Marriage, music, and math!

Well, I've been bad about blogging lately -- my apologies. In fact, I've blogged more for my friend Todd the Blogless than I have for myself! My lack of blogging is due to a couple of factors. First, it's been difficult to put my thoughts into words lately. And secondly, when I've actually been in a good writing mode, I've chosen to work on my thesis instead of posting to my blog. This is probably a good thing. :)

I'll post a few random thoughts for now:

-Marriage: Two of my good friends got married (to each other) this past Saturday. Congrats to the happy couple, who are now enjoying a sunny honeymoon in Disney World! I loved the wedding and I'm very happy for the couple, but it's an odd adjustment to think that they're actually married now. It reminds me that life moves along and, akin to my friend Tina's recent blog post, that we're actually growing up (or grown ups -- scary!).

- Music part 1: Bells is keeping me busy, as usual. We recently had our tour weekend, and I loved staying with host families both nights of the tour. The first host family had a cute golden retriever named Darby, and the second host family had two chihuahuas named Chico and Socks. Now we're gearing up for two concerts this coming weekend, and it feels good to be working towards a goal in a group. Honestly, I try to work towards goals (my dissertation, as a prime example) as an individual with some advice and support from others, but it's different and surprisingly pleasant to work towards goals WITH others. I love being a member of such a motivated and fun ensemble!

- Music part 2: Instead of buying new music, I've been enjoying listening to songs through YouTube/Google Video. I just search for the music video of the song I want to hear, listen to it, and don't have to spend a dime. My music choices of today have been quite eclectic: Carrie Underwood, the Casino Royale Bond theme music, music from "Night at the Roxbury", a Death Cab for Cutie song, and two of my favorite Coldplay songs: "Fix You" and "Low"

- Math (and turtles): I stumbled across this article that talks about mathematicians applying their work to turtles. I like it because it incorporates math, turtles, evolution, and sneaky/humorous mathematicians. :)