Nickelback

OK, I'm a fan of the new Nickelback song "If Everyone Cared." It's a great song.

This past weekend was fun. Friday night I went to Chang's Mongolian Grill with my fam and the Pedersens. Good times. Saturday I worked on scholarship/school stuff, then hung out at my friend Melanie's house with Mel and her cousin-in-laws, Anthony and Adam. And Bethany, Mel's sister, and Bethany's boyfriend Kirk. A great group of people, for sure. Oh, before that I recorded keys on my friend Shannon's song. I think we got something worked out OK.

"And as we lie beneath the stars, we realize how small we are." That's a Nickelback quote, sorry. I'm just listening to the song and some of the lines are pretty sweet.

I'm starting to.... wonder about this whole college thing. Essentially I've got a college in Redding that I'm not too excited about, but I could potentially get 3/4 of my tuition paid for there, which would be nice. Even without the President's scholarship (which I'm applying for), I'd still get quite a bit of scholarship money. Then there is Cal Baptist, which I'm definitely interested in because of its location (southern Cal), and the housing situation (cottages or apartment options), and the fact that I could pursue music a bit (they've got STATE of the ART recording equiptment... I need to make some friends with musicians! Lol!), and the campus is gorgeous. Then there is Westmont, out in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara... how could you NOT like that??? It's gorgeous! But the school is the most expensive, and the campus is beautiful, but also kind of... eclectic. One of the things I really liked about Cal Baptist was how it was all uniform and University-ish. Westmont feels more like... camp. But the connection to having use of the formal gardens (wedding someday???) would be nice!

I dunno. I can't hardly imagine myself living in any of those places in 6 months, because none really excite me THAT much... But I'm also adaptable, I think, and I could handle being at any of them probably. I really don't want to do college that bad. I mean, I just want to skip through it... but at the same time I know I won't get enough out of it unless I LIVE it. And I want to travel abroad. If I had my choice I'd be going to Italy or Egypt next fall like I'd originally thought. But it's too late to do that at this point. I'll have to look at next spring. But then I've got Julie's wedding that I want to be here to witness. However, I know she'd understand too.

My contacts in Morocco haven't gotten back to me in a LONG time. I hope everything is still ago, because I'm going to be massively disappointed if it doesn't work for me to go. I'm just ready to ... get OUT of here. But at the same time, I don't want to go away for a long time. I've seen how Meg's connection to this area has really diminished, and I've been working on some new friendships that I'm afraid will just die out if I'm not around. That makes me sad.

I have Richard the III and Poli Sci to read, I best get off.

Midterms done, new music up, and chocolate....

Have you ever noticed how Americans have the capacity to completely slaughter certain words? Take the name "Peter" for example. My Shakespeare teacher says it beautifully. I say it like "pe-DER." She says it like "PE-tah." Try it. Say them outloud. "PE-tah" is much prettier than "pe-DER."

I had my poli sci exam tonight. I wrote my midterm for Shakespeare and turned it in last Tuesday, and had my health midterm last week. Yay! It's nice to have one round of tests done. I'll do the same thing again in a couple weeks, but then we'll be at the END of the quarter/semester (I'm doing both), which means I'll be only weeks/days away from departing the country, and that makes me immensely happy!

I joined the group "I'm Saving Myself for Wild, Passionate, Awkward Honeymoon Sex" or something like that on facebook. I saw it and just started CRACKING UP! I think it is awesome that someone started a group like that. I'm just getting the hang of this whole facebook thing. Actually, i totally don't have the hang of it because I haven't a clue as to how to upload pictures yet... but soon!

Meanwhile, I have another place to blog. As if two myspace accounts and this isn't enough! Lol!

I posted a new song on my music myspace. "Message" is what it is called. It's lyrical, probably more so than the other three I've got up. I like it. Actually quite a lot. I've popped over to the space just to listen to it several times.

I've decided that, for me, the fun part of recording is the vocals and the "extras." The initial keys are kinda a pain.

Heather bought extra dark lindor truffles last night. *blissful sigh* Those things are amazing. I'm glad I don't have them easily accessible all the time!

I went to fill my car up with gas today. I put in $9.00 and then it shut me off. I think that's because that was all I had in my checking account. *sigh* I supposed I better double check that. And reconcile my bank accounts. I hate doing that! Money is such a pain!!!

OK, yeah, this blog basically has no conhesive thought. Too bad. Long weekend this weekend, though, which I'm excited about! I might... go to Bible Study on Monday, or go to the beach, or watch a movie, or just sit home and do homework... BORING. I do want to go to a Romeo and Juliet performance this weekend or next weekend if possible. Then it is done performing, which would be a bummer to miss.

I should go running. I've been lazy this week. Actually I've been lazy for the past two or three weeks. It's raining like crazy and we all know I hate rain... I did a little running yesterday, but it wasn't enough! I thought I was starting to get sick last night, so I did extra doses of vitamin C and echinacea and multis, then downed a gulpful of Nyquil and went to bed. I was KONKED out... seriously! My alarm went off at 6:30 and I was COMPLETELY on cloud 27 when I got up to change the alarm time to later. It was bizarro.... but I slept really well and I feel fine today, so I think getting a good night's sleep might have done the trick... for now!

Yeah, K, time to close. I just thought I'd update this lovely site!