Tag & Such

First order of business: The Halloween Package. (and accompanying piano music box)

Our door! So inviting & cute.

I put some of the shape stickers up, put our names around the hat, and hung some rings from her finger that people could take. Refills have already been needed. ^_^

My skull-on-a-shelf...

& the skull squished. =P

All the cups full of candy!!

Some of the ribbon decorating the desk...

The rest of it's on my drawer handles & on our doorknob. =)

The Ghostie full of peanut M&Ms...

And the music box. =)

Yesterday evening I took the box down to the piano with me, and I played for almost 2 hours... it was WONDERFUL. =) I even discovered this David Lanz song I've never heard before, but I think it'll be a great project to work on.

We'll see what happens!

Today I received my rain boots in the mail from Target!!




& I ♥ them!! Although I've never owned a pair of boots before... so I think they look funny around the ankles with all that material, but I think/hope that's normal. But they're cute. And I don't have any other shoes I can wear in the snow, so expect those every day starting in November/December. =)

Thirdly, I have found that I now love opera and classical music. Since Humanities class yesterday, I've been listening to all the other songs on our Classics & Italian Opera CDs, and, um, they're AMAZING. My favorite favorite is still Nessun Dorma, though... I think of No Reservations every single time (= Aaron Eckhart = happiness). And I had no idea that Andrea Bocelli was blind!! He was the cutest thing during the clip we saw of him singing Nessun Dorma (his was so much better than Pavarotti, in my opinion)... I almost cried. He is so sweet, and is one of those people that has the true spirit of an artist... they're doing it just for the music, and for themselves.

So instead of my Michael Buble or Christmas shuffle, I'm listening to my Mad for Italian Opera and Classics CDs-turned-iPod on my way to class... oh yeah.

On Monday for FHE we went to see our FHE Mom, Heidi, in a student play she was in at the Provo Theatre Company.

It was SO GOOD! It is incredible to me what people my age can accomplish. And Heidi's play, not even biased, was the best... she was the star. =) It was amazing! & I saw the guy she played opposite (his character's name was Jarom) at breakfast the other day, and I told him he was really great. =)

But speaking of seeing famous people around, at the play, Asia and I were discussing the possibility of one guy behind us was the murderer from Dial 'M' for Murder, and then the guy right behind us was like, "The Murderer?" We turned around, and it was the husband guy!!

(Who I found out later was Heidi's brother [L]... insane!!?!?! Awesome!!?!?!) So of course we told him he was awesome. He was my second favorite. My first favorite was Max...

who was not there, but absolutely awesome all the same. (Photos from BYU, btw...)

& I just had some thoughts on Sunday... I've never seen any boy my age give a blessing before... when Nathan confirmed Jarett, it was amazing! To see the wonderful power of the priesthood also work through a boy I knew was normal, just like all of us... it was a true blessing. It really hit home for me the importance, but also the truthfulness of the priesthood. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!!! =D

Ok, so, I know the title of this blog even has 'Tag' in it, but I think this is long enough as it is... & I have yet to take a nap so I don't fall asleep in World Civ. Hence, later shall come the actual taggage report. =) [Sorry, lame, Megan, it will be great though.]

Helpful hint of the day: Plan your schedule for next semester early. Like, now. And then let me know. Because mine works out great.

=)

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.