Hey!
hey how are you?
I'm so sorry earlier I accidentally refreshed! I was like "no my buddy is gone forever who will bully me..."
oh haha
I'm doing well - had some pizza rolls so life is good. How about you?
i just at dinner it was really good Aloha plate
Ugh now I'm hungry again.
oh sorry haha have you eaten dinner yet?
Yeah the pizza rolls and some fruit salad.
oh wow i am not that bright pizza rolls arent my favorite thing to have for dinner
It's okay, you had an aloha plate so you've got something going for you. Yeah pizza rolls sound good in my head when I'm in a rush but they kind of feel like depression...
yeah that was good and it felt like i was eating something healthy
So next year I have a meal plan so I don't technically have to learn how to really cook all that well, but over the summer I'm determined to learn so I don't get the freshman *freshman 15 Also eating healthier food just makes you feel good, ya know?
yeah i know what you mean i managed to avoid the freshman fifteen but i think it was luck and the fact that i walked EVERYWHERE the campus is absolutely HUGE!
Isn't there a flight of stairs that are like a billion stories tall? I went up there a couple years ago for education week and I think I died and this is my ghost responding. You know what, I should probably stock up on my carbs now because I will definitely work it off next year...
yeah there is the freshman hill dont get a bike it will decrease how much energy you burn and besides walking to class is so refreshing!!!!!
I need refreshing weather - it reached 90 degrees today and my hair was like "you want a winter coat wrapped around your face? Let's make you burn alive, Claire."
hahaha why is it getting so hot all of the sudden? it was only like 30-50 degrees and just a couple of weeks later i am burning up!
Because Texas!
What if we all die in a horrible summer that goes to 200 degrees fahrenheit!! would we even be able to do anything to save ourselves?
I wouldn't want to save myself after that point, I've lived in Texas my whole life and I think I die a little bit each time it gets into triple digit heat.
well what can you say at least everything is bigger in texas
Boil my brains out! Wow did you just appropriate my Texan culture :)
hahaha
I am about the least country you can get, what am I talking about? No flare jeans and I can't stand most country music.
Does that mean my bank account will grow if I move to texas? I dont like country either
Haha, wait does that mean my $12 will shrink in Utah? Uhoh... Yeah I really am not that picky about music but country just gets on my nerves!
wait  I didn't know it goes the other way around if it does thats too bad because then i could just move my money back and forth between accounts in texas and utah and I would be filthy rich in 5 years!
Maybe my money will just freeze over. I've never lived in a place where snow was like, normal. Haha my economics teacher would probably have a few choice words for that type of investment!
what who is your economics teacher??
Like from school? Mr. Magavern.
oh is this from highschool or from college?
I'm a senior in high school right now.
oh i see I took economics here in college
That's why I was a little confused!
yeah hahaha it was so hard but honestly i really enjoyed it! what was your experience like in high school!
Can you hang on for one second, I'm helping my brother, but I'll be right back.
yeah sure
Aight, so, high school was not like high school musical (much to my disappointment). The biggest challenge for me was balancing school life and home life (which was what I based some college essays off of), being the oldest of 6 is not for the faint of heart. But in hindsight (cue inspirational music) I appreciate how my circumstances taught me how to work hard for myself and help others, if that makes sense.
yeah i definitely did not have the highschool life i wanted either but it has made me who i am today i had a really big struggle staying on top of school work and making good friends i had a couple of really good ones that stuck with me til the end
That's another reason why I'm looking forward to college - because while I love my family, it will be nice to just be with people my age. Yeah social life in high school is so hard to maintain along with all the other responsibilities we have to deal with. Also whoever said senior year was a blow off lied, because college application process was so scary and stressful.
yeah that is so true well the truth is that it never really gets any less busy social life still is hard to maintain even in college people have a way of filling up your schedule til you are at the brim and cant take time of for yourself anymore
That stinks. Maybe when I'm in a nursing home I can cancel bingo night to give myself a break one day. What activities are you involved in currently?
Oh i am in mens chorus but that is pretty much it they dont meet during spring or summer terms so I am not really doing it right now
Did you do choir in high school as well?
just for a year i found out I was good at singing so i stuck with it after that though and i started singing solos after that and did some on my mission
I cannot sing for the life of me, so there's a good reason I do violin instead. Should I expect to receive a signed copy of your first single?
Yes it will be with vocal pointXD if i get my way, but maybe not i learned how to play violin once! I did it my junior year in highschool!
"This one goes out to Claire - it's called 'Why aren't you doing homework right now?'" a-one, a-two... Wait no way! Are you also Lindsey Stirling...
hahaha I wish i was that good! lindsey stirling is amazing
Dude I've been playing since middle school and I don't think I've improved all that much.
i have really good pitch but my form is terrible
Most people either dance or play violin and she makes all her stunts seem so effortless!
i can play a tune if i practice it for a bit but i look like some sort of amateur mainly because i am but i sound alright
Well your singing probably helps with the intonation and isn't sound what music is all about?
yeah exactly
If you like orchestra songs, look up "Perseus" by Soon Hee Newbold on Youtube. We played that earlier and it's one of my favorite pieces.
it feels unnatural though and kind of hurts my neck
Yeah I've been getting some back/jaw pain when I play lately (our rehearsals run really long towards our final concert of the year) I've stopped chewing gum because it can add more tension. Jealous of the cellists who can probably eat a full meal and not have to adjust their playing positions.
wait you have to adjust your playing position after you eat?
Oh no, I meant that as they were playing! Oops.
oh hahaha do they eat as they play? that would make me jealous! I managed to eat while singing once it was insanely difficult if you could imagine and quite frankly i dont really think that it was worth it
Oh my gosh how are you still alive? Also major respect. (My orchestra class is right after lunch so a lot of people are finishing up food behind the director's back)
oh haha that sounds just about right :)
Well now I need details about eating while singing - story time?
Well i was in mens chorus last semester and I brought some m and ms but i hadn't finished them yet so i popped them in my mouth every time we took a breath my singing sounded kind of garbled and admittedly wasnt my best but i managed it by the end of the song the m & ms had all but vanished!
Wow that belongs in like Guiness World Records - most m&m's eaten while singing!
yeah what they should do is make a world record for the most m&ms eaten from the start to the finish of the start spangled banner that would be a good one I can just imagine someone belting the high notes and choking on m & ms hahaha
Better than Fergie's rendition, that's for sure! Also I've heard that that is a deceptively difficult song to sing, so that makes your story more patriotically impressive.
yeah that is for certain i have never sung it in public before since i was never much of a well trained singer i just kind of figured things out on my own I am really big into piano though
How long have you been playing?
10 years or more definitely more but i lost track
That's great! I'm good enough to wear I play the hymns for seminary, but that's about it. 10 years is a lot of dedication, way to go.
oh wow yeah i can play hymns for seminary but to be honest most of my time was spent learning pieces my teachers assigned to me
What's the most challenging piece you've ever played?
i didn't really get into it until the last year of highschool I played a really difficult one called impressions on read by mark hayes or mark olson I cant remember his name it was before my mission
Oh gotcha. How long on average do you practice in a day?
i dont practice much anymore because school makes me really busy but i practiced an hour a day a couple semesters ago when i took a piano class
Oooh did you like the class? I heard that BYU's music programs are all intense but really well-taught.
oh yeah it was really intense i dont feel like it was as well taught as i was hoping though it was more like attending a playing test everyweek
Oh gross
if i failed then i got instruction but i didnt want to fail so i went all out
Yeah you're m&m while america-ing Adam, you don't do things halfway I'll bet
yeah hahaha no i shoot for straight As thats what qualifies for scholarships to pay the bills haha
Girl you a million percent correct. If you just wanted to cut me 10% of your musical career earnings, I would very much appreciate that.
Oh I wish I made money singing That would be so legit! I would probably spend more time practicing
Nothing like money to motivate me to do stuff Nothing like money to motivate me to do stuff
yeah did that glitch? or was that just me? Hello?