adrianna...

this is just for you. well, ok, not just for you. everyone else can read it too. :) you just called me out on the fact that i havn't blogged in a while, so i figured i'd go ahead and give you a shout out. well. i've been pretty busy lately. i don't even remember when last i blogged. i've been trying to be good about working out. it hasn't worked out aaas well as planned. um what else. i gave blood yesterday, but didn't feel the affects until today when i almost fell asleep in both of my classes (granted one was world civ... and the room was unnaturally warm.) haha. my friend patrick was kind enough to film zak and i playing two of the songs i wrote last friday, and as of tonight, the video is on youtube. i'm too cool for school... what can i say. haha. i've also recently finished a 3rd song, and i have a 4th lingering in the sidelines, just waiting for me to feel clever enough to finish it. :) classes are generally good. choir is great. it's so nice to sing in an organized group again. i almost forgot how much i loved it. brandi told me that VSB is going to Colorado for their s.b. tour. My choir is going to Scotland, but I will sadly be staying behind... thanks to the fact that I wasn't a student here last semester and missed the deadlines... sooo, i'm thinking maybe a little trip to C.O. would be in order. eh? One of my roommates, Jennifer, is actually going to be in denver and colorado springs at that time, so maybe i'll just hop on her flight real quick. that would be the MOST amazing thing ever. it would be sad to not get to see my family or other friends not in VSB though... stupid schools across the country having different schedules but the same spring break. who even does that? haha. bands i've been listening to as of late (thanks to zak): wilco (looove them), radiohead (not a huge fan of the experimental techno phase, but as far as techno goes, they've got some skills), Fiction Family (Sean Watkins from Nickelcreek, and the lead singer of Switchfoot... very intriguing), Nathan Angelo (saw him in concert at school... Jamie Cullum meets Gavin Degraw), and Caroline Herring (saw in concert at the Crimson Moon... very good live... learn to love the CD). I don't think there's much else to say really. just livin the dream. haha. sort of.



Here's two of my songs, "Changed" and "Our Separate Ways"... if you didn't see them everywhere else. ;)
rhyming until next time...

so far so good.

school's been pretty good so far. i have two asian teachers, and a teacher from argentina, so the language barrier is always a joy... but other than that, i'm just happy to be a student again. i've been working a fairly good amount at eddie bauer (plus my measly 4 hrs a week at steamers), so i'm staying pretty busy... which i love. i almost tried out for Bye Bye Birdie at the Holly today (an old historic community theater in town), but I realized if I got it, it would be like working another part time job, and would be cutting into hrs that I desperately needed at work. So, hopefully I'll be able to audition for something this summer, because I would love to get back into acting again. It's something I've always loved doing, but it's been put on the back burner as of late. Something that hasn't been on the back burner is singing. I always sing, but being back in an organized choir is especially nice. Plus, Patrick is going to film me singing/playing a few songs this weekend that will eventually make their way to youtube per request from my mother and her friends (who hardly know what youtube is). haha. According to them, "I'm going to get famous." we'll see about that. ;)
In other news, I've found the study abroad program I desperately have to be a part of. It's a trip specifically for Art majors through UGA that goes to Cortona, Italy. Cortona is a picturesque Italian village located on a hilltop in Tuscany, that has been home to said study abroad program since 1969. The second I saw the website, I knew I had to go eventually. There are still some pre-reqs I have to get out of the way since I'm so far behind in the Art major (color theory, and 2 & 3D design), but I'm hoping to be able to go atleast by Fall of '10, since it'll be a while before I graduate. haha. well, I have world civ and art history in the morning, and I'm supposed to be reading Huckleberry Finn for amer. lit... so I should probably stop blogging at 2am and be a student. :)

Sipping Chai until next time...

i forgot the best news

I also, through an amazing friend and connection at the school, was able to be granted a waver for the out of state tuition for this semester... and actually until I graduate. I basically just saved $4,000 a semester, and now I don't have to go to all the trouble to apply for in state tuition next semester after I've gained my year of residency.... I can't even tell you how excited and Blessed I am. Also, Erin gave me the book "Captivating" by the authors of "Wild At Heart" the other day for christmas. I havn't have a chance to really dive into it, and it looks like my amer lit class probably won't allow me to for the time being, but what I've read so far, and what i've heard about it makes me so excited to read it. I'm pretty sure I can safely reccomend it to every woman already. Seriously.

There can be miracles, if you believe

Wow. That's all I can say about this last week. God is so good. I went from being completely stressed out and uncertain to almost completely worry free in a matter of days. It's amazing what can happen when you let God handle things. I find myself always trying to control situations without God's help, and I end up carrying unnecessary burdens. I am now a student at North Georgia College and State University. I'm registered for 12 credit hrs. and I have a surprisingly good schedule for registering the day before classes started. Today was the first day of class. I never thought I would be so happy to be a student again. Actually having more than one thing scheduled in a day is an amazing feeling. I love to stay active and busy, and this last semester has basically been one big veg fest. I'm taking two choir classes, one a combined choir (like CC), and the other a small women's chamber ensemble. I'm also taking american lit, world civ, art history 2, and an aerobic dance class. I'm most excited about the dance class, because it's basically a mixed cardio class that i'm taking with my roommate jennifer. It's the first class of my day MWF, and I have an hr break afterwords to shower if needed. I'm really hoping that this class will help me get back into shape so I can be happy with my body. We also have a brand new rec center at the school that's basically a free (minus the mandatory student fee added into school costs. haha) gym for me to attend any time i please. I think this is going to be a good semester... no, I know it will be.
Welcome back Kristen Weller, welcome back.
content until next time...