Akeelah and the Bee

I watched this movie with my mom a few days ago. I loved it more than...most other movies. I don't think I've ever been so worked up about a spelling Bee before, not even my own! But on of my favorite quotes was in the movie:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
-Maryanne Williamson

When I get a chance I'm going to have that framed and put in my room.

It reminded me of Girls Camp, because while we were thinking about themes, we wanted something to go with Virtue, (for those of you who don't know, Virtue is the newest Young Woman Value, and its color is gold) and I thought of Proverbs 31:10, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies", and from there we decided the theme of GC this year will be "Far Above Rubies". It's ward camp, so we are doing ALL the planning. It's camping. [Camping is intense and in-tents]BUT don't tell my sister! It's her first year of camp, and my last year, so I have to carefully keep her out of the loop for EVERYTHING!
Also, March 26-28 my high school orchestra is competing in the National Heritage Festival in L.A., at Fullerton College(I think). If anyone will be around that weekend and would like to hear us play, I believe it will be on Saturday that we actually perform. You are ALL invited. OR, sometime before that we are having our Showcase, so you can hear us perform our Festival pieces and others in our stash of music, right here at home. More details to come!

Hmm...

I was talking to my English teacher recently about which 12th grade English course she would recommend me to, and she was automatically set on me taking AP English Literature. She always gives me high marks on my essays and says she loves to read what I have to say. The following is what I DON'T show her:


You know when you've just kind of hit an...emotional slump? Like you have plenty of reason to be perfectly happy, but you just can't seem to perk up?...yeah. With the exception of school, I was kind of like that all weekend. I don't know why. Maybe it's because another Single's Awareness Day is coming up, or my brother is leaving for the Border Patrol academy soon, or just nothing. And I've had my iPod on shuffle just randomly going through songs, and it seems like it's playing all of the ones that fit my mood, meaning they are slower and not always the most cheerful. Oh well.
I DID say with the exception of school, right? RIGHT!??!?! CAUSE AT SCHOOL I WAS A SPAZZ!!! I was sitting there, bouncing off the walls. It was FUN! And I was conducting in Orchestra and was like bouncing-bouncy-bouncy-boing boing boing ladee dah WHOA got off track...But yeah and we were playing this HORRIFICALLY slow song and the violins kept telling ME to SLOW DOWN (Even though I was conducting so they should have been following me regardless)(speaking of which, ~zimcod7 where WERE you!) and Mr. Wall just sat there and laughed as I bickered with the viola's regarding whether or not they were allowed to ask me a question. It went something like this:
Mark: KT KT KT CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION??????!?
Me: NO YOU CANNOT! YOU JUST DID!!!!
Mark: but wait I need to ask you something!
Me: NOPE You LOST your privilege when you asked me a question without asking!
Mark: But but but....KTKTKTKTKTKTKTKTKT *waves hand frantically*...
Me: WHAT!!!
Mark: I can't remember, what was I gonna ask you?!
Sean: KTKTKTKTKTKTKTKTKT...HI.
Me: SEAN I DID NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SPEAK!!!!
Sean: But but but
Me: FAIL!
Mark: Hey KT! HI!
Maria: *to the whole class* HEY GUYS SHUT UP!
Someone: No Why don't YOU shut up?!
Me: We have GOT to be the nicest class EVER!
Maria: Hey guys, Shut up PLEASE!
Me:Thank you Maria. Ok, ready? GO!

I loved the Doritos commercial yesterday. The one that was like:
Hey look I've got a REAL crystal ball!
No way.
Yeah huh. Watch. Mr. Crystal ball,will we get free doritos today?
*Throws Crystal Ball at doritos vending machine*
*glass front of vending machine breaks, exposing Doritos*
Sweet we do!
Also, My boss talked to the crazy lady (the one that chewed me out last week) today, and after he was done he just walks over to me a bit:
"She's a wild one isn't she?" says he.
"Well...she's not the...most understanding person I've ever met" says I.
Boss gives me this face like, "Now that's an understatement if I ever heard one"

I ate the deep fried Oreos today at EZ Take-Out Burger today. I HIGHLY recommend them. Jared compared them to a funnel cake. I've never had it, but he IS the culinary genius, so I'll trust him with that comparison.

A Lashing

"'Welcome to the Real World' she said to me, condescendingly, 'take a seat'".
No Such Thing by John Mayer.
Humans make mistakes. This is a truth widely accepted. I make mistakes. This is a truth widely known.
Yesterday at work we were trying to call around to fill up some empty appointments for today's schedule. My Coworker suggested I try a woman scheduled for next week, so I did. I called and offered her either the 2:30 or the 3:30, and she said 'oh that's good'. [me]"ok, so 2:30 is ok? Great, see you then". [her]'ok.So today 2:30 rolls around and we're wondering where she is. She strolls in a 3:30 for her appointment, a spot I had already placed a different patient...
I apologized whole heartedly and admitted my mistake, but that doesn't always work in the professional world. This woman was UPSET. I kind of just sat there nest to my coworker for a good 15 minutes trying to work something out with her, but she was just so MAD! She finally leaves after re-making her original appointment.
10 minutes later, she calls and asks to speak to my boss. I apologetically tell her I'm sorry, he is with a patient and can't come to the phone.
'That's fine' she says 'put me on hold. I'll wait.'
So I go tell my boss the situation, and he gives me this 'you're kidding' look and tells me he is not going to sit there and take the heat for the front desks' mistake. So my supervisor gets on the phone with her and somehow magically gets the woman to accept that the Doctor will call her back later.
Nevertheless, I wanted to go home and curl up in a ball and cry. I mean, I know I've made mistakes in the office before, but I can count them on one hand...
My supervisor called me after I left to remind how grateful they were that I helped out as much as I did and that I don't have to schedule anymore if I don't want to...
But I think It'll be ok. One indecent won't crush me...I just never want to see that woman again...

Hmm...

Inauguration Day. Yummy.
I have decided to take it upon myself to be as respectful as possible towards the new leader of our country. He won by majority rule, which is the fairest method on Earth today that I can think of, with the exception of the calling of the President of the Church. Actually, I didn't even know today was the inauguration until around 9 o'clock last night, and then I had work this morning so I didn't watch it.
My emotion towards the new President is more curious than anything. I'm not about to go burn effigies along with our friends in the middle east, nor am I going to put his framed picture in my bedroom. I am just curious to see what his plans are, how many of them will actually be carried out and other things. WILL he really bring our country down, or will he surprise the other 48% and raise us up? We'll just have to see. After all, if he does well, no harm done. If he does poorly, hopefully he'll be removed from office quickly enough before major damage is done. But I will admit, I was one of those who have been praying that he is moved by the Hand of God just as our previous successful Presidents have been.
One interesting tidbit that could be related:
When Thomas Jefferson was running for President against John Adams and eventually won, the Government shifted from being dominated by Democratic Republicans to Federalists, and did so in an essentially peaceful manner. It was considered Jefferson's Revolution because the power shifted peacefully, without the threatened civil war and with John Adams' head still on his shoulders. (It was a much debated topic:What happens to Ex-Presidents? A popular choice was to behead them, but luckily some people had more sense and figured they should just disappear peacefully into forgotten-land.)
So, once again, the power has been shifted peacefully, with both President Bush and President Obama still living, as expected.
Now is the time for us to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show, for no matter what happens, it is sure to be one.