learning ballet

Seriously one of the most precious videos I have ever seen. Not to mention the fact that I looked like this when I was little and was probably the least talented ballet dancer in my class.



Thanks Joanna at A Cup of Jo for posting this video! So cute.

This little girl is a prime example of never giving up. Perseverance my dear, perseverance. 

xox

inspired video

Although I am still processing the events of this past weekend (The Love Out Loud Show), I wanted to share a video with you.

This video was made by Aubrea who did new media for the campaign, including our other video, designing the entire web page, etc.

I just wanted to share. I hope you are as inspired by it as I was. It brought me to tears.

you're my tiny ball of light

I watched the Oscars with my roommates and sister last night. Mainly for the fashion and to see who won best actor/actress and best picture... but this gem of a video was a definite added bonus.

In fact, it was the best part of the entire show (especially because, even though he is super attractive, James Franco stumbled a lot and didn't do a great job announcing... Anne Hathaway was great though).

Watch it.
Enjoy it.

a dream fulfilled

A few weeks ago I tried to call my little sister but she couldn't take my call... why? Because she was watching a flash mob. One of the things I have been wanting to experience forever.

Well, lucky for me, yesterday, as I was sitting in our University Union plaza, I got the opportunity to experience my very own flash mob!! A group of students put it together and it started promptly at 11:18 a.m.

Take a look:

Unfortunately, as you can tell by looking at the people lining the perimeter of the plaza, a lot of people knew that it was going to be happening. Some day I will experience one that is not anticipated and completely shocking to bystanders - like this one in Antwerp. Still, pretty cool. 

Not to mention that it fulfills number 18 on my 101 in 1001 list.

Yay!

lovely video

Aubrea, the girl who works on web design and new media for the Love Out Loud Campaign put together this amazing video. There are wonderful people who volunteered to be in the video and it turned out so great.



Gosh, the girls I work with are so freaking talented!!! Don't you think?

Oh yeah, and I'm going to Munich and Prague for Spring Break. 

No big deal.

<3

intermission

I think that, a while ago, I mentioned that I am trying to take a class just for fun each quarter until I graduate. Last quarter I took Beekeeping, next quarter I hope to take a photography class (either digital or black and white), and this quarter I am taking a class that is all about The Beatles.

Although I find the group fascinating, I won't bore you with all of my Beatles knowledge and why I think they are such funny lads ;)

Instead, I will just leave you with this little video clip from their movie Help! which I happen to be watching at this very moment as part of the lab portion of my class. This clip is literally the most random thing ever. Although you don't get the full effect of the video without watching the rest of the movie, I'm sure you can appreciate that this portion of the movie is completely unrelated to anything else that goes on in the movie.



This is just one example of how weird these men were (and still are).

I'm a sucker for the Beatles. Always have been, always will be.

new favorite

Tilt shift is one of my  new favorite photo/video editing styles. I only have Photoshop Elements, not the actual software so I don't have the ability to apply the effect to my own photos (or the money to buy the rest of the software), but I think it looks really cool.

For those of you who don't know, the short definition of tilt shift is an effect that you can apply to your photos that makes it look like a model. Weird, but cool :)

Here is a cool video of it (at the Happiest Place on Earth):

could have been love

This video was posted on A Cup Of Jo today and I just couldn't help but share it as well.



Wasn't that cute? and oh so true?
I totally do that! (I know, I'm pathetic).

Love.

LOVE it

Today I studied all day. Well, actually, I had a group meeting from 9-11, then went to the library and worked on another group meeting from 11:30-3:30, cleaned the house (which looks and smells FANTASTIC thanks to me and my lovely roomies), and then went back to studying.

Somewhere in there I found the time to take a break and watch the most recent episode of Glee and I loved it! Of course, I am a sucker for the song "Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing - one of my all time favorite movies (come to think of it, I'm adding that to my Christmas List).

Here is the Glee version, they did a fantastic job. Enjoy!

And I would include the Dirty Dancing one... but YouTube doesn't have any videos that let me embed the video, so you will have to just go watch it yourself.

I hope you have a wonderful night!

P.S. Looking forward to popcorn and Love Actually with Hannah and Caroline tomorrow night!

something to make you smile

I'm watching this movie with Stephanie right now (I bought it at Target this past week for $5, how could I resist?)

I hope you enjoy this scene and it makes you smile, it's one of my all time favorites.

going by boat

I saw this video when I was browsing through A Cup of Joe today. It made me laugh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.




-Is that fair trade?
-Well, they're organic.
-Is that what I asked you?!

take a look

Remember this from when you were little? I loved this show! (and I love books)



Kara and I were talking about books tonight and it made me really want to go read. Too bad I am about ready to pass out from exhaustion. If I hadn't been light headed from lack of sleep for the past 3 days I would be writing about it right now.

Anyway, good night. Enjoy the song. Sleep well (I hope I will... chances are my head will hit the pillow and I will be unable to wake up tomorrow morning).

uncomfortably laughable

Okay, so I've always thought Snuggies were absolutely hilarious/ridiculous. Not to mention that they have Snuggies for dogs (I tried to convince my mom to get one for our dog so that he could match my step dad in the one my sister got him for Christmas... she didn't go for it). Every single time I watch a Snuggie commercial I get uncomfortable because it is so awkward... this time, however, I was beyond uncomfortable. I was laughing, out loud, by myself, because it was so awkward.

Check it out and laugh for yourself ;)

P.S. The version of the Snuggie that is advertised on airplanes in SkyMall is called a "Slanket". I think I like that name better.

And just for good measure, another commercial that makes me too uncomfortable for words:

3rd grade restraining order

So, for the past week or so, every time I got to a specific radio station as I'm driving, the same exact Eminem song comes on. You know, the Eminem and Rihanna song "Love The Way You Lie."

Anyway, today I stumbled across this video on Perez. I thought it was funny so I figured I'd share it with everybody :)

more

Okay, so by now (if you read my blog) you have seen me post the flash mob from Central Station in Antwerp, Belgium That is still my favorite flash mob, but today I stumbled across these new ones.

They are the same songs, but in different countries. One is in Seattle, Washington and the other is in Rome, Italy. Not only are they flash mobs, but they are GLEE flash mobs - two things I am lightweight obsessed with.

The Rome one is my favorite out of the two because it is in Rome (which I love), it is at Christmas time (which is one of the most beautiful times of the year in Rome - the only time I've ever even been there... but the decorations are BEAUTIFUL and magical), and it involves Italians (which, many of you know, are my weakness).

Enjoy!

ROME:


SEATTLE:

did you know?

The information in this video is crazy! I've heard a few of these things before, but seriously, watch the video... it is mind blowing



(discovered at Own It)

blog

I woke up this morning at 8:15. If you ask me, that is way too early for somebody who technically doesn't have to wake up at all today because she doesn't have anything to do, at all (oh, except watch Pretty Little Liars later tonight). Of course I woke up, checked e-mail (and Facebook.. and Blogger) and totally willed myself to get out of bed and do something (like eat breakfast, or read a book, or something)... but I didn't. This always happens to me, I have time so I go on Blogger and end up clicking on new links, videos, other blogs, etc. Then, before you know it, I've spent three hours finding new things and getting excited about new blogs.

Anyway, since I've spent the past 3 hours going through random people's blogs (and as many of them have stated, I suppose that counts as "stalking" but in reality, I really just like seeing the cool things they come up with like photos, videos, links, etc. I actually normally skip over the long things that they write about themselves... and now I suddenly realize, if I was an outsider reading this blog, I'd totally skip over this post!) I figured I'd share with you some of the things that I have come across this morning. (Also, because I missed "Wonderful Wednesday" [what's new] I thought I would kinda combine this post and the one I should have, and could have, but didn't write on Wednesday because I was just too lazy.)

1. I found this cool article about making your own journals at this blog... They have since stopped blogging, but I was flipping through the old posts and they have some pretty cool videos and stuff. Check it out!

2. Indexed. Okay, so I don't understand everything that she writes on the index cards, but a lot of them are pretty funny. Some of my favorites:

3. Huggies Jean Diapers

Comment on the YouTube video: 144 people must have accidentally pressed thumbs down
I don't even know what to say about this new Huggies product and marketing campaign... I laugh at it and feel uncomfortable all at the same time

4. The Sketchbook Project .. umm... AMAZING!! I'm debating about ordering one and submitting it... you should too!

5. Bread

6. The British Virgin Islands (I was on vacation there all last week. More on this later.)

7. You Are Beautiful

8. My mom and I rented The Secret Life of Bees and Pride & Prejudice so we can watch them this weekend

9. That commercial with the injured dogs just came on TV... the one that has Sarah McLachlan - Arms of an Angel song... it makes my heart hurt

10. A new store at the mall: Windsor I got this dress there the other day and I am really excited to go shopping there again soon. I love so many of the dresses they have (and other clothes) and they aren't even that expensive!! yay

Okay so that was kind of a list of random, but whatever.

Oh, one final thought, my hair is growing out and it is making me really happy. The layers aren't so choppy anymore (I just want it tapered at the bottom), and I even woke up this morning and my hair looked PERFECT. How does that even happen?!

Lost... but wanting to be found

Okay, so Sunday night was the series finale of Lost. I have to say, I am/was addicted to the show. However, I fully blame HANNAH for that addiction because she is the one who encouraged me to watch 4 seasons of Lost within two months (or less) our freshman year of college. Ever since then, I've been hooked.

I have to say, I was kind of disappointed with the way that the show ended. They said all my questions would be answered... they weren't. My head is still exploding with questions!! Plus, after watching the video below, new questions arise that I either didn't even think to ask, or forgot about until someone else brought them up again.

I like reading all the interpretations of the ending... but it would be nice to get some actual answers from the writers/producers of the show.

They can start by answering all of these....

Kay, thanks.

(and thank you to Christine for showing me the video)

wonderful wednesday

Today is Wednesday which means it is the day that I have devoted to being thankful about this wonderful world that we live in. It is also the day that I have the least class this quarter (which is mainly why I chose it as my "wonderful" day). I know I missed last Wednesday (I suck) but here are ten things that I think are wonderful today...

1. Pretty wine bottle labels (I know, I'm on a wine kick lately... I can't help it! Christine and I are obsessed)

2. Free t-shirts - I've gotten THREE free t-shirts this week! It has been super exciting. One was from the university's daily newspaper, one was from the storage unit place we will be using this summer to store all our furniture, and one is for tomorrow's public relations day on campus.

This is the design that is on our PR day shirts for tomorrow!!

3. Crayons (preferably a brand new box of crayons, but carved ones work too)

I took this picture about 4 years ago while I was sill in high school. I printed it in the high school's dark room. I miss black and white photography (I have a feeling I'd be a lot better now!).

4. Flash Mobs!!! (I know I've posted this video before, but watching it always makes me smile)

5. Digiorno pizza (Christine and I had it for dinner tonight)
6. Having somebody wash/cut/play with my hair
7. Salad, what can I say, I'm addicted (you know, the kind with all the good stuff on it... like lettuce, olives, cheese, corn, sunflower seeds, bacon bits, and some sort of vinaigrette dressing... you know, the not so healthy - health food type of salad)
8. Tax refunds (which I need to deposit in my bank account)
9. Drinks with girl friends

Four wonderful friends sharing a Cactus Cooler

10. My class schedule for the fall (aka, only class on Mondays and Wednesdays... nothing on any other day of the week, that means four day weekends every single weekend!!)

Love!

sucker

I'm a sucker for romance. I love romantic songs, romantic movies, romantic books, stories, fairy-tales, and TV shows. No matter how many times I see
The Notebook (I couldn't find a YouTube video that would let me embed the actual rain scene, but here is the MTV video awards which makes my heart skip a beat, too)

The Wedding Date

certain scenes of Grey's Anatomy

Love Actually (which I just watched with Michael today)

and so many others, I can't help but feel elated that somehow, somewhere, love like that is waiting to happen.

So naturally, when I went to see a movie with Hannah and Caroline a few months ago and the trailer for Letters to Juliet came on, I was moved. I even had TEARS in my eyes!! It was amazing. We all promised each other we would go to see it when it came out in theaters. Well, it just came out so yesterday we went to go see it. It was definitely a good movie, although I didn't cry the way I did when I first saw the trailer.


Apart from the guy, Christopher Egan, being amazingly good looking (and kind of resembling a combination of Heath Ledger and Matt Damon), the story was really cute.

Also, it made me want to take a trip to Verona, Italy. Did you know that the Secretaries of Juliet are REAL?! They respond to EVERY SINGLE LETTER that is left at the wall at Juliet's house (at least, they respond to all the ones with addresses). They give advice on behalf of juliet. It is so cute! I'd LOVE to have that job because I would love to read all those letters! How amazing! (My only advice to the Juliet Club would be to get someone to design a better website for them... the one they have is harshly lacking in romance.)

And before you tell me that Romeo and Juliet was not a true story, that is not what matters and you are missing the whole point. The whole love letter thing is about destiny, desire, longing, and feeling like someone out there is looking out for you and that everything will be okay. I think it's extremely romantic and I love it.

Wow... I'm such a sucker for romance...