Film Score

My favorite pandora station is Film Scores. I haven't been able to find a more perfect station when reading/doing homework. Not to mention the music is always amazing. A few of my  favorites are Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, Lord of the Rings and How to Train Your Dragon.
Being a composer for movies would be my dream if I was 1 million times more talented than I currently am. I just think it would be amazing to accomplish something so beautiful and have millions of people hear you without even realizing it. Plus going to the Oscars would be rad.

My little brother was here for a couple days for his Spring Break. On his way back to school, well on his way from my front door to the car he was riding in he dropped a huge Costco sized jar of pickle slices onto my front porch. Glass, pickles and juice went everywhere... Gross and annoying right? At this point I think I need to hose down my porch tomorrow... There's a weird pickle smell coming from the ground and it's strange.

Today my emotions were this

Hope you all had a good Sunday. I did. I read Huck Finn and watched 30 Rock. 

Disclaimer: It really bothers me that I'm an English major and I sound completely inarticulate on this blog. 

So It Goes

Being an English major has really opened my eyes to the world around me. I think in this day and age, with technology at our fingertips, it makes it easy to stay in our own world. We have our couple hundred friends on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. that we follow, and that becomes our social world. We may follow the celebrities, but I don't think that those are a good depiction of what life is really like. Aside from the celebrities we may follow some news accounts, but I don't think that this generation is as concerned with world news as they should be. I know that I am very guilty of staying in my own happy social media bubble.

But after reading countless novels this semester, I've come to see what so many other people experience, even if it was just 10-20 years ago, it seems a lifetime different from my life and experiences. I mean, you read about China's communism, and how that affects even the mutual love shared between a man and a woman...Or you read about the accounts of black slaves in America. After reading some first hand accounts, I think that a lot of literature about slavery has been toned down so as not to disturb the general population. Or reading about the politics in Russia anytime in the 20th century... It's all so new and completely foreign to me.

And that's why I think that books are so important in our society. They not only help us become aware of the events going on in the world, but usually they are a look inside the mind of someone that experienced it. Like when you read Slaughterhouse 5. The inner workings of the mind of Kurt Vonnegut are something special, and something horrid. I would ever want to experience the things he went through, simply because I was able to see the aftermath that those things took on his body and mind, and it's terrifying.

Sometimes I think this world gets lost in their friend's status or food picture, and they aren't bothering to look at the bigger picture.

At least it's Friday?

I'm really loving my classes this semester, but as teacher announced their finals for the class, my brain seemed to shrink smaller and smaller. At least it'll be over soon.

When you watch a movie about college kids and the heroine is a freshman I can't help but think, society sure expects an awful lot from an 18-19 year old girl. Most girls don't have themselves together at 25. There's no way they are that confident right out of high school, at least I wasn't. Next movie, just remember that that's not even close to what real life would be like.

Life is crazy with school and work, I feel like I barely see my husband. I'm glad we can slow down during the summer so that we can spend more time with each other.

Have a great weekend all. I will be reading Slaughterhouse 5, Midnight's Children, and Huck Finn.

Quote of the Day

"It's almost impossible to read a find thing without wanting to do a fine thing."

-John Steinbeck

My life today

Absentee

Blogging sucks.

I always forget, and I usually turn in to a complainer rather than an uplifter. It feels like my dumping ground. But I want to document my life, as well as my sweet husband's. So here's a broad list of our current life. Hopefully my next post will be at least this week, rather than in a couple months.

+Will, my husband, is working for an app company, and he has for some time now. He loves it, and it keeps him busy. He is slowly working on finishing school for computer science, but isn't in a rush because of how much he loves his job. He also works on his own apps on the side. This boy doesn't always have to be moving, but his mind does. Boredom is a real thing in this house, and he just doesn't stand for it. He's a very creative person, and in my incredibly unbiased opinion, he's very good at it.

+I'm in school right now doing English Education. I'm so close. Kind of. I see a light at the end of my education tunnel. So that's exciting for me. This semester has been really empowering for me. Living with such a creative, go-getter, it's easy for me to feel like I'm Netflixing my life away. However, I've really come to love English and reading(more than I already did if that's possible), and I already have a feeling that I'm going to love teaching. I really feel like I'm in the right place in my life. Which hasn't happened for me in a while. I should be completely graduated by the end of 2016. I plan to get my masters at a slow pace after that, because I think being a Lit. professor would just be the greatest.

+We recently bought a house. (recently being almost a year ago) It's a perfect little townhouse near Utah Lake, and I love it everyday. We got to pick all the materials, so I love the look of the place. Except I'm really not good at decorating, so if anyone out there is, let me know and I would love to go shopping with you so you can decorate my house for me. My bathroom is massive, my bedroom is massive, and my couch is comfy. I'm not sure anyone could really ask for more. It's bigger than we need right now, but we plan to grow into it, so that's also exciting. I'm "planning" a post full of pictures of my house, but I'm not a good housekeeper, so next time it's clean I'll document it. It'll be two exciting things for you to see rather than just one.

+Children aren't on our list of things to create at the moment, but we wouldn't be mad at an accident. We both want to be graduated before we grow our family. Also I like naps, and I am terrified to have that kind of responsibility. Also, have you seen the movie Alien? Pregnancy freaks me out.

+We always think about getting a puppy, but the breed that we want is outrageously expensive, so we are waiting for the right time.

+oh. I have a job I guess. I work part time for a small Satellite company. I take care of everyone's needs. I feel like I'm the mom of the office. I love it, and it keeps me busy. Which is nice.

+Will and I are so content in our life at this point. It's simple, relaxed and a ton of fun. We play a lot of video games together, we watch a lot of movies, and we enjoy taking walks when the weather is warm.

^Here's a picture of our 

Christmas tree. Obviously it's not

up anymore but that wasn't my choice. It'll

hopefully keep you entertained until my next post. 

Christmas in my new home was such a wonderful thing.

Quite literally magical.