I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES!

This is a list of things that I've done or seen lately that have made me sad that some of my best friends are going off to college so soon. But they've also made me happy for all the great experiences we've had together!

Wearing my JH Band shirt today.

Finding my tickets to the Nickel Creek concert and the RK/Sherwood concert.

Not being in the band anymore.

The plastic grapes Taylor, Molly, Allison, (and Riley?) got me from the dollar store for my birthday one year.

Thinking about the trip to Austin last summer.

Going to Kids Camp.

'Tainted Love' the song, which came on in the container store the other day.

It won't be long until the Weather Clears and the Sun Shines Bright! We'll see it all then...

Eric and I have started a photography blog! Check it out at www.intentionalaccidents.blogspot.com

In other news, I've been really busy.

Kids camp was last week, Thursday through Sunday, and it was wonderful. I was sad that Taylor, Riley, Nathan, and Ryan didn't get to go this time, but it was still really cool because Molly and I got to switch off playing piano and both sung harmonies with Robby. Also, we did Days Of Elijah, which is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Of course Nick said his favorite song was the one time we did Superhero, but what can I say, that song is a Grade A classic. Also, Danielle was there! Which was exciting because I don't hang out with DG that often. The 5th Grade party was epic! 80s Prom themed, Molly looked even more like Elaine from Seinfeld than she usually does ;)

One of the days Molly, DG, AJ and I climbed the huge hill that the cabins are at the base of which is something I've always wanted to do. It was really tight because we basically started at the base of one side, climbed diagonally up to the top, the went diagonally down the other side. We passed behind all the cabins and ended up at the archery range, while we started at the ropes trail.

College is going well! I've decided my favorite classes are Tuesday and Wednesday from 1 to 5. They're with the same teacher (professor?) who I really like. They are Rapid Visualization and Observational Drawing. I'm liking OD the most I think because it's more of a drawing from still lives and stuff kind of thing. It's very relaxing. Today after the teacher was done lecturing and we got to drawing these four smaller compositions from the still life she had set up I hooked up my headphones and sketched for about an hour while listening to Brooke Fraiser, who I've found is really amazing. I love the combination of the fluid piano and the earthy sound the snare in the drum kit makes in most of her songs. In the Rapid Viz. class we're doing this project where we draw a specific thing in a whole bunch of different styles. I'm drawing birds and I think it's turning out well. I think birds are so interesting to draw because their bodies are very streamlined. All the lines are kind of congruent. I don't know if that makes sense, but it does in my mind. haha.

I was talking to Melanie tonight about the new bands and it was very bittersweet. :/ I think that they are going to be SO GOOD this year! I'm just a little sad to not be a part of them. I hope that if they ever need a fill in keyboard player or vocalist they will give me a call. But yeah, I'm really excited to hear them this Sunday!

I have Color Theory tomorrow...which I skipped last week to go to Kids Camp...hmmm.

Tubing Friday :D

I Wanna Lose It All For You

"Oh-oh, oh oh oh."

So. ROF n' BOF.

It went so well! I have so much respect for all of the guys in Rush of Fools. They were so gracious and kind about everything! They insisted we (BOF) go first when getting our lunch, they had nothing but compliments to give us, and they were very willing to talk to us and answer questions. It was really exciting.

The actual concert was realllyyy good as well! Our part went by much faster than I expected it would. All of the sudden we were playing the second to last song. It was bittersweet because it was my last set ever to play with the bands, and after three years I don't know what to do next, but I'm excited to be moving on to better things. Plus, the last song we played (Hosanna) has the chord 'Gsus' in it! I was really excited, haha. (favorite pun)

Ps - I'm on my way to Kids Camp! I'm so excited, though I'm going to miss the rest of the band that usually goes :( Molly and I will just have to make due.

A Thought

This just kind of fell into my head.

I'm in the industry of superficiality
Destined to fade into that reality
I'm so selfish for thinking it's about my exterior
The truth is that you are the truth and I am the inferior.

I'm in the Right Place.

Today in my Observational Drawing Class we were talking about why you lose track of time sometimes when you're drawing and I asked everyone if they are also annoyed by the question "How long did that take you?" And they all said something along the lines of "YES! I know EXACTLY what you mean! I don't know how long it took me! Do you think I time myself or something?"

They understand me!

haha. I thought it was funny.

College + random other things.

Here are some random art supplies:

So, I'm officially a college student. It feels weird because I haven't moved or done anything really different between High School and now. (Though I will not be looking back to Cypress Creek, ehh.) Anyway, here's my schedule:

Monday - College 101 from 1 to 3 pm and Computer Applications from 3 to 5 pm.

Tuesday - Rapid Visualization from 1 to 5 pm and Design Fundamentals from 6 to 10 pm.

Wednesday - Observational Drawing from 1 to 5 pm.

Thursday - Color Fundamentals from 6 to 10 pm. Which means no more Throwdown :(

So far my classes are going well. There are more people who are older and returning to school than I expected there to be. Also, there are only like 90 students at Ai! Isn't that weird? I guess that's what happens when you go to a new school.

I saw the new Harry Potter movie as an advance showing last night at Silverado 19! It was much better than the last one. They stayed with the story line for the most part. But I won't say anything else. Don't want to ruin it! But yeah, go see it.

Go read Molly's most recent post on her blog if you haven't. She says some good stuff about dating.

Anyway, Rush of Fools this weekend! Then Kids Camp! I'm excited, but I'm going to miss Taylor, Nathan, and Riley being there. :( And Ryan, too! But she wasn't going to go.

I've been listening almost exclusively to Jenny & Tyler lately. They sound so great! Their harmonies, jazzy piano, mandolin, guitar all meshes so well! Jenny's voice sounds so good with Tyler's! It's literally music to my ears.

time

I talked to time the other day

It shared with me many a way

To live long or short and diem, carpe

It told me how to bend and warp

The speed and direction, turning sharp

Toward the future and before the start

What I've Been Learning/Considering Lately

At camp Luke talked about offering God yourself daily, and that is something that has really stuck with me since he said it. In the morning it is refreshing and helps my confidence in dealing with sin in my life to offer myself to God.

I've been genuinely afraid that I'm going to fall into the same sinful routine that I was in before camp that I was convicted of. I've failed so many times before. Please pray for me.

I need to be content. I worry too much about the future and social things and other pointless human problems like that. I should be focusing on loving like I'm called to do, worshiping like I'm called to do, and sharing like I'm called to do.

Life can and probably should be so much simpler.

Just because I reach a conclusion on everything doesn't mean that it's the correct one. I make so many mistakes!

Things I'm guilty of knocking before I've tried them: Christian rap. The Shack.

Random Tangent: We we're talking tonight at the TNT afterparty about how The Chronicles of Narnia are okay allegorically while The Shack isn't. I was just thinking about all the things that are sketchy in Narnia (but I still love it). Lucy and Susan definitely party with Aslan and Baccus (basically the god of drunken partying), at the end of The Last Battle, a Calormene soldier goes to 'Heaven' because he lived like a follower of Aslan would live, even though he did all of those things in the name of Tash (basically the Narnian version of satan). Basically: There's a reason it's called fiction.

Thoughts on any of this?