E2

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.

Click!

No Freakin Way!

SpOtLiGhTs

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.

Enjoy! See you next week. :)

Jamison <3

Finished at Last!

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 :) 

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.

Yeah I gotta find
What I've been looking for.

<3
Peaceout!
Nishii

19

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.



And with that I bid you all adieu.

Flood(ing)

~ Spotlights ~ Jamie ~ Dance ~

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.

Hint - I'm the one in black...

Title?

 

Well this is the first blog that I have ever done so I will start with my background, and let you know where my artistic ability came from. I can describe my dad's side of the family in two words Latino and artistic (sorry to say that my mom's side isn't very artistic, but they do have other good skills). The Latino part I will save for some other time. With the artistic part starting with my grandpa Arturo Rivera Martinez, who pasted away about a month ago, had an amazing voice and was well known for it. If his family wasn't his first priority he would have been singing in the opera. His brother was also a great accordionist and I was told that they have appearted on tv and performed.

 My dad Raymundo Arturo Martinez ( I am only mentioning their full names because they sound cool) also has an amazing voice. My uncle Samuel Castulo Martinez plays the guitar, and they have also performed together many times. A lot of my cousins play one or more instruments very well, and/or are very good artists. So as you can tell I am surrounded with amazing creativity and I only hope to become as good as them.

Life In High Contrast

. Emily . 19 . Photographer .

I'm here mainly to talk about my experiences with art, life, and the real world
and all the drama that comes in between that.

I'm really good at: Laughing, Coloring in the lines, Sleeping, Falling up stairs, Building pillow forts, Snuggling, Fumbling with my words, Playing pretend, Procrastinating, Listening, Working with glitter, Running into walls, Being there in melt downs, Having a positive outlook, Being creative, and Loving.

I'm here because of my passions for:
Photography, Music, Weddings, Make up, Theater, Fashion, Nail Design, and well...art in general :)

I have another blog that I'm running right now
http://nota-throughstreet.blogspot.com/
which I highly recommend you to go check out if you want to see more of me and my work but I will try and just post smaller segments and other things here as well as just keeping you up to date on me and things in my life.

Please never be afraid to ask me questions or give requests, just shoot a comment my way lets talk I'm hoping that way I can judge where to go with my posts.
But I am so excited to be doing this and I think it's going to be a blast.
So lets plunge in I'm ready and I can't wait to share.

"You're majoring in what?"

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By Jamison

"So, what's your major?"

"Musical Theatre."

"Oh... So what are you going to do with that?"

As forward as it sounds, this is an actual conversation I had with my Institute teacher. And I know you "can't" believe it, but I get that kind of reaction a lot. I've always wondered why Arts majors get that kind of reaction. Think about it. You've probably got a painting somewhere in your house. You've probably seen a play or musical in your life. You might dream of having that super cute dress of those really cool jeans. You might listen to the radio or have an ipod. You might have even read a book or seen a movie lately. And yet, I still get the look of utter confusion. Sure, I have my "back-up plan", and plan to double major in Psychology, but isn't that just as risky? I love to perform. Don't they always say, "Do what you love"? I've never been told, "Do what you love, but only if it makes you lots of money."

But anyways...

I'm Jamie, or Jamison on Blogger. I actually picked up Jamison from my dance instructor, and it just stuck.

Things I might blog about

• Singing
• Dancing
• Acting
• Writing
• Guitar

You'll probably get more videos out of me than pictures, but I like to take nature shots, so I might post a few of those. Also, I love to do collaborations, so expect to see some guest "artists" in my blogs.

Things I WILL NOT blog about

• llamas
• LA Lakers (Boo)
• Twilight (double Boo)

Things I'll try not to blog about

• Harry Potter
• Glee
• Mini Coopers

But no promises.

So, that's about it. I'm a freshman in college. I'm excited to be doing this blog. I love Darren Criss. That's about all you need to know for now. So stay tuned, and enjoy.

❥ Jamison

Mannequins

Hey everyone! I'm Anita. Though you will come to know my accomplishments,and other posts through the name Nishii. I'm 18 years old, and I adore the arts!        Me personally, I'm more into Hair, Makeup, and Designing. I have my cosmetology lisence and am currently studying at the University of Utah for my Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree with a Major in Theater Design, and an emphasis in Wigs, Make up, and Costume design. One of my biggest dreams is to be a world renouned high fashion designer.I also am quite interested in Photography, and would love to perhaps someday earn a degree in that department as well. Another thing I do currently is dance, though it certainly isn't my forte. I sincerely hope that you find some inspiration my thoughts and ideas that I will post from here on out. Feel free to comment, question, or even just awknowelege anything you find worthy of note. Here's to a great year, and a wonderful future!

~<3~Nishii~<3~