Die Zauberflöte

I went and saw "The Magic Flute" last night.  It was AMAZING!!

I had never seen a live opera before.  This one was put on by BYU's School of Music and I was so impressed by the level of musicality and performance.  I ended up going by myself, which really should put me in the lame category of socially awkward people, but I honestly didn't mind.  Sure, it would have been nice to have someone to gush to, but I really just loved the opportunity of being there.  I was in the second row and I'm pretty sure I was sitting on the edge of my seat with my mouth open most of the time :P  The show itself is pretty funny, yet wonderful to listen to, so I recommend it to any looking for an introduction to opera!  (Just FYI- The songs are all in German, with translations up on a screen.  The speaking parts are English.)

Here is a sample of one of the songs from the opera.  This, done by a professional, is probably one of the most famous songs from the show (the girl I saw did a pretty bang up job, though!):

I'm On a Horse

As an Advertising major, I really admired this commercial by Old Spice. If you've been near a computer or television since the Super Bowl, you've probably seen it, laughed your head off, and decided to switch to Old Spice body wash in the process. In case you haven't seen it, here's a refresher:



BYU, the school I attend, just put out a brilliant spoof of this commercial, advertising good ol' Harold B. Lee Library. Enjoy!!

Boo!

Some pictures of my life recently:

Homecoming

My roommate, Jamie, and I made blue waffles instead of going to the Creamery to get blue pancakes.

Then, we watched (and collected lots of candy from) the Homecoming Parade.  Here are a couple of my favorite floats:

 

The students on Condo Row put on their own parade this past weekend!  Short description:  THEY HAD A FLOAT!!!  The end.  (Not really.)  But I was impressed with the fact they actually found one (and the giant wooden contraption has just been sitting on the street since).  There were tons of costumed people on top of said float that chucked Twinkies at us cheering masses.  In addition to the pastry hauling celebrators, there was a guy playing bagpipes, Pacman (chased by ghosts, of course), Michael Jackson, a parade queen on top of a scootered couch, lots of costumed ninjas fighting in the middle of the street, scooters, motorcycles, etc.  They basically went around the block about 5 times to loud music and our cheers, then raffled off pineapples, and started a dance party in the middle of the street.  Oh, did I mention this was all at noon on Saturday?  It was pretty awesome.

Speaking of Halloween, here are some more pictures!!!

Friday night- I hung out with good ol' Connecticutians.  Us girls dressed up as single ladies and went dancing.  At one point, the DJ (who we knew) kicked everyone else off the mini-stages near his table so we could get up and dance to our song :)

Saturday night: Can you guess who we are?

... Got it?

... We're CLUE characters!!!!

We attempted to go trick-or-treating.  Becca, Rachel, and Annie brought us to their old Bishop's neighborhood, which happens to be gated.  We actually got in, but we only got 3 (king-sized!) candy bars because we went too late.  But then we went to the WLC dance (got lots of candy from there!), a dance at a blue house (it was PACKED-- I'm pretty impressed I didn't outright fall over in my heels), and rounded out the night watching A Nightmare Before Christmas at home sweet home.