Sundance

There are few perks for living in Utah but one of them is being able to go the Sundance Film Festival. Its nice to get out of Provo for a bit and take a drive up the canyon (another thing that I will miss come May) to see some great films and a lot of creativity. Some of my friends and I saw a few films so far but the best day of Sundance had to have been last night at the Egyptian Theater on Main Street. We were waiting in line to get into the film when all of a sudden I see this man coming towards me walking down the stairs. I immediately get excited because its Ben Lyons. He works for E News and is their special correspondent for the festival and he was getting in line for the movie I was going to see. I don't get star struck...I could care less about celebrities but hes like my celebrity crush. Hes really tall and super cute and I was standing in line with him! I know its a little hard to see but hes the tall one with the funny hat. I was so excited to see him. By the end of the night I had seen a pretty good film (Homework) had gotten his photograph and gotten an autograph.

It was a great night.

Where Did You Go Award

When Katherine was little she signed up for the swim team, our parents paid for her to be on the team and she went to the first couple of practices but then never went back the rest of the year. To her credit she was only 5 or 6, but at the end of the year the coaches gave her the Where Did You Go Award. I feel like I deserve that award right now in many aspects of my life. Some friends have asked if I dropped off the face of the Earth, or if I was still alive, one even asked if I started seriously dating someone and spending all my time with them and the answer to everyone's questions is that I am still alive, I am still on planet Earth and no I have not started dating anyone and spending all my time with them. You would know if I were dating someone.

I'm not sure what I've really been doing these past few months but it seems like a lot. It seems like a lot every day...all day. This is not bad but it leave little time for fun and I LOVE FUN. So instead of fun I have...

Studied for and taken finals in

Cognition

Motivation

and

Behavioral Neurobiology

I am currently taking

Gender Psychology

Social Psychology

Stress Psychobiology

and

Completing My Capstone Project

On top of my course load I am...

A Program Director for a Campus Service Project

We bring 1,100 underprivileged 5th and 6th grade students to campus in March to encourage them to aim for higher education. This takes up a ton of my time.

TAing a Class: Performance Psychology

I get to read and grade a lot of papers written by BYU's finest athletes. This is always fairly amusing and I do look forward to reading what they have written every week. I also get to teach a few lectures on my own. This would be terrifying but I feel much more comfortable with it being me and 30 athletes.

Working for My Brother

I book and plan seminars and meetings. My official job title is Event Manager. This month's meeting is at the Portland Art Museum. If only I got to actually enjoy some of the art at the museum

On a Research Team

I get to read a TON of articles investigating cohesion in sports teams and the military which are both topics that really interest me so reading a lot about them isn't so bad just really time consuming.

So where have I gone? I'm probably in the SWKT and if I'm not there try the library.

If you need to reach me please email me and subject it something with the words

PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH

or

PROJECT YOUTH

and I will probably read it and maybe will respond to it within a few days...MAYBE.