"O, come let us...

...adore Him."

-Unknown

Wellll...I'm HOME AGAIN! Yay. But in more eventful news, my older sister graduated from COLLEGE on Saturday!! SO AMAZING. I am so proud of her. I just cannot believe it. AHHH, SO AWESOME. Anyhow, we decided to drive back from school at 5am in order to make it back in time for the last Christmas service at our church at 11:30am. We made it. HA.

Finals week for me was....reasonable. I just love my school...

And as odd as it sounds, I kind of wanted to stay at school with all my friends and just all stay there for a week and THEN go home. But alas, I must follow the ways of the world. Haha. Not really.

I can't think of much to say, except the fact that I would like to see my GPA and/or my grades for the semester. I would ALSO really like to go to sleep. Too bad I took a three-hour nap at four o'clock and then I ate some coffee ice cream. YAY ICE CREAM!

Aaaaaanyhow. I've been sitting here by myself watching recorded episodes of a television show I never really got "into" because all the episodes of my favorite television series have been deleted. :|

NOT. COOL. Hahaha.

Alrighty, well I'm going to head out now. Hopefully go brush my teeth and then really sleep. :)

peace.

-2:50am

"Those Christmas lights...

...keep shining on."

-Coldplay

Welllll, I have quite a bit to review. However, I would first like to observe the fact that one of my roommates and I are listening to this song right now (the aforementioned song) and we turned all the lights off except the Christmas lights in our room. Tehe. How fun. :)

Anyhow, Thursday, at about 11:45am, during class, a friend of mine turned around and asked what I was doing later that night. I didn't have any plans, so she asked me to go to the opera with her. THAT NIGHT. So...I said I could probably go. The entire night was just a beautiful thing. The entire event was just completely last-minute, yet so relaxed and enjoyable. Haha. I didn't know any of the details until right before I needed to...which is absolutely NOT how I normally operate. Haha. We borrowed our friend's 2009 Mustang (silver, leather interior and a button to control what color shines on your feet and in the cup holders--HA!). We drove into the city and looking all dressed up and whatnot, we just enjoyed the night. However, there is some comedic irony within this....she was told the opera started at 7:30pm, so we got there in plenty of time for that. However, as we approached the door, we realized that on the ticket it said 6:30pm. HAHAHAHA. We only missed the beginning of the first act, however. Lohengrin, it is called, and it is a three-act play. Just over FOUR HOURS. Ha! I had never been to an opera before, but I was more the pleasantly surprised with my first experience. I was just blown away by the endurance of the players and their voices were just absolutely incredible. I can't really put it into words. My friend had gotten the two tickets (orchestra seating) for free. Why? Because her voice teacher really wants her to be an opera singer and thought that if she went to an opera, she might give it more of a chance. Her teacher got the tickets for free because she knows someone involved in the opera, but she couldn't go, so she gave the tickets to my friend. Welp, it worked. Because after that she was definitely considering it. :) The whole night cost me a whopping $13. Which is NOT bad at ALL! For orchestra seats at an opera, gas for a Mustang and parking in an over-priced parking garage. Very worth it.

Then yesterday night (Friday), my roomie and I went and watched a movie in our guy friend's room. It was called "Repo Men," and beforehand, I was pretty sure it was rated R, so I took my computer just in case. OH MY GOODNESS. It was AWFUL. I literally had to leave the room because I thought I was going to throw up. So much blood. So much gore. So much of a boy movie. Hahahaha. Then we played foosbol. Then some people decided they were hungry at midnight and five of us walked to a nearby Mexican food place. I am reeaaaaally trying not to spend real money, because I have so many meals left and dining dollars. Ha. So I got nothing. Then we came back and hung out outside because we have a curfew for boys to be in girls' dorms and girls to be in boys' dorms. I turned in approximately 2:20am, and that's all I know of.

I think I finally finished my music project today...I'm not positive, though. It's pretty crazy how much you can do with equipment that's so easily accessible. It's pretty pretty amazing. Anyhow, I'm very satisfied with the instrumentation and not-so satisfied with my vocals. Because of COURSE I would have a bunch of phlegm and coughing issues when I really need to sing for a music project. Ha. Whatevs. I've put so much time into this project...like, literally 24 hours, probably.

And here I sit, while I have two papers due tomorrow. One, being ten pages. The other, being two pages. So...it shouldn't be so bad....*cough* I should probably go and start on the two-page paper. So....yeah. Alrighty, buh-bye! :D

peace.

-1:37am

p.s. my sister is graduating COLLEGE on SATURDAY! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!! O_O

"More than words...

...to show you how I feel."

-Extreme

It is far beyond words to describe how horrifying this is. HA! O_O

Well, you know how I skipped that class on Tuesday to write that huge paper and missed a quiz? On Thursday, after class, I went up to my professor and was fully willing and expecting to take a zero on the quiz because I missed class. But my professor told me that I need to take it, so I had to go into his office the next day. He asked me if I had class before 11am, and I don't have class on Fridays until 1pm. So he told me to come in at EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. Ohhhhhh my. It was not pleasant. Haha. But then I was on my way back to my dorm when I ran into a fellow classmate of mine. A kind soul, he decided that we should sit and eat our breakfasts outside. It was lovely. :)

All the choirs are putting on this giant Christmas concert at a nearby church. I am SO privileged to be a part of this. I LOVE IT. I REALLY REALLY LOVE IT. There are only two performances and the first one was Friday night. Sooooo much fun. AGH. I just love making people happy and seeing the different expressions on people's faces when something happens that they don't expect. :) The next and last one is tomorrow (Sunday). Ahhhh...then DEAD WEEK. JOY.

Back to that huge Bible paper I had to write. I was supposed to have a meeting with my professor the day I turned it in (that's just when I happened to schedule it) so he could read it over and give me some feedback. Everyone has to do this. My appointment was scheduled one time increment directly after my friend's appointment. My neighbor received a text message that morning that her appointment was cancelled. Then, I asked my friend when her appointment was so I could double check the time of mine...she said that the meetings were cancelled that day, so I just figured I didn't get the text message for some reason. Then, my neighbor asked me one night if I got the email to reschedule the meetings that were cancelled. I had not received this email. At this point, I just thought my professor wanted me to fail, exemplifying such poor communication skills with me. Haha. So I sent a secret-sass email to him explaining that I never received an email about the cancellations OR the re-schedulings. He replied simply, "Actually, yours wasn't cancelled.....etc., etc..." I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped. I FELT AWFUL. There I was being all secretly sassy and whatnot, and I'M the one at fault. So I rescheduled for today (Saturday) at 4pm. I left at about 3:35 to walk over to the other campus. I got there just about ten minutes early, and then just kind of chilled on the empty campus and soaked up the beauty of the hour and time of day, and whatnot. It was beautiful.

Then I finally got my appointment (subtopic: my friend completely forgot about her rescheduled appointment, missed it, and had to rush over to the meeting slot right before mine because the scheduled person did not show up. How ironic. Hahahaha!) and expressed my apologies again, but he seemed very merciful and gracious. :)

I feel that I had a lot more to say, but this shall suffice for now. Alrighty, my eyes are gettin--

--wait, I remember now. For my final project in one of my music classes, I'm recreating a song that's already done, and it's kind of exciting to hear it! All I'm doing is listening to the instrumental version of the song pretty much 990823657615928350883746582 times and choosing one instrument to focus in on to master and then figure out on a small keyboard and then play into my computer using MIDI keyboard and then choosing the instruments, etc. It's fun, but it's a process. Today, the keyboard, organ and drums are all done. Tomorrow comes the actual hard stuff. Haha.

Alright, for real this time. My eyes are quite heavy...I guess the Sand Man has paid me a visit! ;)

peace.

-3:01am

(aaaaand of COURSE it would be past 3:00am. Hahahaha.)

"Everyday oughta be...

...a bad day for you."

-Darwin Deez

Welp, my Thanksgiving went very well, I'd say. I surprised my mother and came home with one of my roommates at 10:40pm Tuesday night. She screamed. I'm surprised she didn't wake the neighbors. ;)

And break was absolutely lovely. I loved every part of being home, I think. And we wandered into this random record store's basement where they keep allllll the records. It was so cool. I posted a video on youtube singing a song in there. Haha. Here's some documentation I took:

'Twas a good time...a good time indeed. So I had that exegetical paper due today that I had worked on a while back. And I tried for literally six hours to write it last night, until three o'clock in the morning. By that time, all I had added to the paper was one paragraph, for a grand total of three paragraphs. So...I finally decided at 3am that my mind wasn't going to function any better at that time, so I went to bed, woke up around 8:20, took a shower and head over to the theological library yet again. I was in there from about 9:45am until 12:45pm. Three hours. And I finished my paper just about two minutes before it was due. So, we shall see how that goes. HAHA.

There are a bunch of tiny little annoying gnats in our room. We don't know where they came from, but they were here when we returned from break. >:( So we decided to empty all the trash bins. I hope that helps, because I've killed at least five with my bare hands and they just keep popping out of nowhere. I have an 8-10 page final paper for one of my classes and the prompt is very vague. But I only see that professor once a week, so I guess I'll have to email her. OH. Strange happening for the day! I need to switch into a different music theory class, but the status of the class is listed as closed, so I emailed the professor to try to appeal and get added to the class. He said he would add me once the spring semester started, but then added that I should send him a headshot so he can put a face to my name. I thought that was a little strange, so I called my mom and asked her. Hahaha. My friends were making fun of me. But whatever, I guess I'll send him a pitcha. I don't have much else to say as of right now. But happy Christmas time, fellow internet users! ;D

peace.

-8:37pm

"Clouds of sulfur in the air...

...it's heartbreak warfare."

-John Mayer

There is one extremely awesome picture here. It was a terribly rainy day and it was at the peak of a severe downpour. This picture is wonderful, but it reminds of an extremely dark day...and that's what I feel like on the inside right now. :(

peace.

-7:07pm

"I wanted to say to you...

...we've come a long, long way."

-Good Old War

Well, I have an exegetical paper due the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and I had yet to start it until today. I just now settled in my room after around three hours in the theological library. Let me tell you a little story: I live on the east campus of the school. The theological library is on the west campus. Which isn't really that far, except for the fact that when we left is was literally POURING. I may be able to post a picture later, but seriously...the ground had about an inch of water on it. And I was wearing sweatpants, fluffy socks and converse. NOT a good combination. My feet were soaked by the time I completed my fourth step and my pants were especially heavy form all the water they were harboring. I borrowed my roommate's umbrella, so my head was dry, but that's about it. DRENCHED. It was just...so uncomfortable. Haha. Anyhow, I just got back from that, then we walked back and stopped in the coffee shop and I got a mocha almond fudge muffin--warmed. :)

Then I tidied and vacuumed the room and turned on yellow lights only. Put my iPod in and am enjoying a relaxing afternoon. Except I'm sore...and didn't sleep very well. Which is another story....that I will tell you now. Hahaha.

So, I mentioned in a previous post that the shirt I purchased was knowingly too small for me (size-wise). HOWEVA, I refused to not wear it. When I tried it on it was like....awful. HAHAHA. It was really funny. Anyway, last night I was watching a scary movie with my friends (on my computer because my screen is the biggest) and then I decided that I could not continue on watching it. I just couldn't handle it. Haha.

So I returned to my room and realized that I had hardly anything to do without a computer, so I turned and saw my t-shirt sitting on my bed. I took it into the community bathroom, and turned the water on high/hot. I completely soaked the shirt (and my hands got ever so slightly burned!), then I wrung it out a little so it wouldn't be dripping on my way back to the room. I proceeded to take my towel and wrap it around my pillow and put socks in appropriate areas to fashion myself a dummy. I somehow managed to squeeze the shirt around it, and began to blow-dry it. Hahahaha. So I blew it dry as much as I could before I reluctantly went to see Harry Potter 7 with a bunch of boys. Haha. I left it on my bed with the fan directly facing it and when I got back, I didn't want to take it off, so I left it on the "dummy" for the night and thus did not have a pillow. So, I didn't sleep that well last night, and the moment of truth came this morning. I removed the shirt from the dummy and things looked promising. I put the shirt on aaaaannnd.....IT FITS ME! BWAHAHAHAHAHA. WIN.

I think I win at life now. I am so happy that I don't have to NOT wear this t-shirt. Haha. :D

Anyhow, that's pretty much it. I can't think of anything else clever to say, so...I'm mostly just happy that I got some work done on my exegetical paper and that my shirt fits. and it's raining. and I am just perfectly content. Alrighty.....

peace.

-4:21pm

"I'd rather be with you...

...say you want the same thing too."

-Joshua Radin

Welp...tonight was the final point of releasing stress in the week. It felt like Friday. It was beautiful. Except I still have class tomorrow. Haha. I got to see one of my favorite bands in concert tonight, and it was wonderful. Then, after the concert I got to meet them. YEEUH. :D

And I had casual conversation with the lead singer, and a different casual conversation with the guitarist/vocalist. Ahhh, wonderment. I went with two of my guy friends; they're fun, and I think it was just an overall good experience for all of us. The venue was gorgeous! Probably one of my favorites that I've ever been to because it was the perfect size for a good audience and it was just so intricately designed and furbished. I really enjoyed it. Except I think someone started smoking a cigarette inside during the concert...that was obnoxious. HA. I was dead center and pretty close to the front, so I definitely made eye contact with a lot of the peeps up there. ha.

I bought a shirt that's too small for me... :( But I'm hoping to stretch it. I have a plan. Mwahaha.

I slept through a class for the third time ever...the same class. HAHA. Buuut, it's a class that doesn't REALLY matter and it won't affect my grade that I wasn't there. This morning when my alarm went off, I woke up and LEGITIMATELY thought it was Friday, and so I thought to myself, "It's Friday, I don't need to be up this early!" Hit the off button, rolled over and went back to sleep. Only to shoot up out of bed at 10:43am and realize that I had been sleeping through my class. Hahaha. And I had class at 11:25, so I had to get ready for that. Initially when I woke up, I thought I had missed that class, too. Which would have been awful. O_o

Anyway, that's pretty much it. After the concert, my friends and I went through a drive-thru and then ate our food in the car and listened to the band we had just seen and reminisced and planned for the future concert endeavors and whatnot. It was great fun. Also on the way home (I was riding shotgun), I turned to my friend driving and said, "Take me home. Like really HOME home." And we all decided that it would be really fun, and it was a very feasible plan, except for the fact that his mother needs the car Saturday morning. So that was sad. Hahaha.

Sorry, Mama. :(

Anyhow, I shall talk with you later.

peace.

-3:29am

p.s. notice this blog was not even STARTED before 3:00am. My sleeping pattern is officially, totally and completely wrecked. HA! :/