Sooooo. This blog still exists, no? So I'll just leave this here.
It's from the University of Utah's 2012 showcase. Yes, I'm blonde now. And I'm going to be a junior in the fall. Crazy. This summer I'm going to Garden Valley Idaho to the Starlight Mountain Theatre to play Elle Woods in Legally Blonde. Maybe I can get my friends to share something they've done lately.
I know it's been forever and a day since anyone has posted anything. And I've been falling behind in everything, all my blogs my vlogs, my journal, and even just posting photo albums on Facebook. That seems to be how my life works though. However today were going to break this cycle.
So today I want to talk about time. Today I'm laying in bed at Vermont and thinking about how excited I am to move down here in November and how happy I am. I'm here for mine and Eric's 2 year anniversary. We've been together for 2 full years which I think is amazing in the first place. This is the longest relationship I've ever been in and I'm loving every minuet of it.
I never thought I would be happy about moving to a slower paced place but honestly I love it. I love that time seems to run a little slower down here after living in a city for so long it's nice to stop and admire the slower pace and the simple life of having nothing to do all day, partly because there's nothing to do in the first place. I know Lucy and Kylee know what I'm talking about but it's all new to me. I'm scared to move terrified actually. I've never been away from home and not on my own for more then a week. But this is an experience that I think is going to do nothing but help me learn and grow. And the fact that Eric is out here is a definite plus. I'm looking at this as an opportunity for me to grow as a person as well as our relationship.
I think its going to be really hard going from a long distance relationship to basically living together, and I know it's going to be really bumpy for while. But I think if we can work through it then we really have something going for us.
Now for a little anniversary celebration I'll show you a few pics of Vermont. Well and me and Eric, I'll even be lame and make you want to vomit butterflies I'll post pictures in the sequence of when me and Eric have seen each other.
And we've got so much more to look forward to. In October were going to Disneyland for Halloween. I'm moving in November and were both moving back to Utah sometime between March and May. It's odd being in a relationship where I can literally count the days that we've physically seen each other it's so hard at times. But I know he's worth it and I wouldn't trade the time we've shared for anything.
Love and Peace
If you want to vomit even more, listen to this amazing song while you read this post.
Hey there! Remember me? Probably not, it's been a while. Let me explain.
I decided I wasn't going to post anything else till EVERYONE had posted at least once. Well, I figured that Leigh wasn't ever going to post (No offense, I still love you), but SHE DID! I know right?
Well, I must confess, I was caught off guard, and while I could record and post a video tonight, I'm quite sick. SO, I'm going to go a different route. I promise a video for next Wednesday, and today I'm going to write a little about my Freshman musical at the University of Utah.
This year I was privileged to be in the cast of Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World. I've been in a fair share of musicals before, but what made this experience so different for me was that I got my first real solo song.
For those of you familiar with Songs, we split the show up by songs, and double casted the show. I was part of the enormously talented Red Cast. On the nights of the Red Cast, I got to sing I'm not Afraid of Anything, and Stars and the Moon.
When familiarizing myself with the show, before auditions, these were the exact songs I wanted. They happen to be two of my favorite songs in the whole show, and I got them. I especially loved the story of Stars and the Moon. It's a lady telling her "love life" story, how she met two men that promised her happiness and love, passion and memories, stars and the moon. But she passed both of them by to find a rich man.
Well, I'm sure you know, I'm not thirty or forty. I'm not married, and I don't know exactly what it's like to have every material thing I could ever want and know that I'll never be happy. I'm not quite old enough to look back on my life with that much regret. But I can imagine it. I can use experiences in my life where I gave up something that made me truly happy, for something that I thought would be more "correct".
To help me with the process of getting into character, I made a slide show. I stole pictures from all over the internet (including some of the lovely Emily Phil's) and put them into a powerpoint project, one slide for the first two men, then more for the things the rich man promised the woman singing the song. Now, some of the pictures I put in were highly personal to me, and I will admit that I took some out, but it shouldn't hinder the slide show in anyway.
I turned it into a youtube video for your convenience, and here it is.
This is the watercolor painting I have been working on for the longest time and now it is finally done!
If you can tell, it's a picture of lips, if you can't see it maybe you should try standing far back. Hope everyone enjoys looking at it :)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
So, Once Upon a Time, Anita decided to dabble in songwriting. It started in 7th grade. Like, most 7th graders, I'm sure my writing abilities, weren't at their prime quite yet, but I did write a song, and I'm going to share it with you... So, don't mock, I was young. It's called Gotta Find. I hope you find some enjoyment, entertainment, or just anything really in this song.
Gotta Find, By (13 year old) Anita Phadnis. Verse 1
I'm walking down the street
It's half past 10
I don't know where I'm going
Don't know where I've been
There ain't no one on this road tonight
There ain't no one in my sight.
Pre Chorus
It's not to late for me,
To take a different turn
But right now since I'm here
I guess I'll have to learn
Things might not be the same
Unless I turn around
But since I'm here right now
I'm going to hold my ground.
Chorus
And I will fight and I will try
To hold my steady ground
And I will wait until the day
When I feel like I've found
What I've been looking for
This whole time.
Verse 2
I keep on moving foreward
There's no looking back
And I keep on wondering
What I lack
Don't know what the problem is with me
I'm not who I used to be.
Pre Chorus
It's not to late for me,
To take a different turn
But right now since I'm here
I guess I'll have to learn
Things might not be the same
Unless I turn around
But since I'm here right now
I'm going to hold my ground.
Chorus
And I will fight and I will try
To hold my steady ground
And I will wait until the day
When I feel like I've found
What I've been looking for
This whole time.
This last weekend I celebrated my 19th Birthday. I was born on a foggy night on January 22nd 1992 around 3:00 a.m. A new baby helpless and fresh to the world. Souly dependent on my parents to teach and nurture me and help me grow. Now here I am at almost 3:00 a.m. 19 years later curled up in a blanket listening to my favorite song and reviewing a year gone by in my life. A new chapter begins a time for more growth and changes, some are going to be hard, others may feel challenging now but will help in the long run like finding a job and going to school or even changing my sleep schedule. I'll meet new people and learn new things, read more books, find more things to cry about, change my hair, change it again, fall in love, learn to let go, spend more time with my wonderful friends, take naps, make mistakes, but always I'll be myself. I didn't do anything on my birthday as a matter fact I slept for most of it due to the fact that I was sick. When I woke up I found my house full of my brothers friends and laughed to myself. I didn't receive very much just a few things here and there but all where very appreciated. I didn't want anything for my birthday but I got everything I could ever want. The best gift I received this year was the chance to go see my dear friend Lady Lucy. Thinking back on it I don't remember a birthday in this house that Lucy wasn't apart of for one reason or another.
The day before my birthday I gathered up the most amazing women I can imagine and we all spent 4 hours in Clifford the big red van, i.e. the best car ever. The morning of I woke up to the sound of phone I had received a message from a talented and beautiful girl named Jamie. She was stuck at the U without a ride so I started my day off the way I wish I could everyday by going to see her. Later we gathered up the delicious Anita and the unfathomably wonderful Leigh. Then we swung around to the community college to gather my astoundingly gorgeous twin Sarah. From there we pressed one toward Ephraim with a stop in Provo to picked up the intelligent and incredible Morgan. Crammed in with some of my favorite people we ventured forth to the one stop light town that always fills my heart with so much joy. Up the stairs we fled and into the magnificent Kylee Berry's dorm where hugs and laughter and joy filled the space. We then crept down to the street to the home of some of the most amazing girls on the face of this planet. Due to a request I didn't tell Lucy that Leigh and Jamie where coming.
And this is her reaction shot. It was worth every penny I spent on gas and even though I felt incredibly sick and the drive was long. Seeing all of my friends like this was worth more then any gift anyone could ever give me.
Now I will stop blathering and show you a few more highlights from the journey. Mainly the tables that are in the library...because there flippen sweet.
I hope you have a magnificent weekend and I'll see you next week. Until then here is one more picture of one of my favorite gifts (Eric sent them...he spoils me ;)
and my favorite song at the moment, mainly because this music video is so cute you can't help but smile when you watch it.
It's Wednesday, and you know what that means! (Okay, so maybe you don't, but I'm about to tell you.) I'm going try to post every wednesday. So, today, I kind of needed a cop out. I won't be getting brand new stuff up for a little while, but is only from last spring. What? Stop looking at me like that... Anyway, I thought it would be fitting to post this dance, entitled Flood, in light of all the rain/snow what has befallen Salt Lake as of late. This was one of our competition dances from last season, performed at our concert in early June 2010. Fun fact, you can't really see it too much in the recording, but our hair is dripping wet. At competition, we actually had a spray bottle and pretty much left puddles backstage... well we got a gold on the scoring scale thing (if you know what that is/means). So here it is. Enjoy
PS you get bonus points if you can find me at the beginning and follow me the whole time.
