I wish I had taken pictures while we were caroling, especially with our friend Juan Pablo (who is 6 years old) as our conductor. But since we all forgot our cameras, I'll just tell you we looked kinda like this...
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 25, 2006
New Christmas Tradition
Heather and I started a new Christmas tradition this year that I enjoyed quite a bit. We went Christmas Caroling in our new neighborhood about a week before Christmas. It was a great way to meet the people that we see as we run out the door on our way to class or work. No one closed their doors, or threw any tomatoes at us, so I think overall the evening was a success!
I wish I had taken pictures while we were caroling, especially with our friend Juan Pablo (who is 6 years old) as our conductor. But since we all forgot our cameras, I'll just tell you we looked kinda like this...
Merry Christmas!
I wish I had taken pictures while we were caroling, especially with our friend Juan Pablo (who is 6 years old) as our conductor. But since we all forgot our cameras, I'll just tell you we looked kinda like this...
Merry Christmas!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Finals
So this is going to be me for the next two weeks as I try to get through finals...
This is why I have so much to do over the next two weeks...
pro-cras-ti-nate
�verb (used without object) 1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
�verb (used with object) 2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.
example: Claire is procrastinating by writing this blog entry. You may be tempted to procrastinate by reading and posting comments.
Stay tuned for some audiology related posts after finals are over. Possible topics:
Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Q-tips and Reasons Why I Love My New Earplugs!
This is why I have so much to do over the next two weeks...
pro-cras-ti-nate
�verb (used without object) 1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
�verb (used with object) 2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.
example: Claire is procrastinating by writing this blog entry. You may be tempted to procrastinate by reading and posting comments.
Stay tuned for some audiology related posts after finals are over. Possible topics:
Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Q-tips and Reasons Why I Love My New Earplugs!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Reasons Why in the Post-Season
Okay so the pictures are from the old stadium (courtesy of my brother) and the new banner isn't exactly what I wanted, but I have studying that I need to do, so here's my quick shout out to the Cards.
Reasons why I love this city...
1. Yadier Molina
2. Chris Carpenter
3. Jeff Suppan
4. Ronnie Belliard
5. Albert Puljols
Need I go on? GO CARDS!
Reasons why I love this city...
1. Yadier Molina
2. Chris Carpenter
3. Jeff Suppan
4. Ronnie Belliard
5. Albert Puljols
Need I go on? GO CARDS!
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Happy ROCKTOBER!
Well the Rocktober festivities are well under way, but here are my reasons why I love October so much, in no particular order:
Pumpkins, especially in the form of the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks
Playoffs, GO CARDS!!
Birthday Fun!
Some of my very favorite people have birthdays in October including my dad (see the picture above), Anne, one of my former St. Louis roomates, Lindsey (see the picture below) my college roomate, and my super cool roomate Heather who hasn't posted on her blog in forever, but we forgive her cause she's great.
Happy Rocktober everyone!! Oh, and don't forget to register to vote!
http://www.stlelections.com/
Pumpkins, especially in the form of the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks
Playoffs, GO CARDS!!
Birthday Fun!
Some of my very favorite people have birthdays in October including my dad (see the picture above), Anne, one of my former St. Louis roomates, Lindsey (see the picture below) my college roomate, and my super cool roomate Heather who hasn't posted on her blog in forever, but we forgive her cause she's great.
Happy Rocktober everyone!! Oh, and don't forget to register to vote!
http://www.stlelections.com/
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Lyrics
Well folks, I don't have much to write lately unless you're all just dying to know how sound propagates, or you just need to know how musician ear plugs differ from regular ear plugs (I'd be happy to tell you!) But I've been warned I may lose readers if I dwell too much on noise induced hearing loss and other such things.
So for now, I'll leave you with the lyrics that inspired my blog title. This is the song Reasons Why by Nickel Creek. You should really go listen to the song, at a reasonable volume of course.
You'll have to click on the picture below to see the lyrics 'cause I'm still working on this whole picture thing!
So for now, I'll leave you with the lyrics that inspired my blog title. This is the song Reasons Why by Nickel Creek. You should really go listen to the song, at a reasonable volume of course.
You'll have to click on the picture below to see the lyrics 'cause I'm still working on this whole picture thing!
Monday, September 11, 2006
Thoughts for the Week
Well this ended up being a rather strange post, including a mix of serious and not so serious things.
School...
Yikes...school has started, it's the second week and I'm behind already. So much for resolutions to have all my reading finished before class. I hope no teachers are reading this! Perhaps I should stop blogging and go write my abstracts.
Wine...
I just found my new favorite wine last night (which could also be a reason why schoolwork isn't getting finished). It's a Woodbridge Ranch Cabernet Sauvingnon.
Music...
This is probably old news if you're a Nickel Creek fan. If not, I feel it my duty to inform you:
Dearest Listener,
After seven years of extensive touring in support of three records (seventeen years as a band), we've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the years and we'd like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives.
Yours,
Nickel Creek
(Sean, Sara, and Chris)
What will I do without my favorite band? Can you still call them your favorite band if they're not together anymore? I've been listening to new mix CDs and Pandora internet radio in hopes to fill the void.
Today...
Well perhaps this should have gone first, but my thoughts have been on the events that happened in 2001 today. I usually think of the Alan Jackson song, "where were you when the world stopped turning, on that September day" I was walking across campus with a friend whose brother-in-law worked at the Pentagon, thankfully he was fine. I guess I'll always remember where I was. My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the events of September 11, especially those back in Maryland.
School...
Yikes...school has started, it's the second week and I'm behind already. So much for resolutions to have all my reading finished before class. I hope no teachers are reading this! Perhaps I should stop blogging and go write my abstracts.
Wine...
I just found my new favorite wine last night (which could also be a reason why schoolwork isn't getting finished). It's a Woodbridge Ranch Cabernet Sauvingnon.
Music...
This is probably old news if you're a Nickel Creek fan. If not, I feel it my duty to inform you:
Dearest Listener,
After seven years of extensive touring in support of three records (seventeen years as a band), we've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the years and we'd like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives.
Yours,
Nickel Creek
(Sean, Sara, and Chris)
What will I do without my favorite band? Can you still call them your favorite band if they're not together anymore? I've been listening to new mix CDs and Pandora internet radio in hopes to fill the void.
Today...
Well perhaps this should have gone first, but my thoughts have been on the events that happened in 2001 today. I usually think of the Alan Jackson song, "where were you when the world stopped turning, on that September day" I was walking across campus with a friend whose brother-in-law worked at the Pentagon, thankfully he was fine. I guess I'll always remember where I was. My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the events of September 11, especially those back in Maryland.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Reasons why I'm glad to be home...
1. I don't have to worry about my bed deflating in the middle of the night.
2. No more fast food!
3. Filling the gas tank once a week rather than 3 times a day
4. I know where the coffee is and how to use the coffee maker here.
5. I can drink Bud Light without getting weird looks.
This picture is courtesy of my brother who is an awesome photographer! We went to the Budweiser factory while he was in town last weekend.
2. No more fast food!
3. Filling the gas tank once a week rather than 3 times a day
4. I know where the coffee is and how to use the coffee maker here.
5. I can drink Bud Light without getting weird looks.
This picture is courtesy of my brother who is an awesome photographer! We went to the Budweiser factory while he was in town last weekend.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
There is no other stream
I heard this excerpt from C.S. Lewis' the Silver Chair on the radio the other day:
"Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion. "I am dying of thirst," said Jill. "Then drink," said the Lion. "May I--could I--would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill. The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience. The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic. "Will you promise not to--do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill. "I make no promise," said the Lion. Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer. "Do you eat girls?" she said. "I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say this as if it were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it. "I daren't come and drink," said Jill. "Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. "Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer. "I suppose I must go and look for another stream then." "There is no other stream," said the Lion.
There is no other stream? Seriously? Of course I know there is no other stream, but you wouldn't know it from my actions sometimes. When I heard this quote on the radio the other day I cried. Now, granted, I'm a crier. I cry at weddings, graduations, emails, Friends episodes, I am one of the reasons they invented water-proof mascara. But this wasn't one of those "aww...how sweet" cries. It also wasn't really a soul cleansing cry either. It was more the type of mourning crying that occurs when you realize you've been running after the wrong things, and how did you get this far away from the source of your life?
I realized that I'm just like Jill in this passage. I'm afraid that God is going to do something to me if I come nearer. I'm afraid that it will hurt. You know the passage about removing our hearts of stone and replacing them with hearts of flesh, well that just sounds a bit painful. In my head I know that His promises are good and that He is a good and loving Father. But right now there's a bit of a disconnect between my head and my heart. Does anyone have the Chronicles of Narnia books? Maybe I should read on and remember what happens with Jill (it's been since, oh 5th grade since I've read these books). In the end of this passage she does step nearer, she is thirsty and there is no other stream. Maybe that thirst will overwhelm her, and me as well.
"Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion. "I am dying of thirst," said Jill. "Then drink," said the Lion. "May I--could I--would you mind going away while I do?" said Jill. The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed at its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience. The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic. "Will you promise not to--do anything to me, if I do come?" said Jill. "I make no promise," said the Lion. Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer. "Do you eat girls?" she said. "I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms," said the Lion. It didn't say this as if it were boasting, nor as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it. "I daren't come and drink," said Jill. "Then you will die of thirst," said the Lion. "Oh dear!" said Jill, coming another step nearer. "I suppose I must go and look for another stream then." "There is no other stream," said the Lion.
There is no other stream? Seriously? Of course I know there is no other stream, but you wouldn't know it from my actions sometimes. When I heard this quote on the radio the other day I cried. Now, granted, I'm a crier. I cry at weddings, graduations, emails, Friends episodes, I am one of the reasons they invented water-proof mascara. But this wasn't one of those "aww...how sweet" cries. It also wasn't really a soul cleansing cry either. It was more the type of mourning crying that occurs when you realize you've been running after the wrong things, and how did you get this far away from the source of your life?
I realized that I'm just like Jill in this passage. I'm afraid that God is going to do something to me if I come nearer. I'm afraid that it will hurt. You know the passage about removing our hearts of stone and replacing them with hearts of flesh, well that just sounds a bit painful. In my head I know that His promises are good and that He is a good and loving Father. But right now there's a bit of a disconnect between my head and my heart. Does anyone have the Chronicles of Narnia books? Maybe I should read on and remember what happens with Jill (it's been since, oh 5th grade since I've read these books). In the end of this passage she does step nearer, she is thirsty and there is no other stream. Maybe that thirst will overwhelm her, and me as well.
Saturday, August 5, 2006
Tagged again, I've got to run faster!
1) What is a movie that changed the way you think and act? Or just got you thinking, if the first question is too intimidating.
I don't know if there is a movie that has affected me that much. We watched "Remember the Titans" several times during our training for teach for america and had a lot of good discussions with our team about that movie.
2) It's a late autumn evening and rainy and cold? What do you have for dinner/snack? What movie do you pop in the DVD player?
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version), or maybe Dirty Dancing (yes, really, it's one of my top five) for snack, probably decaf coffee and some form of chocolate.
3) You are off to wee Himalayan hamlet for a year, your laptop hard drive can hold one film. What will it be?
Pride and Prejudice. My old roomate and I used to just keep it in our VCR and watch it whenever we had free time while we were teaching. I just never get tired of it.
4) What movie made you laugh the hardest? What movie made you cry?
Laugh - Office Space! Dumb and Dumber, Napolean Dynamite, basically anything I've watched with my brother.
Cry - Steele Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, Return to Me, I'm sure I've cried at other movies, but those are the big ones.
5) Favorite actor (female, male)?
Female - Julia Roberts
Male - John Cusak
other than that I don't know cause I never remember names of actors and actresses.
6) What book or story would you like to see made into a film or what book do you love that could never be made into a film?
The Timetraveler's Wife! So Lloyd could go see it whenever he wants.
7) What is a movie that immediately after you watched it, you wish you hadn't?
Flirting with Disaster. Some kid at blockbuster recommended it, bad idea. That's two hours of my life I will never get back.
8) Do you read movie reviews? Before, after, never? Whose reviews do you find the best? Are you an analyzer?
Nope. Not at all.
9) What movie do you think is a must see, but that you can only recommend with caveats?
High Fidelity, okay so there's one sketchy scene that I can remember, but other than that it's just so great! Maybe this one could be the movie that "changed how I think and act"
10) What movie do you most wish to share with your friends?
Coupe de Ville with Patrich Dempsey. I can almost guarantee that no one reading this has seen it. But it's one of my favorites from high school. It's a good rainy day film.
Now tag at least 5 people.
I really think anyone who is reading this has already been tagged. But if not and you're reading this, you're it!
I don't know if there is a movie that has affected me that much. We watched "Remember the Titans" several times during our training for teach for america and had a lot of good discussions with our team about that movie.
2) It's a late autumn evening and rainy and cold? What do you have for dinner/snack? What movie do you pop in the DVD player?
Pride and Prejudice (BBC version), or maybe Dirty Dancing (yes, really, it's one of my top five) for snack, probably decaf coffee and some form of chocolate.
3) You are off to wee Himalayan hamlet for a year, your laptop hard drive can hold one film. What will it be?
Pride and Prejudice. My old roomate and I used to just keep it in our VCR and watch it whenever we had free time while we were teaching. I just never get tired of it.
4) What movie made you laugh the hardest? What movie made you cry?
Laugh - Office Space! Dumb and Dumber, Napolean Dynamite, basically anything I've watched with my brother.
Cry - Steele Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, Return to Me, I'm sure I've cried at other movies, but those are the big ones.
5) Favorite actor (female, male)?
Female - Julia Roberts
Male - John Cusak
other than that I don't know cause I never remember names of actors and actresses.
6) What book or story would you like to see made into a film or what book do you love that could never be made into a film?
The Timetraveler's Wife! So Lloyd could go see it whenever he wants.
7) What is a movie that immediately after you watched it, you wish you hadn't?
Flirting with Disaster. Some kid at blockbuster recommended it, bad idea. That's two hours of my life I will never get back.
8) Do you read movie reviews? Before, after, never? Whose reviews do you find the best? Are you an analyzer?
Nope. Not at all.
9) What movie do you think is a must see, but that you can only recommend with caveats?
High Fidelity, okay so there's one sketchy scene that I can remember, but other than that it's just so great! Maybe this one could be the movie that "changed how I think and act"
10) What movie do you most wish to share with your friends?
Coupe de Ville with Patrich Dempsey. I can almost guarantee that no one reading this has seen it. But it's one of my favorites from high school. It's a good rainy day film.
Now tag at least 5 people.
I really think anyone who is reading this has already been tagged. But if not and you're reading this, you're it!
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Book List
Well I was tagged by Heather for this "Nerd Tag" as I think Angela called it : ) I'm enjoying reading everyone's responses! I'm already compiling my list of books to read and movies to watch...you know, in 2008 when I finish with school.
1. One book that changed your life:
The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge.
2. One book that you�ve read more than once:
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (many many years ago, but I used to read it over and over again), Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I've also read "Goodnight Moon" and "Cars, Trucks and things that Go" more times than any adult ever should : )
3. One book you�d want on a desert island:
The Bible, I gotta agree with Laura, maybe I would read more of it :)
4. One book that made you laugh:
I really haven't read anything that made me crack up laughing in a while. Maybe I'll get some suggestions from other people's responses.
5. One book that made you cry:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover
6. One book that you wish had been written:
Cliffs Notes for my grad school textbooks.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Several of my college textbooks, and some of the new children's books that either don't make sense or are just plain weird.
8. One book you�re currently reading:
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
9. One book you�ve been meaning to read:
Desiring God by John Piper, technically I've started reading it, but that was about two years ago.
10. Now tag five people:
Angela
Lindsey Massoud
Lloyd
Jenny B.
Amy L.
1. One book that changed your life:
The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge.
2. One book that you�ve read more than once:
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (many many years ago, but I used to read it over and over again), Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I've also read "Goodnight Moon" and "Cars, Trucks and things that Go" more times than any adult ever should : )
3. One book you�d want on a desert island:
The Bible, I gotta agree with Laura, maybe I would read more of it :)
4. One book that made you laugh:
I really haven't read anything that made me crack up laughing in a while. Maybe I'll get some suggestions from other people's responses.
5. One book that made you cry:
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover
6. One book that you wish had been written:
Cliffs Notes for my grad school textbooks.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Several of my college textbooks, and some of the new children's books that either don't make sense or are just plain weird.
8. One book you�re currently reading:
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
9. One book you�ve been meaning to read:
Desiring God by John Piper, technically I've started reading it, but that was about two years ago.
10. Now tag five people:
Angela
Lindsey Massoud
Lloyd
Jenny B.
Amy L.
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Reasons Why I have a Blog...
Well I was recently informed by a doctor that it's poor blogging ettiquette to recommend someone else's blog if you don't have one yourself. Now granted her specialty isn't in etiquette, but I suppose she has some credibility just by having the letters M.D. at the end of her name! So that's my reason number 1 for starting a blog: I don't want to be known for my poor manners.
reason #2: Everyone else was doing it.
reason #3: It's supposed to be cooler than my space.
reason #4: So you can all be fascinated by the inner workings of my mind.
Stay tuned for more reasons why...
reason #2: Everyone else was doing it.
reason #3: It's supposed to be cooler than my space.
reason #4: So you can all be fascinated by the inner workings of my mind.
Stay tuned for more reasons why...
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