Don’t Stop the Music

Say something, I’m giving up on you. 

Famous lyrics, famous song- famous… feeling? Does everyone feel desperation and pain the same way? Perhaps in this way we can relate to one another as humans should. Music’s ability to communicate feeling is a powerful thing. Our minds like music- it is stimulation. We tap our feet to a good beat. It’s how we are.

I am always behind when it comes to popular apps. My mom found ‘Smule’ the other day; the karaoke app. Now I’m hooked. I can record my songs and share them?! No way.

I can click on other peoples’ profiles and hear them sing? No way!

My roommate said “It’s like a dating service for singers.” Kind of true– but it’s more like making connections with different singers. Like when I make a recording with Shawn Mendes– and I get all hyped. So I can pretend in my head that he’s actually singing with me. It makes my dream possible- DUETS WITH FAMOUS ARTISTS! Eeek. It’s pretty exciting. I feel like I’m just scraping the surface. I’m going to hunt down people to have duets with.

I have an addictive personality, but this may be one thing that will cause me to stash my phone in a place I can’t find it. It’s so much fun. I’ll probably be worn out after a few days- my vocal cords will be worn out, too.

Until then, you can find me singing duets with famous people & normal people– including, but not limited to: Say Something, Treat You Better, A Whole New World… etc.

 

I’m mostly making this blog post because I told myself “Sarah, you’re going to blog this weekend.” So it’s Sunday night and I’m putting off studying. I’m going to regret it soon enough.

— Shawn Mendes, courtesy of Google. You’re welcome for taking the time to add this to my post. Yeah, it made [makes] me happy. His voice is great!

Anyway, it’s time to get down to business. I’m going to grab me a Dutch Brother’s coffee & get on that homework grind. That way, I can waste my weekend singing, and not have to worry about stressing for upcoming tests.

 

Don’t stop the music! 

For the Love of Words

Well, I’m back. Post-breakup. Guess what brought me back to life? WORDS! Of my friends, of God, of books!

And I’m better than ever. I have more energy, I feel. And let me tell you all the extraordinary things people have been saying to me.

‘Sarah, I can see by your countenance that you haven’t been running.’ -Brad Hepner

Moral of said quote: I need to start exercising again. Ian Mills said: MAKE time. Well, if I could MAKE time, I’d be immortal or something.

I was playing with words, and reading through my journal; I found a brilliant quote from myself.–>

‘Ian is complacent & Lyn is complaisant.’ Here is a perfect example of what you can do with the English language. If you would look up the definition of these two words, you could then understand a key personality difference between these two humans in my life. Now, ofcourse, Ian isn’t truly complacent, but fundamentally, these words paint a picture with which I cannot argue.

‘We have bad farts, but good hearts’ -My roommates. I feel this speaks for itself. I, however, would like to say that I am not included in this ‘we’. But, I do have a good heart. 😉 Flatulence is a touchy subject for even the most despicable.

‘He was a million miles from a million dollars, but you could never spend his wealth.’ – One Republic.

Said quote is one that describes my life to a T. (A tee? A tea? I don’t know.)

Here is a bit of wisdom that I have learned and would like to share with the fellow human race:

When people are offended by something you’ve said, it’s because they know/believe it’s true and it upsets them that you pointed it out.

Here are a few rules to abide by, if you are character building:

1. Be your own person. There’s already a version of everyone else. You’re an original. Literally, no one else has the same DNA. Think about that one.

2. Have your own opinions, but know that your opinions are not end-all. It’s foolish to think so.

3. Learn to think. Read “The Little Blue Thinking Book” by Brandon Royal. You won’t regret purchasing this and perhaps passing it on to your loved ones, eventually.

4. Coffee isn’t THE way, but it is A way. And an EFFECTIVE way, at that.

5. Invest in cleaning supplies. A dirty floor is a sad, sad, sad floor.

6. Brush your hair out. It really makes a difference.

And finally-

7. Never forget and always remember that when someone loves you, you’ll know it. Love is a tremendous thing.

Yours, truly.

 

“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” -Albus Dumbledore