Yesterday was the first day of school. 8 am class rolls around and I'm pretty out of it. I'm just happy I'm there on time. After all of the student designers introduce themselves (I'm the last one) and what show they are working on, a girl next to me turns and says, "Did you do sound for Kristy Kadish's mask club?" And, quite taken aback that anyone would know I did that, especially with my "new" last name (I just changed it at school after 2 1/2 years of marriage...), not to mention that it was a year ago, I said, "Yes!" And she said, "Oh! It was really good!" I thanked her, then the teacher started talking.
I worked REALLY hard on that mask club. I spent hours on end listening to music, cutting music, editing tracks, meeting with the director and cast to figure out what worked best- poor Alex listened to a whole lot of violin music while I was on it. I was extremely proud of the work that I had done. I got a big thank you, multiple times, from the director, a pretty perfect grade on it, and a few compliments from my friends and family that came to see it. But... when you work as hard as I worked on anything, there is a big part of you that wants recognition, right? Or is that just me? I wanted people to gush over how brilliant and inspired the sound design was. Well, that didn't really happen to the extent that I wanted it to. However, a year later, a girl remembering my name enough to tell me that she liked my work was so amazing! It lifted my spirits and got me in school mode just in time to dig deep into my design for Stage Door.
Thank you, random other student designer, thank you!!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wisdom from Dumbledore
While watching Harry Potter tonight with my dad, I thought about how perfectly this dang movie is cast! Everyone is perfect. I LOVE the first Harry Potter. It's so magical and new, I just can't get enough of it. And I love John Williams. Could anyone have made a more perfect score for such a magical movie? I don't think so. The themes are perfection. Also, I am reminded of the wisdom of Albus Dumbledore. The books have many more tidbits, of course, but here are some that I love.
"It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live."
I think we sometimes get so caught up in the future, or dwelling on the past that we forget right now. We forget to be here, right now, wherever we are. We forget to be grateful for all that we have right now. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband. He is more wonderful than anything I could have dreamed up for myself. I am grateful for my family, who constantly support us, and never make us feel stupid when we have to borrow money and are always willing to help us out with errands, puppy sitting, or whatever may come up. My parents are extremely generous to us in every way. And I'm grateful for my little puppy, who brings me such peace and happiness every day with just a wag of her tail, or when she jumps on my lap and curls up, letting me know that she loves me. I'm grateful for old friends and new, who constantly help me to be brave and open and teach me how to be better.
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."
I've been learning lately that it is extremely important to stand up for what you know is right. I need to be a good example to myself and never be afraid to stand up when there is a problem. It's kind of hard to be the best we can be, and follow everything that the prophets say, but it is important. The Church is true. It's easy to get caught up in the small things, or very large problems and obstacles. But it's true. It's worth it. It's easy to become lax, to fall away little by little. Don't let it happen. We need to be humble enough to see the faults in ourselves without getting offended or prideful. It's hard to change. But it's even harder to be unhappy day after day. Do what is right- God will protect you.
"It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live."
I think we sometimes get so caught up in the future, or dwelling on the past that we forget right now. We forget to be here, right now, wherever we are. We forget to be grateful for all that we have right now. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband. He is more wonderful than anything I could have dreamed up for myself. I am grateful for my family, who constantly support us, and never make us feel stupid when we have to borrow money and are always willing to help us out with errands, puppy sitting, or whatever may come up. My parents are extremely generous to us in every way. And I'm grateful for my little puppy, who brings me such peace and happiness every day with just a wag of her tail, or when she jumps on my lap and curls up, letting me know that she loves me. I'm grateful for old friends and new, who constantly help me to be brave and open and teach me how to be better.
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."
I've been learning lately that it is extremely important to stand up for what you know is right. I need to be a good example to myself and never be afraid to stand up when there is a problem. It's kind of hard to be the best we can be, and follow everything that the prophets say, but it is important. The Church is true. It's easy to get caught up in the small things, or very large problems and obstacles. But it's true. It's worth it. It's easy to become lax, to fall away little by little. Don't let it happen. We need to be humble enough to see the faults in ourselves without getting offended or prideful. It's hard to change. But it's even harder to be unhappy day after day. Do what is right- God will protect you.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Different tastes
I was in Stained Glass today and one of my classmates started telling us about how she was watching Lord of the Rings for the first time with her husband. We were all amazed that she hadn't seen it before, and I remarked at the number of extremely good-looking men in the films. I said my favorite was Faramir.
Quite good looking. But everyone questioned my decision. Granted, I swoon when Orlando comes on the screen, and I want to make out with Aragorn pretty much through the entire trilogy. (However, I don't really find Viggo that attractive outside of LOTR. That long hair works for him.) Whenever Faramir appears, however, I am just happy! It's odd, but he is my choice.
LOST. Again, a plethora of men that are ruggedly handsome. My favorite? After having great love for Jack and Sawyer, (and it is very possible that Jin is the most handsome Asian ever) I fell in love with Desmond.
It's possibly his amazingly attractive accent that Alex just happens to do extremely well. Perhaps it is his devotion to Penny. Whenever he was in an episode, I was quite happy with LOST (after thoroughly establishing that he wasn't creepy). "Brotha," he is good looking!
And Gilmore Girls. I loved Dean more than Jess, until the "incident," of course. But when it came to Logan, I hated him. I was in love with Marty, and I couldn't understand why Rory wasn't, too.
It doesn't hurt that he played Fabrizio in Light in the Piazza, either. So dang dreamy.
Oddly, they all look like Alex in a way. It would seem that I think big noses are attractive, as my husband seems to think his nose is rather large. I also think that Shawn from Psych is totally cute, but my mom says he has a big nose. Suits me just fine!
Quite good looking. But everyone questioned my decision. Granted, I swoon when Orlando comes on the screen, and I want to make out with Aragorn pretty much through the entire trilogy. (However, I don't really find Viggo that attractive outside of LOTR. That long hair works for him.) Whenever Faramir appears, however, I am just happy! It's odd, but he is my choice.
LOST. Again, a plethora of men that are ruggedly handsome. My favorite? After having great love for Jack and Sawyer, (and it is very possible that Jin is the most handsome Asian ever) I fell in love with Desmond.
It's possibly his amazingly attractive accent that Alex just happens to do extremely well. Perhaps it is his devotion to Penny. Whenever he was in an episode, I was quite happy with LOST (after thoroughly establishing that he wasn't creepy). "Brotha," he is good looking!
And Gilmore Girls. I loved Dean more than Jess, until the "incident," of course. But when it came to Logan, I hated him. I was in love with Marty, and I couldn't understand why Rory wasn't, too.
It doesn't hurt that he played Fabrizio in Light in the Piazza, either. So dang dreamy.
Oddly, they all look like Alex in a way. It would seem that I think big noses are attractive, as my husband seems to think his nose is rather large. I also think that Shawn from Psych is totally cute, but my mom says he has a big nose. Suits me just fine!
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