I decided in honor of my birthday I deserved a new cute top to wear on my birthday and to wear to Disneyland! So I asked Tatiana if she wouldn’t mind taking me!
So our adventure began Friday, March 4th around 11:45am.
Here was our schedule with some brief notes and explanations
11:45am: Tatiana picks me up and we drive to West Campus to grab lunch (Sam’s Subs – delicious!)
12:00pm: Lunch is ordered, we are on our way to sit down and eat when Tatiana gives me (wait for it….wait for it….) A DATE CARD!!! That’s right. Enter “The Bachelor(ette) reference(s).
“The petals may fall but our love still grows strong”
…ok I don’t remember if that was it word for word, but you get the main gist of it.
We are going to go see Beastly (Beauty and the Beast) later that night. Yay!!!!
So we eat out lunch and catch up.
12:30pm: Drive to the mall. The mall in the middle of no where. Pretty far away.
1:00pm: We get to the mall and found the bridesmaid dresses Tatiana needed to pick up then do a bit of shopping. While in that specific store I find two pairs of earrings that I like and Tatiana gets them for me for my birthday!!
We step out of the store and Tatiana asks, “Alicia, can we sit down for a minute? I want to talk to you about something.”
Um..I’m a little worried.
So we stand off to the side, and Tatiana grabs into the bag and pulls out a pair or earrings (studs of white roses) and asks, “Alicia, will you accept this rose?”
Yes!
1:00-4:30pm: Serious shopping with a minor ice cream break.
4:30pm: Leave the mall to go to the movies.
5:00pm: Buy our tickets, buy girl scout cookies, grab Starbucks
5:30pm: Beastly!!!
*Review: Weird/Random storyline. Not bad though considering what they had to follow, you know?
Acting: Terrible. NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) was great, as always. Vanessa Hudgens was better than I excepted (although considering the character she had to portray…not that difficult, right?). Alex Pettyfer: Veeery pretty, but NOT a good acting job in this movie. I’ve seen him in another movie and he did well in that movie, but not this one. A bit disappointing.
7:00pm: Out of the movie, go to car to leave.
7:01pm: Discover Tatiana doesn’t have her keys.
7:02pm: Deduce that Tatiana left her keys in the trunk after we put our girl scout cookies in the trunk.
7:05pm: Call AAA
7:10pm: Check back in the theater, crawl on our hands and knees to look under the seats. The keys are not there.
7:15pm: Go into Barnes & Noble to wait for AAA to arrive.
7:30pm: AAA gets there, able to unlock the car door, but the seats in the back don’t sit down AND we can’t find the trunk release latch.
7:31pm: Tatiana is accused of stealing a car.
7:32pm: AAA guy apologizes but says that he can’t help us and leaves.
7:33pm: Tatiana calls her parents to ask if they can find the spare key and drive to us.
*Side Note: Her parents were on a date night and had just gotten out of a movie, and hadn’t eaten dinner yet. They had to drive to their house, find the key, then drive to us. About an hour and a half total.
7:35pm: Decide if there was ever a time for us girls to go and get a drink, the time is now.
7:36pm: Walk across the parking lot and go to Chilli’s
9:00pm: Tatiana’s parents arrive and we open the car trunk and find the keys!!! Celebrate!!
9:02pm: Join Tatiana’s parents for dinner (sushi).
9:30pm: Parents done eating, we say good-bye and drive home.
9:45pm: Arrive back at my apartment.
It is a great day. I come out with two new pairs of earrings, a new top to wear to Disneyland, a black dress to wear to in my friend’s recital, and Girl Scout cookies!!
And even better, great quality time with one of my best friends. Thanks Tati, and I love you!!!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Stories and Spontaneous Rant
So I went to Performance Forum, and come to find out we have academic advising, aka juniors/senior-get-out-of-class-early-because-they’ve-done-this-enough-times-to-know-what-to-do! So the church music majors are sitting in the room, waiting for the “academic advisor” (he’s just one of the professors. He used to be in charge of the church music majors but then someone took over, but then that person left, so now we don’t quite have anyone) and as we get permission from the TA to leave, the professor comes in and tells us to stay because he has something exciting for us.
Yea. Like I’m really excited to stay in class for a little bit longer, right?
So we’re all sitting, pretty impatiently, when he walks in with a campus pastor and two other men who I’ve never seen before.
It turns out that these two men are kind of a big deal, which isn’t that surprising, because let’s face it, it’s APU, and we’re in southern California (not like I’m bragging or anything….oh….well…ok, I am!). They are record producers.
They are worship music producers.
They are British.
They are my new best friends.
And instantly my impatience goes away.
John (the head guy) told us about kinds of things they look for in song writing. He said ultimately they look for songs for the church, songs YOU write for YOUR church, and even writing for congregations for the year 2024.
He shared a story of when he was in the Amazon sharing with a local community, where he didn’t know their language and vice versa. They spent the whole time without verbal communication.
Yet as they were leaving, they heard the community singing “Heart of Worship” in their own language. He had no idea how they had come to know that song, but it’s amazing how a song can find it’s way almost anywhere.
The second story he shared was about an Indian woman who became a midwife. She was a Christian, and made it a point to ALWAYS pray for the women and the children about to be born, and by the grace of God, she never lost a woman or a child.
Not one.
How amazing is that?
When asked about her faith, she shared that she had never read a Christian book, never grew up in a church, never even owned a Bible, yet she DID know a worship song. One song. That’s it. And that song gave her faith everyday.
How incredible is that?
Unfortunately John didn’t know what the song was, but still….I was shocked. It affirms my faith in the power of music, and not just music, but worship music.
I know nowadays there is a lot of bad music out there, or even worse: mediocre music. Music that floats past that is only good, not great.
Let me point out an example: the corny “Jesus is my boyfriend” songs. Ugh.
Ok, there are songs that are great, but sometimes….ugh. They just get under my skin. What about the cross? What about His grace? Jesus isn’t for our comfort, Jesus is for our souls.
Ok. End of rant.
It shows that there are songs out there that can push a person through life and continue giving them faith everyday.
This is random, and I apologize, but my thoughts are rather scattered, and….well, my birthday is in 20 minutes and I’m watching Princess and the Frog and sitting on my couch with my Sleeping Beauty crown on.
I’m gonna go celebrate now. :)
Yea. Like I’m really excited to stay in class for a little bit longer, right?
So we’re all sitting, pretty impatiently, when he walks in with a campus pastor and two other men who I’ve never seen before.
It turns out that these two men are kind of a big deal, which isn’t that surprising, because let’s face it, it’s APU, and we’re in southern California (not like I’m bragging or anything….oh….well…ok, I am!). They are record producers.
They are worship music producers.
They are British.
They are my new best friends.
And instantly my impatience goes away.
John (the head guy) told us about kinds of things they look for in song writing. He said ultimately they look for songs for the church, songs YOU write for YOUR church, and even writing for congregations for the year 2024.
He shared a story of when he was in the Amazon sharing with a local community, where he didn’t know their language and vice versa. They spent the whole time without verbal communication.
Yet as they were leaving, they heard the community singing “Heart of Worship” in their own language. He had no idea how they had come to know that song, but it’s amazing how a song can find it’s way almost anywhere.
The second story he shared was about an Indian woman who became a midwife. She was a Christian, and made it a point to ALWAYS pray for the women and the children about to be born, and by the grace of God, she never lost a woman or a child.
Not one.
How amazing is that?
When asked about her faith, she shared that she had never read a Christian book, never grew up in a church, never even owned a Bible, yet she DID know a worship song. One song. That’s it. And that song gave her faith everyday.
How incredible is that?
Unfortunately John didn’t know what the song was, but still….I was shocked. It affirms my faith in the power of music, and not just music, but worship music.
I know nowadays there is a lot of bad music out there, or even worse: mediocre music. Music that floats past that is only good, not great.
Let me point out an example: the corny “Jesus is my boyfriend” songs. Ugh.
Ok, there are songs that are great, but sometimes….ugh. They just get under my skin. What about the cross? What about His grace? Jesus isn’t for our comfort, Jesus is for our souls.
Ok. End of rant.
It shows that there are songs out there that can push a person through life and continue giving them faith everyday.
This is random, and I apologize, but my thoughts are rather scattered, and….well, my birthday is in 20 minutes and I’m watching Princess and the Frog and sitting on my couch with my Sleeping Beauty crown on.
I’m gonna go celebrate now. :)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
10 Awkward/Uncomfortable Situations in the Last 10 Days
1. Last Tuesday I went on vocal rest. And, of course Tuesday is one of the days I have choir! So I show up to class, manage to mime what I need to, and lip synch my way through class. That is until my professor noticed a student without his music, and he called him out on it. Apparently the student never got his music, so the professor looks at me and asks me about it. Ok, firstly, I didn’t even hear the question. I had no idea what to say even if I could. Secondly, I can’t talk! What am I going to do? Luckily a friend of mine told him that I couldn’t talk, and my professor leans back in his chair, smiles, and says, “Well this is a nice conversation, isn’t it?”…and then he said IT. “This must be every man’s dream!”
....um….WHAT?
People laugh awkwardly, I get some apologetic glances from some of the guys I know, and then the girls start asking things like, “You want to take that back?” and so on.
Let me just say, I love you Oratorio girls, you got my back! ☺
Then, my professor realizes what he just said and says, “Well not YOU of course!”
Sorry. Too late.
Awkward.
2. So I’m in math class. My teacher begins passing out our tests. Mine is the last to be passed out. He says my name, “Alicia?” I raise my hand and he hands me my test (A+ thank you very much!) and proceeds to take roll.
My name is 2nd on the list. So in the 30 seconds it took to take one step to pick up his roll sheet, to say the first name to himself (because he KNOWS her name and doesn’t even look up), says my name and looks around.
I raise my hand, and he finally sees me and says, “Oh there you are! That’s right. I forgot about you.”
He then checks my name off and goes on to the next person.
I didn’t know I was that forgettable.
It didn’t help that everyone around me start laughing at what he said.
No cool.
And awkward.
3. Sex trees. Yes, you read that right. At APU, we have what are commonly known as “Sex Trees”. They are trees (duh.) that have tiny flowers that smell like…well…I’m sure you can guess.
Let me clarify here, I am TOLD they smell like sex. Just saying.
By the way, they STINK! Just saying.
On my way to the trolley stop to go to class, I passed by two guys who were talking to each other.
Unfortunately they were talking about the trees.
And unfortunately they were talking about sex.
And even more unfortunately they were (hopefully) joking about having sex with the next girl that walks by to really see if the trees smell like sex.
NO!!!!!
And awkward.
4. I was in line waiting to order my food. I was waiting behind a man. An attractive man. The girl taking our orders seemed rather TOO perky while helping him, and when he was almost done, she asked him if he had a class with her last semester.
He said he wasn’t sure.
She said a class name and the professor.
He looked back at me with a face expression that say, “Is she for real?” and looked back at her, said yeah.
He then bought his food, and left.
Then she “helped” me with my order, but she was grumpy the whole time. Whomp, whomp. ☹
5. Five minutes before choir started I was standing behind the piano figuring out some of my librarian stuff. Suddenly up walks this guy who I barely know, and he starts singing the Beatles, “All You Need Is Love”.
Now, this isn’t too surprising, must of us here are music majors.
Until he says, “There! I hope I brightened your day!”
…what?
Not that I don’t appreciate it, it’s just….what?
Want to know what makes it awkward?
Is that Cute Boy was standing close by and saw the whole thing.
6. I sat down for my class. In walks a guy and sits down next to me. Class begins. Guy next to me starts to nod off, until he is asleep.
Like…asleep-asleep…twitching-asleep.
My teacher doesn’t notice. Or if he did, he just didn’t care.
By the time class is almost over, I glance over, see him twitch, then OPEN HIS EYES AND LOOKS AT ME!
AWKWARD!
7. After #6, I was walking back to my apartment and walked by a couple sitting on a curb.
It’s APU, this isn’t news.
The problem was as I was walking by she said, “But what does that mean for us?”
The guy said something that I couldn’t hear, but the girl quickly replied:
“But I love you!!”
Followed by uncomfortable silence…
I quickened my pace to get to my apartment ASAP.
8. The best part about this story is it’s not the first time. So keep that in mind.
After classes one day I checked the bulletin board in the School of Music, then walked to the doors. Well in front of me was a guy, and behind me were two guys. The guy ahead of me walked out, and held the door for me.
Or so I thought.
He really just held it open for himself and ½.
So I’m thinking he’s waiting for me, so I hurry up a bit so he doesn’t stay around forever, when he lets go…
And the door slams on my forehead.
With two guys behind me.
Did I mention they were cute?
Yeah…this is the second time that’s happened.
I think I need to wear a helmet to classes now. It’s getting dangerous.
No wonder I have such bad headaches…
Now, I’m just too excited to post this, that these last 2 are my BEST awkward moments. They’re sooooo good, I just have to share!
9. So…there’s a boy. We shall call him “Cute Boy”. Cute Boy invited me to a concert he was playing in. So, obviously, I went! Afterwards I went up and talked to him, but then he asked how my head was doing. (This was right after I had one of my headaches) and I said, “Oh, it’s all gone!”
He gave me a questionable look, and I realized that I implied my head was gone, and said:
“Not my HEAD, the head ache. Cause that’d be pretty weird if my HEAD was gone. How could I be talking to you right now? Or have listened to your concert or even be alive cause of all the blood that would have been gone, and my brain wouldn’t be functioning because it’d be separated from my body and…and that’d just be bad.”
Seriously?
VERBAL VOMIT.
Lucky for me he seemed to think it was funny.
Little does he know that it’s just me getting tongue tied and light-headed and all that icky mushy stuff…
10. Spirit West Coast. It makes me so happy! However SWC ’10 was most definitely the most awkward year EVER.
But, as to not embarrass the other person involved, I will refrain myself to this ONE story.
There’s a group called the Navigators made up of people from different branches of the military and their families.
The thing I loooove about the Navigators is that 1. I’ve grown up with half of them, 2. Some of these guys are just flat out HANDSOME! And 3. They all love God with all their heart.
Side Note: My mom always says if there’s a cute guy I want to talk to, to let her know or signal her somehow and she’ll make sure that we serve or work or whatever next to each other. heeheehee
So one day, we were getting lunch ready and a small crew of guys (I should clarify CUTE) guys came to help. I was working on buttering bread and putting it on the skillet (grilled cheese obviously) and saw Him.
He was gorgeous.
He was memorizing a verse.
He was tall.
He was my future husband.
So my mom told him to have me show him what I was doing so he could take over my job.
Which worked out well…until I had to do something else cause he was taking my job…
Nice job Mom.
My new job was to take the HUUUUGE bowl and fill it with grapes. Well, after I filled that bowl, it was pretty darn heavy…
So what’s a poor girl like me got to do? I can’t carry the bowl…
Heeheehee
So I kindly as Boy to help me carry it out to put it on the line, and we walk all the way there and back, then I ask him to carry the bowl of pasta salad all the way out there and back.
I’m very sneaky.
Then it’s time to start serving lunch. He keeps working in the kitchen and my friends are on their way to eat, so I find them and sit down, but one of my friends comes over late and gets in line…BEHIND BOY!
After she gets her food she sits down next to me and I quickly tell her that HE was behind her in line!
So, obviously, we giggle over this and I LOUDLY say, “He…he’s just…he’s just so cute…I WANT HIM!!!”
And at that EXACT moment, Boy walks by.
Right behind me.
Aaaaawesome.
Of course he didn’t know I was talking about him but…c’mon, what are the odds?!?!
And with that, I hope you enjoy laughing at all my uncomfortable and awkward situations...because I sure enjoyed creating them!!
....um….WHAT?
People laugh awkwardly, I get some apologetic glances from some of the guys I know, and then the girls start asking things like, “You want to take that back?” and so on.
Let me just say, I love you Oratorio girls, you got my back! ☺
Then, my professor realizes what he just said and says, “Well not YOU of course!”
Sorry. Too late.
Awkward.
2. So I’m in math class. My teacher begins passing out our tests. Mine is the last to be passed out. He says my name, “Alicia?” I raise my hand and he hands me my test (A+ thank you very much!) and proceeds to take roll.
My name is 2nd on the list. So in the 30 seconds it took to take one step to pick up his roll sheet, to say the first name to himself (because he KNOWS her name and doesn’t even look up), says my name and looks around.
I raise my hand, and he finally sees me and says, “Oh there you are! That’s right. I forgot about you.”
He then checks my name off and goes on to the next person.
I didn’t know I was that forgettable.
It didn’t help that everyone around me start laughing at what he said.
No cool.
And awkward.
3. Sex trees. Yes, you read that right. At APU, we have what are commonly known as “Sex Trees”. They are trees (duh.) that have tiny flowers that smell like…well…I’m sure you can guess.
Let me clarify here, I am TOLD they smell like sex. Just saying.
By the way, they STINK! Just saying.
On my way to the trolley stop to go to class, I passed by two guys who were talking to each other.
Unfortunately they were talking about the trees.
And unfortunately they were talking about sex.
And even more unfortunately they were (hopefully) joking about having sex with the next girl that walks by to really see if the trees smell like sex.
NO!!!!!
And awkward.
4. I was in line waiting to order my food. I was waiting behind a man. An attractive man. The girl taking our orders seemed rather TOO perky while helping him, and when he was almost done, she asked him if he had a class with her last semester.
He said he wasn’t sure.
She said a class name and the professor.
He looked back at me with a face expression that say, “Is she for real?” and looked back at her, said yeah.
He then bought his food, and left.
Then she “helped” me with my order, but she was grumpy the whole time. Whomp, whomp. ☹
5. Five minutes before choir started I was standing behind the piano figuring out some of my librarian stuff. Suddenly up walks this guy who I barely know, and he starts singing the Beatles, “All You Need Is Love”.
Now, this isn’t too surprising, must of us here are music majors.
Until he says, “There! I hope I brightened your day!”
…what?
Not that I don’t appreciate it, it’s just….what?
Want to know what makes it awkward?
Is that Cute Boy was standing close by and saw the whole thing.
6. I sat down for my class. In walks a guy and sits down next to me. Class begins. Guy next to me starts to nod off, until he is asleep.
Like…asleep-asleep…twitching-asleep.
My teacher doesn’t notice. Or if he did, he just didn’t care.
By the time class is almost over, I glance over, see him twitch, then OPEN HIS EYES AND LOOKS AT ME!
AWKWARD!
7. After #6, I was walking back to my apartment and walked by a couple sitting on a curb.
It’s APU, this isn’t news.
The problem was as I was walking by she said, “But what does that mean for us?”
The guy said something that I couldn’t hear, but the girl quickly replied:
“But I love you!!”
Followed by uncomfortable silence…
I quickened my pace to get to my apartment ASAP.
8. The best part about this story is it’s not the first time. So keep that in mind.
After classes one day I checked the bulletin board in the School of Music, then walked to the doors. Well in front of me was a guy, and behind me were two guys. The guy ahead of me walked out, and held the door for me.
Or so I thought.
He really just held it open for himself and ½.
So I’m thinking he’s waiting for me, so I hurry up a bit so he doesn’t stay around forever, when he lets go…
And the door slams on my forehead.
With two guys behind me.
Did I mention they were cute?
Yeah…this is the second time that’s happened.
I think I need to wear a helmet to classes now. It’s getting dangerous.
No wonder I have such bad headaches…
Now, I’m just too excited to post this, that these last 2 are my BEST awkward moments. They’re sooooo good, I just have to share!
9. So…there’s a boy. We shall call him “Cute Boy”. Cute Boy invited me to a concert he was playing in. So, obviously, I went! Afterwards I went up and talked to him, but then he asked how my head was doing. (This was right after I had one of my headaches) and I said, “Oh, it’s all gone!”
He gave me a questionable look, and I realized that I implied my head was gone, and said:
“Not my HEAD, the head ache. Cause that’d be pretty weird if my HEAD was gone. How could I be talking to you right now? Or have listened to your concert or even be alive cause of all the blood that would have been gone, and my brain wouldn’t be functioning because it’d be separated from my body and…and that’d just be bad.”
Seriously?
VERBAL VOMIT.
Lucky for me he seemed to think it was funny.
Little does he know that it’s just me getting tongue tied and light-headed and all that icky mushy stuff…
10. Spirit West Coast. It makes me so happy! However SWC ’10 was most definitely the most awkward year EVER.
But, as to not embarrass the other person involved, I will refrain myself to this ONE story.
There’s a group called the Navigators made up of people from different branches of the military and their families.
The thing I loooove about the Navigators is that 1. I’ve grown up with half of them, 2. Some of these guys are just flat out HANDSOME! And 3. They all love God with all their heart.
Side Note: My mom always says if there’s a cute guy I want to talk to, to let her know or signal her somehow and she’ll make sure that we serve or work or whatever next to each other. heeheehee
So one day, we were getting lunch ready and a small crew of guys (I should clarify CUTE) guys came to help. I was working on buttering bread and putting it on the skillet (grilled cheese obviously) and saw Him.
He was gorgeous.
He was memorizing a verse.
He was tall.
He was my future husband.
So my mom told him to have me show him what I was doing so he could take over my job.
Which worked out well…until I had to do something else cause he was taking my job…
Nice job Mom.
My new job was to take the HUUUUGE bowl and fill it with grapes. Well, after I filled that bowl, it was pretty darn heavy…
So what’s a poor girl like me got to do? I can’t carry the bowl…
Heeheehee
So I kindly as Boy to help me carry it out to put it on the line, and we walk all the way there and back, then I ask him to carry the bowl of pasta salad all the way out there and back.
I’m very sneaky.
Then it’s time to start serving lunch. He keeps working in the kitchen and my friends are on their way to eat, so I find them and sit down, but one of my friends comes over late and gets in line…BEHIND BOY!
After she gets her food she sits down next to me and I quickly tell her that HE was behind her in line!
So, obviously, we giggle over this and I LOUDLY say, “He…he’s just…he’s just so cute…I WANT HIM!!!”
And at that EXACT moment, Boy walks by.
Right behind me.
Aaaaawesome.
Of course he didn’t know I was talking about him but…c’mon, what are the odds?!?!
And with that, I hope you enjoy laughing at all my uncomfortable and awkward situations...because I sure enjoyed creating them!!
January
I was inspired by Andrea's December blog, but mine is without pictures (sorry!) and is a bit more detailed...not to mention everyday..hahaha
But this is what my January looked like...
January
1st – Jonathan and Michelle leave, day of shopping with Mom and Grandma
2nd – Church, movies with Andrea ☺
3rd – Shopping with Mom, Tangled (!!!!), and baby sit next door neighbor’s daughter. She slept the whole time except for about 30 minutes with which I sang her to sleep. That’s right. I rubbed her back, sang, and she fell asleep to the sound of my voice. ☺
4th – Sleep in, dinner with Nathan Bolin, Worship Team, late night Rite-Aid excursion with Andrea…when they were closing. We were then politely asked to leave.
5th – Shopping and lunch with Andrea, frozen yogurt with Andrea and “The Tom” (comfy couch included!!...and of course some awkward conversations on Andrea’s part. Way to go A.)
6th – Accomplished sleeping in and staying in pajamas all day.
7th – Accomplished sleeping in and staying in pajamas all day AND cleaned the kitchen and organized the tuberware drawer.
8th – Early shopping with Mommy, lunch with Annie, dinner and movie with Bolins and Lexi, girl’s night with Mommy (and Cary Grant!)
9th – Church, last minute packing, ride to the airport, airport adventures with Andrea, airplane ride (PS I have a new alias: Samantha Jenkins, and I major in Business at UCLA...) and unpacking, dinner, and One Tree Hill with Jen!
10th – Classes begin!!
11th – 2nd day of classes begin
12th – 3rd day of classes, I begin to realize that my classes are going to be pretty nice and relaxing. What?? I KNOW!
13th – Classes, stress over Oratorio music being copied and lost…supposed to pass it out the previous Tuesday…
14th – Class, chapel, lunch with Jen, rehearsal (where I was bumped up to Soprano 1 and I sight read my part and slightly kicked butt!!), went out with Dore and her bf Ryan.
15th – Surprise baby sitting job for Kendra! Spent the day with Viola, dinner with Jen and Jerry, Moulin Rouge with Rachel, Adam, Dore, and Ryan, and singing Glee songs while making a gingerbread house, and truth or dare. And by truth or dare I mean I google “truth or dare” questions and we all answer the questions.
16th – Sleep in, lunch with Jen, nap, Golden Globes, phone calls, and Burlesque.
17th – Sleep in (whoops, missed the gym!), cleaning, homework, Friends marathon, and sushi!!!
18th – Work out, class, lunch and Bachelor with Jen and Jerry, crazy Oratorio shenanigans, homework, dinner and Narnia with Tatiana!!
19th – Wake up with a headache, so I shower, take medicine, and go back to bed. Wake up later, feeling better, hang around, clean, do homework, go to class, dinner, homework.
20th – First voice lesson – success!! Reading time in the beautiful music building courtyard where college “men” giggle over “Forget You”…the uncensored version… o-O
Amazing class time and amazing choir work/sectionals time.
21st – Class, get the last textbooks (finally!), lunch, homework, power nap, rehearsal, dinner, Friends marathon, laundry, practice, creative juices start flowing and I start writing…
followed by more cleaning, taking down Christmas decorations, and laundry.
This is my Friday night without my roommate. ☹
22nd – Sleep in a little, homework, read for fun, shower, check mail, get TWO things: care package from home and a super adorable letter from A! Lunch, intense cleaning session, grocery store with Dore and Ryan, make dinner, Step up 3, another intense clean session, more reading for fun.
23rd – Homework, more cleaning, DISNEYLAND WITH TATIANA!!!
24th – Class, homework, Friends, homework…did I mention homework? Am officially put on vocal rest (allergies, over-practicing, and Disneyland don’t make for a great well-rested voice…)
25th – Class, class, and homework. Oh, can’t forget the pantomiming all day long. It’s getting interesting…
26th – Class, chapel, class, lunch, homework, take math test (which I totally aced by the way), homework.
27th – REALLY not feeling good, so I sleep in, drink fluids, go to choir, come back and eat dinner and study/homework.
28th – Class, chapel, voice is back!! Call mom, clean, homework, catch up on some tv shows, man choir with Rachel and Jess, rehearsal, tv with the sick roomie
29th – TV with the roomie while she rests, quick trip to her Grandma’s house and Wal Mart
30th – sleep in, homework, clean, homework, make dinner (chicken and pasta), clean, make cookies (sugar cookies that turned out more like sweet bread, still tasty!) clean, bed.
31st – class, chapel, class, finally wake up, homework, class, and homework.
But this is what my January looked like...
January
1st – Jonathan and Michelle leave, day of shopping with Mom and Grandma
2nd – Church, movies with Andrea ☺
3rd – Shopping with Mom, Tangled (!!!!), and baby sit next door neighbor’s daughter. She slept the whole time except for about 30 minutes with which I sang her to sleep. That’s right. I rubbed her back, sang, and she fell asleep to the sound of my voice. ☺
4th – Sleep in, dinner with Nathan Bolin, Worship Team, late night Rite-Aid excursion with Andrea…when they were closing. We were then politely asked to leave.
5th – Shopping and lunch with Andrea, frozen yogurt with Andrea and “The Tom” (comfy couch included!!...and of course some awkward conversations on Andrea’s part. Way to go A.)
6th – Accomplished sleeping in and staying in pajamas all day.
7th – Accomplished sleeping in and staying in pajamas all day AND cleaned the kitchen and organized the tuberware drawer.
8th – Early shopping with Mommy, lunch with Annie, dinner and movie with Bolins and Lexi, girl’s night with Mommy (and Cary Grant!)
9th – Church, last minute packing, ride to the airport, airport adventures with Andrea, airplane ride (PS I have a new alias: Samantha Jenkins, and I major in Business at UCLA...) and unpacking, dinner, and One Tree Hill with Jen!
10th – Classes begin!!
11th – 2nd day of classes begin
12th – 3rd day of classes, I begin to realize that my classes are going to be pretty nice and relaxing. What?? I KNOW!
13th – Classes, stress over Oratorio music being copied and lost…supposed to pass it out the previous Tuesday…
14th – Class, chapel, lunch with Jen, rehearsal (where I was bumped up to Soprano 1 and I sight read my part and slightly kicked butt!!), went out with Dore and her bf Ryan.
15th – Surprise baby sitting job for Kendra! Spent the day with Viola, dinner with Jen and Jerry, Moulin Rouge with Rachel, Adam, Dore, and Ryan, and singing Glee songs while making a gingerbread house, and truth or dare. And by truth or dare I mean I google “truth or dare” questions and we all answer the questions.
16th – Sleep in, lunch with Jen, nap, Golden Globes, phone calls, and Burlesque.
17th – Sleep in (whoops, missed the gym!), cleaning, homework, Friends marathon, and sushi!!!
18th – Work out, class, lunch and Bachelor with Jen and Jerry, crazy Oratorio shenanigans, homework, dinner and Narnia with Tatiana!!
19th – Wake up with a headache, so I shower, take medicine, and go back to bed. Wake up later, feeling better, hang around, clean, do homework, go to class, dinner, homework.
20th – First voice lesson – success!! Reading time in the beautiful music building courtyard where college “men” giggle over “Forget You”…the uncensored version… o-O
Amazing class time and amazing choir work/sectionals time.
21st – Class, get the last textbooks (finally!), lunch, homework, power nap, rehearsal, dinner, Friends marathon, laundry, practice, creative juices start flowing and I start writing…
followed by more cleaning, taking down Christmas decorations, and laundry.
This is my Friday night without my roommate. ☹
22nd – Sleep in a little, homework, read for fun, shower, check mail, get TWO things: care package from home and a super adorable letter from A! Lunch, intense cleaning session, grocery store with Dore and Ryan, make dinner, Step up 3, another intense clean session, more reading for fun.
23rd – Homework, more cleaning, DISNEYLAND WITH TATIANA!!!
24th – Class, homework, Friends, homework…did I mention homework? Am officially put on vocal rest (allergies, over-practicing, and Disneyland don’t make for a great well-rested voice…)
25th – Class, class, and homework. Oh, can’t forget the pantomiming all day long. It’s getting interesting…
26th – Class, chapel, class, lunch, homework, take math test (which I totally aced by the way), homework.
27th – REALLY not feeling good, so I sleep in, drink fluids, go to choir, come back and eat dinner and study/homework.
28th – Class, chapel, voice is back!! Call mom, clean, homework, catch up on some tv shows, man choir with Rachel and Jess, rehearsal, tv with the sick roomie
29th – TV with the roomie while she rests, quick trip to her Grandma’s house and Wal Mart
30th – sleep in, homework, clean, homework, make dinner (chicken and pasta), clean, make cookies (sugar cookies that turned out more like sweet bread, still tasty!) clean, bed.
31st – class, chapel, class, finally wake up, homework, class, and homework.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Andrea
Andrea is one of my best friends. We email each other while at school, we text each other, and we tweet and write on each other’s walls. We play music together, lead worship together, and we’re both nannies.
Not only do I love her incredibly, but I look up to her.
She is a strong woman. She is fierce. She is a smart.
Many people know she’s been going through a lot of pain the last month, and she hasn’t stopped. She is kicking the pain in the throat! And that’s amazing.
She is caring. I love watching her and Trina. Trina absolutely adores Andrea, and I can see how much she wants to be like her. The picture is complete when she’s holding her pink acoustic guitar that Andrea bought her. Hahaha
She’s a rock star. Although many people have seen us rock out together, so there’s really no need to describe this one here.
Oh, she’s also Hannah Montana. But don’t tell anyone.
She’s thoughtful and creative. I get so many hand made cards with things like muffin mix or temporary tattoos.
She’s honest and fun loving. Have you seen her in the kitchen? It is quite a sight to behold.
But you know what I love best? Her heart. She’s passionate. When she loves, she loves without restraint. I’ve seen her try to restrain it, and it’s just funny. ☺
She has a true woman’s heart that seeks for knowledge and truth. And she never stops until she finds it.
She has taught me more than she will ever know. I feel blessed having her in my life, and I thank God every day for a friend like her.
I love you Princess, Troublemaker #1, Drea, A, Andrea, my BFF. <3
Not only do I love her incredibly, but I look up to her.
She is a strong woman. She is fierce. She is a smart.
Many people know she’s been going through a lot of pain the last month, and she hasn’t stopped. She is kicking the pain in the throat! And that’s amazing.
She is caring. I love watching her and Trina. Trina absolutely adores Andrea, and I can see how much she wants to be like her. The picture is complete when she’s holding her pink acoustic guitar that Andrea bought her. Hahaha
She’s a rock star. Although many people have seen us rock out together, so there’s really no need to describe this one here.
Oh, she’s also Hannah Montana. But don’t tell anyone.
She’s thoughtful and creative. I get so many hand made cards with things like muffin mix or temporary tattoos.
She’s honest and fun loving. Have you seen her in the kitchen? It is quite a sight to behold.
But you know what I love best? Her heart. She’s passionate. When she loves, she loves without restraint. I’ve seen her try to restrain it, and it’s just funny. ☺
She has a true woman’s heart that seeks for knowledge and truth. And she never stops until she finds it.
She has taught me more than she will ever know. I feel blessed having her in my life, and I thank God every day for a friend like her.
I love you Princess, Troublemaker #1, Drea, A, Andrea, my BFF. <3
Thursday, December 23, 2010
I can't sleep
I can't sleep.
Sometimes I wonder why...
Did I drink too much coffee or eat too much sugar today? Is there something I forgot to do? The list goes on...
But sometimes I know the reason. It's because God is trying to tell me something.
Now...I won't lie. Sometimes I have no idea what He's trying to tell me. But I think that's ok.
Oftentimes we don't carve out enough time in our daily lives to simply spend time with God. How many times have we heard this? Too many to count.
So sometimes when I can't sleep I talk to God. Except I tend to eventually fall asleep, then I kinda feel bad, but hey, a girl's gotta sleep and I think God will forgive me for that..especially considering you know...He forgives me no matter what, so I think I'm covered. :)
Tonight...well, tonight I thought I knew the reason, but I guess I really don't. It could be the fact that God has been changing my plans lately, both big and small and I'm (still) learning to let God plan my life, or that I read the chapter on Unveiling Your Beauty from Captivating (great book, read it if you haven't. Guys too, it will give you AMAZING insight to women!) so I have thoughts swirling around my head about both of these things.
Not to mention it's only a few days till Christmas. :)
I feel very content right now. But how long will this last?
Who knows.
So for now, I will enjoy it.
Good night...
Sometimes I wonder why...
Did I drink too much coffee or eat too much sugar today? Is there something I forgot to do? The list goes on...
But sometimes I know the reason. It's because God is trying to tell me something.
Now...I won't lie. Sometimes I have no idea what He's trying to tell me. But I think that's ok.
Oftentimes we don't carve out enough time in our daily lives to simply spend time with God. How many times have we heard this? Too many to count.
So sometimes when I can't sleep I talk to God. Except I tend to eventually fall asleep, then I kinda feel bad, but hey, a girl's gotta sleep and I think God will forgive me for that..especially considering you know...He forgives me no matter what, so I think I'm covered. :)
Tonight...well, tonight I thought I knew the reason, but I guess I really don't. It could be the fact that God has been changing my plans lately, both big and small and I'm (still) learning to let God plan my life, or that I read the chapter on Unveiling Your Beauty from Captivating (great book, read it if you haven't. Guys too, it will give you AMAZING insight to women!) so I have thoughts swirling around my head about both of these things.
Not to mention it's only a few days till Christmas. :)
I feel very content right now. But how long will this last?
Who knows.
So for now, I will enjoy it.
Good night...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Ah, Finals...
It’s been awhile since I’ve written, and let me tell you why.
I’d like to say I’ve had no time, but that would be a lie.
Although it is somewhat true, I will tell you the real reason,
My story may sound crazy, but trust me, I ain’t teasin’
I kept my passwords on my phone, so that my brain could wander,
Which worked out fine until that is, I dropped it in the shower.
Ok. Enough Dr. Seus. But seriously, I dropped my phone in the shower awhile ago and I lost all my passwords and stuff. I had them written down somewhere else but I still can’t remember where I put it.
So I have changed all my passwords in case someone finds it, but I finally just figured out my email/password to my blog so here I am, tah dah!!
Really quick, let me specify I was not IN the shower, I was turning it on, flipping through my phone to get to an email (my morning devotional) and I lost my balance and instead of banging my head into the wall I dropped my phone and caught myself on the bath tub.
I’d love to tell everyone what I’ve done this semester, but I’ll be honest, I can’t remember. Ha!
So let me just share what’s gone on this last week.
Dead week. It’s so appropriately named! I had 2 piano quizzes, a jazz/12 bar blues project, a paper, a worship service project, practice, vocal juries, a group final, a woodwind final, review sessions, and work (120 students, 5 pieces of music each to check off and put away) it was a little hectic.
Side Notes: Juries are what all music majors go through for the individual instruments. In my case, I have vocal juries. You pick a piece or two from your repertoire from the semester and perform it in front of a panel (in my case all the other vocal professors including the department head) and they judge you. It’s awesome. They fill out forms and make comments and give you an overall grade…it’s wonderfully overwhelming.
I had mine at 9:40 Saturday morning. I sang “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming”, and YES! I remembered all my words! Unfortunately I messed up the rhythm pretty badly BUT the panel of judges didn’t say anything about it…strange.
And in the end, everyone gave me an A. :)
I have so far finished my Practical Musicianship III group final, woodwind final, “choir final”, vocal jury, Music in Worship final, and my Performance Forum final.
Tomorrow morning I have my Practical Musicianship III individual final and Wednesday I have my Theory IV final, Baroque final, and have to turn in my last Theory IV project and my Baroque term paper.
Even better, my family is driving down TOMORROW and they are taking me to dinner tomorrow AND TO DISNEYLAND Thursday and Friday, and coming HOME Saturday! :)
Now I should go back to my studies,
We don’t want my brain to be muddy,
Remain patient. I promise to update you soon,
Please do not worry, simply stay tune….
….d.
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