One-liners from Brad and John

Here's some good one-liners from Brad Wilcox and John Bytheway this week:

-Nobody wants to go to Disneyland and cheer up Mickey Mouse (missionaries should be happy like Mickey).

-Be a thermostat instead of a thermometer.

-Happiness is a city in the state of Mind.

-Answer to everything: Deseret Books.

-People eat corn. (give corny compliments)

-Putting on the breaks while mom and dad are pedaling is considered just plain rude.

-When Moses started out he was just a basketcase. He was in denile. He told the Pharaoh, "Your plan sphinx!"

-A clean room is a happy room. This room is depressed.

-When a Nephi leads, a Sam will follow. (Sam was older)

-A testimony of straw and sticks will not be enough when the Big Bad Wolf comes. You need bricks!

-The Salvation (gas) Station is strictly self-serve.

-To Brad Wilcox: "You are the weirdest man I have ever met!"

-Alma to the Zoramite poor: "You are good soil because you have been treated like dirt!"

Nephi and "Pride and Prejudice" Musicals

As part of Education Week, the Harris Fine Arts Center had a few performances going on.

Wednesday I saw the Musical Account of Nephi called With Mine Own Hand. I even had a front row seat! I didn't like the way they started it, so I thought it would all be weird, but it turned out I really liked it. Basically it was old Nephi telling us the story from the side of the stage where he was writing the plates. then it would cut away to action on the stage. Some parts were pretty funny. I didn't much like the actor they had for Nephi, but Laman and Lemuel were good... in a bad way. lol. My favorite scene was when the angel was showing Nephi Lehi's dream and more. They had Nephi and the angel standing on the mountain while dancers did and interpretive dance of the vision. It was sweet! There was also a cute scene of Nephi and his wife while he was tied up on the boat. She was singing to him with his head on her lap. I didn't necessarily think it was the most probable of scenes (like Laman and Lemuel would really let her to that) but it was still cute. My favotie song was one when Nephi was quoting his famous "I will go an do..." scripture, while Laman was quoting his murmuring, "It is a hard thing you have required...." scripture. They were speaking to Lehi and alternating lines from their part. Very neat!

Thursday I saw the Pride and Prejudice muscial. I was pretty excited about it becasue I love the story, and I was interested in how the musical would be. I had a top row seat and a great view! The character Mary came out and talked about "noise makers" (cell phones) and--something I can't get used to yet-- said a prayer before they started. They did that for Nephi, too. I like it, but it's weird me. I completely forgot I was surrounded by Mormons in Target because it felt so normal. lol. Anyway, The actors were really very good. They looked a lot like the characters from the Hollywood version with Kiera Knightly, but took more elements from the 6-hour version from BBC with *sign* Collin Firth. Some good acting that sticks out was Mr. Collins and Lydia. I mean they were so bad it was good. And when they would all break out into singing it was fun. But it was a little annoying that they would giggle after almost every song. Ugg. :) I especially liked Darcy's song called "As a Moth to the Flame" about being burned by love. The actors of Jane/Bingley and Elizabeth/Darcy were actually married. That's probably why their kisses weren't very staged. Haha. I loved it so much that I had a cheesey perma-grin for a while and I still smile when I think about it.

I heard school was cancled again for Orange County because of the "hurricane." Best of luck and love and miss you all!