If I could only find an apartment like this for grad school.

cleansing.

I have been doing a lot of thinking, researching, reading, etc. lately on healthy living. I have always been fairly health-aware and have generally put my best effort into living a health-conscious life. However, the more I read and think and research, the less healthy I realize that I am being. I think that the common person has a HUGE misunderstanding of what "healthy" really is. People think that drinking slimfast, eating special K and drinking plenty of milk and juice is a "healthy" way to live. In all actuality, none of these things are really fulfilling to the body (unless it is fresh juice without all the crap and sugar added to it).

On a daily basis, I eat a breakfast of greek yogurt and a glass of either juice and/or hot tea (generally caffeinated). My lunch is genearlly a bocca burger on a multi-grain bun with either a salad or some kind of carbohydrate (depending on what I have available: chips, cracker, fruit, etc.). So far, this is a fairly healthy daily intake. However, in my mind, I generally justify an extremely unhealthy dinner because the rest of the day I have eaten well. This isn't the way it should be.

Starting today, I am going to make an extreme effort to eat a healthy, well-balanced, meat-free diet full of LOTS of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and GOOD proteins (not meat proteins). I am going to do my best to give up my obsession with diet mt. dew and diet coke and drink only tea and water (and occasionally some coffee perhaps.)

If you are reading this and thinking, "Wow, what DO I put into my body everyday?", maybe you should try this! Or at least do some reading and research. You would be so very surprised at the disgusting things we consume that we don't even realize. Give up the greasy fast food and coca colas and eat some fresh fruits, vegies, whole grains and fresh juice!

My 3 acceptances.

Whom shall I choose?

Some of my favorite folk music.

Who: Willie Nelson
Suggested Album: Red Headed Stranger
How it makes me feel: American

Who: Patty Griffin
Suggested Album(s): Living with Ghosts and Impossible Dreams
How it makes me feel: like a real woman

Who: Nick Drake
Suggested Album(s): Bryter Layer and Pink Moon
How it makes me feel: at peace with the world

Who: Phil Ochs
Suggested Album(s): All the news that's fit to sing and I ain't marching anymore
How it makes me feel: like I want to change the world

things I desparately need right now.

MY SISTER. (who will be here Thursday- eeeee!)

the Be Good Tanya's (band)

A bath.

For my May vacation to the FL. Keys to come much faster.

wedding music.

I am singing in 2 weddings as of right now this summer. I recently purchased a wedding music book for my own use. Any of you singer types, this is a good one to own.

more bunny pics.

new edition.

Me and matt (bf) decided to get another bunny today. It is a wee little baby bun. There was a huge bin full of them at Orscheln (local farm store) here in Murray and it was quite difficult to pick which one we wanted. After much contemplation and holding of buns, we decided on this little cutie. His name is Asher.

healthy soda! (kind of)

So, I generally try to eat healthily. However, like everyone, I sometimes give in to my cravings and consume bad things. One of my weaknesses is diet coke. I LOVE diet coke. Well, I have discovered the perfect, healthy alternative to this. Hansen's soda. There are a million different flavors and I always get the diet one's. They have no preservatives, no sodium, no caffeine (bummer if you need a pick-me-up), no sugar and no calories. The artificial sweetener isn't the bad stuff with aspartame (known to cause cancer in life-long diet soda drinkers), it is sweetened with Splenda (which is not bad for you like the others). I get mine at Kroger and enjoy the peach, strawberry-kiwi, and black cherry. But there are plenty of other flavors and I know they sell them at most health-food stores (whole foods markets and such). As my title says, it is "kind of" healthy. It doesn't really have anything in it that is of personal health value but I guess what I meant by the "healthy" part is that it isn't super bad for you like the others. Try some!

my spring break hobby.

I have been pidddling on the banjo a bit lately. Thanks to my friend Logan, I have learned a few songs and chords and such. But none of that fancy pickin'. Over spring break, he has lent me his banjo and I will be working diligently on getting better. That being said, i will have to be giving that one back at the end of next week. So... I need one. :)

Should I get a normal, standard style and learn all the hard stuff?

Or should I get an open-back and learn clawhammer style?

thoughts?

I want

a banjo.

two things I love.

crazy fashion and bianchi bicycles. this one is dedicated to my buddy.

woman lover.

Laura Stevenson. If I could write songs, I would want them to be just like hers. She inspires me.

obsessed.

So, as most know, music of all sorts consumes my life. Right now, I have two singer obsessions.

#1 is Laura Stevenson. Great, unique voice. Tremendous songwriting. She is going to be playing in Louisville/Lexington 4 days in a row at the end of May. Let's go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT-Y5dZ6PgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjmeXu-1mUM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pWM7jSy8X8&feature=related

#2 isn't a singer. It's an opera role. I WANT TO BE FIORDILIGI. Therefore, I have been spending lots of my free time lately googling "Cosi fan tutte" (the opera) and you tubing Fiordiligi arias. Here are a few of my favorite performances.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqnz4K5ORSM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSEcBkviWM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlDQjOIXAKc&feature=related

shoes.

Discovered a new shoe site. expensive but cute.

http://www.seychellesfootwear.com/seystart.tpl

I want these:

madness. over. thank. God.

Well, all 5 auditions are done, over, finished. The UK audition was this weekend and went fairly well, (it was the damn entrance exams that consumed my soul). I will post as I hear good/bad/neutral news about schools. :)

Now more time for this business...

I'm in a cooking mood.

Sometimes, cooking is a necessity. It just has to happen. I am pretty sure I want to make some lovely bird cookies. Mine won't look this fantastic but I have to get some inspiration somewhere, right?

I was rolled over by a boulder.

Well, with good news generally comes bad news. Earlier in the week, I heard some fantastic news about some University of Louisville scholarhip. Well, last night, I received news of no scholarship from University of Colorado, Boulder. I was accepted though, which is pretty grand in itself. One acceptance with money, One acceptance with no money, one rejection, and 2 unknowns. I need answers!

music time of day.

Jesse Sykes. If you want a beautiful voice with some extremely penetrating lyrics, here you are.

Wooden wand. Acoustic/Indie/Folk/Punk (it doesn't get much more vague than that)

Hey Rosetta! Indie rock goodness.