Dos cosas

1. Why my class is awesome:

We have been talking about electric circuits in science. I assigned them to construct a quiz board where if you answer the questions correctly, the light will light up. This is what they brought back today. Pretty cool eh? The piano is pretty ingenious. She attached brads from the music to the keys on the piano with wire. When you play the right note, the light will light up.

2. Today for Music Monday, I give you my lady Regina Spektor. My mom is so funny. She says "Every song I listen to by her starts off good, but then she all freaky!" Haha. Here's a not so freaky song, with super good lyrics and a good message. It's called "The Call" from The Chronicles of Narnia. I love this song!

Music Monday: Brandon Flowers

I know I've already blogged about Brandon Flowers, but after hearing a guy in my ward quote a Killers song in his talk yesterday at church I've been listening to The Killers/BF all day. Love him!

I can't wait for The Killers new CD, but I love Flamingo. Plus this song is so great. Plus did I mention that I love him?

"No sequins, feathers, low v-necks, or male high heels"

A few years ago, I kinda got all excited about some Lindy Hop videos on Youtube (I even blogged about it) Well, I've secretly (maybe not so secretly) wanted to learn how. My ward's Relief Society president Lindys and Hops like a pro so I asked her where I could learn. She invited me to go to these classes they do once a week at BYU. They say that at these classes there are no sequins, feathers, low v-necks, or male high heels. I'm all for that.

I went last Tuesday and holy cow IT IS SO MUCH FUN!! For reals. I only learned a few things, but I was mostly amazed at all the neat dancing. Dayla, the RS president, told me they asked her to coach a beginning team. She told me to try out, I was kinda skeptical because of my previous dance experiences, but she talked me into it. They started off the auditions with a super fast song...think of the first video I linked. I was like "heck to the no". Then they all got in a circle and did all these crazy lifts and dips and spins and claps and stomps and again I was like "heck to the no". Not because it wasn't super awesome, it was because I was still like "k, is it rock step triple turn or rock step turn triple?" So I just watched. Let me tell you, this does not equal this. It's not even close.

Anyway, I realized I was pretty much way over my head in this whole auditioning thing so I decided to leave and wait until I could do those crazy lifts and dips and spins and claps and stomps. I told Dayla my plan and she told me the team she was coaching was going to be for beginning beginners like me who want to learn, and that she was going to put a good word in for me. Later that night, she texted me and told me I made the team.

So long story short, I need to buy me some Keds (cause that's what Lindy Hoppers wear yo!)

Music Monday: The Swell Season

K so I blog about music a lot. (I also start my posts with "K so" a lot) I love music. So I decided to share my love on my blog. Each week I'll share a song of the week...maybe more. Not that anyone really reads anymore, at least I'll have documentation of my life, right? Anyway, I give you The Swell Season.

Have you seen the movie "Once"? If you haven't and you're not a fan of the "f" word or love stories that don't end the way you want it to, I don't recommend it. But the music--holy cow! I love the soundtrack. The two main characters are played by Glen Hansard (Irish) and Marketa Irglova (Czech), two musician friends. Glen Hansard was the lead singer of the Irish group called The Frames and after the movie, they had Marketa Irglova feature in a few of their songs. Glen and Marketa then formed their own group called The Swell Season.

This song, "Falling Slowly" is like my favorite song ever. Like I can't even explain or describe how much I LOVE this song. It won the Oscar for best song and American Idol can't get enough of it (those versions are almost as good, Kris Allen's is actually the superior version from AI, but not even close to the real thing) The song originally comes from Once, but they tweeked it a bit and rerecorded it as a Swell Season song. The video is from a few years ago, but still amazing!

Enjoy!

(p.s. If you like this, you should check out the whole Once soundtrack. You won't be disappointed!)

New Year's: Look Not behind Thee

This year will be a great one! I foresee some big things happening in 2011 and I am super excited! One thing is a little project my brother Scott and I are cooking up. It is a true Houghton specialty to cook up little business ideas. He's using it as he DECA project this year. I hopefully will have my end of the deal set up by next week. Basically it's a new blog...hopefully I can be better about updating that one! haha. Stay tuned for that.

Until then, I give you a great message for the new year. Happy New Year!