Yes, Even in Texas

I went ice-skating!! Rebecca has gotten me interested with all her skating talk. So we finally made it out to a rink last night and I set foot on the ice for the first time since I was 5. I had a blast. It's a good thing Becca's so patient 'cause it took me a while to get the feel of it. But I think I'm addicted and it's too bad the rink is so expensive. Oh, and Becca saved some guy's ankles from certain destruction by telling him his skates were too loose. This earned her "Angel" status.

We stayed till free skate ended at 11 but I would have loved to stay all night. Tonight will be another late night, though (uncommon for me) - Girls Party with some of Rebecca's friends, which unfortunately means that I should stop telling y'all how excited I am and get started on "that stuff". Bleh.

All Things Wise and Wonderful

Tonight is a good night for putting off homework in favor of blogging! Woot.

Several weeks ago Rebecca posted some memories associated with specific songs. That got me thinking about some of my own music-related memories, so I thought I'd share a few.

Dive by Steven Curtis Chapman - body-slamming into the seat of the van with Samantha and Emily on the way to Rand, West Virginia for a missions trip. I guess it became the unofficial theme song of the trip - that poor seat!

The "Shut Up" song by Grits - pretending to be ghetto while Beth, Em, Sam and I watched the music video. I honestly don't remember what the real title of the song is, but I guess "shut up" was the catchiest part for us. Wouldn't our parents be proud?

The crazy "are ya achin' (yup yup) for some bacon (yup yup)" song - I was probably 7 or 8 when I spent the night at my cousin's house here in Texas for the first time. We sat down to watch The Lion King (while we colored in The Lion King coloring books - beat that). And my cousin reeeeeally loved this song. I finally had to tackle her to keep her from rewinding the video again.

I think I actually have more memories associated with whole albums...
Superchic[k]'s "Beauty from Pain" - Emily and I checked Wal-Mart for this at least every other day when she visited in 2005. I finally got it - on the way home from taking Emily to the airport. :P At least I had some new music to be all gloomy too while I cleaned up my room.

Another Superchic[k] one: Bethany and Emily bought me "Karaoke Superstars" as a moving away present in 2003. I listened to it the whoooooole drive down here (5 days). Thank God for headphones!

Rachael Lampa's "Live for You" - I think I was getting a ride home from ballet with some friends and I got to hear most of this album. For someone who had previously heard mostly stuff like Carmen, the Beatles, and classic Newsboys, some female power pop went over quite well! And I think this was the first CD I purchased with my own money.

And speaking of songs... last week, my government book prompted me to check out Al-jazeera's website and compare its news coverage to that of western news networks. I finally found the "English" option and began exploring, and came across some animated cartoons. They were pretty 2-dimensional and stilted, with midi-music in the background. And as I'm watching the last one, I notice that the song playing is "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (??). I'm guessing the Arabs don't sing Christian hymns that often.

Short and Sweet, like Grass under Feet

I shall do my best to post something of more substance next time.
But for now: tidbits!
I got my yellow star on ebay. :D I'm so easily amused, sorry.
An obvious thought came to me: I'll start calling my ring a purity ring again, for this is what it is. Ta da! Less confusion.
Um... I don't remember whose blog I was reading, but I came across this song, which may be quite useful to any of you who are potty training. Beware: it's very catchy, in a scary way.
Also: if I had money, I'd be inclined to buy this.

Are you bilingual yet?

Spanish Version (los que habla español: correcciones son bienvenidos)

"Debo blog sobre eso" va por mi cabeza por lo menos una vez por día.
Pero Uds. pueden culpar el hecho que mi pobre blog NO está actualizado por lo menos un vez por día en esa cosa maravillosa que llamamos cariñosamente tarea.

Bueno, tenía que escribir muy rapidia para decir Uds. que ¡estoy contenta! ¡Compré una nueva grapadora! ¡Es una poquita y linda! Y cuándo estaba buscando grapadoras, vi grapas coloridas. Y ahora, no puedo esperar a empezar sujetando con grapas así puedo usar todos mis grapas platas y aburridas, y comprar unas de las grapas teales o verdes o rosadas.

Estoy contenta.


English Version (those who speak English: you should have no reason to make corrections)

"I should blog about that" runs through my head at least once a day.
But you can blame the fact that my poor blog is NOT updated at least once a day on that wonderful stuff we affectionately call homework.

Anyway, I just had to write reeeal quick and tell you that I'm excited! I bought a stapler! It's a little mini cute one! And while I was looking at staplers, I noticed these colored staples. And now I can't wait to start stapling stuff so I can use up all my boring silver staples and buy some of the snazzy teal or lime green or hot pink ones.

I'm excited.
And this wasn't so quick because I wrote it in Spanish. But it was fun.
'Kay I'ma find something to staple.

As Fruitless as Incredulous Water

D'oh! Mariah tagged me. She gave me four words and I'm to write what pops into my head. :)

1. friend: sleepovers. phone. sister. concerts. crazy. troubles.
2. mountain: snow. awe. rock. climbing. cloud-tipped.
3. freckles: cute. sunkisses. smiles. noses.
4. movie: popcorn. dark. laughter. couches. sticky floors. surround-sound.

I'm tagging Christy*, Lauren*, and Hannah (twitter_bug), but participation is optional.
Your words are: headphones, outlet, bulletin board, and corduroy.

*Because you guys have entirely too much time on your hands.