Turn off Your Mind

Holy cow! It has been almost a whole month since I blogged... I just haven't had any good ideas, and (sadly) I have been lazy. But! It is summer for me now, so no more excuses. Anyways. A few weeks ago I went to Ruby Valley to visit my aunt. Ruby Valley is a little countryside out in the middle of nowhere, and I can honestly say it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I went with my brother and sister. While I was there we went camping with my cousin. We left pretty early and had a couple of hours until dinner time. We decided to go hike up to a waterfall. But wait... The trail was over grown. And there were thick 7 foot tall bushes. With thorns. At one point I was stuck. I couldn't move and they had to come help me. It was also steep. But, knowing my family, we must continue! After about an hour and a half, I spoke up and told them I was done. I was worn out, and we had really only gone half a mile. And apparently, everyone was waiting for someone to say that, because everyone came back with me. And we tried a different route this time to avoid the bushes. What did we get? Rocks and boulders to climb down. Lots of these had drops that go past my waist. I have never been one to love heights, and when you have drops like that with thorny bushes, it's a perfectly good time to freak out. (Here is where the title fits in) While I was in that situation, I had to shut off my mind. I couldnt freak out. What good would that do me? I really had to tell myself that now is not the time to think about "what if I fell?" or anything like it. The reason I am talking about this, is because I realized that sometimes we over think. We may be in a troubled time, or angry, or offended, or anything. And we are irrational. I am guilty of irrationality. A few weeks ago, while I was in the chamber callbacks, I had another experience like this. I was with a bunch of people I didn't know, and honestly I was scared. But I couldnt be scared, because I would fail if I was, and I knew that for a fact. I had to tell myself to get over it and sing as if you know everyone here, and you sing together all the time. And I did. And I got in. You all know something you are guilty of with things that you should either get over, or something similar to what I said earlier. I want to challenge you for the following week, to find something where you need to shut off your mind. It will help you, and I encourage you to at least try.

This is Incredible

Today I was looking on facebook, and have "liked" DeafTV. They had a video up that I had started to watch but gave up. I just had stuff to do, and the title turned me away.
I decided to watch it, and thry the first half, I hated it. I wanted to turn it off, but it said to watch the whole thing. And I am glad I did.
http://www.deaftv.com/film/My-Son-is-Deaf-Finally/
I would highly encourage you to watch it. I love how he did this, and it deffinitaly makes you think.
Thank you!

The Ultimate Happy Song

So the other day I was on facebook, and I saw this color run thing... anyways long story short, I opened it and it played a video with this song;
(open it in another tab or page, and continue reading. Bear with me, and wait a minute if I ask you to.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9H7LEO_rk
So while I was watching that video, I had this weird feeling. I just felt good inside. And I wanted to get up and dance. (Which I did after a few listens) And then I realized... this song was a happy song.
(once you hear the "I'm on top of the world" part, continue reading.)
Don't you think that it is happy? I think that this song may be the ultimate happy song. Even if I feel like crap, I still get cheered up by the song.
I challenge you to listen to this song if you need a pick me up moment.
If you know any other awesome songs like this, let me know! Either leave a comment, or email me the link @ you.ask.me.123@gmail.com
One last thing, once the song is finished, go restart it and listen to it with out reading this.
Have an AWESOME day! (or night or whatever it is, where ever you are, when ever you are reading this!)

This is fun...

So I changed the background... personally I think it detracts from the actual blog... But its awesome anyways.
So I told you about the book, and I started writing in math. Don's ask why, just bear with me. So,  I got the first paragraph done, and then I realized; I need names! Which, sadly is the one of the hardest things with writing.
Any ideas?
And (Drum roll please) I made an email for you if you have question!
you.ask.me.123@gmail.com
I expect you to not be dumb with that.

Books

So I know I have mentioned writing on here before, but if you are new I will briefly explain. 

I find great joy in writing. I have attempted two different ones, but eventually gave up on them both. And I have been dying to write again, but have had no ideas. Anyways, moving on. 

So my brother is in town visiting. I got booted out of my room, and our extra room went to their kids. So, I am on the couch. Last night, I had a dream, and normally I just toss aside my dreams and forget about them, but I was thinking of this one while getting ready for school, and I realized I could use it for a story idea. Not the whole thing, but most of it. I say this because at the end I think the people turned into Smurfs or something. I will probably do a ton of writing this week because I will be driving to California for my choir tour! 

So the whole telling you about the couch thing probably had nothing to do with the dream, but I think it might have.  

Anyways, I will honestly try to blog more, but I have been busy. I am doing my best!

Have you ever... ?

Have you ever watched a movie, or read a book, and wished you were a certain character?

I do this a lot. I guess you could say I am an imaginative person. I day dream about the weirdest things, and this is one of them. Any time I love a movie or book, there is a character I always love. Something about them, makes me wish I was them.
I have been thinking about this a lot recently, and why I do it. And I think I figured it out.
I think it's because we see those characters, and see how well their life worked out. And here we are, living life slowly. Its not a 2 hour movie, and then we know how our life was. Life isn't a "fast read" and quite often, it isn't a "page turner".
I think the two reasons are that either I am unsettled with my own life and I don't know how it will turn out, or that they have something I want to have.
Anyways That is what has been on my mind. Hope you enjoy.

Lets Get Real.

So this morning I went into my bathroom, and what did I find on my mirror? A friendly little spider. Okay, maybe not so friendly. Very creepy actually.
So what was my reaction? You are probably guessing kill it. If you did, you are very wrong. I simply grabbed my things and re-located (hoping it would disapear and be gone for good). Then tonight I went into my bathroom...
And he was still there! But this time I actually looked at it. He was about the size of a quarter now. And his legs were super long and see through. He was super creepy. Now, I don't especially care for spiders, but I am far from loving them. My brother has like 50 tarantuals and I go and check them out every once in a while.. I think they are awesome. This one little guy just got to me. No joke.
ANYWAYS. I decided that since it hadn't moved in more than 12 hours it was going to have to be killed. I gave it space for that long, I wanted my bathroom back. But, it took me 30 minutes to actually do it. It was the most awful thing ever.
But, I did learn something about that spider. He must really love himself cause he was on the mirror for like 20 hours.