The Little Mermaid, Wesley Edition

Every so often, the "casting directors" of the Wesley Foundation like to cast different movies. In the past, We've casted Pocahontas, Coraline, Moulin Rouge, and many others. It isn't until now that I have decided to expose the very secret, very classified procedure we have for matching an actor with an appropriate role. We think of which part needs to be filled, and the Wesley Foundation member who makes us laugh the most gets the role. Isn't that mind blowing? Last night, Dani and I were watching Little Mermaid, and we decided to cast it. So here you are, Little Mermaid according to the Wesley Foundation.

Ariel: Played by Cara Frank. Cara's musical abilities, and general lack of appointment keeping skills is what won her the role.

Eric: Austin Seneca. Austin got this role because he is the most likely to be hit on by Cara. That, and the fact that we have made him an animal in almost every movie that has been cast.

Flounder: Ryan Frank. Ryan's ability to be led astray into unscrupulous situations by Ariel is what made this a no brainer.

Sebastian: Bryan Cruz. Both have an "accent", both are small, and both are often found by Ellis Henley's side. Which leads us to...

King Triton: Ellis Henley. Because we had to make him the father figure in this film too.

Ursula: Taylor Wilson. Taylor would love the fact that she gets one of the best bad guy song that disney has ever created. She also has to shimmy, which makes it all the more better.

Scuttle: Rachel Wicki. Because she just has the personality and is often hanging on Cara

Flotsam & Jetsam: Dani Frank & Bethany Harms. Great sabotage artists are we. Taylor also likes to boss us around.

Grimsby: Sean Thomas. Sean does love to give people gifts.

Louis: Adam Fager. Who else could you imagine signing Le Poisson. Adam is slightly off his rocker, which makes this casting decision work

Max: Jarad Cox. Eric and Max are best friends, Austin and Jarad are best friends. Max's hair is usually in  his eyes, Jarad's also has unruly hair. So who cares if max is a dog.

Silent Ariel: Emily Dunn. You know why.

Carlotta: Loran Luehr. Loran Is the mothering type. She would never turn down the chance to pretty up our little lost Ariel.

Ursula's Seaweedy people: Chris Morris. Think about it... ok. Now isn't that an amazing choice?



So there you have it. Our version of The Little Mermaid. I know we usually only have NonWesley people as cast members, but if you only knew.

Babbling with Brybo!

Shopping for duds with
Me and Kelly

So I hope my cousin Janna doesn't mind, but I'm pirating a blog idea from her. Every week, Janna posts funny things that her children say. Well, I have this friend, Bryan Cruz. He is indescribable. I have to say that after spending this past weekend with him, I am so grateful to be his friend. I am in awe every time I am around Bryan mostly because of the things that come out of his mouth. So here you are, the first installment of Babbling with Brybo. I'm not sure if this is going to be a weekly thing, a monthly thing, or else if this might just become something that gets annoying, but I need to share with the public some of my friends gems. Oh, and it is best to read them with a lisp.

The very first crazy thing I have ever heard come out of Bryan's mouth: "What's a supreme pizza?"

"You can eat blueberries raw?"

"We should get tattoos together Bessy."--Bryan
"Oh yeah? Of what Bryan?"-- Me
"B's. B for Bessy, and B for Bryan"--Bryan

*While playing taboo*
"Small people that no one wants"-- Bryan
"Orphans"-- Jarad
"yes *flips to next card*"--Bryan

"My skin reflects the weather."--Bryan
*blank stares from me and Kelly*
"Yeah, When it's warmer, my skin gets darker. When it gets cold, My skin is lighter."-- Bryan



That is all for now. I'm saving some masterpieces for a later date. Don't think I am being mean. I love Bryan so much that I have seriously asked my parents to adopt this little Puerto Rican. I do this with the same seriousness as when I call him short, puerto rican, or a douche bag.

You're Not Dead!

I'm alive! yes yes, I know that the very few people who actually read this blog have probably stopped checking in months ago due to my lack of new posts. But I am here now to explain why I haven't posted in such a long time, and what I have been up to.

First of all, I am very sorry for not being a dedicate blogger. I know in order to keep readers, I have to post "relevant" posts in a timely manner. But here's the thing, outside of the due dates that professors set, college kids are rarely timely. My laziness, coupled with my busy schedule towards the end of the school year, has kept me oblivious to my blog. Those two things and the fact that I am in a dead college town with interactions with only six different people on a weekly basis have made my blog pretty boring. I hope to correct this starting now.

Now, I will try to sum up what has been going on in my life for the past... three... four months in as little amount of space as possible.

February/March: I came down with a horrible case of influenza B, Insomnia, and wedding fever (My dearest friend Dani was proposed to). I went to Chicago for spring break with Taylor and Emily, and we got to stay in a swanky hotel. I also got to fly many a kite, and even made fun of Rebecca Black.

April: This month, I created a lovely game with Chris and Loran called Epic Yahtzee, survived some storms, made a harem in mine and Dani's bedroom, watched Moulin Rouge too many times, and was the murderer in the annual Wesley Murder Mystery Dinner. This is the month that can also be marked by my  obsession with JibJab.com, horribly strange dreams,  and another case of insomnia with a dash of sleepwalking.

May: This Month just seemed like a big jumble. School was ending, so I had a bunch of papers and test, but I was able to make this month really count by hanging out with my friends. More Epic Yahtzee was played, I had some "fun" near Pulliam, and I turned the big two-two. Although it probably wasn't as epic as I think it was, I was able to round the spring semester off with a little prank on my dear friend Austin. May he never touch me with his feet again.

This pretty much brings us up to present time. Recently, I started a new job at SIUC's Chancellor's office. I get to sit in an air conditioned building all day while I log in mail, file, run papers around, and make coffee. I do other things, but that is pretty much it. It is a really great job. Tomorrow, I start two classes, Management 304 and Managerial Accounting. I know you are totally jealous. Other than that, I am really boring because I go to bed early because I have to wake up early. 

So there you have it. Everything I have been doing while I haven't been posting on my blog. But don't you worry, I will keep it up. I just might even do a new post tonight. So remember, don't be lazy and start wearing purple.

Crab Rangoon

As everyone knows, Super Bowl Sunday was this last weekend. This year, Sherry hosted an appetizer cook off for our Super Bowl party. My entry for the contest was crab rangoon if you couldn't tell by my post's title. After hearing people tell me that the Rangoon were good at the party, gasps of jealousy in my classes, and questions on how I could make such a difficult dish, I just am getting frustrated. Let me tell everyone right now; crab Rangoon are not hard to make. Its so easy I never have to look at the recipe before I go to the store to get the ingredients. So here you go, the easiest thing I know how to cook:

1 package of wonton wrappers
1 six oz can of crab meat
1 eight oz package of cream cheese
1/3 cup of the green ends of green onions

Mix the cream cheese, onions, and crab together and put in a sandwich bag with a corner cut off. Grab one wonton wrapper, squeeze some filling in the middle, wet 2 corners with some water and seal. If you want to fold them all cutesy like, you can experiment with that, but most packages have wrapping directions on them. After you fold all of the filling into the wontons, fry in a fry daddy or pan fry them.

Now isn't that easy? Now go on! Get messy and share some crab Rangoon with your friends.

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Don't Make Me Call Security on You.

Gender Bias Day! Our monthly day where the boys and girls of Wesley separate and have mucho fun was here. The festivities started with a mall scanvenger hunt. Loran, Dani, Taylor, Emily and I split up to take pictures of things like high-fiving a "Gloria jeans employee and groping a mannequin. The biggest problem that most of us faces was lingerie for Dani's wedding night. When you think of a place that sells skankie nighties, what store do you think of? Well Victoria's Secret didn't really take kindly to the fact that we were "screwing around in their store", which almost got me kicked out of the entire mall by security. Long story, email me if you want to hear it. After our amazing scavenger hunt, we had dinner at chilli's where the song of the night became Blame It by Jaime Foxx.

I was screaming the lyrics when Loran and I walked in to Wesley when I was interrupted by cries of pain. We looked down the stairwell to see Ellis, Chris, and Austin kneeling over a screaming Sean. The ambulance came and took him away, and the girls had to Chang our plans from making Valentine's cards for people to making get better cards and Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies for Sean. After Sean's triumphant return, the girls ended the night with John Hughes' sixteen candles.

To sum up: mall security, ambulance ride, Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies, and John Hughes. Hopefully next Gender Bias Day is a little more subdue.

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Garlic. Enough Said.

This weekend was pretty good. I love living in a building where people just come to hangout. I hate to say this, but living at the Wesley Foundation makes my friendships effortless.

Friday started out like any other Friday. I finished my classes early, exercised a bit, then got ready for the day. Then, out of the blue, I had a huge urge to cook something that I could share with people. So, I had to do the only logical first step I could think of... call Loran Luehr. For those of you who don't know my dear friend Loran, she is a Nutrition major. She loves every aspect of food; cooking it, eating it, sharing it. Just the thought of making food that is meant for more than one person to eat makes her giddy. I called Loran and told her the plan to make a communal dinner for the people at Wesley, and She was on board at the word go. "What did you cook?" you may ask. Well, I decided to make Bugna Cauda. This is the best dish my Grandma Emling makes for my family. The fact that it is so simple and everyone just shares one central pan in the middle of the table just makes it a single dish that defines the word family.
So we had the food and we had the people. The only problem was one of the four ingredients in Bunga Cauda. My fear of creating this dish for the first time was realized when I put the cans of anchovies in the cart at walmart and Taylor Wilson just about fainted. I was cooking for college kids. Not only do most of the people I was cooking for not eat anchovies, but half of them would gag at the first sight of a fillet. After seeing Taylor's reaction to the unmentionable fishies, I decided to swear Taylor and Loran to secracy and not tell anyone about the anchovies. That lasted two seconds... Loran of course let it slip to her boyfriend. But surprisingly, not too many people found out. While preparing the meal, I was surrounded by memories at my Grandma's house when she makes it for me. Just the smell of garlic wafting throughout the Wesley Foundation made me feel at home. It was probably the 13 cloves of garlic that I put into both pans of Bugna Cauda that helped me accomplish this, but I felt like I was among family.
This semester I'm not going to be traveling home up in northern Illinois too often, which is a huge change from last semester. It feels weird to be separated from my family for such a long time. As I stay down here at school and grow closer to all of my friends, I realize that they are a second family. I hate to get all sentimental, but it is a family that is there for me when my parents and sister can't physically be here. The weekend was great because I was able to just relax, play board and wii games, hang out, and just be with friends. I am greatful for the fact that I can share a home cooked meal with all of them, even if we all reek of garlic when we are done.

       go crazy and share something with someone,
                Bethany

... All Your Sanity and Wits, They Will All Vanish.

WHAT?!?! Bethany Harms started a blog? Why yes, she has.
Welcome to the Start Wearing Purple blog. This is where yours truly will post whatever she feels like. There are two questions you are probably asking yourself right now. 1) What will Bethany be posting on her blog, and 2) Where in the world did she find a name like that for her blog?

To answer your first question, hypothetical reader, what won't I be posting on my blog. I wanted to start a blog so I have a place to show off my many ramblings, interesting finding, and what I've been up to. I will post a plethora of recipes, crafts, movie reviews, CD reviews, and just about everything else. I'm interested in lotso things, so why not reflect that in my blog? I am also being somewhat lazy by creating this blog. Do you know how confusing it is to tell all of your family members one by one what you are up to? Now I can just have everyone read my blog. :)

The final question I will answer is one about my blog name. Why would I name my blog Start Wearing Purple? Why not? One of my favorite songs is Start Wearing Purple by Gogol Bordello. The first line in this song is "Start wearing purple, wearing purple. Start wearing purple for me now. All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise..." As many of my friends and family know, 76.3% of my clothing is purple. I love wearing purple, and promise of "loosing your wits" is a fun way to live.

I hope you are all ready for this blog and the wonderment it will bring your lives. Throw caution to the wind and start wearing purple!