My Favorite People(s) EVER!

So a majority of my life is either spent at school or work. That's a sad fact, but it's true. If I'm not at good old Zions Bank, I'm at school. Due to that fact, a lot of my classmates have become my greatest friends.

I work with techTITANS as a marketing director!?! I know, how the heck did that happen? It's my buddy Dan Wilson. He recommended me and he's the chair this year. I hope I don't let him down. Marketing is hard because you end up doing a little bit of everything. One of my responsbilities include completely redoing the old website... finally after months of going back and forth, here is the final product: http://www.techtitans.utah.edu/.


I wish I had a picture of Dan Wilson, but I don't! How sad is that? He is the funniest guy ever! He was my 2nd friend in the MBA program. I remember I went to a reception before school started and he came up to me and said something like "Hi I'm Dan. I'm an engineer, but I realized it's not for me. I like people." I didn't know how true this was, but Dan is a people person. He can make friends with everyone. The best thing that I've ever heard from Dan thought is when he pronounces FAQ as "FU-Q." HILARIOUS! It always makes you think twice what he's trying to say. Only Dan can pull that line off. I found a picture of Dan, thank you Facebook!

This is Tony. Yes, he's a walking Geico advertisement. This kid is the most awesome person in the entire world. I heart him SO MUCH! He's the only person, who I would make cupcakes and a cake for his birthday. I cried after making his cake this year because it got so messed up! I had the best plan to make a football cake because he's a HUGE fantasy football person, but it failed. I'll post my mess cake pictures another time. Tony is just a sweet guy. He is a great listener, but he's not afraid to tell is like it is. He also writes the blog for the MBA. If you want to know what it's like to be us, read it. His blog entries are hilarious. Very entertaining! Check it out at http://desbmba.blogspot.com/. His full name is Antonio Furano. He sounds like he should be part of the Italian Mob. Could totally be a New Yorker, but he's not. For reals, his name is totally mob like, but this guy couldn't hurt a fly! Favorite person in the WORLD. So anytime I ask him what to do about a guy, his advice "Grab his junk." I laugh everytime.

I was at the Tailgate and I won a waterbottle! Yay! It's so exciting to win something! It made my day. So here is Bryson. This guy is my ray of sunshine. He just makes me smile anytime I see him. He has that way about him. Always a happy guy. Anytime I'm sad, all I need to do is see his face! He's our BBQer at our tailgates. He always does a great job. He's in the MHA program and is just an overall great guy, the only thing is... He didn't even dress up at all for Halloween... BOO- costume scrouge!!!!


This is Jen in the middle and Nana on the right. Jen was part of my team last year, the Mean Green. We were awesome, we were such a great team which included Tony, Joe Holland, and Josh Parkinson. Now I don't even have any classes with them. WTF!?!

Jen, one word- FANTASTICAL. Just a great professional, teammate, friend, and much more. She's helped me out in so many situations both at school and personally. Jen has this laugh that is super contagious. When she laughs, I laugh. She bought a super cute house in SLC last year and lives with her boyfriend, Tim. They are just a really compatible couple. Jen has the best fridge ever. It's gigantic. Literally, we could have a tea party for 5 in there and still have room to move around. Here we are in good old Disney. We both have giant sunglasses... We are sooo SO CAL!

Nana is from Georgia, the country. That's how she says it everytime. Again, another fabulous person. She loves to cook and she also loves her husband so much. It's so adorable. She is very intelligent and can speak 3 languages fluently. So admirable.





Love these two girls! Here we are at Noodles and Company after my 10K Run. I was rushing through the run to be able to meet these girls. Even my bloody knee from falling couldn't stop me. Brit Walker is like my other half. She is such a smart girl, I am always amazed at her wealth of knowledge and her passion for business. She's the one in glasses on the left. She is a business woman for sure. She worked for a Venture Capital firm this summer. That is HUGE. We also have a blog that we started together. It's sort of halted because of our busy schedules, but hopefully we can pick it up again. It's http://www.serenchicidy.blogspot.com/. She is also the chair for the UEC, http://www.uec.utah.edu/. I love her to death. I'll talk about Ashley Anderson later. Absolutely love her too!


From left to right: Cori- This is Dan's wife. She always wears the cutest shoes.

Chris Zarek- He is a genius. Literally. If you have a question, he can probably tell you the answer. His brain is so big, sometimes I wonder how it fits in his head and why he doesn't get more headaches from thinking all the time. He is a MBA/ Architecture student and he's launching his own firm spring of 2010. He works with me on techTITANS and also he'll be helping us on our Real Estate Challenge Plan. His wife is a OBGYN at the U. He used to go to school in Virgina I think or South Carolina. He used to live in a mortuary with some other guys. There were no dead people, but still. That is creepy. This guy is so funny. He's just the life of the party. You can hear his laugh from miles away. I wish him the best and I know 5 years down the road, he'll be a multi-millionaire and hopefully he'll remember the little people.

Aline: Really pretty, smart, and walks in high heels ALL day long. Even at football games. She even wore heels to Disneyland. Hm... It's amazing she never falls. I would be on my ass 80% of the time if I wore 4 inch heels everywhere. That's Aline. Fashion first.

Jesse: She's hilarious and good in accounting. I'm jealous. I hate accounting. She also has bad luck with getting her cars broken into.


We had a family reunion in California to commemorate my grandfather's death. It's a yearly tradition for us. Good food, good company. Not everyone was there, but here are some of the women. Can I just say I have the best family ever? My mom is the sweetest lady ever. She's 56 and looks like she's 40. The favorite thing is that my mom loves "Lit-al Mer-may" as she calls it. I love it too! My two sisters are GORGEOUS and smart. They put up a lot with me. Forgetfulness. They always have to run errands for me. This week, they had to drop off a sack of underwear and socks because I forgot to bring some from home. :( Ah, my sisters. I HEART THEM. Well, I heart my family!




This is Yogesh. Unfortunately, I didn't really get to know him last year, but then we went to Minneapolis for a NSHMBA conference and that's when I got to know him a little better. NSHMBA was a very good experience. So many large companies in one place. http://www.nshmba.org/. I would recommend anyone go just for the eye opening experience.

Yogesh used to work for Motorola as a software engineer. Ah yeah. I love "eng-gin-ers" as my dad says. Both my parents graduated with electrical engineering degrees, so I hold engineers near and dear to my heart. This guy is always happy. Always has a smile on his face.

Here's a picture of Yogesh carrying my purse. Minneapolis is a scary city. You feel like you are going to get mugged. I was scared I would get killed and I didn't even have a chance to say good-bye to my mom! Anyways, we got so lost because Yogesh's iphone was confused to say the least and took us in all directions and I was scared my purse would get stolen. He held my purse the whole way back to the hotel. What a great guy! Not many guys would do that without complaining too much. He's definitely become one of my favorite people.



Ah... these 3 here have basically changed my life in so many ways. Don't they look like they are heading down a runway? I look at this picture and it reminds me of the scene is Zoolander where the three walk down together. They have seen me grow professionally and as a person for the past 4 years. These 3 people and I make up what I would like to call the Dream Team. We get along wonderfully. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses and just work together really well. With the 4 of us, we can conquer anything!

The one with his arms swinging is Julio. Yes, for some reason, he walks with his arms swinging out a lot. People have commented.

He is my life coach and tells me what to do. We have a love/hate relationship, but we work well with each other. The first time we met, we were in the 7th floor break room. I wasn't even on the floor, but I met my friend there. Julio had a mullet, I thought to myself... Who is this goober? Yes, goober. I said that back in my younger, immature days :). Anyways, I was talking about Idol and something random. In his head, he thought "who the HELL is this girl?" Little did he know, 2 weeks later I'd become his cubi-neighbor. We've been cubi-neighbors ever since. He thought/thinks I'm a weirdo to this day, but yet, I know he'd miss having Lindo Ho in his life. I share my Flintstones gummy bear vitamins with him almost everyday! That means a lot. I don't share my vities with anyone. My life would definitely be a little boring without him in it, making fun of me, being there for all of my goof-ups, etc... We laugh about what our first impressions of each other now because it's just a great story.

Megan and Matt. Two of the most wonderful people in the UNIVERSE. Yes, not just world. Universe. I can't even really explain how great they are, but take my word. If you ever get a chance to meet these two, you'll know why.

Of course I have more favorite people, but I'll stop for now since I have to be up at 6 a.m. to get ready for the Student Entrepreneur Conference tomorrow. Plus you don't want a novel of people. What can I say? I love people and everyone I've met is great and has taken a special little place in my heart. I think every single person I meet plays an important part in my life.