I really should call this. "The Things We Did This Month"

So, I'm a slacker. Mostly, though, my camera is still lent out and what is a post without pictures? Here's the latest scoop for me and Nels:

Nels' parents gave us their car yesterday! It was so generous of them, and now we officially have our own car. We are moving up!

Nels has been taking Physics, and is devoting most of his current life to it. He's also doing well with his side business/hobby. He put up a computer repair website last year for an entrepreneurial class, and he's been raking in a lot of business. It's also something that he likes to do in his spare time... within reason. He wasn't really doing much with it until this month actually. People would call him up all the time, and instead of charging them to fix it, he'd just tell them how to do it, no charge. That hasn't worked lately, so he's been busy fixing people's computers.

I recently turned 21. That's pretty exciting. Nels got me Toy Story and a piano book. He also took me out to lunch. On Sunday, when we went to visit mom and dad Broberg, they had a cake and presents waiting for me! It was a surprise birthday celebration! I was so amazed. Emily, Jay, Clement, Kate, and Kelly were there, too. Kate and Kelly got us a bottle of genuine Bear Lake Raspberry Days raspberry syrup. Mom and dad Broberg got me The Incredibles and Ice Age 2. My secret's out: I have an unreasonable obsession with kid's movies.

Also of note, I got a "promotion". It was at BYU, so it's not like I'm climbing any sort of corporate ladder, but they are eventually going to hire a professional multimedia person at the Daily Universe. Until then, they're letting me take over that role as a student. I get 50 cents more per hour, power over my peers, and a pat on the back. Yay!

Where I've Been

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Just when I thought the summer would drive me crazy with not as much to do, I go and get myself another job. This makes three.
I currently work the web desk at the Daily Universe, BYU's newspaper; I edit a podcast for babiesandmoms.com; and my new job is a copy editor for the Daily Herald, Provo's local newspaper. All of these jobs are necessary for me, and I like them a lot, although Nels needs to be reminded of that. He tries to tell me to take a break once in a while, but I'm a glutton for punishment.
I am so grateful to be busy and to have jobs that I went to school to get, but, diving in head first, I forgot that I had a lot of non-scholastic goals for myself this summer. I especially wanted to read a lot. I suppose I can't complain: I read the news everyday a day before everyone else. I get a weird sense of satisfaction from that (reading the news and being a day ahead).
I have been doing some things that I set out to do, namely, a podcast! I am an official podcaster, and for all those old fogies out there (just kidding, I didn't know what they were till a semester ago), podcasters are to radio hosts, as blogs are to journalists. In other words, they're professional- or amateur-produced audio files. You download them on to iTunes. They've got a podcast for about everything, but I chose to do mine on movie reviews. I co-host it with a co-worker at the Daily Universe. We had several classes together, and he is a podcast junkie. I listen to a few; I'm not fully involved in it. I don't even listen to my own. I hate hearing my own voice, and I tend to run away from it.
Anyway, we're still working through technical difficulties, but if you're interested, go to: newsnet.byu.edu.
Underneath the menu there are three columns. Our podcast is on the right column, and it's called The Movie Vault. Please don't call me up and laugh at me. I'm still new at this!