It has been more than two months since my last sunny side post...crazy, since winter break plus JTerm was basically a two month vacation. A lot has happened since then, but here are some highlights:
-Hairspray. Playing in the pit band was a lot of fun. I enjoyed learning percussion and being part of a musical for the first time since high school. Finally, I don't have the music stuck in my head anymore.
-I learned how to solve the Rubiks cube. Disclaimer: I looked at the directions that come with the cube. My best time so far is 1 minute, 52 seconds but I am trying to get faster/approach the world record of 5.66 seconds (!! so crazy).
-I watched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before. It's so sunny side.
-I went to Seattle for February break, which was my first ever trip to the west coast. It was a lot of fun and a great way to get ready for the new semester.
-We are almost two weeks through classes. I have really liked all of them so far, especially playing in our woodwind quintet. It's nice to be playing flute a lot again.
-Winter carnival!! And it even snowed a little bit!
That's about all the excitement in my life. I'm trying to enjoy this last semester as much as possible...here it goes!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
home sweet maine
It has been lovely to be back home. So far, I have mostly been relaxing: sleeping in, knitting, reading, doing a little last minute shopping. I also donated my hair yesterday! I cut off almost 9 inches for the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program...kind of a dramatic change. I'm enjoying the new style though.
Basically that's the most exciting news from Maine. Not doing work for classes has been great, but here are some things I enjoyed during finals week:
-I Must Belong Somewhere by Bright Eyes. I listened to this song on iTunes genius a lot.
-Along with If Work Permits by The Format. Like Imma Be, it features a good tempo change :)
-I started watching the TV show Whitney. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would...it's actually pretty funny.
That's all for now. I hope everyone's holidays are off to a good start. Hope for snow!!
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-I Must Belong Somewhere by Bright Eyes. I listened to this song on iTunes genius a lot.
-Along with If Work Permits by The Format. Like Imma Be, it features a good tempo change :)
-I started watching the TV show Whitney. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would...it's actually pretty funny.
That's all for now. I hope everyone's holidays are off to a good start. Hope for snow!!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
you can do anything for 3 weeks
It's the final countdown to the end of the fall semester. 2 weeks of classes and 1 week of finals are all that's left before winter break relaxation. There's a lot of stuff to get done, but I just keep reminding myself that soon I will have about 2 months with limited work and lots of free time.
That being said, it was great to have a few days off last week for Thanksgiving. Some highlights from our western NY adventures:
-spending time with my family
-eating a delicious cupcake (devil's food cake with cream cheese frosting) from Dolce Cupcakery in Pittsford, NY
-eating lots of good food in general, especially stuffing and yummy Chinese food
-knitting (current project is a hat made out of pretty multicolored sock yarn...picture to come upon completion)
-getting tons of sleep
And now for some youtube entertainment:
-Here's a newish Rihanna song I like, We Found Love.
-Beyoncé's Move Your Body, a dance routine for Let's Move. It's a program through the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation designed to help make kids more active. I'm a big fan of dance-related exercise (Just Dance and DDR all the way!)
-If you haven't seen it yet, Marcel Part 2. Wonderful.
Finally, here's a short article from the New Yorker discussing the Keystone XL oil pipeline and how it relates to Occupy Wall Street. Enjoy the week, and to quote Mia Hamm for a little semester's end inspiration "I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down." Peace.
That being said, it was great to have a few days off last week for Thanksgiving. Some highlights from our western NY adventures:
-spending time with my family
-eating a delicious cupcake (devil's food cake with cream cheese frosting) from Dolce Cupcakery in Pittsford, NY
-eating lots of good food in general, especially stuffing and yummy Chinese food
-knitting (current project is a hat made out of pretty multicolored sock yarn...picture to come upon completion)
-getting tons of sleep
And now for some youtube entertainment:
-Here's a newish Rihanna song I like, We Found Love.
-Beyoncé's Move Your Body, a dance routine for Let's Move. It's a program through the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation designed to help make kids more active. I'm a big fan of dance-related exercise (Just Dance and DDR all the way!)
-If you haven't seen it yet, Marcel Part 2. Wonderful.
Finally, here's a short article from the New Yorker discussing the Keystone XL oil pipeline and how it relates to Occupy Wall Street. Enjoy the week, and to quote Mia Hamm for a little semester's end inspiration "I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down." Peace.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
200 Days?!
-There are about 200 days until commencement! How crazy/surreal.
-Today was my last bannerweb registration ever. I'll miss waking up at 6:50 to enter CRN's as fast as possible (not...)
-Brett Dennen this weekend, yay for happy music.
-A much-needed vacation in less than a week.
-Super excited for winter break, J Term, spring, etc. Basically life.
And if you haven't seen this video, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9K22D0o5Q
It's Wednesday...two more classes before the weekend :)
-Today was my last bannerweb registration ever. I'll miss waking up at 6:50 to enter CRN's as fast as possible (not...)
-Brett Dennen this weekend, yay for happy music.
-A much-needed vacation in less than a week.
-Super excited for winter break, J Term, spring, etc. Basically life.
And if you haven't seen this video, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9K22D0o5Q
It's Wednesday...two more classes before the weekend :)
Monday, October 31, 2011
halloween!!
The last day of October! I don't know where time has gone, but it has been passing rapidly. Since my last post, we've had two great regattas and we're now officially off the water until spring break. I'm sad, except rowing in the snow is not my fave...so it's all for the best. Over fall break, I started reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. It's hilarious and such a great break from homework (which I should be doing now, oh well). I also got to see my family in Boston, and I'm just so happy with how most of life in general has been going. Very sunny.
I was a house elf for Halloween - I got inspired at the premiere this summer. It was fun and exciting to actually have a costume, since usually I forget until the day of. On an unrelated note, here's a link to an interesting and slightly scary article about bioterrorism: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/how-ready-are-we-for-bioterrorism.html?pagewanted=1&hpw. It's long but worth it.
Also, this song has been playing over and over on my iPod (and in my mind) for the past few weeks. I'm putting up a link to the audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWsVw9HfBQ. If you really want to watch the video, go for it, but fair warning: it's kinda disturbing. So just listen.
And now it is actually time for homework. May the fist week of November be productive, fun, and not too cold. peaceandlove.
I was a house elf for Halloween - I got inspired at the premiere this summer. It was fun and exciting to actually have a costume, since usually I forget until the day of. On an unrelated note, here's a link to an interesting and slightly scary article about bioterrorism: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/how-ready-are-we-for-bioterrorism.html?pagewanted=1&hpw. It's long but worth it.
Also, this song has been playing over and over on my iPod (and in my mind) for the past few weeks. I'm putting up a link to the audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWsVw9HfBQ. If you really want to watch the video, go for it, but fair warning: it's kinda disturbing. So just listen.
And now it is actually time for homework. May the fist week of November be productive, fun, and not too cold. peaceandlove.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
It's been a crazy past few days and my brain is having trouble forming sentences, so I'm just going to make a list of things that are exciting/happy.
-new earrings! purchased with Robin, I got some silver waterlillies and pink octopuses :)
-a new, fuzzy, gray Middlebury sweatshirt. cozy cozy cozy.
-winning our race last weekend!
-sleeping a lot
-fall break
-going to Boston for the weekend/getting free stuff at the Head of the Charles
-being able to (sort of) play a few notes on the oboe
And here's the link to a song I like - pretty sure it was the free iTunes song of the week awhile ago, but it's blog-appropriate and fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZDn3C7Bh8
-new earrings! purchased with Robin, I got some silver waterlillies and pink octopuses :)
-a new, fuzzy, gray Middlebury sweatshirt. cozy cozy cozy.
-winning our race last weekend!
-sleeping a lot
-fall break
-going to Boston for the weekend/getting free stuff at the Head of the Charles
-being able to (sort of) play a few notes on the oboe
And here's the link to a song I like - pretty sure it was the free iTunes song of the week awhile ago, but it's blog-appropriate and fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sZDn3C7Bh8
Sunday, October 2, 2011
the sun will come out tomorrow (or in a few days...)
It has been rather dismal for the past couple of days (weather-wise). Luckily, the forecast looks good for the end of this week and our upcoming first home regatta! I'm really looking forward to hosting UVM on Saturday for a little scrimmage - should be fun to have some other boats rowing with us on Lake Dunmore.
Right after my last post, something else exciting happened...I went to the organic garden for the first time ever! We harvested probably almost 300 pounds of butternut squash and I ate a delicious carrot. It was quite fun and I'm excited to go back in the future.
Also. Starting this week, I'm going to be learning to play the OBOE! I've sort of jokingly said I wanted to learn it for awhile, but now I actually have the chance to! I am a little nervous that our orchestra concert is November 12th. There isn't much time, but I hope that with lots of practice I'll be able to play my part by then!
I can't believe it's already October. School starting late this year has really messed with me. Crazy crazy. I should probably get back to work, but in the meantime, some Lady Gaga for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YMU0WeBwU&ob=av2n. And an interesting and relevant NYTimes opinion piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/opinion/an-indefensible-punishment.html?_r=1&hp. May this week be full of happiness :)
Right after my last post, something else exciting happened...I went to the organic garden for the first time ever! We harvested probably almost 300 pounds of butternut squash and I ate a delicious carrot. It was quite fun and I'm excited to go back in the future.
Also. Starting this week, I'm going to be learning to play the OBOE! I've sort of jokingly said I wanted to learn it for awhile, but now I actually have the chance to! I am a little nervous that our orchestra concert is November 12th. There isn't much time, but I hope that with lots of practice I'll be able to play my part by then!
I can't believe it's already October. School starting late this year has really messed with me. Crazy crazy. I should probably get back to work, but in the meantime, some Lady Gaga for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YMU0WeBwU&ob=av2n. And an interesting and relevant NYTimes opinion piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/opinion/an-indefensible-punishment.html?_r=1&hp. May this week be full of happiness :)
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