Creative Wanderings

 I know, I know… I should be in bed asleep. Or studying for my final tomorrow. Really, the urge to write on here hits me at the worst times. I’m either at work trying to focus or at home needing to do other things .. oh well! So remember how in April I sprained my ankle and even got it x-rayed because I could barely walk? Well I took pictures of it one day! And I downloaded said pictures just the other day. I hope you can handle what you’re about to see next.  Apparently I didn’t get a very good shot of the swelling. But colors are so much prettier to look at than bulgy swellingness. You know what the best part is about these pictures? They were taken at least a week after I’d sprained my ankle. And two and a half weeks afterwards I played on my intramural Read more…

  In remembrance of old roommates and ugly sweaters.  This is the face of FHE: one big crazy family.

I know you didn’t think it was possible, but I’m blonder than ever! I like it a lot and thoroughly enjoy the blondeness. I’m pretty sure my hair hasn’t been this light since I was a tow-headed tot. It was hard to get pics with good lighting, but soon I’ll have hundreds of photos to share of my new hair, with Greece and Turkey in the background! Wahoo and whoa!! I just realized I have two weekends left before I go. YIKES! I need to make some lists and make sure I’ve got everything I need. And I sure hope I can find my fishnets from last year….. You’d think they’d be easy to find in a relatively small apartment but no… Ok well that’s all for now.

Last night I went with some wardies to see Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.” I realized two important things during that film.  Your momma knew what she was saying when she told you to chew gum with your mouth CLOSED. This now ranks on my list of turn-offs, simply because it is so annoying to hear a rhythmic chomp-chomp-smack-pop-smack-smack-smack-chomp-chomp from the beginning to the bitter end of a movie. (Bitter only because of the chomper, not the actual film.)  Amazingly, I have learned something from my film theory and adaptation class. http://www.physorg.com/news192877463.html?scr=outbrain

Sometimes I wish I could just sit and write forever. I doubt that in the end it would make much coherent sense, but when I get in my writing moods I tend to lend myself to stream of consciousness writing. I’ve had several things on my mind lately. For example, my class is ending in less than 2 weeks (hooray!) and I need to finish off a project for it. And by finish I mean finish starting… and then finish finishing. Plus the scene analysis I need to do. But that will be quick and easy, relatively speaking. Then there’s the fact that I need to write my class for Fall. And that is exciting but somewhat more stressful. Did I mention that my allergies have been flaring up lately? I’ve got a smidgen of a headache, a bit of body aches — although that could also be from the Read more…

I headed home over the long weekend for some much needed rest, relaxation, and TLC. While there I got to re-discover that Missouri really is the garden of Eden. I had a lot of favorite moments, but some of the best ones were sitting in the bright blue pool, surrounding by vibrant green grass and trees, a cloudless azure sky overhead and nothing but the call of many birds for accompaniment. No people crowding into spaces and places. No buildings infringing on the landscape. No trucks or cars or sirens. Just pure nature. Did I  mention the gloriously warm sun was bronzing down on me? Perfection.  In reality, being at home was (and always will be) perfection, no matter where home is. Why? My family is there, and that’s what matters. Friends are incredible, but family is just something else. I love them, and they love me, and that’s all Read more…

1 Nephi 11:17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.

I saw him tonight. I knew it was a possibility, but I decided that I should go to the activity. We had a bi-ward activity and I wanted to go and meet people, but it was at Kiwanis park. That’s were he often goes to play pick-up games of ultimate frisbee. Guess whose group he was playing with today? Mine. I thought I was going to be sick when I realized I knew the guy with dark hair, sport shorts, and a button-down shirt playing ultimate. Thank goodness Alisha was there. After a minute of absorbing the fact that he was right there, I got out of the car. I ended up talking with an old friend, Cody, who was throwing a football with some people in my ward. He and I tossed it back and forth for a while, almost until the end of the ultimate game. I’m pretty Read more…

I love cultures. That’s basically why I became a Humanities major — I get to study different cultures and since dance is one of the arts, I can use that as part of my focus. I mean, I’m going to write a hundred-page thesis about dance studies, so that’s got to be a pretty clear indication of my interest. Anyways…. I love culture. And today I went with one of my favoritist people up to Salt Lake City to take in the international festival being hosted there. It was wonderful! There’s nothing better than spending a few hours appreciating the music and dance and food of other cultures. Being there reminded me so much of tour last year, and I think I’ve convinced Ananda of the virtues of dancing in festivals… so I’m going to train her in the ways of Clog America so we can go together next year! If Read more…

Patience is not just waiting for something. Somehow it has perpetually evaded my consciousness that being patient is more than recognizing that things won’t happen on my timetable. Be patient for dinner, be patient for that phone call, be patient for blessings…… so often it just seems to imply that we’re waiting for something to happen. And, in part, we are. Elder Wirthlin gave a talk in 1987 and said this. “Dictionaries define patience in such terms as bearing pain or sorrow calmly or without complaint; not being hasty or impetuous; being steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity.” Two out of the three definitions there I have never really considered.1. Bearing pain or sorrow calmly or without complaint. Anyone who has talked to me lately (who knows what’s been going on the past two-ish weeks) is well aware that I have been openly vocal about the pain of the situation. In Read more…