Straight Up, Paula Abdul

I dislike people who audition for American Idol who are not good singers, or really trying.

(and no I did not audition)....

Split Screen Sadness, John Mayer

A little bit ago, I attended a concert with the headliner known as John Mayer. While I am a listener of his music, I do not consider myself a fan. I pretty much went to just experience his music, and to listen to Colbie Cailliat, who I love!

We started at the concert and by the end we were a ruckus Chaos that people enjoyed!
Some friends and I invited our moms, because we thought they would be fun. We also invited our other friends ( but they are more family!), Nebula choreographer, And the impeccable Sandy Amphitheatre assistants!

All in all we had fun, and maybe a little too much. We danced and shouted and rejoiced of each others company. If these pictures do not show it, you have issues!

Bridge Over Trouble Water, Aretha Franklin

Tonight two of my favorite things combined; Rain and Biking.

I love feeling the rain sting your face as you pedal complimentary to the pitter patter of the rain against the ground. I love lifting up my legs to avoid the gutter splash that rises up from the un-used rain.

Tonight I also had a friend bike in the rain, and she loved it. (Maybe it was just biking in the outdoors and not in a Costco Aisle).

S.O.S., Rihanna

First and foremost SOS stands for SONG OF SUMMER!

This is by far one of my favorite songs ever, and I have debated when I should post it, but All I am going to say is I love to dance. Please watch the following videos:

From my Music Video Shoot because I am so happy (thanks to my filming friend who is always the best at filming ideas, and laughing at my awkwardness) :




From the concert on Monday night (Song: I Want You Back covered by the Colbie Caillat):

Come On Over, Jessica Simpson

Since Ms. Simpson is merging into the country market, I figure I would venture into a rough spot, and that just happens to be my rough feet.

I discovered The PedEgg one late night on HSN and decided that it might possibly work, and since Summer was coming I wanted fresh feet. Sometime later I was looking at Target's Informercial section and saw that it was $9.99. After the impulse purchase I tried it out, and was amazed. It not only gets out those gross white spots on your feet, but also removes the dirt that tends to cling to your feet.

I highly reccomend it!

Let Go, Vanessa Hudgens

Lately I have been thinking about a lot of the baggage we carry. Some of it needs to be carried till we can drop it off at the desired point IE School Projects, Work, Deadlines etc. This often brings stress and then is soon relieved with a breath of fresh air.

But there is other baggage that we often hold in our hands, and never let go. These are often expectations we feel we do not meet, mistakes, grudges, and other negative aspects from what we call life. I am learning that we need to ask for help (whether it's from Jesus Christ, or from family/friends), and then open our hands and let the suitcase fall to the curb and keep walking to our destination because it's arrival is "on time!"

All Your Attention, Daniel Bedingfield

Yesterday I attended the event of a lifetime, Another Parade. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was quite impressive. I took some photos of some of my favorite entries:

Why is this a float, and why are you telling us you are ugly? There were several "floats" that passed out health nutrients as well as beauty supplements flyers. The picture below was for hair extensions. I laughed. A lot.

Our Next Entry was the SLCC Marching Band. I really had no idea that they had one. It just goes to show that they really are trying to compete with other High Schools in the Area.... What? SLCC is a college? Oh gotcha... retraction of earlier statement. (I did attend SLCC and they provide a great education at little cost which is something I miss.)

Everyone loves a Christian entry, and I was pretty proud that a Church had a float. I was more impressed with the RV. It made me want to go camping, which usually never happens. Also if you look closely the passenger has a megaphone that was yelling various Christian phrases at us. It had me a little scared. Also important to note is that they were playing 80's Christian music, which sounds... not so good.

The last entry was the most refreshing. Perhaps it is because my friend was passing out Otter-Pop like items. Their float by Jordan Credit Union was a good entry, with ample energy!

The Thing About Love, Alicia Keys

I have to say good karma and hard work came in very handy yesterday.

All week while I am work, I have been trying to win Alicia Keys tickets, because let's face it.... paying $75-$100 for a singular artist in concert is not worth it, unless it is someone incredible aka Celine and a select few others.

Anywho yesterday was a somewhat blah day, one in which I did not feel sad or happy. I was just sitting on the emotional fence. Well as I was listening the DJ made the announcement to be caller 10 to win tickets. I picked up my cell phone and dialed. Busy. I called again. Busy. The third time I called it started ringing. My first thought was that I would be caller 11, the person after the free tickets.

The next thing I know is, "107.9 The Mix." I then ask if I was caller 10, and sure enough I was! I proceeded to *quietly scream* and question the DJ about my winning, all the while my co-workers laughed.

Lesson Learned: When you focus on something you really want and work hard to get it, Karma and blessings from above pour out so that you receive your desire (if it's good).

Music of the Sun, Rihanna

Summer has a vibe and feeling associated to it. I tend to think of it as comfy, cool and relaxed. I love flip flops, shorts, and the summer sun shining as you are outside. It has a rhythm that takes you to good times, and creates the beat which flares up the summer heat.

I love to drench my body in the sun, as I read a "beach novel," or look around at the crowd in my sunglasses while I jive to music.

I just love summer and am somewhat sad that it is more than halfway over.

Put 'em Up, 3LW

Okay so I refuse to call them 3LW, because let's face it They are the Cheetah Girls.

CHEEEEETAAAHHLICIOUS!


Back in Middle School, when I wasn't carrying around someone's backpack, I was eating lunch with my good friend. Once while we were snacking on our pizza (or whatever she brought in her McDonald's Metal Lunchbox that was too cool), there were some girls screaming behind us. I look back and the next thing I know is that I am being pushed by a crowd, as two girls begin to fight. They continued pulling each other's sweaters and screaming expletives, all the while throwing punches, until an administrator came and broke up the fight.

After I started shaking and could not calm down. This was my first fight that I had seen, and I had been less than 4 feet from it. To this day I can remember what the fighters looked like. To this day I still hate fights and violence but I have learned to deal with it.

If you have to fight to prove your position, then you need to reconsider your issues, because first impressions never lie. Please talk out your problems and do not yell, because only haters yell.

So peacefully protest!

Closer, Neyo

There are very few compostitions that when all the sounds come together it forms the perfect song. Lately there have been two songs that have gotten it right.... And they both happen to be used on SYTYCD.


First is Lady Gaga: An up and coming artist from the underground clubs of New York. Her song is infectious, and is the SOS (Song of Summer).



Second is Neyo's Closer. I love the rhythm, lyrics, and the feeling of singing it when I am racing along the highway singing at the top of my lungs! (Side Note this dance was incredible! Watch for the Shooting arrow into the heart).

Don't Be Stupid, Shania Twain

I love to listen to my Itunes on shuffle, because very rarely can I listen to a whole album by a single artist. Lately I have discovered that my Itunes has issues, and maybe yours does as well:

Itunes has a tendency to always play Shania Twain. Now this might not be odd if I had every album, but I only have the greatest hits on my computer. Maybe it is because she is one the artists that almost everyone knows or loves and so Itunes feels like it is a safe choice.... Because really who cannot sing a Shania Twain Song!

So To Itunes I say, "Thank you for being my random jukebox, but please watch what you play because Playing Shania, Don't Impress Me Much."

What Song/Artist is your Itunes Favorite?

She Works Hard For the Money, Young Divas

I love this show, and this is the first part of their Summer Webisodes (which came out yesterday)!

PS It's only 2 minutes long for those of you who hate long Youtube Videos!

Can't B Good, Janet Jackson

I have noticed a recent music industry trend that I deem annoying:

Instead of releasing a Parental Advisory, and Clean Edit of a song or CD, the music industry has decided that they are going to be on both sides of the fence! Let me illustrate.

In Rihanna's single "Disturbia" she sings:

Faded pictures on the wall

It's like they talkin' to me

Disconnectin' your call

Your phone don't even ring I

gotta get out

Or figure this s**** out

It's too close for comfort

Creatively I feel they wasted their energy by putting a simple expletive in the song, not to mention that, the particular expletive used, cannot be edited because it is too short and always sounds like it.

Really if you are going to write some music, make it expletive free. Also do not release versions of your songs on your album that pretty much say the word, and call it clean.

7 Things, Miley Cyrus

So I decided to make a list of 7 Things that I loved about the 4th of July!



1) I made an awesome breakfast that morning. It was Kneaders French Toast, which is delectable!

2) I attended the Murray Parade with Friends and Family. My favorite Parade entry was the Giant inflatable Frosty, or the Barack Float... Barack + Your vote = Greater Tomorrow!

3) The BYU Suite at a local hotel.... Filled with Paraphenalia, and the Beast's Blue Bottle! We ate incredible salads, burgers, and bundt cake!

4) Reminder of what America stands for, and those keeping us safe.

5) Good Friends.... who act like crazy Wildcats!

6) Miley Cyrus... Stadium of Fire.

7) Celine Dion songs to fireworks.... I get kinda emotional...


But Thankfully I had the 16 year old Hannah's to cheer me up!

Renaissance, Mat Kearney

I remember talking about the Renaissance in elementary school, and remember thinking, "How did people live?" Reason being is that the teacher made it sound like people were always dealing with a plague, trash and human waste in the street, a wicked queen or king, artists poisoned by lead, and a hunchback in the tower. OH and they had Scurvy too, because they didn't eat oranges, just raw meat they they spiced up, thanks to the Orient.

Currently I think we are in another renaissance... the Green Renaissance. People are thinking of what the future brings, creating works of art by recycling, thinking of saving energy in new ways, and there is a new culture involved with it as well. My question is who is ruling over us? My thought is Al Gore, because he can come across as being mean and extemporaneously sly.

Now who is the Hunchback? Post your witty Answer in the comments

Beyond the Sea, Duncan Sheik

Okay so tonights posts are a few rants/thoughts:

• I am really diggin the teenybop CD by Vanessa Hudgens. Yes a 24 year old can jam out because Music is Timeless.

• Like a fellow blogger, I have joined the Britney Challenge, which means I can only listen to Britney Spears Albums while driving. Each week there is a different CD, and this week it starts with her very first one, Baby One More Time. There are several songs on this CD that I never remembered were on this CD. IE "Sometimes"- I always thought this was a song released as an import, and never having an American Release.

Today at work I discovered 2 things

• Kool-Aid points were the thing to collect in my childhood. At one point I actually sent in and received a Frisbee and Kool-Aid Man figurine. I remembered today that I had quite a few points left in a box from when a Companion and I drank as much Kool-Aid as we could so that we could receive something cool from our points. We never did, and we never will! It was announced that the kool-aid point program was to be discontinued April 2007. Don't believe me? Take a look at a recent packet! So in honor of the drink, I am bringing it into work tomorrow.

• I have always loved McDonald Land cookies, but sadly they are gone as well for "baked goods." I really enjoyed eating them at my own table at my mom's work. I would sit there and color in the break room with my mom keeping an eye on my nearby. Interesting note- There was a guy named Joe who would always come talk to me, and sometimes buy me snacks from the vending machine. A few years later I found out he withdrew his bank accounts, and left his family and wandered into the desert. Weird I know, because there is no relation to the cookies and Joe.