So as most of you know I've been in orchestra for practically my whole life, ok only 8 years, but for 5 of those 8 I've had the infamous Sam Tsgawa as my conductor. I was looking at his Facebook page and he posted the following question to students. I just have to share the comments because it is soooooo funny. Maybe it's because I'm nerd, but serisouly all of them are true. Most of them are inside jokes, but I'm sure some of them are universal nerdy things. Enjoy.
SAM: To students, former students, and friends. Please complete the following statement:"You know you have been in orchestra too long when..." Be nice. This is a public forum.
Youu have nightmares about your violin smashing into a million pieces. It's horrific.
A leatherman isn't just a handy tool... It's a form of torture!
the all black dress you bought specifically for orchestra concerts starts to show signs of serious wear and tear
you start saying "Music is fun!" after countless hours of the school musical rehearsals
You're able to tolerate those weirdo band kids.
you've called Sam "Dad." You find this unsurprising as you spend more time with him than you do with your family.
you wake up with the viola part to "Simple Symphony" or "Fiddles on Fire" stuck in your head.
You have dreams about sam. a lot. and nightmares about missing early morning every night during sprink break.
Your favorite tune is now Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies instead of something more popular like Viva La Vida o Big Country.
Roger says that you know you've been in orchestra too long when you are laughing at Sam's jokes!
You start pounding out random rhythms on your body during math class!
You successfully convince Sam that your boyfriend should come along on the Chamber Orchestra tour as the "Orchestra Aide" ;DSecretly Sam, I would love nothing more than to still be in one of your orchestras today. I could NEVER get enough! ♥
I thought of another...when you spend your whole first paycheck on Snapple so you can pay somebody off...more than once.
you can throw "Sam Quotes" into everyday conversations without batting an eye. Oh, and when you try to convince everyone around you that the shortest pencil is better than the longest memory.
You can still play the chair part to Lord of the Dance.
These are soooo true! I thought of a few more:*you wake up early on weekends to get ready and then realize THERE ARE NO EARLY MORNING REHEARSALS ON SATURDAYS OR SUNDAYS!!!*you realize that all of your friends are either band or orchestra members and that everyone else is just weird or "doesn't get it"*you get callouses on your fingertips or a violin/viola hickey under your chin and you WANT to show it off*you start to think that wearing all-black is normal and not at all goth... Read More*all of your worst fears are orchestra/music/performance or conductor-related*your highest goal in life is to go Pro or to conduct an orchestra*you feel like "blood or vomit" are the only acceptable excuses for getting out of or missing anything important*You get bursitis in your shoulders as a teenager*all of your money goes to tour*all of your time goes to orchestra*you sell your soul to the conductor in your delirium of sleep-deprivation
Kjersti Jones: You have no finger or toenails left, and the answer to every possible question is "watch the conductor". By the way these are the funniest answers ever, and I'm still laughing at every comment.>
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
You're Never Lost When You Can See The Temple
The Draper Temple
I am been grateful for the experiences I've recently had with the temple. Ever since I was little my parents have tried to take me and my siblings to temple open houses that were near. I have been to the Bountiful, Vernal, Mt Timpanogas, Nauvoo, and now the Draper Temple open houses. 
Now I know my family isn't perfect, but I am grateful for the promises that are made through the temple. Satan works so hard on the family to tear it apart. I know that that is true. On the way to the Draper Temple open house it serisouly was like Satan was in the car. Everyone was yelling at something or another, but after we came out of the temple those feelings were not there anymore. Families are Forever. My family is forever. As I look at these pictures of my family I couldn't imagine being withouth them ever. 
One of my favorite part of general conference are the specials they show inbetween sessions. They did a whole hour on the Draper Temple. I loved it. Every temple is a miracle, and I love how it really is God's house on earth. 
My family is crazy, but they're my family. 
I loved conference this last week because they stressed the importance of all temple work. I loved the story of the little boy who told his grandpa that you can never be lost when you can see the temple. It's God's house and he's the only one that knows the path in which my life should go. 
I love to see the temple I'm going there somday...
I am been grateful for the experiences I've recently had with the temple. Ever since I was little my parents have tried to take me and my siblings to temple open houses that were near. I have been to the Bountiful, Vernal, Mt Timpanogas, Nauvoo, and now the Draper Temple open houses. Now I know my family isn't perfect, but I am grateful for the promises that are made through the temple. Satan works so hard on the family to tear it apart. I know that that is true. On the way to the Draper Temple open house it serisouly was like Satan was in the car. Everyone was yelling at something or another, but after we came out of the temple those feelings were not there anymore. Families are Forever. My family is forever. As I look at these pictures of my family I couldn't imagine being withouth them ever. One of my favorite part of general conference are the specials they show inbetween sessions. They did a whole hour on the Draper Temple. I loved it. Every temple is a miracle, and I love how it really is God's house on earth. My family is crazy, but they're my family. 
I loved conference this last week because they stressed the importance of all temple work. I loved the story of the little boy who told his grandpa that you can never be lost when you can see the temple. It's God's house and he's the only one that knows the path in which my life should go. I love to see the temple I'm going there somday...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
A cut cut here and a cut cut there, here a cut, there a cut everywhere a cut cut.
I finally stopped saying I was going to do it, and I just did it! I cut off 9 inches of my hair! AHHHHH! I thought I was going to cry, but it actually turned out fine. There were no tears. Actually there almost was when I went to wash it for the first time and there was no hair to wash. My shampoo and conditioner are going to last MUCH longer. I even cut bangs straight across...but I'm still working on how to make them look semi decent so they are pulled back. It's short, but I think I'll get used to it, and it'll be great for summer.
1. Who was your FIRST prom date? Tyler Wood
2. FIRST date? John Allen, Homecoming Dance
3. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Yes, but he doesn’t know that he was my first "so called love".
4. What was your FIRST job? Well besides babysitting and teaching violin lessons I worked at a Photocolor Lab and I delivered to photographers all over Utah and Salt Lake Valley. I loved it because I got to drive and listen to the radio!
5. What was your FIRST car? I just barely got my OWN first car a month ago from some family friends for free! It’s a 1996 silver Mercury Villager minivan! It’s called the silver bullet! It runs and that’s all that matters. It’s probably my favorite thing.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Stef, to go play softball.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Stef and Bri because I woke up with them sleeping next to me. I love ‘em!
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Ms Sutton. I love her and still talk to her.
9. Who was your FIRST Kiss? My best friends brother…the end.
10. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? To Chicago for my 12th birthday to visit my best friend!
11. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Probably Jane Smith, Christine Vaughan, and Elizabeth Hollingshaus. We were terrors. ;)
12. Where was your FIRST sleepover? I think Elizabeth’s birthday party one year. I don’t remember, or possibly Christine’s house.
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Left Stef’s house to go home and get ready to go to the St George Temple.
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Hilary Duff at the Delta Center. It was my first day of 9th grade and my friend got tickets for her birthday so we got to go. Haha it was us and a bunch of mom’s with their 10 year old daughters. What a night. Haha
16. FIRST piercing? My bellybutton….haha no just kidding but I went through a phase where I really wanted to do it. I almost did. I got my ears pierced when I was 14.
17. FIRST foreign country you've been to? Um, nowhere.
18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? I have no idea. Actually it could have been Princess Diaries.
19. When was your FIRST detention? Last couple of weeks of 9th grade only it was called “morning enrichment” It was BS. But I did have detention in high school. Stupid room.
20. What was the FIRST state you lived in? Utah, oh and Utah…Utah. My life is too exciting.
21. Who was your FIRST roommate? Well my sister Cammy growing up, but in Cedar it’s Bri, Kelsey, Lyndie and Challis
22. What happened the FIRST time you were pulled over driving? Did you get a ticket? Never been pulled over. Hope to keep it that way. I must be bad luck to my friends though…I always seem to be with them when they get pulled over or in accidents. Haha
Consider yourself tagged. Can't wait to see your firsts.
2. FIRST date? John Allen, Homecoming Dance
3. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Yes, but he doesn’t know that he was my first "so called love".
4. What was your FIRST job? Well besides babysitting and teaching violin lessons I worked at a Photocolor Lab and I delivered to photographers all over Utah and Salt Lake Valley. I loved it because I got to drive and listen to the radio!
5. What was your FIRST car? I just barely got my OWN first car a month ago from some family friends for free! It’s a 1996 silver Mercury Villager minivan! It’s called the silver bullet! It runs and that’s all that matters. It’s probably my favorite thing.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Stef, to go play softball.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Stef and Bri because I woke up with them sleeping next to me. I love ‘em!
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Ms Sutton. I love her and still talk to her.
9. Who was your FIRST Kiss? My best friends brother…the end.
10. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? To Chicago for my 12th birthday to visit my best friend!
11. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Probably Jane Smith, Christine Vaughan, and Elizabeth Hollingshaus. We were terrors. ;)
12. Where was your FIRST sleepover? I think Elizabeth’s birthday party one year. I don’t remember, or possibly Christine’s house.
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Left Stef’s house to go home and get ready to go to the St George Temple.
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Hilary Duff at the Delta Center. It was my first day of 9th grade and my friend got tickets for her birthday so we got to go. Haha it was us and a bunch of mom’s with their 10 year old daughters. What a night. Haha
16. FIRST piercing? My bellybutton….haha no just kidding but I went through a phase where I really wanted to do it. I almost did. I got my ears pierced when I was 14.
17. FIRST foreign country you've been to? Um, nowhere.
18. FIRST movie you remember seeing? I have no idea. Actually it could have been Princess Diaries.
19. When was your FIRST detention? Last couple of weeks of 9th grade only it was called “morning enrichment” It was BS. But I did have detention in high school. Stupid room.
20. What was the FIRST state you lived in? Utah, oh and Utah…Utah. My life is too exciting.
21. Who was your FIRST roommate? Well my sister Cammy growing up, but in Cedar it’s Bri, Kelsey, Lyndie and Challis
22. What happened the FIRST time you were pulled over driving? Did you get a ticket? Never been pulled over. Hope to keep it that way. I must be bad luck to my friends though…I always seem to be with them when they get pulled over or in accidents. Haha
Consider yourself tagged. Can't wait to see your firsts.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
My brother is pretty cool
I love my brother Nathan. He's 12 and he rocks at singing. For a 12 year old boy he has an incredible voice, and he makes up crazy awesome harmonies. He's soooo funny. He'll sit at the computer playing his stupid computer games, but in the process he'll just be singing away. He sings hymns, broadway, country, instrumental, anything. It's hilarious. He'll sing the song through the first time just the melody and then he'll sing it again, but this time just making up harmony that would sound so good with the melody. Oh, man I just wish I had a recording of it. The other day my mom texted me and said he was in the bathroom singing scales to the following: I'm on druuuuuu....g's. haha He better not be, but it's still makes me laugh. He's famous for making up new lyrics to songs. For example: Josh Groban's You Raise Me Up is now You Push Me Down, so I can fall down mountains, etc. My personal favorite is John Denver's Sunshine On My Shoulders:
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me sunburn, sunshine in my eyes can make me blind. Sunshine on the water fries the fishys, sunshine without ozone makes me die.
Who comes up with stuff like that anyway? One day I was sitting at my piano playing the Sunshine on My Shoulders song and I saw those words written in, and I started literally laughing out loud to myself, and our home teachers showed up and saw me through the window. They said I looked retarded, and it was embrassing, but I told them why I was laughing. They didn't think it was that funny, but whatever. (sorry that was kind of a lame story)
Anyway, he's just a little example. It's not much, but we try. Oh, and by the way, the only way I could get him to record this was if I made my mom tell him he couldn't have cake for dessert until he sang with me.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Dress Up!
So here I am; it's almost 3 in the morning and I'm still awake. I figured I might do something slightly productive while trying to make my brain stop spinning with stupid things. I was thinking about one of my favorite things to do... DRESS UP!
My roommates and I were in the Storybook Parade that Cedar does every year. As you can see we were Teletubbies. We rode in the back of a sweet old puple convertable. Guess which one I am...(oh ok, i'll tell you, I'm LaLa, the yellow one. ) p.s. those heads get sooooo hot, and they stink soooo bad!
I know it doesn't look like me, first of all because I'm black, but it rocks. I was totally a Jamacian one year for Halloween, and I won the best costume prize. :) I got like a $25 gift card to the movies.
I love musicals! One of my favorite musicals to dress up for (besides The Music Man) was Seussical the Musical! I was Mrs. Mayor. I had a husband named Mr. Mayor, and a daughter named JoJo. It was the best show ever and i got to spray my hair pink!
Me and my roommate Bri dressin' up as cowgirls for the rodeo.
Dressed up in an authentic Russian hat. (That's Zion in the background) 
One night Bri and I decided to have a truly rockin' guitar hero party! We danced and danced, and rocked and rocked. Plus I have fish nets on and it doesn't get much better than that! To cool off we climbed up on our roof and looked at the stars that night. :)
My friend Anisa wasn't fully "dressed" for the occassion yet but those are my favorite glasses ever! Of course I only get to wear them when I'm at California Adventure, but the 3-D Bug's Life movie is my favorite! I would dress up in those glasses anyday.
On Valentines Day in high school I decided that because no one like me enough to give me chocolate and flowers I would make the best of it and dress up like a freak anyway! I got my pink Converse for 15 bucks and I love them. They fit the occassion perfectly. Thanks Ari for the awesome striped tights and the little pink boxer shorts. Oh, and my Hello Kitty shirt has Hello Kitty with an affro. (does afro/affro have one or two f's?) Good memories.
It's kind of the same situation here, the same old, same old "spirit day" at school. Springville is like the most not spirited school, so once again I make the best of it and dress up anyway. :)
I found that "shirt" I'm wearing at a park in California. It's off a palm tree but it was incredibly amazing and so I just had to dress up. (Thanks Malachi for helping out with the photo shoot. :) )
Girls camp. Skit night. Need I say more?
Mud volleyball is probably one of my favorite things ever! You get covered with mud, freeze, spray off with the hose, try and dry off outside while freezing before you're allowed in the house. Stuff as many friends in your shower as possible (mostly clothed), get mud out of hair, clog the drain with mud, get mud out of hair, get mud out of body crevices, get mud out of hair...find mud on the ceiling of your bathroom weeks later. Good Times...yup. :)
I saved my favorite "dress ups" for last....... See if you can guess what I truly am inside. :)
You guessed it! An old lady! It's by far my favorite costume, not only do I look rad, (not to brag...) but I can play the part. I just have to point out the subtle things that complete each costume. Knee highs that aren't knee high. Gold watch. Pearl necklaces. Shawls. Big glasses. Tape on glasses. Wigs. High belts and saggy boobs. Umbrellas and feather boas. The perfect "slouch" and shuffle walk. Stomach sticking out. Awesome purse. No teeth? Pumps and flat shoes. Anyway, you get the point. A lot of thought goes into these costumes. My mom of course dosn't appreciate that some of these items came from her drawers and closet. :)
I should probably put a disclaimer...I love old people and old ladies! This is not meant to disrespect anyone! In all honestly I'm going to live my life being young now, but when I get old, I'm going to truly get old, knee highs and all. I respect the elderly so much. They are so smart and wise. I hope to someday be there, and be able to be a lot smarter and wiser than I am now.
It's now officially 3:57 and I really should try and sleep because I'm going to Springville in like 4 hours. Have an awesome weekend everyone! (or whoever reads my blog).
My roommates and I were in the Storybook Parade that Cedar does every year. As you can see we were Teletubbies. We rode in the back of a sweet old puple convertable. Guess which one I am...(oh ok, i'll tell you, I'm LaLa, the yellow one. ) p.s. those heads get sooooo hot, and they stink soooo bad!I know it doesn't look like me, first of all because I'm black, but it rocks. I was totally a Jamacian one year for Halloween, and I won the best costume prize. :) I got like a $25 gift card to the movies.
I love musicals! One of my favorite musicals to dress up for (besides The Music Man) was Seussical the Musical! I was Mrs. Mayor. I had a husband named Mr. Mayor, and a daughter named JoJo. It was the best show ever and i got to spray my hair pink!
Me and my roommate Bri dressin' up as cowgirls for the rodeo.
Dressed up in an authentic Russian hat. (That's Zion in the background) One night Bri and I decided to have a truly rockin' guitar hero party! We danced and danced, and rocked and rocked. Plus I have fish nets on and it doesn't get much better than that! To cool off we climbed up on our roof and looked at the stars that night. :)
My friend Anisa wasn't fully "dressed" for the occassion yet but those are my favorite glasses ever! Of course I only get to wear them when I'm at California Adventure, but the 3-D Bug's Life movie is my favorite! I would dress up in those glasses anyday.
On Valentines Day in high school I decided that because no one like me enough to give me chocolate and flowers I would make the best of it and dress up like a freak anyway! I got my pink Converse for 15 bucks and I love them. They fit the occassion perfectly. Thanks Ari for the awesome striped tights and the little pink boxer shorts. Oh, and my Hello Kitty shirt has Hello Kitty with an affro. (does afro/affro have one or two f's?) Good memories.
It's kind of the same situation here, the same old, same old "spirit day" at school. Springville is like the most not spirited school, so once again I make the best of it and dress up anyway. :)
I found that "shirt" I'm wearing at a park in California. It's off a palm tree but it was incredibly amazing and so I just had to dress up. (Thanks Malachi for helping out with the photo shoot. :) )
Girls camp. Skit night. Need I say more?
Mud volleyball is probably one of my favorite things ever! You get covered with mud, freeze, spray off with the hose, try and dry off outside while freezing before you're allowed in the house. Stuff as many friends in your shower as possible (mostly clothed), get mud out of hair, clog the drain with mud, get mud out of hair, get mud out of body crevices, get mud out of hair...find mud on the ceiling of your bathroom weeks later. Good Times...yup. :)I saved my favorite "dress ups" for last....... See if you can guess what I truly am inside. :)
You guessed it! An old lady! It's by far my favorite costume, not only do I look rad, (not to brag...) but I can play the part. I just have to point out the subtle things that complete each costume. Knee highs that aren't knee high. Gold watch. Pearl necklaces. Shawls. Big glasses. Tape on glasses. Wigs. High belts and saggy boobs. Umbrellas and feather boas. The perfect "slouch" and shuffle walk. Stomach sticking out. Awesome purse. No teeth? Pumps and flat shoes. Anyway, you get the point. A lot of thought goes into these costumes. My mom of course dosn't appreciate that some of these items came from her drawers and closet. :)I should probably put a disclaimer...I love old people and old ladies! This is not meant to disrespect anyone! In all honestly I'm going to live my life being young now, but when I get old, I'm going to truly get old, knee highs and all. I respect the elderly so much. They are so smart and wise. I hope to someday be there, and be able to be a lot smarter and wiser than I am now.
It's now officially 3:57 and I really should try and sleep because I'm going to Springville in like 4 hours. Have an awesome weekend everyone! (or whoever reads my blog).
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Take A Chance On Me
Ok, so I'll admit I suck at blogging. My friend Stef here is trying to help me out, so for reals, here is my first offical post.
A couple of weeks ago me and some friends did a dance for our ward talent show. We chose to do Take A Chance on Me by Abba. It basically rocked. We started making up the dance the night before and perfected it while eating Arby's curly fries. Poor Mary, she fell off a chair in the process, and we all laughed at her for so long...until we found out a couple of days later she sprained her ankle. haha So sad. Anyway here are some pictures.
Here we are getting in our kick line. From left to right, Hilary, Stefanie, Kjersti, Briana, and Mary. Because we were dancing to Take a Chance on Me, Stef wanted to start out by saying "here's to all you single guys out there..." unfortunately amid all the butterflies it slipped her mind. :(
I have hot legs...(mine are the blue ones.)
Me and Stef. How cute. :) We decided to go for the Michael Jackson eyelash look. Mine were black and hers were white. What do you think?
2 hours of waiting ...it was finally our turn to take the stage. We had so much fun even though our rehearsals did go a bit smoother. We plan on dressin up again, and hopefully come up with another sweet dance. (It's possible I could even figure out how to put a video on.)
A couple of weeks ago me and some friends did a dance for our ward talent show. We chose to do Take A Chance on Me by Abba. It basically rocked. We started making up the dance the night before and perfected it while eating Arby's curly fries. Poor Mary, she fell off a chair in the process, and we all laughed at her for so long...until we found out a couple of days later she sprained her ankle. haha So sad. Anyway here are some pictures.
Here we are getting in our kick line. From left to right, Hilary, Stefanie, Kjersti, Briana, and Mary. Because we were dancing to Take a Chance on Me, Stef wanted to start out by saying "here's to all you single guys out there..." unfortunately amid all the butterflies it slipped her mind. :(
I have hot legs...(mine are the blue ones.)
Me and Stef. How cute. :) We decided to go for the Michael Jackson eyelash look. Mine were black and hers were white. What do you think?
2 hours of waiting ...it was finally our turn to take the stage. We had so much fun even though our rehearsals did go a bit smoother. We plan on dressin up again, and hopefully come up with another sweet dance. (It's possible I could even figure out how to put a video on.)
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