Blog Challenge *Day 14*

What is your earliest memory?
That's a hard one. It might have been sitting on the floor of my room in our old house in Arizona, while my mom leaned on the doorway and read me words out of a Russian dictionary or a science book (we legit did that a few times). Or it might have been watching our Toyota go through a car wash in Arizona. It was a car wash where you get out of the car and they put it on an automatic belt-thingy, and then you could go inside the gas station's convenience store and watch your car get a wash through the windows. 

Le Toyota which I named "Herbie" when I was 4.

Or it might be riding my tricycle down the sidewalk in Arizona. I'm not sure which order all of those things went in, so I don't know for sure. But you get the idea.

Blog Challenge *Day 13*

Where would you like to visit/live one day?
There are lots of these. If you haven't read my Travels post, that one is a great overview of some places I've been and where I'd like to go. But for convenience I'll list some here too.
Something about me loves costal areas. I have a constant craving for warm, sunny, tropical, ocean-side places, especially in the winter. Thus, I'd like to go to:

• Hawaii. Obviously; lots of people want to go there. The best part, though, is that I DO get to go to Hawaii- in, like, 4 months.

www.theknot.com

• California. My dad grew up there and I'm jealous. Living in a landlocked state just isn't the same.

www.travelchannel.com

• Florida. My mom used to take trips down there every spring.

www.diytransport.com

• France. The French like the beach- Marseille and Nice are actually beach towns.

www.best-beaches.com

• Australia. They have great surfing and snorkeling.

vegansparkles.com

• And many more.

Did you notice a pattern? I did. I think it's called, "I-need-sun-and-surf." Or something much like that.

Blog Challenge *Day 12*

Bullet point your whole day.
Ok. 
Well, today is a Sunday but because this is on auto-post it'll show up on a Monday, so... this is a typical Sunday.

• I wake up at 8:02 a.m. because the sun is very nicely shining in through my curtains.
• I get up, get dressed, and wash my face with cold water, further waking myself up.
• I eat breakfast with my parents- biscuits and bacon. 
• I make a strawberry smoothie.
• I dry the dishes as my dad washes them.
• My dad goes to church. He's the only one of the three of us that goes.
• I brush my teeth and hang up a pair of jeans I accidentally left in the washer overnight.
• I proceed to do work until 12:53. This work consists of 3 hours of trawling through old math notes and creating a study guide for a math test, which is on Thursday.
• My parents play that word game Quiddler while I keep doing work.
• I eat a late lunch that consists of a broiled hot dog, leftover pasta, and celery.
• I go downstairs to our unfinished basement to paint my nails a color that I named 'Marching Band Purple'.

They call it Sultry. I call it Marching Band.
From Revlon

• I go into my dad's office and annoy him while he does work on his YouTube channel.
• I come back upstairs and work on this.
• Dinner.
• I practice trumpet.
• I do more work, this time on maps for a Geography test. And I study vocab words for another test on Thursday. 
• Shower
• Pack school bag
• Goodnight.

The end!

Blog Challenge *Day 11*

Day 11 is hard. It says: Put your iPod on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs. Since I haven't got an iPod, how about I write down the first ten songs on my "Misc." Spotify playlist? It's about as random as shuffling an iPod.
I'll do it in the following format: Song Name (Artist, Album)
1. One World (The Police, Ghost in the Machine)
2. Zoo Station (U2, Achtung Baby)
3. Clocks (Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head)
4. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons, Night Visions)
5. Gold (Imagine Dragons, Smoke and Mirrors)
6. I'm So Sorry (Imagine Dragons, Smoke and Mirrors)
7. A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay, Ghost Stories)
8. The Miracle (U2, Songs of Innocence)
9. This is Where You Can Reach Me Now (U2, Songs of Innocence)
10. Princess of China (Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto)
But 8 times out of 10, I wouldn't listen to all of those first ten songs. I'd probably listen through A Sky Full of Stars and then skip the U2 songs off Songs of Innocence because I don't like them all that much. But yes. That's my very random playlist. It also includes music from Yes, Tears for Fears, Queen, and Owl City. Yes, I know. Very random.
Then I have some other playlists: Best of U2 (my favorite songs from them), Old but Good (music of the 70's, 80's, etc.), Quiet (quiet), and Peppy/Party (louder). My favorites are probably Old but Good and Best of U2, aside from the Misc. playlist, since that's a bit of everything.
But yeah. When it comes to music I'm very random- plus stuck in the 80's. More on that later.
Here's some things you should go find and listen to RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND:
(All of les album covers are from Spotify)

IT RULES OVER EVERYTHING.

Excellent.

GIVE ME MORE, NOW.

Best album of the past year.

Yaaaaaas.

I'm serious. Go find and listen to them now.

Blog Challenge *Day 10*

Another really good one!!! Day 10: What is your guilty pleasure?
STARING AT THIS PHOTO FOR MINUTES AT A TIME.

Why? Because these are cool persons and I wish I were them. But since I'm not I still have to work to get into Varsity (ALSO THEY ARE VERY, VEEEEERRRRY HOT GUYS OBVIOUSLY). 
I also like eating chocolate chips straight out of the bag but since that's not good for you I don't do it as often as I look at that picture. 
Yeet.

Blog Challenge *Day 9*

Aw, great.
From this

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
Yay, I get to talk about something that I have literally no idea about!!!
All right, I know what I want to do. The questionable part is how it'll turn out. 
If I could have any job I'd do several things. For the main source of income I'd do design work- interior or fashion or architecture- from home. You can do that, you know. I like that. 
Then, on the side, I'd be a jazz musician for fun. I'd have a room full of trumpets to play. I'd probably be a guest soloist for the local wind symphony, too. I'd also teach private trumpet lessons, either at home or at a school. Best to educate the next generation of musicians. 
Aside from that, I'd help the band department run the marching band over the summer. That is just fun. No paycheck needed. 
Well, that's the end. Since I didn't have any pics we'll get out some more random gifs instead.

...That escalated quickly.
From this

Ah...okay...?
From here

Blog Challenge *Day 8*

On to the next day: Discuss a moment you felt satisfied with your life. 

Hang on, I need to trawl through a bunch of memories and find a good one...

Ah, here we are. I didn't know it at the time, but this moment:

From les vast files on my computer

Marching band! You might groan and say, "Not more of that!" But really. Marching band is so much more than the geeky summer thing it's said to be. It's truly being part of a team, and it's hard work. Since I didn't hardly know what I was doing half the time during the summer, I looked to my peers (aka the rest of the trumpets) for help and support. I got it. Like I said, I didn't realize it at the time, but in marching band I had discovered my niche. I wonder if I exist to do marching band...?
But yes. I realized after the marching season that my place was certainly in marching band and that I was pleased with my life while I marched. I always look forward to the summers because I feel so alive and in place during the marching season. Seriously. It's my reason for existing. :) Not really, but it feels like it.