i'm breaking the rules and blogging twice in one day. hip hop was FABULOUS. sarah and i were by far not the worst people in the class, and we had a blast. we will be going back regularly and anyone/everyone (katie k that means you!) should come with. oh and then we ran into anna! and dude you're coming next time too. anyway, sarah and i came home and attempted to do our new dance for chris in our teeny tiny den, but he just laughed and laughed...we are hip hop goddesses.
i'm watching hgtv right now (house hunters is my new favorite show, yes i'm an 80 year old woman) and avoiding studying. go figure.
now download the song day day 'n' nite by kid cudi and imagine my roommate and i blowin yo mind with some killer dance moves.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
i'll be forever yours. love always, mandy
i was mini-roadtripping back from home today and rockin out to some fantastic music, hence above titled lyric from mandy moore's candy, and i mean like the kind of rockin where people in the cars next to you stare. me singing/screaming loudly and dancing, which really means shimmying my shoulders since that's all you can do with both feet still on the pedals, and that was when it hit me...i miss dancing SO much...it is something i've done since age 3 that all of a sudden stopped when i went away to school. not okay!! it used to be one of my greatest passions, and yet i've been ignoring it for three years. this ends now! i will be taking a hip-hop dance class this very evening with my ghetto roommate (you know what i'm talking about if you've ever seen her get down to rap), and i'm going to be really rusty but seriously excited. more on how all this goes later. that's all for now
Sunday, March 29, 2009
i will never let this many things pile up to blog about ever again
i am overwhelmed with the amount of blogworthy things that have happened in the past couple weeks. spring break, friends figuring out life plans, bowling birthday parties, and everything in between. so i delayed the inevitable and have spent the last thirty minutes reformatting my blog. i like green! oh and i changed my pic due to numerous complaints about the pain gemina (my previous giraffe with the neck disorder) appeared to be in, but i will remember her always...
okay spring break. seriously there are no words. people ask how it was and i stammer through something about broadway and shopping and a homemade video, but honestly it was one of the best weeks of my life. such great fellowship with friends, receipts igniting and burning holes in tablecloths(thank you yates), tearing up sweet little anna (patagonia, tanning bed, etc...not really sure why this happened but you know we love you), getting peed on by fancy followed shortly after by kmac actually gagging as we scooped her poop off the sidewalk, subway adventures, the brooklyn tabernacle (i can't begin to describe its wonder, just go if you are ever within an hour radius of new york), heavenly body scrub, and constant laughter. thank you mollye and ross for providing the place for such a phenomenal trip. my eight days in nyc confirmed that i plan on spending some part of my life in this city, and i cannot wait.
then i come back and it is WARM here. such a nice change of pace. yeah school is stressful as always, but people seem so refreshed and just generally happier in the spring. the stress thing is something i'm working on. sarah and i were talking the other day as she has been quite stressed as well with all her documenting justice stuff (yay she is done with her string-out!), and she offered me a radical thought: if Jesus came back tomorrow, would it matter? the answer, absolutely not. i want to focus on relationships, my time with the Lord, my precious family, and all the good stuff instead of the minutia and stress of everyday life that is just so unimportant in the little time we spend down here. yes school has it's place, and i certainly desire to be the best nurse possible, but everything in moderation. i simply cannot do it all. and i apologize to those i complain to so frequently; please know that i'm working on it!
a seemingly perfect follow up to that conversation was church today, where pastor bill provided a totally new look at the story of Jonah. i was reminded of something that should be so simple...prayer, no matter the circumstance, is always a good thing. God breaks Jonah down to the point where he is surely facing death inside a whale for three whole days so that Jonah has nothing left but to cry out for help, and even though He was Jonah's last resort, God gladly rescues him. whether it is about the tiniest insignificant thing, you're desperate on your knees, or maybe your motives even seem selfish and impure, God listens anyway. He takes me just as I am. He calls me His Beloved, and that will never change. how great is my God?
also, charlie's bday party (happy 22!) last night was fantastic. we ate cookie cake, went bowling, it turned cosmic. enough said.
my friends really are the best.
oh and go see i love you, man.
and monsters vs. aliens.
i mean it.
okay spring break. seriously there are no words. people ask how it was and i stammer through something about broadway and shopping and a homemade video, but honestly it was one of the best weeks of my life. such great fellowship with friends, receipts igniting and burning holes in tablecloths(thank you yates), tearing up sweet little anna (patagonia, tanning bed, etc...not really sure why this happened but you know we love you), getting peed on by fancy followed shortly after by kmac actually gagging as we scooped her poop off the sidewalk, subway adventures, the brooklyn tabernacle (i can't begin to describe its wonder, just go if you are ever within an hour radius of new york), heavenly body scrub, and constant laughter. thank you mollye and ross for providing the place for such a phenomenal trip. my eight days in nyc confirmed that i plan on spending some part of my life in this city, and i cannot wait.
then i come back and it is WARM here. such a nice change of pace. yeah school is stressful as always, but people seem so refreshed and just generally happier in the spring. the stress thing is something i'm working on. sarah and i were talking the other day as she has been quite stressed as well with all her documenting justice stuff (yay she is done with her string-out!), and she offered me a radical thought: if Jesus came back tomorrow, would it matter? the answer, absolutely not. i want to focus on relationships, my time with the Lord, my precious family, and all the good stuff instead of the minutia and stress of everyday life that is just so unimportant in the little time we spend down here. yes school has it's place, and i certainly desire to be the best nurse possible, but everything in moderation. i simply cannot do it all. and i apologize to those i complain to so frequently; please know that i'm working on it!
a seemingly perfect follow up to that conversation was church today, where pastor bill provided a totally new look at the story of Jonah. i was reminded of something that should be so simple...prayer, no matter the circumstance, is always a good thing. God breaks Jonah down to the point where he is surely facing death inside a whale for three whole days so that Jonah has nothing left but to cry out for help, and even though He was Jonah's last resort, God gladly rescues him. whether it is about the tiniest insignificant thing, you're desperate on your knees, or maybe your motives even seem selfish and impure, God listens anyway. He takes me just as I am. He calls me His Beloved, and that will never change. how great is my God?
also, charlie's bday party (happy 22!) last night was fantastic. we ate cookie cake, went bowling, it turned cosmic. enough said.
my friends really are the best.
oh and go see i love you, man.
and monsters vs. aliens.
i mean it.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
come on over
this weekend was fantastic. exactly what i needed. a perfect escape from the craziness that can sometimes be regular life. plus it reminded/taught me several significant things!
1. i really do LOVE goldfish (seriously. fav snack eva)
2. my friends are the best in the whole wide world
3. bourbon street will ruin shoes (and turn your feet scary black, yates...)
4. just because a bar is called the bourbon cowboy doesn't mean it has to play country music
5. do not have pillow-fights with boys. girls ALWAYS lose (and maybe even break the bed)
6. i would like a jukebox in my house one day
five days till i get on a plane with four of my most favorite people to one of the best cities in the country, hoorah!!
yes, the title does reference the christina aguilera song. highlight of my weekend.
1. i really do LOVE goldfish (seriously. fav snack eva)
2. my friends are the best in the whole wide world
3. bourbon street will ruin shoes (and turn your feet scary black, yates...)
4. just because a bar is called the bourbon cowboy doesn't mean it has to play country music
5. do not have pillow-fights with boys. girls ALWAYS lose (and maybe even break the bed)
6. i would like a jukebox in my house one day
five days till i get on a plane with four of my most favorite people to one of the best cities in the country, hoorah!!
yes, the title does reference the christina aguilera song. highlight of my weekend.
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