lets just say this is a list of people I highly dislike...


1. The girl sitting next to me in the JFSB who is listening to horrible music without headphones on.

2. The guy in my English class who always sits next to me and chews gum everyday with his mouth open

3. Anyone who chews gum (or food) with their mouth open

4. Anyone who feels that to type faster they must type harder, therefore sounding as if I'm in a hail storm.

5. All my driver test-ees.

6. People who talk in class

7. My future husband/boyfriend for not finding me yet.

8. People who don't return important texts/calls.

9. People who make pointless comments in class

10. The couple that cuddles, kisses, whispers, and massages each other in my History 201 class. I have to fight so hard to not puke every time that happens. Also, I've thrown paper at them, and it's gotten stuck in the girl's head. So justifiable.

11. Victoria's bosses

12. The girl next to me in class, who has so much perfume on it's literally giving me a headache.

13. People in class who cheer or gasp in reaction to the lecture. It's a lecture people!
14. This specific girl at work who has to one up every single person she talks to.
15. Anyone who drives poorly
16. The NBC executives who decided to renew Community for only a 13 episode 4th season
17. The same execs. who decided to only renew 30 Rock for 13 episodes, and for it to be their final season. :(
18. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. The people who aren't paying me to do nothing. (That is my ultimate dream job, to get paid to do nothing)


and my all time most hated person of all time...


20. Renee Zelleweger. And don't bother telling me if it's misspelled, I couldn't care enough to learn to correctly spell it. But she is the absolute worst.

What I Really Do at Work

For all those curious of what I actually do at work, here is a sample. Only four of these were chosen to go up on the bulletin board, the ones more direct towards classes, and the rest I kind of made for fun and safety in general.

Behold: Safety Memes!

(keep in mind a lot of them don't follow what the memes should actually be because they are just meant for safety)

Finally, the one I wanted to create the whole time, but BYU would find it too inappropriate...