kryptonite

1.Put your iPod/iTunes on shuffle to get the first answer.
2. For each subsequent question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.
IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR SPARE CHANGE, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
It's a Beautiful Life - Ace of Base

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERFECT DATE?
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast - Simon & Garfunkle

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A JOB?
Wind Beneath My Wings- Bette Midler

WHAT IS YOUR LATEST DILEMMA?
Work Song (Look Down) - Les Miserables

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A MAN?
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkle

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MORE MONEY?
Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne

WHAT IS YOUR SECRET NICKNAME?
Who Knew - Pink

WHERE DO YOU GO AT NIGHT?
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (Haha! That's right y'all:D)

WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN?
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkle

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR FRIENDS?
For Good - Wicked (No joke! It really came up!)

WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?
I Will Survive - Chantay Savage (Haha! I can see myself singing this into my hairbrush in the morning!!!)

WHAT IS YOUR RINGTONE?
Bye, Bye, Bye - N'sync Remix

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN FIVE YEARS?
Africa - Toto (Woohoo!)

WHAT IS YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION?
I Am - Bon Jovi

WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY?
American Idiot - Green Day (I'm honestly not rigging this)

WHAT CAN YOUR COUNTRY DO FOR YOU?
Somebody to Love - Queen

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
It Ends Tonight - All American Rejects

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, PAL?
All My Only Dreams - That Thing You Do Soundtrack

WHAT IS ON YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH LIST?
My Girl - The Temptations (No, I'm not ready for a baby yet. Sorry.)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A KLONDIKE BAR?
Stay Beautiful - Taylor Swift (HAHAHAHA!!!)

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?
Stupid Boy - Keith Urban

WHAT IS THE THEMESONG TO YOUR LOVELIFE? Everything I Own - N'sync

WHAT MAKES YOUR BLOOD BOIL? Your Song - Moulin Rouge Soundtrack

WHAT MAKES YOUR LOINS ACHE? Don't Lie - Black-Eyed Peas

WHAT'S THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS?
Oh Santa! - VeggieTales

WHOM DO YOU ADMIRE MOST?
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack

WHO IS YOUR MORTAL ENEMY?
We Might as Well be Strangers - Keane

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR LIFE?
Carrying The Banner - Newsies Soundtrack

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Numa Numa - Pepe Deluxe

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (Quite Fitting:)

i have been changed...

I said before that I thought "ugh" to shopping while in Chicago.

I take it back repeatedly. repeatedly.

You can loathe shopping in Salt Lake but you will not, I repeat, NOT get enough of it in Chicago.

I have Cynthia to thank for opening my eyes. Of course I couldn't admit it outright, but after shopping back in Logan, I will admit my fault openly.


My favorite stores include:

Old Navy (It is VERY different than the ones here. I promise. 5 stories!!!)

H&M - I have Cynthia to thank for this one especially:)

Burberry - Just to look at of course, I don't have $900 to spend on a scarf

Crate & Barrel - Great ideas for my future house

Ghiradelli's - YUM!

Hershey's Store - Not quite so yum, and a creepy, stalker-ish employee... (you guys remember... "BUY THIS NOW! WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND YOUR FACE ON A BAR OF CHOCOLATE?!" )

Navy Peir - the best part was taking pictures with my sisters (pushing Martha over the edge, freaking Heather out by pretending to fall into the Lake, aww the memories)...though the mirrors were dang fun too... how long did we spend in front of them?

Ode to Wicked

I finally saw it!

After 5 excruciating long years of only dreaming about seeing this extraordinary broadway, I finally saw it!

Wicked, the musical. Fabulous! Hilarious! Superb! Breath-taking! Exquisite! Mind-boggling! Fantastic! Tear-jerking! Wonderful! All of these things and so very, very much more!
I can honestly say I was crying throughout the ENTIRE first half. By intermission I had black streaks running down my face. My program was wrinkled and moist from my sweaty, clenched palms. You may think I was/am embarrassed by this fact. But no, oh no. I am willing to be brutally honest in my ode to this incredible performance. I turned to my sisters with an enormous smile on my blackened face stuttering, "I c-can't believe I'm r-really h-h-here!" As I rapidly wiped my tears away. It was to say the least, great.

Everything Chicago

Where to begin?! I LOVE Chicago!

It began this past summer. Three of my sisters and I began to toss around the idea of going to Chicago. To see Wicked, go on a haunted ghost tour and for stylish Cynthia, shopping. Ugh was my first thought at that (first thought, remember that). But ya know, when you go on a trip you compromise with your travel buddies. Well, we never actually got around to planning it...weddings have a way of getting in the way of things;) 5 months later we finally committed, we were buying tickets. We'd be leaving in three weeks. Bad news, I chickened out. Being newlyweds, Ben and I didn't have the money. sigh. I was upset. Which was ridiculous, who was I to use quite a bit of our small savings and splurge it all on my own in Chicago? Yet I couldn't just drop it. I honestly felt like I needed to go. It sounds absurd, believe me, I know. Try explaining that with a straight face to your hubby that you "feel" like you "need" to go on this amazingly enjoyable trip with your sisters. Ya. It was quite an interesting discussion. But Ben is amazing. He agreed. I bought my ticket.

Our plane left Wednesday evening. The flight left Salt Lake at 6:35PM and right before take off they unexpectedly called my name over the intercom on the plane. I cautiously stood up in front of countless staring eyes. A thought hit me, maybe Ben had sent me flowers! How sweet!! ....nope. I had given the attendent both my boarding passes. How embarrassing! Good thing I never blush. Geez.

Because of Martha's ridiculous obsession with seeing other airports we had a layover in Denver. Ya, she's a bit of a wierdo:) We landed in Chicago at about midnight. We found the subway...I've never felt so white in my whole life. We were the only white people on the train. After riding it all the way to the end before realizing it was going in the opposite direction of our hotel we hoped on the one going the correct way. We got to our hotel at about 3am. Not being tired at all from the excitement of the train and just being in Chicago, we turned on the tv and watched a scary movie til 5am. Great way to start off a 4 day vacation, I know:)

Chicago is the most haunted city in the world, according to paranormal specialists. So what better place to go on a ghost tour than there?

It was so fascinating! Beth, our guide, told us countless stories of chicago history. The "white city," the devil baby, a ship that capsized while still docked - resulting in the deaths of over 845 people (Eastland), and the terrifying Iroquois Theater fire (Iroquois). Feel free to follow these links to read a brief summary of what happened at these places. It even interested me after weeks of being in school, that's gotta say something:) If any of you go to Chicago, I strongly recommend going on this tour, it's definitely something you'll never forget.

...And for an extra perk, go with someone who gets scared easily....you know who you are;)

Welcome to Elizabeth & Ben's Blog!

Yes it's true, I've finally succumbed to creating a blog. While it is both Ben's and mine it will usually only be me that is posting anything. I've got a lot to say on just about everything. And my plan is to go back and write about how Ben and I met, our gorgeous wedding, even clear back when I sold pest control in San Francisco and my life-changing freshman year. This may turn into a public journal but I'm fine with that. I've got nothing to hide:)

So I cordially welcome you to our blog, The Bare Beat. In this world of reality television this blog will be just one more episode. Enjoy!