YAY ITS MAY! ...I mean...June.

Here are some of my summer obsessions (or rather, stuff I really like this summer)...

3. Country Music -- something about being back in Tracy just brings back my love of keith, rascal flatts, carrie and good ol kenny chesney.
4. Stanford -- I went to do some research at the University and I decided that I want to go there for Grad School. Its perfect especially because I'm white :) Plus, their mascot is a tree. And we all know that nothing beats a tree.
   
5. Jason Mraz -- now, if you know me, which you all do, you are probably saying to yourself, or to the computer screen, Dana this is not a new obsession. You, my friend, would be correct. This is not a new obsession, but it has molded into something more like this...reading his blogs...following him on twitter...watching tons of his concert videos on youtube (which are crappy quality and provide no real sustainable happiness)...adding every thing on his websites store that I don't already have to my "shopping cart", knowing that I cant have it all...and looking up tour dates every day, and every day refreshing the pain of knowing it is physically impossible for me to attend. (insert tears of pain here). Oh, and I almost forgot the part where I cry myself to sleep at night.
6. Renaissance Art -- This is roughly what my research is about which I'm doing for the conference at OSU in two weeks, so its kinda taking over my life! :)
   
7. Shakespeare on film -- For my mom's birthday I asked her what she wanted and she said to me, how about you get every Shakespeare movie you want, because I like to give. And I said, for your birthday? Ok, deal! And I did it quick before she could change her mind. Little did she realize that there are hundreds of versions of Shakespeare on film. Muwahahaha. So I showed her like 30 that I wanted, and she said, how about we only a few month...So we bought 6 (including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, with Gary Oldman, which i conned her into, because "technically" its not a Shakespeare. But, almost.). And if you're a fan of James MacAvoy and love Macbeth, I have the best version for you! Let me know :) Haha. This is not a joke.
8. This -- haha. i know, its ridiculous. but i don't care.
9. "So You Think You Can Dance" -- no explanation necessary. But I'm going to give you one anyway. 20 dancers. 3 judges. Lots of amazing choreographers. 1 host. It's just a crazy good time.
   
10. Last but not least, THE SUN!! -- I love you, sun. You bring me joy and freckles :)

16 again?

Last night my dad told me to stop acting 16 and start acting my age. Blerg.

"A pirate shot me in the eye!"

So I came back from Disneyland with the SWINE FLU!!! AHH!! haha, just kidding. I did get sick, though, its just not the swine flu. well, I guess that's not totally confirmable (which is not a word) since i haven't seen a doctor. but i digress.

Disneyland was super fun! I even got to see my best friend from elementary school AIMEE ANKENY! and her little brother ALEX! YAY! I hadnt seen them for 6 years or something crazy like that. So it was super fun to see them! They told me lots of insider Disneyland things because they work there. And we are planning on meeting up again at Harry Potter land in Universal Studios when it opens in a year or so. She looks just the same, in case you were wondering.

Here is something funny I heard in a disneyland clothing store, there were three black girls and they were there for a school thing...
"I need to buy those pajamas though, because what if the hotel room is really cold?"
"Girl! Thats what the SHEETS are for!"

Being back in Disneyland brings back my first memories of going there. The first time I remember being at Disneyland is when Erin, Molli and my dad and I went for my dads work, back when he worked for Mervyn's. We lived in Livermore, so i was in 2nd or 3rd grade. On the way there I remember listening to the opening song from the Lion King about a million times, and also watching Return of Jafar as many times as my sisters would let me. I guess I've always been a Disney girl through and through. But i remember distinctly being on Pirates of the Caribbean and one of the pirates with a water gun shot me in the eye!! I was very distraught. My mom says that the first thing I told her about Disneyland was that a pirate shot me in the eye. It was just not fair. I also remember being on Indiana Jones and thinking first, that the snake was going to eat me, and second that we were going to fall into the lava and die. But I had a blast and then we got to meet Joe Montana! It was awesome!

A little over a year ago when I went I saw my first reindeer...and I realized that reindeer's were real animals. Who knew??

You're smothering me to smitherines!

I'm Home!! Woot! Last night at FHE we learned some sign language. I am signing to you, "Whats your name" and "awkward" right now. haha.

So I started reading The Cats Pajamas by Ray Bradbury (a collection of short stories) and Anna Karenina today, and I'm pretty intimidated. Anna is pretty long, and its also by Tolstoy. Those Russian authors really send shivers up my spine. I have a feeling I'll love it though. So I'll let y'all know. Oh, but last night I finished "From the mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler", for the RS book club :) It's a really cute, quick and fun read about two kids who run away and live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its my first book club and I'm pretty excited, I just hope the other ladies are as into books as I am. We'll see :) I have a huge list of books I am going to read this summer, I just hope I get around to all of them, and don't fall back into my rut like I did for half of last summer. So even though I have a long list of books I want to read, I can always use more, so what are your favorite books? I'm not too picky so recommend anything!

What else, its been kinda chilly at home, like I have to wear a sweater. Not acceptable, right!? But that's mostly because its so windy here! And I need to cut my bangs. And, surprise! I'm going to Disneyland this weekend! I had no idea until a few days ago, and I am so excited! So I'll tell you about that when we get back :)

Now, here's a picture (or two or more) from the last time i was at Disneyland...

I <3 Pictures

So Lauren came out to visit me and while she was here we decided to go to the coolest place in Utah...EAST HIGH!!!





and i am coming home in a week ish!! HAHA. so here are some pictures that make me excited to come home...





















AND Finally, things that will make me sad to leave Provo...






















And most of all i'll miss my amazing roommates val and michelle who are going to Oklahoma and Paris on their missions, respectively!!!

SNUGGIE!!!

ODE TO MY SNUGGIE

Oh, my snuggie.
You are my buddy,
Given to me by D-wood,
I just wish you had a hood.
You are a blanket with arms,
I am won over by your charms.
You keep me warm while reading.
New people that I am meeting,
Think I am awfully funny.
Don't worry snuggie,
You are my buddy.

- Dana Glenn

Vindicated

I finally saw V for Vendetta!!! All of my friends have been pushing me to see it for so long, and i finally did. And i LOVED it. It really hit me at the end (this will not ruin anything i promise) when everyone has their masks on and they are united in revolution, but then they take their masks off one by one and you see the faces of the living and the dead. It gave me chills. It just shows how we are united in one cause, but individual in our additions to the cause and in our personalities. It was amazing, I have to see it again because it had so many connections to favorite books of mine- Count of Monte Cristo, Faust and countless Shakespeare plays. If you have not seen it, go see it today.

Also, today I had my interview to be an EFY counselor and i will know in 2-4 weeks if i make it! I was so nervous, but luckily a friend from my ward was in the interview with me, so having him there made me less nervous.

And! Remember that girl that chewed on her hymnbook in my class? Well, her slightly less awkward friend today decided that she needed to sing "You Can't Stop The Beat" super loud to the class before it started. And she didn't know all of the words so it went something like this -- Motion of the ocean and the sjlkdaf froma dn fjsadkl adfjsdkfsjk adfjlds sjlskjf-- and then she'd skip to the chorus which she knew most of. And then sometimes her chewy hymnbook friend would sing a long. It was awkward.

And. Lauren comes to visit me in about 2 weeks!

The End!