My date last night, hair, shoes, Jane Eyre, etc.
Mar 3rd, 2007 by Bethany
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I got my haircut done yesterday and it was a pretty good experience. I ended up with chunky side-bangs (I'm not sure if I like having such a big chunk of bangs, but it'll grow back if I don't) and long layers. Kim, you'll be happy to hear that I kept all but about an inch of my length. I still haven't styled it myself, so I don't know if I love it yet or just like it, but so far it's pretty good, and definitely a change (which I wanted).
We went to the Runner's Corner yesterday to look at new sneakers for me. I love the Runner's Corner because they know about their shoes, know about running, and spend the time with you to help you figure out what you need. I didn't end up chosing any shoes because I was getting a weird pain in my ankle and they sent me home to see if my regular shoes made it go away, or if I just hadn't noticed it until I was paying attention. How many sales people do you know who would send you home if you really wanted to buy something from them, just to make sure you got the right thing? Pretty impressive.
Last night for our weekly date, Colin and I went to the Orem Nickelcade. I'd been there before with a couple of our young male relatives and enjoyed it, but I really had no idea how exciting it would be for Colin. For those of you who haven't been there, it's a big ol' room with a couple hundred arcade games, which you can play for the low entrance fee of $2.25 plus one to threeish nickles each. We walked in and spent at least half an hour walking around touring while Colin repeatedly said "Wow, they have ___!" (Ninja Gaiden, Sunset Riders, Spy Hunter.) We ended up playing a motorcycle game and a few of those side-scrolling arcade games that he lamented were going the way of the world in another post. We even played skee ball and those hit-the-aligator-on-the-head-for-points games. The air hockey table was broken, or I probably would have been subjected to air hockey humiliations galore. The grand finale was on Tekken 4, one of those karate character fight games, where Colin beat the entire game on a nickel (actually that one cost three nickels, but he had never played it before and he beat it on one set of three nickles). We then had the machine count up the tickets we had, gave the receipt to some little girls at the prize counter, and walked away quite pleased with ourselves and the world.
After that, we went to Magelby's at the Riverwoods for some dessert. We had water, Zucchini Sticks, banana cream pie, and creme brulee. They were setting up for a huge party and the hostess secretly (obviously she's not good at keeping such secrets) didn't want to seat us because they were trying to clear all the customers out in the next 45 minutes before the party. I don't know what the party was about, but there were a bunch of big polynesian guys in tuxedos and high-top sneakers setting up audio equipment and moving chairs and tables, and a bunch of (several nationalities) women in crazy white or black evening dresses directing the placement of chairs and plants. We thought it might be a reunion of some sort or an MLM party, but the waitress didn't know either so we may never be enlightened. But because it was noisy and cold (they kept opening the door next to us to take chairs and tables outside) while we were eating the manager kindly gave us a $20 gift certificate to come back and experience a normal Magelby's. We're excited to go back because the food is great and we noticed that they serve breakfast, so we think we'll use it some morning soon.
I rediscovered BYU's 100 Hour Board today. It's a student volunteer organization where you can write in and ask any question at all, and they guarantee to give you an answer in 100 hours or less. They post archives of the questions and answers on their site (see link above), so it's a pretty good reference. In my quick perusal, I saw cheap date ideas, what debt collectors do, and where to find a specific king of MP3 sorter program for free.
On Thursday night book club was successful, if measured by number of attendees and those who read the book and liked it. We decided as a group that Jane Eyre is mostly about how women can be and should be independent, and that integrity gets you the results you want…eventually. I think it's also about people's feelings and passions and how/if they should/can control them.
Colin has an interview on Monday to be the Sr. Broadcast Operations Manager for Evenstar or something in Gilbert, AZ. He just had one that was really fun for him to be a Trainer for eBay here in Utah. He got a request for a second-round application to be International Director for a college in New Zealand. We're waiting to hear from a consulting firm in Provo and in the meantime he's doing projects for RAM Print and for a friend who is starting a business and wants Colin to help him with a marketing plan. On top of that, he's trying to finish up his Accounting and Economics classes! Busy, busy, busy!
