Aardvarks Like To Dance! :D

What? Have you never seen an aardvark dance before?....You haven't......oh. Well....it's okay...I haven't either. :( I've never seen one in person at all.....but i have seen this aardvark! :D

Arthur!!! I loved this show when I was younger!!! :D Because of this show, I learned how to spell the word "aardvark". :D Ah, childhood shows. There were so many great things that came on during my childhood. Sometimes I wish that I could just return to the glorious days of my childhood just so I could relive the amazingness of television for me. Since I honestly have nothing better to talk about and just feel like blogging, let's review some shows of my past, shall we?

Okay, so I don't really like clowns, but I LOVED The Big Comfy Couch. A ginormous couch that pretty much had anything you could think of in it, and it didn't take very long to clean up afterwards.....actually, as I have gotten older, I feel cheated from this show. The "Ten Second Tidy" they do at the end of every show......a lot of the time, it lasts longer than ten seconds. o_O Yeah. But hey, this is the only thing in it with clowns that I actually can appreciate. PBS had some pretty awesome shows, like Zoom....

I would say that I learned a whole lot from this show...but to be honest, whatever I might've learned, it apparently didn't stick, because the only memory I really have of this show is the hand game, "Double, double, this, this..." Yeah, that's pretty sad. But it did have some educational qualities, and so did Bill Nye.

I don't care what other people think, this show was AWESOME. If it still came on TV, I would probably be tempted to watch it again. I even loved it as a middle schooler in my science class whenever we would randomly watch an episode pertaining to what we were learning about. A great mixture of science and comedy, this is a highlight of my childhood.

If I could ever find this on DVD, I would totally raise my kids partly on this show...not the newer stuff but the older episodes for sure. I think every kid should grow up watching at least a little bit of Sesame Street. I know that PBS probably has more awesome television programs that I used to watch, but I can't remember any more at the moment, so I guess they didn't make that big of an impact on me. Let's move onto....Nick Jr.!

Show of hands....does anyone remember these shows?.....Anyone....anyone....anyone.......*sigh* I didn't think so. Sadly, most people don't. The first one is Allegra's Window. Probably my favorite TV show that ever came on on Nick Jr. It was real people and puppets, and they were all musical. And at the end of the episode, Allegra would sit on her windowsill and talk about what she learned. It was most definitely one of my favorite shows ever. I would love to be able to find this on DVD somewhere......

A lot of people don't remember Gullah Gullah Island either. Rather unfortunate, if I might say so. A Jamaican family and a Poliwog (whatever that really is) having fun and singing songs. Having a good time and learning lessons along the way. "Let's all go to Gullah Gullah Island." I don't see how Nick Jr. watchers could not remember this show. They don't remember this or Allegra's Window, but most of them sure do remember this one.....

Yes, Little Bear. Who doesn't remember this show? Little Bear and his friends Duck, Owl, Hen, Cat, and Emily, along with other random friends that I can't remember right now. :P This show was cute, but I had to question one thing.....why does Little Bear's parents where clothing, but he doesn't? Hmmm. Something to ponder on, yes?

Okay, so I'm not a hugh Disney Channel fan...in fact, I loathe that television station with a passion, but two things did come of it that I actually did enjoy, and that was Rolie Polie Olie and PB&J Otter. These two shows were absolutely adorable, and since my siblings were even younger than I, it was cute to see how much enjoyable these shows were for them. To be honest though, I can't recall anything else this good coming out of Disney Channel. :P

These two shows were also big parts of my childhood. Now granted, Angelica was a total spoiled brat, and the whole pun with naming the chimp Darwin was kinda ridiculous, but these two things are completely overshadowed by the pure epicness of these shows. Rugrats was just so cute. My favorite was Chuckie. I love him to pieces. I think I mainly liked him over the others at first because of the glasses, but that's beside the point now. The Wild Thornberrys is awesome already, but throw in the fact that Nigel Thornberry is voiced by Tim Curry and you have one show that is to die for. Hmm......I think this is about it for the younger kid type stuff......now onto a few shows that I liked as a kid, but I love them even more now that I'm older.

These two relate, so I'll talk about them together. All That. Oh my goodness. This show was hysterical. Dan Schneider is probably one of the best TV show writers I've ever known. He has written so many great TV shows for Nickelodeon. If I could find some scripts for some of the skits in All That, I would want to perform them for, like, a talent show or something. Some kind of performance. And, out of All That, came another fantastic show...Kenan and Kel. My goodness, that show was hysterical!!!! "Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda! Is it true? I do, I do, I do-oooo!!!" Good times, good times.

This, right here, was the best thing that Cartoon Network ever had going for it. By far. (Other than Toonami, of course, but they are like apples and oranges [quoted from Katherine B.]) This great marriage of comedy and violence is what every child should be raised on from the time that they are born. Once you get your child home from the hospital, you should sit down and watch this with your baby. They will be thankful that you did when they are older. It will be a sad day when children do not know the name Bugs Bunny. It is imperative that we educate our children properly in the ways of good cartoons, and this is the grandfather of greatness is my opinion. :D

The Muppet Show is another show that is definitely "show your kids from birth" worthy in my opinion. When they are younger, they will love the puppetry and random funniness that kids love, and when they are older, they will be more able to understand the adult humor and appreciate the sheer amazingness of this show. I believe that every kid in the world should be able to go around and sing the song "Muh Nah Muh Nah" and know the show that it is from. They should be able to quote random catch phrases from this show (as well as the movies). Children of the future should not have to go without the powerful influence of this show.

And last, but certainly not least, the pure brilliance of Steven Spielberg is all contained in this one show: Animaniacs. Oh sure, when you are young, it is just a lot of funny random jokes, but as you get older, you can catch the adult humor (especially the innuendos) of this show. The cuteness of Dot, the craziness of Wakko, and the sarcasticness of Yakko are what really make the show, but throw in all of the other characters (i.e. Pinky and the Brain, Mindy and Buttons, Rita and Runt, The Goodfeathers, etc.) make this show one to remember always. You should start having your kids watch this show even before birth. Just sit down and watch it before they are born, and keep it up afterwards. They will be most grateful for the love and compassion that you show to them by letting them in on this most excellent show.

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And what does all this have to do with college? Absolutely nothing. Wow. I totally went on a huge rant and didn't even mean to at the beginning. I blame my RA, Emily. She is the one who gave me the title for my blog in the first place, and everything else just came out of it. :P Well, I hope that maybe this was entertaining for you readers. Maybe next time I'll actually talk about something that has to do with college. Thanks for taking the time to read my ridiculous writings.

~Katherine Grace~

I Should Probably Be Doing My Homework...

...But instead, I'm going to write!! :D About what, you might ask? Well, I shall be writing about...SPRING BANQUET.

Yup, Spring Banquet. (If you haven't guessed, that's me in the pink dress :P). The funny thing is that I HATE the color pink. But, I got over it because I LOVE the style of the dress. And it went with the theme. The theme of this banquet was Board Games. So, me and my date Sean went as....

...LIFE!!!! :D Going as generic pink female and generic blue male, we went to banquet as the Game of Life. And to tell you the truth, it was a lot of fun. ^_^ Yes, walking in very high heels felt life-threatening to me, especially going down the stairs, but I loved getting to just dress up, and actually feel beautiful. (I don't have very good self-esteem, if you didn't already know :P). They had a cake that was decorated to look like the game Candy Land!! In fact, some of my friends dressed up to be Candy Land characters. Others included Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego, Memory, and Clue. It was a lot of fun. :D My most epic friend Lauren actually won the game of Life. We are definitely going to have to play it sometime soon.

Yeah, don't ask about the Pineapple. I don't really feel like going into the details. :P Lolz. May I just say that these two people, Lauren Kalman and Joshua Mills, are probably two of the greatest people I've ever met. I'm serious when I say that without them, I think banquet would've been a lot less exciting. I think I feel the closest to these two. :) Yeah, I consider them to be my two best friends here. (Not that they are my only best friends, but they are definitely at the top of my list.) I love just getting to hang out with these two. I don't think there is ever a dull moment, and it's fun to hang out with them together, or even separate. I love the long talks that I get to have with Lauren (and I'm looking forward to going home with her for Spring Break) and Josh is just a great guy and is fun to be around. ^_^ I wish that everyone that I knew could meet these two. They have made such a huge impact in my life, that's for sure, and it's definitely a good impact. :D You know, it is going to be a sad day when they graduate and I'm left here for another semester/year finishing up my degree. Things just aren't going to be the same on this campus without them. :( I'll feel like I'm losing a big part of myself. I guess that shows how much I value their friendship in my life.....

.....Okay, now I'm starting to sound all depressed....which is not what I wanted to do. So...umm....here is an epic picture of some people that I hold dear and that I love!

I adore all of these loverly ladies (excluding me). Not only are they my dorm mates/ hall mates/ roommates, but they are my sisters. :D They brighten up my life, and I'm so glad to know each and every one of them.

So, to wrap things up, after banquet, we went and saw Unknown. It was totally epic!!!! Of course, anything with Liam Neeson is amazing.

Well, I shall be off now, for I have a date with some friends and Indiana Jones! (I've been officially introduced to him this past week. We're watching the third one tonight. :D) Good night all!!!

P.S. I love being introduced to movies. It makes me so happy to finally be in the loop on things like movies...and books....and music! Especially music!!! Which is why I love getting mix CDs. ^_^

~Katherine Grace~

Can Anybody Find Me....Somebody To Love? :D

Yeah, I just finished listening to that song, and I love it so, so I figured I'd use it for my title. :D

In light of Valentine's day being this past Monday, and tomorrow is banquet, where a lot of couples will definitely be going together, this college post will be on.....romance. :P I'm sorry, I would normally post this on my other blog, but this topic can pertain to college as well. I know other friends of mine have written some on this subject, but I just feel the need to do it as well. And since I'm listening to a lot of songs lately with this theme, I'm totally gonna use music to help me with this. :D (Hooray for being a music major.)

Ah, romance. It's one of those things that half of the time makes me go overly gushy and girly, but the rest of the time, it makes me sick. I go all girly cause I want romance, true love, but then I get sick of the idea because I don't have it yet. Me and romance have a love-hate relationship (hehe, unintended pun alert).

In songs about romance, I always find that one part that just gets me every time, that makes me just melt at hearing/singing the line. I can give you plenty of examples on that one.

1. We'll stay forever this way. You are safe in my heart and my heart will go on and on.
2. Down that old road, with the stars up above. He remembers where he was the night he fell in love. He was walking her home.
3. But you've gotta believe me. I'll never leave you. You'll never cry long as I am there. And I will always be there. You will never be without love.
4. Darling, I'll be yours forever cause I never wanna be without love. Darling, never set me free.
5. You alone can make my song take flight. Help me make the music of the night.
6. I will be all that you want, and get myself together, cause you keep me from falling apart.
7. Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
8. I'm so grateful to you. I'd have lived my whole life through lost forever if I never knew you.
9. Come what may, come what may, I will love you until my dying day.
10. So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours. I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.
11. We're leaving here tonight. There's no need to tell anyone. They'd only hold us down. So by the morning light, we'll be half way to anywhere, where love is more than just your name.
12. All at once, everything looks different now that I see you.
13. An enchanted moment, and it sees me through. It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you.
14. You'll be in my heart. Yes, you'll be in my heart from this day on, now and forevermore.
15. Tale as old as time, true as it can be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends unexpectedly.

Yeah, you get the idea? I love songs like this!! It makes me hopeful for finding someone, so that I can sing these songs and actually have true meaning behind them. And this is one of the hard things at college: wondering where in the world is that special someone? And because of this, a lot of times, we get so caught up on looking that we don't just sit back and enjoy friendships first. Because that's what's important. The friendship that you make with that person is the foundation that you eventually build your relationship. If that isn't there, you can end up heart broken.

I can't help but love heart break type songs as well. When I'm sad and down about romance, certain lines get to me that could actually make me cry. Like these....

1. These wounds won't seem to heal. This pain is just to real. There's just too much that time cannot erase.
2. I can't save your life, though nothing I bleed for is more tormenting. I'm losing my mind and you just stand there and stare as my world divides.
3. Don't cry to me. If you loved me, you would be here with me. You want me, come find me. Make up your mind.
4. I can't hold on to me. Wonder what's wrong with me?
5. Someone said, "A broken heart would sting at first then make you stronger." You wonder why this pain remains. Were hearts made whole just to break?
6. And will we ever end up together? No I think not. It's never to become, for I am not the one.
7. You need that boy like a bowling ball dropped on your head, which means not at all. You have to much to give to live to waste your time on him.

Songs like these just help me release any sad feelings I have when it comes to romance. When I'm in a mood like that, I'm about ready to become a nun and join a convent because I never think that I could even get a guy. :P Most of my friends call me ridiculous when I say that, but it's just how I feel sometimes. I go back and forth a lot on loving the idea of romance and simply hating that I don't have it.

But, to be honest, I find myself hanging out in the middle somewhere: longing for romance but just sitting around waiting for it, and wondering when it will come. These lines from songs come to mind:

1. I wanna live happily, happily, happily ever after.
2. Can anybody find me somebody to love?
3. No more dating, I'm just waiting. Like sleeping beauty, my prince will come for me. No more dating, I'm just waiting. Cause God is writing my love story.
4. So I know, he'll appear, cause there are rules and there are strictures. I believe the story books I read by candle light. My white knight and his steed will look just like these pictures. It won't be long now, I guarantee. Day number.....8,423.
5. So just because you haven't found your prince yet, doesn't mean you're still not a princess.
6. They don't date, they won't date. They wanna see how they're gonna grow up, how they're gonna be. But in the meantime they might feel unloved, when all the girls around them are hooking up.

I feel like this a lot of times. I'm 19 and I've never dated. And let me tell you what, being in college with a lot of very Godly men doesn't make anything easier on a girl like me. But, just because I want to find romance, it doesn't mean that I want to rush into anything. On the contrary, taking things slowly is great, and this means by making solid friendships with my guy friends. Even though only one in the end will end up the one for me, those friendships that I create while I'm searching, or better yet waiting to be found, will be friendships that I will probably have for life. And in the meantime, I'll just have to be content on having guy friends....and complaining to my epic girl friends about my wishes. :D

.....See what Valentine's Day does to poor, single girls like me?! This is why I prefer to call it Singles Awareness Day. :P And as you can probably see, this is why I hate this subject....I feel way too girly talking about this a lot of the time, which is why there are minimal posts on my other blog. :P So other than random inspiration for my other blog, this will probably be the last time I talk about romance on here for quite a while. :P (I can just hear the applause and appreciation for this as I type this. Lolz.) I guess this is it for this post. I hope that everyone has an amazing weekend. I know I will!! :D

Side note, I hope my guy loves Lord of the Rings like I do. I want to find my Aragorn. ^_^

~Katherine Grace~

How Much Can Change In A Year?.....A Lot, That's How Much.

So, it's Tuesday, February the 8th, and I'm sitting here in the cafeteria, really needing to do some studying for my Methods of Teaching Secondary School Music test tomorrow, or perhaps study for my OT Lit test tomorrow, but since I don't have another class until 3, I figure it can wait just a little bit. :P

This post won't really be all that much about my college life so far or anything of that sort.

Today is a big step for me. It is an anniversary of an event in my life that I don't think I'll ever forget. It's the one year anniversary of the day I thought that my heart had died. I had to cut ties from someone that I thought that I "loved", even though I was blind to see the truth. On that day, after ending it all, I wept.

I wept and wept and thought that my heart could never be put back together again. Everything that I thought was real was a lie, and my life seemed to be torn apart...all by one guy that I fell for that said that he would never do anything to hurt me....

...that said he would never leave me...

...that said he would never make me cry.

But, looking over the past year, so much has changed, even though last year I thought that my world was falling apart. I've learned so much about what really matters, about the characteristics that a true man should really have, and that I should guard my heart until the time comes that I find someone right for me.

I never thought that I could trust guys again. For a while, I didn't think I could, and I honestly didn't want to out of fear of being hurt again. But, (and this is where college comes into play), I have met SO MANY amazing men here at Bryan that have completely changed my mind about guys. By having amazing guy friends like Josh, Tim (my big brother), Adam, Matt, Chris, and Sean (just to name a few), they (without knowing it probably) help me see what really is important in a guy. What I should be looking for. The qualities of a godly man. They have really shown me that not all guys are horrible. That guys really can care about people, even me. And that is an amazing thing to think about. Knowing that some guy out there will end up caring so much about me that he would want to spend the rest of his life with me is a pretty big deal to me.

I can't wait for my happily ever after. ^_^

Well, I think that's about it for right now. I will not let the memory of today ruin the day that I'm having so far. I will enjoy today, hang out with some wonderful friends, and study my butt off for my tests tomorrow. Have a great February the 8th everyone!

~Katherine Grace~