Psych Prof.

I love this guy.. SOOO FUNNY

"Allomony is a cheap word for all the money"
"Imagine if your at Las Vegas...or Loss wages"
"I put your timed essays into 3 piles.  The ones that had nothing on them I put in my John Locke Pile"
"If you ask a guy why he got a good grade he'll say "i'm smart" you ask a girl, she'll say "I studied"

T-90 mins

At this very moment in time in the town in walnut, Young Joycelyn was exactly 15 years old 364 days 23 hours and 9 mins.

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At this very momment in the town of walnut, young Joycelyn was approximantly 15 years, 364 days, 16 hours, and 21 mins years old.  gotta love pushing dasies. 

Relax

I don't ever think I have been that relaxed before...  during any performance or any practice sessions or anything.  My heart rate was incredibly slow... or at least it felt that way.
      I just finished my first recital at the colburn school of music.  I was the only violinist tonight... which i am extremely happy about.  Less pressure :]  The whole day I was having this weird stomach thing.  I think i was getting nervous.
     On the way to colburn, I started singing Jesus loves me, beyond words (tenth ave north), and beloved (tenth ave north).  Realizing that God loves you no matter how badly you screw up does wonders for your nerves.  I ended up being so relaxed that i started dragging a bit.
     All in all, I didn't play the best I wanted too... dragged... then a rushed a little.  But this was the very first performance where I was confident in my playing.  Being confident, I have slowly realized, doesn't mean that you do your best.  It means that you realize that God will love you no matter what happens... that you don't need to prove yourself to others.. because you have already satisfied the master of all things, by simply doing your best.

Sometimes...

Sometimes we runaway from God because we feel that we are not worthy.  

Sometimes we need to realize that we don't need to work to gain God's approval because we already have it.  

Sometimes we need to stop chasing what we already have.

Sometimes we need to hate ourselves enough to realize that we can't control ourselves. 

Sometimes we need to be selfish enough to believe that the greatest being on earth loves us and is willing to guide our lives for us. 

Sometimes doing things right doesn't mean doing things perfectly, it means to do them with the mindset that God loves us regardless of what the outcome is.  

Sometimes... all the time. 

My.Teacher.is.Yoda.

and King Midas... AT THE SAME TIME!!!  :O GASP!

No joke.

Have you ever had a teacher soo wonderfully awesome and insightful that your just like *jawdrop*

yeah that would be me right now.  So I got a new violin teacher right.  SOo crazy.. 

ok on the off chance that he might read this (highly unlikely) I won't mention his name. haha

So the first time I met him I think he took too many cough drops cause he was sick so he was acting super weird.  Really really weird.  and he's kinda short too..well not really but he kinda look that way :] YET, he knows EVERYTHING.  Like I said, this guy is Yoda.  

On another note... he has the golden touch... but for music.  I swear everything he plays turns to audible GOLD.   He gave me this song couple weeks ago.  I didn't really like it... therefore.. I didn't really want to play it.  So I went to lesson the other day and he played like different measures to show me what he wanted me to fix... like I said, King Midas this guy.  Like when he played I could like imagine a prince charging through battle to  rescue his princess.  His music tells a story. 

    

He told me this story of a guy's dad he knew.  Way back before cheap public transportation and copy machines, there was this guy named Mr. Sheng.  He loved the violin.  His favorite piece was Ava Maria.    There was a violin transcription of the piece, but the only copy was over a hundred miles away in a library.  Mr. Sheng walked one hundred miles to this library.  walked.  seriously he walked.  When he got there.  He copied the music.  note by note.  line by line.  Then he walked another hundred miles home.  Love music people.  love. music.    

 

The Princess

So this is a little story i wrote for Childrens story :]  It's called

The Princess

There once was a princess who lived in a castle.
life was great and never a hassle.
her father loved her and spoiled her with tassels.

One day an evil man came to her and made a proud pose.
he said "come with me, and i'll give you a rose!"
Her father exclaimed "No! That man will only bring woes!"
Sadly, the princess only saw the beautiful rose,
that actually smelled like stinky toes.

The princess ran away with the man, much to her father's dismay
The king saw her off on that very grey day,
saying, "I love you, I love you! Don't go away!
We have a bouquet of roses! please please stay!"

The man led the princess to a land with no tassels.
where every day was a hassle.

The princess was put to work
as a booking clerk,
soon she went berserk!

She cried "I want to go home"
to my bed and to my comb!

but the evil man yelled, "you can't go home now!"
your father won't allow!

You've run away!
and my prisoner you shall stay!

The princess declared, "then I'll plow..
I'll milk a cow!
I'll have sweat coming off my brow!

Anywhere is better than this!
Because I reminisce

about my father's castle
where there are no hassles."

The princess went back
her father almost had a heart attack!

she explained to him ,"I'm sorry, but I can't be your princess anymore."
I'm not like I was before

I've disobeyed
Left home when you forbade

I'm not worthy of royalty
because I have no loyalty

so, I'll work for my chow!
I'll plow!
I'll even milk a cow!

Then the King turned to her and said,"I love you
I love you"

"you don't need to plow,
or milk a cow!"

"My princess you will always be
because my love for you is as endless as the great blue sea."
 
Based on the prodigal son.