Colors of the Wind

So basically I love Disney's Pocahontas! I know, it's unrealistic, but who cares! Cinderella was unrealistic, Aladdin, Pinnochio- all of them, because they're fairy tales. Pocahontas is just a modern-American fairy tale. My American Indian History teacher (from highschool) said it romantisized American Indians and he called it "Hoax-upon-us", but like I said, whatever!
Anyway, now that we've moved on past that issue...I was just thinking, how great is the song "Colors of the Wind"!? For funsies I thought it would be cool to find scriptures that correlate with the lyrics, becasue that's just how I roll! To make it simple and legit, I've linked the lyrics to the scriptures etc. at LDS.org, have fun!
Here are the (Vanessa Williams version) lyrics:

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name (It's wonderful; it changed my life & how I think about everything)
(Also  D&C88:13) (Also Moses 3:5)

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you (2 Nephi 26:33)
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew (hymn 29, especially verse 7)

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned ? (It seems to me that if God knows and loves all of His creations, he wouldn't want us to abuse or mistreat them. We should love God's creations and creatures- Moses 1:35)
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain ?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind ? (One of my all-time favorites, D&C 128:23)
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind ? (The beauty and wonder of the Earth are testimonies of God's love)

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest (D&C 89:20)
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth (Moses 2)
Come roll in all the riches all around you (Gen. 2:9)
And for once, never wonder what they're worth (D&C 56:17)

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers (D&C 61:14; Gen. 1:20; Rev. 8:10) (Also see Abraham 4)
The heron and the otter are my friends (The 8th set of song lyrics he mentions, about shooting birds)
In a cirle, in a hoop that never ends (D&C 132:19-24)

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon (D&C 88:6-13)
Or let the eagle tell you there hes been (Deut. 14:12- Don't Eat eagles!)
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain ? (Isaiah 44:23)
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind ? (Mark 4:37-41)
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind ? (Genesis 1:1- God really DID paint the colors of the wind, and someday so can I!)

How high does the sycamore grow ?
If you cut it down, then youll never know (1 Nephi 15:36- How high can our eternal glory grow?! Don't you want to find out? The better I live, the better my reward will be! Thank you George Harrison!)

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon (D&C 88:45)
For whether we are white or copper-skinned (1 John 4:7- Love everyone, God does!)
We just sing with all the voices of the mountain (Isaiah 40:9)
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind (The Work of Creation)
You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all colors of the wind (One last gem for you! Be nice to the animals and the earth!)

Amazing talk!

SMILE!

The Hot Chocolate Effect

In my Understanding Science MED course we did the classic Hot Chocolate Effect experiment.


You make hot chocolate- hot water + cocoa powder + mix=hot chocolate
 After stirring you tap your spoon (this works with plastc, metal or wooden spoons- who knows what else?!) in the cup- and guess what?! The pitch of the tapping rises! What happens if you stir it again? Well the pitch starts low and rises again! Good times!

So my lab partner suggested we make it legit and record our findings in his sound recording studio! Here are the results:

This is what Ron Proctor, who understands this all much better than me, said,

This is, "the audio spectrograph from yesterday's hot chocolate escapade. The left one is regular hot chocolate, the left is sugar free (that's my lab partner and I talking in the middle there). Horizontal axis = time, vertical axis = Logarithmic Frequency (Hz).

Anyway, for some reason the regular hot chocolate's pitch raised a lot more progrssivly, while the sugar free took an immediate jump up! The bright horizontal lines are the pitch rizing. The vertical lines are my spoon taps.

The point- SCIENCE IS FUN. DO SCIENCE OR DIE.

So I've moved.

That's right stalkers, I've moved to Ogden, Utah!

Despite the bitter cold (It's September and I'm already cold?! I'm going to freeze to death!) I'm actually liking the Mormon-packed North. As you know at this point, I like to blog via-lists, and so here we go:

Good things about Ogden:
1. Peery's Egyptian Theater
2. Ott Planetarium3. Fun roommates

4. Ogden LDS Temple 5. I live close to Khiah!6. I like Weber State and my institute classes are sweet-a!

7. Riding the bus

Icky things about Weber:

1. Cold/snow

2. crime rate
3. Creepers on the bus

Bob Dylan explains my life

I really do promise to do a real blog, but for the time being here is a little time filler:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)"

Pick your Artist: Bob Dylan

Are you a male or female: Girl From The North Country

Describe yourself: Covenant Woman

How do you feel: It's all good

Describe where you currently live: Maggie's farm

If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Sante Fe'

Your favorite form of transportation: Shooting star

Your best friend(s)? Lenny Bruce

You and your best friends: Katie's Been Gone or Jolene or Joey or Jim Jones

Favorite time of day: Moonlight or Meet me in the morning

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: Idiot Wind

What is life to you: I feel a change comin' on

Your relationship: Lovesick

Your fear: Motorpsycho nightmare

What is the best advice you have to give: Lay, Lady, Lay

Thought for the Day: Man gave names to all the animals

How I would like to die: Knockin' on heaven's door

My soul's present condition: I am a lonesome hobo

My motto: I shall be free

Tribute to Khi and Kate-abees.

So I was sitting by someone in church and they started popping their knuckles...yuck...and it got me thinking about all the little things I miss about my old roommates- Katie and Khiah. So here are a few things I miss about my buddies, in list form of course.

1. They don't pop their knuckles

2. They do not belch aloud

3. They do not swear

4. They recited movie lines in everyday conversation

5. They know what I mean when I say, "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! TELL ME I'M PRETTY!" or "DO SOMETHING!"...okay, that's basically a repeat of #4...

6. They wear slips

7. They do not speak inappropriately about sexual things

8. They would totally gorge on junk food with me right now if they could!

9. But they're not total gluttons, we all like a good strawberry salad!

10. I can be more of myself around them than anyone I know.

11. I feel like I have to be better than I usually am when I'm around them, and it's the most comfortable and natural thing, it doesn't make me feel bad

12. They are always modest in their clothing and languege

13. They read a lot

Now I must do some post-disclaimers:

I am guilty of doing a lot of the things they don't do, like swearing and belching etc...but the thing is, I did it so much less around them. I hate that I've been letting these bad habits slip back into my life...I miss how I was around them.

Another thing, I have some other amazing friends besides Katie and Khiah, and I really hope they don't think I love them any less because of this blog or my love for KK. I don't think people who act differently than KK are heathens, but I can certainly appreciate Khiah and Katie for the way they do, or do not, behave.

Thanks Khiah and Katie, for helping me behave better. For behaving well yourselves. For always making me feel comfortable.

Love, Laur-abees.

A cool artist!

So I recently happened upon this artist, via etsy.com, and I couldn't help but blog about her!

http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5318735

http://www.dannaray.com/#/p-o-r-t-f-o-l-i-o

I love her compositions

And the colors!