because sometimes...

we all need someone to hold on to.

The voice

Hi. I watch the voice. and I like it. and the fact that I like it enough to write about it... makes me feel like I need to shut down my Internet for a week and read.

 

I am going to justify it and say I am enriching my mind with musical education. yup going with it.

 

I watched it last season. and frankly I don't even remember who won. I don't think I cared for them much.

 

This season my favorites are  Mackenzie Bourg, Terry Mcdermott, and Melanie Martinez. They just really stood out to me from the beginning. and I just love them more and more.

 

 

Mckenzie is Jane's hipster love. ( I think it's hipster week) and when he said call me maybe... I said it was nice knowing you ( see what I did there. clever eh?)  I thought all his adorable hipster Harry Potter-ness would vanish..... nope still got it.

 

also?

Cee lo... creeps me out

Christina... needs better clothes and wants to create an army of Minny x-tina's and drive me insane with her use of x-tina. seriously. stop. now.

Blake.. I used to like. but now its like a lot of styles go way over his head and he mumbles something about pitch instead of coaching.

Adam. has a funny smile where his eyes disappear. and he is great.

 

Ok I am done... and I should go to bed... and turn of my laptop... and read a book... or get a life... or vow to never talk about reality tv again.

 

ok. the end.

 

One day. If I can ever justify spending so much money on a remote.

This is the chosen one.

 

hey girl.

basically, i have an amazing roommate who knew i was having a bad day. and decided to make me this.
it almost made me cry from pure joy. i mean, my own hey girl?? what more could you ask for in life??
not much, my friends. not much.
i am feeling very grateful for friends who make my life a little bit more enjoyable on those days when it may be too much for me to handle.
other things that made me smile today:
-i remembered GENERAL CONFERENCE is this weekend!
-penelope is coming to see me. happy day indeed!! i have missed that girl. too much.
-the new Regina Spektor album. in particular these songs:

oh, how i adore her. she can do no wrong.
that is all.

and by then...it's like seven fifteen

Via.

Once upon a time I got really sick and had to move back home to be babied for a while... like eight months.

 Now I am mostly better, but find myself with no job, and basically no life until I get to move back to school later this month. 

So in the meantime 

 I'll read a book

Or maybe two or three

I'll add a few new paintings

To my gallery

I'll play guitar and knit and cook

And basically

Just wonder, when will my life begin..

and ... watch Disney movies in Spanish to try to pretend those three years taught me something

 I could basically be Rapunzel.. except you know the whole having hair and Zachary Levi thing . dang.

Via.

Move

When I was pretty little, maybe five or six, my mother signed me and my best friend/cousin up for a tap and ballet class.

 I remember loving it. Racing to be the first one to switch shoes, galloping around the room like ponies to warm up, and perfecting my plie. 

My mom remembers I begged her every day to quit. I don't quite recall that part.

I kinda regret not continuing dance, although when I think about it.. I don't know what I would have done with it. join my highschool dance team? no thanks.

I might take a dance class one of these semesters though. just for fun.

The only claim to fame I have left over from my dancing days is I do get asked fairly often if I am a dancer, (I think it's because I subconsciously point my toes all the time), and I love a good dance routine. here are a few favorites

and this isn't really a routine, but it is gorgeous. if you haven't seen it you need to!

I vote the piano be played like this from now on.

Holy Cow.

These girls are 12, and 8.

First of all they are adorable.

Then their vocals are so spot on and effortless.

 beautiful. 

Maisy's harmonies are incredible

check it out

Song Win

Really. I'm a little bit obsessed with this man. Fine By Me is frankly adorable.

Because, you know, sometimes it's difficult to remember the sunny side of life. Despite the difficulty now, the sun will come out in the morning. *Also note the appearance of Rainn Wilson in the second video. AKA Dwight K. Schrute.

It's A Good Day!!

You said it my friend. Have a wonderful day.

It's Called a Kilt.....Helllooo!

Brownie points if you caught my adapted movie reference.

They say that your brain is so good at adapting that when given a pair of special glasses that turns everything upside down, it takes your brain two days to adjust and it sees everything right side up.

That's basically how I feel after my two days at the Scottish Festival. men in skirts is normal right? haha

On Friday and Saturday, Hiccup invited us to come to a Sottish Festival he was playing his pipes in. so much fun!

This is me laughing at the poor kilted man trying to sit down and be modest. It was really windy. I named him Marilyn. I thought it terribly witty. Him not so much.

My cute sister was my buddy for the day!

So graceful.

The games! 

Caber toss! So cool!

I think this is called sheaf toss. They stab those bags with pitchforks and toss them over bars high in the air.

Cabers, aka huge heavy logs.

Waiting for Hiccups Band to perform! 

It was Sooo windy; our poor hair was beyond help

Here they come. I have video. I will post it soon

Hiccup

What a stud. He was on the News on Friday promoting the games,  His face is blown up on a poster in the deli. He is basically famous.

food is good

Thanks for such a fun day Hiccup!

It was fun to be Scottish for a weekend!!

I Cannot Express.

Sometimes life is hard. Or whatever.

This makes me smile on those days.

Why?

A) I kind of love this song.

B) They're baseball players.

C) SUPER attractive.

D) The kid in the back asleep the whole time? Gold.

Anyways, smile on my friends.

A Capella? Yes Please.

I had a fabulous Memorial day weekend full of good food, family, and friends.. oh, and a little a capella. Actually it was more like a lot of super amazing a capella. My local outdoor theater hosted three of the stars from this last season of The Sing Off, in an amazing Memorial day concert.

My favorite group by far, although they were all fun and very talented, was Pentatonix. I have loved them from day one on the show. They aren't human.

The low end, namely Avi and Kevin are absolutely amazing. Basically they had the whole Ampatheater vibrating.

Afterwards we got our fangirl on, and went to get photos and pictures. The foxy gentleman of Vocal Point and I chatted it up about how fun the concert was and how A Capella just makes you feel good. True Story. And the talented Scott of Pentatonix complimented my use of the word kosher haha. 

All in all it was an amazing night and one of the best and just downright fun concerts I have ever been too, These people are crazy talented.

Great Importance

Once upon a time, I finally decided to  put music on my ipod. As I sorted through my itunes library, I made a rather grand discovery.150 fun songs for kids; featuring thrilling hits such as: hot cross buns, London bridges falling down, Three little kittens, there's a hole in my bucket, Alice the camel, and more!

Am I in my twenties?

yes.

Have I been listening to it all day?

yes.

Is there anything wrong with that?

I plead the fifth.

 this is important, mostly because its the most exciting thing that's happened to me today, and I am blogging about it thus making me a productive member of society.