Saturday, June 25, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Recommended Opportunity
Love acting or improv? This does cost a fair amount, but, knowing some of the people who are running it, I can highly recommend the Noorda Theater Summer Camp. Find out more about it at http://www.uvu.edu/theatre/noorda/summer_camp/acting.html.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Yearbook Wishes
from Ms. Dorsey
". . . the thing you want to strive for, always, is to be better than yourself.” Papa in Words By Heart
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
— William W. Purkey
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— Madeleine L'Engle
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
— Groucho Marx
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."
— Dr. Seuss
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss (I Can Read with My Eyes Shut)
"Do one thing everyday that scares you."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."
— Paul Sweeney
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
— Winston S. Churchill
"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
— Dorothy Parker
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
— Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
— Abraham Lincoln
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."
— Henry Ford
Not yearbook material, but great thoughts nevertheless --
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
— Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles)
". . . the thing you want to strive for, always, is to be better than yourself.” Papa in Words By Heart
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth."
— William W. Purkey
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— Madeleine L'Engle
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
— Groucho Marx
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."
— Dr. Seuss
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss (I Can Read with My Eyes Shut)
"Do one thing everyday that scares you."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."
— Paul Sweeney
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
— Winston S. Churchill
"The cure for boredom is curiosity.
There is no cure for curiosity."
— Dorothy Parker
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
— Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
— Abraham Lincoln
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."
— Henry Ford
Not yearbook material, but great thoughts nevertheless --
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
— Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Books to Read over the Summer!?!
I just started reading this one and it's fun!
TEN MILES PAST NORMAL by Frances O'Roark Dowell -- It's about a girl who is a freshman in high school, and a farmgirl, and finds that her farm life seems to get in the way of having a happy high school experience. According to her, milking goats, stepping in manure, and living so far away from friends and the mall can really cramp your style!
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And I sampled this one: GIFTED: FINDERS KEEPERS by Marilyn Kaye (She's the author of the book that the movie Penelope was based on. It's about kids in a class for the gifted -- very gifted: gifts such as invisibility, mind-reading, seeing the future, and super-strength.
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And then there's THE FOOL'S GIRL by Celia Rees
***** FROM THE BOOK JACKET *****
Young and beautiful Violetta is of noble blood, but her
country is in shambles. She and her comic companion,
Feste, have just arrived in London on a mysterious quest.
Their journey has been long and their misfortunes many,
but it is not until they encounter the playwright William
Shakespeare that the whole story is revealed. Violetta and
Feste are in search of an ancient holy relic--her
country's greatest treasure--that the evil Malvolio has
stolen. Malvolio's plot seems complex and wide reaching,
but it's not clear who else is involved...until Violetta's
childhood love, Stephano, enters the scene.
Is this remarkable story a comedy or a tragedy? Spun from
Shakespeare's uproarious "Twelfth Night," Celia Rees has
crafted a wholly original adventure that stretches from
the shores of Illyria to the Forest of Arden, where
romance and danger go hand in hand.
Rees also wrote Pirates!
Nancy Kington, a wealthy merchant’s daughter living in Bristol, England in the early 1700’s, is sometimes lonely but enjoys the privileges her father’s business brings. Minerva Sharpe is a penniless slave’s daughter living and working on the Kington’s Jamaican plantation. These two young women, united through a set of extraordinary circumstances including a brutal murder, an arranged marriage, and set of ruby earrings, find themselves sailing the high seas in search of love, adventure and freedom—as pirates! (from Amazon)
TEN MILES PAST NORMAL by Frances O'Roark Dowell -- It's about a girl who is a freshman in high school, and a farmgirl, and finds that her farm life seems to get in the way of having a happy high school experience. According to her, milking goats, stepping in manure, and living so far away from friends and the mall can really cramp your style!
___________________________________
And I sampled this one: GIFTED: FINDERS KEEPERS by Marilyn Kaye (She's the author of the book that the movie Penelope was based on. It's about kids in a class for the gifted -- very gifted: gifts such as invisibility, mind-reading, seeing the future, and super-strength.
__________________________
And then there's THE FOOL'S GIRL by Celia Rees
***** FROM THE BOOK JACKET *****
Young and beautiful Violetta is of noble blood, but her
country is in shambles. She and her comic companion,
Feste, have just arrived in London on a mysterious quest.
Their journey has been long and their misfortunes many,
but it is not until they encounter the playwright William
Shakespeare that the whole story is revealed. Violetta and
Feste are in search of an ancient holy relic--her
country's greatest treasure--that the evil Malvolio has
stolen. Malvolio's plot seems complex and wide reaching,
but it's not clear who else is involved...until Violetta's
childhood love, Stephano, enters the scene.
Is this remarkable story a comedy or a tragedy? Spun from
Shakespeare's uproarious "Twelfth Night," Celia Rees has
crafted a wholly original adventure that stretches from
the shores of Illyria to the Forest of Arden, where
romance and danger go hand in hand.
Rees also wrote Pirates!
Nancy Kington, a wealthy merchant’s daughter living in Bristol, England in the early 1700’s, is sometimes lonely but enjoys the privileges her father’s business brings. Minerva Sharpe is a penniless slave’s daughter living and working on the Kington’s Jamaican plantation. These two young women, united through a set of extraordinary circumstances including a brutal murder, an arranged marriage, and set of ruby earrings, find themselves sailing the high seas in search of love, adventure and freedom—as pirates! (from Amazon)
Monday, May 23, 2011
May 31, 2011
Bell-Ringer
Read-a-Thon: Bring books, treats, pillows. If the weather is fine, we will go outside, and you will be able to bring blankets and/or folding chairs.
Read-a-Thon: Bring books, treats, pillows. If the weather is fine, we will go outside, and you will be able to bring blankets and/or folding chairs.
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