I'm going to mainly be blogging on my tumblr account now..
I really like the format of it, and since I'm not really sure if anyone reads what's on my livejournal anyways, I might as well switch sites.

If you wanna keep up with me, here it is:
jesuscoffeemusiclove.tumblr.com

LOVE,
M

I am almost 100% set to graduate at the end of this year!!!!
I just have to get one more dumb science class out of the way.........

I am currently planning a trip to backpack in Europe with my lovely friend Alli Doyle next year...It is going to be very interesting raising the MONEY for this trip...so prayers would be nice =) This is something I have wanted to do for a LONG time...so I'm so thankful the opportunity has been presented to me in such an amazing way! Alli knows people all OVER Europe, so we'll only have to pay for a few hostiles...otherwise our room/board is covered! We're also planning this trip in the cheapest way we can...sure, we'll do some touristy things...but for the most part we're gonna save our bucks!

Little Women was a great success...I miss everyone SO much. That was one of the best shows I have EVER been in. ever. I had sisters and another mommy, and a rascally brother (oh Laurie...). I loved the relationships developed in the show, and I love the character I was able to form of such a well-known literary character. The show got some GREAT reviews, and I am so happy I was able to be a part of it (to think...I wasn't gonna be in a community theatre show at ALL this summer. It was completely spur of the moment...ha. Gotta love life's little surprises). I'm sad for those of you who didn't get a chance to see it...'cuz it was a ROCKIN cast.

And now I'm getting ready to close Stop Kiss here at CWU.
(we have tonight's performance and tomorrow's, then...done)
Let me tell you...it has been an interesting experience, full of ups and downs, but I have learned SO MUCH about acting!
One of my teachers came up to me today and told me how proud she was, and it made me really happy...she asked me if I was proud as well, and y'know...I really am! I have jumped some huge hurdles with this rehearsal process...and I feel like so much stronger of an actor. So thanks to all who gave me the opportunity and who have helped me develop along the way!

I have been thinking so much recently about how much I want to SING.
I was singing in the shower today (sorry neighbors) and just realizing how much my voice has grown (much of which is due to Little Women =) in the past year...
I want to USE it!!!
There just...aren't very many opportunities.
Although...Alli Doyle and I are planning on doing open mic night as soon as Stop Kiss closes.
GRRRR I just wanna sing, darnit =/

haha but other than the frustration in that field, I am quite content with where my life is right now..
And that's another great thing...my relationship with Jesus has grown a lot recently...He has been pushing me around and making me grow and it's exactly what I need (of course...why else would He be doing it? =P).
I feel like I'm learning to trust in His will for my life...Now, I still have a while to go...but that's the beauty of a journey with the faithful creator--the father of lights--the almighty loving savior: I know that no matter where I go & no matter how I get there, He'll be with me every step of the way =)

Another really neat thing in my life right now is...and he's gonna hate me for mentioning him, I'm sure...my wonderful boyfriend Adam =)
Things long-distance aren't always super fun (I miss him a LOT), but we get by alright.
I'm so thankful God brought such a wonderful man into my life =)

OK. I'm done gushing...for now...


So that's that.
I guess it wasn't a SUPER quick update, but I really haven't written here in quite a while!
I'll try to keep this updated a little more regularly..but I can't promise anything =P

I SUCK at not talking.
That's what I was supposed to do today, and although I didn't talk a WHOLE lot, I still didn't stop completely.
Tomorrow I will though. Until the I get to the theatre, of course. But even then, I'll slowly warm up my voice and let people know I'm not in the chit-chat-mood...........
Gr. This is quite difficult.
But boy has it paid off...my voice has MADE it =)
We did the entire show for the past week every night (ok some nights we didn't make it...but we repeated some songs...so it was basically the same amount of singing/talking) and I still have a voice! dedeeee!!!

I'm so proud of myself, too...'cuz as well as keepin tabs on myself vocally, I have stopped drinking coffee (and only had a cup of earl grey here and there for caffeine), I have upped my water intake, and (for the most part) I've been getting better sleep.

I'm a little worried about going back to school.
I'll have to be a bit of a party pooper the 1st few weeks, so all of you Central peeps who read this, please understand...I probably won't be partying or hanging out late nights because I NEED to stay rested.

That said, I really am excited to be out in the burg again...in my new apartment!
Brittle came and saw the show last night and it was so good to catch up with her (but we were good. She did most of the talking, don't worry =). I've only seen her...twice this summer? And they were always for business purposes. So it was lovely to chat over a cup of tea and have sister time again......MAN I've missed her.

Well I should probably get to bed now.
Tomorrow, we open Little Women. yikes!
I got a really good tip today from someone who saw our final dress, and I'm really excited to apply it to tomorrow's performance. Hopefully it will make my character even stronger =) =) =) And it's always wonderful to improve, right?

Goodnight all.
If you wanna come see the show, go to cstock.org and click the tab that says "cstock tickets"
We have reserved seating now, so get the good seats while they're hot =)

<3 M

School starts September 23rd and as I have been working out expenses and budgets and so forth, I have come to realize I am not at ALL financially prepared...

Avon is helping some, which is nice =)
Campaign 19 just went in today, but there are plenty of awesome upcoming sales in Campaign 20 that you're gonna wanna get your hands on. And in Campaign 21, we introduce our "Anew Reversalist w/Activinol!" A serum and night cream set which literally repairs wrinkles. No surgery needed =)
Take a look at my page, please. If you are a gal who just goes to the drug store to buy your makeup when you need it, I assure you. Once you take a look at the amazing prices Avon has to offer, you'll never go back again! I know this sounds like a salesman pitch, but please. Just look.

youravon.com/emilyusher

I am also looking for some other odd jobs to do while I'm still in town, so if there's anything you need done, please let me know!

I am so so so sick of Jack Johnson playing on
every
single
one
of my stations.

Unfortunately, I don't want to "thumbs down" him though, 'cuz I like nearly every band related to him.
Therefore, I propose you create a "don't play this band" button.

Thank you.

-Emily

I'm going to Ellensburg this weekend!!!
I am SO excited (if you couldn't tell).

Y'know. I definitely thought I had something to say......and I really don't.
Oh! haha so do you want to hear about a stupid Emily moment?
of course you do...
I thought my Zune was broken.
I haven't used it for months and months and months...and I finally brought it upstairs so I could call Microsoft and get it fixed, and there was a zune cord sitting there...so I said to my brother "hahaha wouldn't that be funny if it just needed to be charged?"
So i plugged it in.
And it started up again.

way to go, Emily.
Hey. At least I have some tunes for my ride there and back now!

awesome......samuel just turned "the climb" by Miley Cyrus on in the other room.
And him and Matt are singing it at the top of their lungs.
I just love this family.
Oh and now it's some Taylor Swift =P

I'm fairly positive we have consumed 3 pots of coffee today. And we have a 12-cup coffeepot.
That's messed up.

HEY! So I have a house-sitting job lined up for the next couple weeks!
I'm so excited =) I'll actually have a bed to sleep in!
And what's nice is it's close enough to home that I'll be able to visit all the time but I'll still have a place to get away =P

Ok.......this thrown-together post has been random enough.
Mark your calenders, guys!
September 18-October 11 is Little Women!
And it's gonna ROCK.

<3 M

P.S. If you need headshots, family photos, errands run, etc. I'm your gal.

P.P.S. youravon.com/emilyusher

So...I was unable to get a job.
But I have been blessed enough to get "hired" by this wonderful woman who paid me $13 an hour to weed her spacious garden and is now paying me the same rate to weed her father's!
Needless to say...I have gotten quite the tan. And although you can't see it in this picture, most of the tan is on my back. haha that's what happens when you're gardening...just so ya know.

Oh...I also did my hair in this picture =) It's a pretty french twist in the back!
(now i just need to learn to do cool things like this to OTHER peoples' hair)

Aside from gardening and getting more tan than ever before, my summer has mostly consisted of reading.
I'm still racing Adam through the Old Testament, although I'm getting pretty far behind as of late =/
I have a script that I've been reading and memorizing for Little Women
I'm reading the BOOK of Little Women for further research
I have other scripts to read to find scenes for ACTF next year
I'm slowly getting through Blue Like Jazz

So yeah...quite a bit of reading.

I'm excited it's August now =)
(although July wasn't too bad...I turned 21, which was pretty fun =)
This month consists of lots and lots of rehearsals, Nathan and Malarie's wedding (which means I get to see Adam and Patrick and lots of other lovely people), a possible dog-sitting gig, and much more!

Now that I'm actually doing stuff around here, I'm so much more happy to be home.
I love being in this crowded little house and I'm even starting to not mind the couch as much.

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful summer!

You make me smile,
You make me laugh,
You make me care.
How can I explain?
Inside my heart
I feel a pain
When you’re not there.
Though we’re not at all alike,
You make me feel alive.
Yes, we have that in common
That one small thing in common
Our love is like a small umbrella
In the rain

I got Jo =)
I'm so excited. And it's looking to be a great cast, as well!

Now let's get down to business
(to defeat the huns)
Now I need money.
a lot...
Do you or anybody you know need any odd jobs done?
I can mow lawns, pull weeds, go grocery shopping, babysit, cook, clean, you NAME it.
I just need to make some mulah....

This is quite unfortunate.

So I've been racing Adam through the Old Testament for the past....week?
No, I don't even think it's been that long!
Anyways...I'm cruisin through at a fairly good speed! I'm surprised how fast it's going...and I'm also shocked at how much is new to me!
I just made it to Deuteronomy, which so far is just a summery of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers...but I've read parts of Deuteronomy before, and as I recall it does get more interesting =P

This summer has been a crazy son of a gun, I'll tell ya that.
My original plan was to move over to Seattle with Amanda and Jasmine, do the shakespeare workshop, and work.
But there was one tiny problem with that idea: I didn't have a job.
So I applied at a bunch of places and...not hearing back from anyone...decided to apply on this side of the pond as well.
Didn't hear back from any of them either.
So at this point I'm getting a little frustrated.
I don't really have a place to stay. I'm sleeping on the couch in my house right now, but I’m living out of suitcases and as much as I love and appreciate my family for letting me chill here rent-free, it’s not the ideal situation.

SO at this point, I’m waiting…Subway in Lake Forest Park called me a couple days ago and said they were considering my application. I did a phone interview with them and they said they’d let me know when they made their decision…but since I’m only available till the middle of September, I’m not super confident..but still hopeful =)
If I don’t get hired there, there’s a possibility I might be moving back to Ellensburg since at least there, I can work for much longer (since I can keep my job past the summer).

 

So that’s me!

<3 M

Ok...so as silly as it sounds, I have missed Adam SO much since school ended 2 weeks ago.
Friday I got to see him for the 1st time since then =)
He picked me up in Tacoma and we drove to Spokane (long drive..but it was fun to catch up =)
We stayed the weekend with Adam's best friend's in-laws who were SUPER nice (they made us lots of food, and there was coffee every morning...plus they were just super hospitable).
Saturday we went to his cousin's wedding, which was really the only scheduled event for the weekend, so the rest of the time, we just spent time together...I have never ever before had such an easy time being with someone..just being with them...
We went for a walk by the river, we found a park with swings, we drove till we found some fun touristy things, i was schooled on how awesome Idaho is, and...we just...spent time together.

He stayed up all night with me and dropped me off at the Amtrak station at 2:15am this morning...
And I miss him already.

"Your mother and I, in some ways we're still strangers to each other, I think all married people are. But we fit together, we know each other as well as two strangers can." Father smiled ruefully. "I love her, Vanya and she loves me. We're devoted. We don't make a great show of it, but we are."
-excerpt from "Enchantment," by Orson Scott Card

It took me an hour to wake up this morning.
My alarm went off or the first time at 6am and I didn't get out of bed till 7.
But here's the funny thing...I was actually fairly conscious for the entire hour.
My body would have been perfectly fine with starting my day at 6...but my silly brain decided it knew best and I was "tired."
Now I'm up...and after that hour of hitting snooze over and over again, I feel like I'm less rested than I would have been had I just gotten up at the afore mentioned hour.

We as Christians do that all the time in our walk with God, don't we?
He makes it so simple for us to just follow Him and we never cease to over-complicate everything.
The big wake-up call will shine so brightly that the whole WORLD can see it, and--although we see it and know it for what it is--we get caught up in the struggles of our life, deeming them far more important than the mountains of new mercies God is giving us with the morning sun.
How silly of us.
We know that once we drop our unnecessary struggles and follow him, the path will be brighter...but I guess it's just more comfortable sometimes to lay in bed and put it off, because once we get OUT of bed, we might have to find something to do with ourselves.




I don't know...these are just a bunch of mixed up thoughts....they make a ton of sense in my head...but that could just be because that's where they came from =P

-M

I need the following for a school project, so if you live in the area and own any of the things I am about to list, ,please let me know =)

• Mid-calf length white socks with a strip of color on the top
• Black Skate shoes (size 9 or there-abouts)
• A tie that is some dark color (could be striped or solid
• A studded belt
• A cool belt buckle
• Wrist-bands
• Those rubber bracelets, particularly red and/or black
• Spike bracelets
• Any cool punk-like rings or chains
• Baggy jeans

Please please PLEASE let me know...i need these things this week!

It's gonna take me longer to get out of here than expected...
Now...Part of me is really happy about that (I get to be with friends a year longer, I can get more training and more on my resume, I have longer to grow up and figure out what I'm going to do with my life, etc.) but it's the money that's really getting to me..
Why?
I have none.
Neither do my parents.
College is a bit difficult to go to when you can't pay for it.....

I have this weird feeling at the pit of my stomach that something's gonna happen...
something bad...
I'm trying to keep my mind occupied elsewhere, but I can't shake it......
I got this weird message today, so that could be part of it.
It talked about how I need to be more observant of a friend...how they appreciated that i was always here for people to come to me, but I don't really get it when a friend's in trouble and I don't consider them enough...
That kinda hurt =/ (as honesty often does)
The most difficult part about that message is that I don't quite know how to change it, y'know?
I want to be the best friend I can be, but I guess I just need to open my eyes a bit wider to what people are going through and I just don't really know how to do that...

...

guess i'll just have to pray about it and try to make myself more available.

On a LIGHTER note,
I'm going home in a couple hours =)
I can't wait to see my family...I haven't been home since spring break!
It'll be really nice to spend time with my mommy, daddy, and brothers again =)
And I get to see my grandma for brunch tomorrow!!!

The only hiccup of the trip is I'm supposed to be back Sunday afternoon for strike and I don't have ride yet...
If all else fails, I can e-mail Dave (the head of strike) and tell him I can't be there...'cuz I can get a ride LATER on Sunday...but that's the dilemma I'm having at the time being.


Anyways...i gotta go clean up the house a bit.......
See ya on the flipside =)


<3 M