All the Right Moves

So, here’s the thing. I kind of got myself invited to this informal ballroom class last month (completely intentional, since I’ve been trying to find a youth ballroom class FOREVER) that meets on Saturdays. I decided that I’m going to drag my brother, my best friend Renaye, and her brother to it because I won’t go alone. I’m not good with strangers, okay? The first week end I ended up babysitting for someone in my ward, and we obviously ended up skipping, right? Right. Disappointed, I eagerly awaited the next week’s class.

Doop doop doop…okay, here we are at the next Saturday.

So, my brother drives us up to the building that they said the class was going to be in. HEY, there’re people wearing prom dresses in there…ummm…are we in the right place? Renaye and I sidle up to the doors and peer in, and several girls look back out at us.

There’s a sign for Prom on the door.

Quickly, we hurry back to the car and tell our brothers that we think its prom. In slow voices, they calmly explain that prom is in April, and tell us to go back and check again.

(Insert attempts at not being the one to go back in and check here.)
(Insert failure here.)

Yeah, so, Renaye tells me that I have to talk because I didn’t want to be the one to go check AGAIN, like a total creeper. And the whole walk up to the building she’s whispering in my ear that they’re probably going to kidnap us and kill us. Yeah, in their high heels and prom dresses. I am so scared. *cough, ashamed look*

But I digress.

We go up to the door and go in, where I calmly walk up to one of the girls in a dress and ask what’s going on, at which point she goes, “Oh, are you the ones from Wasilla?” COMPLETELY freaked out now, I respond that yes, we are…why? Apparently, this is a surprise party for Mason (oldest son of the teacher, in case you were wondering). *blinks, panicked look* Well, I knew his birthday was soon, but could you have at least given us a heads up? I wouldn’t have told him, I swear! We’re so under dressed…

Again, I digress.

My friends better plan me a party like that. Needless to say (and yes, I am saying it), Ren and I were dead (i.e., drained of energy) by the time we actually left, which may or may not have been half an hour to an hour after it ended.

Yes, our awkwardness didn’t prevent us from being social butterflies.

I don’t think any one of them knew what they were getting into by becoming friends with Renaye and me. *evil chuckle* Too late now. Well, although the party was fun, and Mason taught us some swing dance and waltz, we still hadn’t been to a class *headdesk*

It took some conniving, but Renaye and I ended up being able to attend the next Saturday’s class. Arriving twenty minutes late, we walked in on them doing the cha cha. Yeah…everybody looked up when we walked in. As much as I love attention, it wasn’t exactly my definition of “comfortable”. So, we learned to cha cha, with a bit of trial and error, then, we got to dance for fun. Heh…yeah, I cannot swing dance as well as people may think. Say what you want, but it’s hard to get used to being spun this way and that super fast ::)

So, after dancing some swing dance, Sister Bennett asks Renaye and I if we could fill in for this dance they’re doing on Wednesday (if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that this is a Saturday, so we’d have four days to learn the dance). Me being me, I said that I’d love to. It took some convincing to get Renaye to do it with me, but because she is the most amazing friend in the world, she agreed to do it with me. This is kind of what I’ve been leading up to, by the way; the performance at the basketball game last night.

So, we get there a couple minutes earlier than she said we should because we’re just that awesome. Turns out she’s always late (Tanner’s, Emily’s, and Zach’s words, not mine). So, Ren and I decide it would be fun to explore the school, since we’re homeschooled we find schools somewhat fascinating and fun. We were galloping around on our imaginary horses, peering into windows (checking out our reflections; yeah, we looked pretty good), and found a couple bombs set to explode in fifteen minutes (turns out they were duds, since they didn’t go off…).Then the most amazing thing happened.

A lady with a British accent asked us to go downstairs. A BRITISH ACCENT.

Our minds? Blown.

It took mucho restraint not to answer her in a British accent.

When Sister Bennett got there, we were all sitting on this big stair platform thing eating popcorn that Ren made. At home…she brought it. She didn’t make it at the school. Anyway.

SO, we find our way into a back room place where we can practice the dance. We practice. We laugh. We start singing Phantom of the Opera. We rocked that place. Then, we go into the gym to watch the game. Renaye and I keep up a running commentary and cheer for whoever we feel like at the moment.

Then…we’re going to dance.

Dun.

DUN.

DUUUUUN.

*giggles* I had fun. I really did, I love performances. I really like attention, and I am always in my element on stage. Don’t get me wrong, I get super nervous all the time, but really? I love, love, love performing. Drama queen? In a sense. Not in the overly dramatic about drama at school, but in theater and the arts? Completely.
Yes, if they asked me to perform with them again, I would be jumping for joy. That’s how much fun I had.

Total creeper? Indeed.

And then, when we left, Ren and I took pictures with the most amazing St. Bernard in the back of this truck…like creepers *cough*

So, yes. I’ll have pictures and a video as soon as I can get them out of Renaye. She’s refusing to send them to me…or she can’t send them to me…or something.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

SMILE, it's good for you

1. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and Stupid's.

2. I live in my own little world but it's OK, everyone knows me here.

3. I don't do drugs 'cause I find I get the same effect just by
standing up really fast.

4. Money can't buy happiness but it sure makes misery easier to live
with.

5. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the 'terminal'?

6. The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no
trade-in value.

7. Shopping tip: You can get shoes for a buck at bowling alleys.

8. I am a nobody; nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect.

9. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive
days I've stayed alive.

10. No one ever says, 'It's only a game!' when their team is winning.

11. How long a minute is, depends on what side of the bathroom door
you're on.

12. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing
section in a swimming pool?

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I don't need to flirt; I will seduce you with my awkwardness.

Talking on the phone with Renaye :D

This is the story of a brother by the name of Othello. He liked white women and he liked green jello. 

~La vie est belle, Bri~

Mormons

Heh heh heh.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

The Land of Shortened Names, Sprinkles, and Coffee

In the words of my wifey, Beka;

Once upon a time there were four friends; Bri, Beka, Elle and Rora. They all had their own blog and on these blogs they each had their own daily challenge. Each of these challenges were different but the same, much like jellybeans. All of them will be differently flavored and yet they are all candy.
One of these bloggers, Elle, had the brilliant idea of putting all of the daily challenges into one blog. The others agreed and thought it'd be an amazing idea. In one day they created the blog "Bri, Beka, Elle and Rora" and it was amazing. This new blog is where they now posted their daily challenges and it made them happy.


The End!

So, I won't be posting my "I Will Survive" stuff on here anymore, but I will keep up with my random posts like before :)

~La vie est belle, Bri~

Contemporary

I wish I could do this. It's going to take a lot of work...

Anyway, I love the choreography and the intensity of the emotions in this video.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Four (and counting)

Day Twenty-Four

Lyric stuck in my head:
Sing once again with me, our strange duet. My power over you grows stronger yet.


Something making me happy:
We had pizza for dinner

Something I learned today:
There are two kinds of birthday suits ::)

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Friends.

11:11 Wish:
I wish I could sleep in.

Somewhere I want to be:
Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Dances.

Some thoughts:
Being a teenager kinda sucks. Period.

~La vie est belle, la plupart du temps, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Three (and counting)

Day Twenty-Three

An applicable song lyric:
There ain’t no troubles that we can’t rise above, with a handful of faith and a heart full of love. Carry on, carry on; What don’t kill us makes us strong.

Something making me happy:
It's the end of the day.

Something I learned today:
Cleaning+high heels+no music=grumpy Sabrina

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Not having to wear heels every day.

My 11:11 wish:
PLEASE LET THE KITCHEN STAY CLEAN.

Somewhere I want to be:
Getting a massage.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Food. <3 food :D

Random piece of conversation:
"QUICK, STARE INTO EACH OTHERS EYES WITH MEANING!"

Some thoughts:
Life would suck without food. Food is amazing. Plus, we'd die without it. But whatever; I love food. <---period, the end.
Helen and Renaye are my bestest friends EVER. Yeah.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

The English Language

This creative teacher took the time to show kids how difficult English
can be for someone trying to learn it.

Read on below:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?


Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-Two (and counting)

Day Twenty-Two

Memory provoking lyric:
Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prance through a silver storm, figures dancing gracefully, across my memory.

Something making me happy:
Re-living last night through wall posts :)

Something I learned today:
How to make this.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Free time.

Somewhere I want to be:
Reading. Sleeping. Writing. Dancing.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Ginger ale.

Some thoughts:
Laughing is good for you. Unless. you're eating...

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty-One (and counting)

Day Twenty-One

An applicable song lyric:
She wants to party, she wants to get down. All she wants to do, all she wants to do is dance.

Something making me happy:
I got to dance. More than I expected :D

Something I learned today:
A different way to swing dance, waltz, and the people in Eagle River are awesome.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My veddy patient older brother who didn't just up and leave me even though I kept talking and talking until  around 10:30 last night.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping; it was a tiring night :D

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Parties.

Some thoughts:
Someone better throw me an awesome birthday party like the one I went to tonight. I mean...seriously...that was awesome. *hint Renaye hint*

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twenty (and counting)

Day Twenty

An applicable song lyric:
Think good thoughts,think good thoughts; imagine what the world would be if we would just think good thoughts. Stop the bad from feeding. I won't let the negativity turn me into my enemy,promise to myself that I won't let it get the best of me,that's how I want to be.

Something making me happy:
We're having pizza :D

Something I learned today:
Bad habits die hard.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Ibuprofen

My 11:11 wish:
That tomorrow will run smoothly.

Somewhere I want to be:
Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Life. Weird, I know.

Some thoughts:
I ran out of days on my 14 day trial of Pixillion Image Converter...so pictures will wait until later tonight.
Pizza is yummy.
BFTD at the temple are the best.
Smile, it'll make you feel good :D

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Nineteen (and counting)

Day Nineteen

Applicable lyric:
I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me, in our darkest hour. Show us how to live, teach us how to give, guide us with the light of love.

Something I learned today:
I'm good at side leaps :D

Something I'm thankful for:
My brother.

11:11 wish:
That I get a good spot in my jazz dance.

Somewhere I want to be:
Choreographing at the AK Club

Some thoughts:
I've got a head ache from blasting Stevie Nicks in the cr on the way home from dance. Today was a good day.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Eighteen (and counting)

Day Eighteen

An applicable song lyric:
Football, soccer and ballet; squeeze in Scouts and PTA.
And there's that shopping list she left that's seven pages long.
How much smoke can one stove make?
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake.

Something making me happy:
I have access to a computer with Photoshop. Hehe :)

Something I learned today:
How to decorate a cake :D

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Sleep.

Something I'm praying for:
That everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
The Earth...and cake.

Some thoughts:
I can't wait to go to the temple this Saturday.
The snow needs to melt. <---period, end of discussion.

~La vie est belle, Bri~