My trip to Portland by Angie Robson

Thursday, Aliah and I left our lives in Salt Lake City and headed for Portland. I wanted to go to Portland for a number of reasons. Those reasons being that I needed a break from everything in Salt Lake,I really like Portland and I may be going to school there in the fall and wanted to see what it was all about. We drove about 6 hours on Thursday and stayed in a really small town called Baker City, OR. Nothing was open at about 9pm except for the Pizza Hut, but the hotel had a pool and that was all we cared about.

The next day we arrived in Portland and stayed with my friend Ashley and her adorable family. Macie, Marley and Trenton were so much fun and it was great to see Ashley and Justin. We were roommates almost ten years ago and it had been about 4 years since I had seen her last. Her children are beautiful, their house is beautiful and they are just a wonderful family. Sometimes I get discouraged about my life and the things that I want (i.e. Temple marriage, kids, husband) but then I see families like Ashley's and they make me want what they have more than ever and it's easier to try for some reason. Aliah and I both had a few "pantry moments" but it was all worth it.

Here are just a few pictures of the cuties.

Marley really liked my sunglasses and this face is priceless.

Macie lost a tooth while we were there and she was so brave. The other one is going to fall out at any minute.

I had my birthday while I was there and the thelin family really made it special. After an exhausting day of shopping, Aliah and I got back to their house and they had decorated for my birthday. They had ordered Thai food, had a pie for me and cards and a present. Here are some of the pictures.

It's really hard to know what to wish for at age 29. 29? Geesh.

Aliah and I also had fun just running around Portland. We went to a concert at the Roseland Theater on my birthday to see Ben Gibbard play. He was amazing. Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) sang a couple of songs with him as well. It was a great concert.



We saw Portland State, we went to Powell's Humungo bookstore, we hit a lot of consignment shops and we ate and ate and ate and ate. It was glorious.

We went to some of the waterfalls outside of Portland too.







See the face?

I like pigs and Portland. Will it be my new home?

Birthday Party

I will post later all about my fabulous trip to Oregon, but first here is my birthday party invite. My talented friend Marianne wrote it up, it should be fun so try to make it if you can.


Open Mic Birthday Extravaganza

Dying for an excuse to wear tights and recite Shakespeare?

Need an audience for that new "three Mormons happen upon a can of Coke" joke?

Ready to share that Van Halen air guitar routine with someone other than your bedroom mirror?

Have you always wanted to propose to Angie, but you haven't had the balls? (…or eggs, or whatever…)

WELL HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!

It is Angie and Erin's annual birthday celebration, and this year it's OPEN MIC NIGHT. That's right: All Open. All Mic. All Night. Which means it's all about you! Come share your talents, bear your soul, or just wish the birthday girls the best. They aren't mourning the death of their twenties - they're celebrating the right to rock n' roll!

THIS FRIDAY (May 25th), the fun starts at 7:30 in Erin's backyard.





Email me or call me if you want to come and I will give you directions!

Roadtrip!

Well, I am in Baker City, OR (wherever the hell that is) and we are at the El Dar ado Inn. The pool was 8 feet deep.

Portland tomorrow for a good ol' time.

I have a date with Ben Gibbard on my birthday, but I am not putting out no matter how great he sings to me.




More to come on the roadtrip to Portland.

Hilarious

My friend Ryan is in this commercial. Check it out.

Last Comic Standing

New Boyfriend

I am convinced that technology has ruined dating. Seriously. Before we all had cell phones or the internet, it wasn't unusual to call and leave someone a message on an answering machine and then wait a day or two to hear back from them. We would just think they were busy or didn't get the message or whatever. But now, it's totally different. We all know that they have their cell phones on them and can see that we are calling and if they don't call back or text back or whatever than there is obviously something wrong. So we jump to all sorts of conclusions. And now with myspace and LDSlink up you can tell if someone is online, which just adds insult to injury, because they also can see that you are online and are just choosing not to correspond with you. So whether there is something wrong with your relationship or not, you just assume that something is because they aren't making contact when they have so many opportunities to do so.

Now I am not talking about my life currently. I have experienced this in the past and I have just been thinking about it. Currently I am dating No One and he's great. I haven't dated No One in a long time and I have to say that I have really missed him. I normally have Someone waiting in the wings even if I have a guy I am dating, but not now. I am starting to think that No One is the perfect companion for me. I never have to worry about him not returning my calls or not emailing me, he never says mean things or hurts my feelings and I never have to tell him to go home. No One takes me to the movies, No One buys me dinner, No One sends me flowers and I'm ok with that. I think No One and I have a real chance of making a long term go at it. At least I am going to try for a little while with No One. It just feels right.

Time Suckage

As if we don't spend too much time on the Internet already, but I have a cool thing for you to check out. It's called stumble upon. You set up a profile of all the things you are interested in (like crafts or movies or music, whatever) and then you get a "stumble button" on your tool bar and you stumble to different sites that you like.

www.stumbleupon.com

You should try it.

Pukey Day

What are the odds that I would see two different people, in two different parts of town, throwing up outside their cars? One was on the way to work and one was on the way to an appointment in the afternoon. Unbelievable. I could have taken a picture with my camera phone, but that would have just been disgusting.

Heartbreak

This month I will be 29 and I think I have been around long enough to know a thing or two about heartbreak. The problem is, I may know about it, but I still haven't figured out how to avoid it. The truth is, you can't. It is inevitable- your heart will be broken, my heart will be broken.

Not only will it be broken, but it will be broken again and again for many different reasons, by many different people and sometimes by the same people over and over.

I feel like I am in a constant state of heartbreak, that at every corner there is another thing weighing me down. I know part of it is attitude and how you deal with the situation, but sometimes to deal isn't an option- you feel how you feel. And I feel deflated.

Whether it's romance or career or life or friends, I am heartbroken.

Yesterday at church the main topic seemed to be the light of Christ and faith in Christ. The atonement is an integral part of that. I always think about my sin when I think about the atonement and I try to "apply" the atonement into my life when I feel I need to repent, but it is so much more than that. The atonement can help with our heartbreak and our disappointments, whatever they may be. I need to remember that and try to apply that in my life.

It's hard to do when you are feeling sorry for yourself.

Pg-13

Hazardous driver Part II

(Hazardous Driver Part I)

I didn't actually take this picture while I was driving (obviously), but I am sure it distracted many drivers going down south temple. I don't know who changed the sign, but it made for a good laugh.



As we were taking pictures these guys pulled over to ask for directions to gravity hill. They didn't even notice the penis inspection sign in the background. When I brought it to their attention, rather than being funny and clever like we were, they were crude and disgusting. Can't a penis joke just be funny, like a booger joke or a fart joke? Come on people.