Thursday, October 23, 2008

Another perfect day...

Today was a really good day. It wasn't terribly different from other days, but things just went so right.

First, I finally finished my robot earrings that I made for my jewelry making class! They turned out way better than i thought they would.

Today for lunch, I had 5 mini cupcakes, an apple, and an egg, sausage, and cheese hot pocket. Those are 3 of my favorite things to eat!

Also, my man was ultra sweet today. As usual.

The really amazing thing about today was that I got 100% on my math test! 100%! I have never done that. It's really amazing for me, because I really am horrible at math. And I guessed on two of the questions on the test. I guess I am a lucky guesser.

To top it all off, I got to play the part at the Haunted Village that I have really been wanting to try. I screamed at people and threw dishes! It was very fun and exciting.

Right now I am listening to the Jonas Brother's new song, Love Bug. I can't deny it, I love this song. Yeah, I know, it's the Jonas Brothers. But it sounds good nontheless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KDcDW8IoHA This is the music video. It's very cute, even though it doesn't really match the style of the song.

Another dumb thing I like...High School Musical! I can't wait to see HSM 3. I just can't deny it.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Tagged.

Whitney tagged me in that one "tag a person to list 6 quirks about them" game....so here goes!
6 quirks about me:
1. I still cant step on a crack. It's out of habit and me being OCD. Also, I have to step on every leaf that I see fallen on the sidewalk. I just get so excited for crunching it under my shoe.
2. I am addicted to mascara. If I don't put it on ASAP every morning, it pretty much ruins my day.
3. I love Nancy Drew books, and I want to collect all the original Carolyn Keene ones.
4. I've spent a fair amount of my life in costume...from historical interpreting, to theatre, to just wanting to wear a Barney the Dinosaur costume.
5. I hate being called "Brynnie". It drives me nuts! It feels like I am being talked down to every time I hear it. I'd prefer to be called be called Brynners
6. Once I wore black and brown together, and my sister told me I can't wear that, it's breaking one of the biggest rules of fashion. Since then I haven't been able to wear black and brown together, and it I hate seeing it.

Ok, I am tagging Cate, Lili, Jena, Jill, Miche, and....Bryan. :D

In other news, I got to see some old friends I haven't seen for a few months tonight! That was nice. And everyone is planning on going dancing tommorrow. I seriously got invited by 3 people today to come with thier group and go dancing. That means like over half of my friends are going dancing! At the same place! And i am (most likely) not. For 3 reasons:
1. Dance partner is off camping/hunting, and I don't want to go and have to fight off wanna-be suitors (and I will just end up missing my man more!).
2. Strapped for cash.
3. I really need to work on my math skills.

It'll be sad to miss it, but not that sad. I just wish schedules matched up more often.

I am pretty happy, nonetheless. :D

Thursday, October 9, 2008

mechanics and art.

This entry is probably going to sound...a little argumentative and maybe a little self-righteous.
Oh well.

I am sitting here procrastinating english homework. I just don't like Intermediate writing. Anyway, I have a pressing issue on my mind that I just have to make an argument about! And, that is: know-it-alls!

I just can't stand them. For example...people that study and know the all the mechanics about things like music or art..yet they don't do either of these things. Then they proceed to lecture me about it...the person who actually has experience in music or art. There are some things you just can't know about unless you have hands-on experience and talent for them. For example, there are a lot of songs I have played on piano that, if you haven't gained a sense of rhythm and timing from experience, you probably couldn't make it sound good. The First Arabesque by Debussy feature this beautiful theme with a 2 against 3 timing. When i was learning this, my teacher said the best way I could do it is just to practice over and over again and not think about how i am supposed to count it. I just had to let my senses do the work for me. That is just something you have to learn from practice and not thinking about it too hard. I tell my students this all the time. You just gotta let it settle in on it's own. And sometimes you just have to listen to another's perspective (someone who has also had a lot of experience). If I have learned anything from teaching, that is it. Once I started teaching piano I realized how glad I am to have had good teachers! And now I wish I was still being taught piano.

Art is another thing that I don't understand how people just learn the mechanics to do it...but then again, maybe that's why i am not going to be an art major. I dunno...when I do art, at first I focus on the step by step process, but then my right brain takes over and before you know it, I am hardly aware of my surroundings and I start working really fast. And then I get all hyper and start yelling random stuff...how embarrassing. I stopped drawing a lot in church because one sunday I almost lost control. That would've been bad. Hahaha I think the only person that really knows what I am talking about is Zach on this one...we sat across the table from each other in art class for almost 2 years...and I would always end up really loud and by the last third of class I couldn't even draw anymore because I was so riled up! I would end up making up the wierdest jokes.

Wow, so i don't think I have made my arguments about...what was it? Oh, Smart-aleks! Yeah! Some people always act like such an authority on everything! It sucks! Really...how can you know that much about every little random thing? And another thing that bothers me is when people try too beef up obvious statments with terms and lingo that isn't really needed. bleh. And, I don't need advice on every subject! I learned how to make my owns decisions starting when I was 5! It's a standard part of a child's development, and trust me, that part of my development was not botched up.

In other news, I am really enjoying the people in my classes. There is a girl in Astronomy that has the same shopping tastes as me. Mike and Garret are both friends I already knew before this semster that make math great. Actually, i am really enjoying math! I actually get it and my teacher is hilarious! And the students in classes below college algebra are always so funny and nice. My whole Jewelry Making class is becoming it's own support group (because we are all accidently melting our pieces of silver and such). My classmates in english are awesome. It's just too bad the class isn't.

Well, this has been an erratic post. But it feels good to get that all out.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

ah. a new blog.

Since I was about 15, i have been blogging on Myspace.

Well, I feel like it's time for something new and more official, so I have discontinued blog entries on myspace.

So, here we are at this new, clean, fresh blog. I think that I will save all my myspace entries as documents on my hard drive and delete them from my myspace. Eventually i will print them and put them in a binder.

Since this new blog is kind of a milestone (ok not really..) i will write a list of 10 things about my life right now.

1. I am a student at SLCC.
2. I work as a historical interpreter at the best job ever.
3. I have a rather amiable boyfriend.
4. I have 7 piano students. Next week, one is officially learning the damper pedal.
5. I am in a Wizard Rock Band, but unfortunately we all are so busy it's hard to get us together to practice. That's mostly my fault.
6. I plan on majoring in interior design.
7. My current obsession is fashion. Especially street fashion and day dresses. It's probably going to stay my obsession forever! I can't ever get enough.
8. I make way too many friends at institute and I can hardly keep up!
9. I am taking Intermediate Algebra, Intermediate Writing, Astronomy, and Jewelry Making. I like my classes ok but I am not terribly enthusiastic about them.
10. It's conference weekend (fall) and today I have eaten two of my favorite snacks: Chocolate Pop-Tarts and a Cadbury Creme Egg.