Thank you People.com

In the wake of this recent tragic news I've decided it's time for me to come out and attest to the fact that THIS is actually true. I can attest to this simply because Chris and I are actually dating. Yes, I like 'em young.

It's no secret that I'm a fan

Right now I am totally putting off starting a paper that is due on Monday but oh well. Last night the Clippers were in town to play the Jazz. My uncle Mike hooked us up with some tickets and we had a great time. We had 4 pretty good tickets so Mele, Kristine and Jordan came with.

My two favorite players on the team.

Deron Williams had an awesome dunk over the ugly 7-footer, Kaman. I just love him. Deron, that is. Not Kaman. Kyle Korver makes the list cuz he's good looking and I won't even deny the fact that it's basically the only reason he's a favorite. Oh, and I guess he's a pretty good 3-point shooter. :)

Apparently President Monson is a Jazz fan. I spotted him across the court during the first half but wasn't sure if it was him. It was hard to imagine him just at a Jazz game on a Friday night, but it's pretty great that it was him. We kept zooming in with our camera's trying to figure out if it was really him. This was one of the pictures I took in the process and we still didn't know if it was him for sure. At half time people started gathering around him and taking pictures so we decided that it had to be him. After the game, there was a huge crowd around him as he left the court. It was pretty great to see that more people were excited to see President Monson than Carlos Boozer who was out there as well.

Speaking of Carlos Boozer, I attempted to take this picture of him as he ran off the court. It's all blurry, I know, but will you please just look at the gem of a picture it ended up being? Check out the lady's face in the bottom right corner! Ha ha.

It was fun to be able to go down on the court after the game and just hang out on the Jazz bench, even if we didn't get to meet any of the players or anything. Mele did fulfill a life-long dream though and get to meet Ron Boone. Don't worry that we definitely got a picture with him. :) He was a nice guy and asked Mele all about her knee.

Overall, I had a great time. Here's some other pictures we took while we were there:

It's always a good time when the Jazz win!

Jason McElwan

I have a special place in my heart for stories like this. It's just a little different than the dog video from the other day. :)

I heard about this a while back but recently saw this video again and thought I'd share it. I love seeing everyone get so excited for Jason but my favorite part is when he says, "I just caught fire. I was hot as a pistol!"

Yikes

My brothers and I laughed so hard when we saw this on Jay Leno the other night. How do you train your dog to do this? Pretty sure my dog would hide if she heard that music!

Hater

Listen, I realize that I've posted a lot about basketball (mostly ugly players) lately but hey, it's March, which means March Madness so what else would you expect? Today was not a good day. It just wasn't. First of all, I had to work all day which is never fun. I come home and prep myself for a night filled with basketball only to watch BYU lose and then watch freaking Kobe Bryant and the Lakers beat the Jazz. I hate my life.

Speaking of Kobe...I kid you not, if there were words to describe how much I hated that guy, they certainly would be swear words. That's the thing though. Not even swear words can do my hatred for him justice. I CANNOT stand him. I hate watching him play. I hate watching him speak. I hate his commercials. I hate reading about him. And let's not forget the fact that he's an alleged rapist and if not that, an adulterer who had to buy his wife off with a 4 million dollar ring. There isn't one thing I like about the guy. Except for the fact that he's not on the Jazz because then I'd be forced to cheer for him.

Like how I went all Perez Hilton on ya?! :)

He's such a whiner. He whines after EVERY call that goes against him. Shut up already!!! No, I'm not stupid and I realize he's a pretty darn good player. But I just can't stand him! He gives me serious rage, if ya couldn't tell. I admit it. I am a hater. I HATE Kobe Bryant.

Looking back.

Let me paint the picture for you. It was March 2005. I was 18 years old and not even a year out of high school. I was in my second semester at BYU and living at Liberty Square. 18 years old and having some sort of talk about love and marriage with my first boyfriend, Jason. Yeah.... The conversation went something like this:


Jason: I really do love you, Tara.
Me: (Awkward smile)
Jason: I know we haven't been dating long but I do.
Me: (Avoiding eye contact and more awkward smiling). Okay.
Jason: You don't have to say anything back but I just want you to know.
Me: I honestly don't know how I feel. (I don't know if I said it in those words exactly, but something along those lines)
Jason: The other day my mom asked me if I wanted to marry you.
Me (thinking): Oh shiz. Did he really just say that?
Jason: And I know this is weird but I think that I could. Not soon as in like the summer or anything like that, but you know, one day.
Me: Really? Jason, I'm only 18. In all honesty, I'm not ready to get married. I won't rule out the possibilty of "one day" completely right now because of the fact that we are currently dating and that would be dumb. I realize that if that isn't at least a possibity for the future, there's no real point in continuing our relationship (Spoken like a true freshman girl at BYU, I know). But, like I said, I'm 18 and not even close to being ready. Hello, I don't even love you! You're short!

I'm pretty sure the conversation lasted a bit longer then that but you get the jist of it.

And that was that. And basically the beginning of the end for Jason and me. I got freaked out and stopped liking him a few weeks later but dated him for 2 more months anyway. ha ha. Then we broke up. The break up wasn't a bad one but about 1 month after we broke up, we were supposed to go to Stadium of Fire together(something we'd planned before the break up and said we'd still do after the break up). The day of the actual event, he called me up and said he just didn't want to go. I got mad at him because I thought that was lame and we never spoke again. No real sweat off my back though, I didn't really care to continue to be his friend. We didn't have a lot in common (He liked fishing, the outdoors, and camping. I liked sleeping, traveling to places where I could sleep in a hotel, dancing, and the televsion.) In September of that same year, I found out he was engaged. I can't exactly remember but I think I laughed out loud when I heard it. It wasn't suprising at all, given the conversation we'd had that one night in March. Apparently they only dated for like 3 weeks and then he proposed. Unreal, right?

The reason I bring all this up is because last night, I discovered his family blog. As in a blog dedicated to him, his wife and their kid George (I would have NEVER allowed that), who they call Georgie. I admit that my internet researching skills, if you will, are better than anyone else I know but it was like the blog just opened up in front of me. I didn't even have to look for it! Anyway, of course I immediately read it and let me just say, that was probably the best bullet I ever dodged. He's fat now so in addition to his shortness, he's a chubby, short man. I'm not saying it's a good thing I didn't marry him because he's now chubby and short, 2 things I am also. But reading that blog and thinking back to that conversation and thinking about how that relationship could've potentially played out really made me thankful that I realized that at 18, I definitely wasn't ready to get married. Funny thing is, it's been 3 years and I'm still nowhere close. Why do I live in Utah County again?

Side note: It really is weird to look back and see that I even liked Jason. There really wasn't anything wrong with him, besides his love for the wild outdoors, but what I'm saying is that my taste in guys has completely changed since then. He was cuter back then and he was a good guy but it's just weird to think about myself now dating someone like him. Pretty sure it would NEVER happen.

One Day

I love these. One day I will be rich enough to purchase them (the lounge chair is $3,650.00) to put in my beautifully landscaped backyard next to the large pool. Or on the roof of my apartment in my garden.

Found at Apartment Therapy

Call me Autumn, Autumn Rose

I definitely copied this from some random persons blog and I'm not going to lie, I had fun doing it. As you're about to find out, Autumn Rose is my Bond Girl name, thus the title.

1. Rockstar Name (first pet & current car):
Lexi Honda
2. Gangsta Name (favorite ice cream flavor & favorite cookie):
Vanilla Chocolate Chip
3. Fly Girl Name (first initial, first 4 letters of last name):
T-Davi
4. Detective Name (favorite color, favorite animal):
Green Dog
5. Soap Opera Name (middle name & birthplace):
Marie Provo
6. Star Wars Name (first 3 letters of last name, first 2 letters of first name):
Dav Ta
7. Superhero Name ("the," 2nd favorite color, favorite drink):
The Pink Doctor Pepper
8. Nascar Name (grandfathers' first names):
Larry Dennis
9. Witness Protection Program Name (mom & dad's middle names):
Marie Leon
10. Weather Anchor Name (5th grade teacher & major city beginning with the same letter):
Almond Atlanta
11. Bond Girl Name (favorite season, favorite flower):
Autumn Rose
12. Cartoon Name (favorite fruit, article of clothing you are wearing right now + "ie" or "y"):
Peach Jeansie
13. Hippy Name (what you ate for breakfast, favorite tree):
Banana Maple
14: Rockstar Tour Name ("the"+your favorite hobby, favorite weather element+"tour"):
The Sleeping Sunny Tour

These guys make millions and I still feel bad for them.

I know I just posted the other day about another ugly player in the NBA but all these Jazz games I'm watching are leading me to think that maybe the Jazz, as a team, really aren't that ugly.

How can this guy honestly look in the mirror everyday and think that that THING growing on his chin makes him look good?? I'm sorry, but he's not that great looking to begin with and the beard is definitely not doing him any favors.

There are some really unfortunate looking NBA players. I always thought the Jazz got stuck with some lookers but let's be honest, adding Kyle Korver really took them out of the contest for the ugliest NBA team. Call me a terrible person for posting about ugly people, but some of these guys might actually make you laugh out loud when you look at them. And like I said, they're making millions so I don't feel THAT bad about it. Check out this guy, for example:

Or this guy:

Wow, I am a terrible person, aren't I? Shoot, I just realized both these guys play for the Clippers. Looks like they get the title of Ugliest NBA Team.

Another One Bites the Dust

Okay, the title is a total joke. :) One of my best friends, Kristine, got married the other day and I really couldn't be happier for her! We've had some good times over the years and I thought trying out this Mosaic Maker that Sarah recently used on her blog would be a good way to share a few of my favorite memories of Kristine. Here ya go:

Best of luck in the married world Kristine! I love you!

Fug and Fab

FUG=

Dirk Nowitzki is easily one of the ugliest people ever.

FAB=

I prefer my NBA boyfriends to look more like this. Especially when they have such good-looking jerseys like Kyle here does. :)