My Latest Obsessions

Last week my crazy kicked in...

You see, I'm a very passionate person. When I get into something I really get into it.

Like one time my sister in law and I saw the movie Prisoners. We immediately went home and researched it (we know, its fake, but somethings didn't make sense and we wanted to see what others thought.). We found clues that the director put in and it fascinated us. We ended up seeing the movie the next day just to do a little fact check haha.

(for you prisoners fans, Jake Gyellenhaal has MAZE tattooed on his fingers. WHAT?! So was he involved?! We sure think so.)

Anyway, you kinda get my point. I'm looney.

So this last week I was home in CA and I was searching for a good book to read. I remembered that mom had purchased the Elizabeth Smart book so I read that. GUYS,  I read it in ONE afternoon. I literally couldn't put it down. It was the most amazing book! I really couldn't shut up about it.

Then, I came back to utah and saw an instagram post on the podcast called Serial. I had seen a few posts here and there and I had been meaning to start it back in December. 

Thursday night was the night. I listened to the first episode. Instantly hooked. I texted my fellow over analyzer SIL. I forced Jordan to listen to it the next day on his commute to provo. He came home hooked too. The last 3 days we have spent any possible moment listening. Last night we finished and stayed up for another hour talking about it. 

Here are somethings that stood out to me about the Elizabeth Smart book:

-um I'm not a scardy cat but I don't think I will ever look at a bum again.

- ES is the most brilliant 14 year old. I would have been so overcome by fear that I would have never thought of the things she did.

- what a testimony builder that was! To read about the little miracles that happened along the way or to read how loved she felt by Heavenly Father. Wow!

- Alarm systems are a must for me now.

- This is kind of stupid but I was so taken aback about how close this happened to where i'm living now. I feel so safe in Utah? 

- That man is probably the creepiest person I have EVER heard of. ewwww.

- I just have SO much respect for ES. No professional therapy after. Who does that?

-Also, props to her parents. Way to raise a child who was able to handle that terrible situation.

- Mostly what I thought about was that there was a reason that ES was chosen. I can promise most 14 year old girls would not handle that trauma the way she did. Heavenly Father had a hand in that one 100%.

Thoughts about Serial:

(I could literally write about this all day so i'll keep it short.)

-JAY?!?!?!? What the heck?! He HAS TO be more involved. It bothers me so much that he didn't get jail time. He freaking buried the body!

- unrelated: I ate so much cereal this weekend. Good timing to crave it. 

- I was so hoping that sarah would say "i know 100% that he did/didn't do it". I get why she didn't. She couldn't. But it still makes me sad. I'm dying to know.

- Adnan did it. I'm like really sure, but I feel like there was someone else helping him (not just jay)? Idk? kinda far fetched.

- I kind of have a girl crush on Sarah.

- Here is the deal. That case was a mess. She said it over and over again. I just don't think there was enough evidence to lock him up for life. 

- this kind of bugged me... I was really set that he did it, but then in the last episode Sarah WASN'T. She couldn't say either way, but part of her still thought he was innocent. I respect her a lot so it made me reevaluate why I thought he was guilty.

I'm going to stop there because, again, there is SO much tot talk about.

So here is my point in blogging about this...

YOU HAVE TO READ/LISTEN TO THIS!

I apologize to my friends and family for forcing these two things down your throat. They are just that good. 

I wish someone would have told me about them earlier. 

I understand that most people aren't my level of crazy, that is okay, you'll still love them. 

When you are done reading or listening lets talk!