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Saturday, October 24, 2009

My Brother's Wedding


Last weekend I went to Oakland, CA for my brother's wedding. Although I was gone for almost four days, the greater part of two of those days was spent driving. I loved meeting the family of my new sister-in-law! It was fun to be with my family and hers. My sister-in-law Brandy wore a beautiful dress! We took some fun pictures and the weather was gorgeous, especially for northern California. The temple was beautiful as always and I spent the good part of friday watching my nephew in the temple visitors center. I met some really sweet sister missionaries who played with my nephew and gave me someone to talk to while everyone else was in the temple. It was a crazy busy weekend, but a beautiful reception followed the temple marriage and both our families enjoyed some good times with food, music, and dancing.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Motivation

What is your motivation? Have you ever had that feeling when something is so powerful, some event or some emotion that for once you stop thinking and all you can do is act, and all you can give is your best? What brings that out in you? Today I was watching something on tv that made me think about the moments we have in life that stretch us and take us beyond our comfort zones, in a good way. You know great moments when we think to ourselves, "how did I get this lucky?" So many things motivate me. But today I remembered why I love music and movies and media, in its better forms. I love that dialogue, words fitting together just right, paired with intense sincere emotion is a beautiful thing. I love watching good acting. I remembered that music and dance is a whole other language that speaks to me in a way words can't. And today I remembered that people motivate me. So again I ask the question, what is your motivation?

Monday, October 5, 2009

Movie Review: Fame

I will admit I never saw the original. However, watching this movie definitely made me want to go out and rent it. Fame was full of dancing, singing, acting, and all the drama of high school students trying to figure out how to make it in a not always pleasant business. The soundtrack is amazing! The movie itself is entertaining, but not a lot of substance. Fun movie. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 7.5.