Did You Know?

We watched this in my organizational communications class... its (mostly) about the exponential increase in information and information technology. I suggest watching it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8&feature=fvst

Here I am at last!

I know my absence has probably worn on all of you, for that I apologize.

I will write of my latest struggle of living as a poor and destitute college student. For the first of my afflictions, my beloved 1985 Honda Accord with 260,000 plus miles has surprisingly broken down. Although he still runs, he is bed-ridden and we don't believe he will last long. This leaves me living 4 miles from the school with only my old bike (which is now a compilation of 3 separate bikes) to rely on. Sigh. So I started riding to and from school and I can say I have a significant dolor de la caboose, and I also have to ride home around 11:00 p.m., with no lights for a portion of the ride home and no breaks. Not to mention Hau'ula isn't exactly a friendly atmosphere at night.

But at least I'm getting some extra exercise... and now I'm socializing more because I am trying to get as many rides as possible... Oh, and I've had a few occurances that have restored my faith in mankind. On Sunday (when I was attempting to walk 4 miles to church) a nice man and his son picked me up- even though they were going the other way- and dropped me off. And the other night I was riding home when it was late, not to mention I was pretty tired, and suddenly there was this guy (who I swear I just saw at Foodland) on the other side of the road yelling "Girl power! Girl power!" Haha. What a nice guy! If you ever see some girl toiling with all her might to get home in the middle of the night I recommend yelling "girl power" at her, it makes one feel good.

Anywho, I feel like giving some valuable cultural insight. I found a new composer I like, his name is Philip Glass. I believe he composes for orchestra and string instruments, including piano. I would look him up right now but I'm pretty sleepy. Just listen to this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kjBZJ1-bok

And, without a doubt, Eric Whitacre is worthy of your time. He composes choral and orchestral pieces. AND he has written choral music to the poems of e.e. cummings, who is by far the most creative and boundless soul I have yet seen in poetry. Those songs are (at least the ones I have discovered) are little tree, i will wade out, hope faith life love, i thank You God for most this amazing day. And he also has written to Octavio Paz, whom I adore; A boy and a girl and Water Night (both translated).

Go to www.ericwhitacre.com and you can play some nifty MP3s. Goodnight all!!

Whatever you are, be a good one.

So I got my old job back as an Athletics Laundry Worker. I tried very hard to get a more impressive job when I came back to Hawaii, but no dice. I only got one interview and they chose someone else. But behold, I am not discouraged!

I have noticed that even going back to my old job is different, and that I am different, even. I have to do a lot of scheduling with the coaches whereas before I kind of just let my supervisor plan and I just coasted through my already pathetically easy work. But I have turned over a new leaf. Even though I be just a mere laundry worker, I have decided to wash and fold to the best of my ability. I am going to go above and beyond the average laundry worker's duties, dignifying myself within this calling and taking pride in what I do! I even added it as my profession on LinkedIn.

So I might be dramatizing this a bit, but I felt really good after work today. Having recently learned how to use Microsoft Excel from my IS 91 class, I made my own schedules. And I folded a lot of laundry that I didn't really need to. The point is I'm trying to be better in my more-boring-than-average job. It reminded me of the quote that I carried on my binder in high school, one from Abraham Lincoln I believe -"Whatever you are, be a good one". Man, I'm going to be one dang good laundry worker!

I just realized that this blog is probably pretty boring and I only have three followers. I am going to commit to being a better blogger. Ha! Good night everyone.

YSA Conference

This is a catch up for yesterday. I traveled down with a friend and his ward to the Youth Single's conference in Honolulu (about 1 hr away). This weekend has been so sunny and beautiful, so even though the ride down was really nice (although I slept most of the way). When we pulled up to the tabernacle I almost thought it was a temple because it is so beautiful!!

The tabernacle has such an incredible atmosphere. The hallways are open air, and even the chapel had countless doors so it could be open air too, if it really wanted to. The chapel had rows of pews on either side of the pulpit as well as in front.

The service was really nice. It was cool to see all of the single adults on the whole island! It started out with music, and I was blown away by the super suave polynesian trio that sang. Along with the next music ensemble, I was pretty much more than satisfied with the music portion.

The best part, I would say, was when an old blind Japanese man (I forgot his name), got up to the pulpit to give a talk. He was so funny! He pulled out some super thick "reading glasses" so he could "see" us. He also played the piano, and he played so beautifully! It goes to show how obstacles are often there so they can be overcome. Not only could he play the piano, but he could entertain and speak to an audience he couldn't even see. My favorite line of his "My wife complains that when I go to the piano a lot of you can't see me. Well I just think, we're even then!"

After the service we walked around town and stumbled upon two beautiful churches. We noticed the larger one was erected in 1891. It was such a pretty pretty day in Honolulu!

Whatever, its late.

Disclaimer: It is 12:37 and I am incoherent and possibly crazy. But I have made a commitment to consistenly do this blog thing, so I thought I'd share a few things.

First of all, this is a t-shirt on amazon.com that got a lot of customer reviews. I recommend reading the comments, they are hilarious. http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Mens-Three-Short-Sleeve/product-reviews/B002HJ377A/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt_sr_5?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFiveStar


Second of all, there is no second of all. I had more things to say but alas, its late. I'll be asleep as soon as my head hits.. the.. pi... zzz.

So this is Blog

I failed to realize at first what the consequences of making a blog are. It made me choose a picture, a catchy title, and a description of the blog that is supposed to sum up all the junk that will come from my fingertips. So just a tip: if you know me don't completely judge me by this blog, and if you don't know me then please take into consideration that I am not a person in virtual form but a living being that can be very different in real life. As this page is basically a representative of me (and my sisters and sis-in-laws will probably just read this instead of calling me) I just want to point out how hard it is to really represent oneself in a form such as this one. There will be thousands of things I never touch on, and thousands of moods and thoughts that will be surpassed on my way to the keyboard. Keep in mind I am writing to an audience, so I am also sub-consciously altering the things in my head to be presentable and probably to make me look good. Anyway, whatever you read here, its up for you to grab and interpret. I'm not a big fan of posting personal details of myself on the internet, so this will probably just be ramblings and musings. Lucky you!! Anyway, I hope this won't be a complete waste of your time, and that maybe you'll smile or get angry about or contemplate something I said. Ciao!