Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Ya, I just love music.

To benefit my grade in this class I wish I felt the same way about writing or reading.

I love music, the way it makes me feel and all that good stuff. Pretty much the same reason that everyone else enjoys it.

I haven't had a chance to discover much music the last couple months, seeing how the school uninstalled my Limewire. Some would call me a hipocrit because I participate in file sharing and I have a love for music and artists. Others realize I'm a broke freshmen.

Well my taste in music has changed drastically over the years. The only musical influences I had as a child were classics such as Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Donnovan, Abba, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones and other artists. I can remember my father playing records on our record player and I loved it. He'd tell me all the fun facts about each artist and quiz me about it later. I'm so jealous the decades he got to live through and the concerts he was able to see.

As other girls were listening to N'Sync or Brittney Spears in elementary school, I was proud to say I listened to Snoop Dogg and Puff Daddy because I had two older brothers in high school at the time.

Many people and events influenced what I listened to. As I went to church more with my mom I started listening to cheesy-poppy-christian music. A year in my life I would like to forget is the year I listened to country music. Not real country like Johnny Cash or folk or blue grass, because all that rocks, but more like twangy-lovey-carhart-big-diesel-truck country. I'm so ashamed.

In middle school I went through a HUGE Eminem phase, but who didn't. I liked R&B and rap and what I thought was hard core like The Used. In High School I realized I wasn't a badass and started really finding out what types of music I liked and why I liked them. I realized that every guy I dated was a music fanatic just like me and each one was older and wiser and taught me lots.

Today I still love what I grew up on with many more additions.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thanksgiving break and school.

Thanksgiving is seriously the best holiday. I like what it represents and its one of the few holidays our society has practiced that actually makes sense to me. Why do we celebrate the fact that were one year older each year? And why is it that each year we put gifts under a tree and pretend an old man with a beard broke into our home and placed them there? The third Thursday of November each year we just get together and eat a ton of awesome food along with your own traditioins. What could be better than that? I love my family and the way we make each other feel on that day. I love food too. Thanksgiving of 2010 was typical. It is my first semester away from home, although nothing seemed to be different than any other year. This year, the Bennisons, Pattersons, Mohrmanns, and Pittmans all gathered together in my cute little grandma's home, just like every other year before. Nonetheless it was a good thanksgiving day.
Returning to Missoula is never a drag for me. Even though I know it means its time to get back to work. I feel like I have a home here along with another home in Helena. So either way I'm content. Compared to previous breaks in school when I dreaded returning, I am excited to keep working and finish this semester. The excitement of switching classes in the spring is my motivator to keep my mind on school. I was already sick of the same schedule about the fourth week in and now I'm so ready to get a new one. I didnt do well in school the last couple years. It wasn't because I tried and failed, but because I didnt try at all, or even go to class for that matter. The days I was in class, well, lets just say I wasn't all there. Having said that, I believe I have made a complete 360 degree turn. I am passing all my classes with A's and B's. I'm excited to prove to my family, friends and myself what I am capable of. I plan on finishing this semester with impressive grades and next semester do even better.
All in all, it was a nice breath of fresh air to go home for the holiday and be surrounded by my friends and family. I'm not gonna lie though, Christmas break couldn't come any sooner.