Saturday, December 19, 2009
Wheehee. Me again. Um.
I forgot to mention that for some reason...recording our piano on my computer really alters the sound quality of the piano. So, no our piano sounds a lot better than it does in these videos.
*SEE BELOW FOR FIRST VIDEO*
*SEE EVEN FARTHER FOR TODAY'S BLOG POST*
Thanks for listening!
Drat. I just realized that Blogger won't let you do more than 2 videos if you're uploading them. Ick
Well. This is. me. obviously. And....obviously I mess up. Which is also obvious in any normal or learning pianist. Obviously, I love the word obvious.
I <3 Jim Brickman...he's sweet. He can't sing. But he's amazing.
See above for another song.
"I fall asleeeeeeep...counting myyyy blesssssingsssss."
Poor peoples. Poooor pooor people who my blog readers. I have deprived you of my blogness...and left you...bored....
*cough* rather people are excited that I've stopped writing so they don't have to listen to my rambles *cough*
Lol. yes.
This really is bad of me...I was planning on doing a lot..for Advent or something. And here I am, the 19th of December. And my last post...was sometime at the beginning of December, lol. I fail.
Uuuuhhmmmm...what I can tell you that well more or less bring you up to speed on my life.
I. Am. Breathing. *gasp* Oooh my goodness.
No, not that. Well. not that I'm NOT breathing...I am. last time I checked, lol. But. *thinks* *Pooh moment*
We...went to the Messiah last night. Before I give my observations on people. I must explain my great passion for the Theater District of Downtown Houston.
*closes eyes in pure bliss* It's like....it's like....well. EVERYTHING is connected together. Somehow...some way. What. is wrong. scratch that. All the parking lots that are underground are connected, lol. Downtown Houston has a lot of old special buildings. That. well. they give *me* the shivers. Along with music and dance did you know that I have a passion for history? Yes, I do. Now you know. So, all these old buildings that...look like their old with like decorations from who-knows-when all over it. But then, there are all these other modern buildings...you know, all made of glass. The kind that if you were a window cleaner it would be a huge pain to clean one of those...seeing that every piece of glass is a window. Fail. Ish.
Distracted. Where was I...OH. the coolness of Downtown Houston...in the Theater District. *aaaaahhh*
Knowing that all the parking lots are connected, this must mean that the Jones Hall, Wortham Center, Alley Theater, and many more are relatively close together. Yes, this is true. The tunnels that lead you to the various different places (see list above) all of them are lined with posters of upcoming performances. So you see all these cool things..then get to the place you're trying to get to. Go in...and then, you're like in some amazing building. And that's...not including going in and finding your seats. Doing that.....makes me really want to do something that's part of that. Not...finding our seats. No, I don't want to be an usher....it would be horribly interesting, but not for me. Doing that makes me really want to do something with the visual art...that's connected with all that...down there. Especially dancing. I mean...doing that anywhere sounds soooo fun...to me. The Wortham Center (That's where...the ballets, musicals, and operas are. Symphony wise, they're all in Jones Hall. Oh, and people like...Garrison Keeler (Yes, that's not how you spell his name, I know I know.) (Yes, we did go and see him) and Hayley Westenra. And...I'm not sure where the Celtic Woman people were. I think they were in the Wortham...) Random. Anyway..the Wortham Center.....*blank look* Uuuuuuhhhh...I just forgot what I was going to say about it. Oh, it's just so cool....so original, I know.
Loooohooong. Sorry about that. Let's just say going down there for anything and everything motivates me to want to do something down there. Wow. I could have said that. And....left you without that awesome ramble. But, I like my rambles. So I'll keep it.
THE PEOPLE THERE.
Ok. for starters. I did not like the Bass-Baratone. Or the Mezzo-Soprano. They were just kinda weird. The Bass-Baratone was waaaay to small for that part. He looked like he was in college. And he failed at really...moving people when he sang. So. Fail. the Mezzo-Soprano. Was really weird. first of all. she was barefoot. Which is relatively cool. Second, she tried to act. Which was just wrong. Peoples, this is an oratory. (here comes my music history classes..heehee) No acting. And she was like...really...getting into it. At the end of one of her Airs....it ended on "Fire" after a rather...angry/harsh line. And like, on the ending note of the orchestra she slammed her book really loud...to "add effect". But, on a good note. (if you find this a pun, no I did not mean it...and yeah.) the Soprano and the Tenor were amazing. the soprano was this old lady...with gray hair. and uberly sparkly earrings on. Lol, speaking of her. The mezzo-soprano was wearing this really flashy dress. and this huge coat..and scarf (it was apparently really cold for her..) and the soprano was wearing this black dress thing with this nice aqua tunic thing over it. So I was like "Ahhh. That's nice...that since she's old ish...she's not like over doing it..." When she went to go sit down after her first song, I saw this huge slit on the side of her dress...which was like holy cow! And yeah. That...was the first time I have used that term...as in actually using that term not in just saying it to make some comment about it. The conductor....he was awesome. ...wazzum. That. is SO my new word. Wazzum. Oooh yes. meaning...awesome. Wheeeee. Um. yeah, he was wazzum. His hair. was. really. um...puffy? And he was very...um...active. In his...conducting, lol. So, jumping, waving, hopping, etc, etc. Which. made his hair. wiggle. Lol. So, from the back, it looked HILARIOUS whenever he would..do any of the above. When he came out the first time, it was nice and smooth...ish. Well, as smooth as it could get. Then by the end...it kinda looked like he had just rolled out of bed, lol.
There were SEVERAL people around us who were doing the following through out the whole performance.
conducting
singing
giving a loud commentary to the person next to them
coughing
sneezing
all of the above.
The conducting part was really funny to watch...most of the people I saw used only one hand...but there was this one kid in front of Joey...and a little to the left, who was like using both hands. and almost imitating the conductor.
And. Yeah. Saw several creepy kids. As in guys who's moto in life are "I am going to dye my hair black/dark brown, even though I'm uber pale enough already...but I wanted to accent my skin color." or, "I love growing my hair so long that from a distance people will have to ask themselves "Is that a girl or a guy walking towards me?"" It was usually both. Those people are really creepy. It's like Zac Efron. We just don't go there.
*cough* rather people are excited that I've stopped writing so they don't have to listen to my rambles *cough*
Lol. yes.
This really is bad of me...I was planning on doing a lot..for Advent or something. And here I am, the 19th of December. And my last post...was sometime at the beginning of December, lol. I fail.
Uuuuhhmmmm...what I can tell you that well more or less bring you up to speed on my life.
I. Am. Breathing. *gasp* Oooh my goodness.
No, not that. Well. not that I'm NOT breathing...I am. last time I checked, lol. But. *thinks* *Pooh moment*
We...went to the Messiah last night. Before I give my observations on people. I must explain my great passion for the Theater District of Downtown Houston.
*closes eyes in pure bliss* It's like....it's like....well. EVERYTHING is connected together. Somehow...some way. What. is wrong. scratch that. All the parking lots that are underground are connected, lol. Downtown Houston has a lot of old special buildings. That. well. they give *me* the shivers. Along with music and dance did you know that I have a passion for history? Yes, I do. Now you know. So, all these old buildings that...look like their old with like decorations from who-knows-when all over it. But then, there are all these other modern buildings...you know, all made of glass. The kind that if you were a window cleaner it would be a huge pain to clean one of those...seeing that every piece of glass is a window. Fail. Ish.
Distracted. Where was I...OH. the coolness of Downtown Houston...in the Theater District. *aaaaahhh*
Knowing that all the parking lots are connected, this must mean that the Jones Hall, Wortham Center, Alley Theater, and many more are relatively close together. Yes, this is true. The tunnels that lead you to the various different places (see list above) all of them are lined with posters of upcoming performances. So you see all these cool things..then get to the place you're trying to get to. Go in...and then, you're like in some amazing building. And that's...not including going in and finding your seats. Doing that.....makes me really want to do something that's part of that. Not...finding our seats. No, I don't want to be an usher....it would be horribly interesting, but not for me. Doing that makes me really want to do something with the visual art...that's connected with all that...down there. Especially dancing. I mean...doing that anywhere sounds soooo fun...to me. The Wortham Center (That's where...the ballets, musicals, and operas are. Symphony wise, they're all in Jones Hall. Oh, and people like...Garrison Keeler (Yes, that's not how you spell his name, I know I know.) (Yes, we did go and see him) and Hayley Westenra. And...I'm not sure where the Celtic Woman people were. I think they were in the Wortham...) Random. Anyway..the Wortham Center.....*blank look* Uuuuuuhhhh...I just forgot what I was going to say about it. Oh, it's just so cool....so original, I know.
Loooohooong. Sorry about that. Let's just say going down there for anything and everything motivates me to want to do something down there. Wow. I could have said that. And....left you without that awesome ramble. But, I like my rambles. So I'll keep it.
THE PEOPLE THERE.
Ok. for starters. I did not like the Bass-Baratone. Or the Mezzo-Soprano. They were just kinda weird. The Bass-Baratone was waaaay to small for that part. He looked like he was in college. And he failed at really...moving people when he sang. So. Fail. the Mezzo-Soprano. Was really weird. first of all. she was barefoot. Which is relatively cool. Second, she tried to act. Which was just wrong. Peoples, this is an oratory. (here comes my music history classes..heehee) No acting. And she was like...really...getting into it. At the end of one of her Airs....it ended on "Fire" after a rather...angry/harsh line. And like, on the ending note of the orchestra she slammed her book really loud...to "add effect". But, on a good note. (if you find this a pun, no I did not mean it...and yeah.) the Soprano and the Tenor were amazing. the soprano was this old lady...with gray hair. and uberly sparkly earrings on. Lol, speaking of her. The mezzo-soprano was wearing this really flashy dress. and this huge coat..and scarf (it was apparently really cold for her..) and the soprano was wearing this black dress thing with this nice aqua tunic thing over it. So I was like "Ahhh. That's nice...that since she's old ish...she's not like over doing it..." When she went to go sit down after her first song, I saw this huge slit on the side of her dress...which was like holy cow! And yeah. That...was the first time I have used that term...as in actually using that term not in just saying it to make some comment about it. The conductor....he was awesome. ...wazzum. That. is SO my new word. Wazzum. Oooh yes. meaning...awesome. Wheeeee. Um. yeah, he was wazzum. His hair. was. really. um...puffy? And he was very...um...active. In his...conducting, lol. So, jumping, waving, hopping, etc, etc. Which. made his hair. wiggle. Lol. So, from the back, it looked HILARIOUS whenever he would..do any of the above. When he came out the first time, it was nice and smooth...ish. Well, as smooth as it could get. Then by the end...it kinda looked like he had just rolled out of bed, lol.
There were SEVERAL people around us who were doing the following through out the whole performance.
conducting
singing
giving a loud commentary to the person next to them
coughing
sneezing
all of the above.
The conducting part was really funny to watch...most of the people I saw used only one hand...but there was this one kid in front of Joey...and a little to the left, who was like using both hands. and almost imitating the conductor.
And. Yeah. Saw several creepy kids. As in guys who's moto in life are "I am going to dye my hair black/dark brown, even though I'm uber pale enough already...but I wanted to accent my skin color." or, "I love growing my hair so long that from a distance people will have to ask themselves "Is that a girl or a guy walking towards me?"" It was usually both. Those people are really creepy. It's like Zac Efron. We just don't go there.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
*bursts out in song*
Seriously.
Is the dude with the mohawk not...like. Beyondly amazing? You REALLY REALLY REALLY need to hear anything of his stuff. Search jmham1 on YouTube. I suggest Music in the Night. Oh my goodness. Can you say the most PERFECT PHANTOM EVER. That's his goal. To be a Phantom on Broadway. Seriously.
Ok. That had NOTHING to do with the song. But mostly with the guy.
Anyway.
am I the only one who didn't know that the Secret Garden was also a musical..? on Broadway? Like...a while ago? And the music is AMAZING? Cause, I didn't. And apparently, it's really famous or something. Learn something new every day.
I was looking in jmham1's videos. found this. and was amazed. I looked up some other songs from the Secret Garden, and found another amazing song. By these really amazing people.
drat. no embedding allowed. Anyway. go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2QQbuazFk
So yeah. I keep finding all these musicals that I had no idea...were so good. and yeah. I love musicals. And would love to be in one..of some sort. and what would be AWESOME? if it was a musical...and had dancing in it to. Which. most do. so scratch that last idea, lol.
OH MY GOODNESS. THE BALL IS....TOMORROW.
"Toooooomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya! Tomorrow! It's only a daaaaaaaay....aaaaaaawaaaaaaaay!"
Yep. That would be me :-)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Happy First day of ADVENT!
Yes. Christmas. is nearly CRUSHING us. It's that close. oooh yes. But this makes me happy. I love being crushed by Christmas, of all things (along with other happy holidays, like Thanksgiving, birthdays, New Years, Easter...etc etc.)
But yes. If I HAD to choose. Which holiday. Christmas would TOTALLY be my pick.
Christmas holds...many many things. Things that aren't normally "Christmasy"...in everyone's book. Um. There's normal things like...shopping. food...ing. ish. lol. partying. cleaning. and um...deep cleaning?
Let me define "Deep Cleaning". In my house. This means ripping apart your room, cleaning, throwing away, giving away, putting away. things like that.
When I was younger. Deep cleaning only happened in the summer. Seeing as then we had the most time. But now looking back? I'm now thinking that I had WAAAAY more time THEN then I do NOW. Hm. "Funny how that works, aint it?" (I JUST FIGURED OUT WHERE THAT'S FROM! HAHAHAHAHA. I've been quoting that a lot lately. and I couldn't remember where it was from. lol. It's from...*drumroll* Pirates of the Caribbean! Jack is eating an apple when he says this.) Wow, side track.
ANYWAY. Also when I was young. I majorly enjoyed stuffing things under and behind my bed. I made the excuse that, "Hey, I have a bunk bed...things fall down easily. " such as cats. And yes. Um. Yes. actually, many cats have fallen down behind my bed. It's just sad. *shakes head* THIS WAS NOT OF MY OWN DOING. All of you know that I would NEVER EVER EVER do a thing like that...to a cat. Especially my baby squishy little angel. *ahem* Bertie. *gets the kitty-kitties* Duuuude, SIDE TRACK. Or dide track...as I just typed. Um. where was I?
BEHIND AND UNDER MY BED. YES. Ok. So yes. I would...be told to clean up my room. And I'd solve this hard, and labor full task by shoving everything under my bed. or "dropping" things behind my bed. Please don't imagine what under my bed was like. It wasn't pleasant.
Anyway. Every time deep cleaning rolled around, I would crawl underneath my bed, pulling everything out as I went. Which made a huge pile on my floor. This job, of going under the bed had a special name. it was called...
"Going to the core."
Feel free to laugh. Um. yes. As in the core of the earth. Um. Yes. Yeeeep....
Anyway, I'm doing that now (how many times have I said "anyway"? This means I get side tracked waaay too easily.)
ANYWAY, lol. I'm deep cleaning.
That's a picture. Of my floor. That's a mix of stuff from...my closet, one shelving/bookcase behind my bed...thing, and things I use on a regular basis.
I love deep cleaning (I used to hate it...going to the core was a horrible trial for me.) it reminds me of how many awesome friends I have (I just found all these pictures from the first few Little Parlor plays...Oooh my goodness we were all TINY.) and it's like a free Christmas, almost. I found so many things that I had forgotten about, thought I didn't even have (which I was just TOTALLY redundant...hahahahahahahahahaha), and things...that I had...um. Lost. I guess.
Like, this ring that my uncle and aunt gave me. When I was uber uber little, cause I remember wearing this ring on my pointer. And it fit really nice. Now...it'll only fit on my pinky.
Yep. That's it.
Oh, and memory lane has been my most frequent stop lately. Found all my old dress up clothes. My old costumes from my first ballet recital here in Houston (Silkworms FTW! Yes, I was a silkworm. A neon pink silkworm. Bask in the glory of neon pink silkworms. loooool.)
Yep. And this turned out to be longer than I expected. Yessssss
Happy First Sunday of Advent!!
But yes. If I HAD to choose. Which holiday. Christmas would TOTALLY be my pick.
Christmas holds...many many things. Things that aren't normally "Christmasy"...in everyone's book. Um. There's normal things like...shopping. food...ing. ish. lol. partying. cleaning. and um...deep cleaning?
Let me define "Deep Cleaning". In my house. This means ripping apart your room, cleaning, throwing away, giving away, putting away. things like that.
When I was younger. Deep cleaning only happened in the summer. Seeing as then we had the most time. But now looking back? I'm now thinking that I had WAAAAY more time THEN then I do NOW. Hm. "Funny how that works, aint it?" (I JUST FIGURED OUT WHERE THAT'S FROM! HAHAHAHAHA. I've been quoting that a lot lately. and I couldn't remember where it was from. lol. It's from...*drumroll* Pirates of the Caribbean! Jack is eating an apple when he says this.) Wow, side track.
ANYWAY. Also when I was young. I majorly enjoyed stuffing things under and behind my bed. I made the excuse that, "Hey, I have a bunk bed...things fall down easily. " such as cats. And yes. Um. Yes. actually, many cats have fallen down behind my bed. It's just sad. *shakes head* THIS WAS NOT OF MY OWN DOING. All of you know that I would NEVER EVER EVER do a thing like that...to a cat. Especially my baby squishy little angel. *ahem* Bertie. *gets the kitty-kitties* Duuuude, SIDE TRACK. Or dide track...as I just typed. Um. where was I?
BEHIND AND UNDER MY BED. YES. Ok. So yes. I would...be told to clean up my room. And I'd solve this hard, and labor full task by shoving everything under my bed. or "dropping" things behind my bed. Please don't imagine what under my bed was like. It wasn't pleasant.
Anyway. Every time deep cleaning rolled around, I would crawl underneath my bed, pulling everything out as I went. Which made a huge pile on my floor. This job, of going under the bed had a special name. it was called...
"Going to the core."
Feel free to laugh. Um. yes. As in the core of the earth. Um. Yes. Yeeeep....
Anyway, I'm doing that now (how many times have I said "anyway"? This means I get side tracked waaay too easily.)
ANYWAY, lol. I'm deep cleaning.
That's a picture. Of my floor. That's a mix of stuff from...my closet, one shelving/bookcase behind my bed...thing, and things I use on a regular basis.
I love deep cleaning (I used to hate it...going to the core was a horrible trial for me.) it reminds me of how many awesome friends I have (I just found all these pictures from the first few Little Parlor plays...Oooh my goodness we were all TINY.) and it's like a free Christmas, almost. I found so many things that I had forgotten about, thought I didn't even have (which I was just TOTALLY redundant...hahahahahahahahahaha), and things...that I had...um. Lost. I guess.
Like, this ring that my uncle and aunt gave me. When I was uber uber little, cause I remember wearing this ring on my pointer. And it fit really nice. Now...it'll only fit on my pinky.
Yep. That's it.
Oh, and memory lane has been my most frequent stop lately. Found all my old dress up clothes. My old costumes from my first ballet recital here in Houston (Silkworms FTW! Yes, I was a silkworm. A neon pink silkworm. Bask in the glory of neon pink silkworms. loooool.)
Yep. And this turned out to be longer than I expected. Yessssss
Happy First Sunday of Advent!!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
...
I'm trying not to feel too depressed that I won't get to see awesome people this weekend. See how many socks I could knit in 11 hours. Go and watch and listen to amazingly weird people.
*sniff* *cough* *sounds like a congested Rachel Ray/Miley Cyrus*
Next big thing coming?
THE BALL.
I'm trying to think about that a lot (along with being with my family. just the 4 of us. for Thanksgiving) to help...lift the damp, and sneezy spirits.
Just a min ago. I browsed the Barns and Noble Christmas music section online while my mom did some flowers. We have the following list to get (seeing as we all have coupons and we're going there later today :-P)
Third Day
Straight No Chaser (OH MY GOODNESS. CHECK THESE PEOPLE OUT. )
Yo-yo Ma (*bliss*)
MercyMe (I wasn't really expecting that I'd like them. I thought they were...a really rocky Christian band. Which didn't really appeal to me. The rocky part, not the Christian part, lol.)
BarlowGirl (BARLOWGIRL FTW!!!!)
and yes, David Archuletta...
I think I just killed his last name with my spelling. But I don't really care, cause he is uber creepy looking. He's ok...better than I expected. once again. But I mean, American Idol. Eh. People from there usually only have one or 2 songs that are awesome, and the rest are...well...horrible, lol. Mostly. singing skills there are pretty much close to 0, except the rare amazingly awesome singer that comes along.
ENOUGH RAMBLING. Sorry. it's gotten into a habit.
What are YOU listing to for Christmas? Any favorite albums? Anyone you just HAVE to listen to? Or anyone that you absolutely hate. Wait, don't answer the last one, lol
I'm trying not to feel too depressed that I won't get to see awesome people this weekend. See how many socks I could knit in 11 hours. Go and watch and listen to amazingly weird people.
*sniff* *cough* *sounds like a congested Rachel Ray/Miley Cyrus*
Next big thing coming?
THE BALL.
I'm trying to think about that a lot (along with being with my family. just the 4 of us. for Thanksgiving) to help...lift the damp, and sneezy spirits.
Just a min ago. I browsed the Barns and Noble Christmas music section online while my mom did some flowers. We have the following list to get (seeing as we all have coupons and we're going there later today :-P)
Third Day
Straight No Chaser (OH MY GOODNESS. CHECK THESE PEOPLE OUT. )
Yo-yo Ma (*bliss*)
MercyMe (I wasn't really expecting that I'd like them. I thought they were...a really rocky Christian band. Which didn't really appeal to me. The rocky part, not the Christian part, lol.)
BarlowGirl (BARLOWGIRL FTW!!!!)
and yes, David Archuletta...
I think I just killed his last name with my spelling. But I don't really care, cause he is uber creepy looking. He's ok...better than I expected. once again. But I mean, American Idol. Eh. People from there usually only have one or 2 songs that are awesome, and the rest are...well...horrible, lol. Mostly. singing skills there are pretty much close to 0, except the rare amazingly awesome singer that comes along.
ENOUGH RAMBLING. Sorry. it's gotten into a habit.
What are YOU listing to for Christmas? Any favorite albums? Anyone you just HAVE to listen to? Or anyone that you absolutely hate. Wait, don't answer the last one, lol
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