Olympic pride meets too much genius

Its that time of the month again....blogging time!

So what's been up with me? I had college orientation and I just received my schedule for school. Yikes. Makes everything seem a bit more real.

Usually I don't include videos other than music, but watching the Olympics has changed that. Olympic gymnastics, to be more specific. I don't know whether or not you follow the U.S. team, but I sure do and I can't contain myself. If you do follow U.S. gymnastics, I think you know what I'm going to talk about. McKayla Maroney's vault. It was days ago and I'm still not over that. Somehow the judges managed to deduct points from this, but I'm really not sure how. It was utter flawlessness. Just take a look at this sheer perfection.

I've been inspired to write again, but whenever I actually have inspiration, I have no idea what to write and everything turns out junky. And I have about five story ideas right now and I'm currently working on two, but I don't have time for this. New ideas for new stories need to stop popping into my head.  Welcome to the life of a writer.


I've decided to change things up a bit. Instead of including the music right here, I'm just going to give a list of the music that I've been listening to lately, and if you feel up to it, give them a listen.

The Ever-changing Playlist

World's Gunna End- Megan and Liz

Bad for Me- Megan and Liz (The song that is on the new Macy's commercial! Yay, they've come so far. I feel like a proud mama.)

Sort Of- Ingrid Michaelson

Carry On- Fun.

Ed Sheeran- Wake Me Up (his lyrics are heavenly)

The Bird and the Worm- Owl City

And speaking of music, I have some spectacular news that has to do with me, three amazing musical groups/singers, and concerts. Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson, and Fun. will be having concerts at my school this year. The best part is that tickets are 20 dollars or less. YES. Life really doesn't get better than that.

faith and taking steps

on Sunday and Monday, the seniors got to lead the church service, which was really cool and I had a great time. Ever since then, I've had worship songs stuck in my head, which is so good for me since that doesn't usually happen. That was a big step for me. My faith has been a bit shaky for the past few years, but this year its come back stronger then ever, and I have to thank my friends at my school for that. Without them, I'm not really sure how I'd be right now. So thank you. :)

So I'm kind of switching up my genres right now and showcasing some things that I don't usually share. My friends have me listening to WayFM and everything and now I am hooked on Christian rock, which has never appealed to me until my faith started growing and youth group ended. But now that I've taken a listen, I love it and I don't know why I didn't like it before. I think the whole faith thing just kind of scared me. But now I'm back in my faith and stronger than ever, so just take a listen if you'd like.

Super powerful song right here. You Won't Relent. I love it so much and its been in my head since Thursday's rehearsal.

And we didn't sing this one, but I sang this the last time I was in the worship band for the regular church service, and its been in my head all day. Break Every Chain. I seriously have at least five songs in my head at the same time right now and I don't know which one to listen to.


I feel so blessed right now. It is incredible.

~Sophie

music nerd

so i have a lot of music to update on. i have so many music obsessions. this is not normal. but anyways, let's get cracking.

So Ariana Grande (from Victorious) had her first single out a few days ago, and I am in love. First off, I love the album cover. It's very 50's vintage looking, which I adore. It's called Put Your Hearts Up, and the name itself already kind of tells you what the song is about. It's really inspirational, and I just love it. I don't really know how to explain it, so just have a listen for yourself.

Lately I've needed some new music to listen to in journalism since we're at the computers everyday, so I was just browsing through youtube looking up random songs....when I came across this. I've heard her before, when she did a cover of Elton John's "Your Song", but I hadn't heard any of her originals or other songs before. I am in love. So without further ado, ladies and gentleman, I introduce to you Ellie Goulding. And along with this song, I also recommend her song, "The End", and her cover of "Nobody's Crying".

Thirdly, we have Lenka. Oh, Lenka. She is marvelous. I was bored one day and I had money left on my iTunes account, so I was browsing through some music and ended up buying one of her albums. Her voice is so unique, and I love it. This song isn't on that album, but once Christmas comes and I get all those iTunes cards I'm asking for, I am totally buying this one. It's great song. I present to you....Roll With The Punches. And this is an awesome video too. Stop motion is so cool.

so musically, I've been pretty busy. honors choir and all that. we had our Christmas concert last Wednesday, and we've been caroling a lot. i got out of classes for that, so i was definitely pleased with the caroling. i didn't even get that behind, so we're all good with missing school for caroling.

tomorrow is my last day of school until holiday break, and then i'll be off school for two weeks. :) almost there. 

so yeah. great conclusion i've created there.

songwriting, novels, and everything in between

today is an epic writing day. i just finished writing the song i've been trying to figure out for weeks. it's called "Too Wonderful To Waste". the bridge is done, and i was literally jumping for joy once i finished that. so pretty exciting.

i'm attempting to write a novel right now. i've spent weeks plotting and characterizing and whatnot, and i've just finished the very first chapter. of course i still have loads of editing to do, but its seven handwritten pages, so this is exciting too.

since today's blog is about writing, i might as well post this little thing about writing and stories i wrote a few months ago.

"Stories are pretty amazing if you think about it. They start with an idea. A itsy bitsy smidgen of an idea which eventually blooms into a full plan. Out of that plan erupts your characters and plots and conflicts...all the little individual seeds that contribute to the finished project. From those characters and plots and conflicts come your story. Your emotions and memories merge with the rest to create a masterpiece. Your story of you life and all the things you wish it could be, allowing yourself to write the book you want to read. To me, going from a seed to a tree is an amazing thing because strories are the same. One small idea leads up to the masterpiece that may change your life. So go on and think...tell your story."

and since i have to post a song after all my blogs, just because music is that important to me, here's Hunter Hayes, who's concert i went to last Thursday.

OH. and i cannot possibly forget "Are You Happy Now?" by Megan and Liz, the song that inspired my newly finished song.  and i cannot believe that i hadn't thought to post this song yet, since I've been listening to it non-stop since it came out.

Welcome to my blog. As a starter post, I thought it would be a good idea to show you a little bit of what I'm about. So perhaps some music sharing is a good start.

First, in honor of the VMA's that will be airing in a few hours, I will showcase the lovely and extremely talented Adele. Absolutely breathtaking music that has given me chills up my spine on multiple occasions. Here is a selection that I have taking a recent liking to, and now it's one of my favorites.

And second, we have a song that's been stuck in my head since they performed it at the Do Something Awards. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People.

These are two totally different genres, but I have never been known for consistency in my music taste.