Urban Poly Princess

Everyone seems to have their own variation of writing Happy New Year in Chinese. I looked at who was attending Shem's event and panicked a little because I know Shem has some fringe interests I was sure his friends shared. Based on the little time I've spent with him I was afraid this would happen and I knew my time there would be a chore if that really happened so I invited maybe 8 people from my ward. I invited Curtis too although if he didn't attend parties in Logan he's certainly not going to attend something that far from him. Who knows maybe he'll surprise me one day. NONE of the people I invited showed up but I did the inviting the day before so it was what it was.

Parking was a nightmare and I and a bunch of people had to park in an adjoining lot. Shem didn't reserve any extra tables so we were all cramped at a single table that did not accommodate everyone. There were so many people there and a lot of children.

Earlier that day I had an interview with the church to work as an on-call meta-data specialist. Meta-data is simply data about data like a card catalog or index. As a librarian with a Master's degree in Library Science I know I'm uniquely qualified to do that. I said as much in the interview. It was with Vaughn Armstrong and some lady named Nancy. The interview went alright although I don't know if they will hire me because I told them I planned to sell real estate while maintaining the job with them. It's a part time position. I'm certainly not going to just work with them when the highest they plan to pay me is probably $14 an hour. It sounds like glorified data entry and it definitely doesn't play to my strengths but it is something I could certainly do part time.

I looked up Vaughn Armstrong on LinkedIn last night and was surprised to learn he is a Midsingle since he actually had it on his profile. Also he is Heather and Steve's connection. I decided to try Facebook too and learned he is probably in the Bountiful 8th ward since he is friends with bishop and a bunch of other ward members. I'm sure he was part of my ward's split. Trippy. He is talented and fine. He doesn't know he is fine however. He doesn't look like a model like Curtis although he could if he wanted to do that. Curtis has that it factor that exudes confidence without being cocky. It allows him to dress edgy without looking uncomfortable. Vaughn has the looks and the height but he is unaware of his physical advantage although he is a competent professional.

The dragon dance was neat to experience although it did go on longer than I wanted it to last and I tried to escape by planning to take my food to go but they brought half out earlier and I had to wait for the other half so while I did escape before everyone else I stayed a lot longer than I planned. Shem's friends are all nice but they share his interests in certain television shows and music that I don't so it went exactly like I feared it would. Next time I'm taking a friend with me to any Shem event. I did try a shrimp mushroom that I am definitely ordering on my own again. It was delicious and it was with the huge community order I didn't want to be a part of but I figured they wouldn't miss one.

Yesterday Cara and I went to Park City to see Brasilia who we home teach. We celebrated her birthday with her at pizza place. The food was expensive AND it sucked. I make better pasta AND I know how to cook my french fries. They were raw and the vegetables with the pasta looked frozen. It advertised their pasta was homemade. OH HELL NO!!! The pasta was 18.99 and the fries were 7.99. I get that I'm going to pay more in Park City BUUUT the quality should be muuuch better. I am NEVER eating there again.

There was a midsingles event at the gateway last night that sounded interesting although I am probably NOT going to attend anything. They were hosting what was or is supposed to be like Mormon Ted Talks only by LDS people who share their experiences. I like the concept but I'm not sure I really want to get involved in something like that. It wants to create something like EFY only for Single Adults because it feels the church isn't meeting their needs.

I feel it meets it just fine. I've never had a falling away from the church and I'm never going to experience that ever. They want to reach out and provide love and support. There is so much out there anyway to me I just don't see a need for it. There are multiple opportunities provided to interact with others.

Cara has been called to the RS presidency. She wanted me to give her any ideas I had about retention of the sisters. I am fine with building friendships but I have enough friends. I need to get married and that is the purpose of these wards anyway. I have a certain amount of time I'm willing to spend doing that and it doesn't include hanging out with girlfriends. I have a huge extended family I love and it is easy for me to do that exclusively but one of the reasons why I wanted to attend a midsingles ward when I finally moved back here is because I want to expand my social circle. I'm not going to do any girlfriend trips. I am going to get married and do my traveling with him then.