Recently I have come across a lot of really cool and free resources online. So I thought I would share. I figure you must all love free stuff as much as I do! :) This is called Part 1 because I know I've found a lot more stuff but I just can't remember where. So hopefully there will be more to come...
LDS Sheet Music/MP3s:
http://www.hymnarrangements.blogspot.com/
http://www.lylehadlockmusic.com/sheetmusic.shtml
http://www.defordmusic.com/alpha.htm
http://www.petriefamily.org/ldsmusic/songlist.htm
--Lots of these sites have mostly choral arrangements of the hymns, but some are just for piano. Some of them are pretty good.
Online television/movies:
http://www.byutv.org/
--here you can watch lots of byutv movies and shows that they play. Just click on what you want to watch and make sure you have their player downloaded. Lots of documentaries, etc.
http://kennedy.byu.edu/archive/
--archives of many of the lectures from the BYU Kennedy Center for International Studies.
https://byugle.lib.byu.edu/byugle/error.php?err=107
--sorry, this one requires a BYU id login. But if you are a BYU student, you can watch free videos on the library website. They have lots of BYU lectures as well as archives of many of the LDS and BYU films available for viewing.
http://hlrc.byu.edu/television.php
http://beelinetv.com/
http://www.livestation.com/
--These three are international television websites. If you want to listen to the news in Albanian or watch children's television in Arabic, these three are great.
http://www.jesusfilm.org/film-and-media/watch-the-film
--and this one is really cool too. A Christian organization has taken a film about the life of Christ and translated it into more than 200 languages, all available for free. And the film is pretty good too. They even have a children's version in many of the languages!
Random:
http://www.freecycle.org/
Here you can give free stuff away and take free stuff off other peoples' hands. Just join the group that is in your area and you can see listings uploaded daily--and post things there yourself. Really a neat idea.
Well, there you go. Hopefully there will be a part 2 sometime soon...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
An irritation in C major
Yesterday, the second day of T/Th classes for the new summer term, I went to my 8 am class. It is Music 101--an introduction to music. If fulfills 2 classes that I have to take (and one of them is for my music minor) so this is clearly a class I have to take. (Don't ask me about taking general ed classes as an upperclassman--maybe that venting session will come later.)
Anyway, I walked in (only 8 minutes late!) and the professor was calling roll. There are about 90 people in this class. Calling roll is ok the first day. But even in a smaller class calling role is questionable on the second day. And in a class of 90 students, you should not ask each of them to tell you where they are from. And then comment about it.
This disaster roll-calling exercise lasted 48 minutes. 48! I was a little perturbed. But it was ok, because I brought my computer. I got so much done in that 48 minutes!
So then (the class is 2.5 hours long) the professor gets into the lecture. And the topic is: what is a quarter note, half note, etc. Honestly? I know this is an introduction to music, so some people might not know this stuff, but I learned this when I was like 5. So I clearly didn't need to be there.
I had chosen my seat carefully-at the back by the door-because I had to leave 30 minutes early. Therefore, when the appointed time came, I gathered my stuff and quietly began to walk out. The teacher looked up, saw me, and said, "Excuse me?"
Excuse me? Do you really need to interrupt class just because one of the 90 students was leaving? And although I nicely mentioned that I had another class and left, what I was thinking was, "Don't call me out for leaving class early when you wasted 48 minutes of my class time calling roll!"
Don't worry, I didn't say that. :)
Anyway, I walked in (only 8 minutes late!) and the professor was calling roll. There are about 90 people in this class. Calling roll is ok the first day. But even in a smaller class calling role is questionable on the second day. And in a class of 90 students, you should not ask each of them to tell you where they are from. And then comment about it.
This disaster roll-calling exercise lasted 48 minutes. 48! I was a little perturbed. But it was ok, because I brought my computer. I got so much done in that 48 minutes!
So then (the class is 2.5 hours long) the professor gets into the lecture. And the topic is: what is a quarter note, half note, etc. Honestly? I know this is an introduction to music, so some people might not know this stuff, but I learned this when I was like 5. So I clearly didn't need to be there.
I had chosen my seat carefully-at the back by the door-because I had to leave 30 minutes early. Therefore, when the appointed time came, I gathered my stuff and quietly began to walk out. The teacher looked up, saw me, and said, "Excuse me?"
Excuse me? Do you really need to interrupt class just because one of the 90 students was leaving? And although I nicely mentioned that I had another class and left, what I was thinking was, "Don't call me out for leaving class early when you wasted 48 minutes of my class time calling roll!"
Don't worry, I didn't say that. :)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Breaking News
Breaking news for me anyway. BYU Women's Chorus finally put out their first professional cd!!! Before you think about how behind the times I am (it came out November 11 2008), just know that I was on my mission then. And have only been back in the country for a few months.
This is a beautiful cd and also lots of fun to listen to (hear clips on amazon.com). I am a little biased, as I was in Women's Chorus for 10 of the 15 songs on the cd (and we had hours and hours of recording sessions!), but really, check it out for yourself.
Beautiful.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Awkward Happenings Lately
The past few weeks have been filled with awkward occurrences. Which should come as no surprise, seeing as how my whole life has been filled with awkward occurrences. But the past few weeks have been particularly humorous, and I feel inclined to share.
1. Last night I was in the JFSB. It was past eight o'clock, and I was getting hungry enough to stop studying and go home. So I stepped into the elevator and hit "Basement." (I was on level 4.) When the elevator stopped, I stepped out rather briskly (I was really hungry) and almost ran into a man who was trying to step on rather briskly. I realized I was only on the second floor so awkwardly tried to retrace my steps backward onto the elevator as the man--who was a custodian cleaning the JFSB--said, "Sorry about that! That scared me. I'm not used to running into people this late at night!" I looked at the time--8:30--and thought, "Well, let's hope you don't pass out when you see me in my office in this building at 10 pm!"
2. I was in a computer lab on campus writing a paper when I got up rather rapidly because I remembered that I had left my very expensive textbook in my classroom several hours before. As I turned to walk out of the computer lab I tripped on a chair and totally biffed it. I quickly stood up, thinking that no one had seen (and tried to pretend I had just kicked the chair, not fallen on it) when one guy nearby turned around and said in a loud voice, "Are you ok? Did you just fall over?" So then everyone in the lab knew that I had fallen over. I laughed and tried to say something witty while running out of there. It was even more awkward when I had to walk back inside and past said overly helpful bystander to return to my computer.
3. This one's the real killer. A couple of weeks ago I drove to church (in the Law building) and parked in a different spot than usual. To be exact, it was the 30 minute weekday parking, with parking blocks in front of each parking stall (the regular stalls don't have said parking blocks). When I got into my car after church I turned the key and, you guessed it, forgetting the parking block was in front of my car, drove straight forward.
I was more than a little surprised to hear a large "thump" sound and everyone in the parking lot turned to look at me. Well, I could either keep going forward or try to go backward over the block, so I kept driving. And those who weren't looking at me after the first thump were definitely looking at me after the second. But I just drove away nonchalantly, pretending like this was a normal occurance (it's not, by the way).
The next morning as I was driving to work I heard a strange hissing sound all the way...
There were actually many, many more awkward things that happened to me, but they don't make the blog cut because they involve people who might actually read my blog. Which is unfortunate, because they are awesome stories.
1. Last night I was in the JFSB. It was past eight o'clock, and I was getting hungry enough to stop studying and go home. So I stepped into the elevator and hit "Basement." (I was on level 4.) When the elevator stopped, I stepped out rather briskly (I was really hungry) and almost ran into a man who was trying to step on rather briskly. I realized I was only on the second floor so awkwardly tried to retrace my steps backward onto the elevator as the man--who was a custodian cleaning the JFSB--said, "Sorry about that! That scared me. I'm not used to running into people this late at night!" I looked at the time--8:30--and thought, "Well, let's hope you don't pass out when you see me in my office in this building at 10 pm!"
2. I was in a computer lab on campus writing a paper when I got up rather rapidly because I remembered that I had left my very expensive textbook in my classroom several hours before. As I turned to walk out of the computer lab I tripped on a chair and totally biffed it. I quickly stood up, thinking that no one had seen (and tried to pretend I had just kicked the chair, not fallen on it) when one guy nearby turned around and said in a loud voice, "Are you ok? Did you just fall over?" So then everyone in the lab knew that I had fallen over. I laughed and tried to say something witty while running out of there. It was even more awkward when I had to walk back inside and past said overly helpful bystander to return to my computer.
3. This one's the real killer. A couple of weeks ago I drove to church (in the Law building) and parked in a different spot than usual. To be exact, it was the 30 minute weekday parking, with parking blocks in front of each parking stall (the regular stalls don't have said parking blocks). When I got into my car after church I turned the key and, you guessed it, forgetting the parking block was in front of my car, drove straight forward.
I was more than a little surprised to hear a large "thump" sound and everyone in the parking lot turned to look at me. Well, I could either keep going forward or try to go backward over the block, so I kept driving. And those who weren't looking at me after the first thump were definitely looking at me after the second. But I just drove away nonchalantly, pretending like this was a normal occurance (it's not, by the way).
The next morning as I was driving to work I heard a strange hissing sound all the way...
There were actually many, many more awkward things that happened to me, but they don't make the blog cut because they involve people who might actually read my blog. Which is unfortunate, because they are awesome stories.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Awkward Encounters
Today a man said good morning to me as he walked past me on campus. A bit startled because I didn't recognize him, I said hello back.
And then I wondered, should I feel flattered because he said hello to me even though he didn't know me?
Or should I feel awkward because he said hello because he did know me but I just didn't recognize him?
Ah, the quandaries of my life...
And then I wondered, should I feel flattered because he said hello to me even though he didn't know me?
Or should I feel awkward because he said hello because he did know me but I just didn't recognize him?
Ah, the quandaries of my life...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
On Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three
Today in my British lit class we read this poem. I just laughed. Imagine, being 23 and feeling like you are so old you will never be able to accomplish all you want to in life! (Not that these very thoughts have been running through my mind recently...)
I think Milton has much better stuff out there (he did, after all, write this when he was 23), but this is still enjoyable. Especially if you are 23.
HOW soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew’th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,
That I to manhood am arrived so near,
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits indu’th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven,
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Task-master’s eye
(Stay tuned for a list of reasons why 23 IS old at BYU...)
I think Milton has much better stuff out there (he did, after all, write this when he was 23), but this is still enjoyable. Especially if you are 23.
HOW soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew’th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,
That I to manhood am arrived so near,
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits indu’th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven,
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Task-master’s eye
(Stay tuned for a list of reasons why 23 IS old at BYU...)
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