Types of Salsa I Enjoy:
-Pico de Gallo
-Salsa Verde
-Mango Salsa
-Medium/hot, depending on the spiciness level (medium in California, hot in Utah)
-Dance
-Peach and pineapple Salsa
-Fresh salsa

Youtube Videos I'd Like to Share With the General Public (for general perusal):
-Larroca
-Milonga
-Danish Language
-The Universal
-Mauvaise Reputation
-A la Faveur de l'Automne
-Fairytale (Norway's Eurovision 2009 Entry)
-Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland's Eurovision 2006 entry, cover by a men's chorus)
-L'Amour A la Francaise (France's Eurovision 2007 Entry)
-Ca Me Fait du Bien
-Mon P'tit Gars
-Mentirosa by Rafaga
-Come Me Mira
-Anjelah Johnson
-Good Milk Gone Bad (Good Eats)
-Gafieira
-Party in Sweden's Pants!
-Push the Button! (Israel's Eurovision 2007 Entry)
-Cakkidi
-Vay Anam Vay
-Escaping the Sun
-Stephen Colbert singing in korean
-Histoire de Babar, le Petit Elephant (by Damien and Renan Luce)
-Repenti

short update

Reasons I Don't Publish Some Lists Here:
-Privacy
-Not really legitimate
-Bad memory
-Incomplete
-Potential embarassment

Penniless Sitar Player

Reasons I Am Broke:
-Pedicure
-Buying a lot of food
-Tango lessons
-Dancing a lot lately, which costs money, unfortunately
-Ordering books online
-Ordering a new sports bra online
-Spending money as if I weren't broke
-Paying a deposit and last month's rent on my housing for next year
-Life

Purpose

Kitchen Accessories I Want:
-Kitchenaid mixer (still figuring out the color)
-French Oven (a dutch oven by Le Creuset)
-Immersion blender
-Food Processor (how else can I do half of Alton Brown's recipes??)
-Pastry cutter (mine went missing in my last apartment)
-Corningware
-A nice china set
-Candy thermometer
-A tea set
-A tea kettle
-Crock Pot
-Waffle Iron

Kitchen Accessories I Already Have:
-A set of Pyrex (minus a missing pie dish)
-Toaster oven
-Blender
-Small crock pot
-Cast Iron skillet
-a couple other pots and pans
-Yogurt Maker
-Fondue Pot
-A set of dishes
-Silverware
-Three pairs of chopsticks

Summer

Guilty Pleasures:
-ice cream (I've been told I eat "missionary-sized portions," and it's true.)
-CATS the musical
-French music (especially Tony Parker)
-private dance parties in my room
-giggling at jokes in my head and not explaining them to others
-chips and salsa (I have no self-control when it comes to this delightful nosh)
-watching "Good Eats" on DVD (yes, I do have it on DVD)

Accomplishments of the week:
-those extra five minutes on the stairclimber at the gym (twice this week)
-dancing with Jose Luis (maybe not an accomplishment, per se, but fun nonetheless)
-going to the hiphop class at 24
-knowing what Cinqo de Mayo is (although I do kind of sympathize with the other side... Who DOESN'T love Napoleon????)
-running 3 miles in ~35 minutes
-working (seriously.. it's hard to motivate myself here)
-writing in my journal twice (and I plan on doing it again soon here)
-reading the scriptures every day
-watching LOST (I almost forgot about it... and it was a REALLY good episode)

self-evaluation, pt II

Things I'm Good At, and By Good I Mean Average:
-Overeating on holidays
-Dancing
-Empathizing
-Cooking
-TXTMSGing
-The internets
-Reading

Things I'm Bad At:
-Arithmetic
-The Alphabet
-German
-Poetry
-Interior decoration
-Relating to others in a visible way
-Getting excited about things, especially if it's not in my own life
-Research
-Pointing my toes
-Being competitive (I kind of like being ridiculous instead)

Things I'm Good At, Legitimately:
-The silent treatment (often not on purpose)
-Avoiding eye contact with people
-Making stories up that people take as true
-Inside Jokes
-Being the best-kept secret at Campus Plaza (haha, in reality this one is making fun of myself... and others too, actually)
-Staring at others without shame. Especially if I'm not wearing my glasses.
-Wasting time

Goals for the summer:
-Read books for fun
-Read books off of the MA reading list
-Work
-Weigh less than Travis (it's an old goal, but it's a fun one, and near impossible since he is constantly losing weight himself)
-Run 3 miles in a half hour
-Go to the gym at least 3x a week
-Finish ORCA grant (by June, actually)
-Write the musical with Tasch and Bobby
-Finally write a breadbox story
-At least one road trip, even if it's just to St George for a day or two

Issues to overcome to accomplish these goals:
-laziness
-forgetting about them
-finding motivation
-apathy
-creating new goals in the moment
-not taking them seriously
-giving up
-Writer's block
-falling into a coma
-relapsing into an analphabet stage of life
-sudden amnesia

Books on my Summer Reading List (So Far):
-The Handmaid's Tale (done)
-He's Just Not That Into You (done)
-Love in the Time of Cholera (a little over a 1/3 of the way through this already)
-Les Lettres Persanes
-Bonheur d'Occasion
-Le Rouge et le Noir
-Lots of cookbooks (Julia Child, Martha Stewart, etc)