Movies, books, stuff going on recently

Movies I've seen recently:

Up. Oh my gosh, sad! I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but the main part that makes it sad is at the beginning after you see all these great memories of the old man and his wife growing up together, she dies. So that throughout the whole movie is sad. I wasn't that thrilled with the movie.

New Moon. Laugh if you will. But the books are awesome. I only chose to read them because one girl told me she loved them and normally hates to read. I liked New Moon a lot better than Twilight, although Bella gets on my nerves a lot because she's depressed through the WHOLE movie. She's not even happy at the beginning or the end when she's with Edward.

The Blind Side. Great movie! I highly reccomend it.

Old Dogs. It was pretty good. I hadn't really wanted to see it but my parents were going so I went as well. It was funny. It's the movie with John Travolta and Robin Williams.







Books I'm reading or have read recently:

The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks. I am half way through right now. I hadn't heard of it until I bought it, but it's good. However, in The Notebook and A Walk To Remember it was sad at the end because of the people dying. So I hope in this one someone doesn't die. I like happy endings, even if they are a bit predictable.

Poverty and Promise, by Cindi Brown. I'm reading it right now. A woman who is actually friends of some of my friends, wrote a book about her 9 months volunteering in Kenya. It's a neat book.

Simplify Your Life, by Marcia Ramsland. I'm kind of reading it....off and on.... it's supposed to have ways to keep things clean and organized without taking so much time, how to reach your goals with it, etc. It's kind of dry only because of the topic so I just pick it up at random times to read it.

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Anyways, I have final tests and projects this week in my classes and then I'll have 5 weeks off instead of 4 because none of my teachers had finals during the normal time! Whoo! I have a whole list of things to do that I never get to do during the semester or that need to get done and I'm excited about it. I also have a bunch of people I want to get together with, some I only see at Christmas and summer, and some I haven't seen in years.

Today in one of my classes we had to do group presentations. 2 hours of listening to people talk off of powerpoints, blech. But anyways, one girl was really stuck out to me because she kept saying "um" after every single sentence, and it didn't even flow. For some reason, after hearing her keep saying um I then heard like everybody else do that. And I thought, did I do that? Did I say um? Or do I say "like" too much? Or is there something else I say all the time and have no idea? But not in normal speaking, I mean during presenting. Hmm. I'll have to ask someone next time to pay attention for me.

Tomorrow night is my chorus concert. I finally got to take chorus this semester - I didn't have room all the other semester since I was pushing to graduate in 4 years and then it didn't happy so now I have space. I haven't sung since high school in anything formally and I've missed it. There are 83 people in my chorus and Mrs. Blackwell is an awesome director. However, there are ups and downs to chorus' everywhere, no matter how great they are. There are always 1, 2, 3, or 4 people who are SO stinking loud you'd think they were trying to let the people on the other side of campus hear them. Do they not know how loud they are? Or if they do, do they know how frustrating it is to everyone around them? A chorus is supposed to blend. And then there's the few people who can't really sing but think they can, and they're hitting the wrong notes left and right. I really do feel bad for these people. So sometimes I'd rather just sing solos because I'm a perfectionist in music.

Ok, enough rambling for today. I'm so ready for a BREAK and I'm excited about the upcoming stuff in Decemeber!!

Hello....

When I was 14 I got a xanga. It was a blog, but everybody had it. It was the quivalent to facebook. It still "there" but I dont' write on it anymore. However, it's funny to see what went on 7 years ago, to look back and go, "Oh, that's what it was like to be 14." So here I am at 21, and maybe when I'm 30 I'll look back and see what was going on now and say, "Oh, that's what it was like to be 21."

So lets see.

I'm in my 4th year in college. I wanted to graduate in 4 years, but it won't be until 5 years. :-( Everyone says, "It's ok, everybody graudates in 5 years now" but I didn't want that to be me. I didn't take 5 classes every semester which I was supposed to, sometimes the classes I needed were full, and I had to take a history class 3 times before I passed. But people say I'm in good shape because teaching jobs are hard to find and maybe by then they'll be easier to find. I've wanted to be a teacher since I was 9 so I'm ready to BE one! Overall though college has been.... different than I expected. I haven't enjoyed it. I've liked some of the social aspects of it, duh, but that's about it. Sometimes after a semester I never see those people again, so I try not to make too many friends in my classes sometimes. I'm not very good at goodbyes and find it pointless to invest so much into people that I will only see for about 4 months of my life, maybe two semesters if I'm lucky. My 500 friends on facebook really boil down to like 10 friends in real life. Besides that I find half the stuff I've learned in college to be useless, or even if it IS important I don't remember it 6 months later. But I hope I'm a good teacher, I've learned a lot of stuff pretaning that.

I just finished working 14 months at a Christian Bookstore. Oh retail. There are truely crazy people in the world. That's all I will say about that.

I am now baby-sitting 2 days a week this semester and 3 next semester for a family of 4 kids. I'm glad I have this job.

I am renting a house 10 minutes from school. I've been here since last August and love love love it. I'll be moving back home next August though because when I student teach and all that I won't be able to have a job. And I'm already living off of loans. Yipee. But not worrying about all that now, just enjoying the opportunity to decorate my house, eat random food, stay up late, and enjoy the constant silence or music that I choose. My roomate is a 2nd grade teacher, this is her 3rd year, so our schedules are pretty opposite.

I can't go without saying that God is number one in my life. I went to Kenya twice (2007 and 2009) for a week the first time and 2 the second time for mission trips, and they were the best thing ever. It was so great to give of my time, money, and resources. I teach 9th and 10th grade girls small group at my church on Sun nights and taught middle school girls small group the past two years.

So that about sums up where I am in life right now as far as what I'm doing in general.







Me and some kids at vacation bible school in Kenya, July 2009.




Me, November 29, 2009. It's my profile picture too, but that one is pretty small.