Pleased With the Trees

I am just having terrible luck lately with this blog thing. Earlier today I wrote an extremely long entry about my day, and some of my thoughts, and my dad was working on my computer and exited out of the internet, and I never saved it. I won't let that happen again.
Well today, I've been listening to Madonna's new CD Hard Candy, which I got yesterday, but I have been listening to it a lot today. I absolutely love it. I love the songs Incredible, Miles Away, and Devil Wouldn't Recognize You. All the songs are good, but those are my absolute favorites. If you don't have the album yet go out and get it. Right now... get off the computer and to Target. Just kidding... but seriously :)
Just watched American Idol, and I'm kind of bummed out that Brooke is gone, but I'm definately not suprised. I think that next week Syesha will leave, and the week after that it will be Jason. The final 2 will definately be the David's. My friends and I made bets about who we thought would get voted off. I bet on Syesha, Rachel bet on Jason, and Cody bet on Brooke... he wins! We only bet a dollar though so it won't completely kill my wallet.
Anyways, earlier today my younger sister gave me an interesting thought. She wanted to show me something that she could do outside and she was very excited about it. Essentially what she did was run from one end of the backyard to the trapese on the small playground we have and swung on it. Then, for the grand finale she jumped off! Now I found that a very large waste of my time. My sister on the other hand was quite thrilled by her accomplishment. So I thought that maybe we would all be better off if we were thrilled by small things. Maybe if everyone got excited just by jumping off a swing the people would be happy because we wouldn't seek for so much and then be unsatisfied with what we have now. Perhaps if we were pleased with the trees and our ability to love the world could live in peace. Just a thought.
Well, I think that's enough for tonight. I need to read In Cold Blood for my project.
Good night, I'll be back tomorrow

Happy Birthday Kirsten Dunst :)

Post that got deleted. Written April 29, 2008

Hello,This is my first blog entry. This is kind of weird for me to just write about my day or things I am thinking about. I guess I'll start with how my day was. My day was fine, however I've been quite stressed out lately. I have so much to get accomplished and very little time to complete it all. On May 12th I must have a monologue prepared to do in front of all the arts staff at my school and theatre level 4. On May 21st I am doing a performance of Agnes of God so by then I must have a greater understanding for my character of Mother Superior, which up until today has been a complete and utter burden. Today we had a rehersal during acting class for Agnes of God, and we did something called an Italian Speed-Through. It was probably the most chaotic and wonderful thing I've ever done in theatre. An Italian Speed-Through is when you say all of your lines as fast as you can, and all of your movements and words need to be as large and crazy as possible. It was wonderful to just let go and not care about what the outcome would be. I felt free, and I wasn't thinking, I was just doing. I think that is when art happens. When you stop thinking, and stop trying. My teacher Brian Goranson once quoted someone, and I can't remember who at the moment, but he said "creativity happens between thoughts." I thought that was interesting, and completely true. On a more shallow topic, this Friday I have a chemistry test in which I am completely unprepared to take. I understand absolutely no part of chemistry whatsoever. It is not how my brain works. There is just so much homework to do, and I always have so much on my mind. I also need to read In Cold Blood for my Honors American Literature class, and do a research paper/ presentation on the book and also on Truman Capote. I also am dying to pick up Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth again. My mind is craving it. I have just been so busy, but I guess it's my fault because right now I could be expanding my mind and understanding of myself by reading that book, instead I am sitting at a computer blogging about my very lame day. "So it goes". (I just finished reading Slaughter House- Five, and have now been living by that quote.) I got Madonna's new CD Hard Candy today I think that it is good. Madonna is in phenomenal shape and her new sound is pretty cool. I like that she is always changing. She is a very bold and eccentric reflection of the way all of us change over the years. We are always evolving and always growing. I think that's pretty much all for tonight. I will be sure to blog again about my probably uneventful day again tomorrow.Happy Birthday Michelle Pfeiffer :)