I am still alive barely

Which is really my own fault

turns out partying for 4 days straight while trying to take finals and work and pack

is not the best idea

only 1 more final

and 1 more day of work

and then some time with friends (including saturday morning cartoons)

And then I am off to sunny AZ for 4 MONTHS

such a long time

and so much is going to happen here in Utah while I am there

New houses

Engagements

Weddings

Babies

But alas life goes on

And I decided the thing I am going to miss most about Provo is...

THE FOOD!

Okay, okay, just kidding, it's the people

for real though, there are just too many great people here and I am going to miss you all

But when you are all dying from the cold, snowy weather in Provo

Just hop on down to Az to spend some quality time with me and my parents

they will let you stay at their house

how can you say no to that?

Here's some fun stuff for you

My current song obsession this week...

I just love Nate so much. So so much

Attention everyone

The last omelet night of 2011(and the last during my time in Provo)

will be Thursday December 15th

from 9pm-midnight

I hope to see you all there!

Why yes I am procrastinating writing a technical report,

funny you should ask

but with photo essays like this, how can I focus on papers and things

Oh right, I can't

2 weeks from right now(ish) I will be in Arizona!
WOOHOO!!!
I just have to get through 1 more midterm (Tomorrow) and
my Praxis test, the test which I must pass to become a teacher (Saturday)
I am almost over my cold
and by saturday night I will be ready to party
get ready for a post talking about how I am going to miss provo
and how I am going to go out in style (8 days of parties(Really only 5 but 8 sounds better))


Another song I am currently loving
for your listening pleasure
*warning: don't watch the video, you will get sick, we've got some very unsteady hands here*

Yes I first heard this on the most recent episode of Parks and Recreation (which may have made me cry a little)

If you haven't seen that show, do yourself a favor and watch it

especially the 3rd season (it's my favorite)

Sorry the quality isn't super awesome
It was the best youtube had to offer

I am LOVING this cover these days, especially since I think they overplay the original on the radio

Today is one of those days

I am doing things (going to church, spending time with friends, baking)

but nothing is quite satisfying

I have run into this talk a lot recently

and it brings peace and comfort to my soul

So many beautiful things can be taken from this talk

and I would like to share some of my favorite parts from it

"First and foremost, you are a spirit child of God. If you neglect to feed your spirit, you will reap unhappiness. Don't permit anything to detract you from this awareness."

"God knows better than you what you need. He always attempts to speak to you. Listen, and follow the uncomfortable suggestions that he makes to us--everything will fall into its place."

"Avoid at all cost any pessimistic, negative, or criticizing thoughts. If you cannot cut them out, they will do you harm. On the road toward salvation, let questions arise but never doubts. If something is wrong, God will give you clarity but never doubts."

"The pain of sacrifice lasts only one moment. It is the fear of the pain of sacrifice that makes you hesitate to do it."

Not only are there so many words of comfort in this talk, but also so many suggestions on how I can improve

I am excited at the renewed strength I feel, at the sense of purpose I receive from listening to these words

Happy Sabbath to you all!

I wish I was flying to London today

Instead I am taking these two (Owen isn't going with them) to the airport so they can fly to London

They better bring me back some galaxy chocolate

Can I be finished with school and have lots of money for travel?

Please?

In honor of my Grandma's birthday today

I am working on typing up her journals

Hope you are partying it up in heaven Grandma

Happy Birthday

Love you and miss you

Maybe I am dreaming of going to this

But I worry that it would ruin My Fair Lady for me because Audrey is just sooooo good

Just look at her!

I would be fine with this being my wedding dress

I have an addiction

and it is called pinterest

I don't have a wedding to plan

I don't need to decorate a home

I don't need to sew a new wardrobe
I don't need food ideas for a party

But I can't stop pinning
adorable, creative or beautiful things

Is there a 12 step program for this?
because I need it

A typical thursday evening in Freshman Seminar with Jenn...

Both of us on our laptops, taking notes and paying attention

browsing the interwebs

shopping for shoes

Let's hear it for 2nd senior year!

I got a voicemail from my grandma today that went a little something like this:

"Hi favorite granddaughter! It's Grandma Wright, did you call us? Call us back!"

I did not in fact call my grandparents, because I am a terrible granddaughter

And I was very confused by this voicemail

until I thought about it

So I called my sister

and this is how that conversation went:

Me: "Hey did you call grandma and grandpa wright recently?"

Megan: "Maybe..."

Me: "And did you leave them a voicemail?"

Megan: "Maybe..."

Me: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA VICTORY!"

All Megan said in her voicemail was that it was their favorite granddaughter calling

and I am the one they called back

Marci FTW

Remember that time when I told you about this really awesome family I got to take pictures of? Well I finally finished editing their pictures and I wanted to show some of them off. They are so fun and I loved how the pictures turned out, and I hope they did too! (I would recommend clicking on the pictures to view them larger, they look way better that way!)

Best. News. Ever.

I got a little email today

Saying that my courtesy application has been ACCEPTED!

Meaning, as long as the Gilbert Public School District and Mesquite High School will have me, 

I am Student Teaching in Arizona!

I was not expecting to find out this soon, but I am so excited!

It is so nice when things work out exactly how you think they are supposed to

I sure do love the reassurance!

Well a new semester has started

and I am only taking 10.5 credits

but it is still keeping me pretty busy.

I guess 2 Art History classes and a writing class will  do that to you.

I have not made any art so far this semester, and I miss it. A lot.

Work is going well, but I am very excited to be done in December

and focus on my student teaching

Which may not actually happen in Arizona anymore.

Turns out the McKay school hates me and doesn't want to let me return to my home.

So please pray for a miracle

because that is what it's going to take to get my courtesy placement application accepted.

There is also this person who has been taking up quite a bit of my time.

He is Canadian, which has caused problems with some of my family...

But he is pretty awesome and may make an appearance at some point here on my blog.

We shall see.

I have been thinking about Europe, especially England, a lot lately.

Anyone want to take me?

Also, I need to start crafting/being creative.

Memz, Jen, SJ, Deeds:

Let's get on that.

Turns out my last post was my 100th post

And I didn't even realize it!

Blog fail, to the max

So in honor of my 101st blog post I give you some Marci Wright originals

Get excited

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I did my first real photoshoot this week

I was very nervous, but I think it went very well

I am in the middle of editing photos and I thought I would offer a sneak peek

I have known this family for a few years

Their son served in the Ukraine with my brother, and that same son just happened to marry my best friend

They are hilarious and were so much fun to work with

They are also the nicest people ever

(Seriously, they invited me to come stay at their house and use their sweet movie room. And they have fed me quite a few times...)

There will be more pictures to come

Ones that are even more fun

(They may have worn mustaches and nerd glasses for part of the shoot...)

I kind of love this:

 

I am nothing. It’s simple. If I were smart, I might be afraid of looking stupid. If I were successful, I might be afraid of failure. If I were a man, I might be afraid of being weak. If I were a Christian, I might be afraid of losing faith. If I were an atheist, I might be afraid of believing. If I were rational, I might be afraid of my emotions. If I were introverted, I might be afraid of meeting new people. If I were respectable, I might be afraid of looking foolish. If I were an expert, I might be afraid of being wrong. But I am nothing, and so I am finally free to be myself.

                                                                                                     -Paul Buchheit

This is what my photography final looked like:

I called it a self portrait

the title is "The pieces that make me up"

I printed them all out and matted them

and they look pretty dang good if I do say so myself

My professor and class really liked them

and it made me want to play with color in photoshop more

I have my first real photo shoot in a few days

And I am so excited

And I get to tag along on a wedding video shoot

and of course bring my camera and play around

Does someone want to buy me a camera and some lenses so when I have to give the one I currently have back to BYU there won't be a camera shaped hole in my heart?

thanks

We are back from Vegas!

It was a grand time that involved a lot of good food, lots of shopping and 

some good times with Grandpa Bohn

I will give you a more detailed photo essay on it laters

I got photography homework to do

3 more days of class until summer term is over!

Dear Ferdinand

Just a few questions:

Do I know you?

Who are you?

What is your story?

How did you find my blog?

Why do you read it?


Why can I find nothing about you on blogger?

This is not a complaint, at all

I love the comments you leave on my posts, I am just slightly confused

I would love a response from you answering these questions

you can email me at 

marciwright (at) gmail (dot) com

if you don't want to leave a comment on this post
and feel free to ask me any questions, 
although I am pretty sure you probably already know more than you want to about me

Because my sister got mad at me, and it has been over a month since I last blogged, 

I am blogging

nothing too exciting has been going on, so this is probably going to be a boring post

and I apologize

but I thought I would show you some recent photography I have been doing for my class

It is nothing special and was pretty rushed so I am not super proud of it, but it is what I have been spending time on as of late

This was for my cropping assignment

this is my only picture that was changed to a jpeg so I guess I will have to show you the others later

Sorry!

I also have some pictures from my 4th of July spent in Ely, Nevada

I will edit those suckers and get them in an acceptable format other than CR2 

and put them up here for your viewing pleasure

In other news, I saw Harry Potter, and while I am sad it is all over, I am handling it pretty well

much better than most people on facebook, I would like to say

the only thing I would like to say about it is that I always knew Snape was good

so I feel VERY vindicated

and I cried during every scene he was in

and Alan Rickman did a PHENOMENAL job portraying Snape

In unrelated news I just realized I am moving to Arizona in approximately 5.5 months

AND I AM SO EXCITED!!!

Not that Provo hasn't been good to me, but it has lost some of it's charm

and most of my people are gone

or are leaving too soon (Rizzow and Raquel...)

and I am so ready for a new adventure

and I am ready to be around more non-mormons

I want to have more opportunities to do missionary work than Provo is currently offering me

but I bet I will be excited to come back to Provo for Graduation in April

Sorry, this turned into much more of a ramble than I intended

please forgive me

and happy middle of July

My favorite time wasting website these days

Especially when I should be studying for my final...

Seriously, you won't be disappointed.

My life as of late has been crazy!

Between work, school, and my internship I have trouble finding time to eat and sleep

but somehow I manage to fit in some fun things, including projects

Here are just a few projects I have been doing as of late...

My best friend graduated from college in April and asked me if I would take some pictures for her announcements, or rather her husband asked me... Of course I said yes and we had a fun little shoot 

More recently, as in this weekend, I started working with a band called Rain, Rain on a great project

they have a great sound and were so much fun to work with

I mean, just look at them!

Who wouldn't want to work with these two!

And they let me hang out while they were recording their album which was totally awesome

and made me wish I would have studied sound recording

So while I am stressed out most of the time I am very pleased with things that are happening right now

I just wish I had my very own Canon 7D so I could take pictures and make movies all the time

so I am now accepting monetary donations to fund my life dreams

thanks

LOVE

So turns out all that time being a fake artist TOTALLY paid off

and now I am a REAL arteest

The proof is in the fact that one of my pieces from my 2D design class was chosen for the core art show

which means it was hanging up in the HFAC for about 2 weeks

people, my art was in an art show

this is the big time

(Sorry for the quality of the picture, it's from my mom's iPhone, better ones to come, I promise)

This also happened to me once when I was in 5th grade

I was in an art show

and I didn't actually remember that until last week

guess it's always been in my blood

In other news, I started my internship, and was not excited and could not find the motivation to start researching, and was considering telling my mentor that I just couldn't do it

and then I finally made myself sit down and start researching

and now I love it

I just wish Utah would actually decide to be summer

and stop having these random rain storms

and I NEED 7 peaks to open

asap

so I can get some color on my pale skin

but not a lot, because I have decided I WILL NOT be tanning this summer

which is a big change for me

but one I feel needs to happen

Also I am looking for someone to help me with a film project

so if you live in the provo area and have experience filming, at all

and want to help me with this AWESOME project

let me know (Laura Hansen, this means you)

perfect score

100%

These are things I have never seen appear next to my ID number in the testing center...

Until today

BOOM!

I like Justin Bieber

Let me explain. It first started out with me loving his music

It's catchy and upbeat, something I can really belt out and dance to

This love had been going on for several months

Then his movie came out

I waited to see it until it was in the dollar theater

and what happened there changed my life

seriously

The movie was a combination of two of my favorite things

Concerts and Documentaries

and it showed how Justin is really talented

and how he worked so hard to get where he is today

and yeah, maybe he isn't a lyrical genius

but his music is beautiful and filled with soul and passion

and he is like best friends with Usher

and has collaborated with so many other artists

Kid is not messing around

I don't really care how any of you feel about him and you aren't going to change my mind

I just wanted to let you all publicly know that I think this kid is legit

and I hope he makes it out alive

Happy Easter!

It has been a crazy few weeks people

Today is my last day of class for this semester and I am SOOO excited

my heart is healing from Grandma's passing

and I have found people that will let me student teach in Arizona with them!

Things are looking good for my future plans

I couldn't be happier or more excited about what is to come

Bring it on 2011/2012!

And a trip out of the country wouldn't be rejected either, so if anyone wants to fund that please contact me

some sweet tunes to make your ears happy

My favorite picture of Grandma and Grandpa

I want to thank you all so much for the many prayers and kind thoughts that were sent my family's way over the past few days

Unfortunately, due to the size of the tumor in Grandma's body they were unable to take it out

And things took a turn for the worse

So my dad, mitchell and I made the trip, caravaning down to St. George with Miles, Kendra and Owen

We were able to spend saturday evening and most of the day sunday with several family members at the hospital, taking turns visiting Grandma, which mostly consisted of her lying in her hospital bed and us rubbing her feet, swabbing her dry mouth and just being there

We came back to Provo on Sunday night

Obviously a close second

Monday morning I got a call from my mom saying Grandma had passed away early that morning

I was talking with a friend at work about this

and we were discussing the Plan of Salvation

how we have always believed in the Plan, but it is amazing how much more it means

when something like this happens

I know I will see Grandma Bohn again

but more importantly,

I know she is right where she needs to be, right where God needs her
and I will always remember what a wonderful woman she was
the example she was to me, in how to serve and live a selfless life, and how to love

Once again, thanks to everyone for their support and kind words

It has been much appreciated during this time

This is Grandma Bohn

This is from the weekend I spent in St. George a little over a year ago with some of my favorite people

She makes the most delicious chocolate pillows

and the best snugglers

she gave me my first sewing machine

and has the most AMAZING spoon collection

and a pretty rocking button collection

Many of my summers growing up were spent eating golden nugget bars at her house

and pulling weeds in front of her house
and just spending time with my grandma

We just found out this week that the mass in her lungs is cancer
the rare and agressive kind
that grows and spreads quickly


She is having surgery tomorrow to remove it


please join me in sending prayers her way
in the hopes that they will get it all out and there will be no complications

I am a little obsessed these days

Mostly with 1:25 to 3:45
but the rest is great as well

Seriously I have listened to it at least 4 times a day for the past couple of weeks

One time I cut blunt bangs.

This was a VERY big change for me and a very scary one

And then I loved them and never wanted to go back

but then I decided I needed to grow out my bangs, I needed to go back

that was about a month ago maybe

Then a lot of things happened on tuesday

(like me waking up late, spilling eyeshadow EVERYWHERE, and my nasty growing out bangs not cooperating–at all)

and I got frustrated and I had had enough

and I cut them back

I had missed them, and it felt like the right thing to do

(or maybe the only thing I had any control over at the time...)

and I cut them too short

and lopsided

what a hassle

(yes that is a Henna tattoo on my hand)

Thank you to my roommate Liz for not being supportive of me during this difficult time

and comparing me to a former drug addict reverting back to my old ways because I was stressed

This will probably not be surprising to most of you, but I LOVE music. So much.

I love to go to concerts and used to go to concerts all the time.

But I kind of stopped. And then something happened.

My friend Mills was on campus one day, just minding her own business

when she was approached by a man

who said something about how he knew this was weird, but he wasn't creepy, and he had 2 extra tickets to the Rooney concert. that night. Did she want to go?

Of course she said yes–as any sane person would–and started looking for another friend to join her on this adventure

Luckily I was close enough to the top of the list, and none of the people ahead of me could go.

So yes, I got to see Rooney (who I have loved ever since I found out this man was the lead singer so many years ago) in concert, for free.

It was AMAZING

They played at Kilby Court, which is essentially a shed in someones backyard. Super small. We weren't right in the front, but at Kilby you don't have to be in the front to have a good spot.
Also, Eisley opened for them, and turns out I really really like them as well. Fate.

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure...

Rooney

The man on the left is their new bass player and he was so precious. and real good on the bass.

Totally feeling it

This was a man standing next to us that was probably in his 40s and was there by himself and totally loving Rooney. He also had ear plugs in and would take them out to sing along to certain songs.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the boys we went with were not weird and it actually turned out to be a fun evening. Turns out one of the guys is friends with a friend of mine from high school so we met up with her after the concert. All in all, it was a very successful evening.

I lied, I know nothing about being an art student

this is subject to change at any moment

and then change back again

yikes

As I was telling my roommate Emily yesterday

I FINALLY have figured out how to be an art student

It was hard and time consuming to figure it out, but I think I finally got it

I mostly understand what my teachers are asking for

and I am able to make up what I don't understand

It is a really great feeling

pictures of my super awesome projects to come

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I have never wanted to buy a wedding dress as badly as I did when I saw THIS beauty

please disregard the fact that it is $2,600

I will definitely be drawing from that site for inspiration when I do start planning my wedding

(which is not going to be for a VERY long time)

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I am probably going to have an internship this summer

at the HBLL

which will help jumpstart my career as a librarian

what's that, you didn't know I wanted to be a librarian?

surprise!

and I am supposed to take the GRE this summer, so I can get into school to be a librarian

who even wants to get a masters anyway?

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I went to the cotton shop yesterday

thanks to my mom I could live in a fabric store

and never want to leave

especially if I had unlimited funds

I got some REALLY cute material for some presents I am planning on making

and some awesome green jewel things for super hot earrings

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I am REALLY REALLY loving this band and especially this song right now...

REALLY loving this song right now

So maybe I am considering going back this year