Have I Done Any Good in the World Today?

The Truth

Well mostly because I decided it was probably a bad idea to have my homework up for a blog post for the next couple of weeks, I decided to inform you all about the meaning of my name according to urban dictionary. It says:

Jaimie - a Godlike girl who is most likely the greatest single asset to someone's life. She also most likely has the best personality of anyone within a million mile radius.

This is obviously a very accurate definition here and I agree with all of it :)

What Happened

Heres the long and short of it, I had a boyfriend for 3 weeks and broke up with him today. It wasn't that anything went wrong or that he was mean but mostly we were just two very different people. It was really good for me to date him and see what functioning couples do, but in the long run, it wasn't right. Somehow we got into youtubing our dates and hanging out (my mom loved that she could see what I was up to) so here is a glimpse of a little of what I have been doing over the past 3 weeks.

Dear Blog, I'm Sorry

Blog, I am sorry for neglecting you. See, the problem is that I have been having to much fun with real life and haven't been taking pics. Plus, its not like I have a family of my own with kids and stuff so I seriously doubt you want to see images of me opening up my Christmas presents such as my Gandolf hiking stick, knee high snowboard socks, and water bottle key chain holder (yes, all presents I got this year). But I do know that you would feel the pain if I didn't post my pics from 80's dancing at UVU last night. I love dancing like an 80's weirdo. *Sigh*

Pity that the guys that surprised me and Chantel by coming didn't dress up with us. Well kudos to them for putting forth effort and going to a dance anyway.

Tis the Season

The best part about having a dad that works at the Conference Center is scoring tickets go stuff like the Christmas Devotional and taking friends. Pres Monson's talk was my favorite because it was a nice story. Elder Eyring and Uchtdorf's talks required to much thought for me, especially at Christmas time. he he. The music is the best part and if you have never been to the Conference Center and heard Motab live, you have to do so. It's amazing! I love this time of the year.

Merry Christmas y'all!

Rethinking Figs

I had the opportunity to go to Italy this past September. While there, I feel in love with figs. It wasn't until the last week there that a kind person in our group informed me that she didn't eat figs because of how they are pollinated. I didn't think much about it until I was watching the food network today with my mom and saw some figs on TV then thought to look up the fig pollination process. This is the information that I have gathered -

Edible figs are pollinated by fig wasps. There are two types of figs, a male fig and a female fig. Fig wasps themselves are born inside of the male fig because this type of fig has a place for the babies to house. The only way for a fig to become a fig is by being pollinated by a fig wasp. If a female fig wasp goes into a female fig to try to lay her eggs, she will die inside of the fig. The reason for this is because she loses her wings on the way inside the fig so she has no way to get out. Meaning, each fig must be pollinated by a fig wasp and once the fig wasp enters the fig, they can't get out.

So - what I am trying to tell you is this: every single fig we eat is guaranteed to have at least one dead fig wasp inside of it.

GROSS!

Happy Thanksgiving!