Eh, heh, heh...

I am an old child.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

That awkward moment when you get in a car accident...

Earlier today I got in a car accident. T-boned on the passenger side of my car, but I was the only one in the car thank goodness.

Don't worry, I am fine. Not injured at all.

First accident I've ever had, and hopefully the last accident I'll ever have. (Knock on wood.)

Those things happen so fast. It was the fastest and one of the scariest moments of my life. But, it was over quickly, so that's good.

How are ya'll's Christmas breaks going?

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Hahaha!

Today was rather a big adventure.

It's one of those days were just the littlest things make you laugh till you can't breath. I love those days.

I think the bird in the upper left hand corner is the just the pleasantest bird.

It's splendid. And so are you.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Of Debit Cards and Wuthering Heights

I got a debit card recently. The first thing I bought with it was some cookies for my English class. Oh, the power of a little piece of plastic!

There's a really quite adorable shirt at work that I want to buy SO BADLY! But, I must not, for I must save my monies for tour.

I finished Wuthering Heights today. It left me feeling anxious...about what, you may ask? I've no idea...the ending was actually satisfying, and suffice it to say there is one relationship in Wuthering Heights that I approve of.

Regardlessssssssssssss...I don't know why I held down the s for so long...I just felt like it.

Anyway, I hope you all have the most splendid weekend!

Also, I WANT SOME SNOW!

Goodnight and good luck.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Ahem...

What should I be doing right now?

Reading in my psych textbook.

What am I doing right now?

Looking at stuff at ModCloth...ever been there? Go. It's full of pretty things.

I like pretty things.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

P.S. You are great.

Beauty and the Beast

My favorite movie of all time ever is Beauty and the Beast.

It's funny, daring, sad, sweet, romantic, and beautiful.

This song though, is not from the movie. It is from the Broadway Musical. It is utterly beautiful and I want to cry every time I hear it!

So, listen and love.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

I can never think of a post title...

I love this song!

It's from the movie Coraline (freaky movie...but I like it.)


This is a random picture! I love it! Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Stuff cuz' I am bored.

I used this book to write a report about James Madison.

I barely used this book...it smells SO GOOD though! Really truly, the paper is super delicious smelling...is that weird to say? Oh well.

This is a pen from SUU. I didn't apply there to go to college.

It's backwards because that how the webcam takes pictures. I thought webcam was going to have one of those squiggly red lines under it, but it doesn't.


What is better than "studying" with earbuds (oh, so earbuds isn't a word Mr. Squiggly red line?) in, cell phone out, and a cup of diet sprite at your side? Why is it diet you ask? Cuz' that's what the mama bought. And cuz' isn't a word either apparently.

Random object of the day: A green notebook thing!

Well, good day to you all.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Hmmm...

I haven't written on this in more than a month...

I suppose it's because of...well, many things...

Marching band, laziness, school, work, reading...

I shall first tell you about Marching Band...It was INCREDIBLE! We didn't get first at Red Rocks, we didn't get first at Band of America, and we didn't make it into finals...

But, we didn't need to. I was truly so proud of my marching band. It breaks my heart to say goodbye to this part of my life, but it has been an absolutely beautiful journey.

I have no regrets, and I must confess that I was scared that this year was not going to end well. Not that it was going to end bad...but because I am a selfish creature I was scared that it wasn't going to end the way I wanted it to.

The Lord came through though, like he always does. He took all my frets and worries and silly heartedness and threw it out the window.

It was fantastic!

Well, I'm too tired and lazy to write anymore right now. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

It's just the hurt before the healing...

What should I be doing right now?

Homework. Oh well.

This evening I went to a corn maze for mutual. It was fantastic. I got lost, along with most of the leaders from my ward. I try to stick with them on outings like this.

There's nothing quite like the moon beams on the horizon before the moons comes up. The soft glow that illuminates the sweet silhouette of the mountain. For some reason, seeing that always reminds me of when I was in fourth grade, watching the full moon come up at an older siblings marching band performance. There's a sweet nostolgia in the memories because it was from a time where I didn't have to worry about school, or work, or...life.

So, I'm grateful for that moon. For the memories and beauty...

It looked so marvelous shining down on the stalks of corn.

Good evening.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

This is me...

This is me:

And so is this:

And this is a personal favorite:

Well, good day.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

P.S. Marching Band Competition today! Woohoo!

SUPER RAD...

"High school is like a spork!"

I read that on My Life is Average once. I can't tell you who wrote it, only that they were quoting someone else.

Regardless, I believe it to be true.

And apparently "spork" isn't a word according to spell check...but what does spell check know?

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Mah...

Basically I never write on this...but that's okay.

At our first marching band competition on Saturday we got 3rd place! I'm very pleased! We're only gonna get better.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

The Good Doctor...

Dear friends,

I do realize it's been a while. School, work, extra curricular activities, laziness, writers block...

But I do feel that something should be written about.

That something is Dr. Who.

It's a television show I didn't think I'd love as much I do now.

I do love it.

I adore it.

It's simply...FANTASTIC.

I recommend it to everyone and anyone out there.

Take that leap into the realm of science fiction and "tasteful British humor" (teehee, remember that Sarah?)

It will change your life.

Sincerely,

Kaitlin Rodgers

"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue..."

Marching Band...

It's come.

Those glorious days of delight.

Of freaking out because of difficult music.

Chaos in moving large instruments all over the place.

Wonder in how I'm supposed to juggle everything.

Ah, I love it.

What's life without the messy bits?

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

P.S. MARCHING BAND IS THE GREATEST!

One of those days...

Ever have those days where you just feel...bleh? Things bug you easier, life is a little more complicated, you try not to let your frustrations show but they do still a little bit...and then when you come home and contemplate the day you feel so foolish...yeah, kinda one of those days.

But it's all good. I've taken out my frustrations with "Say Yes to the Dress" and homemade burritos.

Life is good.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

School...

School.

School and I have a somewhat interesting relationship.

In all honesty though, I am excited for school to start. Regardless of how stressful I know it will get and how insane it will drive me, I manage my time better when I'm in school.

I am excited to see all my friends again, to walk down the dingy hallways, eat my PB&J sandwich in the lunch room, have mini panic attacks in math when I don't understand anything the teacher is saying...

Yeah, it's gonna be great...and incredibly difficult...but great.

And, as crazy as this may sound to some...I'm actually excited to learn. I love finding new things, going new places (figuratively) and understanding new ideas. I love it! I mean, of course sometimes I get absolutely aggravated by school, in math mostly because that is by far my worst subject.

I procrastinate.

I stay up to late sometimes.

I forget things.

But, isn't that what life is supposed to be about? Trying, failing, trying again...and then finally succeeding...hopefully.

I don't know, but I either way, it's gonna be great.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

P.S. Don't you just love the smell of new, fresh paper? It's to die for!

Vacuuming the lawn...

Vacuuming is spelled with two u's? Weird...

Regardless, our lawn mower sounds like it's going to explode any second. I think it's reaching the end of its already short life.

It makes a Rrrrch...Rrrch sound as apposed to a Rrrrrrrrrrrchrrrrrrrrrrrch sound.

Well, happy summer.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Music....

Inspires my soul.

Check these songs out.

Listen to them.

Love them.

I do.

And so many millions of others.

 

Well, there you go.

Hope you're all having an enjoyable last few days of summer!

Sincerely,

Kaitlin R.

Yes.

Sorry it's been awhile...

Two words:

Band Camp.

Best week of my life.

Oh Marching Band, I love you!

Sincerely,

Kaitlin R.

So much to...

Do.

Say.

Think.

Feel.

Remember.

Hope for.

Forget about.

Try.

Cry over.

Laugh over.

Love.

Dream about.

Think about.

Open.

Close.

Start.

Finish.

So much to...


Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Hur, hur, hur...

Today was an adventure.

Of sorts.

I went to "New Employee Orientation" today at Harmons where I will work starting next week as a cashier. I'm so grateful for the job, but I'm very nervous. Especially after all the checker (aka cashier) horror stories I heard today. But it will be good.

Here a picture of me in my new uniform.

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Yup...that's me. I love how one side of my arms are tan-ish and the other sides are pretty much just extremely white.

Speaking of white, a traveling sales man came around our house today who was selling cleaning supplies. He said I looked like, "Beyonce dipped in vanilla."

Well, good day.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

I am...

I am going to buy a type writer. A good ol' fashioned beautiful writer of the type.

For as long as I can remember I've always wanted a type writer. They fascinate me. I suppose it stems from my love off all things old fashioned, vintage, and antique.

Also, they make such a delicious sound.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

It's been awhile...

Dear kiddies...

I feel the writers block breaking its long silence.

I feel like I can't remember what I need to say but that there's always something to say. It's rather annoying.

I've decided I'm going to let my thoughts slip out through my finger tips and onto this keyboard which will transfer my words onto the screen and then, maybe then, something good will happen. Some sort of thought, some emotion will be put into the words which, for me, have been "just words" for so long.

Perhaps I should say something about dear Harry Potter. I know everyone's been talking about the books/movies since the last one came out. But I feel that after everything the books have done for me, I should at least declare my undying love for them.

Harry Potter saved me.

Those books brought me from a sad place in my silly elementary school brain to a new world with new friends and new places and new ideas.

Harry Potter was my escape. It still is sometimes. And I don't mean that I was trying to run away from anything. But sometimes things happened, as they always do, and I needed to forget for a little while. And what better place to go than into the adventure that is unlike any other, before or since.

Hope, despair, laughter, love, magic, good, evil, joy, anger, adventure, sadness, and so much more.

May I just say that when I read the last line of the seventh book ("All was well.") I balled like the baby I am for a good long while. I'd cried so much throughout the whole thing already and then, just when I thought I was going to be okay, it hit me. But it is so well worth the tears.

So much of my life has been wrapped up in this. I remember the exact place I was when I read the first book all the way through for the first time. I read it in one day, sitting on my couch, a little girl who's eyes had been opened to magic.

And, though some of it was changed up a bit, I really enjoyed the seventh movie.

Well, that's just some of my thoughts about my dear love for Harry Potter. Thank you J.K. Rowling.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

La de da...

In less than twelve hours I leave on an adventure with some of my bestest friends. The Drum Majors, a soon-to-be Drum Major, and I are going to a Drum Major leadership camp in California!

It will be epic, and I am very excited! :)

Anyways, on another note, I started this new book recently called The Help. It's a book about two African American maids in the early sixties in Jackson, Mississippi and how they come to meet a white woman who wants to tell their stories. What it's like to work for whites in such times. It's excellent and I highly recommend it!

One of many things I love about reading a new book is the feeling of anticipation. How I don't know whats going to happen but I feel it's something good. The mystery is astounding. I love how books take me in and take me away. How all I have to do is sit on my bed eating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and I'm down in Jackson Mississippi rooting for people who didn't exist, but for an idea that did. An idea of freedom, of fairness.

How glorious it truly is! How freeing to read words on a page that turn out to be so much more than just words. How wonderful it is for a teenaged girl in Utah to travel the world and have adventures from her living room.

I thank my Heavenly Father for inspiring words! Not just for the fantastic books of Fiction and fantasy. Not just for the histories and biographies. But for the best words. His words. The greatest words I'll ever know. :)

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

AND IT'S PLAIN TO SEE...

The writers block is still lingering, but I shall do my best.

This weekend I went to Idaho to visit my sister and brother in law. They have the cutest apartment ever! I loved it immensely. We hung out, went to the mall, ate delicious food and watched a lot of telly.

"Well, to work!"

I also pushed a peanut, yes, a peanut, from my sisters front door to the street with my nose...don't ask...

Also,

THE SECOND MOVEMENT FOR MARCHING BAND IS SO UTTERLY SPECTACULAR AND EVERY TIME I HEAR IT I GET GOOSEBUMPS AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO PASS OUT!

Yes, it's that amazing...

Next week I'm going to California for a Drum Major leadership conference!

It's gonna be a party.

And oh my goodness!!! I recently stumbled/was told about a Masterpiece Mystery series called "Sherlock" and IT IS UTTERLY FANTASTIC! It's Sherlock Holmes in modern day London (yesterday when I was telling my sister's friend about it I accidentally said "Latter-day London"...Ah, well, it was the Sabbath after all) Gah, it's fabulous!

Well, this has all been very random...I'm going to eat a cookie.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Blah, blah, blah...

I have been struck...or is it stricken?...struck with a case of writer block.

Please forgive the lack of posts for a time while I get my creative juices flowing again.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

MARCHING BAND.

Glorious week.

I love marching band.

I cannot say it enough.

:)

Come see the parade tomorrow!

Also, "The Young Victoria" is an astoundingly marvelous movie with fantastic music.

I love it.

Happy Summer!

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...

Tomorrow is a great day.

It's the beginning of something fantastic. Something epic. Something to laugh and cry about.

TOMORROW IS MARCHING BAND!

Life's complete once more.

Oh Marching Band, oh Marching Band, oh how I love you Marching Band!

YES! :D

Sincerely,
Kaitlin Rodgers

It's slipping...

My desire to continue writing this blog is slipping, I can tell.

At least it's Summer. :)

Glorious sunshine.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

The world is a mess and I just...need to rule it...

 Super Rad by the Aquabats is such a random song...but I love it!

These are some of the lyrics:

We're on our way here we go
We're gonna take over
Set it off one last time
Here we come again.

All systems go!
Soon the world will know
The fury of attack
Feel the wrath of
The super rad
The super rad
All systems go!
Soon the world will know
The fury of attack
Feel the wrath of
The super rad
Super rad
Super rad

Super rad!

Pretty random huh? Yes.

Today it really is Friday.

Sweet! 

Also, MARCHING BAND IS SO CLOSE! :D

...Don't judge me...

Sincerely,

Kaitlin R.

What to do, what to do, what to do today?

In my mind it is Friday.

Not Fryday.

Friday.

And on Fridays I have this alarming habit of staying up past mid-night and into the early hours of the morning.

What am I doing you may ask?

Reading.

And reading.

And reading some more.

Or watching the six hour version of Pride and Prejudice, or writing ridiculously long journal entries...but it's mostly reading.

What glorious things words are.

And Harry Potter, that's pretty glorious too. And Lord of the Rings...and...well, and a lot of other things.

The Picture of Dorian Gray though? Not so glorious...I recommend it nonetheless, although I'm not quite sure why.

Maire told me of a movie version she saw once where it's all black and white except for the picture and for some odd reason, somewhat unknown to me, it frazzled my nerves. I had a sort of strange dream/borderline nightmare about it.

It wasn't pleasant...

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your best friends closest.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

If music be the food of love, play on...

There comes a moment in everyone's life when they encounter something so absolutely incredible, so mind bogglingly nerdy, so unbelievably fantastic that they cannot contain their joy and energy when it closes in upon them.

For me the "it" I'm referring to is less than two weeks away.

It is going to be utterly remarkable.

It is going to pass far to quickly.

It is going to bring triumphs and joys and sorrow and sore muscles.

It is Marching Band.

Ahhhhh! Glorious thing! I know, I know, it's so nerdy and weird and I suppose unhealthy that I love it this much...but if I could just convey to you how incredible it is, how much it's changed me, how fun and joyous it is...if I could just write a tenth of what it means to me then I believe you would understand.

It's one of those things you have to experience to get the full effect...but I love it and I am so flipping excited for the season to start!

Well, I'm off. Have pleasant dreams and grateful hearts!

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.


 

Why it's sad...

I feel sad that I lost my blog...I mean, it was almost to its 50th post. I had everything put in it's rightful place.

It was epic...I've lost a lot of good writing and I wish there was some way to get back all the posts at least. Somethings are lost that won't be found again.

Ah, well...sometimes new beginnings are what we need. Mayhaps losing the old Unbridled Enthusiasm is a blessing in diguise.

Regardless, it is gone and my tears cannot bring its return.

Sad panda...

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.

Argh!!!

I very, very, very much dislike hackers. Recently my gmail account was hacked.

My blog was "taken down" never to be heard of again. Many of my friends received spam from me (sorry guys), my account was all messed up and crap so I had to start over from gene one.

And that is why this blog is anotherunbridledenthusiasm.blogspot.com

Yup, new blog, same great taste. Tell your friends.

Sincerely,
Kaitlin R.