I've been having a hard time at school lately. My mom and I talked about it a lot, but it wasn't until I heard this song that I really understood. I guess I'm the girl KT talks about...
Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
It makes you calm
She holds you captivated in her palm
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
I feel like walking the world
Like walking the world
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
What you heard
She likes to leave you hanging on her word
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
And she's taller than most
And she's looking at me
I can see her eyes looking from a page in a magazine
Oh she makes me feel like I could be a tower
A big strong tower
She got the power to be
The power to give
The power to see
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Citrus Sugar Cookies
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup butter shortening
3/4 cup granuated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbs fresh squeezed lemon
1 cup lemon zest
1/2 cup orange or lime zest
1/3 cup butter shortening
3/4 cup granuated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbs fresh squeezed lemon
1 cup lemon zest
1/2 cup orange or lime zest
Minty Fresh
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tsp mint extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
scoop onto baking sheet with an ice cream scoop and place one Ghirardelli mint choclate quare in the center of each. M...m...m...good!
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tsp mint extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
scoop onto baking sheet with an ice cream scoop and place one Ghirardelli mint choclate quare in the center of each. M...m...m...good!
Coffee Cookies
not quite as strong as the espresso choclate cookies, but equally as yummy!
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2+ spoonfuls of your favorite ground coffee
one cup of Hershy's chocolate syrup
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 large egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2+ spoonfuls of your favorite ground coffee
one cup of Hershy's chocolate syrup
My Idol... <333
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWEwf9gqUY
"When Gillian Murphy, as the wicked Odile in Swan Lake, turns the fouettés that hypnotize poor Siegfreid, she doesn’t just turn 32 flawless ones. She inserts so many doubles and triples that the even the most restrained, “I’ve seen it all before” audience roars. Moreover, she jumps like Superwoman and has all the speed and extension a dancer could ever want.
Only rarely do ballerinas attain this kind of technique, but rarer still is the technical virtuosa who can also move the audience with her artistry. Murphy’s got both. She rose through the ranks at American Ballet Theatre in record time, and when its Swan Lake was aired on Great Performances on national television it was she who was chosen to dance the lead. But her talents go beyond the classics; her brilliance in the Balanchine repertory has earned her special praise too. As for her feet (yes, she’s been wearing Gaynor Mindens since she was fifteen), they are, according to the New Yorker magazine “strong as a truncheon, sensitive as a finger”.
Read more...
Gillian Murphy's Pirouette Tips
"Turning is a gift, though it requires a certain dynamic and a certain fearlessness."
Gillian's breakthrough with turns came when she was practicing the Black Swan pas de deux...at age eleven! She was trying to build up to thirty-two fouettés and polish her multiple pirouettes. Her father was watching and explained that centrifugal force would pull her arms away from her body and slow her down. By gradually pulling her arms in while turning, Gilian was able to resist centrifugal force and maintain the tight, compact position needed for fast fouette's and multiple pirouettes.
* Don't move your front heel before you turn.
* Push off with both legs but keep your weight forward.
* Relevé strongly and quickly. Pull up from the back of the leg right under your buttocks to get on your supporting leg.
* Use your spot. Free the head and relax the upper body.
* Good turns come from your work throughout the barre and center, especially from pliés, relevés, and petit allegro.
* You know both a good and a bad turn immediately, and in a bad turn, you know to cut your losses. A good turn feels easy.
* Don't sacrifice form. There's no point to lots of turns without form. In fact, everyone just wants them to stop.
* There's a smaller turning surface when turning on pointe but not much difference in placement. You feel higher off the ground.
* You gain mastery through repetiion–but not repetition of your mistakes. Make sure you practice correctly."
"When Gillian Murphy, as the wicked Odile in Swan Lake, turns the fouettés that hypnotize poor Siegfreid, she doesn’t just turn 32 flawless ones. She inserts so many doubles and triples that the even the most restrained, “I’ve seen it all before” audience roars. Moreover, she jumps like Superwoman and has all the speed and extension a dancer could ever want.
Only rarely do ballerinas attain this kind of technique, but rarer still is the technical virtuosa who can also move the audience with her artistry. Murphy’s got both. She rose through the ranks at American Ballet Theatre in record time, and when its Swan Lake was aired on Great Performances on national television it was she who was chosen to dance the lead. But her talents go beyond the classics; her brilliance in the Balanchine repertory has earned her special praise too. As for her feet (yes, she’s been wearing Gaynor Mindens since she was fifteen), they are, according to the New Yorker magazine “strong as a truncheon, sensitive as a finger”.
Read more...
Gillian Murphy's Pirouette Tips
"Turning is a gift, though it requires a certain dynamic and a certain fearlessness."
Gillian's breakthrough with turns came when she was practicing the Black Swan pas de deux...at age eleven! She was trying to build up to thirty-two fouettés and polish her multiple pirouettes. Her father was watching and explained that centrifugal force would pull her arms away from her body and slow her down. By gradually pulling her arms in while turning, Gilian was able to resist centrifugal force and maintain the tight, compact position needed for fast fouette's and multiple pirouettes.
* Don't move your front heel before you turn.
* Push off with both legs but keep your weight forward.
* Relevé strongly and quickly. Pull up from the back of the leg right under your buttocks to get on your supporting leg.
* Use your spot. Free the head and relax the upper body.
* Good turns come from your work throughout the barre and center, especially from pliés, relevés, and petit allegro.
* You know both a good and a bad turn immediately, and in a bad turn, you know to cut your losses. A good turn feels easy.
* Don't sacrifice form. There's no point to lots of turns without form. In fact, everyone just wants them to stop.
* There's a smaller turning surface when turning on pointe but not much difference in placement. You feel higher off the ground.
* You gain mastery through repetiion–but not repetition of your mistakes. Make sure you practice correctly."
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