The Road Never Traveled.

There is a road right before I get on the freeway that I have always wanted to see where it leads. Well a few days ago I ended up on the road, but not on purpose. Caity and I were headed from Provo to So Jo and the freeway was BACKED UP. We were barely scooting forward. We decided to get off and find a different road to take us to our desired destination. Well we ended up on a road that ran parallel to the freeway. I had always anticipated that this is what the road I had always wanted to discover would be like. Well I bet you didn't see this coming but guess what as we traveled down this road I had a feeling this road what THE road. And it totally was. I finally go to travel down the road never traveled (well at least by me). I had finally checked off a box on my list of things to do.

She& Him =Fun.

She & Him.

This is my new favorite. First off let me say I am slightly biased because I love Zooey Deschanel. Basically I just want to be her. She has such a cool vibe about her and this music is exactly what you would expect her to sing. It has a vintage edge to a modern indie sound. It is the perfect chill CD. I have had so much fun listenting to it.
Speaking of.


Fun.
This name suits this group well. Their music is really fun. I put the CD in and I was instantly smiling.
It is the kind of music you just sway your head along with the beat and imagine sunshine and happy things.

Don't believe me go listen....

the chair

Since my first time eating at Cafe Rio I have always loved the tables and chairs they have there. I have always talked about how I wanted to make a chair like theirs but I never followed through. This summer I decided to go for it. I am moving and redecorating my room so I thought that now was the perfect time. My new room is going to be Black and White with Lime/acid Green. So I decided to make a green chair. \ I have never done anything like this and although it was a long process I am so happy with the way my chair turned out.

I started out with a $5 DI chair. I thought the chair was sweet to start out with. The shape of the chair has so much character.


The first step was a primer spray paint. I tried to give it a nice even coat around the entire chair.


Next step was the Base color. I had to do a couple coats of this green to make sure the chair was completely covered.

Final step is where I had the most fun. I just started apply my top coat randomly I used a crackle medium on some areas. I splattered some areas, wiped away some of the paint, sanded areas, dripped paint on other areas. I just went crazy to get the look I wanted.

The book thief

This summer I picked up this book. I just finished it and I really enjoyed it.
When I started the book I had mixed emotions. I think part of it was that I didn't know until I was a third of a way through the book that the narrator of the story was death. Once I knew that fact everything fell into place and the book became even better. The story does jump around a lot but it all comes together wonderfully.
The story is about a German girl in Nazi Germany during WWII. It is her story of survival through all of the things happening and changing around her. One of the things she does to survive through the war is steal books. Her love of words and love to read helps her meet new people and deal with struggles of the War going on around her.
I thought the book was beautiful written and full of emotion. It offers a new point of view. A child perspective on Hitlers, Jews and the hardships of war. Although it was not a "can't put it down" book, there is never a dull moment and you can't wait to start reading it again.

Well funny comedians

Laughter is the medicine of the soul, and what better medicine then some laughter from the Land of the Queen. When my mom first showed these guys to me the other day it brought tons of laughter. Of course we did what most youtubers do and kept clicking the links on the side and enjoyed even more of there witty British humor. I have to say they are not quite Cathrine Tate but they bring their own flavor to the table.

These comedians come in the form of duos. The first is Mitchell and Webb. They met while at Cambrige and been a part of a few different comedy sketch shows the last few years. Their current show on BBC two is called That Mitchell and Webb Look and has been running since 2006.


This was my favorite of Mitchell and Webb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTsWjbjQ8E

The second duo is Armstrong and Miller. They first had a show that ran from 1997 to 2001 and were reunited in 2007 to do The Armstrong and Miller show which airs on BBC one.

My favorite sketch we watched was this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNQf08Kxsw

The four comedians teamed up for this years Red Nose day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm3t-8iGRC0

Potter and the Midnight magic.

Magic was in the air as we prepared to go the the opening night of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I had been waiting to see this movie since last summer when they changed the release date. Don't even get me started on that. As you can see we represented our HP colors that night! There is nothing better then a midnight showing. Everyone in the audience is full of excitement and energy that you just can't find in any other showing. As the music starts the theater errupts in a cheer and quickly silences as to not miss a word of the movie. The laughs are louder, sighs and gasps are more emotional and as the film credits roll everyone claps and immediatley turns to the people around them to talk about the film.

This film has me torn. I absolutley loved the movie. This is by far the best yet potter movie. The charactors have grown as the films have been made and David Yates the director did a wonderful job capturing the essence of Hogwarts. Unfortunately It is not all good things I have to say about the movie. I was very suprized at how much was left out.( If you don't want me to give anything away don't read on.) I was most upset by the ending. Snape and the Death eaters walked right out of the castle... Just walked out. I really wanted to see the Order of the Pheonix battle it out with them. It was somewhat anticlimatic. Another thing that really bothered me was how many of Dumbledores memories were left out. Those memories are so vital to Harry finding all of the Horcruxes and destroying Voldermort. And in the end we see Harry with Dumbledores wand. Which needs to be burried with the headmaster. Hmm... So many important aspects of the film are missing and it just makes me ask the question what are they going to do with the 7th?
The movie was very entertaining. I loved every second of it well every second except the Burrow burning down. That was weird. I thought it was clever funny and exciting. Malfoy was great. Loved him and his death eater struggles. Slughorn was so fun. He was just like I pictured him. Snape was as captivating as ever and the foreshadowning was great. I am sure I will be seeing the movie agian soon! I understand the movie can't copy the book exactly but I think they could have at least kept the most important details. Right.
Overall it gets a 8 1/2 out of 10. Not bad Potter. Not bad at all.

As much as I would like to stop the aging process and remain young forever, I haven't quite figured out how to do that, yet. But as I get "older" I have the chance to do so many awesomely wonderful things. I never want to pass up an opportunity to go on a new adventure. I created this, my second blog, to explore as much of the world around me as possible. I love trying new things, if I had never tried anything new I would still be in diapers eating baby food. Now that is just not a pretty picture at all. On this blog I will write about all the new things I try. Maybe it will be a new movie I see, a new place I visit, a new food I try, a new activity, new music, a new gizzmo, to me it doesn't matter. It is a chance for me to open up my eyes to new experiences and let all 3 people who read my current blog laugh at me a little more! If you have any ideas of new things I can try let me know.

Let the adventures begin.

a doppo!

Dannielle C. Stout

the one and only