Happy Tuesday/Wednesday

I finally had some time to myself and decided to go on a youtube rampage and came across some music that I can only describe as: SUNSHINE music.

So here are two songs that I really love.

The first is "Brave" by Sara Bareilles.

Though to be honest I love the video just as much.

I hope you dance along with it.

The second is "Brighter Than the Sun" by Colbie Caillat.

Which really is just sunshine.

Hope you enjoyed those songs.

Happy Tuesday/Wednesday!

Megan B. 

Moods and Music

Ever notice how your mood affects what you listen to, and what you listen to affects your mood?

Well I do. My music is pretty consistent based on my moods.

When I am really happy I want something bouncy and fun that I can dance like a fool to the beat of. This often comes from very cheesy soundtracks and those really fun songs that you only listen to for the beat.

If I am walking to class, I want something empowering that I can walk to the beat of, like Marchin On by OneRepublic. They really know how to get you moving and though the version I linked is not the original, you get the idea.(That whole CD is GREAT, I recommend you look it up, the album is called Waking Up)

When I am in a springy happy mood, getting ready for the beautiful day outside, but not dancing I want something fun like Regina Spektor and Ingrid Michaelson. You know, those people who have voices that others would kill for, that have talents that the rest of us dream of? Yeah them.

But when I am in a bad mood, it is easy to tell. I pull out things like Linkin Park and some of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's harder stuff. I put headphones in and blare it allowing my frustration to come out with every strum of the electric guitar, drumming and singing that is on the verge of yelling. I find it allows me to get my aggression out without actually having to do anything except listen. And slowly over time, my music will progress towards happier things, and by the end of it all, I am back to my regular self.

Given sometimes those harder songs are fun to listen to in the car, mostly because surround sound is justice to the bass in those songs.

In the car, like I have said before, I want something fun and with BASS. In posts previous I have mentioned my love of subwoofers and surround sound (I am PRETTY sure I get that from my dad. PS. Dad PLEASE never throw away those 3ft tall speakers!!!) Maybe this is why I like watching movies at guys apartments....surround sound. Apparently the appreciation of good quality sound is left mostly to men. What a shame. Either way music is meant to be appreciated, and if it has a great bass, then one must be able to enjoy that bass. (See Marchin On above)

And of course when I am sad, I listen to slow, sad, mournful music. My favorite, though it is more for when I am feeling methodical, but can also be sad is Half Life by Duncan Sheik. Somehow whenever I am having a hard time, this song speaks to me. Maybe it is just me, but I can apply this song to many of the hardest times in my life.

All in all, music plays a huge roll in my life. Different artists and genres are all mixed in to create me, my feelings, my thoughts, and my emotions. I have a hard time sticking to one general style, because that isn't me. I am not one style, I am 50. So whether is be hardcore rock, indie, pop, rock, classical, alternative, metal or whatever else, it defines me; it defines parts of my life.

I hope you don't stick to one general style of music, because then you are missing out on a world of songs that might speak to you in a way you never knew was even possible.So enjoy, explore and see what defines you through music.

On a side note, 53 days until I marry THIS guy!

 The thought of marrying him makes me want to jump for joy!

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Mixed Lighting without a tripod,  I am proud. 

Just some work I've been doing for my class. =]

 

Also thanks to my family for letting Garett, Haley and I get out of Rexburg for our sanity's sake. Also thanks to the Bonds for letting me spend time with them on Saturday. Y'all are wonderful almost-in-laws. I am blessed to be joining such a great family. 

And with that, I bid you farewell.

I'll try to write more, but my life is pretty boring.

It consists of school, work, possibly TOO much art, not enough sleep, and plenty of wedding planning.

Hope you all are having a great summer/semester!

-Meg

My Computer Has Stopped Spazzing

Therefore it obviously means I should be blogging. Though I am partially determined to be asleep before 11pm for the first time since I was 10.

Okay I feel like I sort of tell about my life but not really. Here's a little 411 on my life lately:

• I tend to work unexpected hours a bit.
• I also get called in for emergency babysitting when Grant manages to bust his chin open while riding his scooter on President's Day when ALL doctors are closed so the ER is packed.
• Occasionally I get nice little shopping trips with my friends Sam, Marissa, Kris or Yutsil. =]
• And sometimes I find great deals on belts, earrings and dresses with them =]
• I spent Tuesday shopping with Kris, then that unexpected working stuff and then sat down with Sam for 6 hours just catching up on life.
• There's always those few days I'm ACTUALLY scheduled to work and those are always entertaining with Brian causing havoc on my little stand, moving things around just to keep me entertained during the quiet moments. Always fun =] No really, we all have some good laughs there.
  
• Learning names my sort-of-coworkers a month after meeting them and talking to them every day. Thanks Brian for letting me know that other guys name is Brad (in my defense he NEVER wears his name tag)
• I've been writing letters lately (mostly to Rachel White) and I think I'm getting better at letter writing. It actually takes some skill, though little.
  
• Yutsil just gave me around 2GB of AWESOME music. Guess who is going to be listening to a different band every week for the next 6 months =]
  
• It rained today which smells AMAZING so Yutsil and I made Mexican hot cocoa (you melt this chocolate bar into milk on the stove) and it's SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! while eating doughnuts =] and listening to said awesome music.
• I sprayed some perfume stuff on me because it smelled nice in a small dose and now I'm going loopy from the stench. O.o
  
• Waking up to the sound of rain is happy =]
  
• I have no plans tomorrow so guess who is having a pajama day? ME! =D
• They make Cheerwine cake, awesome? Yes. Why is it I never liked/drank Cheerwine until I went to Idaho, now I crave it randomly.
• 4 weeks from tomorrow I am BACK OUT WEST!!!
• Even better, I get to spend a WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK WITH MY SISTER AND JESSE!!!!! Now tell me you are not totally completely and utterly jealous. Yeah you are, don't even try to deny it! xP
• Finally.................I just REALLLLLLLY LOVE MY SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is pretty much the greatest person ever and I think I should kidnap her and never let her go....but then I remember I should share her with Jesse because he's pretty awesome too. =]
  

Love you sis!


Spoons on my ears
Cameras around my neck
Songs in my head
Food in my Belly
Now of to Bed
Meg

It's a beautiful day and nothing to do....

So I am blogging! Woohoo!!!! I really have no idea what I am going to write so we'll see what happens. I've been in a rather "deep thinking" mood lately and last night I spit out a great deal of my thoughts into my journal for several hours. I almost considered posting it but changed my mind because I rather talk of much sillier things..... Like chocolate chip cookie bars! Guess who has been craving them.....ME and I have more than ONE day off this week to make them.....YAY!!!!!!! *cheering with hands clasped, waving from side to side*

Anywhoo.....I have decided to write my thought process in a few minutes:

To start, it is gorgeous out today and I REALLY wanna take pictures but all my "models" are preoccupied with work or school. =[ I am tempted to dig out my remote and shoot myself (wow that sounded odd....), I have only ever done that once....and the pictures turned out well I think. Maybe I should.....but then I'd feel vain and that is no good.....but it's pretty out, a lovely 45 degrees! Given there is wind but I can't complain, it's warm enough for me. Glad I'm not in Idaho right now....

Though I do LOVE Idaho. Ah Idaho....good times.....6 1/2 weeks until I go back! I like to think it is Friday and then I can round down to 6 because 6 seems SO small, but 7 seems big.....why is that??? Weird. Ah but weird is good like the awesome weird and AWESOME music Yutsil gave me today! Though it didn't all transfer, I'll get the rest Thursday. I am psyched after the first mix she made me. My music library is gonna rock! And then I can dance around like a total goof and have a blast while doing so. Ah I want a dance party!

Maybe if Kris isn't busy after work we shall have to go have a mini little dance party with our silly selves like we did 2 weeks ago when we went downtown. Random little dance parties are the best. The carefree, "I am having fun so deal with it" feeling is great and worth the silliness. Besides, why do we ever care about what the strangers that we'll probably never see again think about us anyway? Exactly, we shouldn't care. And that is why I love goofing off, plus everyone is secretly jealous of all the fun you're having while they're miserable and boring.....well that or that you're a crazy loony.

But yes, actually Yutsil would dance with me too. She is adorable, I wish I was as adorable as she is. I also wish I could sing like her but that is for another story for another day. I love hanging out with her. She's one of those people you can sit down for hours and never have a moment of silence but also never have a one way conversation (yes I know I can talk anyone's ear off except maybe my Aunt Bobby or my mother). But Yutsil is one of those few people that can keep up with me, and puts in equally as much to the conversation as I do and we NEVER run out of things to talk about ever. In all honestly we ALWAYS run out of time before we run out of things to say. Do you not love people like that??? All the same, it helps that she has a very similar mindset to me in beliefs, in morals and all around girly yet somewhat logical topics. I mean we still disagree like normal human beings but we don't fight over anything. Overall I am wondering why I didn't get to really know her sooner and hoping we stay good friends. I'm glad I'm getting to know her now though, even if it's bad timing but heaven knows I seem to make friends with people at the last minute more than not lately.

But yeah I guess that is just what is on my mind today. That and I think I may go hang out with my mother. Gosh I love her! She is amazing and more than anything I just wanna hang out with her all the time lately but it seems our schedules tend to conflict. =[

But we did get to watch Revenge of the Bridesmaids on netflix today. (Catherine go watch it RIGHT NOW!) Everyone else, well....watch it if you're a girl or don't mind somewhat silly chick flicks.

Yeah that's life. Hope you're all having a WONDERFUL DAY! Smiling for 10 seconds will make you and everyone else feel a little better. SMILE!!! Life is an adventure, enjoy the happy moments and learn from the hard ones but don't ever give up. And at the end of the day I hope you've learned and laughed.

I'm awake in the afternoon
Fell asleep in the living room
It's one of those moments
When everything is so clear
Meg

January, April, which is it?

Today has been a gorgeous day! It has been in the 50's. Can you say NO JACKET necessary???

I also was able to sleep in which was much needed.

Then I got up and dressed and picked up Yutsil (Her name is pretty awesome I gotta say).

We went to the mall just to walk around and talk and be good poor college students and only buy a single Classic Cinnabon to split. Heaven in a cinnamon roll. Enough said.

We then had 20 minutes to kill before Yutsil had to be home so I decided to take some back roads by the middle school. However, rather than taking the normal route, I knew there was another way to get back because I had went that way once with my mother a few months back......so rather than turning onto Cooper Road, we went straight and whenever the road we were on would end, we would just turn right.

We drove down some amazingly gorgeous farm roads while jamming out to a crazy mix that Yutsil made for me (Catherine, I think you would really like the mix).

Eventually we got back to some roads that I knew and got back to Yutsil's just in time.

It was a wonderful afternoon and much needed.

Yay for nice weather, great music, and beautiful NC roads.

Take a walk
Take a drive
Get out of town
Take a breather
Meg

Take your shoes off and just dance!

So this week I have learned the importance of music! Music changes everything, your mood and view of everything. I have gotten into a habit of listening to music when I walk places and the next thing I know, I have an extra hop in my step and and want to dance like life is one big musical! Ah if I could only dance around without people staring at me. Sadly I doubt my roommates would dance with me out in public....but maybe I should ask....=]

Well I guess I should catch you up from last weekend. Not much happened except Alisa's Birthday Party! SO here it goes, quick overview because I am LAZY today due to it being Friday afternoon.

So I got home around 4:30 from class and BAKED for several hours. Alisa asked for a confetti cake with cream cheese icing so I made the confetti cake, to find out her mom sent here German Chocolate cake mix and some weird nutty icing...however we only have one cake pan so we made the German Chocolate mix into cupcakes (which only the guys ate). So I made the cake and homemade cream cheese icing, and may I add, it was the most heavenly thing ever besides Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! I nearly just ate the icing by itself but alas the cake was barren and needed this heavenly creation. So Keely spead it on and then took dye and wrote Happy Birthday in purple and yellow! Happy colors =] Keely tried to take the cake out before we iced it, so we could make the other one...but it didn't work and broke in half, but she flipped it back and covered it up well. Couldn't tell until we cut it, and it fell apart...yeah

So we had cake and presents and we played "Do you love your neighbor?" I was only in the center once. Then we played musical chairs on our porch/balcony due to our apartment being hot from so much baking. It was pretty awesome and we got neighbors from all around to play with us. After that we went to Cajun Bob's which is just a dance place for Mormon kids but it was kinda lame so we went to Jamba Juice and drew pictures. After that some people were tired so they went home. But the rest of us (there were 8 I think) hoped into 2 cars and drove out into the middle of nowhere and went stargazing for hours and drew with light =] It was much fun!

The End.

Yeah, I know, not my best story but hey I'm tired! In other news I took a nap today! =] First time as of yet and I loved it! I also developed some film, which was nice. And I am slowly getting to know people in all my classes. My Book of Mormon reading is going well, I am constantly learning and I wouldn't trade this experience for the world. As for my other classes, they are quite dull but I don't mind.

I think my roommates want to go have crazy adventures this weekend. I am not sure as to what we will do since one roommate is going home and 2 of our guy friends are going home as well. Leaving 5 of us and Mikey and Taylor. So we shall see.

Oh! Wednesday night we had the guys over, just playing games and chatting and it was pretty fun =]

Other than that, it has been a slow, dull week. The weather is lovely and I am hoping to get more pictures in before it gets colder.

Maybe it is time for another nap.....=] I get to sleep in tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Always hungry!
-Meg

A lesson learned...

Monday we (being all my roommates) decided to have a movie night. SO we went to Redbox and agreed upon "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "The Fourth Kind"......man did we make the biggest mistake ever. The two lamest, dumbest, just overall crappy movies I have ever seen. I wasted four hours of my life that I will never get back....but oh well. So the lesson here? We should always have our guy friends over because when we try to watch movies, we will kill our brains with stupidity whereas having guy friends over, we laugh and burn calories and actually enjoy life.

Yeah we learned our lesson; Bill and Brent come over pretty much daily even if it's only for an hour. Lucky for them, their dorms are pretty close so they can run back in time for curfew.

In other news Alisa turned 18 YESTERDAY!!! SO we made a crazy poster for her, and got 3 helium balloons! And we're having the party for her Friday night, with confetti cake and cream cheese icing and lots of guys...we don't really have any girl friends outside our own apartment....oh except this girl Nicole in our ward. She's pretty cool. And Katie came over and heart-attacked Alisa's room. For those that don't know, that means putting hearts everywhere! She also attacked the hallway, living room closet and front door...to leave a trail of course.

To add to the news, we changed out living room around (pictures up later). The long couch is in front of the closet because we don't really use it except to store stuff we won't touch until December. The table is where the long couch is and the little couch is in the corner where the table was. We got a red clock for our living room and Rachel found a red stand-up lamp for $3 at walmart and that is behind the little couch. We also got an Anberlin poster and a poster of Puss in Boots looking OH SO CUTE! So yeah our living room rocks now! and we got some fake flowers in a plastic vase for out kitchen table, to add a little color to it.

Oh and I made Pizza Chicken for dinner last night and it turned out great! Considering I was guessing on temperature and time, it was perfect and devoured by all, along with steamed broccoli and shell noodles. =]

Today has been pretty dull so far, I overslept and woke up at 10am. I missed German but I am not too worried. We have yet to do anything big and today was the last day to change classes so we probably got more/less people. Photography was a nice review of F-stop and shutter speeds. And I started craving medium format because my teacher was comparing it to 35mm film...but that's okay, I still love photography.

I also started listening to my Ipod when I walk and love having a soundtrack to my life. Though sadly it makes me want to dance, but alas I can't without having people stare at me and for those who know me, I don't like to be the center of attention in crowds of people that I don't know...but yes music is awesome and gives me a little hop to my step, whether going to a class I like (which is all of them except American Foundations) or coming home from a slow class.

Mostly I am excited for my photography lab tomorrow, though we are only going over the camera and loading film I love hearing about it and knowing at least one other person can also speak my language of photography. That and shooting film is fun, it is a bit slower paced than digital and makes you think about what you are shooting. Sorry I am beginning to ramble...I could spend days in my own language and world but I will not bore you with things you don't understand.

I think I shall go make dinner now and maybe unload the dishes if they aren't already.

Oh one more bit of news! So my Book of Mormon teacher is challenging us tomorrow to read the Book of Mormon in two weeks. Now lift your jaw from the floor and before you say or think "Are you crazy?" Though yes I am, that is not the reason and does not relate to why I am doing this. But I figure, I was able to read 100 pages a night of The Fountainhead, Whethering Heights and other books, then why can't I do this with the scriptures? You say it is packed full of information and of course it is, but it too is a story and when we spread out the scriptures, sometimes it is hard to see the big picture. So I am really excited to try this, I know I can do it and can't wait to dive into the story head first. So I hope that gives you some clarity into my thoughts. And that will start tomorrow and I couldn't ask for a better challenge to help me grow.

Okay so forreal this time, I am off to make dinner, I am SOOOOO hungry!

Dance to your own beat,
create your own style,
be yourself.
Meg

If I had a potion, then I would fly!

So.....my life in a nutshell.

In the mornings I do sudoku. It's my only form of relaxation. I do sudoku at West too because Precal is boring, I race Sarah during APES (I kick her butt at sudoku) and we've been watching The Importance of Being Ernest in English. (Wonderful movie!)

Aaron is excited because he has discovered caffeine for the last two full weeks of school. It does help sometimes.

This is why I do sudoku, because everyone else (Jenny, Sophia, Aaron) does homework in the morning. Yes we are such over achievers.

Music + sudoku + caffeine + sleep = Morning

Ryan! He's the coolest freshy I've ever seen, he also happens to have the greatest taste in music of all time! Seriously this kid is amazing!

Eric and the other Ryan. They are our quiet people. They're like me in the morning aka 95% asleep. But they are cool guys.

Eric is a whitey fro! It's pretty cool.

Chase and I hang out in the morning. Half the time I fall asleep though, but he doesn't mind. Other times we have very silly conversations with Sheri-lin.

Chase and Kris! My favorite people! Lunch has been much more fun lately now that Sarah and Kris have joined our lunch group. =]

Yutsil, who is the cutest! And Klaus with his crazy fluffy fro, which is SOOO much fun to play with. You can hide several pencils in there. We've done so quite often.

Such a cute picture of Sarah! But Chase jumped in......grrrrr....silly boy. But I still like this picture. Sarah and I are sudoku dorks! She's also extremely abusive in English....poor Hannah haha

Oh in other news, CVS now sells Izzes!

So that's life so far!

-Sunchips are yummy. Go eat some.
Meg

Reese's Reese's Reese's....it's finally winding down

Welllllll....................................here's the latest on classes. I have 6 days of English left, 9 days of Environmental, 15 of German, 17 of Photography and 19 of Math. Wooooo those are some small numbers! Unfortunately, with the decrease of days, the slower time moves. I feel I've been running and now I can barely walk. Which is no good because anyone who knows me well knows I never stop. I;m always on the go with this or that. My crunch to always be on time drives others crazy and stresses myself. But thanks to music, puzzles, Izzes, and Netflix and am able to remain sane. Oh and hugs always help too!



So to catch you up with time church prom was on the 17th and Chase's birthday was on the 16th! For his birthday I made him a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and the worst spelling of "Happy 18th Birthday Chase!" You will ever see (The icing was difficult). Oh and lots of sprinkles. Then I made him a huuuuuuuuuuge banner saying the same thing. I did it ALL by myself! I am sooooo proud! It was much fun. Also my mother is THE GREATEST MIND READER OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!! Because I had not planned on doing all that since Chase just wanted to hang out and watch Sherlock Holmes. But on my way home I thought "Oh I should make him a cake and a banner!" Luckily my mom had read my mind a week before when she bought the cake and icing needed. How brilliant is she? She knew what I would do before I knew! She is the most amazing mother I have ever known.

So yeah we hung out, ate cake and watch Sherlock Holmes. Chase is not super creative when it comes to planning things. Also I bought him Splinter Cell Conviction. It's not too bad minus the annoying music that gets louder as more enemy people appear. Or the red around the screen when you get injured.

Well I am almost done the Reese's Chase bought me. He bought me Reese's and flowers last week! Just because he could, he is extremely sweet and it made my day. =] Oh Along with all this, church prom was fun. I mostly hung out with Megan Fowler and Jessica Dyreng. It was a blast getting to hang out with them, especially Jessica since I don't see her much anymore. We all had a blast laughing over everything (probably had too much punch, it came out of a fountain...). Overall it was quite lovely. Oh and Chase and I bought Izzes beforehand. We got Blueberry (delicious!), Apple (even more delicious!) and Birch, which come to find out is a fancy rootbeer (only ok).

http://www.izze.com/

Because I have time I am going to list their flavors:

1) Apple
2) Blueberry
3) Blackberry
4) Pomegranate
5) Clementine
6) Birch
7) Grapefruit
8) Lime
9) Peach
10) Black Raspberry
11) Limon (Lemon Lime mix)
12) Mandarin
13) Pear
14) Cranberry
15) Ginger
16) Lemon

I haven't had: Lemon, Peach, Black Raspberry, Mandarin, Pear, Cranberry and Ginger. =[ So 7 out of 16.
Not too bad I must say. But I WILL try them all one day!

Anyways time for lunch!

Izze Izze Izze,
Meg