Learning? I love learning! Learning's my favorite!

School has officially begun! I'm so happy to be back in the swing of things. Because I'm the scatterbrain that I am, I tend to forget and procrastinate during a break, especially when I might have been assigned something to do over said break. So it was stressful getting everything done in time, but I'm happy now. Plus, seminary! I really love seminary. I get to see some of my friends every day, and talk about stuff that matters to all of us. The getting up at 5:20 part isn't so great. I could really use like, ten more hours of sleep. But I digress. My first week of Shakespeare club was awesome. I'm really excited to get into it more and experience this awesome opportunity with the other kids in the club/class. I'm also possibly going to be an assistant director or stage manager for another play, Alice in Wonderland. I don't really know that much about it yet, or if I'll be doing it, or who I'll be working with, but it sounds fun, and I'd like to try it out. I'm also back in TJYC. Which is great. It's my favorite class. It makes me think, and challenge ideas, and determine where I stand with my own opinions. Aside from all that fun stuff, I have biology. And Spanish. And math. Bleh. That's all I have to say on those topics. So that's my school year so far! Hope yours is great too! Unless you're not in school. In that case, go learn something so that my sentiments can still apply to you.

Sagerific


P.S. I JUST REALLY LIKE LEARNING OK

P.P.S. Happy new year!!!! Even though it's been like, a week and a half. But whatever.

Post-Christmas Post

Hey guys! Did you have a merry Christmas? I sure did. I love Christmas mornings, no matter how tired I am. Being a Santa's Helper is hard, guys. I got some really cool things for Christmas though. I'll have to post pics when I have time. I got TONS of books though. I don't know if I'll have any spare time between reading and school. Speaking of school, I'm back to boring biology classes (alliteration!). And also Spanish and Math. And I must finish Great Expectations before class starts again! Then there's my speech I have to memorize, and then perform, and the acting class I have to prep for! And all that must be done before the middle of January. Exciting, right? So I'm going back to boring biology. Hope you guys had a merry Christmas, and your new year will be fantabulous.

Sagerific

Chirstmas Approaches

Christmas is in a week. EXACTLY A WEEK. I'm really excited and filled with dread at the same time. I wish presents weren't such a stressful thing. I am so ill prepared. With a week left. So some people might be getting cards. Not because I don't love them, but because I may or may not be able to get their presents done in time. Somehow, I usually pull through, but it might not happen this year. Hopefully it does *crosses fingers*. I hope the rest of you are having a fabulous Christmas season, and remember that it's not about buying the best and most expensive presents. It's about the person who gave us the greatest gift there ever was. Merry Christmas!

Sagerific

My Power Point Presentation!

So for my Unleashing Your Voice class I had to give a power point presentation. Thought I'd share it with you!

I love music. I especially love playing the piano. It is one of my favorite things to do. It is a rare day when I don't sit down and play. I don't always play what I'm assigned by my teacher, but I'm usually on the piano for at least an hour or two every day. Some mothers have to tell their kids to go practice the piano, while my mom has to tell me to get off the piano and go do something else.

I've been playing the piano since I was five. I'm on my fourth teacher. There have been times when I wanted to quit. My mom wouldn't let me quit until I could play every hymn in the hymnbook. She didn’t mean the simplified one, either. I can probably play all of them now, with some practice. But now, you couldn't pay me to quit.

For me, music is not just playing an instrument. It's really an emotional release. When I play the piano, I express my feelings through it. It's like an emotional amplifier. Albert Einstein said, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” And that is definitely how it is for me. Although I'm definitely not a physicist. When I'm frustrated or sad, I go play the piano. When I'm happy, or excited, I go play the piano. And what I play usually reflects my mood. Sometimes my mom judges how I’m feeling by what I’ve been playing that day.

I've used music to make other people happy, too. When my sisters, Sydney and Sabrina, and also my brother, Spencer, were really little, I used to hold them on my lap while I played piano, if my mom wasn't right there to take care of them. Playing the piano usually helped to calm them down.

I've also played music in church. Playing religious music is another way to share my testimony. One thing I like to do on the piano is create medleys and mash-ups of different hymns. One of my favorite medleys, not written by me, is the EFY medley. It is 'As Sisters In Zion' and 'We'll Bring The World His Truth' put together in a beautiful combination.

Someday I would like to be a professional songwriter, and share one of the things that brings me most joy. While I also like drawing, and painting and such, typically the more aesthetic form of art, my preferred medium uses sound. Some people use pencils, or paintbrushes, I use the piano. Leopold Stokowski said, “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I know it's a day early, but I probably won't be posting tomorrow. So it's Thanksgiving Eve today :) In seminary we're writing a book. As we go along, everyone in class will write about a topic that has to do with something we're learning, and that's one chapter. Today, since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we wrote about something we're grateful for. I wrote about my friends. She suggested writing about your family, but my mom, dad, brothers and sisters are all my friends, so I figured I'd write about friends and cover all areas :) Here's a few things I'm grateful for right now:

My friends and family, of course

The gospel of Jesus Christ

Music

Necessities (clothes, food, house, etc.)

Sweaters. That goes in necessities but I'm going to restate it. Along with...

...Food

Hot cocoa

Books

A computer

Piano teaching. So that I can be a better teacher, but also so I can earn money to buy...

...my own computer...

...EFY admittance...

...a ticket to Virginia...

...an ipod. 

Also thankful for money.

Education

Freedom

Frogs (it was going to get on here sooner or later)

People that read my blog and care about what I say, however scatterbrained and pointless it may be. Because sometimes it's not scatterbrained and pointless, and when it's not, the people who stick with me through boring blog posts will eventually get to the good ones. 

That's my list for right now. Oh! I'm also incredibly thankful for the fact that I can eat as much as I want tomorrow and no one will judge me but myself. I'll have to go exercise afterward (LOL not going to happen). Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone!

Sagerific

Doctor Who Surprise!

So last night my dad told Trey and Adam and I we were going shopping. We weren't going shopping though. We were going to see 'The Day Of The Doctor' in 3D at the movies!! SURPRISE!!! It was seriously awesome. Like, really fantastic. There were tons of people in awesome costumes. I saw a bunch of Doctors, more than one TARDIS, Jack Harkness, etc. And the feature itself was obviously great. It just made my whole month I think:) Thanks dad!

Sagerific

Happy Holidays

Next week is Thanksgiving. I still can't believe it's November. I think I'm still kind of in denial. I only have a month left to finish my school stuff! Plus there's the matter of presents. I'm way behind this year. I might have to go and buy stuff for people (gasp). Someday, I will be done with school and everything, and I will have time to sit and crochet. Or learn how to knit. But that probably won't be in this lifetime, so I'll just crochet in the time that I don't have, and worry about inner peace later. I'll figure out a yoga plan or something after Christmas. I'm pretty happy about this year though. I have some good ideas for people, and I think they'll like what I'm giving them. 

Happy Holidays!

Sagerific