galumpha, the pride (and prejudice), and the brave(heart)

i'm a little scared that i have blogged every day this week...i really dont want this to be my demise.

i do however have some important things to discuss :) for one, i find it very interesting that one of the possibilities of a chapel credit tonight was going to a "modern" dance performance of 2 men and a woman running around in unitards. oh, liberal arts schools.

this was possibly one of the most hilarious experiences ever. i felt as though i was transported into that scene in she's all that when rachel leigh cook takes freddie prince jr. to that art performance and he does the whole "hacky sack" thing. anyways, just a glimpse into where my mind goes. so basically this performance, which is called Galumpha, consisted of these three dancers climbing on each other and doing pretty cool acrobatic techniques. However, much was deemed questionable and it was quite ridiculous. I honestly hadn't laughed that hard or been that uncomfortable in a long time. And then I was thinking about how Carson Newman is not the typical audience of such a performance, I wasn't so sure that we were supposed to laugh at certain parts and kept thinking about how most people who go to see this sort of thing are probably very serious, very sophisticated people, wearing all black and berets (am i stereotying here?) All this to say it was quite the experience.

If you or a loved one would like to participate in an evening filled with Galumpha, please proceed to their website.

And now that I have put my plug in for Galumpha, I will return back to the many other important things I have to say (please understand this sarcasm because i in no way think that anything I have to say is really all that important and I am still trying to persuade myself that it really is ok to blog):

So after my galumpha experience, Hope and I went to work out. I decided to take a break from running and "elipticizing" (refer to last blog if this word is confusing you) so I spent an hour on the bike. And I finished Pride and Prejudice! The best part about it was that I was listening to the Brave Heart soundtrack ( I like to listen to this when I'm reading so I dont focus on the words of the song/ cant hear the squeaking elliptical that they never fix/ and hear the "really strong guys" grunt and groan while they lift weights) and the music fit every section that I was reading. I must have looked like a freak sweating a lot on the bike while laughing because as I'm reading the part where Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth are finally admitting their love for each other, the song hits a crescendo, as if I was watching the movie. It was perfect.

I've had a few of these moments before and I just think they are the coolest. This past summer while driving to go white water rafting for about the 17th time with camp, I was reading Searching for God Knows What (for also probably the 17th time, i love that book) and I was listening to Derek Webb's Mockingbird, and I swear as I was reading Donald Miller's thoughts, Derek Webb was saying the same thing in his songs. It was beautifully ironic!

All I'm saying is, music makes reading so much better ( actually I'm a firm believer that music makes basically everything better). If you dont believe me, read this part from Pride and Prejudice and either imagine the music from Braveheart or go listen to it:

Such I was from eight to eight and twenty; and such I might still have been but for you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. ( the violin plays...the music crescendos...the best feeling in the world...)

So go ahead and pick up your favorite book and your favorite album and find the connection. Its there! (Just from experience, the Braveheart soundtrack goes great with any work from C.S. Lewis)

Have a blessed weekend!!!