LOVE ME!

I'm stealing a bit from Katie, who writes my favorite blog Marriage Confessions. Near the beginning of her blog, she noticed that her blog hits were spiking. She was so excited until her husband pointed out that all of her traffic sources were from google searches for a picture of Godzilla. Apparently people were searching "Godzilla Marriage" or "Godzilla Wife" or the like and they were all being routed to her page.

Well, the same thing seems to be happening to me. My hits aren't necessarily spiking (at least not as much as Katie's were), but I'm noticing that I am getting a lot of traffic from people Googling something (I have absolutely no idea what they could be searching to get this) and clicking on this picture:




I know! Weird!

When Katie noticed that Godzilla was giving her more traffic, she tried posting pictures of other popular things in her blog to bring in more traffic. And now I will shamelessly copy her!







Come all ye mindless masses! Read my blog! I don't have much to say, but I sure look cute when I say it!

My Favorite Things

So as predicted, I'm not really that good at blogging consistently. It's not that I don't want to blog. My life is just relatively low-key right now. There's not much significant happening that's not too private to write about here. So I just don't get around to finding something to blog about. But I've been looking at some other blogs lately and a common post I've seen has been a "My Favorite Things" post. It seemed like a fun idea. I mean, who doesn't love to talk about the stuff we love?
So here you are. Emily's Favorite Things:

1) One Line a Day Journal

After seeing how bad I am just at keeping up with a blog, you can imagine how bad I am at keeping up with a regular journal. But what I like about this journal is that for everyday you only have 5 lines to write in so you don't have the pressure of writing a long journal entry. That's why I call this my twitter journal. But instead of fitting everything you have to say into 140 characters, you have to fit it into five lines. Each page is assigned a day and each day has five little sections. Your first year, you write what year it is and write your memory in the first section of each page. The next year, you start back at the beginning and move onto the second section. It also gives you the opportunity to go back at look at what was going on in your life at the same time in previous years. And the journal is the perfect size to fit in my bedside table.
I noticed when I found the picture that they also make a journal like this especially for moms. That would be a great Mother's Day Gift!

2) Nivea "A Kiss of Smoothness" Lip Stick

While I was in High School, I went through a round of Accutane Treatment which, among many other things, made my skin and lips very dry. While I was on Accutane, I didn't dare go anywhere without some sort of lip balm. Then, I had to use the more heavy duty stuff like Aquaphor. Once I was off of it and my skin started to chill out a bit, I didn't need the lip balm quite as much and I didn't need the heavy duty stuff. But I still need it pretty often and get pretty anxious without some sort of lip balm. I can't describe Nivea's Kiss of Smoothness as anything but perfection. It goes on so smoothly, has no taste, and comes in a fun little stick that I often find myself winding up and down when I get fidgety or anxious. And it works incredibly well.

3) Craisins

I do not eat fruit. At all. The texture freaks me out and I don't really like the taste or smell of any type. But I will eat Craisins. I will eat a whole bag if you let me. They're pretty much my sole source of fruit so I try to eat some everyday. I love them because they're perfect for snacking and it's easy to just throw a bag of them in my backpack if I know I'm going to have a long day at school. And they're just so delicious.

4) My iPhone, MacBook Pro, and iPod Nano

What can I say? Apple makes my life better. My iPhone even has a name: Wendy Esmerelda

5) My 2010 Hyundai Sonata

I got very lucky with my first car. We found it at the first dealer we we went to (a Honda dealer) and we got a great deal on it because it wasn't a Honda brand car. I contributed a few thousand dollars to it's purchase, but my parent's are the main purchaser so when I'm home for the weekend and they decide that they want to take the Sonata to run their errands one morning, they can. I don't really mind because I'm always asleep at that time anyway. Haha. We bought it used, but barely used. It's in fantastic condition and still even has the previous owner's Satellite Radio (Shh! Don't tell anybody.)! I take great pride in my car and try really hard to keep it clean. In fact, when I want to treat myself, I go to Benny's Express and get her washed (Yes, it's a her and her name is Wanda). It's so spacious inside and is perfect for singing at the top of lungs along with my iPod nano (which I can plug directly into the car). It's perfect for me.

I think that's it for now. Because it is 1:10 AM and another one of Emily's favorite things is sleep.

Hey, Stranger

I haven't blogged in almost a month, which is kind of pathetic. A lot has happened since I last blogged.

I started my second semester at LSU, and I can tell it's going to be difficult. I'm taking 17 hours, which is the same amount as I took last semester. This semester, 16 of those hours are academic classes, compared to the 14 hours of academic classes I took last semester. I decided to drop my music minor because it was such a heavy minor and it was turning music, which I love, into work. This semester, my one non-academic course is a musical theatre class, which I'm loving so far. It's keeping me sane.

Crimes of the Heart opened.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/arts/113616089.html
I have never gotten such an enthusiastic response from an audience before. And it's consistent. Every meet and greet, an overwhelming number of audience members who just can't tell me enough how much they loved the show. I've even had several patrons tell me it's one of the best shows they have seen at the theater! I've also had several people who I have worked with before and admire and respect tell me that they enjoyed the show and are proud of me. Those comments are the ones that mean the most to me.

Well, now that I've written all of that out, it doesn't seem like that much. But it is! I promise. I've been so busy. I'm having a blast, but I'm ready for a break.

And surprise! I got one. Temperatures in Baton Rouge have been hovering around freezing for the past couple of days and we're expecting rain tonight (well, we were actually expecting freezing rain all day, but I've yet to see any of it), so Baton Rouge has pretty much shut down, including LSU. No classes tomorrow! Unfortunately, tonight performance of Crimes of the Heart was also cancelled, which is a bummer. But I decided to turn lemons into lemonade (which, if you're familiar with Crimes of the Heart, you now is a very Babe thing to do). I decided to come home tonight just so I could be a little more relaxed and get the most of my time off. Right now, I'm watching the original The Phantom of the Opera from 1925 starring Lon Chaney as The Phantom. It's on Netflix instant streaming. It's a silent movie, so you really have to pay attention. I'm really enjoying it. It clarifies some gray areas in the Andrew Lloyd Weber version. For instance, I never quite understood the whole "Hand at the level of your eyes" thing, but I do now. I think it's a lot darker than the musical and at some points, I find it downright scary (but I'm a wuss, so that might just be me). If you're a Phanton fan, it's definitely worth a watch. The movie is based on the book by Gaston Leroux, which I've been wanting to read since middle school, but here I am in college and I have yet to get to it.

I think that's it....but I'll leave you with a couple of relevant pictures.


This picture appeared alongside an article about Crimes of the Heart in my local newspaper.


Lon Chaney: The Original Phantom. He does not look like Gerard Butler.


And last, but not least, my perfect kitty, Misty, who is been peacefully lying in her bed next to me all evening.

I hope this post made sense. It's getting late and I'm exhausted. It might all just be complete gibberish.

A New Year

The holidays are over. Brother has gone back to New York. I've had a few quiet days to think. And by "think," I mean watch movie and tv shows on Netflix Instant Watch and play Mario Kart Wii. But as I was climbing into bed at 3:00 this morning, I started to think about what I promised myself I would do last year and what I want to accomplish this year. Here's what I came up with:

Resolution for 2010: Start/Maintain a Blog

I kind of/sort of accomplished this. I thought it was the best way to keep record of what was bound to be a big year. I started a blog on New Year's Day, but I made the mistake of expecting myself to update it regularly. And I found that the only times I wanted to write, I couldn't write on the blog because the things I was dealing with were too personal. Around September, I deleted all of the old posts on the blog, started over, and vowed not to take it too seriously. I think I've kept with it pretty well since. So let's go ahead and call this one accomplished.

Resolutions for 2011: Keep a Journal

For Christmas, I got what I call my Twitter journal. It's a five year journal with a page for every day of the year. On each page are 5 spaces for you to write a little blurb about the day. I love it because it's easy to keep up with, but there's not enough space to write any deep thoughts or anything. I've tried journaling in the past, but I find it difficult to keep with it (Literally! journals are so easy to lose! I'm hesitant to write my private thoughts down in a book that someone could easily swipe and read). So, I Google searched for online journals and found . For free, I can get a basic online journal that isn't visible to the public. I can even password protect it every time I leave it and set it to send me e-mails to remind me to write. It looks promising. I hope I can keep up with it. 2011 is going to be a tough year and I'm going to need an outlet like a journal to keep me sane.

Get Better at Mario Kart on Wii: This one's just for fun, but there are some people that I would like to be able to beat on Mario Kart races :)

Don't Stress Eat: Bad habit. It makes me fat. That's bad.

And my cat is looking at me with eyes that say "Don't forget me!" So let's add "Pay More Attention to my Cat, Misty"