Greg Laswell Concert

If I could go through all of the millions of songs I have on my computers to see the most played ones, Greg Laswell’s songs from his C.D., Three Flights from Alto Nido would top the list. I was introduced to Greg Laswell by an awesome friend (Tucker) who for every birthday and christmas buys me a C.D. from a band I’ve never heard of before. When I first listened to his music I was drawn in right away. Greg Laswell’s voice parallels the the emotions of his lyrics perfectly. It was so great to see him in person tonight. This was the first time that I had even been to a concert where everyone was completely silent when slower and more emotion packed songs were being played. It was almost a respect for the power of his lyrics and his piano/guitar. It was a great trip and a really fun experience. It’s so much fun to see the music of a band you love playing in front of you. You can feel the passion that the musician intended everyone to hear originally, but is not as effective when recorded, and played on a C.D. or as a MP3. So thanks Greg Laswell and the awesome band that opened for you, Elizabeth and the Catapult. I had a swell of a good time.

Simple Moment in Life

A little girl game up to me about one week ago and asked if I could play with her. I told her I couldn’t to which she asked “Why?” She continued to say why over and over again until finally I ran out of answers and ended up telling her, “Just because”. She jumped back on her bike and said, “Okay, I’ll stop by tomorrow”. I stayed on my porch finishing up the blog post that I was working on. No more than five minutes later she drove past again on her bike and parked in my driveway. She asked if I could play just for one minute. I had no idea how to answer this very persistent redheaded blue dressed girl. I had to leave and I didn’t know if I had a daughter of my own would feel if I saw some stranger playing with her, so I told her no again. She gave me a very angry look and said, “Well fine. I’ll play with someone else”. She jumped on her bike and then shouted back “I’ll see you tomorrow”, and zoomed around the corner before I could say anything. This was so great I decided I needed to share.

Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

I know I posted this on my other blog but I love it so much I decided I needed to post it here too. This is such a amazing video. Please take the time to watch it:)

Anime

Many people have very different opinions about Anime. Most people when they hear the word Anime the automatically think of some weird nerd who collects swords and spends his day playing World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons and watching tons of anime movies. I have found that Anime is a very beautiful and great art. In fact, it originated in 1917, and not only did japanese film makers play with it but so did film makers in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia. Anime movies can be very strange and silly but the art in a lot of them are amazing. What do you think? Do you like Anime?

A old friend of mine drew this picture of me and Warren about 8 month ago

Great Piano Songs

There are so many things that really move me. I think from dance and learning to express my emotion through movement I have really come to depend on and appreciate music. For some reason the most powerful music to me is just someone playing the piano. So I just wanted to make a short list of powerful piano tunes for you. Some have lyrics and others don't. I suggest you check out a couple of them because they are amazing. They are also in no particular order.

1.Max Veron- Pastels. This is a very beautiful song that talks about the hardships of life but how you don’t have to be alone.

2.Yiruma-The River Flow in you. This is my favorite song ever played on the piano and I hope one day to be able to play it (even if I can’t play anything else).

3.Before Cologne-Ben Folds. Ben Folds is an amazing Pianist and this piece shows he doesn’t need any vocals to improve it.

4.Dijurido-Artist Unknown (on cowboy bebop soundtrack). This is a soft and sweet piece that makes me so happy.

5.Almost Lover-A Fine Frenzy. This is a very melancholy. It is my favorite song to play when I’m blue.

6.Everyday-Carly Comando. Warren introduced me to this song and I have been in love with it ever since. It is so stunning in it’s simplicity and elegance.

7.Clair de Lune. This is song is so beautiful and touching. No wonder it's famous.

8.Leaving Netherfield-Pride & Prejudice Soundtrack. This is one of my favorite soundtracks. It is so exquisite and there is no way to describe it.

What it Means to Me to Believe

Frequently I have been having a hard time with things that I believe in. This is not because I have a hard believing in certain things, but because I sometimes it makes others upset, mad, or they look down on me for these things. Now, I’m not going to tell you what my opinions are on these matters (you can ask me later) but, to be less vague some of these things include homosexual couples adopting, global warming, gay marriage, gun control, and more.

I was having a conversation with one of my friends a while ago and was telling him how I felt guilty for the way I felt in my heart. Everyone around me feels so discussed and angry at something, and in my heart, I know that it is not what they think. He told reminded me (as he always does) not to get upset and emotional because it’s okay to think the way that I do. It’s times like these that I know how it feels to be overwhelmed by the world and give up in what I believe. I know that this is not the right thing to do though.

If all of us gave up on what we believed in, no matter how small, nothing would be great in this world. No one would ever be happy, or enjoy life. There would be no passion, art, books, good food, love, and more. It is this that keeps me going and makes me continue to believe in the things that are hard. Someday, I know that I will be glad for listening to my heart and not falling into the world. I encourage all of you to continue to believe in the things that you do. It makes us all who we really are.

Habitually Beautiful

Hello amazing readers! I just wanted to remind you all of my second blog Habitually Beautiful. Check it out here. I haven't been posting a lot of pics on it recently because I've been very busy lately but I promise that has changed! It only takes ten seconds to look at and i'll be updating it about every other day. I just want to show you things that I find beautiful, inspiring, life changing (at least for me) and more. I would love to see what you think too, so leave a comment! Thanks a ton.

~Lindz

The 4th of July

Reasons I love the 4th of July

1.Camping out- Every year I get a group of my friends together and camp out for the 4th of july parade in front of Provo High School. We spend all night playing games, reading books out loud to each other, eating thousands of pixie sticks and then leaving in the morning before the parade starts to go home and watch it on T.V.
2.Jake coming down- My cousin/brother comes down every 4th of July no matter what. I love him so much and spending time with him is always the best thing!
3.Seedless Watermelon- Do I need to say anything more?
4.Watching the fireworks from my grandmother’s house above the temple.
5.Tons of people coming into town- although the traffic sucks I love seeing new faces everywhere!

Reasons I hate the 4th of July

1.Political Arguments- Whenever you get my father and his brother’s together they spend about 8 hours a day having different versions of this conversations...
“Dave, Bush is a moron! Did you even listen to what he said about ______?”
“Rick, you know Bush is right! Glen Beck said _______!”
2.Jello Salad-I believe only certain things should be put into multi colored gelatin and that does not include the entire contents of your fridge.
3.The tinny boppers that come to sing at the Stadium of Fire in Provo. Do we really need to give pre-teen girls more reasons to freak out and scream?
4.Flags everywhere- I think it’s great to be patriotic but do you need flags covering your windows so you can’t see when you cut me off? Do you need them in paint all over your body? Do you realize paint just makes your skin a different color and it doesn’t actually cover things we don’t want to see?
5.Not being in town for the fireworks- I’ll miss it this year.

France Log 3 (The last of my travel posts)

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Day Ten-Isola 2000

7/1/2009
Wednesday

Another day spend hiking. It was so amazing. I climbed almost to the top of a huge
mountain and sat there breathing in the fresh french air. I brought my note book and
wrote down a ton of great ideas and things that I’ve been thinking a lot about on this trip.
This trip has been a great way to figure a lot of things out. And somehow it also has
made me feel a lot more confident about feeling confused and scared about the future.
I have now been converted to going to the mountains to think. I’m glad that I’m
surrounded by them at home. I keep looking up at the mountains and think that I
am already home. Good thing I still have 4 more days:)

Day Eleven-Nice and Monaco
7/2/2009
Thursday

Nice (pronounced Niece) one of the best places to visit in France. It is located on the
Mediterranean coast and super beautiful. It’s kinda over populated, full of miniature
poodles, and run by the mafia but it’s once you get there it’s flaws turn more into cute
perks because one is overcome but the awesomeness of it. The street that parallels the
coast is called the Pramenad de Englaise and is full of all the french who are not skinny
and feel no need to cover any of their bodies with any kind of fabric, unless (and only on
occasion) it is spandex, bright and very very small. The shops by the coast are all a
tourist trap but if you go back a few blocks you can find amazing small little cafes. We ate
at the X Treme Cafe and had an amazing meal while MJ played softly in the background.
After, we went to the Musee do Beaux Art or the Museum of Fine Arts. It was a blast to
see great works of art by hundreds of french artists. After that we headed towards
Monaco to see that famous Monte Carlo Casino. My father was slightly disapointed to not
see any of the hundreds of Tour de France bikers there, because the race starts from
there on sunday. We drove around enjoying the view for a hour or so and then headed
home. It was great and fun and I plan on spending at least a week there next time I come.

Day Eleven-Isola 2000
7/3/2009
Friday

Today was another day spent in Isola 2000. I hiked around a little bit but the weather
allow much exploring so I spend most of the day inside. I’ve been packing things up,
organizing souvenirs, and bonding with my mother and sister a little (which means
watching Gilmore Girl’s on my laptop). It’s been a nice day and a nice way to wrap up my
trip. We are leaving for Frankfurt tomorrow, a 8 hour drive and then staying at nice hotel
for the night until our flight on sunday. I’m excited but sad to be coming home. I’ll be really
excited to see my friends again, bake and cook some amazing food, eat meat (my sister
and now mother are vegetarians which makes every meal meatless), play cards and wear
shorts. I’m also kinda excited to go back to a messy room. It’s kinda sad to leave too
though. I’ve learned so much and experienced so many great places, people and things.
Two weeks was a perfect amount of time to be gone but later in my life I want to come
back and experience more. France and Germany are two great places that I hope
everyone can one day go to and experience.

France Log 2

Day Nine-Isola and St Saveur
6/30/2009
Tuesday

Driving around in France is amazing! I am so glad that we have decided to stay up the the alps. Although we may not be near enough to Paris to visit (one of the things I want to do in my life is to there) we could have not chosen a better place to stay. It is so beautiful here. The streets are tiny and every building is so old! The thing I love here is that people do not change there house and rebuild it they just do things to accent the beauty of it’s age. We stopped at St Saveur and walked around the small town (population 200) and went into the old churches one was completely dedicated to St Anne (Mary’s Mother). After we drove up to Isola (not Isola 2000 where we are staying but a town down below it) to have lunch at a little local cafe. Although it was very small, slightly dirty and smelled a little odd it had one of the best sandwiches I have ever had. It was just a 3 cheese sandwich, but it was three cheeses that I can’t pronounce, have ever heard of or will ever forget how good it was. They melted it in a piece of french bread (panini style) and it was amazing! We also ordered a salad and it literally looked like it was a sandwich without the bread. Whole pieces of cheese tomatoes and more. After we drove up the highest drive in Europe. It was so beautiful! It was also raining with tons of lightning and thunders. In fact, it was striking so close we could literally smell the smell of fire and burning when ever it struck. It was incredible and surprisingly not very scary. I was more awestruck than anything. Oh there are so many people I wish could have experienced this with me!

France Log

France-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,

Day Seven-Isola 2000
6/28/2009
Sunday

After a long 13 hour drive our family decided (well everyone but me) to spend a day relaxing and resting. I took a few walks around enjoying the amazing mountains. We are staying in small resort located in a small ski town. It is all mostly just hotels and restaurants here but I can’t imagine more than 50-100 hundred people living here. The mountains take my breath away and I can’t wait to hike them tomorrow!

Day Eight-Isola 2000
6/29/2009
Monday

I slept in until eleven after having a crazy dream. I hadn’t slept in so late since this trip. I woke up took a quick shower and didn’t even put on make up or let my hair dry before rushing out the door to hike the amazing French Alps. I searched around the mountains forever finding tons of trails but one caught my eye. It was mostly covered in grass (which is very odd for a mountain trail) and decided to follow. I had brought my iPod with me and was listening to classical music as I hiked along looking at all the beautiful trees, failing to name which kind they were. I guess the tree tour and I did early this summer with Warren didn't stick. Anyway, I climbed over 3 fallen trees and on the last one looked up to see an amazing waterfall. About 75 yards away from that was this amazing stone bridge covered in moss that crossed the beautiful stream. It was so remarkably beautiful. It was a place I will never forget. I sat there for almost an hour just thinking and basking in it’s glory. I love France.