Monday, May 31, 2010

a positive affirmation.

Feeling down in the dumps? Sometimes all you need for a good pick-me-up is just a positive mind set.

Or, you could just watch this.



I died.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

SUMMER

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

I honestly thought it would never happen.

But it did. Finally, summer has arrived!

Score. 

Really, I'm so stoked for this, and I'm making a promise to myself that this summer: I'm really going to get things done. So here's a list of things I'm going to do! (Or else.)

1. Volunteer. Child Crisis maybe? I really feel like everything I do is just for me, and I just want to help out!

2. Learn to cook. Really, a kitchen is probably one of the more dangerous places for me to be in. Let's be honest, I'm most likely going to go away for college in a little over a year, and I would rather not live off of cereal and peanut butter sandwiches.

3. Run. So I've decided to quit volleyball and run cross country in the fall, and I think it would be cool to actually be good at it. And like coach says "the best cross runners are made through May and July." Why not just give it a shot?

4. Get good arms. Okay, this one is kind of weird, but I've always been secretly jealous of girls with toned arms. I'm not saying I want bulging biceps, but it would be nice to actually be able to do more than ten push ups.

5. Go to the temple. Sorry to get all religious here, but it really makes a difference in my week if I go to the temple. So I'm going to go more!

6. Make music videos. My friends and I are already all up on this one, we made the first of many to come on the second to last day of school. To be short, it rocked. Maybe I'll post it when it's all edited?

7. Live it up. So this really isn't that much of a goal, but I'm not going to waste these next couple of months away. This is my last summer of high school for crying out loud!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

O AMERICA, i hear you.

A couple of months ago, I joined the East Valley Mormon Choir Organization, and last I had my first concert with them. It was amazing! Really, I'm so grateful I could be a part of it. The concert was patriotic themed, and the whole shabang was called, "O America!" And that was also the title of our last song, which was composed by the fabulous William Joseph. 

Oh and guess what? 
He was there! 



Yep, William Joseph was in the concert too. Couldn't get over it. Nbd.

The spirit was so strong too. It's really breathtaking how powerful music is, and it's amazing how it can be so moving. But the music wasn't all church stuff though, William Joseph played one of his classics "Piano Fantasy," with this INCREDIBLE violinist who had just graduated from Juillard. She was a total rockstar. I was literally in awe.  

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

a little critical

"I'm truely, honestly, madly, passionately IN LOVE WITH YOU!!" 
{This little quote is brought to you by Letters to Juliet}

I'm sorry. It's a really cute idea for a movie, and the scenery is ABSOLUTELY incredible, but did you get a load of that line up there? Ridiculous. It's like the guy had a thesaurus throw up on him. But it's a good laugh I guess!

distracted.

You know when there's something you absolutely have to do, like write a report, but you just can't bring yourself to do it? Liike you do everything on your "to-do" list, until it's the only thing left, but you still can't seem to buckle down? And when you finally put in the effort to sit down in front of the computer to start researching, the only web site you can seem to type into the address box is facebook? 


Yeah. That's happening to me right now.


I guess you could say I get a little distracted, but honestly, I'm supposed to do a report on the life of Emily Dickinson. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to make a life consisting of sitting indoors, writing all day sound exciting? Well, it's not easy.


Hmm...maybe I'll just bs it? Good idea. 

track

Holy oh my goodness! I'm sorry. I've been bad at blogging. However, it's not entirely my fault because I've been extremely busy lately with track! But now it's over and I promise to be better. Except... I MISS TRACK! I'm definately not one do to a sport just for the social aspect of it, but I'm really going to miss all my teammates and practicing together. But mostly, I miss racing. Oh well, guess there's still next year.


{"The handoff!" I was usually the first leg of the four by eight, until around the end of the season. This picture is from Desert Classic I believe, that was our first invite of the season}