SO MUCH TENSION!!!

seriously... so many knots in every single muscle in my body... holding a folder for 3 hours can cause some serious tension in your pectoral muscles.  Thank God I'll be done with the creation after Saturday.  Don't get me wrong, I love singing it; It's just time to perform it. After our last performance, its Easter Sunday, so it's not all bad :)  I can't wait to watch "Easter Parade" with Teaira (my wonderful girlfriend,) Jen, and Conrad; or as he likes to call himself, "Steven".  Potato Potato, I say. (that colloquialism doesn't quite have the same affect when it's typed out... oh well)

-Anyways-

Heres to a great weekend, and great dead week.  See you at the finish line :)

Captain's Log: Stardate 64689.2

Well it's been a fabulous first half of spring break.  Lots of relaxing, spending time with friends and not much studying or practicing.  A fact that I have to change today.  My to do list for today is as follows:

Finish memorizing my figaro scene

Memorize my french and german pieces

Nap... lots of napping.

and thats about it.

I also have put myself on self-enforced house arrest.  I seriously cannot spend anymore money and the best way for me to do that is to not leave my house. So all I can say is please come visit me!!!

What a start

What a fabulous start to my spring break.  I went to SLC with Teaira (my wonderful, wonderful girlfriend) and Luis (my best friend).  We went down to see the opera "Little Women." First things first, the opera was wonderful.  The set was simple yet elegant.  The costuming was spot on to what you would expect.  The lady who played Jo was spectacular.  She was funny, coy, experienced and jaded all  at the same time.  Wonderfully acted and sung.  The only weak part of the opera was the guy who played Laurie.  While definitely not the worst tenor in the world, he was far from the best too.  Although it took me by surprise to hear him searching for pitches, the longer I listened, then longer I knew something was wrong with his health.  He was definitely sick.  His tone was too thin and weak.  So I'm sure he is an amazing singer, it probably was a bad night for him vocally (we all have those).  After the opera we went to Ichiban for sushi. I didnt have the sushi as I was really really hungry and wanted something a little more substantial. Ichiban was a little pricey but well worth it.  We turned it in after that.  The next day we found a really cool little coffee shop called "Jack Mormon Coffee".  It was a cool little place.  We all went to breakfast at the "classy" denny's,  then went to the gateway mall.  The mall was really really cool.  Lots of nice shops and boutiques.  Everything was really expensive of course.  We found that my pant size is now 34x30 (hurray!)  After the mall we went to a nifty little store called "Spark" and found Teaira a super cute red straw cloche hat.  The store next door was called decades and was a vintage clothing store, so we spent a little time in there too.  Our friends Evan and Abbi told us that we had to go to the Ikea, so we found Ikea and spent the rest of the day in there.  Teaira was dead set on finding something to by there so when she has her own apartment she can say "I got this at the Ikea."  She found a really cool cheese grater.  After that we drove all the way back to Pokey...

When I got home, I just thought to myself "this is going to be a great spring break."

"Who could ask for anything more"

Really, I cannot ask for anything more.  I've got a talent that I'm going to school to hone and polish, I've got a group of friends that can't be rivaled by anyone.  My girlfriend is well... she's just amazing; we'll leave it at that :)  I'm happy, contented and couldn't ask for anything more.  Idaho has done me well.  I know that most people here want to be somewhere else, but I know, right now, for me, I couldn't imagine myself being anywhere else in the world.

So thank you.  Thank you Teaira, Luis, Derek, Nanette, Abby, Evan, Abbi, and everyone else... Thank you.

On Appreciation

I have so many wonderful friends.  I really do, and I appreciate each and everyone for everything they are.  I try to compliment them every day, even if its the little things.  "Your hair looks very nice today" "You seem in a good mood today" "You're super funny today".  I try to find something.  And I hope by doing that, they realize that they are appreciated.  I know its sometimes easy to slip into the mode of "They know that I appreciate them", I know that I can do that every once in a while, but it's always nice to hear it as well.  So reader(s), tomorrow when you see someone you appreciate, let them know.  Compliment them on any little thing.  Even though it might seem small, it means more than just a good hair day or a cute clothing day.  It shows that you notice, and you care.

My little tidbit of advice :)

seriously great weekend

YAHOOOOOO!!!!!


that is all

...wow...

This is new... I really don't have any problems... Sure money's tight, sure theres a lot of work to be done for school, but thats nothing new.  Literally everything is going wonderfully, so when people ask me "how are you today?" and I answer "Great!" it is the truth.  I am great. Like Alexander the...  Lifes good and I plan on keeping this greatness going for a while.