tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989253274073466922024-03-19T13:11:27.310-07:00Pepper (le)AnnLeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-57011143661616356342014-12-05T10:57:00.003-08:002014-12-05T10:57:46.492-08:00Sunlight Through the Clouds<div class="MsoNormal">
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does one even begin after a 16 month hiatus? Well, my friends, I guess I'll
just begin here.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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engaged to her boyfriend Dane, I had to find a new place to live. I really
wanted to get my own place, but I spent all of my savings on a signed Tony Hawk
collectors edition skateboard (which was TOTALLY worth the dough), so I ended
up moving back down south to share a room with a friend of a friend in Times
Square {pictured below}. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the first day I got there, I knew the peeps there weren't really my scene, you know? Like, no one shopped at Hot Topic or owned any cool band merch. Whatever. I liked my roommate. She shared my passion for all things LOTR and Dungeons and Dragons, and even introduced me to the beautiful world of WOW and COD {aka World of Warcraft and Call of Duty}. </span><br />
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Unfortunately she was kind of a hoarder. Our entire front room was filled with all things dog: at least 10 bags of dog food (the majority open and spilling onto the floor), dog toys, dog leashes, dog posters, dog sweaters, dog kennels, dog brushes, dog everything. I didn't really mind, I mean we didn't actually have a dog, but my roommate just wanted to be prepared in case we ever came across a stray. I get that. I was a boy scout when I was little, so I know the importance of being prepared. And yes, boy scouts, not girl scouts. My mom dropped me off at the wrong house on the first day, and I went for 5 years without anyone in the troop realizing I was a girl. It was strangely rewarding for me. I was Mulan in real life, but that's beside the point. </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of the dog shiz
blocked the front door, so if I wanted to leave, I had to go through my bedroom
window and down the fire escape (from the 5th floor). After doing that 3 times
in order to get to work at Jake's Archery (America's Bowhunting Headquarters
since 1962), I finally convinced my boss to let me track inventory from home. I
stayed in inside for days at a time and quickly developed bed sores all over my
body. I started losing interest anything outside our condo walls and even gave
up my job and 40% discount at Jake's so I could dedicate all of my time to
destroying 12 year olds on COD. My life was at an all time low. But I couldn't
stop. I couldn't change.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then one day, I saw
sunlight through the clouds (in COD on level 7). The animation felt so real.
The brightenss overcame me. I soon realized my roommate had just turned on the
light for the first time in months. It felt warm. Comforting. Familiar. I
wanted more of it. And even though it pained me to say it, I knew I had to
leave. I packed up my bags that very day and slid down the fire escape without
looking back. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I rode my horse to my
parent's farm in Draper, I didn't know what lay ahead of me. I didn't even know
if they'd let me move back in. But got the feeling that world was my
oyster, and that it would all work out somehow. I'm still on that horse,
mustering the courage to knock on my parents front door. Please keep me in your
prayers, hoping that they'll have a little compassion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for listening to
my story. Ta ta for now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xoxox, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pepper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-72260102227286802892013-07-17T11:56:00.000-07:002013-07-17T11:56:06.455-07:00A Hair Story<div class="MsoNormal">
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Pepper, and I’m finally back on the blog! Apologies that is has been so long
since I last blogged (I’ve been pretty tied up with my day job as described </span><b><a href="http://itspepperannpepperann.blogspot.com/2012/06/lotr-kind-of-day.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><i>here</i></span></a></b><span style="color: #181818;">).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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thought as to what this post should be about given that I haven’t blogged in
such a long time. Should I update you on my </span><b><span style="color: red;">love life</span></b><span style="color: #181818;">? My graduation from </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><b>Stevens
Henager</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> (and free laptop)? My</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;"> <b>silver medal</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> that I won in a rollerblading
competition? My trip to </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>NYC</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">? Well after watching a truly inspiring episode of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">A Baby Story </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">on TLC (my favorite network
after BET), I’ve finally decided to blog about my hair. For some reason I find
myself blogging about my hair a lot, but I think that is because I like to try
new things (a few of you might remember the post I did a few years ago about
the time</span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://itspepperannpepperann.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-bangs.html" target="_blank"><i>I got bangs</i></a></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">). It could also
be because I have a passion for hair, so much that I even considered dropping
out of SH and going to Paul Mitchell in Provo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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beautiful </span><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">summer</span></b><span style="color: #181818;"> day. I was lying out on my trampoline in my cute suit from
</span><span style="color: lime;"><b>Lime Ricki</b></span><span style="color: #181818;"> when I thought, “Hmm, maybe I should try something new with my hair?”
Lucky for me I had a stack of magazines with me on the tramp so I started
flipping through them to find ideas. I found a variety of colors and styles,
but so many of them were “too Vogue,” “too Amanda Bynes,” or “too Anne Hathaway.”
Discouraged and fed up, I turned to my </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Samsung flip phone</b></span><span style="color: #181818;"> and sent a blast to
my gurlz asking for ideas. Just as the golden hour (see Kerry Soper if you don’t
know what the golden hour is) was approaching my phone made the “driod” sound
which meant I had a text. It was at that moment that I flipped open my phone
and saw the hair that I HAD to have (see below for reference).</span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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my gurl PA as she was the one that sent me the above pic. I scheduled a haircut
for the next available appointment and ladies, let’s just say that I look
<b>G-O-O-D</b>! I know that you are probably dying to see a picture of me with the new
hairdo, but you will have to wait until my next post (hint: video tutorial).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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leave you with the wise words spoken my one of by heros and political role
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LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-29395169927437269252012-06-28T11:46:00.001-07:002012-06-28T11:46:36.504-07:00A L.O.T.R. Kind of Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So I woke up at 8:00am today and was getting ready to head to my job at UTA when I got a call from my Supervisor telling me that they didn't need me today and to not come in. Apparently, the white van that I am licensed and trained to drive broke down last night and so it is in the shop. This made me a little frustrated because I love driving the van because I have a crush on one of the regular passengers ;(. Guess I will just have to spray on a little extra Escada when I go to work tomorrow to make up for the flirting that I didn't get in today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Anyway, I was already up and out of bed so I decided that I should grab my yellow/orange fleece blanket and head to the couch for a much need Lord of the Rings marathon. Now back to the movies and my popcorn (compliments of my roommate from school)!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">And remember, "There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span>LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-57382400903164445142012-06-26T20:26:00.001-07:002012-06-26T20:26:15.838-07:00I'M BACK.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-88694088577222993862011-04-15T22:49:00.000-07:002011-04-15T22:49:25.690-07:00Pepper Goes To Prom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPyAK4V4rTOX-MJdN3sLOIkK19a7sxXNwp3yYKtmHlTXoksvo1AbcVzs6FtQxPOuAxewuYqgiwBZy9o2o-pNoBUmPR7KYqjF-mHeDfQ_VmW5a-OfVF6VTJ3KHbl8bivK7TLuIQevh/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPyAK4V4rTOX-MJdN3sLOIkK19a7sxXNwp3yYKtmHlTXoksvo1AbcVzs6FtQxPOuAxewuYqgiwBZy9o2o-pNoBUmPR7KYqjF-mHeDfQ_VmW5a-OfVF6VTJ3KHbl8bivK7TLuIQevh/s320/photo.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div> Every girl dreams of the day that they will be asked to Prom. After all, when else do you get to pick out a beautiful gown (or in this case a suit and hat) and then spend a magical night with a handsome boy (or in this case a girl named Nola)? Not very often. But lucky for Pepper, she got all of this and more. While she was excited about the dashing suit, she was like overjoyed about the hat because it meant that she could like get away with not getting her hair done let alone need to wash it. She could just like throw on the hat to cover up grease, kinks, and even the dandruff and wah-lah--a fashionable and affordable hair solution. </div><div> Pepper was also happy because Prom this year was on a Friday, which provided the perfect excuse to listen to her new favorite song "Friday" while she got ready, was in the car with her date, and last but certainly not least, at the actual Prom. Coincidence? I think not. </div><div> Overall, the Prom was like so perfect and like so magical. Pepper was so excited that there was an excellent turnout this year for Prom. It was a memory she never wants to forget, so like hopefully Nola gets their pictures (Nola splurged and got Picture Package A-43, which comes with a poster size picture of the two of them as well 75 wallets), to Pepper soon so that she can like scrapbook the Prom as well as post some to this blog. Oh and the poster size picture will most likely replace the Bieber poster that is above her bed--so cute huh? As for the wallets, Nola plans to send them out with her 75 graduation announcements--also cute huh? Honestly, everything about the Prom was like so perfect.</div>LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-39270660816331181572011-02-02T12:28:00.000-08:002011-02-02T12:28:33.870-08:00My Newest Passion<div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Many people that know me don't know that I have this deep passion for photography.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Ideally, I would like to be a Sports Photographer; it would be my dream come true. But it's a hard field to get into (photography as a whole is hard to get into) so I'll take whatever jobs I can get.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I decided that I was going to go for it. Get my degree in something related to Photography, and just do it.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I've changed my major about a thousand and a half times.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Then I decided I was just going to go after photo.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I went and talked to the art advisor at BYU and discovered that the art department is about commercializing your art; they're more about just doing art to express yourself.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I don't want to express myself. I want to make money.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So, I was told to do Mass Communication...the Media Sequence.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'll learn photography skills, web design, etc.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So, that's what I'm doing. Officially. Now.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm also minoring in both SFL and Business, but that's irrelevant.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Anyway, I like to take pictures of whatever I can, and whenever I can. At the moment, I don't I have the camera I would like, but I've been donating plasma so hopefully I'll have it come spring.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So, I've just been using other cameras that I can get my hands on.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">These are some of the pictures I took with Whitney's camera this week.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I did some minor editing, as some were slightly off kilter. I just felt like posting them really.</div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Hopefully you like them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRMzgYXtXkYB-bz1xOKWAtcS-K4zhwpcnxSyqaeXRSSQp05uhCsOfFKxhiQCn3y7bMMzCE7MgAntifzCyibceQhtUNDWrrnDo0aRMdlyGOuzW5WalkCVxB9PJND9O3CdqUx56jfRK/s1600/44853_470584385389_512865389_7087135_3582638_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRMzgYXtXkYB-bz1xOKWAtcS-K4zhwpcnxSyqaeXRSSQp05uhCsOfFKxhiQCn3y7bMMzCE7MgAntifzCyibceQhtUNDWrrnDo0aRMdlyGOuzW5WalkCVxB9PJND9O3CdqUx56jfRK/s320/44853_470584385389_512865389_7087135_3582638_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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For at least a week. I've been off it for 3 days and I am already getting terrible headaches. I talked to a lady at work who has trying to quit all year and it really motivated me to be better. It's not doing me any good. My roommates love the stuff so it's going to be hard. It's just such a social thing you know? Wish me luck.</span>LeAnnerzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18019657397362364074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798925327407346692.post-252320677404330502011-02-01T23:52:00.000-08:002011-02-02T11:46:53.294-08:00Every outfit, whether I like it or not.<div style="color: #323b41; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">i’ve been blogging for a couple years, but recently i hit a roadblock and i wasn’t interested in it any more. all of the sudden i wanted to be a fashion blogger. i wanted to document my process in finding fashion. i say finding because i am no expert. sometimes i love what i wear, sometimes i don’t. i just feel like this will be a good opportunity to figure it out. let’s begin.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcc60o6kidlttPWj5Hk9YQH0-LnwvPeycKtbuyuriOoi2oVGzVs8CcvVbdZI-wMPrj-lRkxubBjIcqU97mbItpTC6Gg7rtSFfq0Pgnd8hteXYuFoPDsw8mOo9ba9DMdFVyCZhMr-D/s1600/P1000999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcc60o6kidlttPWj5Hk9YQH0-LnwvPeycKtbuyuriOoi2oVGzVs8CcvVbdZI-wMPrj-lRkxubBjIcqU97mbItpTC6Gg7rtSFfq0Pgnd8hteXYuFoPDsw8mOo9ba9DMdFVyCZhMr-D/s320/P1000999.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shirt: Primark (Size 22)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Scarf: 4 UR Convenience</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Friend: Britt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWs-LBWEQLoLf8U6OayF15cRT9Jyg7GwhRhyZJXoKrskcSJ5XIWjoS1VBQ0Pc8oIMjL3UW7sv_kNmOsLG6V0CRF9QPh3oOkwO6222YXFmTN33omz7TdYarN3ulUFQpi_-7Czn5Zno/s1600/P1030158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWs-LBWEQLoLf8U6OayF15cRT9Jyg7GwhRhyZJXoKrskcSJ5XIWjoS1VBQ0Pc8oIMjL3UW7sv_kNmOsLG6V0CRF9QPh3oOkwO6222YXFmTN33omz7TdYarN3ulUFQpi_-7Czn5Zno/s320/P1030158.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sweatshirt: Cincinnati (duh, it says Cincinnati on it, where else would i get it from lol)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tube socks: Journey's</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shorts: Kmart</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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