I cut my hair!!

Rob kept bugging me about wanting to get his hair cut, and my hair kept bugging me, so we had a hair cutting party last night! Don't worry, we weren't cutting each other's hair or anything... that'd probably turn out bad! Here's the before and after...
BEFORE:

As you can see it's ridiculously long! I had the hair stylist snap a shot before she started chopping away. I'm pretty sure I haven't had a real hair cut since London (about 2 1/2 years ago) It's been a while!
AFTER:

This was definitely a self portrait, so it's not the best picture in the world, however you get the point.

It's so short! I like it, but I'm still getting used to it... I'm going through about half the shampoo I used to, and I keep reaching back to keep it from getting caught on my back pack, only to realize that's not a problem anymore!

Yay for new hair styles ( :

5th of November

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I can think of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.


Happy Guy Fawkes Day, Londoners! ( :

Tagging Maddness

I've been tagged by Adri. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but I suppose I'll follow up on it, since it seems as thought I haven't posted anything substantial in a while.

The Rules:
1. Link the person who tagged you (which I have no idea how to do... we'll see if it works!)
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks about yourself
4. Tag 6 more bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers blog's to let them know they've been tagged

I might have problems with that linking thing... we'll see!

MY 6 UNSPECTACULAR QUIRKS:

1. I hate it when people read over my shoulder

Seriously, it doesn't matter what I'm reading or who it is, I can't stand having someone looking over my shoulder! Silly, I know. This quirk seems to have spilled over into other aspects of life. For instance, I like to sit in the back of the class so that no one is behind me. I'm not parinoid or anything, I just like to be able to see everything that is going on. I also don't like it when people will walk about 3-5 feet in back of me. I usually end up slowing down so they'll pass me.

2. I love fuzzie socks
A couple Christmases ago my mom bought me these pink and red fuzzie socks. It was love at first sight. I now have several pairs of "sockies" that I wear around the house like slippers. They're the best!

3. I like to have the house freezing
Yes, even in the winter time. Marrying Rob has put somewhat of a damper on this one. He seems to think that the house should be kept just short of sweltering. He likes to turn the heat up, and wear hoodies, sweat pants and socks to bed. I can't see how he doesn't sweat to death! I like to have the house freezing and then cuddle up under the blankets... it's much more cozy that way! My mom used to get mad at me and Lisa, because we'd keep our bedroom window open during the winter time. I seem to remember getting grounded on several occasions for doing this...

4. I love to have my toe nails painted!
I hate having my toe nails "naked." I don't think they're very pretty without anything on them ( : So basically my toe nails are always covered with some sort of color! I don't really care about fingernails... if anything, I prefer polish-less finger nails, however toe nail polish is a must for me!

5. I am very good at multi-tasking
Seriously, I could probably set records for how many things I can do at one time. Rob teases me and says I have a mutated form of multi personality disorder. He calls my personalities "Julie 1" "Julie 2" "Julie 3", etc., depending on how many tasks I am doing at once. This talent has come in handy during law school. Rob thinks its unfair to the other students that I can read for a different class while still taking notes on the class I'm in, emailing, chatting with him online, writing another chapter of my book (by the way, I'm writing a book, p.s.) and listening to a lecture all at once. ( : I think I'll take all the advantage I can get!

6. I L-O-V-E to read
Pretty much everyone already knows this about me. This little quirk gets in my way of getting things done sometimes. At times I'll get so into a book that I just can't put it down. The multi-tasking talent comes in handy when I come across a good book, that way I can keep reading during class ( : I like all genres, from science fantasy, to just plain fantasy, to history, to historical fiction, political thrillers, everything! I just finished readig The Hunger Games... I couldn't put it down. I suggest you check it out! Currently, I'm reading The Wizard Heir.

People I tag:

Allie
Emilee
Kristen
Natalie
Karen
Nat-a-baby

The Hunger Games

I just read this incredibly good book! You guys should check it out!!



Don't read it unless you want to be held in suspence until the next one comes out. She leaves you hanging!!

Would you fall for this?

Nice try, Rob.

A week in the life of the Hansens!

This has been a fun week in Lincoln! Despite the fact that I miss the mountains like CRAZY (thanks to all you friends who have been posting pictures from your fun mountain camping trips online...I live vicariously through you) Rob and have actually managed to have a lot of fun this week! Not like we don't always have fun, of course! ( :

First we went to Rob's baseball game. He was so cute out there playing baseball! I'm sure Rob doesn't appreciate me refering to his sports playing abilities as "cute" but hey, I'm a girl, I'm allowed to use that word! Rob is an excellent baseball player! Unfortunately, this was a tournament game, and since they lost this week, there won't be any more games til spring... oh well! We'll just have to find something else to do on Wednesday nights now!
Up to bat!
He's so handsome! Even when he is all hot and sweaty!!
Every good player needs a good cheer section! That's me!! By the way, it was FREEZING! I was too happy to be mad about the cold, though... the cold weather reminds me of being in the mountains, and that makes me happy!... I'm so pathetic!

On Friday, besides watching BYU slaughter the Aggies, we also went to this SWEET dance concert. Rob's work does some of the advertising and sponsering for the fine arts center in town, so we got free tickets to this modern tap/Irish/Clogging deal. IT WAS SO COOL! So I'm a clogger, and I geek out over things like this... but I'm telling ya, even if you aren't a dancer, you'd think this was awesome!
Yes those are all guys dancing up there, and yes, they were AMAZING! Seriously, they could kick my trash in a dance down.

I know you can't see this picture very well, cause it's really blurry, but this guy is playing guitar AND dancing at the same time. SO COOL!!!

On Saturday morning, Rob and I went to the Haymarket. The Haymarket is in downtown Lincoln, and every Saturday, during the fall, they close off the street and a whole bunch of vendors come in and sell stuff. Its kind of like a mini Portobello Road! Rob's favorite part was sampling everything... he was like a little kid in a candy store!

Notice how big the sky is? Creepy, eh? No mountains to break up the skyline!
While we were out we ate at this FABULOUS downtown pizza parlor! It had a Huskers theme (of course) and I think this is supposed to be Rob's gameday face...
Seriously, I know it doesn't look like much, but this pizza was AWESOME! Probably up there with the best pizza I've ever had in my life.

And just so you don't think that I'm completely unproductive as a law student, I also finished my first major law school assingment today! I was worried earlier this week when I realized there was a page limit of 11. I realized that there was a limit right about the time that I was on the 11th page and not nearly finished yet! No worries, though! I managed to shave 3 pages off the 14 when I was finished! Look at me go! Yay for law school! ( :


AND THEN.... (yes, I told you we had fun this week!) after I finished studying... Rob and I carved pumpkins! We realized that we've been dating/married for 4 Halloweens now and we've never carved pumkins together. We decided to remedy that!

We opted to take our Cougar pride out on the poor defensless pumpkins... I'm not so sure how long they'll last sitting on our porch in Huskerville...

I think it's supposed to be a facemask... what do you think?...
GO COUGARS!!!!

Sunken Gardens

I thought this place was so pretty, I had to post pictures of it! It's just this random park in the middle of Lincoln called the Sunken Gardens. I'm pretty sure that it's called "sunken" because it really feels like it has just sunk down into the ground. There are busy streets and traffic going on all around you, but the gardnes are sunk down into the ground so you don't even notice it. It's absolutely gorgeous... like being in a fairy tale!

Now tell me that isn't cool... it's the ceiling to this really sweet looking gazebo. I wanted to get the whole ceiling in the picture, but that was pretty much impossible, even when I laid down on my back ( :




So there was actually a sign that said "please don't feed the fish" right next to Rob. I guess it doesn't really count if you're feeing them leaves you found off the ground, eh?

Blog Changes

So I'm feeling rather nostalgic for mountains right now... and BYU football. Hence the background change. I hope this doesn't become a habit of mine, changing blog backgrounds for my mood. That would be really time consuming...

Watch our for flying objects!

So this week I've been reading Allie's blog and have noted some of her firsts for the year, and this inspired my blog for this week... my ultimate first. Which I'm sure is going to beat out all your firsts, Allie!! Hee, hee!

This week, I had my FIRST round of mini golf.... played in a library. Yes, that's right folks, you read right... a library. The University of Nebraska College of Law library, to be exact. Don't worry, don't worry, this was all completely legal, as it was the librarians who supervised the event and handed out the clubs. I'm not really sure WHY we were playing golf in the library, I have a theory though. I think what happened was the librarians finally cracked and went bonkers. Rumor has it that several library supervisors taken away late last Friday afternoon, put in straight jackets and sent to insane asylums. The crime? I'm not sure, possibly one of them got caught up in a law suit on tax fraud in North Dakota. Why do I think this? Well, they used the North Dakota tax law books to set up holes 7 and8. No worries, though, first year law has taught us that they will probably not be held liable for the tort of battery on account of insanity. Rumor also has it that they are filing their own counter-claim of negligence on the part of the law college for not providing better health care. What does this have to do with why there was a golf course set up in the library? I don't know! But whatever the reason, the point is, is that the event was completely supervised by competent (though possibly insane) individuals!

The highlight of this "first" for me came on hole 9. After making our way through the first floor holes and up hole 6 (the elevator) onto the 2nd floor, through the North Dakota tax law holes, we finally found ourselves at hole 9. Hole 9 was a very special hole in that we had to hit the golf ball down 43.5 steps that lead to the 1st floor, across the library lobby and into one of 4 holes. After clearly telling people on the first floor to watch out (I do believe my exact words were "Fire in the hole"... clearly audible, as I yelled it... another first for a library) I hit the ball as hard as I could down the stairs. Why did I hit it as hard as I could? Well, for one reason, I had been told the the balls didn't go as far as you thought they would go, so when hitting it down the stairs you needed to hit it extra hard. Also, when do you ever get to hit a golf ball down the stairs in a law library?! Exactly-I wanted to make the most of it.

Apparently I hit the ball possibly a little too hard.... The ball hit the landing in the middle of the stairs with a sickening crack and bounced cock-eyed over the railing and straight towards the reference desk. After narroly avoiding the reference dude, the ball hit the reference desk and flew crazily acros the room towards the printing table, where an unsuspecting old man was reading the newspaper. Hitting the desk right next to the old man, the ball continued it's course across the library, stopping somwhere around hole 2. Of course, I only saw half of this, as I was still at the top of the stiars laughing hystericaly at the look of fear in the reference desk employee's eyes! But other sources recounted the experience from the ground level and have confirmed these facts.

Moral of the story: watch out for flying objects in the library.

Pac-10

I really.... really.... REALLY hate Pac-10 referees.


See BYU v. Washington game reruns for more details.

Who me?.... he meant the other Julie, right?

HA! NO!! He did NOT mean the other Julie!

Today, friends, I experienced my first bout of what professors of law like to refer to as the "Socratic Method". In the layman's terms: teaching a class through an embarassing question and answer session. Sorry, it doesn't matter if you don't know the answer... the teacher will stare at you and ask more questions until you speak. The idea is to get you to come up with the answer on your own... or something like that anyway....

But what answers?! Yes, I did the reading, yes I took notes, and yes I looked up the words I didn't know... yes, yes, yes... I DID ALL OF THAT!! I'm sorry, I just can't help it that my mind went temporarily blank when you said "let's ask Julie what she thinks" in front of 70 other bloodthirsty first years all hoping to be number one in the class. If I can't remember how the United States Code, statute 1332 applies to "limited liability" Corporations as opposed to normal corporations and why that makes a difference in this case where the members of the corporation are from California, Mississippi and Arizona in a civil litigation case involving a plaintiff, who is a resident of California.

That all just slipped my mind when I hear the word "Julie." My bad.

Nebraska.... the good life?

Hello to Everyone from Lincoln, Nebraska!

I have finally sucummed to peer pressure and have created a blog for Rob and I. I say "Rob and I" even though I'm pretty sure Rob has absolutely no interest in electronic communication, including myspace, facebook, instant messaging, text messaging and on occasion, even email. Nonthless, I figured it was only fair to add his name to the blog, seeings how he is technically apart of the Hansen family ( :

The move to Nebraska was loooooooong. I was very greatful to my family who offered to drive all of our stuff out in the back of the horse trailer (don't worry, Rob and I mucked it out first), however, my mom and dad could seriously pass as senior citizen drivers. Anyway, after making the 12 hour trip in about 48 hours we finally arrived in Nebraska exahausted. The apartment we had chosen wouldn't have won any sort of fashionable house contest, but it was decent enough... until we woke up the next morning. After the fresh paint smell had time to settle we discovered that the place was saturated with cigarett smoke. Apparently the previous tenants had died of lung cancer, which had made the apartment available. In addition, the lady above our apartment was interested in contracting the disease too, and as a result, our apartment had a sort of grayish haze of delightfully disgusting smoke.

Not quite what we were looking for in an apartment.

We moved the next day. Blech. the stress of moving all of our things twice in the period of about 48 hours was more than enough to make us question the logo on the Nebraska state sign... "the good life".... was not exactly what we were experiencing!

However, now that things have calmed down a big,the upside of our 2 moves is that we are now in an old, but cute little townhouse that is right across the street from the law school. You can't beat location! Now I don't have to ride my bike or drive to campus, I can't just fall out of bed and be there. Which brings me to my next point: why we moved to Nebraska.

I am currently attending law school at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. After careful debate I finally decided that taking a year off of school wouldn't be the smartest idea-it would be too tempting not to go back afterwards! So I decided to take on law school head on. So far I have discovered that law school is not nearly as intense as everyone makes it out to be. There is a bit more reading to do, true, but all in all, I'm not finding it too difficult. (This would be a good time for you to all copy and save that last statement as I'm sure that at some point I will end up completely overwhelmed with school.)

Rob is currently in the process of doing some final interviews with a few advertising companies. He'll most likely make his final decision here in the next week or so. Unlike me, he is happily enjoying every second of "school-free" time that he now has! Rob plans on going back to school for his MBA, but at the moment he is just working. As far as advertising goes, Rob says that experience is just as important as how much school you have. Robs work with the BYU Advertising lab as well as his two internships have paid off. The companies he is interviewing with are VERY impressed with him! Go Rob!

Anyway, that's about all I have for the moment! Hopefully I'll be able to figure out this blogging thing soon so I can update it with pictures and all sorts of other fun stuff!

Cheers!

Julie and Rob