Christmas Break

          I've been home for about two weeks now, I guess. To be honest, I'm kind of ready to go back to school. Don't get me wrong, I've loved seeing all (or some) of my old friends and getting to hang out with my family for a pretty good while, but I just kind of miss college life. I miss living on my own in a different state and seeing my newer friends pretty much every day. Not to mention, I'm starting to get sick of people that haven't seen me in a while commenting about how long my hair is when they see me. Yeah, I know my hair is long. Its on MY head so I don't need you to remind me about it. This is also another reason why I kind of miss college. All my friends up there are used to my long hair so they don't even notice it. But oh .well, I guess that's what I get for not cutting my hair.
         On a lighter note, I finally got a computer! So this is my first official blog post on my own computer. Thank you Chandler (roommate) for letting me do this on your computer this whole first semester. I no longer have to go to the library just to type a paper. I know that doesn't really seem like a big deal, but it is to me.
          In a post I had a couple months ago, I mentioned how much my family plays ping pong. I also mentioned how I considered myself a pretty dang good ping pong player. Well, I'm going to be honest and admit that my oldest brother Evan tore me up over this break. I decided to take the high road and go ahead and admit how badly I got beaten. On the other hand, I beat my other brother Collin pretty badly so that makes me feel pretty good, I guess.
          Over the last couple weeks, I've started listening to a couple of Nashville-based singer/songwriters named Madi Diaz and Katie Herzig. The first, Madi Diaz is a folk singer that kind of borders on country, but definitely more on the folk side. She's got a powerful voice and solid lyrics and she likes to employ a slide guitar along with her acoustic sound, which is always a plus for me. Check her out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpicC7fd8YY
I heard about the second artist, Katie Herzig, through my very talented cousin, Holly Lovell, because she went on tour with Katie. I'm disappointed to say that I'm just now getting into her music, because it is really awesome. She's got a very unique voice and the only person I can think of that she sounds like is Ingrid Michaelson. Their voices are very similar, except Katie's voice is a little bit higher and has a little bit more vibrato. Anyways, here's a video of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI2k7R65EZY