Choose Your Own Adventure

Don't let the length of this blog post deceive you. You won't be reading all of it. Have you ever read a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book? Yes? Well I thought it would be fun to make a "Choose Your Own Adventure" blog post. So here goes nothing. Just follow along.

Hi, adventurer.Here you are at the beginning of this blog post. A very good place to start, right? Let's begin.

Your name is Carlie Dalene Hansen. You're starting your sophomore year of college at Brigham Young University. Got it so far? Are we keeping up? It is May 3rd and you are living in the Colony with some friends from back home for the spring term but you're not going to classes...just working 6 hours a day at a copy center in the BYU Administration building with your good friend Madi. So. Here's where you begin.

A day in the life of Carl Dal. It's 8:30am. Your alarm goes off. If you want to hit the snooze button go to paragraph 2. If you want to get out of bed, go to paragraph 3.


PARAGRAPH 2: 


You roll over and hit the snooze button...after all...you don't have to work until 11 today. Your snooze button goes off multiple times and before you realize it, the time is 10:20! You scramble out of your Beauty and the Beast bedspread and run to the bathroom to shower. Crap. Someone is in there. You wait. Finally you get in and shower like a ninja. You throw some clothes on and run out the door with wet hair and no make-up to start your 20 minute walk to work. Once you get to work you realize that you're really hungry because you didn't have time for breakfast. Luckily there is a vending machine right outside the copy center. If you want to get chocolate milk go to paragraph 4. If you want to get a bagel, go to paragraph 5.

PARAGRAPH 3:


You hop out of bed and put on shorts, a t-shirt, and your pumped up kicks. You put in your Ipod and go for a little run down to the nice little park you discovered like Christopher Colum himself. You run around it a few times and then run back to your apartment. You eat breakfast, read your scriptures, and even pack yourself a little lunch. You shower and get ready for the day. You leave the apartment at 10:40 and get to work on time. What a productive morning. You walk into the copy center. Madi is on the computer and your boss is doing crossword puzzles in the back. You're bored. If you want to read go to paragraph 6. If you want to play games with Madi go to paragraph 7.

PARAGRAPH 4: 


Chocolate milk. Solid. You don't drink it very often, but you love chocolate milk. Lots. You happily purchase the beverage and go back to the copy center to enjoy it. Mmmmm. Oh no. Sugar high. You're getting cray cray.What do you decide to do? If you want to try to sit still and read a good book go to paragraph 6. If you want to play with Madi jump to paragraph 7.


PARAGRAPH 5:


A bagel.You type in the code on the vending machine to get the bagel. The bagel starts to come forward and then gets stuck. You're frustrated so you start to shake the machine to try to get the bagel to fall. It's not working. You shake harder. Too hard. The vending machine falls on top of you and crushes you. Should have chosen the chocolate milk. This is where your journey ends. Better luck next time.


PARAGRAPH 6:


Reading. A great past time. Shoot. The book you chose doesn't have pictures. This could be difficult.You try anyways. You actually start to like the book and then you can't stop. It's a problem. You read and read and read until Madi leaves. Now you have the computer. What do you do now? If you want to Facebook stalk go to paragraph 8. Timeline style. If you want to be productive, go to paragraph 9.


PARAGRAPH 7: 


You decide to play games with Madi. You two decide that it would be fun to play "Signs" where you flash signs back and forth to each other without your boss noticing :) This is fun for about 5 minutes and then starts to get boring. Now you decide to take on Ellen's dance dare and try to film one another dancing behind your boss without him noticing. Anytime his back is turned to one of you, one films while the other one tries to dance behind Randy's back. This one never gets old. Good choice. It's 5:00. Closing time. What music will you play while closing up? If you want to listen to One Direction, go to paragraph 10. If you want to listen to some Broadway tunes, go to paragraph 11.

PARAGRAPH 8:


Facebook stalking. Niiiiccceeee. You log in to the book of face and stalk everyone from your kindergarten crush to your 3rd cousin's daughter's dog's brother's aunt's son. Basically. No harm done. You've wasted a ton of time but now you're completely up to date on all the latest happenings. It's 5:00 and time to close up shop. What type of music are you going to listen to? One Direction?....paragraph 10. Broadway tunes?...Paragraph 11.

PARAGRAPH 9:


Hmmmm. Be productive. You sit down at the computer and read a Conference talk or two, write a letter to a missionary, look over your class schedule and try to plan out your future, and even plan a Disneyland trip...that's productive, right? :) Clock reaches 5:00. Time to close up shop. What music will you jam out to while closing? If you want to listen to One Direction, go to paragraph 10. If you would prefer some Broadway show tunes instead, jump to paragraph 11.


PARAGRAPH 10:


Ah. One Direction. The home boyzzz. You start out with a little "Gotta Be You." A classic. Then you play a little "One Thing" and "What Makes You Beautiful." While finishing up you start jamming to "Stole My Heart." You get a little too excited and turn the music as loud as it can get. You dance around and while spinning you accidentally knock over your boss's entire, precious coke bottle collection. There is a banging on the door and Cecil himself walks in. He fires you and tells you that you can no longer attend BYU. End of story. Bad choice. Thank you. Come again ;)


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Broadway show tunes. Who doesn't like a good Broadway tune, right? Of course, right. (Who caught that reference?) You start out with a little Beauty and the Beast, then a little Jersey Boys, a little Shrek, and a little Les Miserables. You end with a little Fiddler on the Roof. You sing along and have a nice time singing with yourself. Great choice. Time to leave this place. What do you do now? Go home: Paragraph 12. Hike the Y: Paragraph 13.

PARAGRAPH 12:  


You make the walk home to the Colon...excuse me...Colony. You eat some dinner, rest and relax, and then play with your roommates or fellow ward friends...haha jokes. You don't have friends yet. You just play with your roommies. This could consist or watching a movie, a dance party, or maybe just talking. The possibilities are endless. You have a good night. You go to bed kind of late...but the roommate bonding was worth it ;) What does this weekend have in store for you? Nothing? Something? A long awaited trip to the zoo, perhaps? A Gilmore Girls marathon? A waffle party? A spontaneous Disneyland run? Huh? You decide. Congratulations on successfully going through a day in the life of Carlie Hansen. Until next time.


PARAGRAPH 13:


Hike the Y? Right after work? HA. What a good joke. You don't know me. Thanks for playing.

Farewell, followers.

P.S. I GET TO BE A BRIDESMAID THIS WEEKEND. WOOOHOOO! Congrats, Emily and Joe! :) :)