I'm back!!!

I'm off a little bit today...first of all, I didn't get up until 1:00pm. Yikes...I never do that! I've called all the girls in SAI about the retreat, so now I need to get ready and go to white water. That's going pretty well...assistant manager stuff and all...yup yup.

Aside from working a lot this summer, I want to sew a bunch, clay bar my truck, start learning Italian...lets see...oh, and be active a lot - running, moutain biking...all that.

I should have lots of interesting posts once we get into the summer! Stay tuned!

Modesty is the Best Policy

Is this post targeted at a specific person? Yes! Am I going to say who? No! I've a little more class than to stoop *that* low. However, I am hoping that this person will read this and know who they are - if they don't know who they are, then it's a lost cause.

"A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself" --Sir Richard Steele

"As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense." --Jonathan Swift

"The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it." --Addison

"The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business tone, AVOIDS ALL BRAG, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls his employment by its lowest name, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon." --Emerson

"Pride is concerned with who is right; Humility is concerned with what is right." -- Ezra Taft Benson

My Favorite of these all for this particular situation : "Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself." --Blaise Pascal

I know you have good intentions, but in order to fit in with new people, you have to relate to them; the last time I checked, bragging, boasting, cutting in and taking over conversations, and being stubborn did not quite make the list. If that's just who you are, then I don't know what to tell you. All I know is: this is the first time in my life I have not been able to tolerate a person to this extent. The lack of humility and consideration for other people is so overwhelming it's disgusting; I am insulted every time you speak, either to me or one of my friends, becuase everything that comes out of your mouth is derrogatory, in one way or another. Oh! By the way! Friendly competition is great and all, but I was under the impression you had to actually be *friends* first. Think about that.

so...i should probably clear up the last posting! Adam and I got back together, like a day later. We're different about some things that *could* be significant, but at the same time there are so many other things we have in common. We made a snap decision based on our differences, and then I realized how great it really was being with him - when am I ever going to find another guy like him? Who else would go mountain biking with me, go running with me, play tennis with me, finish my sentences, find humor in my humor, who's also very bright and intelligent, who loves me as much as he does, and who is as smokin' hott as him!! So he's okay with cussing and I'm not - eh..i'll deal with it. So he's "been with" a lot of girls - he's with me now.

Other notes:

**Govich and I have talked about the idea of my finishing my BME, then taking my diction classes and giving a couple more recitals (basically, getting a BM in Vocal Performance), and then if I'm still interested, I'll go for my Masters in Vocal Performance. I'm pumped.

**I don't remember if I posted this yet or not, but I was cast as the Soprano role in the opera for next semester

**My face is starting to clear up - slowly but surely! HALLELUJAH!!

**Piano will no longer be a problem after this week, but I'll wait for that post until I've actually taken care of that problem

I MISS DANCING SO MUCH

(i wish there were five of me, so i could be a piano major, vocal ed major, music theatre major, vocal performance major, and a dance major)

yay it works!

so things that have happened since i was last able to post... well, school is going pretty well, piano is kicking my butt, i have the lead in the opera for next semester, and i got to hang out with some of my western heights friends last night. it was good fun....no, it was FREAKING AWESOME FUN! we were at reeves park most of the time, just chatting, playing Dont Touch the Ground on the playground, teaching each other different dances, chatting about old times and new times, then we went bowling, and haylie and i showed the boys how its done - it was fan-freakin-tastic. almost great enough for me to transfer to ou just so i could be around them *all* the time. so now i need to go play piano - A LOT - but i'm still so excited about hanging out with them that i dont wanna do *anything*

so now that i'm rejuvinated and all - i need to get some groceries, clean up the kitchen, clean up my bedroom, finish my vocal ped recital project, and play piano every spare moment of the day. yay!

i'm changing the song on here. what to, i'm not sure yet.

EDIT: the music is "Ah, tardai troppo!...O luce di quest' anima" from Linda di Chamounix sung by Joan Sutherland. This is my big aria in my rep. right now...i hope to add many more! i'll be singing this at our Night in Italy production for opera workshop in November. I don't sing all the same ornamentations that she does though, some of mine are different.