Sunday, December 18, 2011

Someone Asked...

This was an impromptu interview carried out by a friend while we were waiting for a class. 

Q: Why do you like singing?
A: I guess I've tried a lot of different things in my life. Sports, art, languages and stuff like that and though I'm okay at those things I really feel like the only thing I've ever been remotely good at. I have sisters and they all have things that they are just plain amazing at and I envy them. Music, singing specifically, has been the only thing I feel like I've been blessed with to make me stand out. 

Q: Who is your hero?
A: Well, that depends. When I was little I didn't think anyone could be more awesome than Julie Andrews. I love her voice! But as I got older I came to realize that very few people in my life are worthy of the "hero" status. First, I'd have to say my parents. They are both tied for first place. If you were to look up the word "patient" in the dictionary you'd see a picture of my Dad. It would be the same if you were to look up "selfless", "hard-working" and, my personal favorite, "bald". My Mom would be pictured next to "talented", "caring" and "dedicated". They are constantly trying to make sure that all of her daughters, all six of us, are happy. We're all so different! We all dabble in everything and have our own personal strengths and weaknesses and my parents have been able to keep my family functional. 

Q: Do you have a favorite sister?
A: What? No! I think I get along with each sister a little bit differently but that's because we each have such...different personalities. I think I get along best with Lauren but I think that could be said about her by any one of us. She's just a little more versatile when it comes to adapting to personalities. 

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
A: Easy! Ireland. Preferably Galway, Ireland. I don't know if my sisters feel the same connection to our Irish heritage like I do but there has always been a... biological call, if you will, for me to that place. I think my parents think I'm a little nuts because I feel like that but I can't help it. The music, the cliffs, the simplistic beauty of the country-side and the richness of the culture are enough for me to want to visit for an extended period of time and then again and again. Sadly, I haven't made it there yet. I plan to go someday. 

Q: So you have some Irish heritage, does that mean you're a real redhead?
A: I'm a real redhead at heart!!! That's all that matters! In all honesty, I am naturally a strawberry dark-blondish color. So physically, no but my spirit is as feisty and redheaded as can be! :)

Q: What is your favorite color?
A: Purple.

Q: What is your favorite feature about yourself?
A: Um, I think I'd have to say my smile. I've always felt, and maybe I'm wrong, that it's my most genuine  feature. I like smiling too. I like it when I can't help but smile. 


Q:What do you want to do want to do with a Bachelor's Degree in Theater Education?
A: Is this a trick question? Um, I'd like to teach. High School. I love children and I think that they are extremely intelligent and can learn and understand so much more than we give them credit for. However, I know what theater did for me as an outlet when I was in high school. I'm grateful for the chances that I had to put on a character who was nothing like me because it taught me a lot about myself. There really isn't anyway to explain it, one has to experience it to really understand what it feels like. 

Q: If there is one thing from your past that you could undo what would it be?
A: I've been asked this before and I honestly don't think I did anything that I would take back. I would rather go back and do things that I didn't. Like, take more time to work on music theory and take voice lessons from someone who wouldn't compare me to other "fantastic vocalists". I would go back in time and appreciate more the beauty of all the different places that I lived. 

Q: Last one: What is your biggest fear?
A: That I will go through life unloved. That I won't find someone who loves me as much as I love them. Also, I fear that my family will somehow disown me and that nothing I do will be acceptable to them. Maybe it's an irrational fear but it's real. The other fear I have is of the dark. That's a long and funny story that I can tell you another time. 


So, there you go. Some really random facts about me. It was a fun little interview. It made me feel like I was a celebrity or something.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Little Tree

Once Upon A Time...
There was a little tree. 
It was a little tree with lacy boughs 
that were filled with grace and beauty. 
However, little tree was surrounded by big fluffy full grown Pines.
This little tree had dreams of becoming a big tree that would someday 
reside in someone's home as their Christmas tree.
All the other trees laughed and laughed at him.
There was no way a little tree like him could ever grow up
 to be a beautiful Christmas tree.
But the little tree was not discouraged.
Every time a family would pass him in the woods
he would stretch as tall as he could
and reach out as far as his boughs could go.
But no one ever picked him.
With every passing person, little tree would stretch and reach,
stretch again and reach again.
Sometimes he would even sway in the wind to show everyone that he could dance, just like the big Pines.
But sadly, little tree was left alone.
He watched as one by one, year after year
the Pines would be chosen and carried away to be decorated,
sung around, gazed at, and praised.
He so wished he could be big
because if he was big, he would be loved too!
One night, little tree looked up at the stars in the sky.
He found the brightest one he would see and wished.
"I wish for a family to find me and take me home! And, brightest star,
if you would, could they give me a name too? I would so very much love a name."
Then, closing his eyes he fell asleep.
The next day, little tree was woken up by the sound of sniffing.
A young puppy had found him and close behind were the pup's family.
He closed his eyes really tight and with as much hope as he could muster
asked for this family to take him home.
He opened his eyes.
There she was.
A redheaded girl was playing with the puppy
and little tree knew she would be the one to take him home.
So he stretched and reached and swayed
seeing that she was close by.
If only she would look up she would see him.
And then she did.
She praised his beautiful lacy boughs and stayed close by him until
the others came by.
He was so hopeful!
But the redheaded girl smiled and they all kept on walking.
Devastated, little tree, drooped his boughs and began to cry.
He looked up to the sky where the star had been the night before,
"Why? Why little star could I not just go with her?"
But then, much to little tree's astonishment
the redheaded girl came back!
Her smile was wide and she turned to the blond boy with her and said,
"This one. This one is my Christmas tree!"
Little tree could not believe it!
He was chopped down by the boy and then the redheaded girl picked him up.
"He is perfect, " she said with a smile. "Simply perfect."
That was the year that little tree was decorated,
sung around, gazed at and praised.
He was now a Christmas tree and his name was Phineus.

*This is my tree Phineus, he is simply perfect!*
Phineus, my Christmas Tree

Yes. He is wearing a bow tie. Why? Because bow ties are cool!