Lagoon and Preference

Today was a fun-filled day.  After waking up early to take a picture in Provo canyon for our English publication that another girl and I are in charge of, two-thirds of our dorm and some of our FHE sisters went to Lagoon today.  We rode Wicked and the Spider several times, and we also rode the Colossus, the Jetstar II (we squeezed three into one bench seat), the Rocket, Cliffhanger, the trans-park lift, and the Samurai.  It was my first time on the Samurai - every single other time I've been there it's been closed for maintenance.  I loved it.  It was so exhilarating, and wasn't even very nauseating like it looks.  We then went to a hypnotist's show at Lagoon and laughed hysterically at the antics of the unfortunate.  Trevor, our neighbor, went up to be hypnotized but it didn't take hold on him.  We went through a haunted walk-through with strobe lights, glasses that made the walls look 3D, scary costumes jumping out at us, and a very real, very good joker in the style of the recent movie.  The first hypnosis show was at 5; at 7 we went to it again.  This time Dallin and Richard went up on stage.  The hypnosis didn't take on Richard.  Dallin was hilarious.  Dallin sang a gibberish rap, tried to sell us shoes that he was wearing backwards, thought there was a cell-phone in the shoes, got very cold and very warm, smelt a range of odiferous pseudo-fumes, was amazed by the hypnotist turning invisible, and more.  Our rib cages will be quite sore tomorrow from laughter.  Overall it was a very fun night, with fun people and fun activities.

Then I got home and there were arrows from the door to the fridge and in the fridge was a plate of crackers and cheese with a note on it saying, "To figure out who I am answer the following:  This type of cheese contains all 4 letters in my name, one of which is repeated (3 different letters...).  It is an Italian whey cheese commonly used in LASAGNA.  Good luck."
Anyway, so that's fairly exciting!

Jon Schmidt Concert

Tonight our FHE (family home evening) group was planning to go to a Jon Schmidt concert.  Everybody felt they had too much homework except for Jerry and me, so it was only the two of us that attended.  Which is too bad.

IT WAS AWESOME!


We got there about 45 minutes early, bought our tickets, and then stood in line to get in.  We were near the front of the line.  As soon as we got in line about 300 more people got in line behind us, so we came at the perfect time.  We got into the theater and sat down almost on the front row right in the middle.  They pulled the piano out and we realized that we would be 20 feet away from him at a perfect angle to see his hands play the piano.  The music was incredible and impeccably presented.  He is not just a piano player: he is an entertainer.  We laughed when he did a backflip, when he told his corny jokes, and when he played the piano laying down on the bench under it and when he played with his toes and head.  He played a song that I'd never heard before that was awesome that he said was new and was coming out soon.  He played all of the favorites and then a few more.

It's really too bad that nobody else could go.  It was totally worth the measly $10 a ticket to see.

Afterwards I got to see Janessa because she was up here in Provo for a Leadership Academy field trip thing.  That was fun too.