West Texas

Just thought I would give those of you who have never seen west TEXAS an all around visual. The good, the Bad, and the UGLY....








Beautiful sky...that you can see cause we don't have many trees...








A beautiful sunset.... you can see the sun still because once again it is flat and there are no trees...








ahh the horizon...







flat..flat...flat nothing but blue sky









DRY...dry..dry cotton field (makes up the majority of the land) leading to....

wonderful dust storms...yes that is a wall of dust rolling in....

and we drive in it....

Still TEXAS proud!!!!

I love being silly

So I totally had something I wanted to blog about today and now that I'm sitting at the computer....I forgot. I am in desperate need of some sunshine. We have had WAY too much dreary and grey weather; I literally think I'm going to be sick if I don't see the sun. I need a good West Texas sunset!! Anyhow...I starting putting up my Christmas decorations and tree this weekend..I know it is before Thanksgiving but this is MY holiday afterall and I am uber excited about it. Yes I do claim Christmas as my own..haha. I love the spirit of this holiday...it is just so thrilling and not to mention a much more romantic holiday than any other which only increases my liking of it since I am a romantic. OH and of course....it is only a few days away from my birthday..making it all the more exciting and MINE..haha! I am definately looking forward to Thanksgiving too though. NOT for the food...oh geez...I'm losing weight..I dont' need great food infront of me all day!! I am anticipating a good butt kicking...me doing the butt kicking that is...in some very nerdy, strategic, intense, and HIGHLY competative board games. WE're talking risk X100 strategic...games that take a bare minimum of 4 hours to play. I am usually the only female playing...poor guys don't stand a chance. I'm sure they're all plotting about how they'll try to beat me...AAhahahaha...hehe that was my evil laugh! It's soo funny..when I first started playing with them they never suspected anything of me...and then I kept beating them at their own games...hahaha..I'm even a mystery when it comes to gaming!!

So I have been told for the third time that I'm an old spirit. When I first heard this I thought NO WAY... I'm so energetic and youthfull and vibrant, but I am beginning to realize exactly what that means. It doesn't mean I'm old and blah..haha like my wording there??... it means ..um classic, wise..maybe..haha..hmmm what am I?

I am a dance addict; I know that. Hi my name is Merrida and I'm a dancaholic. I'm always itching for my next fix...I literally go through withdrawls! My art is so much a part of who I am.

new pics

Got some more new pics....

I feel so sorry for all my dresses...I can't fill any of them out!

Andrea if you see this...um yea can you photoshop me...haha...I should have flexed my arm here so my tricep didn't look so big but yea i didn't....

I really enjoyed working with this photographer. All of the shots with her have been fabulous!! More to come!!

What do I bring to the table...

So in reflections of recent events I have been asking myself what it is that I bring to the table in any new situation, project, endeavor, etc that I passionately pursue. I find myself having all of these grown up dreams and aspirations yet little experience to really make them happen. Any of you (who know me) know that when I want to do something, I don't let anything become an obstacle. There is nothing too great to keep my from accomplishing my dreams, especially a little lack of experience...I'll just go get some!! Sometimes I have to take a moment to just look at what I have done in my life and what I am trying to do and remind myself that HEY...I'm only 23...so I'm doing pretty well so far! I don't know why, but I often feel like I'm older than that and that I'm running out of time. So in pretty much ANYTHING that I do right now...I have little experience. I mean really I've only been out from under my parents roof for 5 years and three of them I was still in college. So only being two years out of college...I'm still a baby. So experience is not going to be an asset I can bring to the table. What is great about me....what makes me different and worth it? I think that my sharp and creative mind is one thing, a lot of natural ability for most anything I've ever pursued, and the other is my drive and commitment. Maybe that seems boring, but I think it is rare. How often do you find a creative mind that is also sharp and highly analytical. It is rare to have them BOTH. I think that it allows me to learn quickly and in different ways than most. I don't have to be "taught" many things. I am able to learn by watching and piecing things together on my own. This is actually how I've learned most everything I think. I am given a small piece of something, and can take it a mile longer on my own. This kind of goes hand-in-hand with my natural ability. I've been a natural in school and on the canvas/court/field/dance floor....analytical and creative. And what about drive and commitment? How valuable is it to have someone with all the experience in the world but that doesn't give you the commitment necessary or have the drive and passion to get past anything that gets in the way? Pretty worthless.

....and how about compatibility......

is what I bring enough?

Respect

So in reference to unamed recent events....

I totally understand and agree that people deserve respect for their degrees of accomplishments. HOWEVER, I do not think that they then have the right to treat others, who may not have reached the same level of accomplishment, disrespectfully. I truely admire those who have had such accomplishments and remain humble and considerate, remembering that they too were once learning and growing. Why is it that this is rarely the case? We all start at the bottom, but it seems like amnesia sets in the more we climb to the top. Suddenly we're too good for this or too good for that or are astonished at people's ignorance to things about which we "know everything and have ALWAYS known EVERYTHING" or at least act like we do. HELLO!!! We all start at ground ZERO...YOU did too...try to remember that!

latest happenings

So nothing new really....not interesting enough to talk about anyhow unless we talk about the recent outcome of the election....not a good idea.

I had a blast at the studio murder mystery/ costume party/ baby shower for shalene. Amy and I were a part of the entertainment of the evening. The setting was 1940's casa blanca 's Hott Cabanna. We were two parts to a trio of sister singers...the third had a sudden case of strep and couldn't join us. We sang an altered version of " You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" to fit the baby shower. Too fun!

Me and Amy at the MM/COstume party/baby shower!

The studio anniversary party was this past weekend. The best thing about studio events is by far the food...thank you Danny Pugh!!

Me, Melissa, and Lindsey at the anniversary dance!