Hooray for the Weekend!

This past weekend was full of adventure. On Friday I went to a campfire. The most exciting part about it is that it took place entirely in the rain! It was pretty cold, but we were just excited that we could get the fire going. I then went to watch Newsies with a couple of friends of mine since I had never seen it. I still can't claim to have seen it as we spent more time talking and making Batman references than actually watching. So someday, I will actually watch the Newsies.

On Saturday, our whole apartment hung out with Talia's family and we went four wheeling. I had never been before. I went twice that day. The first time was awesome and I didn't die!! The second time was a little more adventurous. One of Talia's sisters was riding with me and we were following her dad and one of her other sisters. He took us on a trail that went right beside a lake. The beach was covered in rocks and I hit one just right, lost control, and drove right into the lake!!! It was so cold!! I jumped off the four wheeler, carried Talia's sister to shore, and waited for her dad to come and save me. The good news is I didn't break the four wheeler!! Oh yeah, and neither Talia's sister or I were hurt.

I'm on the back of the red four wheeler.

We also decorated a bunch of Halloween cookies, played Imaginiff, drew pictures, etc. It was a load of fun. It was nice to get out of town for a little while and have a break from school.

My roommates are tons of fun! It was good to spend a whole day with them. We don't get to spend a lot of time togehter as an entire apartment since we all have busy schedules. We are now halfway through the semester. It's crazy!! Life can be stressful at times, but generally, life is good!!

For All You Stalkers Out There

As promised, here's the stalking video Breanna and I made. Maybe I should actually write a post instead of only putting videos and pictures up all the time...maybe... For now, enjoy our video!

What's This? Danielle was a Part of Another Video for a Class?

That's right. One thing I'm good for around here is making cameo appearences, playing the leading lady, voice overs, and the occasional camera work. The other day as I was walking back to my apartment, I ran into my neighbor and friend, Breanna (the same girl who I did the voice over for and was part of the Pride and Prejudice shin dig). It was like fate! She needed to make a little video intro to a slideshow she would be showing in class the next day so she asked if I'd be willing to give her a hand. Heck yes! I really like making random videos! I'm pretty sure it's more fun for me than it is for the poor people who have to witness the final product. Ha ha. So I'm basically acting as "girl stalked" in this feature and I also served as cameraman when it wasn't just sitting on something so both Breanna and I could be in the shot. Breanna, clever girl that she is, also did some experimenting with a homemade green screen (which consists of six pieces of poster board taped to her wall by the way). So here is the final product! I'm not sure why the last word was cut off...but she is supposed to say "retaliation." So just keep that in mind I guess!






Okay, now off to being a good student, which in this situation means actually doing my homework. Later today, Breanna and I are going to be doing some more filming, so lucky you! You'll probably get to see more of my shinanigans. That's all for the time being! Have a wonderful weekend!

Last Minute or in other words Procrastination

I'm really very good at procrastinating. That in and of itself is not an entirely good thing. It creates a lot of stress. But I'm taking this moment to say I few things before I attend to my mountains of homework. First of all, happy Columbus Day and whatever that truly means to you. It is quite possible that it means nothing to you. More on that subject tomorrow when I have more time to write a longer post. Let's just say people like Columbus have been on my mind lately thanks to my Early American Lit class.

Other thoughts: you know what's great? When you think your next story isn't due until next week only to discover it's actually due tomorrow! Huzzah! The good news is, I already finished my story a couple of days ago. It just messes up my plans a little bit. But it will work out for the better I think. Things tend to have a way of working out even if it is with a few rough edges.

This weekend was pretty awesome. On Friday I got to see Broadway Review on campus. Basically the idea behind Broadway Review is a bunch of people audition to perform songs from famous musicals. One of my friends, Matt, was in it again this year. He performed a duet from Spamalot. They sang "The Song that Goes Like This." So pretty much it was the most hilarious thing I witnessed all weekend. There were some other really good acts as well. I Think my other favorites were "Confrontation" from Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde and "Agony" from Into the Woods. So good job everybody although there's really no point in me saying that here since none those people actually read my blog. Haha.

On Saturday, Megan and I got to see Jim Brickman in concert. He came to campus and he played a lot of songs from his new album. He has some really good music.

Oh, speaking of music, when I was in Europe we attended church in Swansea, Wales. They sang a traditional song at the end of the meeting which I thought was so beautiful. I was so touched by the lyrics and those loving people. The other day, I stumbled across the song. I was able to find the lyrics and then find a choir singing it on youtube. So in closing of this post, I'd like to share this song with you. It's called "We'll Keep a Welcome in the Hillsides."

Far away a voice is calling,
Bells from memory do chime
Come home again, come home again,
They call through the oceans of time.

Well keep a welcome in the hillside.
Well keep a welcome in the Vales
This land you knew will still be singing
When you come home again to Wales.

This land of song will keep a welcome
And with a love that never fails,
We'll kiss away each hour of hiraeth
When you come home again to Wales.

Here's one of the videos a came across so you can actually hear it sung:

Doodle Fiend

So this is what i doodled during church yesterday. Yay doodling!

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Ender's Shadow

So I believe it was last weekend when I was asked to be the voice for a 4 year old boy for a commercial for the book "Ender's Shadow" by Orson Scott Card. She was making it for a class. I was way excited to do it. She has awesome animation skills for the technology she has available to her. Anyway, I think I sound absolutely ridiculous! My first line is okay but I kind of lost it after that....probably because I couldn't stop laughing. I mean, the kid goes by the name Bean. That was somehow incredibly funny. Plus after my first line (I know how you can get rid of the bullies), I tried to say something like "murder them all" in a creepy voice, but I couldn't make it through the whole line without falling over with laughter. Yeah, I was having issues. All in all, I'm still proud of it. I'm part of an animated feature!!! Ha ha! Maybe I'll actually read the books now....when I have time.....

Anyway, I've taken the liberty of including the clip on here so you can see how awesome I am as a 4 year old.





I think this will open up some more job opportunities for me :)

I discussed the possibility of becoming a professional consultant that helps girls break up with boys with a couple of my guy friends on campus. For some reason they thought that would be a suiting job for me....haha I think I still go for becoming an author. I like that idea better. Or I could always become a rockstar :)