Some words of wisdom

Just a quick note to share some profound words of wisdom with you. I'm on this little mission to drink more water because we're going through a nutrition unit in my Medical Skills class and water's supposed to speed up your metabolism and help clear skin and, let's face it, I'm all about that. Anyways, I'm up to 3 Trek bottles of water today and did you know that the more water you drink the more you have to pee? Profound, yes I know.

You take pictures of vocal chords?

In case you didn't know, I helped Chris shoot a wedding this weekend. It was so much fun! It was very stressful and I was very sore afterwards but it was awesome. Chris asked at the end if I was willing to shoot another one in a month or two and I was pretty quick to answer yes. It was just so cool to get to capture such a big day in two people's lives and know that they would look at those pictures for the rest of their lives...and I took some of them!
Throughout the day Satuday and then Sunday at church I got asked I don't know how many times, "So is this what you want to do? Do you want to be a professional photographer?" And my answer was...I don't know. Haha. Go figure, isn't that my answer to everything in life? It did get me thinking about it though. I really wouldn't mind pursuing photography. If for nothing else I think it will always be a hobby. I would really like to minor in Photography in college. I would rather major in something more "stable". Lol I guess that's a product of graduating during a recession. Anyways, wouldn't that be a diploma? Major in Communication Sciences and Disorders (my major of the week haha) with a minor in Photography. Haha. Whatever works I guess. The problem with this being, however, that like no college offers that combination. No minors in photography. So....we're back to square one.
By the way, you should go check out the sneak peek for the wedding.
And I ramble. Yes, I know.

Just say no

...to the tea. Tonight when I get home from Charlene's rehearsal dinner I had a huge glass of Chicken House sweet tea. You know what I'm talking about. That big ole white styrofoam cup. It just calls to you. I drank it and within about fifteen minutes I went...why in the world did I do that? To understand why this is a bad thing (besides the sugar content), you probably need to understand that I have a relatively low tolerance for caffeine. It never bothered me until my mom switched our tea at home to decaf so now when I drink Chicken House tea it makes me shake a little and I feel like I should run a few laps around the building. And going to sleep? Yeah I can forget that since I drank it at 8:00. So here I sit, after 11:00, watching House and looking through photoblogs (and writing this blog, of course). The moral of this story: don't drink a jumbo Chicken House sweet tea soon before going to bed when you have to be somewhere at 8:00 a.m. in the morning (that's early for me since school doesn't start until 9 lol).

Randomness, Part II

Just thought I'd write a post about what's going on this week. My AP teachers have decided to lay on the work all of a sudden. Apparently we suddenly need to get ready for AP tests in May. I don't even want to talk about it. I was so mad at my AP Lit teacher today when she unexpectedly gave us a test and demanded our study guide that my friend Jessie and I were conspiring to get our other friend's dad, who owns a construction company, to bring a bulldozer and run her over. JK..kind of. Lol. We have seriously thought about unscrewing a leg of her desk that she frequently sits on though. Bahaha it would be hilarious.
This weekend was pretty good though. My sister and brother-in-law have me on the way to being addicted to photography. I tried my hand at a shoot Saturday. Check out the pics at Chris Reinolds Photography. We had a lot of fun even if I didn't have much of an idea what I was doing lol.
Okay, well I'm off to not procrastinate for once in my life and try to get my study guide for APUSH done so I'm not up til midnight the night before.
Oh, btw, I got another letter inviting me to a college summer program. Stanford wants me now too, apparently.

Why mediocrity?

Question. Why do we settle for mediocrity and complacency? Why is it so much easier to just be like everybody else, accomplish the same as everyone else? I watched some people today, thinking about how they could be and do so much more if they would just push themselves. If they would get past the laziness and realize they could do something great far above this tiny town. I'm not excluding myself from this, by the way. There's so much I could do but I don't. Won't make myself. It's just a shame that we don't live to our potential.
That's not to say that there's anything wrong with staying here and everything. I fully plan on coming back. It's just that I wish people would see how much than could do. How much God really has given them.
I guess a large part of this post is me reminding myself how much I can do. I'm trying to discern God's will about college because I'm a control freak and I want my plan now. I'm afraid that I won't make myself leave for college like I think I should. I'm afraid I'll be too afraid. Lol. I hate fear. Fear to take a chance. Fear to be more. Fear to take a leap of faith. Fear to trust Him. I hate that it controls so much of our lives and our decisions.

4 things

I got tagged by Jennifer so.. :)
4 jobs I've had:
1. Working at the family graphics business
2. Babysitting
3. Student lol
4. Aunt haha

4 movies watched over and over:
1. While You Were Sleeping
2. Princess Bride
3. Father of the Bride 2
4. Miss Congeniality

4 places I've lived:
1. Here

4 shows I watch:
1. House
2. Biggest Lose
3. American Idol
4. Gilmore Girls

4 places I've been:
1. New York City
2. Washington, DC
3. Nowhere else too significant lol

4 people who e-mail me regularly:
1. Chelsea
2. Brittany
3. Colleges
4. Edline lol

4 favorite things to eat:
1. Mexican Food
2. BBQ
3. My Granny & Grandma's food
4. Chinese

4 places I'd rather be:
1. asleep in my bed
2. somewhere warm.
3. touring somewhere in Europe

4 things I look forward to this year:
1. starting my senior year
2. this summer
3. getting past my last ap exams...ever.
4. sending in college applications.

4 people to tag:
1. Brittany
2. Ros
3. Kris
4. Carrie