it must be my last semester of college... maybe

I know it has been far too long since I've blogged but things have been insane and there has been so much going on that I haven't even been able to think of a way to condense what I've been doing into blog posts.. Here are some "maybe's" of the crazy world that has been my life lately..

Maybe I've been going to all my classes (gasp!)

Maybe my directing class is rocking my world (i've already directed 2 scenes and been in a few and just got cast in 2 more with another one of my own on the way)

Maybe I've been watching an adorable little boy every Wednesday for a little extra cash

Maybe I've been spending quite a bit of time with some good friends with the breaks of time I have

Maybe the idea of being done with college in less than 4 moths is freaking me out and making me really sad all at once

Maybe I will have seen the on campus show Life is a Dream a total of 3 times by the end of it's run (more to come on this later)

Maybe I've been trying to stay on top of or ahead (or at least on schedule) with all my writing I have to do this semester

Maybe I cried to Maegan last night about the passion I have for theatre and how it kills me everyday that it's not my major

Maybe I'm a little overwhelmed but my heart is so full I don't want this time in my life to end..

a feel good sound

"Hush, now, let's go quiet to the park, where it first started. Cold night, us lying in the dark, I felt my heart was trying to find a place for you to stay, a place where I'd feel safe. Anything we have know, anything we've forgotten, in the rain, in the dark we'll lay. In your arms, in your arms I'll stay." 

Kina Grannis is an artist my roommate introduced me to this week. I haven't explored too much of her work, but from what I can tell, she is brilliant. This amazing young lady made her way into the music world via youtube! I absolutely adore the feel of her music and love even more how she sounds exactly the same live as she does in studio. Check her out! This girl is going to be give Colbie Caillat a run for money. 

for my best friend.

This video clip from "Dear John" reminds me so much of my best friend Amanda Noel and her fiance James. 

For the majority of this 5 year relationship Amanda and James have been in a long distance relationship. They even experienced a deployment together since James is in the Army. 

I am incredibly happy for these 2. The relationship that I witness and hear about between the 2 of them is something I look up to. James treats Amanda like she is the most important thing in his world and I think that's beautiful. 

I have witnessed and heard of so many times where that exact image (from the video) of the laughing and playing together and then the focus turns to the uniform... it is so much a symbol for the relationship Amanda and James have had... short visits, that are few and far between and communicating any way they can otherwise. 

But they love each other, they are the most in love I have ever seen them after 5 years and they're engaged. Words cannot describe how happy I am for Amanda. I can't even articulate how happy I am that she and James have made it through everything and now they can finally really be together. I am ecstatic. I love her so much. 

a Thursday evening "Happy List"

This semester has already been crazy. I have 5 classes... and a ton of stuff to take care of. Spring recruitment for Delta Zeta has been going on this week. Things have just been nuts. So I decided to do an almost weekend happy list!

1. long talks with new friends!

2. watching little ones (I gained 2 babysitting gigs in the last week).

3. country music.

4. Theatre. Theatre. Theatre. 

5. knowing graduation in only a little over 3 months away..

6. holding on to every moment I have until then.

7. daydreaming about the near feature.

8. pretty weather.

9. a cozy bed.

10. coffee. coffee. coffee.

Four.

1) What does it say?

Psalms 4

2) What does it mean?

Verse 8 says this, "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."

3) What does it mean to me?

This reminds me of something I've been thinking about a lot lately. God isn't going anywhere. No matter what! No matter what happens, no matter who leaves you, no matter where you are... God is there! (And it gets better!) God is the only, I mean the only person in the world that cannot be taken away from you. So when you feel completely alone, or don't feel safe, or you are feeling lonely.. talk to God, he's there.. and that brings me peace everyday! 

Remembering the MySpace days..

The best friend tagged me in this crazy thing, I decided to do it! It reminded me of those surveys we did in the "MySpace" days. Love it!

The Rules

1. You must post the rules. (And link up who tagged you.)
2. Post eleven fun facts about yourself on the blog post.

3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged.

4. Tag eleven people and link them on your post.

5. Let them know you've tagged them!

 

11 Facts about me:

(these will be listed in the order that they pop into my head)

1. My eyes are insanely blue.

2. If I could go back, I'd be a theatre major.

3. I could quote almost the whole movie of "The Sandlot" ...but really.

4. I am the loudest person a lot of people can say they know.

5. I am going to be a high school English teacher.

6. In the next 8 months I am going to be in 2 weddings, for 2 Amanda's.

7. I wish I liked to read enough to read all the books I want to read.

8. I could watch non-stop episodes of Law and Order: SVU all day.

9. When I wear a lot of eye make-up my (small) Japanese heritage becomes very apparent. 

10. (as a teacher) I want to wear dresses and heels every day.

11. When I have kids, I hope to have a boy first.

 

Questions from Amanda Noel:

1. What is your favorite childhood memory?

Oh wow, I have no idea how to answer this.... as soon as I read this question the first thing that came to mind was a flood of memories from the first house I lived in.

2. If you could only eat one kind of sandwhich for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I think....... probably turkey, ham, cheese (either swiss or provolone), lettuce, mayo/mustard, on toasted sourdough bread. (I make super yummy sandwiches).

3. What is your favorite book?

I think my favorite book it "Mommywood" by Tori Spelling. (don't make fun!)

4. What is your favorite Christmas song?

Probably "This Christmas" or "I'll be Home for Christmas."

5. What inspires you?

My favorite teachers from high school, and theatre.

6. Who is your favorite historical figure?

ummmmm sadly... I don't know...

7. What movie could you watch over and over again?

"Grease." 

8. What is one lesson you've learned from your parents?

Because they've already been through it.... they know. They are always right.

9. What is your dream vacation?

I want to go to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas... ever since the Mary-Kate and Ashley movie "Holiday in the Sun." 

10. What is one item on your bucket list?

to be in a Broadway musical

11. Why do you keep a blog?

It's a place to vent... a place to keep an online journal with pictures!

 

My questions for the people I've tagged!

1. Where were you born?

2. If you could buy a plane ticket to anywhere, where would you go?

3. Is there something in the world that you want to do but fear is holding you back?

4. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

5. Is there a certain tv show you could watch all day long?

6. What are your most comfortable shoes?

7. How many kids do you want to have? Thoughts on adoption?

8. What is the most original Halloween costume you've had?

9. If you could eat one thing for one meal a day for the rest of the year what would it be?

10. What's your favorite verse?

11. What is your favorite genre of music and why?

 

Bloggers I'm tagging:

Amanda @ http://amandaelaine-walkingadayinmysandals.blogspot.com/

(i'm only tagging one person... just because).

   

  

the good 'ol 90's

Remember this? I had said that over Christmas break I wanted to start watching old movies. Those classic chick flicks that girls are always watching.. in chick flicks. Well my Grandma gave me "Gone with the Wind" for Christmas, which fits right into this category, but I haven't been able to dedicate enough time to watching it yet. But two movies that I did watch over break (that believe it or not, I had not seen before) were "You've Got Mail" (1998) and "Father of the Bride" (1991). Ok, I know these aren't thhhhatt old, but 1991 is the year my younger brother was born and he's 20, so that's a little old, right? Anyway, these are both brilliant 90's chick flicks that I watched with the Mann girls (my best friend and her sisters) over break and they were shocked that I hadn't seem them. I loved them, they were both absolutley adorable movies and it made me wish we had never advanced passed the 90's (and good 'ol dial-up internet). Who doesn't miss having to get off the internet because their parents were waiting on an important phone call? Gotta love it.

I will get to more of these types of movies in good time. I love them, I really do, I just need someone to sit down and watch them with me!