Tangerine Skies

one of my friends on a mission put 'tangerine skies' as the subject line for his email to me this week, and it had nothing to do with anything in his letter. haha. okay. but it made me smile, so there it is up there as my title for today, too. it fits though since the sunset today was PERFECT.

This post should be called, "I hang out with Chris way too much."

and these pictures will mean nothing to you, but i don't care.

So Tom Hanks movies (ones that he produces) have a signature shot. I don't know if it has a name, but i look for it in all of his movies and it's there. And in all of his movies there is at least one oblique (tilted) shot, where the angle is taken through a mirror or a window or even a tail light (Larry Crowne), In 'That Thing You Do it's a tilted shot of Jimmy through a screen, through a camera. if that makes sense. anyway i think those shots are way cool, and i like to look for them. 

And the Other day before dinner i was sitting on the couch and i said, "wow! the TV screen looks like a Tom Hanks oblique shot!" and everyone just looked at me. so i said, "wow! the TV screen looks so cool from this angle!" and still they all looked at me, so i gave up. and then Chris took a picture of the screen and sent to me. what a pal.

Chris is my TA for 'Teachings of the Living Prophets' and i ALWAYS forget to put the word count on my Self-Assessment Essays. And Chris always has to mark me own and he is constantly reminding me to include the word count, i'm sure it's just as annoying for him as it is for me. the other day when the feed back box said, "word count Melissa..." i literally screamed because i was so mad at myself for forgetting AGAIN. and i sent him the above snapchat. 

I also spend 2-3 nights a week at Chris' sporting events in the freezing cold Rexburg night winds. true friendship, right there. 

Thursday night Chris' football game was cancelled so we watched Casino Royale instead.

I. HATE. James Bond movies. 

explosions, great score, dialogue that i can't understand because it's hushed and they are British, blatant adultery, more explosions, gunshots, more adultery, dead people, a dramatic twist and then the Bond theme song. oh yeah and cool cars.

cool, i guess.

NOT. 

lame, lame LAME.

needles to say i wasn't paying too much attention to the movie. so i took annoying pictures instead. I'll spare you most of them, because they are pointless and repetitive. here are three:

Me and Chris in a standoff to see who could get the most unflattering picture of the other. He won. and then he put it on facebook like a gentleman.

Shain doesn't think it's funny when i don't pay attention to movies. Shain is also balding which is fun.

and then Shain and Chris found out that they were being kicked out of their house for the summer while it undergoes renovations. hahahaha and they frantically searched for summer housing. they're gonna be my best friends over the summer. because i'm pretty sure we'll be the only people left in Rexburg. period.

okay so i lied, there are four. Chris' "hardcore Christian" keychain. hahaha awesome. 

Also, Here's a screenshot of Adam Levine CRYING on the voice because Amber sang HIS OWN SONG so well. she was amazing and i hate Danielle Bradberry the girl who won.

SWON BROTHAS FO LIFE!!!

And if you're wondering what song has been stuck in my head all day, it's been this one:

"Give a Little" by Hanson

Me: *humming that song*

Chris: who sings that?

Me: Hanson

Chris: Hanson?

Me: yeah, you know? MMMBOP! MMM MMM MMMBOP?!

Chris: like, Hanson from way back in the day?!

Me: Heck yeah!

Chris: they're like, alive?

yuppers.