Realism

Realism

Is there such a thing 

as being too magical?

-Dallas Clayton

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Spring Fever! and other thoughts.

Serious.  Seriously.  Spring Fever.  If I was it was as warm in Connecticut, it would be about time for my unspoken Spring tradition.  Instead of doing my homework in my bedroom, I migrate into the living room, open the door and the windows, let the sunshine and the breeze in, and either sit and daydream, fall asleep, or read a book.  Very little homework actually gets done.  Also, I would be listening to Billy Joel.  Billy Joel, while being the soundtrack of my life during all seasons, is especially springtime-y to me.  Don't ask me why (hardy har, Billy Joel joke).  However, if I really was back in Connecticut at this timeI would be enjoying a foot of snow, and frantically rehearsing for the musical going up this weekend.  Comparatively, this temporary and beautifully warm Utah weather, and much less stress is pretty darn nice.  And though I am going to need to make new Springtime traditions, Billy Joel will always mean Springtime to me.

Spring time in CT

Delicious.

"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.  Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen  next.  Delicious ambiguity..."

-Gilda Radner

Happy picture of the day!

thoughts while skipping class....

Ok, ok I'm not really skipping class.  We're just watching a movie that I've recently seen, and don't need to spend two hours on again, when I could be...sitting in the HFAC...by myself...blogging?  Whatever.Here are some thoughts:

I am mad at myself for constantly losing everything.  It's embarrassing and frustrating, and I'm tired of it.  I once again, lost my phone last night because it fell out of my coat pocket and it now sitting in the back seat of a car, who's owner I will not see until about 7:30 tonight.  I guess I just need to become more self aware.  Anyways, it's becoming more and more embarrassing every time I lose the NEXT essential item in my life.  It makes me feel like a little kid.

My knee really hurts.  It's my own fault.  Which is also embarrassing.  While rehearsing a scene from The Crucible for my acting class, there is a part of the scene where Abigail gets thrown to the ground.  Well, this moment came, and I guess my drama-queen tendencies emerged and I went down really hard right on my knee.  Which, as a result of said drama, really, really, really hurts.  (ok, so maybe my drama queen tendencies emerge a little more often than I would like to admit, but it does hurt)

I don't like my hair today.

I fell asleep yesterday during an "emotional recall" exercise

 in my acting class yesterday.  We all we supposed to lay down on mats and remember an emotional experience in detail and try to re-live it.  However, laying down on my back, on a soft mat, in a dark room, at the end of the day, with my teacher talking softly to us was just a little bit too much for me, and I fell asleep.  I opened my eyes to find most of the class sitting up, and the exercise over.  Everyone was talking about their experience and how amazing it had been, and how they had felt connected and remembered things about it that they had forgotten....annnd I just kept my mouth shut, and tried not to look too groggy.

and here are some happy pictures:

St. Valenti(m)nes Day!

I love Valentines day.  It is one of my absolute favorite holidays.  I also love to hate Valentines day.  But this year, I had decided not to be my usual bitter self...

...and make a list of some of my absolute favorite love songs!  These are some songs that make my heart hurt, my knees weak and generally just make me happy.  I love knowing that love like this is out there.

(These are in no particular order, because, let's be honest, I'm pretty indecisive.  My favorites change all the time)

The Tender List

• Come Away With Me-Norah Jones
  
• Something in the Way She Moves-James Taylor
• Making Memories of Us-Keith Urban
• When You Come Back Down-Nickel Creek
• Everything-Michael Buble (My Brother and his wife's wedding song)
• Out of my League-Stephen Speaks
• Passenger Seat-Stephen Speaks
• Lucky-Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait
• Until You-Dave Barnes
• On A Night Like This-Dave Barnes
• More Than A Man-Dave Barnes
• Answer-Sarah Mclachlan
• Ice Cream-Sarah Mclachlan
• Perfect-Jon Mclaughlin
• Home to Me-Josh Kelly
• Love to Me-The Light in the Piazza
• Magic-Colbie Callait (My sister and her husband's wedding song)
• Die Alone-Ingrid Michaelson
• She's got a Way-Billy Joel

Sad List

• Indiana-Jon Mclaughlin
• So Close-Jon Mclaughlin
• Pieces-Rascal Flatts
• You'll Think of Me-Keith Urban
• And So It Goes-Billy Joel
• City-Sara Bareilles
• If You're Not the One-Daniel Bedingfield
• Amelia's Missing-Jon Mclaughlin

Fun List

• Uptown Girl-Billy Joel
• Accidentally in Love-Counting Crows
• Pink Flamingo kind of Love-Rebecca Lynn Howard
• I Wanna Have your Babies-Natasha Bedingfield
• How Sweet it is to be Loved by you-James Taylor
• That's When I love you-Phil Vassar
• I'm Gonna Be-The Proclaimers
• I Should be Sleeping-Emerson Drive

She's Crazy and kind of horrible, but I love her anyway list

• She's always a Woman-Billy Joel
• Praying to the Wrong God-Jon Mclaughlin
• Just the Girl-The Click FIve
• All for Leyna-Billy Joel

There are so so so many more that it's ridiculous, but these are the ones that came to mind.  Happy Valentines day!

Love.

I am surrounded by it.  I am the luckiest girl.