I'm in my last days of summertime and I couldn't be happier! haha. I guess college helps change that tune. :)
This week was my last one of work at KCDA (hopefully forever!) and my last full week before heading back to PLU. I am so excited and so ready! Not that being at home isn't nice or anything, but I miss all of my friends and being musical all of the time and having something academic to do. Plus, Steph and I are living in an apartment on campus this year, so I'm excited for the adventures that lie ahead.
I still have a lot to do (mostly because I was working full time from 6:00AM to 2:30PM, which doesn't leave a lot of room to do much else with the day). I am making lists like mad and stressing over music things like making sure my opera parts are memorized and that I have a song picked for choir auditions...
But this afternoon was spent in celebration of my last day of work. After coincidentally getting off work an hour early, my mom and sister and I had a girls night! We went and saw "The Help," had dinner at Panera Bread, and did a little shopping. If you haven't seen the movie and read the novel "The Help" you NEED to! It is hilarious and heartbreaking and just all around wonderful. I have to admit I actually cried at this movie, guys. That hardly ever happens (unless Snape dies...). I would say that the book and movie are overall equals in terms of quality. They are rather different in some aspects; each meets a need that perhaps the other does not address. I don't really think it's fair to judge movies by their books anyway, as they are two different forms of storytelling/art. (Unless it's Twilight... there was a preview for Twilight movie #4, Part 1 and I was mortified...)
After a fairly long week of waiting to be done, I have busy weekend and week ahead to look forward to! Along with gathering college supplies, I have a wedding reception to attend tomorrow night, and of course Mass on Sunday evening. :)
I move in on September 1st! Woohoo - so much to do! :D
Love&Harmony,
Erin
Friday, August 26, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2??/365...
Dear Readers (however many of you there may or may not be...),
As you might already have guessed, my 365 project has rather quickly degenerated... it is a lot easier to keep up with when I am at a computer constantly - like at school! I faithfully took pictures for the rest of June and July, but fell down a slippery slope in the last week or so with missing days completely. This culminated in completely forgetting my camera for our trip to Ocean Shores this weekend! :( I used my sister's camera for a few shots on Saturday at the beach... that is, until her camera got dropped in the sand and now refuses to function properly (it's cheap and old, so perhaps a blessing in disguise). As for the daily posting, well that died a sorry death with the trip to Europe. *le sigh*
The whole point of my project (for me, at least) was to get me taking more pictures to document my time in school and to get me blogging at a fairly regular pace, which I would say has been mildly to rather successful, depending on the month. :)
I will still be posting and taking photos, and sometimes posting photos! *gasp* I will try to start another 365 sometime in the future, as I think it is a great project. As to when this might be, I cannot say... but it will happen!
Anyway, Ocean Shores! It was a super fun 48-hour or so escape from the suburbs to the beach for the weekend. Over the approximately 2 - 2.5 days, I saw a combined total of 8 deer! That was the most unexpected thing. Other than that, it was surf, sand, and a very sandy dog. :) Apparently my sister erased her memory card, so I will post pics from hers and my dad's cameras at a later edit.
But yes! Just so you know what I've been doing and that I'm not dead! :)
I'll be back! (Read that with an Austrian accent... ;P)
Love&Harmony,
Erin
As you might already have guessed, my 365 project has rather quickly degenerated... it is a lot easier to keep up with when I am at a computer constantly - like at school! I faithfully took pictures for the rest of June and July, but fell down a slippery slope in the last week or so with missing days completely. This culminated in completely forgetting my camera for our trip to Ocean Shores this weekend! :( I used my sister's camera for a few shots on Saturday at the beach... that is, until her camera got dropped in the sand and now refuses to function properly (it's cheap and old, so perhaps a blessing in disguise). As for the daily posting, well that died a sorry death with the trip to Europe. *le sigh*
The whole point of my project (for me, at least) was to get me taking more pictures to document my time in school and to get me blogging at a fairly regular pace, which I would say has been mildly to rather successful, depending on the month. :)
I will still be posting and taking photos, and sometimes posting photos! *gasp* I will try to start another 365 sometime in the future, as I think it is a great project. As to when this might be, I cannot say... but it will happen!
Anyway, Ocean Shores! It was a super fun 48-hour or so escape from the suburbs to the beach for the weekend. Over the approximately 2 - 2.5 days, I saw a combined total of 8 deer! That was the most unexpected thing. Other than that, it was surf, sand, and a very sandy dog. :) Apparently my sister erased her memory card, so I will post pics from hers and my dad's cameras at a later edit.
But yes! Just so you know what I've been doing and that I'm not dead! :)
I'll be back! (Read that with an Austrian accent... ;P)
Love&Harmony,
Erin
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Good Advice
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/poweryourfuture/kathryn-stocketts-the-help-turned-down-60-times-before-becoming-a-best-seller-2523496/
"The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being rejected and put your manuscript—or painting, song, voice, dance moves, [insert passion here]—in the coffin that is your bedside drawer and close it for good. I guarantee you that it won’t take you anywhere."
:)
"The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being rejected and put your manuscript—or painting, song, voice, dance moves, [insert passion here]—in the coffin that is your bedside drawer and close it for good. I guarantee you that it won’t take you anywhere."
:)
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