Freedom

The best advertising manager ever:

We walked by the Orca booth earlier this morning after English, & picked up a handful of these pins and ran away feeling kind of bad. But when we came back to campus later, they were just refilling the stores & said they had tons of boxes more, so we didn't feel bad grabbing at least 20 more. We feel kind of obligated to find out what Orca is now, since we took so many of their pins... (my favorites: pro, fab, nifty, savvy, ace, frazzled, hero... oh, & SUPAFLY -- funny story) Oh, the wonders of free stuff. =)

Yesterday was exciting, even though we were running around all day. Asia & I got our tickets for "Dial 'M' for Murder" (& I met her hilarious friend Evan), & I picked up a BYUarts program of all the events throughout the year. This is what I discovered:

... the best thing ever. =) I love how diverse BYU is... tuba weekend!! so awesome. I also asked for instructions on how to sign up to volunteer to usher/etc. in order to get free tickets. Right when I got home, I got online & signed up to work at the Choral & Instrumental Showcases, Pericles, & Don Giovanni, which we need to see for Hum 101 anyway. I'm so excited; I'll get to see everything I want to without having to pay all the ticket prices!! My coworker Kylie and I were talking about it at the Testing Center today, & she said a guy in her ward always took girls on dates to those events, because when you sign up you can ask for 2 spots so a friend can accompany you. =) I thought that was smart. All our Hum 101 class goes to World of Dance tomorrow night...

I am so excited! Especially since today in class we watched clips of different dance styles in preparation... Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riverdance, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, West Side Story... and this ballet scene from the movie "Brain Damage". I'm glad she showed us a humorous take as well. =) Dancers are so crazy! They are so flexible & work so hard & make their sport look so easy. Talk about self-discipline... dance is AMAZING. I knew that before, but to look at it from more of an analytical point of view rather than just an entertainment standpoint really reinforced it.

Grandma flew in yesterday, and we're all doing something tonight I believe. =) I have Book of Mormon study group after Organ class today... & today's the day of the big Hymn Project to play for Shinji. =\ We'll see how that goes... I went over to the organ room to practice for a little bit today after visiting the library for the first time ever.... we chilled in the Anthropology section for Audrey. =) & I actually got some work done, it was very good. When I'm on campus & have time to study, I plan on going in the library more often.

As a sidenote from last week, I love how this town loves us. I guess I don't really know what other normal college towns are like, but every business here has BYU fan gear... it's great. =)


Helpful Hint of the Day: Best place on campus for chocolate chocolate chip muffins is the entrance vending machines in the testing center. Just figure out how to work the turny-open-the-door machines first in private before you look stupid in public.