My Eventful First Week of School

Sooooooo.....this is my first week of school, and already a lot has happened. first, i managed to loose my roommate on the SECOND DAY of school. how sad is that? that's gotta be a record or something. what happened, was that they put me w/ a basketball person.....don't ask me why. music....and basketball?! so anyways, a new basketball girl showed up, so the lady in charge of our dorms as me if i would room w/ someone else so they could room together, and i said it was fine. i don't think she liked me very much anyways. my new roommate is much nicer, except that she does cuss quite a lot, but then again, everyone at college it does. :-/ so, last night Coach B (that's the lady in charge) made the basketball team carry all my belongings upstairs to my new room. hehehe. i'm just glad i didn't hafta carry the fridge. :-P

Anyways, the other thing that i think is TOTALLY FREAKIN' AWESOME is that the band is learning a version of Amazing Grace, and it has a BAGPIPE SOLO at the end! how SWEEEEEEEEEEET is that! i loooooooove bagpipes. obviously; i love Ireland. :D so Mr. Lowe, our director, said he's gonna look for a bagpiper. i hope the guy wears a kilt at the concert too. hehehe :-P so anyways, it my favorite song.

Thirdly, this afternoon was the meeting for Sigma Phi Omega, the music club. and i was voted for Secretary/Treasurer! purty nifty, huh? i basically handle the money (mwahahahahaha....just kidding) and take notes at all our meetings. it's pretty fun; i like it anyways.

Hmmmm....seems like there was something else...oh, yeah! my family and i are driving to Colorado tomorrow after i get out of class! yipee!!!! goin' to see Granny!!! :D i loooooooove road trips. so i'm very excited.

well, i guess that's pretty muchly it. oh , except that i met a girl at Unity, the official Enya forum, that lives inHouston! that's like....4 hours aways from where i live! we thought that was cool. anyways, that's it for now. sorry, i'm in a bit of a rush cuz i have a lot of homework (for our dictation paper, we had to borrow one of our teacher's cd's and write the notes that the person is singing....i chose her Sarah Brightman cd. hehehe). well, ttfn ta ta for now....

stephanie

Quiz Time (Just for you, Katherine)

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4 and write what it says.- ummmm....October 11 (Wednesday). lol the only book in here is my dayplanner. sorry. :-/

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch?- my purse.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?- hmmmmm, let me think...i THINK Star-Trek, but i can't remember cuz i don't have a tv at the dorm, so it's been a few days since i watched tv.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.- 5:20

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?- OMG!!! I got the EXACT time! how scary is that? i'm psychic!!! hehehe. it really is 5:20 right now! :D

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?-ppl typing AND talking very loud despite the fact that it's a LIBRARY!!! sheesh.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?- about and hour and a half again when i was walking from my dorm to the library.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?- Katherine's blog! that's why i'm doing this stupid quiz now. ;)

. What are you wearing?- my cool blue jeans with the sparkly design on it (hard to explain). and my "Looking for a Pot of Gold?" shirt i got for St. Patty's Day (it says "Get a Job!" on the back. hehehe).

10. Did you dream last night?- Yeah, you always dream, you just may not always remember it.

11. When did you last laugh?- a few minutes ago when i read Katherine's statement about the "US Gas" and the guy in the turban sitting out side. :D hahaha! now i'm laughing again!!!

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?-let's see: a pic of mountains, a US flag, a clock, a thermostat, and lots of papers about how to print your paper, and announcing that the comp. lab will shut down "15 minutes before closing time" and stuff like that.

13. Seen anything weird lately?- Yeah. at the Enya online forum, there's a subject about Mr. Moe the Chipmunk (a pet of the other members who is just as famous on the forum as Enya herself. lol). at this post, all the members make interesting pics of Mr. Moe doing weird stuff. one of my faves is a pic of a family of squirrels (distant relatives of his) who are Jedi Knights! it was sooooooo funny.

14. What do you think of this quiz?- it's pretty cool....better than most quizes you get all time in emails anyways.

15. What is the last film you saw?- I THINK it was Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest (for the 4th time...lol)

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?- I guess a car and a new house. oh! and a summer home in Ireland, next to Enya's castle, Manderley. :D

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.- ummmm....i hafta read Beolwulf in English Lit? lol i dunno!

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?- i dunno.

19. Do you like to dance?- yes! well, define "dance" lol. if u mean the type of dancing that most ppl do nowadays which i classify as a "mating ritual" then no. but i like waltzing, and line dancing, and i would like to learn to do the Irish Riverdance.

20. Comment to George Bush:- Howdy! lol i can't think of anything else to say, ok?!

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?- i haven't really decided baby names yet....lol but i'll say...............hmmmmmm.............Miriel! hehe. that's Elvish for "Sparkling Jewel." i think it's pretty. either that or Luthien Tinuviel-an Elf-Maiden who was supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the whole world, and fell in love with Beren, and mortal man, and hence was doomed to die. very sad, beautiful story. i can't remember what Luthien means, but Tinuviel means Nightingale, and it's the name that Beren gave to her.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?- hmmmmmmm either Beren (hehe), or Aragorn, or Frodo, or Samwise......hehehe. i don't know as many boy names. I do also like the name Dominic, William, Timothy, and Elijah.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?- I wouldn't MIND if i lived in Ireland. :-D but i also like where i am now.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gate?- like Katherine said: "Well done, good and faithful servant..."

25. 3 people that must do this quiz on THEIR blog:1. Jonathan 2. somebody 3. somebody else. lol Jonathan is the only other person besides Katherine whose blog i read (besides Steve Camp, but i hardly can see this on his blog. lol) ok, now that i'm LATE FOR SUPPER. ......thanks, KATHERINE!!!! I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY !!!!!!!!

Stephanie
p.s~i'm just givin' you a hard time Katherine.....;)

Back 2 School

Well, summer's almost out, and it back to school we go--and there was much rejoicing: yay.
lol anyways, i finished my summer course in speech a couple weeks ago, and i'm pleased to announce that i got my grades back FINALLY, and i made and 'A' in the class. of course, his class is a pretty easy 'A' anyways...if u show up and give your speeches, u basically got it. plus, we were supposed to do 3 speeches, 3 quizes, and a final test...and we did 2 speeches, 1 quiz, and the final...and the quiz and the final were exactly the same except for 5 extra questions at the end of the final. that's because all he did for the first 2 weeks was TALK and TALK about completely random things that had nothing to do w/ speech whatsoever. not that i minded, or anything, of course...lol ;) then, it took us 1 1/2 weeks to get thru all 12 of the 1st speeches, because he talks after each speech for like 1/2 an hour. lol so, i went in completely mortified, but came out fairly content. it wasn't near as bad as i had imagined. so, if you go to Hill College here in Texas, get Prof. J.P. Kyle (sp?) for public speaking. :D

so, i also finally got my room assignment a few days ago, and i'm only 2 doors down from my previous room. it's kinda sad...i had grown sort of attached to my room. but oh well, at least my new room is still on the back, which i really like. it's not inside like the rest of the dorms. I should be signing up for my classes pretty soon...i still need to go get a time card. and in the meantime i'm reorganizing my belongings. because being stored in baskets all summer meant that if i needed something, i hadda go dig it out. consequentially, the room the baskets were stored in is now a complete disaster, so i've been working on putting everything back in their baskets, etc. plus, for my birthday and Christmas of last year i got about 50 different body washes, soap, body spray, and lotion to go with me to my dorm....so i'm taking one of everything and leaving the rest here for my family to use. cuz since it's just me using the stuff, a whole bottle of body wash lasts me nearly a whole school year...lol.

Anyways, oh! i almost forgot: i found out that Celtic Woman is going to record a new performance in Ireland! i can't wait for the dvd. i hope it's the same performance i saw last month...that way my family can see it too! :D i'm also anxiously awaiting Enya's new single to hit the stores: Someone Said Goodbye. oh, speaking of Enya, 2 nights ago i watched King Arthur for the very first time. it wasn't all that great, but at the credits a lady started singing, and luckily we had the closed captions on, and it said "Moya Brennan." that's Enya's sister! *sqeals* i've always wanted to hear her. unfortunately, dad had the satelite programmed to record a football game that came on right after the movie...so it cut off 5 seconds into the song. i was ticked. but i'm better now.

well, i can't think of anything else right now, so TTFN, ta ta for now!! :D

Stephanie

Celtic Woman

ok, i've kinda busy, and i've been meaning to post for the last couple weeks about my celtic woman concert. sorry for the wait:

first, if you don't know who Celtic Woman is: it is a group of 5 Irish women who sing/play celtic music. they each had their own solo works already, and came together to form "Celtic Woman". There's: Lisa Kelley (who's about the only one with a "normal" name in American standards...lol). then there's Chloe Agnew, who started w/ this group at age 15. very pretty voice. her father, David Agnew, is also a well-known oboist. Probably my two favorites though are Meav ni Mhaolchatha who has a beautiful soprano voice. she can hit the high notes with such clarity, and seemingly no effort; and Orla Fallon, who has what i would call a "haunting" voice. i absolutely love all of her songs. Now my absolute favorite (for obvious reasons) is Mairead Nesbitt, the fiddlist. she is REALLY really good. i wish i could play Irish fiddle like that. maybe one day....lol. she's really very talented; she can dance all around the stage while playing at the same time. my violin teacher describes her in his Romanian accent as: "That blonde woman who swishes her hair all over the place..." lol

sooooo, July 25 was the the Celtic Woman concert at Nokia Theater, and it was AWESOME!!!!!! to put it simply. :-P i just loooooooved it! they played all the songs i hoped they would (mostly Siuil a Ruin [Orla], Si do Mhaimeo i [Meav], and the Butterfly [Mairead]) plus plenty of new ones i had never heard before. Their dresses were soooooooooooo pretty. My favorites were Lisa's (blue with a gold strip on the top and bottom) and Orla's (a really pretty green). I also really liked Meav's purply one too, though. Mairead was soooo cool! even more energetic than on the pbs show. really all of them were, actually. she had like her own dance routine for every song she played, and she would jump off this platform thing to the other part of the stage while playing, and she danced all over the stage. it was so much fun. you could tell she was really enjoying it too. for souvenirs i got their "souvenir programme" which talks about each of the performers and has a list of the songs they sang/played that night. i also bought a cool t-shirt (it's black and has their logo on it). i didn't buy any of their solo cd's cuz they're cheaper at wal-mart. yes, i know i'm cheap. so sue me! O:-) anyways, i didn't get home til nearly 1 am, and had to get up at 6:30 that morning for class, but it was DEFINITELY worth it. i am sooooo glad i got to go. thanks Uncle Ronnie for the tickets! :D

Here's the list of songs they performed:
~The Sky, The Dawn, The Sun *
~Caledonia (Lisa)*
~The Butterfly (Mairead-fiddle)
~Danny Boy (Meav)
~Someday (Chloe)
~Orinoco Flow (Enya's song! hehehe)
~Siuil A Run (Orla)
~Granuaile's Dance (Mairead)*
~The Blessing (Lisa)*
~Si Do Mhaimeo i (Meav)
~One World
~Vivaldi's Rain (Chloe)*
~Somewhere
~Mo Ghile Mear*
~Walking in the Air (Chloe)
~Harry's Game (Orla)
~She Moved Thru the Fair (Meav)
~Send Me a Song (Lisa)
~The Soft Goodbye
~Nella Fantasia (Chloe)
~At the Ceili*
~Ashoken Farewell/The Contradiction (Mairead)
~The Voice (Lisa)*
~Isle of Inisfree (Orla)
~Sing Out*
~You Raise Me Up
~Spanish Lady*

*-New Songs

Well, i guess that's a basic overview of the concert. i'll write again soon, but the concert already took up quite a bit of room....lol.

Stephanie