childhood dreams

I had a vision the other day. I was just in bed trying to get to sleep when I had a vision of an idea for my senior project. I have been brainstorming for the past couple of weeks and had one idea of a dance that would be a parody about BYU dating. However, after my most recent vision...I think the BYU parody is going to have to wait.

My original vision is as follows (although some parts are apt to change due to ability to make it happen.)

Curtain opens with 3 dancers (portraying children) dancing. They are siblings. It is bedtime and "mother" comes in to put them into bed. They each get into their beds, one each in a special that is sort of dim. They begin to fall asleep and as they do so we see the first child (a girl) begin to dream, strains of music that is somewhat classical and sweet begin to play and her dream begins to take place. We see her pretending to be a princess. She dances.

The music begins to change and we see the scene shift over to another child (a boy) where his dream/nightmare of a dragon in the closet begins to take place. He fights off the dragon, but we don't see him slay him, yet.

The music changes again to strains of music for the third child (another boy i think). This is a cowboy and Indian dream.

After we see a bit of each dream the music changes again, but we hear strains from each dream and the dreams begin to merge together. It is now one big, sweet dream. Really, really cool.

Can you see it? I can! It is so clear in my head. Now to find music. This is where my problems lie. Music....however, I have talked to one friend about either him or someone he knows writing music for it. How cool would that be? I'm thinking I want piano music, and then possibly even have it played live. That would be awesome to me. So yeah...I think that is where it is going. If you have any suggestions let me know...and I'll let you know when it premieres!!! :-)

You are not a distraction you are the center of my attention.

This is what my former roommate's fiance told her once. I fell in love with the saying and wish with every fiber of my being that someday someone would say this to me. The latest update with ST is that I don't care anymore. I mean...the feelings are hard to describe but I think what I'm feeling is that he doesn't really care. Last night when I was visiting with him he would hold my hand...but at the same time the vibe I was getting from him was that he had other things to be doing with his time. Like....I felt that he wasn't really into it. I don't know what his deal is. What I DO know is that I deserve better then to be getting vibes that I'm not wanted. I never felt those vibes from my last boyfriend, and actually I still feel the care he has for me as a friend. Something I haven't sensed from ST yet. So....ST is in the "dog house" per se....I'm not doing anything. I'm not calling him, texting him, or facebooking him. In fact, I'm not even going to dream about him. He's not worth my time if he can't actually enjoy spending time with me.

Plus....I have a show tomorrow and Saturday to keep focused on. Rehearsal went so well tonight and I am very excited to perform tomorrow. So if you haven't already, get your tickets now! And now, I am off to get my much needed beauty sleep.Ciao.

did you know...

that stressed spelled backwards is desserts??? And for every time I am stressed this week I am going to eat a dessert? Although I probably shouldn't because then I won't fit into my absolutely gorgeous purple tutu that I get to wear. Oh gosh, it is SO PRETTY!!! I feel like a pretty, pretty princess in that tutu. All my cares go away. :-)

If I can write three more pages for my research paper between 3pm and 5:30pm then I think I will be squared away. It shouldn't be that bad, and I know where I am going next (I think) so all shall be well. Plus, I'm secretly hoping that rehearsal tonight won't go as long as last night. The reason I think that this wish will come true is because we are running the entire show between 1:30 and 3pm...so we'll have already cleaned everything and then when we run it tonight, it will just be another run through! go us! :-)

Okay...now to finish my healthy second breakfast of donuts...ciao!

For the First Time...

I heard the music. Not just any music, but the Library closing time music. It was awesome. I had high expectations for the awesomeness of this music that so many people have told me about. Last night, my expectations were met. I was a very happy camper leaving the library at 11:45 pm listening to "There is Sunshine in My Soul Today" while holding a boy's hand. It was really cool, and I am not just saying that...because really I enjoyed every minute of my serenade to leave the library. It was like dancing...but not.

One of the fun things about staying in the library that long was that when the music came on, I felt like I could talk at a normal sound level and no longer in a whisper. It pretty much made my night that I had that wonderful opportunity. Go me.

Now, some of you might be wondering why I was up so late at night? What happened to the smart Alishka that went to bed at 10:30 so she could wake up at 6:30 in the morning? Well...that Alishka had a Physical Science test to study for, a 5-page paper to write, lighting cues to create, and a lesson plan to revise. And guess what? I got studying in for my test, a thesis and an outline for my 5-page paper due Thursday, I figured out the lighting cues, and revised my lesson plan!!! I felt so accomplished.

Now here I sit at tech rehearsal (the longest, most grueling of all the rehearsals) and I'm taking a break from writing my paper. Mostly because I don't know where I want to go yet with the next section. I have to figure that out, but I know I will be required to stand up in dance in about 5.2 minutes (or something like that) so I don't want to get going and then have to stop. I hate that. My piece looks awesome! I did the lighting for it, and it makes me really happy. I am AWESOME. :-) I hope all y'all are coming to my show! Tickets are going fast so make sure to get yours today. Ciao!

a day in the life...

This is the day in the life of Alishka. This is what a normal Thursday is like for me so...here we go!!!

6:50 am- after hitting snooze 3 times I roll out of bed and jump into the shower. This wakes me up and I get ready for a long day on campus.

7:10- Breakfast!!! I LOVE breakfast. It is one of my favorite meals of the day. This morning as I opened my near empty fridge and tried to decide what to feed my body I notice my leftovers from two nights ago. Suddenly Orange Chicken sounds really good. So I heat up the last of my orange chicken and fried rice. It's protein yeah? It might not be my normal breakfast of French Toast, but it will do. ;)



7:45 - I walk out the door to walk to campus. Brr. It is COLD outside. And dark. Curse that awful Daylight Savings Time.
7:55 I reach the bottom of the stairs of death...I take them two at a time to make them go faster and then it's off to work!
8:05 - I clock into work and go up the wonderful elevator to the 4th floor of the building in which I work. Once I get the office opened, I sit at my desk and turn on my lovely computer. I work really hard and work with the best people ever.




8:55 am- I leave my office and go to my wonderfully long major class.

This is the view on my way to my wonderful class...




the classroom in which I have to sit for two freaking hours. No windows, nothing. It's like a dungeon...


this is me during our "break" in the middle of class. It is a fun class, it's just long...and has a lot of crazy busy work.

10:45 - I leave class. At this point in the day I'm usually dying of hunger. Today's snack on the run is pretzels. Yum. Pretzels.



While walking up the sidewalk I see some pretty sweet sidewalk chalk art. Go Spongebob!!

Oh yeah, and then there's the stairs of death for the 2nd time today. Yuck. I hate these stairs. You would think that after walking up them multiple times every day I could grow to like them, but no. Not at all.

11:00 am - I get to my building of work, and well...work. This is the view out the window of my boss's office. It's a gorgeous view, and I love taking a minute to enjoy it every once in a while.

12:05 - I realize I have the best job ever. Why? Oh yes...because I get free lunch. One of the professors had ordered in pizza....and I got to eat leftovers. Go me.


1:15- It's off to class. Again. Down the wretched stairs...I love this tree. It gives great shade in the summer time, and awesome leaves in the fall time. I can't wait for the grass to be really green again so I can run barefoot through it. I love green grass.


1:35 - Ballet Technique starts. Sometimes I stand here:


because I like to stare out the window. However, I think this day I stood somewhere else...but I can't remember, don't hate me.


3:00- Ballet class now being over, I head down to the training room first to do some Pilates exercises...
and then to the fixing part of the training room where the coolest person ever, the dance trainer, fixes me. I love the dance trainer, although secretly I call this the torture chamber. It is not always fun to have to be in here. But in the end it is always worth it.


3:40 - I only have 2o minutes left in my break, and I take this time to read my Book of Mormon


4:00 - Rehearsal Time...This is another corner of the same studio in which I take class, and we're all getting ready. With our show being the 21st and 22nd (YIKES!!) rehearsal time is pressure.


7:00 - Rehearsal ended and as I left the studio I thought y'all might like this picture..


It's true that street shoes aren't allowed...ha ha ha.

7:15 - This week the ballet girls decided we should all go to dinner, so off to dinner we went! We enjoyed a nice meal at a restaurant close to the studio and I got a yummy pulled pork sandwich.

8:05 - Tonight I had to get my Ecclesiastical Endorsement so I can stay at my college. :P It didn't take very long, but was still sort of a pain.

9:00 - Now why this isn't a normal Thursday activity, it did happen, so I will tell you of it. I had a date! Go me! This date was with ST, the boy I met at my birthday party. We went to Smart Cookie and then back to his apartment to watch a movie. It was a lot of fun and the date went really well.

1:00 am - I get back from my date (I told you it went well...) and went to bed. Hurray for bed.


There you go, a day in the life of Alishka. It's pretty much always like that. School, work ,dancing, a date here and there....kind of boring but I actually had some fun taking pictures for it, so I hope you enjoyed it. Have a great day y'all and Happy St. Patrick's Day! Don't forget to wear green! (My problem always being which green shirt to wear, not where am I going to find green? lol)