Second year of college, check!
I survived the craziest, most difficult semester of my life.
if the tiara fits
Hey ya'll. My name is Tiara, a sophomore Biology and Music double major from Oregon, US. This blog is just things that I feel like sharing and most of them will be music or theatre related because that's how I roll. Ask me questions!
Q
You're deaf?
Anonymous
A
Legally. I have about 10-15% of the hearing of a normal person. I have almost normal hearing in lower pitches, and am all but the tiniest sliver away from complete deafness in higher pitches. I wear two hearing aids! But I don’t look at it as a disability… it’s more of a challenge. The glass is half-full!
Choir Jokes! (part 7)
| Q: | What is the definition of an alto? |
|---|---|
| A: | A Soprano who can read music! |
Day 16: Growth
The first picture was taken at the California Speedway in (go-figure) California when my family took a vacation there in 2007. I was 15 at the time (it was the spring break before my 16th birthday) so I was a Freshman in High School.
The second picture is me in my car enjoying one of the very few sunny days here in Oregon at the age of 20. I’ve since graduated high school, tried joining the military, lived on my own, held 5 jobs, have a dog and pay my own bills.. and I used to worry about passing Global Studies..
As funny as it is I don’t see much of a difference at ALL between either of these pictures even though there is a considerable amount of time between the two of them. Honestly body growth wise: my feet went from a size 8 to a size 11 (hell ya), I grew to be 5’11 vs. the about 5’8” in the 2007 picture, I also got this great things called “breasts” and “hips” so that was pretty neat-o.
Remembering who I was at 15 makes me smile a little because even though I definitely didn’t turn out the wayI thought I would, I know that I am 150% happy with how I’ve turned out and the person that I’ve become. I know I would make her happy.
Lindsay is silly because clearly, since she graduated in 2009, and we 15 going on 16 in the 2006-2007 school year, she was a Sophomore in high school. Yeeeppp. My best friend is smart.
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When People feel sorry
Its funny when people say that they feel sorry for me that I am deaf. I’ll admit it sucks sometimes especially when it comes to judgements by other people. At the same time, it is a part of who I am. I am pretty dang proud of it. I just wish people would understand what I am proud of as opposed to the negative. Like Im not dying and I can pretty much do anything I set my mind too. Anyone who thinks otherwise ain’t got nothing on me.
Truth. Being deaf isn’t something to be ashamed of. It’s just another obstacle to overcome. I’m extremely positive about my deafness. It’s not something that I’m going to let hold me back.
Art’s great nudes have gone skinny
Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano has created a visual re-imagination of historic nude paintings, had the subjects conformed their bodies to what the 21st century considers an ideal of beauty. The results are revealing—and quite shocking in what they say about the modern attitude toward women’s bodies.
Relevant.
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musicals are stupid they said
who listens to show tunes they said
where did you get that knife they said
CAN’T. BREATHE.
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“Often I am asked how I felt about not landing the role of Eliza in the film version of My Fair Lady. I know Alan hoped that Warner Bros. would cast me but eventually the role was given to Audrey Hepburn. At the time, I completely understood their choice. Warner Bros. needed a big name for the marquee, and although I had starred on Broadway, that was a very small pond compared to the rest of America and the world. In later years, I did wish that I had been able to record my performance somehow, somewhere for posterity - or at least for my grandchildren. Audrey and I became good friends, and one day she said to me, ‘Julie, you should have done the role… but I didn’t have the guts to turn it down.’”
- Julie Andrews; an excerpt from Home: A Memoir of My Early Years.
They’re both so lovely and graceful.
Two of my idols.
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