Ashira L'adonai Ki Ga'oh Ga'ah

Not going to lie, the last two days have been a bit rough. I'm pulling through though. No worries. Plus it helped that I got cookies from Megan yesterday. Yum! I actually saved them for this morning and ate them for breakfast! Best breakfast ever! Not nutrition wise... Anyhow, I don't know if you've figured this out already, but I can be quite random. Sometimes I just wonder random things and won't rest until I can find the answer. For instance, I've started wondering where certain phrases come from, so when I hear them used I take a mental note and look them up. Did you know that "how 'bout them apples" originated during one of the world wars (I can't remember which one now ha ha) and is in reference to what the British called the "candy apple mortar?" Well now you know. Random fact of the day. Consider yourself educated.

This weekend, I've been reflecting on some bible stories mostly because I saw the musical "Children of Eden" (which I thought was beautiful and inspiring for the most part) and yesterday's Sunday school lesson was on the exodus from Egypt. So for the past few days I've had songs from "Children of Eden," "Prince of Egypt," and randomly, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat" going through my head. So besides randomly discussing these stories with people I know, I've been humming random tunes from these productions. One bit that's been going through my head is the Hebrew portion of the song "When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt." I'd looked up the words before and tried to learn them because I'm a nerd like that and I really like it. I'm sure I butcher it... But I'm okay with that. So you can be a nerd like me, I'm going to post the words here--first the Hebrew and then the English translation.

Ashira l'adonai ki ga'oh ga'ah
Ashira l'adonai ki ga'oh ga'ah
Michamocha, ba-elim adonai
Michamocha nedar-bakodesh
Nachitah v'chasd'cha, am zu ga'alta
Nachitah v'chasd'cha, am zu gaalta
Ashira, Ashira, Ashira...


Translation:
I will sing unto Adonai for He has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing unto Adonai for He has triumphed gloriously.
Who is like You, O Adondai, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness?
In Your mercy, you lead the people You redeemed.
In Your mercy, you lead the people You redeemed.
I will sing, I will sing, I will sing...

Adonai is the Hebrew word for Lord basically, if I understand correctly. Anyway, music can be a good tool to helping you feel better. My suggestion: when you are in the worst of moods, pick a nice peppy song--one that makes you feel like dancing. Crazy sad emo songs will not make you feel better silly. One of my happy songs of late has been "Hot Air Balloon" by Owl City. Listen to it, learn it, embrace it, and love it. Good. We can now officially be friends.

So like me, this post has been very random...and pictureless... I've been doing that to you a lot lately haven't I? Hmm... Perhapsly I should change that. That's right. I just said perhapsly.

In conclusion, there are only eleven days until I graduate, which means ten more until I get to see these weirdos...

A.K.A. my parents, who I love!!!! I am so excited! Well, my friends, as always I wish you the best of luck in all your adventures! Farewell!

The Celtic Festival

The past few days have been very stressful! I had two big projects due today: one a ten page paper on the formation of Kansas and how it impacted the Civil War and the second was a presentation on Orson Scott Card's Characters and Viewpoint (a great book by the way). I should have worked on them sooner...but alas, I'm one of those people who thinks I still and so I put stuff off until it's too late. This time was killer! A lot of my time was taken up last week because of the Celtic Festival. We had dress rehearsals on Tuesday and Wednesday and perfromances Thursday-Saturday.





It was a lot of fun and it turned out really well. We sold out all three nights. In fact, the first night, we were oversold by 77 seats. We had to set up a bunch more seats to accomadate everyone. It was nice that we had really good audiences, and everyone I talked to said they enjoyed our production. Huzzah!

Here are a few pictures from backstage. These are all from the reader's theater I was a part of called "The Specter Widow."

This is Kimball. She played a witch on the moor! She also played the stranger who came to help me and my husband from the crazy widow woman who was trying to off me so she could have my man. Haha true story!

Here is Kimball and the writer of the script (who also is my storytelling professor), Omar Hansen.

That's Kimball, me, and Breanna (the widow). Our prompt for this picture: tigers. So there you go. We gave it a shot!

So now the Celtic Festival is over and I somehow managed to survive both my big projects! And now I'm taking some time to relax before I have to get back to work. 16 days until graduation! Speaking of which, I picked up my cap and gown today! It's all sorts of official now!

Until next time! Good luck on all your adventures!

26 Days...

I can hardly believe it! Less than a month and I'll have my degree and I'll be on my way to Disneyland! I think this is the only thing I talk about now...

Anyway, it's all rather exciting and little bit frightening at the same time. I applied for an internship and didn't get it. I was really bummed out at first, but then came to the conclusion that there's something else out there for me to do. I finally started looking for some more options this weekend. So I need to start applying like crazy! I found a bunch of internships with publishing companies which would be an excellent experience and give me the knowledge I need to continue in that industry. Most of them are in New York, which is a little bit nerve wracking for me, but I have a friend going to school in New York who has agreed to let me be her roommate if I end up heading over there. That will definitely help with the transition.

Also this weekend, I submitted some of my short stories to some literary journals. I've been wanting to do that for a while now and it's required for one of my classes this semester, so I finally got around to doing it. We'll see what happens there! Chances are I won't be published right away, and that's okay. At least I can say I tried! And I won't give up!

And if none of that stuff works for me...my dad has promised that I can come home and live in the basement. Haha! At least I always know that I'll have a roof over my head! So I guess the key word now is perseverance. I'll find something!

Until next time, good luck in all your ventures!

So it's hard to see but i'm about to see macbeth for the second time and this is a picture of the stage! Shakespeare is awesome...just in case you didn't know! Well, i best be off! Have a good evening!

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I Laugh in the Face of...Uncertainty?

I know I already posted today, but I have been slacking a little...and this is on my mind. So if you'd please continue reading, I'd be much obliged. My last class of the day was creative writing. I was talking with a girl in my peer review group who asked me what my plans were after I graduated. I told her I wasn't quite sure as the thing I had planned on kind of fell through.

For clarification: I applied for an intership and didn't get it. Long story made short.

Anyway, I laughed as I told her this, and she asked me how I could be laughing. I shrugged. I thought about it for a moment and said I could laugh about it because I'd already gone through the "this sucks" stage. I laughed again and explained to her that my dad has also given me permission to live in the basement and become an author/sell handmade books. Thank you, Dad! So I have a backup plan: live with my parents forever. Ha ha okay not really. But it's nice to know that if I ever need time to get on my feet that my parents will help me out the best that they can. I promise I'm not planning on living in my parents' basement forever. I just have some more job searching to do. I'm confident!

I guess the moral of the story is, when times get tough, learn to laugh! And it's also okay to laugh at yourself. We all make stupid mistakes sometimes. I would know. Ha ha!

It's been a long time since I've posted pictures, so I'm going to post one randomly. For my birthday last week, my friend Breanna brought me a pineapple as a reference to the TV show "Psych." We then felt it was necessary to strike some "Psych" inspired poses. Here are a couple.

Oh Monday! You Tease Me So!

Already, today has been quite eventful. I woke up, looked at my alarm clock which said 8:30, and then I got up in a panic. You see, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday I have a class at 7:45... This is the class I'm most concerned about doing well in, so I was unhappy with myself this morning. I'd set two alarms because I'm always paranoid that I won't wake up in time. I was sleeping too deeply it would seem. I never even heard my alarms go off. But a note on the bright side, I haven't felt this refreshed in a long time.

One of the reasons I was freaking out about sleeping in is the fact that I had a participation sheet due today...and I need as many points as I can get. I looked at my professor's office hours which unfortunately are at the same time as another class. So I decided I would run across campus and catch my teacher before he left class. By the time I got out the door, I only had 5 minutes to get to a building that usually takes me 10-15 minutes to get there...

Long story short, I made it, I turned in my paper, and I'm almost positive my professor got a laugh out of my out of breath/pink faced state and the fact that I ran across campus just to give him a sheet of paper. I'm that dedicated...to passing...

It occured to me as I was walking home that one of the tricks to staying optimistic is to take something bad (sleeping through my class) and instead of focusing on the bad in it, think about the good. Count your blessings if you will. So although I did sleep through my class, here's the good: I made it to my teacher to apologize and hand in my paper and it's not "frozen nose hair cold" outside which made it a lot easier to run through. Oh, and a third good thing: I slept very well last night.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to officially get ready for the day... This "just rolled out of bed" look will not do. Happy Monday and March 1st one and all!