I think I'm just going to ramble...

Today I made cookies. I think I made about twelve dozen...at least, I did according to the recipe. I'm sure it was less than that, but it was still a lot. Is that a dozen dozen cookies? Oh well. :)

Engaged life is interesting. I have the strange urge to stop people I know to see if they know Chris and I are engaged yet, when I know the automatic response of "Congratulations." Some people, those I"m close to, whom I've been good friends with, and of course family, have more warm reactions, but others I almost feel as though I'm intruding on their lives by telling them of mine. I have become quite an introvert, haven't I? Oh well, I don't mind it, and I can still play the extrovert well enough. At least I think I can...

I'm sitting on my parents queen size bed with my computer next to me as I watch Law and Order: SVU. Those who know me know of my recent addiction to the L&O shows...SVU is my favorite. So much so that it's 12:30 am and I stayed up to watch it instead of sleeping at midnight after the L&O: CI got over. Oh well. I haven't been watching tv all day, whatever it may sound like. I was making cookies, remember? :)

There are so many things I could ramble on about right now, but I'm getting the same feeling of intrusiveness were I to share them. So if you're really curious, you can talk to me. But until then, I think I"m going to be done rambling.

delayed updates...

Hi all!
I'm sitting in Chris's apartment right now at Finals Fellowship for CSF. I should be studying, but it's nice to take a break for a bit. I just got through 51 flash cards for my test tomorrow night. I have 145 more to do. So I'm avoiding them. It's alright, they won't be bad...I"m just really tired and not up for it...

On another note, I wrote a song. It's for two pianos, and I found out today that it's too difficult for even the piano prof to play. So I have to rewrite it so it's easier, and possibly comprimise some of the sound, or I can rewrite it for other instruments, namely percussion...if it were any other instruments, it'd be too difficult...the convenience of marimba methods makes it playable there. Unfortunately, the program that I wrote this song in doesn't list the marimba as an instrument possible to write for... So yeah. I'm having difficulties. Hopefully that all made sense.

So, for my last post, I'm going to make an announcement. Chris and I are engaged!!! Yay! I'm officially going to call everyone and talk to them, preferrably in person when I get home, but I thought I should probably officially announce that here.

So yeah. That's it for now.

Surprise!!!

Guess what????
Well you'll have to guess, because I"m not telling unless you call me yourself. This means all of you! Big news though. Yup. Call me!

Delayed reactions.

Hello one and all who read my blog. I am currently sitting in U.Brew, sipping an apple-raspberry italian cream soda, trying my hardest to avoid homework. This is of course to no avail, since I have none. All I have to do tonight is practicing for my voice lesson tomorrow. What I really really should be doing is going over pronunciation of all my foreign language pieces. Of course that is the last thing I am doing. This requires me to put on headphones and speak aloud a language which no one else understands when I say it, even if they are native speakers. It's alright. Sometime tonight I shall confront my french, my german, and my italian, and I shall attempt to conquer them. If my tongue is sore in the morning, this shall be why. :)

What I would like to be doing, even more than blogging at the moment, is to go get my sketchbook out of my dorm room and head over to shakespeare's garden and draw all that I see there. Or perhaps I'd like to work on the third chapter of my story. I haven't worked on that in awhile, and I fear one of my characters is suspended in time walking home to dinner until I begin the next chapter! As I like this girl, I would prefer to keep her from being suspended long. (This is not a literal telling of what I am writing about. If you care to know what it really is, ask me.)

Well my cream soda is drawing near it's end, and I should too. I think I"ll leave you with this thought. Ask someone to answer a question you don't yet know to ask, and you may get one of three reactions. They may a) look at you strangely and shrug, b) say yes/no, sarcastically, or c) give you a very creative, fun answer to something that you really didn't know about them. Try it sometime. The risk of the first two answers are made worth it by the possibility of the third.

Complete rambling.

Well, as far as that bio test goes, I am pretty sure I passed, and that's about all I can say. It was horrible. I made it through it though, and supposedly that's the worst test of the year, and they're better after that. I hope so!
I should be over practicing for my voice lesson, since that's tomorrow, and I haven't really practiced all that much since last week, being sick and all, but I don't want to practice right now. I have class at three anyway, and I think I'm just going to hang out and relax until then. I should be writing some letters in my free time, which is also the reason why my stationary is sitting out on top of my dvd table, but I haven't gotten to it yet...I just can't seem to get started. Maybe I'll journal for myself. Not likely though...I usually do that at night, and I don't feel like it right now. Book it is! So I'm going to read something....not completely sure what yet.

Biology.

Tonight I have to study Biology. There will be a test over chapters 1-8 tomorrow. Fun fun. I aced my aural singing test! 100%! Yay! So that's good. Now I just have to increase my brain capacity by a lot to contain bio, and get better.

Cold. Busy. Cold.

Yup. I'm not actually shivering, I'm sick. On top of that, I had a test Monday, I have a test Thursday, and I have a quiz and a test on Friday. I just got out of my voice lesson, and I've got music theory and choir still today. I might also be going to a study session tonight from 8-9. If not tonight, then I'll go tomorrow 5:30-6:45. Or maybe both. Who knows. I guess I should grab some lunch right now, even though I'm not really hungry. Meds shouldn't be the only thing I eat today. :) Wish me luck on everything!

many wanderings.

Well, I've been able to access my blog for quite some time now, and I've done nothing about it. So I guess I should update.

I've started classes, obviously, and I had my first lessons last week. I really like both of my lessons teachers. I have a grad student for piano, and a new prof for voice, and they're both really nice. I practiced piano for two hours yesterday, and voice for about five minutes. Do you think that's a bit imbalanced? Well, in reality, I was told to pick and practice about four songs, practice Hanon, and learn all the sharp major scales this week, while in voice, I was given three warmups to practice, only two of which I can remember since she didn't write them down. That's ok though. I'm also supposed to be journalling about my practice time for voice, so she can keep track of it that way. I haven't started yet, and she expects five per week. I might be in trouble tomorrow at my lesson.

In other classes, well, they're all music too, except bio. So I guess bio is going well. The prof is interesting enough for me to stay awake through his class, for the most part, despite it being my first class in the morning. I've got lab for it with a grad student, so we'll see how that goes.

Back to music...in music Theory, I have a fun older guy who gave me the required software we had to buy for free when the bookstore ran out. Speaking of that, I forgot I have to load it onto my computer before class today, and class is at one. I also have homework for the rest of the class (today is just the lab), and I also have to catch up on reading for bio. I think I"m supposed to be to chapter seven for tomorrows lecture, and I'm on chapter three. Yeah....I better get going.

Back to school.

Well, I'm finally moved in to school, and classes started today. I can't guarentee the frequencies of my blogs now, because for some reason the USD firewall doesn't like to let me on this site. I can see other people's blogs, but not my own. So this is the first time in awhile that I"ve been on here.
Anyway, I actually have homework I have to do. I have to memorize a song and a half for an audition I have tomorrow. I just got the music about 2 today, so I have a lot to do. Love ya all!

Courtney Linn.

This is my friend Courtney Linn and me. She just sent me this picture, and I thought it was cool, so I'm posting it. She is one of my great friends from Northwestern, and she has aspirations toward photography. She's a sweetheart.

Packing.

Well, once again I'm multitasking, and really not doing the one thing I am supposed to be doing. I'm blogging (obviously), chatting with Chris and with my dear Sara, listening to music, and surfing the web. I should be packing, but dinners going to be ready soon, and I'll have to head down, so I figure I'm allowed a bit of mess around time.
I have to be packed by tonight, or at the very latest tomorrow morning, and I'll be back at school by Saturday.

By the way, Cody? If you're still checking out my blog, you should call me from whatever number you and Susan want me to call you at, and I'll stick it in my phone...otherwise I'll just be calling you one of these days...either way. :)

Multitasking is addicting.

I'm currently watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie) surfing the web, chatting on AIM, and sorting papers that I should have gone through two months ago. Well, actually, I just finished the stack of papers. What should I do now? The debate is between trying on jeans and studying music theory. Since the theory doesn't necessarily involve moving around a whole lot, and therefore not missing my movie, I think I'll opt for that. I'm such a geek. Oh well. Time to study, I suppose.

All night, All Day.

Ok, so I pulled an all-nighter. I didn't even do anything exciting. I cleaned the bathroom, and my room as well. How sad is that? I also wrote for a bit, but mainly I cleaned. Now church is in an hour, and I'm so tired! Oh well. I have the afternoon free, and I intend to use it! Naptime.....mmmmmm. I have a very large coffee sitting next to me. Somehow I think I"ll be making another before heading off.

I miss school.

Yes, Kit, I know, I've joined the league of conformity! I have rebelled against rebellion! Oh well. Don't worry, I'm sure it's only temporary. Anyway, let me explain why I miss school. I want to go practice. How sad is that? Ok, maybe not so sad since I have to do that to survive as a performance major. Still, is there something wrong with me? Who cares. I guess I'm stuck. I also miss the whole regular meal time/food intake levels/lower snacking levels. Summer really screws with my schedules. Maybe I'm more anal than I let on? Somehow that's really hard to imagine, especially for me. Oh well. It sounds like I have a nice roommate. I was kind of worried about that, it being USD, but somehow it's worked out. She's a peppy freshman, or at least that's what I've gathered from our one phone conversation. It should be fun. Hey, at least I don't have to learn a new roommate name! Her name is Mary Anderson, and my last roommate was Mary Elston. (For additional knowledge, our neighbor's name was Mary Hiemstra.) I know a lot of mary's. Ok, so now I think I'm going to work out and go to bed. By the way, if anyone has figured out how to fit in a workout at another point in the day when working a full time job, without! having to get up earlier, let me know. Thanks. :) Ok. time to go.

Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows.

Ok, everyone will understand the title once they go to bounceeverywhere.com and click on the "download the song" link in the bottom right corner. You don't actually have to download just to listen (I don't think...). Catchy, huh?
That's all for now.

Modelling.

Well, I'm happy to report that the day actually went very well, despite my working a 9 hour shift. (I didn't have to clean smoking rooms! Yay!) Michelle played the model tonight and I played makeup artist/photographer. Wanna see some pics? Well you have to, because here they are.

Work.

So I'm actually in the midst of getting ready for work today. I get to go and clean up after all the bikers, and then come home and clean up after my sister and me. Oh well. At least I'm getting paid to do one of those. How much you wanna bet I get stuck in the smoking rooms again? Sorry, I blame my slightly grumpy attitude on having just woken up from too little sleep. I really, really am looking forward to Wednesday. My day off!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! Ok, back to getting ready for work. I have to leave in about 8 minutes.

Ok, so I really plan to be better about blogging in the future. Perhaps, when I get back to school, and have less, but more spread out, time, I shall blog more. What else will I have to do? (Besides practicing, homework, a job, a WONDERFUL boyfriend, and friends, of course.)
So anyway, I got to see my summit roomies, Sara and Hannah, for a few days, and we had a blast! Amanda, if you're reading this, I will call you....I'm sorry I haven't called sooner!!! I'm sure to the rest of you that was confusing. Don't worry. If you want to be more confused, please do ask and I shall elaborate. No. You know what? I'll just post a picture.

Ok, left to right is Amanda, Hannah, me, and Sara. My roomies from summit, and some of my close friends. Congrats Amanda on your soon to be new last name! I wish you the absolute best with your Love.
Well, that's about all I can handle for now. Perhaps I shall write a few letters before bed. Who knows? I can be productive when I choose to be.

Ages and ages have past...ok maybe a week or two.

Today is my day off. It is the first I've had in four days, and the last I'll have for five. That doesn't sound bad, except that I'm used to it being broken up a bit more. Oh well. Anyway, a lot has sort of happened. My iPod broke. Again. I have to call apple to see if I can talk them into trading this month old broken one for a brand new 60 GB model. If I do get it, it will be my fourth iPod. I got a 20 GB B&W screen when I left for college. Within a month, I had it nearly filled, so I sold that to Chris, and I bought a 40 GB. About a month and a half ago, that broke down, and I sent it in for repairs, and they sent back a brand new iPod. That brand new iPod is the one that has just broke. Confusing enough for you? I'm hoping for a 60 GB color screen.

Other than that in my life, I'm really really looking forward to having my dear friends from Summit, my roomies, come visit me. We're going to spend four days in the Hills, and I'll show them around, and we're just going to hang out and have fun. Yay! Ok, now I need to run errands, so I should probably shoot off to do those. And for the record, I still haven't called apple, because I'm a little afraid to do it on my own. Chris has much more knowledge in this and I'm afraid I'm going to screw something up and screw myself over. We'll see what happens.

I'm like a duck.

My mom and I are going swimming. It's 5:56 am. Sorry it's been a few days since I updated this. Oh well. I will more maybe tonight? We'll see. I'll let you all know how it goes. Bye!