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I went on a quick trip to Australia to work with a church over there for a while.  Fell in love and learned a lot. It was dreamy!  But more on that later...  For now, let me tell you about my love for Baz Luhrmann! (Who is actually, Australian.)  And about my BIG question of the day: WHY did no one inform me he was doing Gatsby?? Right on que, he's as handsome as ever.   Mark Anthony 'Baz' Luhrmann is a Producer/Director/Writer famous for his films Australia, Moulin Rouge!, and my personal very favorite, Romeo + Juliet. His style is so gaudy and theatrical and over the top yet somehow it's not overdone; it's tasteful,  just enough to keep you captivated. So it's no wonder everyone is talking about Gatsby!  (besides the fact that it's the production of the ultra famous book) I can not wait to see him work with De Caprio again. Fabulous.  I must see it now. Just adding to my love of all things Austra...

I'm watching a documentary on the psychology of music and one of the scientists mentions, how it seems many people are attracted to Latin music, due to it's unpredictably through syncopation. But the thing about syncopation is that it is really, extremely predictable. It's just not obvious. much like fractals. A fractal is essentially, a mathematical equation that creates a pattern, infinitely the same no matter how far you zoom in or out. Think of a coastline. If you look at a picture of the entire west coast it has a pattern of a very rough, jagged line. Zoom in to a single beach, the same rough, jagged line. 3 feet of that beach; the same jagged rough line. And we see, it will always look the same. Another similar picture of a fractal is a tree. As two branches split, each has its own branches that split off and into two and those branches have twigs that split off and into two, and so on and so forth. In fact, many things we instinctively ...

Oh NPR... I'm truly addicted to your music section. I should stop copying all your posts on my blog and simply just make my blog, a link to NPR music. At this point it practically is. (Here people.  http://www.npr.org/ ) Today you shared with me the goodness that is Jamie Lidell:  And ?uestlove. Along with new music from Steve Martin.   I love you NPR.  On that note, let's discuss my love for Questo, the great drumbino.   I can not say I found him on my own, a good friend and phenomenal musician shared his music with me and out of and attempt to keep up and be cool I gave it a listen. And they say the rest is history! Questlove is one of my favorite musicians, n ot only because he's extremely talented, but he's one of those rare people in the music business who has worked extremely hard and stayed extremely humble. And I like that.  More from NPR:  Patenting genes? I find it so selfish to hinde...

Why did I ever stop listening to Matt Ulery?  I've already posted this song. ... but really, it's like a film score for your own life.  And who doesn't want that?  xx

This post is in vain.  ... but can I just say I know my music?  I don't really look like I would have a lot of the hobbies and skills that I do, and nothing  is more frustrating than when people pass me off for just another girl because I'm bubbly.  Please, get to know me first.  I'm smart. I'm capable. I like physics and art and music. And I don't need to prove that to anyone.  Here's what I've been listening to today:  Annnnd last but not least...  It's very rare that people understand my taste in music.  ... but I love it.  XX

My favorite shot from recent days. My teacher's favorite shot from recent days.   Oh, how I love  photography.  Sending Loves- XX

Don't get mad that things aren't happening; be the change.  Growing up in the church, knowing that God “existed” was not a shocking thought to me. I had questioned it, a time or two, but had seen his work to be too evident in my life to count it all up to chance. My life, and the steps I‘ve taken to get to this point, have been the work of God. It wasn’t up until my first term at New Hope that I truly had an “existential crisis” though, with what I had built my entire life and world around. From a very young age I had an inherent knowledge that there must be something bigger at work here, and that that work was God. I spent my younger years, with my family, actively involved in church and planting churches, and outreaches, and all the ways we could reach out to our community. After high school, community college and university it was when I finally reached bible college that the question hit me: Do I really believe all of this? Surrounded by people who const...