Mine and my boyfriend's go-to restaurant in Flagstaff, this is one of my all-time favorite places to eat. Jeremy's, as well. We go here for anniversary dates all the time. When we want to go somewhere new, but don't know where to go—we always default to Himalayan Grill.

Originally, if Jeremy and I wanted Indian food, we'd normally go to a place called Delhi Palace. This feature isn't about Delhi Palace, but I will say Delhi Palace still has amazing food and amazing workers. We just don't eat there as often anymore, because one cold winter day we decided we wanted to try another Indian restaurant in town and we went to the next closest place: Himalayan Grill. There are noticeable differences in the preparation of food for Delhi Palace and Himalayan Grill. Therefore, after one time eating there, we just kept going back. All the time.

I really love Himalayan Grill for two reasons: The food is freshly prepared and delicious, and the workers are all friendly. Everyone who works there always has a smile on their face, is willing to talk to you, will thank you repeatedly for coming to their restaurant, and will also often ask if the spice level of the food is to your liking or if the food itself is to your liking. Everyone is very active in roaming the restaurant—even if they are not your server—and making sure you are happy.

Along with that, every dish I've ever tried here is delicious. They serve food from India, Nepal, and Tibet. I'll admit, I've only eaten off the Himalayan part of the menu twice, so I can't give you much of a review on those dishes. But they are good, I can assure you of that. I'm honestly just working my way through each section to try something new every time...and I'm still in the Indian portion. All their food is prepared in the restaurant fresh. You can tell it's fresh from the time it takes to cook and the quality of the food. If you're ever waiting a while for your food...please just wait. Don't complain. The wait is very much worth it.

Overall Rating: 10/10

Overall Pricing: $11-30

So a few weeks ago, I made my first order with JetPens! In case you aren't aware, JetPens is this really cool place that's all about productivity—they sell all sorts of school supplies ranging from things that are unique, helpful, or everyday items you can find in office or school supply stores, but for better prices. Or if not for better prices...then in larger amounts! Some pens you can find in WalMart can be found on JetPens for a little bit of a pricier tag, but for a larger quantity.

I am obsessed with school supplies. Planners, bullet journals, color-coding notes, new pens to help me rewrite notes—I love it all! So I was extremely excited when my boyfriend showed me this site. However, I was out of money...so I had to keep careful watch on myself and make sure the temptation wasn't so high that I was just going to go on a free-for-all shopping spree.

When I finally got the money to order a few things, I made sure I just hit the $25 free shipping mark so that way I wasn't spending too much money that I felt guilty, but that I was also getting items I really wanted and a free shipping. It's a win-win all around. Minus the fact that I was extremely tempted, of course, to just load up my cart with everything and anything spiffy that I laid my eyes upon!

The all-time greatest thing about JetPens, though, is that a lot of it is Japanese. The site advertises itself as a "Japanese Pens & Stationary" site.

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The entirety of my order consists of: a Kokuyo FitCurve Mechanical Pencil, two Kokuyo Beetle Tip 3way Highlighter Pens, and a pack of Beverly Kokosasu Film Page Markers.

I rarely use any other highlighter colors except yellow or pink, and sometimes green, so I decided to start off with yellow and pink of this specific type of highlighter. I also wanted to buy the pastel highlighters found on the site...but that will be for next time.

In this item overlook, I won't be talking much about the film page markers, unfortunately. I'm out of school until next month and I won't have much of a reason to use them quite yet...so I'm not about to tear open that cute little package and start using the page markers. From the general gist, though, the Beverly Kokosasu Film Page Markers come in different styles. When I looked at them all, I figured the arrows would be the most useful to me (there are adorable cats and birds, though). Basically, if you can see from the picture I've given, the tip tears off and is translucent—which means you can stick it anywhere on the page that there is important info you need to remember, and leave the long part of the arrow as a page marker tab! I thought that was super cool.

KOKUYO BEETLE TIP 3WAY HIGHLIGHTER PEN

Whoo-hoo! Another music video release for the summer! And ohmygosh...everyone just stop and hold onto yourselves. SHINee has released the summer jam for Summer 2015! There is no joking around with this song!

THE MUSIC VIDEO

This music video is super fun to watch. With its bright colors and white border, it's very modern and vintage at the same time. Also the saturation of the brighter colors themselves paired with the old band t-shirts and adventures give the music video a classic summer feel. I found the video to be very well composed. I thoroughly enjoyed how the "flashbacks" were shown in black and white and the rest of the music video, the present-time, was shown in color. There were some scenes that were slightly difficult to understand upon first watch, but were easily cleared up with a second watch and some closer attention on my part—the main scene being the beer bottle being smashed over Minho's head (at first I thought one of the girls did it, but then I realized it was the man harassing her at the club).

I loved the entire plot line of the music video. The whole staged kidnapping was a really fun idea, and it looked like the SHINee members really had fun themselves. From what I gather, it seems as though SHINee are exhausted from work, and some fans notice this, so they plan a kidnapping—but they tell the SHINee members about it beforehand! One of the girls is seen whispering into Minho's ear quite often. If you look closely, you can also see that the rags with "chloroform" weren't even pressed against the faces of the SHINee members. Also, the girls wait to put their masks on until after the guys have all seen their faces. Not much of a serious kidnapping, now is it? Which makes it obvious that this was a staged kidnapping just to give the members a break. All that information paired with the fact that the music video gives off a summertime theme—this feels like a well needed break. Even when it gets out that the SHINee members have been "kidnapped", they're seen running from places with access to television. When they come across the cop car, they also make a run for it. Then when some other fans started to take pictures of them, Jonghyun pushed the camera down with a rather grumpy look on his face.

It's well-known that idols don't get vacations very often, or time off. Summer is a season for comebacks, as well. Idols are constantly working, and even if they aren't in the limelight, they're always practicing. So I think this music video pairs together a lot of elements very well and portrays that while they are idols, SHINee are also young men who need to act their age every now and again. Taemin also stated in an interview that they wanted to do a more fun song to connect with their fans better as their next comeback. This is that song.

Lastly...that dance! I cannot wait to see the live performances of this and the full choreography!

THE SONG

I won't go into too much detail on this. I mean, after all, what can I really say? It is the song of the summer. Lighthearted, upbeat, and super catchy. This is a song that is easy to dance and sing along to. You'll want to put it on repeat for hours. I can easily see myself doing just that, even just letting it play as background noise while I go about whatever work I need to do. The vocals are wonderful and mix and blend each member's voice perfectly. The song even switches with ease between each member as their part comes up. There's also a perfect mix of soft notes and high notes that make the song both fun and emotional.

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Basically...well, I'm super in love with this song. I hope everyone gives SHINee's View a listen and that it instantly makes their summer at least ten times better. Also, I definitely recommend checking out the entire Odd album. Just knowing how great View is, I think I have enough background to say that I'm positive Odd is great. I've never had a bad experience when it comes to SHINee albums as a whole.

This may not come as a surprise to anyone: But school is stressful. College is stressful. Sometimes high school is stressful. Although high school was never stressful for me unless it had anything to do with my extracurricular activities. I've never been the greatest at managing stress. Those moments I was rushing to finish projects for yearbook and photography that just weren't working were the moments I was most stressed—or in my AP classes, those caused me a lot of stress, too. I had a lot of pressure put on me from the adults in my life to do well, get straight A's or B's, and don't even think of getting a C.

It wasn't until college that I realized how high my stress levels can get in all its glory. My parents and I have argued quite a few times, as well, over my grades. I've gotten a few D's and C's...things I've never done before. But in high school (or at least the one I went to) they just hand you the grades. They don't prepare you for anything. The hard work, the sleepless nights, the insane amounts of studying that need to be done. They don't teach you study habits that work or that there's a different study technique for everyone. They don't teach you how to manage stress. These are things i had to learn all on my own.

And, ultimately, I've fallen down many times because of it.

I transferred from community college, which also treated me like I was in high school, to university. I failed two classes my first semester—both D's. I retook those classes my second semester and passed. My third semester I passed all my classes.

But this semester has once again knocked me down. I failed two classes. One class was a class that's not required, essentially, because it's the first of the classes I've taken for a certain minor and there are plenty of classes to make up for it. But it still looks bad that I got a bad mark, and it brings my GPA down. I also failed a class that is, in fact, required—general chemistry. I'm terrible at math, and math-based sciences. I was starting to understand chemistry, slowly, as the semester passed. But not quickly enough. The semester was over and finished by the time I was finally grasping certain concepts, and it was already too late to save my grade.

Someone asked me what this meant yesterday. If it meant I was going to give up because I failed. It didn't take me long to think about it. I told them no.

Why?

Because grades don't matter. Sure, graduate schools are going to look at your grades—employers might look at your grades. But that isn't what defines you. A letter on a piece of paper doesn't define your understanding of a concept or how well you can do your job in the future. I constantly remind myself that, even if it takes me multiple times to pass a class, I will continue to do so. Because I'm determined. And maybe someone, somewhere, when they look at my grades and transcripts will see that I was determined. That I kept trying. That a few pushes wouldn't keep me knocked down permanently.

So I hope if you read this, you can keep that little fact in mind, too. Determination shows a hard-worker. And if you love what you do—even if it concerns schooling—you should never give up your dreams. If money gets in the way, always know that you have time. You can return to your dreams. Never put them on the back-burner completely. You may have to take a pause, but it's okay.