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Friday, July 20, 2007

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:04:09 GMT

So, let's see... where was I? Oh, yes, my birthday. It was really fun. It was on Sunday, and everyone at camp went to church to be comissioned for our summer of work and fun. On my way to church, I check my voice mail, and listen to a message from my brother, wishing me a happy birthday. He's very sweet like that. So after church, I got with a group of friends, and people I've never met. Someone had heard of a place to eat, and really wanted to go there for dinner, so 6 people in a van, and 2 of us in my car, we set out in the general direction of the resturant, though it wasn't quite time for dinner yet. So I'm following my friend, and getting to know a new staff person, who happens to work in the kitchen with me and we sleep in the same room. After not too long, my friend who I am following, also known as Pax, calls me on my cell phone, and asks me where we're going. He also explains that he's following me, even though he's in front. So after another while of driving, we end up at the mall. We walk around for a few hours, and then head to the resturant. While waiting for an hour or so (it was Father's Day as well as my birthday), my friends, and new friends, are discovering that it is my birthday. They decide to make a huge fuss about it, and it doesn't bug me too much, because I know they do it because they love me. So... after eating a HUGE dinner, I had to go pee. And I come back, more stuffed than I could possibly be, and people are looking at me and smiling. The waiter comes back with this HUGE piece of ice cream cake, and 8 forks. We all participated in eating this thing, and then we were all REALLY stuffed. With only remnants of whipped cream on the plate, everyone is chearing for me to clean it all up. Someone else takes his finger and acts like he's going to lick it, but instead places it on my face. It was fun, and we had a blast, and even though I turned 21, nobody got drunk.

Yippie.

A few weeks later...
I'm standing in the back of the kitchen, on a Wednesday night. The meal for dinner happens to be spaghetti. An unnamed kitchen worker brings a pot of spaghetti noodles to be strained, and pours it into the strainer in the sink. He claims that someone bumped into him, though this has not been confirmed. But what we do know is that the water came out of the pot, into the sink, out of the sink, and onto my right foot. I screamed when I saw the water comming in my direction, and then I SCREAMED when it was on my foot taking my skin off. The head of the kitchen, Lary, quickly comes over and helps me get my shoe off, and I sit down, and we look at the damage. I was told it was a really really really bad second degree burn, since there was no black and no blood. But it was still a bad burn. Today, my foot is mostly recovered. I'm still not sure if I'l have much of a scar left, because it healed very nicely, yet I'd still like to have some evidence of the incident.

I think that's about all the major excitement. Sorry if this is kind of a whirlwind post, with a lot of text but not much content. But hey, it's better than no post at all, right?

I love you guys

~Emily

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:31:48 GMT

And then I had another celebration on my real birthday. That was fun. I will tell you about it sometime, but my computer is about to die, so now is not a good time.

Camp is good. I wish you were here.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:27:56 GMT

So we celebrated my birthday yesterday... and today.

Since my parents are relocating, our old table had been sold, and we were using the card table and fold up chairs. Eventually they found a K-Mart table they liked, and they got it. Of course, it has to be put together. So yesterday, my dad and I go at it. Around 2:00, we head off to see Pirates of the Carribian. Turns out the showtimes on Thursday are not the same as on Friday. So we went back home, and finished putting the chairs together. We go out for dinner, and then come home for pie and presents.

The first item is a harp pin. Very nice. 18K gold. Green stones, probably fake. But it's cool.
The second item is a Peterson Strobe Flip tunner. It's a really expensive tunner and is very good. I'm excited.
The third item is one of those outdoor decorative flags. It has a hummingbird on it. I like hummingbirds, but recently I've been cleaning my room, throwing away things I don't need. I'm not sure what to do with a flag. So that was... interesting.

Then we ate pie, and that was that.

Then this morning... I drag myself out of bed (which, by the way, currently consists of an airmattress because my bed was sold...) and as I walk toward the stairs to go down for food, I see my harp in the living room. That's normal, because that's where he's supposed to be, but this time he's wearing a nice thick heavy duty blue cover. I've been wanting and needing one of those for a long time, and now he's got one. It's very nice. And then later today we checked the paper and got the correct times for Pirates, and we went today and saw it.

The movie was good, though there was a lot going on, and it was kinda hard to follow everything, and remember who's double crossing who. But overall it wasn't bad.

I leave for camp in 5 days. Yippie!!

~Emily

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:01:00 GMT

People can write some of the most random things on a blog, and sound somewhat profound.

The flaw comes in when everyone assumes that person is profound all the time.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:37:35 GMT

Finals are over.

Women's Chamber Choir went on tour, and that is over.

I have two weeks left before I leave for camp.

I got new shoes today.

We're doing A Ceremony of Carols for Christmas. For those of you who don't know, it's a major work for Harp and choir. I get to be the harp. At least one of them, assuming we have multiple harpists who want to do it. I'm excited about it, and have started practicing one of the movements. It's going to be a lot of fun, and I am going to learn a lot.

I got a haircut today.

I'm sorta sorry about not updating here more often. But then again, only about three people read this, and I talk to you three people, so you already know what's going on in my life. So if there's a fourth person reading this, but I do not talk to you, let me know and I'll either update here, or actually talk to you, which is more exciting than a blog anyways.

I love you three!

~Emily

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Sun, 06 May 2007 23:32:29 GMT

Finals week is approaching!! After this week, I will have no more school until August. That's quite an exciting thought. The first two weeks of my break will be spent on Tour, while the next 3 are spent at home. Then it's off to camp until school begins for my final year. Wow, it's weird to think that I'll only be here for one more year.

I am really excited for camp. I'm excited to see how God will grow me while I work in the kitchen. A friend and I are going to begin memorizing Romans, so I'll be studying that over the summer, and probably studying some Literature and History so that I can hopefully test out if those classes when I come back. Not to mention attempting to practice a little. It's going to be a lot of fun.

Anyways, that's about what's been happening lately. Yesterday a group went to Hurricane Harbor, which is a part of Six Flags that has waterslides. It was really fun, but now I'm somewhat sore. But for hanging out with friends, it was worth it. I finished my Theory Final, and will turn it in tomorrow. I have a US Government Final on Monday, as well as a jury I am not prepared for. On Wednesday I have my NT2 Final, and on Thursday I have my World Music Final. Thursday night is also our Spring Concert, of which I am in 4 of the groups performing.

But on Tuesday... Ah, Tuesday. That day I get to go watch an Adventures in Odyssey recording session! I am super excited about it! If I remember, I'll update here and tell you how it went.

And I think that's it. I love you all.

~Aravis

Friday, April 13, 2007

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:07:08 GMT

At the Sam Rotman Piano Master Class, as he gives instruction to our beloved Paulie...

"You know, one of the violinists who was playing for Beethoven wrote on a tablet that the music was awkward, the positioning was just awkward. Beethoven said to him, 'You think I care about your instrument when I'm writting music for my God?' You see, the fingering may be awkward, the notes are awkward, you're awkward..."

Ah, so true...

Friday, April 06, 2007

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:34:31 GMT

Forest Lawn Concerts finished last night. For those of you who don't know, I had a major big part. In fact, a few weeks ago I was really stressing out because I didn't know my part very well. The words of Dr. Plew to me last night were quite accurate. "Two weeks ago I was thinking, hmm, I'm not sure how this is going to work." I told him I was thinking the very same thing. But due to his pushing me, I discovered that I CAN do it if I put my mind to it. Thank you to Dr. Plew who brought out my best so I could offer that to the Lord.

HE is RISEN!

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:40:32 GMT

He who seeks to pass this gate
A riddle first must solve
The answer that will seal his fate
Must all his wits involve

One thing with awesome strength is blessed
Yet quakes before the smallest pest

Stands so high yet sniffs the ground
Without so much as stooping down

Has no home or chair or bunk
Yet holds his bath inside a trunk

If your first guess ringeth true
Passage we will grant to you

But if in error you guess my friend
The door will bar, your journey end

BACON!!

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Just letting you know I'm still alive. Concerts are next week. I'm almost prepared. I have a presentation for World Music comming up. That still needs a good deal of work. Paragraph Summaries to do for NT2. Big Brother is leaving for Uganda on April 24th. Please, please pray for that. Parents are moving in not too long. Please pray for that too. My life is going through a lot of changes, and I am emotionally all over the place. I can see how God has been protecting me and doing what's best for me, even when I don't like it. I have become far more sensative to knowing when I'm wrong. I still won't admit it though.

Please pray that my heart will be soft and moldable. It WILL become the shape God wants to make it, but I'm afraid that I harden it so often He has to break it instead of simply letting it conform to His gentle pressure. There are a lot of things I know with my mind, but not so much with my heart. Ever since I was who knows how old, I have known that Jesus loves me. But now I am beginning to understand what that means, and what the implications of that are.

I have no idea where I'm going with that, probably because it's late and I'm tired. But please pray that I will continue to grow and have patience when God's not doing things my way or in my timing, because He knows best, even (and especially) when I don't understand.

I love you guys
~Emily

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:52:54 GMT

So, is it just me, or does it seem like the deeper relationships go, the more you're comfortable talking about things like... toilets... and... going potty?

Or do I just have a very strange group of friends?