Songs 'n Such

I feel like a slacker.  Kellie has posted three times since I last posted.  And it's not like I've been extremely busy or anything, it's just that Percy Jackson seems to call for my constant attention.  I've been going to Seussical choreography rehearsals this week, as well as vacation Bible school at a neighboring church.  Happily busy, with still enough time to read and blog and play piano.  Seussical is crazy fun already, and we haven't even gotten to singing rehearsals and blocking yet.  I'll have to see if my mom can video a rehearsal sometime so I can post it and torment you guys trying to figure out which ones are me AND my youngest sister! (But I will tell you....eventually ;)

And now, for some of that untouchable, beautiful, magical stuff we call music.
First, "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North, which I've been listening to quite a bit lately:

And now, a really cool Ingrid Michaelson video:

And finally, one of my favorite Regina Spektor songs:

DBF OUT!
(Don't you wish there was a music note key on laptops?)

Caroline shopped a spree

Kohl's+Rue 21+T.J. Max = Three new shirts + a pair of shoes on the way+my wallet's weight loss program getting a bit out of hand.  You guys know how it is.  And I love how we share our shopping experiences.  Kohl's has got this new kiosk that lets you scan an item that they don't have in store in your size or color and order it online.  It's pretty sweet.  I went to Rue 21 for the first time in my life and found that tons of their stuff is just my style and the prices are decent also.  I gots a new favorite.

And then I went to Cold Stone and got some birthday cake remix ice cream and lived happily ever after. The End.

As I snack on a blue bowl of blueberries

The berries are coming in.  Just another reason I love summer.  The blueberries are first, but now the red raspberries are sparsely dotting their leafy bushes.  And this morning I picked and ate one of the black raspberries, but it wasn't quite ready, so my tongue told me.  The red raspberries are the best though. I could eat them instead of candy.

We recently rented The Sorcerer's Apprentice and August Rush.  The former was fast-paced and funny, the latter captivated me.  I remember Kellie posting about August Rush once, saying how good it was, so now I've finally come around to it.  I loved it.  The music was awe-inspiring, and left me thirsty for more.  And I must admit, Kellie, Freddie is pretty adorable. ;)

As far as my educational life goes, I am preparing to take the ACT tomorrow at 8:00 in the moaning, er, morning.  So all week I've been taking practice tests, studying test-taking strategies, and trying to remember how functions and factoring works and what the heck sine and cosine mean.  And I've been getting practice at writing an essay about some random topic that I don't care about in 30 minutes.  But I'm feeling pretty confident, nonetheless.  I'll just be glad to finally do it.

As far as my artistic life goes, I'm learning to play "The Call" on the piano, I've got an idea for my next song, and I've painted another watercolor and collage.

The daisies are real, I picked and pressed them myself.  I'm thinking about calling this one "Innocence."

This is just a random weird one I decided to paint.  It was inspired by a dream.  Oh, and speaking of dreams, I had a dream a few weeks ago that Kellie was at my house and we had an epic, I've-been-wanting-to-meet-you-forever hug.  But I kept wondering where Meg was...

DBF Out!