Ashley's Philosophy Corner

Don't mind the...interesting freezed picture.  :) But this song, (more Libera), was just so uplifting and the message very good and true, I couldn't help it. I hope you enjoy it.

Austin's Funnies Corner

Alex's Random Awesome Corner

This is, again, is the description: Random, and really, really, REALLY awesome. SHE is really, really awesome. I am in complete admiration for her skill and talent, because....as you will see...wow. Just -wow. She embodies what an actress is, what an actress -truly is. Not a theatre kid with the annoying "let's disrupt the peace" and who lives for the funny and shallow, and the touching, and the weirdness....Not a showgirl, whose mommy has an in with some Broadway director and whose daddy has big bucks to pay for her private voice lessons and her expensive tour, who's every musical's lead and every theatre teacher's pet. She. Is. An. Actress. And when you watch the third video, (which hopefully you will watch in succession of the first two, for they are carefully placed, and I HIGHLY recommend each of them) you will understand what being an actress truly means.

Anna's All Things Classical and Jazz



I just felt like putting a lot of gorgeous viola pieces. I don't mean to video-overload, but, well...I think I officially possibly have decided that its my new favorite string instrument. There's just something so unique and very different about viola, how its played in tenor clef, how its rarely played -period- being not quite a violin, and not quite a cello, but retaining the richness and passion and depth of both in its own individual sort of way. Kind of funny how its always the weakest section in the orchestra, too. Anyway, here are four videos, that have something or somethings to be appreciated in each. I hope you enjoy them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C54Ka_VrSxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjZ7BK0jbzw

  Ashley's Philosophy Corner

     “When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives. ”

--Inspirational speaker, Iyanla Vanzant

     "It is okay to take life so seriously that you find yourself taking it lightly. It is not okay to take life so lightly that you find you cannot take it seriously."

     "That is human. Good and evil. Wickedness and deceit and greed. Kindness and selflessness and love. That is human. To love -then to hurt. But overall to love."

     "Teach me about something or someone good, stick me in front of a group of reviling prosecutors and make me defend that something, then tape my mouth shut and tie my hands behind my back -like setting me on fire and asking me not to burn." 

      "When you're the youngest you live your life watching previews. When you're the oldest you live your life watching reruns.When you're in the middle, life is sure to be an interesting show."

      "Simplicity can be a difficult thing to decipher."

     "...'nice' isn't a sufficient quality for friendship, but it’s a necessary one."

--Pamela Duckerman

   
      "I am no longer afraid to look at a human passing by in the eyes. I am no longer afraid to sit next to a  human on a bench and give them a nice 'Good afternoon!' I am no longer afraid to hold onto another human passing by, to not let them pass me by.Why should I be? I am a human, they are a human. And I am no longer afraid to be one. For I've realized, it is not so great a thing to be human. And yet -to be human is so great a thing."

   
     --Other quotes by Macy Adams

Austin's Funnies Corner

     

     Half the people you know are below average.

     The leader of the vegetarian society just couldn't control himself anymore. He just needed to try some pork, just to see what it tasted like. So one summer day he told his members he was going on a vacation. He packed out of town, and headed to the nearest restaurant. After sitting down, he ordered a roasted pig, and impatiently waited for his delicacy.

     After just a few minutes, he heard someone call his name, and to his great chagrin he saw one of his fellow members walking towards him. Just at that same moment, the waiter walked over, with a huge platter, holding a full roasted pig with an apple in it’s mouth.

      “Isn't that something,” says the leader after only a moments pause, “All I do is order an apple, and look what it comes with!”

      What if there were no hypothetical situations?

Alex's Random Awesome Corner


So, I'm saving up for a harp. Yes, I don't know how many years it's going to take in consideration of the thousands of dollars and the car and insurance and college that has to be paid for...but, I am doing it. Anyway, I was looking up harp songs and...well, I came upon these two that are just absolutely beautiful! You feel like you're sitting in a cloud in heaven when you listen to them. And one of them also has cello, which I also play, so is also very gorgeous. Anyway, I hope you like them. You might need to go to the doctor's or something if you don't, because they are so universally beautiful, I should hope you do :)
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=A+Silver+Lining+harp
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Sara+s+Dream/3g1Xi8?src=5

Anna's All Things Classical and Jazz

And, doing what I always seem to do as far as theming things, I will just share with you three more really beautiful harp pieces that are actual classical pieces by Debussy.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Arabesque+No.+1+in+E+by+Claude+Debussy+harp
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=The+Girl+with+the+Flaxen+Hair+Claude+Debussy+harp
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Reverie+Claude+Debussy+harp