Don't wake me.

I miss you, Ben.

Ben

Ben wasn't an old friend, but we had gotten close so it felt like we had been friends for much longer than it's really been.
Ben was..."pretty much amazing". Especially lately. I've been struggling with a bunch of stuff, and Ben was there, all the way, ready to listen, ready to give advice, with encouragement and sympathy and offers to pray. I definitely would not have been able to get through this time as smoothly (which, not that it was exactly smooth, but it definitely would've been a lot worse without him...) if I hadn't had Ben there to calm me down, listen to me, talk to me, and make me laugh.

Cuz, yup, Ben made me laugh like crazy. And not everyone can. A bit of a tease, but he never pushed me too far. Somehow, even if I started to get annoyed, he'd make me end up laughing and just calling him a dork.

Thanks for being my best friend, Ben.

Music...

This evening I tried filling out a tag on Facebook...the purpose of the tag was to list my favorite 15 vocalists. I didn't realize how hard that would be until I tried it...and skimming through my itunes to try and refresh my mind as to who I actually love to listen to, I noticed...the majority of my music is soundtracks/instrumentals. Maybe it's a good thing I'm branching into country music. ;) I may acquire some new favorite singers through it! :P

What exactly do I have on my ipod at the moment? (Note: these are only examples of what I have...this is not even HALF of what I have...)

Soundtracks GALORE. Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Bruce Rowland, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Dodd...

Instrumentals (mainly pianists!): Yiruma, Ludovico Einaudi, Five Browns, Ahn Trio, William Joseph, E.S.Posthumus, Joshua Bell, Jon Schmidt...

Musicals: Oklahoma!, Mary Poppins, Beauty & the Beast, Little Women, The Secret Garden, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, Wicked...

Christian: Britt Nicole, Bethany Dillon, TobyMac, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, BarlowGirl, Krystal Meyers, Chris Tomlin, Michelle Tumes, Meredith Andrews, Mark Schultz...

And just the whole assortment of other genres: Michael Buble, Lady Antebellum, Red, Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence, Daughtry, Love & Theft, NickelCreek, Hayley Westenra, Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, CelticWoman, Celtic Thunder, Straight No Chaser, Nat King Cole, Rascal Flatts, Owl City, UntilJune, Kristen Chenoweth, Beyonce, Boyce Avenue, Glee, Three Doors Down, OneRepublic, Nickelback...

Just a taste of what I listen to. What do you listen to? Who do you like? What genres do you prefer?

King of Anything...

I hate to break it to you babe, but I’m not drowning
There’s no one here to save

Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be?
Who died and made you king of anything

My Day...

My day included: making sugar cookies, drinking an ENORMOUS mug-full of tea, practicing piano, letting my hair curl instead of straightening it, being wacky with a bestie, reading my handbook, and smellin' daffodils. *heart*

What did you do today?

1000 Gifts

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2006/11/gift-list-thousand-things/

10. The music of Ludovico Einaudi...soothes the aches inside.

11. Books...MY books, in particular. The old, dear friends that they are...and the memories that cling to them.

12. Hot chocolate with fluff on top.

13. Listening to the Man of my life talk to me. Awesome one-on-one time.

14. My awesome, soon-to-be-sister-in-law.

15. Learning to dance with my younger bro & our friend.

16. Girls' night with my two like-sissies and real-sister

17. True comfort from the Man of my life.

The Kid In Me

Okay, so maybe it's dorky...but I will not squelch the kid in me!
I admit it...with no reluctance, I might add, that I LOOOVE my friends at work.
I give them all names...yup, yup.

Frankie, Tex, Arnold, & Gabe....they are awesome.

Arnold

Frankie & Tex