Wow, life sure is busy! This weekend, I intended to play catch-up and get lots of rest and do lots of work and such. Did that happen? Nope, not a bit.
On Thursday night, I stayed at home with my roommates and watched Big Bang Theory and Grey's Anatomy. I then went to Tabernacle, our camp-style worship service on campus. It was refreshing, and I'm really glad I went! After that, I felt like I needed to call Drew, a good friend from camp. So I did, and we had a great conversation, albeit into the wee hours of the night/morning. Again, refreshing.
Friday evening, I had dinner with my friend Heidi in DS - we hadn't seen each other much yet this semester, and it was great to catch up! Then, I headed to an event on campus: Chinese Acrobats! They were FANTASTIC! It was such a cool event - my heart was pounding as they performed terrifying acrobatic moves and contorted their bodies and climbed up in the air, yikes. After the show, I headed home. One of my roommates is in charge of the ball at Homecoming, so we made decorations on Friday night. We had ten people over and worked for four hours - until two in the morning! Our house is still covered with glitter and glue and sparkly bits of confetti and silver paper. Hey, at least I'll really appreciate the decorations this year!
Saturday was another marathon day. I had a phone date with Mary at noon, and then a group project meeting from one 'till two. I worked on a paper after that, and met my orientation partner at the cafe at four. We planned a club reunion for our freshmen clubbies, and we're each going to meet with our clubbies individually in the next few weeks to check in (there are 22 of them, mind you!). At 4:30, I got together with Lise to catch up and exchange cooking utensils we'd accidentally switched when moving out of the apartment last year. I went home and had a quick dinner, and met my roommates, a couple other friends, and a friend from camp who goes to MSUM. At 7:30, we went to the Rocky Horror Picture Show at MSUM. It was a fantastic production - I'd never seen it before, so it was a bit of a culture shock. We had a blast yelling sarcastic comments and dancing along. Definitely a new favorite film! After the show, we headed over to Fargo to see a local band play. Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome, a stellar jazz ensemble made up of mostly Concordia profs was playing. We had a great time, but I sure was tuckered out!
This morning, I woke up and was at church by 8:30 AM to rehearse accompanying the church choir. After the rehearsal, I practiced voice until church at 10:00 AM. We stayed for some excellent refreshments (cake and lemonade) after the service, but ran home for a quick lunch. I was supposed to have an organ lesson at 12:15 PM, but my organ prof is in the hospital after an awful asthma attack! So I called him to check in, and it sounds like he's recovering well, for an old geezer. ;-) Anyway, he was scheduled to accompany me for my voice jury this week, so I think I might be looking for a last minute accompanist! Yikes. So, in the time when I should have had an organ lesson, I watched the season finale of Grey's Anatomy with my roommates. I've never cried at at TV show before, but I lost it at this. Unfortunately, the show ended at 1:25 PM and I had to rehearse with my good friends in the ACDA Choir at 1:30 PM. I showed up to the rehearsal sobbing and a mess, and they all laughed at me and gave me hugs and said they did the same thing when they saw the season finale. I felt a little better. :-) After rehearsal, my roommates ran to JoAnn Fabrics in Fargo. I helped everyone find fabric and showed them how to go up to the counter and get it cut. I felt special. ;-) Anyway, with the Harvest Ball coming up for Homecoming this week, I'm making a sash to go with my belt. So, I got some great black satiny fabric. Should look good, I hope! After the JoAnn run, we all have been doing homework. We ate a quick dinner together, but have been decked out on the couches in silence for hours studying.
Not only is this my last week of class before student teaching (next Monday, October 4th, yowsers!!), but it's my senior Homecoming! We've got a lot of events coming up that mean more to me than they have in the past (i.e. Coronation, and friends visiting!), so I'll be busier than normal. It's going to be quite the week...
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Spellng?
I've always considered myself to be a great speller. Honestly, I still gloat about winning spelling bees in elementary school. Hey, doesn't everyone have something silly of which they are particularly proud?
Anyway, the more I write and the older I grow, the more I realize I have difficulty spelling some words. I'm not sure if it's because of new technology and digitization, since I do most of my composition on the computer. However, I feel like I've lost some of my spelling abilities!
Lately, I've been keeping track of words which are especially troublesome for me to spell. Here is the list I have so far:
Bureaucracy
Tocatta
Sovereign
Village
Massachusetts
Misspell
Surveillance
Hippopotamus
The words are presented in order of most-commonly-misspelled. And yes, I did spell-check that entire list!
Anyway, the more I write and the older I grow, the more I realize I have difficulty spelling some words. I'm not sure if it's because of new technology and digitization, since I do most of my composition on the computer. However, I feel like I've lost some of my spelling abilities!
Lately, I've been keeping track of words which are especially troublesome for me to spell. Here is the list I have so far:
Bureaucracy
Tocatta
Sovereign
Village
Massachusetts
Misspell
Surveillance
Hippopotamus
The words are presented in order of most-commonly-misspelled. And yes, I did spell-check that entire list!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Thought of the Day
I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. -Andy Warhol
P.S. I have two real posts that will be coming up soon - 1) 100 things to do in 1000 days. 2) Words I can't spell.
P.S. I have two real posts that will be coming up soon - 1) 100 things to do in 1000 days. 2) Words I can't spell.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Back to Blogging!
Wow! Has it ever been quite the last few months. I'm not quite sure where to start - perhaps a brief synopsis of each event? :)
Florida: Well, I'm pretty sure everyone who reads my blog was on the Florida trip with me. So, I'm not going to expound on it much further. It was just a great opportunity to hang out with family and see theme parks that I don't really remember ever seeing before! Plus, I met Disney princesses. How great is that? Seriously, though, it was a wonderful experience. I hope we have another chance to do it again!
Utah: I was lucky enough to get to fly to Utah to visit my best friend for a few days! I am so happy I had the chance to meet her friends and see where she's been living for four years. Now, when we talk (which we do every week for an hour), I can picture her friends, apartment, boyfriend, and campus. I even know what the Graham Canyon ice cream tastes like, and what the view of Provo looks like from the peak near campus. The trip was so fantastic, though, I just smile every time I think about it. I still can't really believe I got to go!
CAMP!: I don't even know where to begin in regards to camp. This was hands down, my best and worst summer that I have had yet. I connected with the staff better than I ever have before - leaving was so difficult that I stayed an extra day, and then had to just leave because it was so difficult to be around my friends knowing I'd be leaving soon. I've been texting, Facebooking, Skyping, and calling my friends since camp - I've never really kept in touch after camp before. It's been really fun to be able to video call friends across the world, in England, Australia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, etc.
Anyway, the summer was quite the learning experience. I didn't realize, going into the summer, that I would practically be in charge of the camp. Each week, I created schedules for 27 employees. I made cabin assignments - deciding who would work with each age group, which cabin they would stay in, and which campers would be in their cabins. I was responsible for checking to make sure that all remaining balances had been paid on campers' accounts.
I ran the camp store, which entailed quite a bit! Mostly, I kept track of campers' deposits and how much they spent each day in the store (and what they spent it on). I updated this daily. At the end of the week, I did camp store returns. After store closed on Friday at 5:15 PM, I could total how much each camper would get in a return. Then, I would count the cash and put it in an envelope with their name on it. With each envelope, I attached the campers' release form for the parent to sign (which I had to sort by unit, cabin, and name), and their t-shirt (which I had to gather and sort by size and camper). Camp store/returns were quite the doozy!
I was also in charge of a bunch of other random things. I coordinated a bus to come and pick up the horseback riders and golfers each week to transport them to their respective activity locations. I was also in charge of communicating with the horseback/golf places to arrange times. I filled the slushy machine every day (my least favorite part of my job) and made the slushy mix for the next day. A few days a week I led early morning options, such as yoga/kayaking/hiking/swimming. I also ran the dining hall a few days a week (making sure campers came to set up for meals, finding a group to say grace, etc.). Often, I sudbusted (washed dishes) for the hour after meals.
Campers' Choice was another activity I was responsible for. Each afternoon, the campers have between 6-8 activities to choose from. After lunch, they sign up for these activities. I was responsible for choosing activities (part of the scheduling process), signing kids up for the activities, tracking down campers who didn't sign up, ringing the bell at the end of rest hour to signal the start of Campers' Choice, going around to all the activities to make sure the campers arrived, and tracking down campers who may not have been at the activities.
There are a bajillion things I am forgetting, but these were the main responsibilities I thought of in the five minutes I took to type this. It's exhausting just thinking of everything else I had to do. My recommendation to the camp for next summer is to have two people split the job. Yowzers!
Orientation: I worked on campus for a week this fall as an Orientation Leader! With my partner Skyler, I was responsible for a group of 22 freshmen (my club). We had an excellent group - they came to everything, participated, and maintained a positive attitude. Skyler and I acted as shepherds, taking them from activity to discussions to presentations, etc. We were also responsible for doing teambuilding activities, playing name games, etc. It was such a fun experience! Skyler and I complemented each other well. He was great at leading discussions, and I used my camp experience to make up games and fun filler activities on the fly. All of our clubbies have two classes together this semester, so we went to go visit one of their classes this morning. It was really fun to see how much they've grown up and matured! The class was really interesting, and it was great to see them again.
House: My living accommodations this year are quite different from the past. I'm living in a really nice house right next to campus with three other girls, and two guys in the basement. Upstairs, we have a kitchen, living room, dining room, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. I'd say we're pretty well off! The girls are good friends of mine, and it has been great to be immersed in a positive and fun atmosphere. They're always engaging in goofy conversations and encouraging me to bring out my girly side with silly TV shows and make-up/hair/such. I just love coming home to friends who ask me how my day was and are always up for a great conversation. It's such a change from the past few years, but it has been really good for me.
Back-to-school: Remember the kids' show from Nickelodeon in the 1990s, "Ahh, Real Monsters!"? Well, the start of this semester has been a bit of "Ahh, Real World!" Getting up at 6:30 AM to head to Hawley for student teaching is giving me at taste of what the real world is like. It's going to be difficult having a full time job, while being a full time student! Especially with ensembles, lessons, and organizations. Anyway, I didn't get off to the best start with two of my teachers - they are pretty dry and straightforward in their teaching. However, I've realized that I am learning a ridiculous amount, and with cramming a semesters' worth of classes into a month, the teachers must be efficient and effective. Also, night classes are awful. Yuck!
Lessons: I am taking voice and organ lessons again this semester! How exciting! I had tonsillitis so much last semester that I ended up taking an incomplete in the course. That means that this fall, I have a jury and extra lessons to make up. So, I am taking two lessons a week and preparing for my jury at the end of the month. Eek! Organ lessons couldn't be better. I LOVE playing the organ a silly amount - it's a challenge, and fun, and entertaining, and I just adore it. I am playing really great music, too. I'm most excited for the Widor Toccata! I've got the first page down pat - we'll see about the rest. Anyway, my organ teacher has been really accommodating about taking lessons while student teaching. So, I'll be meeting with him on Sundays after church, around 12:15 PM. How great is that??
Student teaching: I had my first school visit on Wednesday. I left my house at 7:15 AM, ready for the 25 minute drive to Hawley (I was supposed to arrive at 8:00 AM, so I thought I'd be a little early). I ended up stuck behind a train for fifteen minutes and then had to fill up on gas. I called my teacher at 7:40 AM to let her know I'd be late - she wasn't thrilled. I was disappointed in my first day. My teacher and I really didn't connect right off the bat, and it was just a dreary start to student teaching. I am hoping that since it was only the students' second day of class this year (and first day of choir), I didn't get to see my teacher's or students' true personalities. Hopefully things will brighten up a bit when I visit again on Wednesday!
Choir: This fall, choir has already been my high and my low. I've still been having a hard time about not making Concert Choir - a girl I don't get along with well has made a few snide remarks, and I've let them get to me. I've been trying to enjoy Chapel Choir, but there's just been this pit in my stomach whenever I think about the Concordia Choir. Then, last night, I attended one of my favorite worship services on campus, Tabernacle. It's a small group (only six of us girls were there last night) where we sing campfire worship songs with guitars and roast marshmallows. We then have a devo/Bible study/prayer group. At the end of Tab, we went around the circle and said our highs and lows for the week. The two girls before were both juniors and vocal music ed majors. Their low for the week was not making Chapel Choir. I was immediately ashamed and embarrassed for the thoughts I've had about Chapel Choir and the Concordia Choir. I have so much to be thankful for, and I am so lucky to be a part of such an incredible ensemble! My goal for the semester is to not take for granted the extraordinary opportunity I have in singing with the 111-member Chapel Choir.
Jobs: I am not working much this semester, which I think will be nice. As a student teacher, we are not supposed to have leadership positions on campus, or any sort of job. Well, I will (hopefully) have the same leadership positions in Chapel Choir as I did last year. Thankfully, I'm not the ACDA president anymore (now I'm the archivist - how sweet is that??), so my workload will be considerably less. I'm still working as the pianist at Grace United Methodist Church, and I'm looking forward to getting to know our new pastor! I'm not tutoring through the Academic Enhancement and Writing Center this semester, but I'm looking forward to starting back up next spring. Honestly, it's been nice not tutoring from 9:00-10:00 PM every night. It really messed up my evenings! It will be fun in the spring though, when I don't have much left to worry about.
Anyway, there's the long-winded update on my life. If you made it this far, congrats! And thanks for reading. :)
Florida: Well, I'm pretty sure everyone who reads my blog was on the Florida trip with me. So, I'm not going to expound on it much further. It was just a great opportunity to hang out with family and see theme parks that I don't really remember ever seeing before! Plus, I met Disney princesses. How great is that? Seriously, though, it was a wonderful experience. I hope we have another chance to do it again!
Utah: I was lucky enough to get to fly to Utah to visit my best friend for a few days! I am so happy I had the chance to meet her friends and see where she's been living for four years. Now, when we talk (which we do every week for an hour), I can picture her friends, apartment, boyfriend, and campus. I even know what the Graham Canyon ice cream tastes like, and what the view of Provo looks like from the peak near campus. The trip was so fantastic, though, I just smile every time I think about it. I still can't really believe I got to go!
CAMP!: I don't even know where to begin in regards to camp. This was hands down, my best and worst summer that I have had yet. I connected with the staff better than I ever have before - leaving was so difficult that I stayed an extra day, and then had to just leave because it was so difficult to be around my friends knowing I'd be leaving soon. I've been texting, Facebooking, Skyping, and calling my friends since camp - I've never really kept in touch after camp before. It's been really fun to be able to video call friends across the world, in England, Australia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, etc.
Anyway, the summer was quite the learning experience. I didn't realize, going into the summer, that I would practically be in charge of the camp. Each week, I created schedules for 27 employees. I made cabin assignments - deciding who would work with each age group, which cabin they would stay in, and which campers would be in their cabins. I was responsible for checking to make sure that all remaining balances had been paid on campers' accounts.
I ran the camp store, which entailed quite a bit! Mostly, I kept track of campers' deposits and how much they spent each day in the store (and what they spent it on). I updated this daily. At the end of the week, I did camp store returns. After store closed on Friday at 5:15 PM, I could total how much each camper would get in a return. Then, I would count the cash and put it in an envelope with their name on it. With each envelope, I attached the campers' release form for the parent to sign (which I had to sort by unit, cabin, and name), and their t-shirt (which I had to gather and sort by size and camper). Camp store/returns were quite the doozy!
I was also in charge of a bunch of other random things. I coordinated a bus to come and pick up the horseback riders and golfers each week to transport them to their respective activity locations. I was also in charge of communicating with the horseback/golf places to arrange times. I filled the slushy machine every day (my least favorite part of my job) and made the slushy mix for the next day. A few days a week I led early morning options, such as yoga/kayaking/hiking/swimming. I also ran the dining hall a few days a week (making sure campers came to set up for meals, finding a group to say grace, etc.). Often, I sudbusted (washed dishes) for the hour after meals.
Campers' Choice was another activity I was responsible for. Each afternoon, the campers have between 6-8 activities to choose from. After lunch, they sign up for these activities. I was responsible for choosing activities (part of the scheduling process), signing kids up for the activities, tracking down campers who didn't sign up, ringing the bell at the end of rest hour to signal the start of Campers' Choice, going around to all the activities to make sure the campers arrived, and tracking down campers who may not have been at the activities.
There are a bajillion things I am forgetting, but these were the main responsibilities I thought of in the five minutes I took to type this. It's exhausting just thinking of everything else I had to do. My recommendation to the camp for next summer is to have two people split the job. Yowzers!
Orientation: I worked on campus for a week this fall as an Orientation Leader! With my partner Skyler, I was responsible for a group of 22 freshmen (my club). We had an excellent group - they came to everything, participated, and maintained a positive attitude. Skyler and I acted as shepherds, taking them from activity to discussions to presentations, etc. We were also responsible for doing teambuilding activities, playing name games, etc. It was such a fun experience! Skyler and I complemented each other well. He was great at leading discussions, and I used my camp experience to make up games and fun filler activities on the fly. All of our clubbies have two classes together this semester, so we went to go visit one of their classes this morning. It was really fun to see how much they've grown up and matured! The class was really interesting, and it was great to see them again.
House: My living accommodations this year are quite different from the past. I'm living in a really nice house right next to campus with three other girls, and two guys in the basement. Upstairs, we have a kitchen, living room, dining room, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms. I'd say we're pretty well off! The girls are good friends of mine, and it has been great to be immersed in a positive and fun atmosphere. They're always engaging in goofy conversations and encouraging me to bring out my girly side with silly TV shows and make-up/hair/such. I just love coming home to friends who ask me how my day was and are always up for a great conversation. It's such a change from the past few years, but it has been really good for me.
Back-to-school: Remember the kids' show from Nickelodeon in the 1990s, "Ahh, Real Monsters!"? Well, the start of this semester has been a bit of "Ahh, Real World!" Getting up at 6:30 AM to head to Hawley for student teaching is giving me at taste of what the real world is like. It's going to be difficult having a full time job, while being a full time student! Especially with ensembles, lessons, and organizations. Anyway, I didn't get off to the best start with two of my teachers - they are pretty dry and straightforward in their teaching. However, I've realized that I am learning a ridiculous amount, and with cramming a semesters' worth of classes into a month, the teachers must be efficient and effective. Also, night classes are awful. Yuck!
Lessons: I am taking voice and organ lessons again this semester! How exciting! I had tonsillitis so much last semester that I ended up taking an incomplete in the course. That means that this fall, I have a jury and extra lessons to make up. So, I am taking two lessons a week and preparing for my jury at the end of the month. Eek! Organ lessons couldn't be better. I LOVE playing the organ a silly amount - it's a challenge, and fun, and entertaining, and I just adore it. I am playing really great music, too. I'm most excited for the Widor Toccata! I've got the first page down pat - we'll see about the rest. Anyway, my organ teacher has been really accommodating about taking lessons while student teaching. So, I'll be meeting with him on Sundays after church, around 12:15 PM. How great is that??
Student teaching: I had my first school visit on Wednesday. I left my house at 7:15 AM, ready for the 25 minute drive to Hawley (I was supposed to arrive at 8:00 AM, so I thought I'd be a little early). I ended up stuck behind a train for fifteen minutes and then had to fill up on gas. I called my teacher at 7:40 AM to let her know I'd be late - she wasn't thrilled. I was disappointed in my first day. My teacher and I really didn't connect right off the bat, and it was just a dreary start to student teaching. I am hoping that since it was only the students' second day of class this year (and first day of choir), I didn't get to see my teacher's or students' true personalities. Hopefully things will brighten up a bit when I visit again on Wednesday!
Choir: This fall, choir has already been my high and my low. I've still been having a hard time about not making Concert Choir - a girl I don't get along with well has made a few snide remarks, and I've let them get to me. I've been trying to enjoy Chapel Choir, but there's just been this pit in my stomach whenever I think about the Concordia Choir. Then, last night, I attended one of my favorite worship services on campus, Tabernacle. It's a small group (only six of us girls were there last night) where we sing campfire worship songs with guitars and roast marshmallows. We then have a devo/Bible study/prayer group. At the end of Tab, we went around the circle and said our highs and lows for the week. The two girls before were both juniors and vocal music ed majors. Their low for the week was not making Chapel Choir. I was immediately ashamed and embarrassed for the thoughts I've had about Chapel Choir and the Concordia Choir. I have so much to be thankful for, and I am so lucky to be a part of such an incredible ensemble! My goal for the semester is to not take for granted the extraordinary opportunity I have in singing with the 111-member Chapel Choir.
Jobs: I am not working much this semester, which I think will be nice. As a student teacher, we are not supposed to have leadership positions on campus, or any sort of job. Well, I will (hopefully) have the same leadership positions in Chapel Choir as I did last year. Thankfully, I'm not the ACDA president anymore (now I'm the archivist - how sweet is that??), so my workload will be considerably less. I'm still working as the pianist at Grace United Methodist Church, and I'm looking forward to getting to know our new pastor! I'm not tutoring through the Academic Enhancement and Writing Center this semester, but I'm looking forward to starting back up next spring. Honestly, it's been nice not tutoring from 9:00-10:00 PM every night. It really messed up my evenings! It will be fun in the spring though, when I don't have much left to worry about.
Anyway, there's the long-winded update on my life. If you made it this far, congrats! And thanks for reading. :)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Inception
Quite a few people have recommended that I see the film "Inception." They've mentioned that it has a message I would enjoy, and is a film that would make me think. I still didn't feel the urgency to see it, until I read this blog about the film. Now, I can't wait! :)
"Why I Enjoyed 'Inception'"
i went for the upside down buildings and the special effects. These things will blow your mind and win awards but they are not the reasons you should go. You should go for the humanity of the film. You should go because you will relate to the people stuck in moments, the people living with ghosts, people trying to get home. You should go to be reminded that our lives are also stories and every good story is about someone fighting a battle and there are no enemies greater than the ones called guilt and regret, pain and shame. The movie serves as a reminder that these enemies unchecked will haunt and hunt you always. Thankfully, the movie also serves as reminder that people need other people, that our stories and our battles and our dreams, these things are meant to be shared.
i went for what i saw in the previews, fantastic things pushing and falling and exploding around the characters. i left thinking about the things that push and move in me, my ghosts and wars and dreams. The movie suggests that we are most alive and most awake when we are dreaming. And while a case could be made that it is speaking to the dreaming that occurs when we’re asleep, perhaps it’s true or even more true of the dreams we dream awake.
Inception suggests that there is much at stake; our hearts and our children and the air in our lungs. i am 30 years old. It doesn’t feel old but some days it sounds old when i say or see it. It’s easy to buy into the idea that “dreaming” is a silly word for children, that “battle” means the military and that ghosts are not real. Inception felt like an invitation, a reminder that there might be more to the story, a world we don’t see but one connected to the days we wake to.
There is certainly much at stake. i don’t know your story or your dreams or the things that steal your sleep, but i know they matter. i hope your story is rich with other characters, rich with friends and conversation. i hope you know some people who will carry you and i hope you get to carry them. i hope that there is beauty in your memories and i hope it doesn’t haunt you. And if it does, then i hope there is someone who will talk you through the night and remind you of the promise of the sunrise, that beauty keeps coming, that there are futures worth waiting for and fighting for and that you were made to dream.
Peace to you tonight.
jamie
"Why I Enjoyed 'Inception'"
i went for the upside down buildings and the special effects. These things will blow your mind and win awards but they are not the reasons you should go. You should go for the humanity of the film. You should go because you will relate to the people stuck in moments, the people living with ghosts, people trying to get home. You should go to be reminded that our lives are also stories and every good story is about someone fighting a battle and there are no enemies greater than the ones called guilt and regret, pain and shame. The movie serves as a reminder that these enemies unchecked will haunt and hunt you always. Thankfully, the movie also serves as reminder that people need other people, that our stories and our battles and our dreams, these things are meant to be shared.
i went for what i saw in the previews, fantastic things pushing and falling and exploding around the characters. i left thinking about the things that push and move in me, my ghosts and wars and dreams. The movie suggests that we are most alive and most awake when we are dreaming. And while a case could be made that it is speaking to the dreaming that occurs when we’re asleep, perhaps it’s true or even more true of the dreams we dream awake.
Inception suggests that there is much at stake; our hearts and our children and the air in our lungs. i am 30 years old. It doesn’t feel old but some days it sounds old when i say or see it. It’s easy to buy into the idea that “dreaming” is a silly word for children, that “battle” means the military and that ghosts are not real. Inception felt like an invitation, a reminder that there might be more to the story, a world we don’t see but one connected to the days we wake to.
There is certainly much at stake. i don’t know your story or your dreams or the things that steal your sleep, but i know they matter. i hope your story is rich with other characters, rich with friends and conversation. i hope you know some people who will carry you and i hope you get to carry them. i hope that there is beauty in your memories and i hope it doesn’t haunt you. And if it does, then i hope there is someone who will talk you through the night and remind you of the promise of the sunrise, that beauty keeps coming, that there are futures worth waiting for and fighting for and that you were made to dream.
Peace to you tonight.
jamie
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Hiatus
Clearly, my blogging has fizzled out over the last few months. Just thought I'd post a quick update and let you know that I probably won't be blogging again until this fall, either! Between finals, being home, traveling, and camp, my chance to write has dwindled away. Feel free to send mail, though! I'll be writing lots of letters. :)
Enjoy the summer!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
HP
I've been reading up a storm this last week - I'm working my way through the Harry Potter series again. In four days, I read the first four books. I've fallen off the wagon these last couple days with visits from friends and trips to visit friends. However, I'm ready to start back up again tonight! Problem is, these books just keep getting longer and longer! Seven hundred pages? Wow!
It's been really fun to reread the books, since I haven't done that since high school. I've probably read Sorcerer's Stone ten times, but I get something new out of it every time. It's also been fun to compare and contrast with the movies. Not a whole lot is different or changed, but so much is missing! I've been totally nerding out.
Also, I've been having this recurring dream of riding a flying motorcycle. I couldn't figure out what was up, until a friend of mine noted that I must be Hagrid.
What a fun adventure!
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